Registered: March 31, 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 167
Wed, May 12, 2004 @ 7:05 PM
Can you tell me more about this technique? I am hosting an outdoor b-day party and we are going to use candles as decorations. This would be a great way to spice up the candles.
Registered: June 13, 2003 Location: Franklin, IN Posts: 1810
Wed, May 12, 2004 @ 8:02 PM
Beautiful! I agree with Chill-love the colors and how they look like they are at different depths!
------------------------------ Emily B
"I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." Ephesians 4: 1-2
Thanks for all of the nice comments!! Here is how the technique is done: Stamp your design on tissue paper. Cut out design close to image(s). Wrap around candle, then wrap a layer of waxed paper over it -- make sure to have enough waxed paper so that you can "bunch" up the excess length in the back to act as a "handle" for holding onto the candle. Heat the entire image with heat tool; you can "see" when enough heat has been applied -- keep moving the heat tool so you don't melt a "dent" into the candle. The tissue paper will "melt" into the candle, and some of the wax from the waxed paper will melt off as well and form a thin layer of wax over the tissue. Carefully remove the waxed paper, and you're done! :-)