This could come in handy for themed invitations (especially for kids) or great for using up those extra napkins you might have laying around from Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other occasions.
1. Take the desired napkin and gently peel off the plain back layer...usually white. Be patient...there ususally is another layer there. Laura ripped the corner of her napkin to help her separate the layers.
2. Put your iron on it's high setting.
3. Make a 'sandwich' in the next couple steps. Laura started with a bunch of book covers. You need something to keep the heat from getting onto your table. Maybe some off colored card stock or newsprint or something.
4. Now lay your pretty napkin pretty side down.
5. Put a layer of standard cling wrap (saran wrap) down on top of your napkin. This will be the 'glue' that holds your napkin to your cardstock.
6. Lastly, put your cardstock on top of the cling wrap.
7. Put your newsprint or old stack of cardstock on top. This is the other side of your heat buffer.
8. Iron the whole thing until the 3 layers are fused. Be careful when peeling up your project that you don't separate the layers.
9. Trim the edges of your cardstock to remove any extra napkin and/or cling wrap and you are ready to use your beautiful new piece of fused cardstock.
Here's a link to Laura's Blog showing examples of her fused (felted) cardstock.
On her blog she includes a link to the Split Coast Stampers instruction page where she learned to do it as well. We need to give these people credit for sure for this GREAT idea! If you don't already have a log on to that site...you should get it...they have great ideas!!!
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