Top Tips Thursday

Good Morning to you all.....today's tutorial is for applying a digital graphic to a candle...this makes a lovely gift for a loved one or for yourself...x

Ingredients
Candle
Tissue Paper
Greaseproof Paper
Copier Paper
Masking Tape
Heat Gun
Pens ( they work better then pencils because of the amount of colour you need)
Scissors

 First you need to stick the tissue paper onto the copier paper using the masking tape, you need to make sure it's as smooth as possible, that way it won't jam in your printer (yes I did make that mistake the first time!)

 Next comes the fun part choosing which image to put onto your candle, I have used the new Olifant image that you can find in the shop HERE I have opened it in Photoshop as you need the image to be in the middle (ish) of the page when you print it out.

And here it is once it's printed

Next it's the really fun part, colouring in - now you need to use darker colours than you normally use to colour the image as the colour sinks into the tissue paper and also as you transfer it onto the candle the wax dullens the colours. I always go one shade darker, so for Olifant I normally use my Promaker Warm Grey 1 but started with Warm Grey 2 and build up from there. At this stage the tissue paper should still be stuck to the copier paper.

Next you need to take the tissue paper of the copier paper and roughly cut around the image.

Next you need to place the image onto the candle, making sure that the image is in the correct place.

Next wrap the Greaseproof paper tight against the candle and turn your heat gun onto the slowest setting (if you have it) gently move the gun in small circular movements.....wait until the image changes colour.

Once you have done this over all the image slowly peal the Greaseproof paper off and you should be left with the image on the candle. If you have missed any bits just go over them again. Then rub with kitchen paper to make the candle shine.

Next add any extra embellishments you wish and you have made a beautiful present for someone (ummmm or if you're like me - a beautiful pressie for me!!!)

And if I have been forced to give them away for presents why not add a birthday greeting to the back of the candle? My daughters friends love that!

Love Clairebears x