It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, but it certainly doesn't feel like it! It was close to 70 degrees here in New Jersey today. Yuck! But, that's not stopping my holiday prep! I successfully mailed out 160 Christmas Cards this morning. I'm sure I'll be sending more out as I remember people I may have accidentally forgotten or whose address I'm still trying to hunt down. I'll be honest about that. I love getting the bulk of those out the door - it allows me to stamp for fun for the rest of the month! I don't know about you, but I don't feel like I can stamp for fun until I get those need-to-do projects off of my list.
When I first saw the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set, I immediately thought of all kinds of non-card projects that I wanted to make. One of my Christmas sets of China (yes, one of) is the traditional Lenox Holiday pattern. And the holly in this stamp set coordinates beautifully! I can imagine menus and place cards and invitations....and candles! An entire coordinated Christmas dinner table!
It's been years since I've made one of these candles - and they're super easy! Here's what you do...
- Cut a piece of white tissue paper the size of your candle.
- Stamp your images on the tissue paper. For my holly candle I actually used my Cherry Cobbler and Gumball Green Markers, along with my Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, to create the coordinating holly. For the pointsettia candle, I simply stamped in Cherry Cobbler. I "stamped off" the solid layer of the images for both candles.
- When you've completed your stamping, lay the tissue paper around the candle.
- Next, wrap a layer of waxed paper around the candle - covering the tissue. I like to keep my waxed paper a little longer so that I have a handle.
- Using your heat tool (on the low setting), move the heat tool all over the candle like you would if you were heat embossing. You'll see the candle start to look moist as the top layer of wax begins to melt. At that point, move on. You don't want it getting too melted.
- When the entire candle has been heated, gently remove the waxed paper. Sometimes I'll "touch up" the candle over any spots where the tissue didn't melt into the wax or to smooth any rough edges. I simply hit those spots again with the heat tool (again, on low).
- Then embellish! I tied some Cherry Cobbler Seam binding around the tall candle. I dotted the middles of the flowers using some Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details.
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