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Hello, my name is Dionne and I have been crafting for a very long time. As a very young child my mother tried to teach me to knit, it was a disaster. However, it must have sparked an interest in making things and, partly to prove that I was not totally useless and partly because I really wanted to make things, I taught myself to crochet. Over the years I have developed a love of cross stitch and all types of paper craft ..... I eventually even taught myself to knit.


I am married to a very understanding man, thank goodness, because I spend all my time either crafting, thinking about crafting or talking about crafting. I am hopeless at housework and dinner is often late!


Thank you for visiting my blog.


Dionne

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Three Kings Candle

Hi

I hope your week is going well.  I have been very busy the last couple of days.  I was up and out very early today and I have only just got home.

The stamp I used for these two candles is from a Stampin' Up set called 'Come to Bethlehem' and regular visitors will recall seeing it on a card I posted on Monday.


I think I may have mentioned once or twice that adding stamped images to candles is so easy, simply stamp your image onto tissue paper, then, after roughly cutting out the image, place it onto your candle.

Cut a strip of baking parchment to wrap around the candle to hold the tissue in place and to give you something to hold on to.  Use your heat gun to gently melt the skin of the candle and watch the tissue disappear into the molten wax.  Take care not to over heat the wax, you do not want it to run.  The wax will quickly set again once you remove the heat.

I finished these candle by adding some pretty navy blue polka dot ribbon to the top and bottom and holding it in place with small silver pins.



Dionne

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6 comments:

  1. Mrs Beez4 December 2014 at 20:08

    Beautiful - I am loving the blue that you are doing right now and this image looks so elegant on the candle. xx

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    1. Dee's Craft Room5 December 2014 at 10:22

      Your right, I do seem to fixated on Midnight Muse blue at the moment, lol.

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  2. Pamellia5 December 2014 at 11:48

    Another amazing set of candles Dionne! Love the image on these ones and blue was the perfect colour choice! I really need to give this technique a go sometime, you make it look so easy! big hugs :)

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    1. Dee's Craft Room5 December 2014 at 21:17

      Honest, it is soooo easy.

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    2. Pamellia8 December 2014 at 13:10

      I think you just have a knack for it...I have never had any success with this process. I don't have a green thumb either, plants don't survive long around here! Guess everyone has their strengths and their weaknesses. lol

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    3. Dee's Craft Room20 December 2014 at 12:43

      True, but I would not know where to start to make the wonderful things you make.

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Thank you for visiting my blog, I look forward to reading your feedback on my work. I hope you will visit again.

Dionne

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