Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Candle Stamping & Tutorial

This week on Heart 2 Heart Challenges it is an ABC Challenge - Anything But a Card. I thought it was the perfect time to dust off the candle I had (since November '09, lol), and give Candle Stamping a try. You're not really stamping on the candle...but on tissue paper that you'll melt to the candle. I have a Tutorial to show you how it's done. I was so surprised at how easy it really was, I don't know why I waited so long to give it a try!
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(After I did the first one, I sent my husband out to buy more candles...lol! Thanks sweetie:))
The candles measure 4" tall...but the stamping area is 3.5". I finished the candles off with Organdy ribbon because I wanted the stamping to be the focus, not the embellishments.
Here's some close-ups of the candles.
The butterfly I stamped onto vellum, coloured it, and cut it out. I attached the body and antenna to the candle, and bent the wings up.
I just noticed, I should have added a rhinestone for an eye on the hummingbird.
I used the tops of the bamboo from Intrinsic Background for the grass that goes around the bottom of the candle.
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Recipe: CTMH Ink-Chocolate, Black, Tulip, Juniper & Desert Sand, CTMH SS-You Are Beautiful, Follow Your Heart, Spring Possibilities, Instrinsic Backgrounds & Treasure Life, Tissue Paper, Vellum, Copics-B12, B23, B39, YG95, Y11, C-3, G99, Organdy Ribbon.
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Here's close-ups of the next candle.
Because the image soaks through the tissue paper, you can make mirror images (I show this in the Tutorial below).

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Recipe: CTMH Ink-Desert Sand & Black, CTMH SS-Live Inspired, Tissue Paper, Organdy Ribbon.
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Here's a close-up of the last candle I stamped. It was difficult to stop at 3, I had alot of ideas...I'll be trying them out...I still can't believe I waited so long to try this out, lol!
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Recipe: CTMH Ink-Blush, Petal, Dutch Blue & Topiary, CTMH SS-A Posy, Tissue Paper, Martha Stewart Layered Arches Border Punch, Floral Grosgrain Ribbon, Organdy Ribbon, Rhinestones.
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Candle Stamping Tutorial:




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Mirror Image Candle Stamping:


Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to put your name in for some Blog Candy I'm giving away (see link at top of blog).
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Be sure to check out what others are doing with the ABC Challenge over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges.
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Enjoy,
Deneen

19 comments:

Leslie said...

Oh my gosh, these are so pretty. I tried it once years ago and didn't have good luck with it and never tried it again. Maybe I will give it another try. Thanks for the inspiration and the tut.

Unknown said...

This is so pretty. Thank you for providing the tutorial...I may just have to give it a try! I've never understood how before :)

Nicole Norris said...

I have not stamped on candles for a while but looking at your beautiful candles makes me want to try it again!

Anonymous said...

Wow, I am very impressed with your work. I will have to try this myself. It does sound very easy. Thanks for posting the tutorial.
Laurie W.

B said...

love, love love it! I am going to have to go get the supplies asap and try this pronto!

Christine Marshall said...

There used to be a fair bit of candle stamping when I first joined CTMH 5 years ago. You have brought this art back to me wonderfully! I'd forgotten how beautiful these can be. Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial with us!!

Katy said...

I just love hand-stamped candles...like Christine it's been a while since I've made them so I'll have to try it again!!! Thanks for playing along!

The Closet Crafter said...

Amazing as always! This has always intimidated me and I've only tried it a couple of times. Yours are truely inspiring and I shall be searching out more candles to try again!

ScrappinFabBetty said...

I love how these look! What a great gift idea!

JoAnn Porter said...

Love your candles. They turned out just beautiful. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

Becky B. said...

FANTASTIC!! I can hardly wait to make these as gifts!!

Anonymous said...

love every one of these! it's a fun project! thanks for playing along with H2H!

scrapaholicjen said...

Wow - those candels are absolutely GORGEOUS! I really want to try that!

Bobie said...

WOW! I have never seen this done before. Guess what I am going to do in the morning? YUP, stamp on candle. I hope mine look half as nice as yours! Thanks for giving the directions with pictures. You are AWESOME!!

Haley D. said...

Your candles are GORGEOUS! I haven't made any in forever, but now I've got to go play. Thanks for the "mirror stamping" tip. Also, congrats on the H2H Friday Five!

Karen C said...

These are lovely. I haven't done this in such a long time and I think I still have a few candles up in a closet somewhere... Thanks for the inspiration.

Yelyn said...

Thank you very much for the explanation is really easy. Let's see if when you do that simple, hehe.
Congratulations! really beautiful.

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