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This is awesome! Made a bunch of the dots while DGD was down for a nap. Haven't tried dying them yet but she will be taking another nap in a little bit. Never bought any of these because of the cost but love the look of them. And now I have a way to use up some of the zillions of glue sticks I have but rarely use now that I have discovered 3 in 1 glue! Thanks for sharing your creativity. This is genius!!!
Hmmmm, what brand ink? You only need 2 or 3 drops. I used Ranger ink. Maybe the bag was too full, I made some other shapes with the glue and crammed too much in once and it didn't take well. Just a thought.
I used the Ranger Alcohol Inks. I got my colored and glitter glue sticks in the mail this weekend and made up a bunch of these. They are great!!!! I used a white pearl color and they look like the 1/2 pearl embellishments you buy. Thanks for the fantastic tip on making these!!!!
Hi Sherry! If you're talking w/ ink, the only way I've ever done it is to stamp/color on tissue and then use wax paper w/ a heat gun to melt the paper into the candle.
If you're talking about w/ acrylic paint, there actually is a candle-painting medium that you use either mixed w/ the colors or directly on the candle. It helps the paint adhere and then acts as a varnish or sealer to the finished design. HTH!
I must be tired tonight i meant stamping on candles not painting, But thanks Deb. I liked your ideas too.
Glue tissue EDGES to card stock stamp and do the same as printing below instructions.
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Originally Posted by rosebudinnh
try using a cheap glue stick for kids , and glue tissue to white card stock . Then color in. pull tissue off apply to candle and heat.
I glue tissue to white card stock ,run through my printer photos I want on candle, then pull of card stock and apply to candle. and heat with my heat gun .so easy.... I have photos on my blog. athttp://rosebudinnh.spaces.live.com/b...0AA!1387.entry
Talking about candles
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jeff gordon candle
making candle photos , real easy roll candle on tissue paper, to get the size, cut the paper. un roll. Stamp on the tissue paper with your favorite stamps. color with inks . Or print on the tissue paper using your computer. Use a glue stick to stick tisue to paper, only around edges. then print the way you normally do. Okay now you have your inked tissue of the image you want, get out your heat gun and heat the candle and roll the paper on. Shaping on the heat sheet and even out the wax, roll and heat.
I find that the candle heats and melts from the inside out and will, burn slow and steady, usally people dont want to light them. AS ALWAYS NEVER LEAVE A CANDLE UNATTENDED.
Tomorrow is my birthday, I have taken the day off work, and I'm going to please myself- I'm planning on making some of these. I even used my 1/2 off Michael's coupon last time to buy a hot glue mat. So, watch out! I'm planning on making birthday baubles! I may go a little berserk, and see if I can foil them. Hm. Ideas, ideas! I shall report back! (I even cleaned off my craft desk, so I can work on it)
I tried some with Ranger inks, and they came out a bit spotchy. I put about 10 in the bag. Gonna try again. Maybe certain colors take better or it was too many ???
I put the ink in a bag and then the dew drops, and then when I took them out of the bag and laid them on a paper plate I also touched up the drops that didn't cover to well. You are right though some colors did better than others.
I just did some and they turned out beautifully. I used Stazon ink. I have some alcohol inks and will try different colors with that. I also want to try the pearl-ex.
Tomorrow is my birthday, I have taken the day off work, and I'm going to please myself- I'm planning on making some of these. I even used my 1/2 off Michael's coupon last time to buy a hot glue mat. So, watch out! I'm planning on making birthday baubles! I may go a little berserk, and see if I can foil them. Hm. Ideas, ideas! I shall report back! (I even cleaned off my craft desk, so I can work on it)
OK, it was so engrossing making a ton of these little beauties, that I lost track of time, and missed going out to the movie! (I'll make up for that today!)
I found my low temp glue gun worthless for these, the hot glue gun worked like a charm. I used the low temp neon & glitter glue sticks in the hot glue gun (I know, not supposed to!) and got lots of neat effects. by alternating chunks of color stick with chunks of glitter stick, I got a mixture- color & glitter. They vary in intensity, and look really cool. (And I just cut the sticks into smaller chunks & slices) I'm using an old manual feed (push the stick through with your finger) This mixing wouldn't work with a trigger gun, the chunks would just fall out. I colored a few with markers, mixed results. Some markers/colors work, others just blotch. And that's even in the same brand. So, it's trial and error on the coloring, for me at least. I had fun playing with these yesterday. It's a great way to have custom color Dew Drops!
Hi Everyone:
When was the last time you weave paper to create a fun card?
Lori has a wonderful tutorial here showing how to weave and emboss with the cuttlebug..
Hi Everyone! Here's another tutorial I created that is similar to the Pocket/tag card but this one is a Candy Bar Holder. It's an easy candy bar holder that even small kids can create.
