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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:
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.
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 :)
I have not stamped on candles for a while but looking at your beautiful candles makes me want to try it again!
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.
love, love love it! I am going to have to go get the supplies asap and try this pronto!
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!!
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!
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!
I love how these look! What a great gift idea!
Love your candles. They turned out just beautiful. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
FANTASTIC!! I can hardly wait to make these as gifts!!
love every one of these! it's a fun project! thanks for playing along with H2H!
Wow - those candels are absolutely GORGEOUS! I really want to try that!
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!!
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!
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.
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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