Christening Candle

Have just finished the candle for my friend's grandsons christening.  This was the most ambitious candle I have done so far as it contained a lot of wording.  I decided to do it in baja breeze which is very pale and subtle and suited the occasion.  The candle looks brilliant but unfortunately the photo doesn't do it justice.

Each individual letter was first stamped onto fine tissue paper and then with the heat gun melted into the candle.  It is a bit of a labour of love as is quite fiddly but the results are beautiful.  The ink I used being pale does not show well on the photo, but on the candle is quite iridescent so works really well.

Thanks for stopping by and remember my email is allmark.j@sky.com if you want to order any stampin' up! products.

Christening Card

It is my friend's grandson christening so I was asked to make a card and candle for the occasion.

  I used baja breeze which is a soft blue perfect for a little boy on his christening day.  The vintage wheel (my favourite at the moment) is just rolled over each corner and with some glimmer paper for sparkle under Harrison it makes a perfect card.


If you want to order any Stampin' Up! products just email me allmark.j@sky.com  or if you want to order direct on-line check out my link below.  Thanks for looking :))))

.http://amethystarcrafting.stampinup.net

Important Notice - Stampin' Up! online store disabled.

Unfortunately have just received some disappointing news from Stampin' Up! with regard to their new online store.  As with many new ideas initial teething problems have made the online store close for the time being.  At this stage we don't know when it will be back up and running but I will keep you all posted as soon as I know.

On a positive, you can still access my web page which I will continue to be working on so that when the online store re-opens it will be an easy link to be able to order.

As always you can email me allmark.j@sky.com with any orders and of course if you are local to the GU9 and combine your order with mine there will be no postage.

In the meantime a beautiful photo I took from one of my favourite places of the walk through the trees to Wayland Smithy.
Happy weekend and enjoy the bank holiday (even if we do have torrential rain and hail) :)))

Football fan birthday card

I have just been commissioned to make a card for a mad chelsea fan's 30th birthday.  As I am not a sports fan I didn't have any stamp sets with footballs on so I was racking my brain of what to do.  Then I came up with the idea of doing a rosette. So I set to folding lots of paper into corrugated strips (backwards and forwards) took my glue gun, held them tightly together and created the rosette.  With a chelsea logo stuck in the middle a jaunty 30 and a happy birthday it was complete.

Really pleased with it and my customer was delighted.

I now have an online shopping link if you want to buy any Stampin' Up! products http://amethystarcrafting.stampinup.net

or you can just drop me an email allmark.j@sky.com

Happy crafting and have a great weekend :)))

New Stampin' Up! On-line Ordering

How exciting Stampin' Up! have just launched a new on-line ordering service through their demonstrators.  As a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I have always been passionate about what I do and hope that all of you that have stopped by and seen my blog have been inspired by what you have seen.

Well now you can not only order by contacting me through my email allmark.j@sky.com but also through Stampin' Up! direct using me as your demonstrator.

All you have to do is click on the link below to go direct to my Stampin' Up! web page and follow the online ordering

                http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/amethystarcrafting/

Please stop by and have a look and I look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks as always for supporting my blog which I will be continuing and happy crafting to everyone :))

Stampin' Up! making vintage candles

Well this is my second attempt at candle making (see yesterdays blog for technique) and I thought I would do a vintage look.

Now to source some more candles as have already got some orders from work and just love the fact that a plain white pillar candle can be turned into something fabulous.

Hope you enjoy and as always allmark.j@sky.com if you want to get in touch.

Happy crafting :)))))

Stampin' Up! stamping on candles

How exciting, I was browsing the tinternet and came across a way to create beautiful candles from plain white pillar candles.  The technique is really simple just needs a bit of care to ensure that the wax doesn't melt too much and the image stays crisp.

This was my first attempt and really pleased with the outcome.So how do you do it?  Well just stamp whatever image you want on the candles onto thin tissue paper, cut round it carefully and lay it on the candle where you want the image to go.  Then get your heat gun first having wrapped the candle securely with some waxed paper/greaseproof paper (this stops wrinkles and creases.  Heat your gun till nice and hot and then move over the image (not too long or the candle will melt) just long enough for the wax to penetrate through the tissue paper thus sealing it onto the candle.  Remove the greaseproof paper and voila!  It takes a little practise but the results are beautiful.  I will be making some personalised candles for birthdays a 30th and 21st for customers and they would be simply gorgeous personalised with someones name, for a wedding table and of course christmas.

Need any help with this technique or want to order any Stampin' Up! products then just drop me an email allmark.j@sky.com

Happy crafting :)))))))