valentine's day heart punch napkins
Feb 10, 2012 
Looking for something sweet for the breakfast table? These napkins use a heart hole punch to make a stencil for printing on napkins. The heavy clunk of the metal punch is almost as satisfying as the resulting shower of confetti hearts.
Materials: Napkins (washed, dried and ironed), stencil sheets or Mylar (I used frosted Mylar cut into 4 ½ x 6” sheets), heart hole punch, painter’s tape, textile or screen-printing ink, stencil brush, paper plates, iron.
Step 1: Using the heart hole punch, cut hearts in the stencil sheet. I made three sheets – one for each color I wanted to print.
Step 2: Print the napkins by taping your stencil to the napkin. This gives a buffer for the paint as well as holding it in place. Pour small amount of ink onto a paper plate. Dip your brush into the ink and then remove excess ink by tapping the stencil brush onto plate. Apply ink to stencil using a straight up and down motion. Carefully peel away stencil and move to a new area.
Step 3: Apply a new color by repeating Step 2 after the first color ink is dry to the touch. Repeat with a third color if desired.
To make your ink permanent, follow ink manufacturer’s instruction for “heat-setting” the ink. This means ironing the fabric after it has air dried to make it permanent so you can wash and dry your napkins over and over to repeatedly brighten your table.
Big thanks to Michaels for sponsoring these posts. I hope everyone gets just the right amount of sweet this Valentine's Day. xoxo
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Reader Comments (5)
How adorable! Not too much, but definitely sweet and romantic. Love it!
I'm modifying my comment in your last post: I want to TAKE you when I post up at Michael's. I would never have thought to do what you did with those hole punchers! What fun! (They need to have little Make Grow Gather inspirations all throughout the store so we can be encouraged to think outside the box!)
These are so cute! I love all of the options that open up with their wide range of punches as well. I can't wait to give this a try.
ow. these just make me happy. perfect for valentine's day but perfect any time of the year. can see myself using these for picnics in the park or cocktails at the beach. it's a perfect gift idea as well. thanks!!!
aww, this is super cute! Love confetti/polka dots, and the heart shapes are a sweet twist!
Tinker Finca