HOW TO - NAPKIN DECOUPAGE - MAKING PRETTY EPHEMERA -  

I agree that the angle chomper is not a necessity. I have the corner rounder chomper and I do recommend it for thick cardstock and cardboard as it is very strong. Very pretty projects today. Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦

Those napkins are gorgeous, and I’m very jealous. I haven’t seen that style of napkins ever.

The ephemera you made with the napkins are lovely. I like your enthusiasm when you are happy with the way things turned out.

Hello Margreth, I am new to junk journaling and stumbled on your videos by accident , your Dutch accent was like music to my ears as I travelled to the Netherlands a lot when I was much younger , places like Amerstam, Rotterdam, Guoda, Delft , I visited Glass city and the flower markets and auctions I have been to Floriade twice, and many other smaller places , unfortunately I have not visited for quite a few years now , I love your videos my first attempt at a journal is almost finished it's not perfect but I like it , it is filled with many of your projects from the 100 day challenge, you are such a talented and gifted person , and a lot of things from your past resonate with me .

Thank you so much Margret, I really really enjoyed watching you creating these stunning and gorgeous mixed media thing’s. Your very very good at mixed media stuff. I really really love ❤️ watching you, because your so very “normal”. There’s no pretensions with you. And I agree with you about the corner cutter, not worth the money. I also like your little hole punch, it’s neat. I’m looking forward to seeing your video on thing’s that you have good and bad. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

thank you i love my rose napkins ive made many journal covers with them ,i actually framed them and hung in my bedroom,bless you

Very beautiful. I love to use napkins on envelopes when I send mail. Always have compliments at the post office. I think I'm an addict.

Great video that’s detailed - love that glue - any multi medium art glue is perfect for decoupage or anything- Tim Holtz is the best glue for detailed stuff..

Hello Margreth, those are some pretty ephemera pieces you made, thanks for sharing.

Sure enjoyed this session. I love napkins over book print. Your purple index card was gorgeous. If you use your chomper tool the other way up, it will be easier to align the paper into it. I had thought of that punch but very much agree that that the cut offs are too small. Thanks again for the info.

They have a 3-way corner chopper, just like the rounding chopper, and are a whole lot cheaper, Love the tags they are beautiful. TFS, love all of your videos.

Happy Wednesday Margaret love your channel so meny fantastic ideas you inspire me 😘

Margareth, they are fantastic, very pretty indeed,😊 x

Regarding using a water brush, I think you will have even more success (although you did a great job) if you do smaller sections at a time. By going around the entire image at once, the water continues to wick into your image and the chance of tearing it is greater. I am a new subscriber and wanted to tell you what a joy you are to watch. You exude such happiness, fun and enthusiasm that is very contagious. Your English is wonderful. I love how you combine your language and American buzz words so effortlessly. I appreciate your use of inches while describing your projects. My day is just happier after watching you. Wouldn't change a thing about you or your videos. Thank you. Barbara in Dallas, Texas 🌿🌺🌱🌻🌴💐🌿

I love them, I have a plethora of napkins, so I need lots of napkins ideas.

you can use a wet q-tip instead of water marker. more control

I love love napkins uhhhh I have a lots of them! Thank you for sharing!

So many pretties to play and create with...

I have used glue on the napkins. You must use a lot to get it work right tho. Or yes it will tear. But it is possible. Thanks for the fun and the cute ideas

Wow they are gorgeous all three!😍😍😍 Love to hear that you don’t love that corner tool because I saw it everywhere but didn’t buy it yet…so don’t gonna do it. I love decoupaging with napkins, love it with a glue stick because it feels more texture like but when you glue it on old boekpapier or music paper it’s much more nice how you did it. In my latest video you can see that I decoupaged my Christmas napkins on old German bookplate to make the focal point of my Christmas ornaments. So so nice how you stamped it and love the bows😍😍 😘Maia

Great video, I also don’t do much napkin decoupaging and I have a load of napkins. What a fantastic idea using lining material for sari silk. Stayzon works on that glue. Xx

These are really beautiful, especially the pink/ purple card. Stop telling your self off, it adds to your character. Really enjoyed watching you put these together. Hope you have a safe new year. Catch you later sweet lady. 🎉🥳❤️

wat een mooie servetten heb je gevonden.en wat mooi zijn je tags , label of notecard geworden...erg leuk. jammer dat die corner chopper je tegen valt. zeker omdat ze zo duur zijn . een pons is dan denk ik goedkoper en werkt ook goed (vaessen) benieuwd wat voor knutseldingen jou goed bevallen , en wat niet.ook belangrijk!😘😊

These are lovely! Dye ink won't dry on acrylic medium. A pigment ink will work as others have suggested, but I prefer hybrid inks because they dry faster. You could try sealing it with a non-water-based sealer, I'm thinking hair spray would work.

