Hi there,
Well its the 1st of the month again and Christmas is approaching.
It is therefore fitting that the theme this month at the Clarity Blog Challenge is “Christmas”
Hope you will join in and create something for us all to see, maybe win a £50.00 voucher or be
one of the top 5, but just taking part in great fun.
Thanks to everyone who participated last month, really enjoyed seeing your projects.
Don’t forget to have a look at the inspiration from the other members Challenge Design Team.
Well as you can see my project this month is a Chrisimas Candle, I love candles all year round, but
a Christmas Candle is very special. We have a family tradition that the youngest in the house, lights
the Christmas Candle on Christmas eve as soon as it gets dark.
What you will need is
Remember you are working on tissue paper, so the golden rule is gently does it
Using Versamark, ink your “Away in the Manger” stamp liberally, as the tissue will absorb the ink.
Gently peel the stamp off the tissue and sprinkle with Wow gold embossing powder and heat emboss.
Next stamp your Manger Scene using black adriondack ink onto a piece of tissue and emboss with clear embossing powder.
Stamp the star using versamark ink and again cover with the Wow gold powder and heat emboss.
Brayer Eggplant gently over the top half of the image, place your outer part of the Mountain mask in the sky and brayer in black the Mountains.
Leaving a space behind the Stable. Then take a make-up sponge, gently sponge a little of each of the distress inks in the Stable and over the ground.
Next gently tear as close as possible around the scene and the Away in the Manger words. I found straight lines can give you a run of wax down the edge.
Place your torn tissue centrally on the candle, wrap carefully in baking paper holding it smooth at the back. Gently and slowly
heat the paper, you can peep in to check it has melted into the candle, but the key is be gentle or you will melt it too much and the wax will run.
Good luck if you wish to try this and I would suggest starting small and putting several images on a test candle to get the feel for it.
Here is another style.
Hope you like them and please leave me a comment, if you get a chance.
Bye for now.
Naomi
Karen Clare said:
Very lovely projects Naomi, I haven’t used candles yet but you’ve inspired me to do so, thank you xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Karen, enjoy having a go, if you have any questions shout out. XXX
Jane Telford said:
Christmas would not be the same with out a lovely Candle Naomi! This is gorgeous and I will certainly be having a go at this technique. Thanks for sharing! xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Jane, they make lovely presents, enjoy.
Sazzle said:
I love this technique Naomi and the idea of a Christmas candle is a brilliant idea 🙂 xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Saz.
Angela Simpson said:
What a beautiful candle Naomi. x
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks so much Angela for taking the time to comment.
Bernie Simmons said:
Fantastic Naomi and thank you for putting the instructions on how to do it …..
artycardsandgifts said:
Hope you have fun, with it Bernie. Thanks for commenting. XXXX
Lynne H said:
Lovely idea Naomi. I particularly love the embossed carol. It looks really elegant. x
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Lynne.
June Smith said:
This is gorgeous, thank you so much for sharing it. I love the way you have done it. June x
artycardsandgifts said:
You are welcome, don’t forget to post what you do, I would love to see it June.
Linda Page said:
This is beautiful well the other one is too thanks for sharing I have done some candles but didn’t think that you could gold emboss…thats me off to get some candles then..craft fairs coming up lol xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Linda, have fun they are the same Candle just both sides.
Yvonne said:
Brilliant candles and who would have thought you could emboss onto tissue?
Amazing Naomi love them xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks Yvonne, I wondered if you could tried and it worked. Love the look of it. Thanks for your lovely comment.
Jo Rice said:
Oh Naomi, how fabulous and perfect for Christmas…I love your candles….Thanks for such clear instructions too…I will definitely buy some and have a go….have a good weekend and see you soon….really soon….hugs.Jo. X
artycardsandgifts said:
Thanks very much Jo, have fun. See you very soon. xxx
Theresa Pace said:
love this idea Naomi. i really like the black and white one you’ve made xx
artycardsandgifts said:
I think the Black and White works the best for this method. Thanks Teresa for taking the time to comment.
Lisa said:
Thanks for the detailed breakdown, I’ve only tried stamping ink only into the tissue paper, the embossing looks fab xx
artycardsandgifts said:
Just an experiment that worked, have fun.