The technique is simple really (stamp on white tissue paper, cut out, heat candle till wax melts and adhears the image), but I think I'll need a few goes to perfect it... I've got wrinkles and edges that I'd rather weren't there. I quite like the silhouette looks, so I chose solid stamps (and the Fiskars hand-plier butterfly punch for the small candle) from a variety of companies, and pulled out all my shimmery purple inks (3 Brilliance and an Encore). I rock'n'rolled the flower parts of the stamps on the large candle in the Brilliance Victorian Violet for a bit of added interest. The punch butterflies are from some Phil Taylor metallic tissue paper that I haven't seen in the shops for years (so I guess you can tell now that I am a bit of a hoarder). If I can tidy these up they'll be part of my Mum's Christmas present (yes, she does like purple too).
Thursday, November 23, 2006
stamped candles
Today I decided to bite the bullet and do some stamped candles. I've had these candles for about a year, but last year I was too scared of stuffing up and so shoved them in the cupboard and forgot about them. There's been quite a few stamped candles on the Splitcoast gallery, so I decided it was time I tried it.
The technique is simple really (stamp on white tissue paper, cut out, heat candle till wax melts and adhears the image), but I think I'll need a few goes to perfect it... I've got wrinkles and edges that I'd rather weren't there. I quite like the silhouette looks, so I chose solid stamps (and the Fiskars hand-plier butterfly punch for the small candle) from a variety of companies, and pulled out all my shimmery purple inks (3 Brilliance and an Encore). I rock'n'rolled the flower parts of the stamps on the large candle in the Brilliance Victorian Violet for a bit of added interest. The punch butterflies are from some Phil Taylor metallic tissue paper that I haven't seen in the shops for years (so I guess you can tell now that I am a bit of a hoarder). If I can tidy these up they'll be part of my Mum's Christmas present (yes, she does like purple too).
The technique is simple really (stamp on white tissue paper, cut out, heat candle till wax melts and adhears the image), but I think I'll need a few goes to perfect it... I've got wrinkles and edges that I'd rather weren't there. I quite like the silhouette looks, so I chose solid stamps (and the Fiskars hand-plier butterfly punch for the small candle) from a variety of companies, and pulled out all my shimmery purple inks (3 Brilliance and an Encore). I rock'n'rolled the flower parts of the stamps on the large candle in the Brilliance Victorian Violet for a bit of added interest. The punch butterflies are from some Phil Taylor metallic tissue paper that I haven't seen in the shops for years (so I guess you can tell now that I am a bit of a hoarder). If I can tidy these up they'll be part of my Mum's Christmas present (yes, she does like purple too).
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Ooooh very noice Lavs - and I'm the same as you, bought a stack of them last year and put them away - too scared in case I stuffed up LOL...they look fantastic
Try wrapping wax paper (the real wax paper, not Gladbake) around the decorated candle and heat. This leaves a layer of wax over the image and gives a neater finish. You just have to make sure you hold the wax paper taut and be careful not to burn your fingers!
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