I struggled a bit for an alternate project & card because I love the projects & cards in the kit! Once I finally got my creative mojo going here is what I came up with this month!
All the details for my card and my project are below. I have put an asterisks next to items that were in addition to the Paper Pumpkin kit.
Details for the card:
- *Cajun Craze Card base - 11" x 4 1/4" and score at 5 1/2"
- *Whisper White 5 1/4" x 4"
- Used the negative/outline that is left from the leaves with *Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze, and *Crushed Curry inks. I used *sponge daubers for this part. I tried sponge wedges, but it was too challenging to work with the small outlines and not get extra ink on the card front.
- Added a couple gold leaves to the card front.
- Used the bakers twine included with the kit to wrap around the card front before adhering to card base.
- Stamped the sentiment in Cajun Craze on the kit included tags.
I have seen this candle and stamping idea a number of places online. I picked up some battery operated lights from the local dollar store and decided to try this technique.
Details for the project:
- *Battery operated light from the local dollar store
- Using *tissue paper and stamp leaves on it in *Cherry Cobbler and Cajun Craze inks onto the tissue paper.
- Wrap the tissue paper around the candle and very carefully heat/melt the tissue paper into the candle using your heat gun. Be careful and I set it on some scrap paper because some of the wax leaked to the bottom of the candle. Set aside to cool and harden.
- Used the bakers twine included with the kit to wrap around the card front before adhering to card base.
- Stamped the sentiment in Cajun Craze on the kit included tags.
I hope you enjoyed my card and project. Thanks for visiting!
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So lovely, makes me want to have a chai latte for some reason! Lol. Thanks for sharing :-D
ReplyDeleteWow Megan! I love that you used the negatives from the scraps to sponge with! So clever! I have stamped on regular candles before, but never thought to try doing the technique with battery operated faux candles! You just made this technique more attractive, as there is no need to worry about burning the house down with wax and tissue! Your candle turned out amazing! Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea! 💖
ReplyDeleteLove the negatives!! You are super clever!! Also love the candle. I've never done one of those! Maybe one day!
ReplyDeleteI too have been struggling with the alternate ideas - the kits have been so great. I didn't realize there were battery operated wax candles - i thought they were plastic. I'll need to go to the store and look for those. Thanks for sharing.
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