Decorate Pilar Candles for Christmas

There are several ways you can decorate a candle. 

Using Archival ink, stamp your image/sentiment onto tissue paper.

You can color your image.  I used markers and gelatos with a paint brush.

In the past I've also colored with pencils. Even though the tissue paper is delicate, it's amazing how well you can color it without ripping it.

Cut it out as close as possible.

 lay the image onto your candle and cover it with a piece of was paper. You want the waxy side facing the candle.  Heat it with heat gun and it magically melts the tissue paper into the candle!
I love doing this-amazes me every time!!

 I tried stamping directly onto the candle with a word stamp and brown archival ink.  It ended up smearing off. I think it was the finish on my candle?  I ended up taking a paper towel and wiping it off.   The candle on the left is the sentiment and image (cut two different pieces) and melted them on.

 The I took minimal embellishments and added to them.  I was really fun.

 Use buttons, ribbon, flowers, lace, cardstock-whatever you want!

You can find the supplies: cardstock, archival ink, distress ink, prima flowers, lace, trim, Kaiser Craft and Graphic 45 Christmas designer papers, ribbon at our store.  Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium  PRICES ARE DISCOUNTED DAILY 20-25%

Hope you have a fabulous Friday!!
Karen Conner
 

Technique Tuesday ~ Wrinkle-Free Distress

Welcome to Technique Tuesday!

By Judy Cantrell

Wrinkle Free Distress samples 

Instructions:

      1.)   Place non-stick craft sheet down on work table.

2.) Swipe one color of distress ink pads across the craft sheet, swipe another distress ink but don’t overlap. I usually apply two to three colors of distress ink.

3.) Use a fine mist water sprayer of water into the distress colors until you see droplets of color on the sheet.

4.) Press your tag into the wet ink. Start by rubbing your fingers over the back of tag to make sure the ink spreads. [Important: Do not move the tag around.]

5.) Then turn over and dry with heat tool.

6.) Next, go back in the ink, but this time drag the tag into desired colors.  Heat set each time you pick up color until you like the background you created.  This will give you a unique look. 

[To avoid plagiarism I used my own words on these instructions; otherwise as a quote from Tim Holtz.]

Altered Bottles

So much fun and easy to make!

Contact me directly for DecoArt Texture Glass Medium.

You can get the following products, except the Rattail Ribbon and the Glass Bottles at 

Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium. 

I used 

Alcohol Inks

Blending solution

Felt Applicator Pads

Wooden Applicator

Glass Bottles

Archival Ink Black

DecoArt Texture Glass Medium

Tim Holtz Die Mini Label Set

Tim Holtz Muse Tokens

Satin Rattail Ribbon

                                                                     Bakers Twine

Tim Holtz Classics #1 Stamps

Tim Holtz Tiny Things Stamps

Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink

Ranger Distress Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint

Vintage Pendants

Altered Box -Vintage style

Happy Friday!!!

This week has flown by!  I hope you've had a creative one.

 

One of my most favorite things to do is alter boxes.

I start by painting the edges-which in this case end up covered pretty good.  I used Tim Holtz vintage photo distress paint-it comes in a dabber bottle.  Works so well to go around edges.

Since the box top covers the bottom of the box-you don't want to put designer paper on the bottom edges-the box won't shut properly.  So the paper is only on the bottom

 

I collaged the top of the box.  Ripped pieces approximately 2x2 size.  Liquitex matt medium will glue is all down nicely.  Then is sprayed some  brown spritzer..

 

I had this wonderful trim from my stash.  Been itching to use it!  Use your hot glue gun to attach it all the way around your edges.

The pic below shows the glass feet I put on when I'm finished-use hot glue or glossy accents.

 I started layering.   had a dress form that I had mod-podged and inked up that I put a safety pin in, a spell binders die cut that was heavily inked around the edges.  A Christmas ornament frame that I gesso and repainted to antique it up.  I have a photo of a vintage girl inside. 

 and then flowers-several of them.  If I don't have the right color, I use watered down distress ink and paint brush and change the colors.  You can add stickles, distress inks, etc to doll them up.
The last flower I made with lace from my stash and a vintage button.

I hope this inspires you to take some plain and doll it up into a spectacular product! 

You can find the inks, paint dabbers, lace, prima flowers, designer paper, trims, glossy accents, and many more products at our store Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium.  The prices are 20-25% lower than retail EVERY DAY!!!!!

Have a blessed day!
Karen Conner

Stencils and More

My tags started out as an 8 x 10 inch Gelli Printed page. Three tags were cut from one page using a #8 tag as a template.

These are two of the tags.

Using one of the tag as my example I applied the paper to a #8 tag with adhesive. When dry, 

I inked the Papillon butterfly stamped image with archival black, immediately added clear embossed powder and then heat set. 

Next,  I added vintage photo distress ink around the edges of tag, heat set.

Stamp Papillon background image with wild honey distress ink over tag, heat set. 

Here is the finished tag, I've added three words from Tim Holtz chit chat booklet to finish this tag. 

Halloween Layout!

See how to make a realistic tombstone!

Here's some photos!

You can find these products at Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium

Easy Gift Bag Idea

I'm still so in love with Graphic 45 papers!!  I had a baby gift I needed to wrap.  Who buys wrapping paper anymore?  I had some plain white gift bags.  Thought I'd use the G45 Little Darlings Paper.

The Welcome Baby stamp is from Inkadinkado.  Some seam binding and fussy cutting -VIOLA'
You have a beautiful baby gift bag!!

You can find Graphic 45, Inkadinkado, seam binding, flowers, adhesives at our store

Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium


We've also got a huge batch of CHRISTMAS paper, stamps, etc.  Some of the top name brands too!

Have a wonderful Friday!!
Karen Conner