Thanksgiving Napkin Holders / Place Names

This week on Free Craft Downloads  there are some new thanksgiving papers for you

Occasionally I like to make something other than a card with the new papers so this week I came up with the idea of  making some Napkin holders / Place names with a couple of the Decoupage sheets

They were easy to make and the combination of a Napkin holder and Place name card is ideal if table space is limited because  you have either a small table or a table laden with goodies

This is something I will be doing for my Christmas table with some Christmas decoupage papers as I only have a small table

I used thanksgiving_decoupage
and thanksgiving03

These were printed on 350gsm smooth white card A4 size
I also used some gold and silver Capital letter peel offs

             

I cut the layers out but instead of layering them all up I put a spacer in between the first and second layer.This was a piece of card 6m long by 3cm wide and each end was folded up 1cm. One end was attached to the front of the largest piece of decoupage  and the other was attached to the back of  the second layer with double sided tape so there was a 4cm gap inbetween this is where the folded napkin goes, the rest of the layers then were decoupages on the front.
On the front of the pumpkin one I added a name in gold letter peel offs and on the Turkey one I added a name in silver letter peel offs to the back layer

Bea the witch

Last week Bea the fairy made her debut  on Free Craft Downloads
This week she is all dressed up as a Witch ready for Halloween


I have made two cards using some of the papers

Card 1 

 

To make this first card I used 

1 5 x 5 inch square white base card 

1 piece of 5 x 5 inch white card

Bea Backing paper 5

Bea Decoupage small

I also used a small black strip of card 

Some gold letter peel offs to spell out Happy Halloween

I printed out a pumpkin picture that I had on my computer as well

I decided to make a 5x5 inch easel card  

I stuck the backing paper to the base of the card and also to the bit that stands up

I cut out and made up the decoupage but decided to cut off the small pumpkin which I kept to one side as it was going to be used elswhere

I cut out the larger pumpkin and stuck it to the piece of white 5x5 card and cut around it 

This was then stuck to the front of the easel  card

When the decoupage had dried I stuck it to the centre of the larger pumpkin and cut out two of the small pumpkins from the decoupage sheet and used them as the stoppers on the main card stuck on with double sided foam pads

Along the bottom of the card I stuck a thin strip of black card and added the letters to say Happy Halloween

Card 2 

To make this second card I used

A white A6 gatefold card

Bea Backing paper 5

Bea pyramid 1

I also used two strips of black card 

Gold letter peel offs to spell out Happy Halloween

I used the other two small pumpkins from the decoupage sheet I used for the first card

I cut out and made up the pyramid sheet - while the sillicone was drying  I stuck some of the backing paper to the central inside part of the card then stuck another  piece to each of the outer sides

I added a thin strip of black card down each of the outer sides of the front of the card  starting at the top left I put the word Happy then at the bottom of the right side of the card I put Halloween then closed the card and added the other two small pumpkins from the decoupage sheet to the centre

Bea makes her début on Free Craft Downloads

We have a new character on Free Craft Downloads this week
Bea the fairy


I have made a couple of cards using some of the papers

The first one is this one 

I used

Bea decoupage

Bea backing paper

Present backing paper

Flower template  printed on back of one sheet of the fairy backing paper

Frame 

I also used a small piece of silver metalic card  (5"x7")

Starting with the decoupage I printed it once on a sheet of A4 smooth white paper
I then printed it again on a sheet of A5 smooth white paper
I then mirrored the decoupage and printed it again on another A5 sheet of smooth white paper

The Bea backing paper I printed on two sheets of A4 smooth white card
On the back of one of the sheets I printed the flower template

The present backing paper was printed in draft on A4 white paper  I chose to print  it in draft as I only wanted a pale image to show through the apperture in the inside of the card
I printed the frame on an A5 sheet of smooth white card

To make the card up  I folded one sheet of bea backing paper in half to make an A5 size finished card

 The second sheet I cut out the flower shape from the back of the card then folded it so it would pop out when the card was opened I stuck the faded present sheet to the middle of the main outer card and trimmed the top and bottom
then stuck the folded aperture pop out centre to it

I cut out and made up the two smaller decoupage sheets and stuck them back to back with a piece of silver grey thread between them  so it would hang from the centre of the inside of the card





 

I suspended the Bea decoupage from the top and stuck it down with a small piece of tape then stuck the two small presents to either side at the bottom of the flower shape






 

For the front of the card I cut around the frame and cut out the centre then stuck it on to the small sheet of silver metallic card  I cut around the main Bea image on the A4 size backing sheet and stuck it in the centre of the frame






 

This was then stuck to the centre of the front of the card

 I chose not to add a greeting to the card

The second card is this one

 

Mirror mirror on the wall ......
Bea fairy card 2
For this card I decided to combine old and new
I used the pink version  of Bea decoupage
present backing paper
the 5x5 square frame resized to 7cm x 7cm
Fairy decoupage
a small piece of silver mirror card
a speech bubble with words mirror mirror on the wall......

 I printed the present backing paper onto a sheet of
 A4 smooth white card and "tent" folded it
I printed both the old and new fairy  decoupage A5 size on white smooth paper
The pink speech bubble on to smooth white paper

I printed the frame on to smooth white card, cut it out and stuck it on to a small piece of silver mirror card
In the centre I stuck the  fairy decoupage (we had quite a while ago on FCD)

This is the finished card
I stuck the small present from the decoupage sheet on to the bottom right side of the card






Again with this card I chose not to add a greeting