They are very pretty, Love the roses. Can't find nice napkins here that don't cost an arm and a leg. haha. My corner chomper broke, one of the wing things fell off. Cost a fortune, went back to my Fiskars corner rounder.

I just want to say thank you for a great year ! So inspiring. Love all your projects and your sense of humour! Thank you lovey have a great new year !

Love the napkins and tags you made with them, thanks for the honesty on that expensive clunky chomper 😄 👍🏼

My mom and I watched The Sound of Music this year, it is a tradition of ours also! Terrific movie. I have one of those corner chompers and you are right, they really are only good if you are making small tags and such. Your decoupage projects today are lovely. Any permanent ink like Archival or stayzon will work over thst medium ive found! Have a very happy new year and thank you for the past year of wonderful videos. Wish me luck this weekend, I will be going thrift shopping for the first time in weeks! 💜

These decoupage pieces turned out beautiful ~ the Margreth touch 👌💕 I definitely think a permanent ink like Stazon or Versafine would be better... I agree, the We R Memory Keepers corner chompers are spendy... I have three; two I love (1/4 inch/1/2 inch corner chomper and the the stub/scallop) and the third (1/8 inch, 3/8 inch corner chomper) I punish and leave in the drawer. I always thought buying We R Memory Keepers would be a sure thing... I have the regular Envelope Punch board that I have had for years.. a real workhorse. But I have had two of the mini envelope punch boards that died quick deaths 😑 I love listening to you and seeing your beautiful creations, Margreth ~ Thank you so much for sharing 🌷🌷🌷 Blessings~~~ P.S. I'll hop on my private jet and come be your camera person to show us how you do your sari silk ribbon 😂

I have the Chomper for rounding corners. I like it for making mini books and look better with round corners. I had trouble figuring out that they open too.

Beautiful!!!

I'm so jealous. Beautiful napkins like that cost a fortune on amazon. I Haven't found many at the stores in the USA

I was just looking at the corner Chomper and was tempted to purchase it! I was worried that the corners wouldn’t be very big. So happy you did this review! Love the journal cards!

Clever tips. Thank you from America.

I have been watching your videos for a while now and never comment. I love them all and I also enjoy your voice an accent. Today's projects are so beautiful. I love them. I do have a little idea for gluing your glittery stones. You could put the dot of glue on the project instead of on the stone, then it goes where you want. I also don't want to buy a tool when I can find my own way to do instead. Hugs from Iowa.

Margreth you will love this glue I use it and love it.

I'M ENJOYING YOUR CHANNEL! I USE A TOOTHE PICK FOR MANY OF THE FINE DETAILINGS & IT WORKS GREAT FOR MANY APPLACATIONS. LOOKS LIKE YOUR DOING FINE USING YOUR FINGER APPLING THE GEMS. I FINALLY BOUGHT THAT TOOL USED FOR THANGS LIKE THAT, BUT SEEM TO LIKE THE TOOTH PICK MORE. Do take care. U.S.A.

I agree on that one!

Fabulous ideas .. love these . ❤

beautiful 😍

Merci beaucoup 🙏 j’adore 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Everything looks beautiful

Beautiful decoupage projects today! They would all make lovely journal toppers! I ordered some of the multi multi medium art glue. Happy New Year to you and Tim! TYFS Cindy

Love these cards!

Thank you for sharing this project. And I so appreciate your honesty with the experience you have with these supplies. I am so glad to have viewed this craft along. These were all so beautiful, I agree with you I like the purple one the best too.

These turned out so beautiful! I know what I'm adding to my crafting todo list. Thanks for sharing.

Merry Christmas Margreth... so glad you had a fab time and yes my hubby and I do the same but I do like to play a bit too...

Hello! Maybe you know it already, but this script on a pinkish card is from verse novel called Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. I love this stamp so much! Lovely project, as usual ❤️

Hi Margreth! I hope you had a good time this Christmas! Thank you for your time and energy, but most of all for your sincerity. I really haven't heard enough honest reviews for tools. For the smudging of the ink over the varnish, I found very helpful a hair spray to fixate it. Hope it helps! :) If we would not see you again before 2023, I wish you and Tim a Happy, healthy, juicy and meaningful new year!

Really pretty

Absolutely beautiful project! When you say “I guess”, to me that is still inspiring because I’m not sure how most of my crafting will work out and I’m very unsure of myself, so when you say it I feel like my work might turn out okay since yours is so pretty. Long story short, it doesn’t bother me.

