Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Be Thankful Candle



Hello everyone! The challenge at Peachy Keen this week is to decorate/stamp a candle. This is a candle that I stamped and decorated. I have had this candle FOREVER!!! You can tell if you look closely at it. I've never burned it, in fact it still had the plastic on it, so it was perfect for decorating for the upcoming Fall season. 
I have never actually stamped ON a candle until this project. After I finished mine, I saw the way that other people do it. They stamp their images onto a piece of tissue paper and then glue it onto the candle. I will tell you how I did mine.
I started by using my embossing heat tool and melted the surface of the candle. Very quickly I inked my leaf stamp in a dye based ink, and stamped it into the melted wax. After I stamped it, I heated it up again to help seal in the ink. This did NOT seal the ink in completely, so I used a baby wipe and blotted the surface until all the excess ink came off....otherwise, when you touched it, you would turn red! LOL!
I created the band by cutting a 2 X 12 inch strip of kraft paper and punched the edges. I also ran it through a crimper and inked it all. The tag cluster I made by stamping the images, cutting them out, and distress inked all of them. The tag I stamped using My Craft Spot's new Happy Thanksgiving set. I then added a brad through the center of the tag cluster and threaded raffia around the candle and through the hole. I tied it off and then shredded and crumpled the raffia.
I really like how this turned out! It will look great on my table this fall. Thanks for looking and have a great day!
SUPPLIES
My Craft Spot- Happy Thanksgiving stamp set
Peachy Keen- September SOTM kit

27 comments:

Kim said...

Great fall candle! Love the way you stamped it! And don't you love it when a challenge makes you use up something that's been sitting around for a while? I know I do! LOL!

snappy scrappy said...

Really pretty!! Lee-Ann :)

Nana said...

Beautiful. Never knew you could stamp a candle. Thanks to you I do now. Will be giving this a try.

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Migdalia said...

I like this ideal!!Stamping on a Candle!This makes a GREAT Gift!!Lovely candle!!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia

Saundra said...

This is amazing, GiGi! You created such a beautiful candle. Thanks for joining us in the challenge at Peachy Keen Stamps! ~Hugs!!

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Leanne said...

This is absolutely GORGEOUS GiGi!! I love how you stamped on your candle! It turned out AMAZING!! Thanks for playing along with us at PKS! Hugs, Leanne

katieo said...

This beautiful candle will brighten any decor Sounds like a complicated technique that is worth the effort.

DoBea A. said...

This turned out so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us over on the Peachy Keen Challenge blog this week!!

Cindy Beland said...

GORGEOUS job with your candle project Gigi!Looks AMAZING my friend,Have a great day!!!:)

Pam said...

Very pretty! You did a great job!
Pam

Gwen said...

This is just gorgeous!! I have never stamped on a candle either and would not have had a clue how to do it. Awesome job it looks so warm and soft and inviting.

Houses Built of Cards said...

This is GORGEOUS Gigi!!! So impressive! Congrats on the Top Peach this week!!!

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Sentimental Scrapper said...

Beautiful!!

KathyJ Peachy Keen Stamps said...

AWWW... GiGI!! Your candle is BEAUTIFUL!! Congrats on being TOP PEACH for this challenge!! :) BIG HUGS! Kathy

Liz O. said...

What a fabulous candle, I love the tissue paper technique , but I Am going to try this as soon as I can find time for craftin LOL! TFS Gigi!
Have a lovely day!
Liz

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