12 Days of Christmas - Day 6 Decorated Candle Jars

Hi Everyone

I am really enjoying doing these projects!  I hope you like them too!

This is an easy way to turn your old jars into pretty decorations to fill with candles, tealights, or even coloured stones & sand.

The decorations are all on the outside so safe to burn without the fear of setting the house on fire!  Always a bonus!

This first jar uses up the negatives from the Snow Flurry die.  It's just silver glimmer paper & I've used glue dots to attact it to the outside of the jar.   Blue wide grosgrain ribbon makes a lovely bow, and although you can't see it, there's a candle inside from a previous post.

This jar lends itself beautifully to the Triple Layer Doily punch (R) because it looks like a snowflake when used on the last setting.  Attaching them was tricky.   I first tried vellum adhesive but it wasn't strong enough.  Scratch that!  Then I found my old zyron sticker maker and that worked really well.  For any stubborn bits I used a mini glue dot.  The Champagne snowflakes were punched and cut in half.  Cherry Cobbler seam binding was used for the bow.  If I was doing this again though, I'd use our SU sticky sheets to adhere to the glimmer paper before punching out.  But beware, those triple layer punches are a bit tempermental (aren't we all at this time of year!!) so you might have to try a small piece first.

 

This gorgeous scented burgundy candle was stamped with White Craft ink (R) but you could use Staz On instead.  I've used the tissue paper technigue, details in a previous post.  I love this technique because the candle burns as is.

So there you have it.  A lovely table display for the festive season.

Enjoy your day!
Karen

Tile us you like us!

This is one of my tiles that I'll have for sale at North Sydney Market on Saturday.   Oooh I love stamping on different materials.

Swing by and say hi!

Cheers
Karen

Christmas boxes

This is a really simple box that I made for my It's a Wrap class last week.   You can adapt it to any size as long as you start with a square of cardstock in a size that's divisable by 3.

Supplies used:    \
Stamp Set:  Welcome Christmas, Season of Joy, Homemade
Cardstock:   Cherry Cobbler or Bravo Burgundy
Ink:  Cherry Cobbler or Bravo Burgundy, White StazOn
Punches; Eyelet Border, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle (the normal sized one) & 1 1/4" Circle Punch.
Cello bags & gold cord (non SU)

This is the sort of thing I love to make, and if you'd like to learn how maybe you'd like to pop along to a class sometime soon.

Thanks for stopping by
Karen

Another Staz On Project

The thing with Staz On - apart from the fact that it stays on - is that once you start using it on things, you just want to keep going.

Here's a simple glass vase that I got in the $2 store - it's been a while since everything was $2!!!  Anyway, I also got the candle & the stones from the same place.   About $12 all up.   The Tree Trimmings stamp set and the small snowflake from Snow Swirled are gorgeous stamped randomly on the glass in white Staz On.   And the really simple thing about this kind of project is that you can wipe off any mistakes you make because the ink takes a couple of minutes to dry.  The end result is a unique table centrepiece for christmas (or a gift, if you can part with it!!).

Tree Trimmings Stamp Set is in the Spring Mini Catalogue, so you'd better hurry if you want to order it, as it won't be available after 30 November.......

Here it is with a couple of cards I made a few weeks back:

This is a great set because you can use it stamped directly on cardstock, cut out your stamped image for a layered effect, it's stunning embossed in gold or silver, and you can use our punches to punch out the stamped image to add to tags and packaging.
Email me to place your order before this set is gone forever.