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Make some super easy personalized embossed candles. These are perfect for a personalized gift for Christmas (which is what I made them for a few months ago), or a wedding/anniversary gift or for your girl friend who loves taking a bath by candle light.
All you need is a fresh, new candle (older ones do not melt as smoothly), a stamp, stamp pad (in your color choice), vinyl letters or scrapbook letters, tissue paper the same color as your candle and an embossing tool. I borrowed my friends embossing tool, but they can be found at any major craft supply store.
I tried embossing colored candles and found that they were much more difficult to get a clean professional look because the dye tended to bleed and discolor the candle. So I prefer to use white or cream colored candles.
**I have wondered if a really hot hair dryer will work instead of an embossing tool, but I have not tried it. You could always experiment on a candle you don’t care about ruining and see if it works well enough to give a nice smooth finished look so that you don’t have to get an embossing tool.
Then take your letters or picture stamp design and stamp them onto your tissue paper.
After the ink has completely dried (to prevent smearing), cut around as close as possible to the edges of your lettering or picture.
Place your tissue paper on the candle exactly where you want it to be. I wet my finger and touched it to the tissue paper in a couple of spots and stuck it onto the candle. Then carefully and evenly move embossing tool over the tissue paper. This will melt the candle wax which will then cause the tissue paper to stick to the candle. If you are careful enough this will create a seamless seal and the tissue paper will melt into the candle and appear as if the lettering is directly on the candle.
**I would practice on a practice candle several times before doing the final run on your gift candle. This takes a bit of practice so as not to melt your candle too much in different areas.
As soon as you get a hang of it, it is really simple. I made some also with scrapbook letters which can be seen on the left candle in the picture above.
If you don’t have any one who needs a candle for a gift, make one to enhance your own holiday decorations.
Go on and give it a try! And remember, I love seeing pictures of any and all of your finished projects.
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Melissa says
precious precious idea, a friend of mine monogrammed my initials in my candle with a paint pen,or paint of some kind, not really sure. it was adorable.
completely LOVE this idea!
Very CuTe idea! Thanks!
I love learning new things like this! i linked at someday crafts.
What a cute idea!! I will have to try this out!
This is so cool! I've got the embossing tool, tissue paper, etc – everything but the candle! I'll have to pick one up and try this. What a nice gift! Thanks!
Great idea! You could do a monogram for a wedding or shower. Thanks for sharing!
I'm so happy to find this just in time to make a wedding gift for my brother! I knew I wanted to make something and had a couple ideas in mind but everything seemed so time consuming or too complicated because I am still amateur at the ideas I had. This is perfect, and beautiful because I was planning to give them a gift card but wanted to add a personal gift as well.
My kids and I used a similar idea to put their pictures on candles for my husband for his birthday last year. And yes, a hair dryer will work!!
loved u tutorial.luks gr8.can you suggest some way instead of heat gun.As, i dont have it with me
I have made several of these candles using family pictures. You need to print your pictures out on tissues paper and apply using the same method. My family has loved the candles.
Hi I’m wanting to make my own baptism candle for our baby, My mum has got our family one’s together they have images e.g dove on the side of the candle (sticking out). I haven’t been able to find out how to do this, does one use wax ? How would one attach it to original candle? Maybe you’d have an idea..
Hi I am wanting to make a baptism candle for my baby, our family one’s were made by an old nun, they have images e.g dove made out of wax (I think) sitting on the side of the candle ( sticking out) would you have an idea of how to do this and what kind of material to use?
I love these. Do you know if they could be burned since the tissue paper is on them? I was asked by someone else but I have not tried to burn because I have pictures on them.