Fun day off as hubby was willing to go with me to the town 11 miles away where there are 2 craft stores with 50% off coupons. Frustrating, though, it seems they put on lesser sale most of what I'd like to use the coupon to get! Somehow I still managed to find things for both of us to get with the coupons--LOL--plus this candle was already 50% off! I was very fortunate recently to win the Stampendous! Jumbo Cardinals cling set. I had actually looked for it a couple times, as cardinals are special to me. We don't have them in Oregon, but I was born in Indiana & they always remind me of my grandparents. I stamped the cardinals on tissue paper using Tsukineko's Delicata Golden Glitz, cut it out & attached it by covering the image with waxed paper & heating with my embossing gun. The strip around the bottom is Stampendous! aged ivory embossing enamel heated on a strip of heat resistant double-sided tape that I first
attached to a piece of tissue paper--then glued to the candle with Beacon 3-In-1 Craft glue--really good stuff! I finished it off with red Liquid Pearls, gold ribbon & a pearl. This will be my last entry for this month's Stampendous! challenge which ends tomorrow. So glad you took time to visit my blog--thank you!
So beautiful Greta. Such a lovely colour with the spots of red.
ReplyDeleteThis candle is too pretty to light!
ReplyDeleteGreta, I love what you did with the candle! What a cool technique!!
ReplyDeleteWe have lots of cardinals here in MD and I love seeing the flashes of red in the trees as they fly around. Cardinals are special in our family too as they have come to represent my mother-in-law who passed away in 1990. Each December the first ornament that goes up on our tree (up top near the star) is a carved wood cardinal and we have many other little cardinals around the house.
What a gorgeous candle Greta!! Love the cardinals!! The touch of red is a beautiful addition.
ReplyDeletewow!! what a beautiful candle, greta!! love the little touches of red...
ReplyDeleteThis is such a special project, Greta! Love the softness look!
ReplyDeleteThis candle is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour candle is gorgeous Greta. I've always wanted to do a candle, but haven't yet. I'm also glad to see how you used the aged ivory embossing enamel. I bought the kit of five enamels a few months ago, but haven't used them yet. It looks really pretty the way you used it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely candle, Greta! So pretty!
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