Thank you for this tutorial I'm glad I'm not the only one with a tub full of napkins people think I'm crazy but there are some really nice napkins out there that you can do some nice things with and they look marvelous after lovely watching your video thank you x
This is a great tutorial you've made it very simple & easy to understand. I'm glad I came across this video. I was so impressed with it I had to subscribe. The freezer paper seems so quick & very vintage looking. Wow! TY! XO❤XO 💘XO❤
Another tip... you can not use really thick /Costco type plastic wrap, requires the really cheap/thin kind from dollar store. Love this technique, may be time to make a pile of these again! 💜
Hello I am a new subscriber from Michigan. I have been watching a lot of videos this morning for paper crafting and journal and card making. I am going to do this today. I also knit, quilt and use fabric and laces in many art projects.
I admit I am cheap too! You have taught me a lot thru your videos,...but the most you taught me was to take a little more time with each step to get a better finished look! Thank you from one crafter to another!
You have reminded me to use up some up of my napkins! I have such cute themes, but I just forget I have them. Great tutorial. Your voice is very soothing and your laugh is quite contagious.
Great follow up with your ironing napkins Cheryl. I really like both, the tissue paper does have the noise we really enjoy. The freezer paper is a totally new one to me ... love it. Thanks for sharing. Not chocking today, just wish the fires were Out or contained !
I’ve used freezer paper for crafting for decades now, LOL Another convenient use is to sketch or copy a pattern on the non-wax side and press the shiny side to the fabric before cutting it out. The melted wax goes into napkin so it should hold very well, it does just peel off of fabric - but the pattern piece can be reused a couple of times. TFS
Awesome, I love your videos. I do use 2 irons in my house, one upstairs for clothes and things the other one downstairs in my craft room. I use to have to carry one up and down the stairs all the time. Daughter bought second one for Mother's Day.
Great tutorial and good ideas. Thank you for the share. Also love your snazzy blue iron! I never think to iron napkins and now I see why it might be helpful. Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you ever so much for sharing this way of working with all these beautiful napkins I have bought. I have put mine on bottles but this also opens up a bigger world for me. Thanks again. I also love getting them at the Christmas shop. Also T.J Max has seasonal napkins or Tuesday Morning. I have not found any Halloween ones yet. Are we not Lucky to keep our minds going." WHAT SHALL WE GET INTO NEXT ? " Such Fun Thanks to you Ladies also. Hugs from North Carolina, stay safe and God Bless You.
I just use the most transparent paper as possible..like almost transparent tracing paper and glue the napkin onto it and let it dry. I can see the iron coming in handy though. I use glue that will dry clear. I like keeping it as transparent as possible so that if I put a light or votive in a vase or bottle the light will show thru. If the transparency does not matter than any color paper will do that works best with the project. I just really love all of the papers that are available. Also just adding paper to the back of a card or even fancy paper helps strengthen it. When I buy special looking paper I find that sometimes it is thinner than I though it would be so I look for the best thing to paste onto the back of it so that I could prevent tears.
I save some of the napkin backing so for this I've been using a Sticky Note to remove the extra napkin pieces and it works and does not rip the napkin. Just a thought.
Okay, first of all, I LOVE ALL THESE SOUNDS TOO! Love your streamlined beautiful blue iron and the sound it makes on the papers, and the little squeaky noises it makes. Now, what are we doing with these beautiful paper napkins? Greeting cards.....scrapbooking.....what else? THANK YOU!
I coffee dye parchment paper and have never had anything flake off. Not surprised that freezer paper works...lots of options for using napkins! Nice ways to spice up journals!
Tracing paper has a rougher side to grab the graphite from the pencils. The sheen on other side “might” be to give a slight resist so pencil doesn’t tear when drawing OR so pencil doesn’t sift through it. There is also a deli paper which at first glance may look like tracing paper but is a little more fragile. If you have meat cut at a store deli this is what they use to let the slices fall on to and hold they handle it for sliding into the bags. It’s basically a sanitary product. There is also deli papers that may have a coating / print on them. This type is to absorb grease from fries burgers etc. I get my white freezer wrap at Costco. It took me near 10 years to use it. I only recently ran out. I’d sure love to find the brown. There is a restaurant supply )open to public) near me. I might check them.
THANK YOU! One reason I do junk journals and such, is that I can do it very cheaply. I do visit the Salvation Army a lot, and pick up sheet music for pennies, and almanacs and maps....and enough to share with friends...
This is a great tutorial, (just found your video in my stream so I have subbed to your channel) although I have seen this technique used before. I've tried it myself a couple of times without great results, the napkin, for me anyway, becomes attached from the freezer paper once it is applied to say my journal. But after watching your video I believe I haven't held the iron over it long enough so I will definitely give it another go. Tfs xo
So cool. TFS. We used the freezer paper to adhere cloth and then run it through the printer. The cloth comes out perfectly printed. Never thought about using it for napkins. Great idea!!
Im going to have a yry at this, what a wonderful tip, thank you! Your brown parchment is our packing paper, here in the UK so i shall give that a try too. Thanks again. XTibbyX
I found an iron to use just for crafting at the Goodwill for $0.78. It started out at $2.98, then it was reduced to a dollar 98 cents and then finally when I ran across that I got the best deal!! That way if I get something on the bottom of the iron or it gets messed up, it won't matter because it was so cheap
Wow I was going to ask the same question as others have, but I readed the other comments, that is very cool idea, you got me thinking if ways that could be used
watching from outside the states so had to google ' saran wrap'! Thankfully it's a common product known in these parts as plain old plastic wrap or 'cling film'. ( cuz it's a film that clings) . Thought it was that but had to check. nice technique. Gonna catch up.on your other videos..
Easier if you put the piece of tape on the middle of the back of the napkin & let it rip. Then you have ragged edges to grab & remove the 2nd or 3rd ply of the napkin. Just seems easier to grab than fiddling trying to work with the napkin’s corner. Thx for the tutorials, good job!
Forgive me for I don't know a ton about sewing but I have used that fusible interfacing... Do you think that'll cause it to stick to anything? Or do you think that'll cause too much of a texture? Maybe I'll try it... Also, what do you suggest for glue to stick the shiny side to something...? Maybe use as a cover? I've had bad luck lately with aleene's and gloss
I wouldn't think so since it is only sticky on one side. The shiny side of the tracing paper should accept any glue, it just doesn't like melted plastic. You could try ModPodge
I love the tracing paper idea!!! I too love the sound. When I was little, I loved to play office. My dad would bring me all the tracing paper (used and new) and all the carbon paper (remember, everything was in triplicate, lol) I would put them all in a binder and turn the papers over and over to hear the crinkly sound! Is there a medication for me? (Us?) Thanks for the demonstrations! Also, could you tell us what kind of iron you have.
