S: Paper Napkin Transfer Sheet

I received an envelope from @Lahdeedah made through this technique. And it looks awesome. Thank you for hosting this Terry :-)

I´m watching for now until I figure out how I can get this to work. I have the plastic foil stick to everything and anything except for the napkin. Tried different foils and napkins so far.....

A few hours later..... So far for me it works best if I keep the napkin three layers. But I use "baking paper" instead of drawing/crafting paper. It's less likely to stuck. I'm now trying to perfect the result. ie rinkle free

Kirsty, are you using plastic/saran) wrap? (Not foil I hope as that won't work - it's aluminum.)

When I first tried doing this, I used cheap dollar store plastic wrap and it wouldn't work - but when I used my regular kitchen wrap, it was fine.

Also, if you use the 3 layers of napkins, your partner could end up with the top layers peeling off when they go to use it.

If you are still having problems, let me know - I could phone you to talk about it as I can call free through Google. Just let me know. (";)

Good luck!

Terry - I didn't know that! (About the cheap plastic wrap.)

Kirsty - I can't remember whether or not the lady in the video says this, but I placed the extra layers of napkin (all but the top piece with the design) under the cardstock to protect the ironing board. I smoothed out the plastic wrap on top of the cardstock and weighted it down on the edges with coins. After I carefully placed the pretty piece on that (face up), I held the iron in the center first and then moved out to the edges. I did a quick pass with the iron to tack the napkin to the cardstock and then came back and pressed the entire thing to make sure it was completely stuck. Sometimes I had to repeat that a few times because the edges wanted to peel. Also, be sure to cover the top napkin piece with paper (again, I used the extra napkin ply) or you'll end up with plastic stuck to the iron. Another thing I discovered is that thinner, more flexible cardstock works better. The napkin seemed to stick better to that (at least for me), and I found it to be more versatile in the end.

I hope I didn't just repeat everything the tutorial said!

Hang in there! You'll figure it out. :-)

Thank you Ladies. My project is improving :-) And I have a ton of material now LOL I think I'm going to sign up anyway since now I am sooooo focussed (ie stressed out to get it to work... I'm too stubborn to let go now ;-) )

I did get a better kind of kitchen wrap, and thank you for the cardstock tip.

Bakc to the iron board....

I figured it out!! Yeah, sorry for smapping this swap though.....

that should be spamming..... :-(

This is so much fun! I made mine yesterday and really didn't know when to stop. Love the texture!

I found the prettiest napkins today (and a few Halloween ones too)