It’s never too early for crafting Halloween decor. Today I am sharing a really easy way to use tissue paper to transfer designs onto candles for Halloween decor. The craft project is so simple yet gets professional results. Halloween is my favorite holiday (besides Christmas of course). I love the horror movie marathons, the spooky decor, and dressing up.
Supplies for Transfer Stamped Candles
- Tissue Paper (Kleenex type nose tissue)
- Wax Paper
- Assorted Candles
- Dye or Pigment Ink (any kind as long as it does not spread)
- Stamp of choice
- Heat Gun (I doubt a hair dryer would get hot enough, mine certainly would not)
Step 1- Stamp the image onto the tissue paper.
Step 2- Cut excess tissue paper around the image. If a multiple ply or thick tissue, you may want to separate the layers and use only the top layer.
Step 3- Position onto candle as shown above. Lay wax paper over the image and hold so that the image is flat against the candle.
Step 4- Starting from the center and working towards the edges, use a heat gun gently over the surface of the wax paper/candle. You don’t have to burn the candle wax. If you have good lighting, you can see the the wax paper start to stick to the candle wax. Make sure all edges are properly sealed.
Step 5- Peel off the wax paper. Voila! The tissue paper has magically melted into the candle. If done properly, you will not be able to see a texture difference between the tissue paper and the candle.
I really wanted to show you how good this looks in person so I made sure that there is absolutely no retouching on the above picture. Now, wasn’t that impossibly easy? There are two other reasons I love this technique. First, you can use any type of stamp: wood backed, rubber, flexible, acrylic, etc. Secondly, you don’t have to worry about screwing up because you only wasted a piece of tissue paper, not a $10 candle.
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Want to make, but I’m a dweb when it comes to directions, are you referring to tissue – like you blow your nose, or tissue you wrap presents. I know the answer should be so obvious, sorry.
Oh, that could be confusing! I used a regular kleenex type tissue. I hadn’t thought of wrapping tissue paper but that makes sense and I will clarify in the directions. Thank you for asking!
SO cute! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. Watch for your feature on Monday xo
These candles are so spooky and cool! I’m featuring them this week at Link It or Lump It – thank you so much for participating in our link party! If you want you can stop by to grab an “I Was Featured” button. http://www.lovelywren.com/link-it-or-lump-it-58-and-features/
Oh thank you so much! Link it or lump it is such an amazing party! I will definitely grab a button.