Stamped Candles

So, what do you think? I had so much fun making these! I'm teaching a class this Thursday on how to make a money holder and I will demonstrate stamped candles at the end of the class; just as a fun little bonus.

I found a great tutorial on how to make stamped candles at Splitcoaststampers by Jenni Mouer. If you've never tried this out, you really should give it a try. The results are well worth it.














Stamp sets used-
Candle 1- Fanciful Flowers and Pretty Posies
Candle 2- Light the Path
Candle 3- Swirly Gigs and Forget Not

Rubber Stamping Meets Embroidery

This isn't a new concept, but maybe there are some that haven't considered rubber stamping on fabric and then embroidering or coloring the images. Shown in the first picture, I used TAC's stamp set called 'Swirly Gigs'. Beginning with a 4 1/2 " square of fabric, I stamped with black StazOn ink, making sure to stamp off on paper before stamping onto the fabric (this gave my more sublte lines and I didn't have to try as hard to make sure the lines were covered with thread.) I used a satin stitch and a stem stitch to embroider the design. I put sashing between the blocks and then sandwiched batting in between my top and bottom pieces of fabric and finished it up just like a quilt. It was a lot of fun to make.

Be sure to click on each picture to get a close up view.

For my cowboy wallhanging I started with a 3 inch square of fabric. I again used StazOn ink to stamp my image. I didn't stamp off on to paper this time because I wanted a bold, black image. I used Prismacolor pencils to color my stamped images. If your images are big enough, you can use crayons to color with. After you have colored with crayons, lay a piece of white typing paper on top of the finished image and press a warm, dry iron. This will take a majority of the wax away. I don't know what would happen if the colored images were washed. Since they are small wall hangings I don't plan on getting them dirty, and don't plan on washing them. :)

Thanks for looking!