Mosaic labels

These little price label sheets make very fun and easy backgrounds. Simply rub ink over the entire sheet, using several colors, if desired. Then rub off the color from the lines in between. The ink won't stick to the glossy lines.

Here are more sheets colored this way, ready to be used.

The card below was printed in a previous Stamper' Sampler magazine for their challenge to use these price labels. I used a sticky note as a mask around the squares to stamp on them individually. All the stamps used on this card are from Oxford Impressions.

And here is one more example...
The lady was stamped on a transparency and glued to the label sheet and the flower lines are rub-ons with some white gel pen dots.

If you are still reading this post and would like the blue card on top of this post, be the first to comment that you would like the card, and I will mail it to you. I will e-mail you for your address and off it will go to you. The beach beauty on that card is a copy from one of my vintage fashion magazines.

Elizabeth

Stylish Serviettes-More napkin art

These cards show 3 different ways to use napkins on cards or artwork.

In the card above, one flower was cut out and adhered smoothly to the card with glue stick. It is a very easy way to get a beautiful image onto a card. I cut the flower out of the napkin with all the layers still attached and then pulled them off before gluing. I like the translucent quality of these napkin images.

Below, the same napkin as above was used, but this time I rubbed and sprayed green ink on it and stamped some writing on it. Then I peeled off all the backing layer, rolled it into a ball in my hand. White glue was brushed onto white card stock and the crinkled napkin was pressed carefully to the card stock, leaving wrinkles. After it dries, you can tear or cut it. The napkin and card stock are all one nice flexible piece. Then it was adhered to a green card. Finally, the girl image, green trims and flowers were added.

For the card below, I used the same technique, but stamped my main image onto a rose napkin first. You can see the "crinkling" better on the light background of this card. I tore around the edges of the "cardstock-napkin" panel and attached to a green card. I added green trims, a butterfly sticker, and a floral corner rub-on.
Below is an article I did for Stampers' Sampler in 2003 with this wrinkling technique for cards. This article was also in the first Handcrafted Magazine by Stampington and Co. in 2005.

Elizabeth

Napkin Art

The backgrounds on both of these cards are paper napkins. I have been using napkins in my cards for several years. There are so many lovely images available -More posts with napkins are to come.
The background napkin in the top card has been altered quite a bit- with inks, stamping, and some drawn lines. The second card has been sprayed with a peach color. The girl in the second card is from PaperWhimsy
Elizabeth