Wow those rose napkins are gorgeous. Lucky find. This is a great project and your tags are beautiful. Stayzon ink works on the Matt medium. 💕

Very pretty 😍 💕

Gorgeous

What truly lovely tags/cards. Thank you so much for this video...💚

Fabulous lovey! ❤❤❤❤️🇦🇺xxx

Perfect ❤👍

Thank you for your video. I really enjoyed it. Tags / Journal card are so beautiful. Napkins are very expensive here in the United States. So I have very few. But I do have some with flowers on and I will definitely try this. My favorite one is the one with the music on the background so I definitely will try that one. Happy happy New Year and may your year be a wonderful one filled with joy and peace and lots of time to be creative

These look amazing Margreth. Love listening to you and watching you create.

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I've a bit of a problem when it comes to the old Musicals. I raised my children on Fiddler on the Roof, Sound of Music, White Christmas, South Pacific, Lil' Abner, etc. My problem now is that all my old cherrished movies are on VHS tapes and although I've hunted far and wide, I cannot find someone to repair my VHS player. We know the movies by heart though and when someone says "on the other hand" we know it's from Fiddler on the Roof, etc. I wish I could watch my old movies again without having to repurchase them on DVD.

The system offered me this video, and I am so happy that I clicked on it :))) I loved spending every minute with you. It was fun and relaxing at the same time. The ephemera turned out gorgeous. You inspired me to do some decoupage myself :))) Thanks to you, I finally know what material to use to make beautiful ribbons like that, yay!!! Thank you so much❤ Needless to say that I had to immediately subscribe to your channel. Dear Margreth, I wish you a Very Happy New Year 2023. Although all the odds seem to be against it, let us hope, it`ll be a good one :) Friendly greetings from Slovenia, Josi.

Staz on can be stamped before decoupage if you let dry .

Margreth there is another RU-vidr that does fabulous Mixed Media her name is Karen Campbell and she has a formula on the different steps for applying glues, paints, inks, paper so that you have the best results. If I remember right it is the one that is “Mixed Media for Beginners” it’s 2-3 yrs old and she has a freebie printout of the formula she uses. I think you would LOVE mixed media and would be very good at it if you knew the basic formula for applying it, so it isn’t rubbish. And Karen Campbell is a good kind of crazy 😜 personality that you would like.

Love the napkins projects! You definitely had me fooled with the fake Sari. Yes, Archival Ink will stay on top of the matte medium. Tim’s version is called Collage Medium, but I don’t think there is a difference. I love Archival ink for stamping, but also sometimes use it to distress the edges. The Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite movies ever! Wishing you and Tim a Happy New Year!

Hello Margreth, Hopefully I have spelled your name correctly this time... Lovely Lady with the Lovely accent... hehehehehe.... I love hearing you say that... good for you hunny... so I wanted to tell you something... Ive been struggling w getting nice paper... all we have is the cheap recollections pads in our Michaels store, so I knew I had to order to get nice stuff... well, when I saw the Reminisce Pad, you showed... number 2... well, I looked and looked and ordered, Book, 2, 3, 4, AND 5!!! cant get 1... its not available.. but I instantly fell in love w them... so of course, I had to have one of each.. Happy New Margreth, to you and Your Hubby, Hope you have a lovely New Year... May 2023 see you succeed at everything you try ! Much Love from Canada xx

Love Love Love this video! You taught so much! I believe the permanent ink will work fine with this Mat Medium! You have me wanting to get out my napkins 😊 I loved what you used for backgrounds and your stamping 😊 Thank you 😊 Wishing you a grand New Year! 🎉

Ah will try it but I don't have nice napkins and it makes a mess. Not crazy about it. Have fun however.

I think we call it seam binding in the States 🤗

Love these. Now I need to go thrifting for napkins. Just a thought, but what if you do your stamping before you add any of the Ranger glue. Thank you for sharing.

These are so lovely. Did you ever make a video showing one or more of your junk journals Margreth?

I’m “rubbish” with the corners. They are never uniform so I like the chomper for that reason especially on something like the labels where it is really noticeable if corners are not uniform. But, of course not necessary and I do wish they were larger angles.

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Heel mooi! De paarse leek me in eerste instantie echt niet mooi. Wonderlijk, wat een stempel doet! Ik ga deze techniek eens uitproberen. Bedankt voor het delen!

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Need to watch Gayle Agostinili"s channel she uses many of the tools and products you are not comfortable with 👍❣🇺🇸

I had the same problem with the water brush. I did destroy one....

I love what you do, and you make me chuckle with your chatter lol x Happy new year dear x I am new to your channel please what is your name? X

How do you make your faux sari silk?

So the cats hide away for New Year’s Eve? Hope it’s a calm night.

These are all so pretty! I’m glad you mentioned that about the corner chopper, I have been thinking about getting one. But I think I’ll hold off. Happy New Year!🎉🍾 🤗❤️ Tamara