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This quick, easy project doesn’t just have to be for Valentine’s Day. \u00a0You could easily use different stamps to create custom decorative candles for your home, for parties, or for gifts. \u00a0I made several winter themed candles as gifts for my neighbors for Christmas, and they loved them! \u00a0So pull out your inks and stamps, and let’s decorate some candles!<\/p>\n
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Project estimate:<\/span><\/p>\n Total: \u00a0Free or $1 and up<\/b><\/p>\n It’s a good idea to do a few practice runs with old candles or dollar store candles. \u00a0I often find bags of new to barely used candles at thrift stores, and they are great for practicing this technique. \u00a0The candle I used in this project was purchased at Dollar Tree, and while it is a battery operated votive candle, it has a wax coating on the outside, so it works for this project.<\/p>\n To make your own stamped Valentine’s Day Candle:<\/p>\n Step one:<\/i> \u00a0Cut a piece of tissue paper to fit around your candle.<\/p>\n Step two:<\/i> \u00a0Stamp the tissue paper. \u00a0First, I covered my paper with a text stamp that has the definition of love. Then I stamped the heart image over the text.<\/p>\n Step three:<\/i> \u00a0Wrap the stamped tissue paper around the candle.<\/p>\n Step four:<\/i> \u00a0Heat the tissue paper with a heat embossing tool or a hair dryer. \u00a0As the wax melts, the tissue paper will seem to disappear into the candle, leaving only the image. \u00a0Be careful to keep moving your heat tool so you don’t burn the tissue paper or create uneven dimples in your candle.<\/p>\n If you want to, you can further embellish your candle with ribbon, string, rhinestones, etc. \u00a0I’m decorating a few candles with blue and green damask stamps to match my living room. \u00a0Which stamps are you going to reach for? \u00a0Have fun creating!<\/p>\n This quick, easy project doesn’t just have to be for Valentine’s Day. \u00a0You could easily use different stamps to create custom decorative candles for your home, for parties, or for gifts. \u00a0I made several winter themed candles as gifts for my neighbors for Christmas, and they loved them! \u00a0So pull out your inks and stamps, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,7,10,12,138],"tags":[83,5252,5254,3445,1995,172,111],"class_list":["post-24511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-and-free","category-cheap-crafts","category-decor","category-gifts-to-make","category-holiday-crafts","category-tutorials","tag-candle","tag-decor","tag-gifts-to-make","tag-holidays","tag-rubber-stamp","tag-stamp","tag-valentines-day"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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