Embossing candles is nothing new. I think I was first introduced to this idea in Girl Scouts years ago. You can find tutorials all over the internet. But have you ever made your own harp candle (I’m not the first to do this either…my mom & a friend made them before too!)? I made some little harp candles as favors for the students who participated in the After-St.-Patrick’s-Day recital.
SUPPLIES:
candle
tissue paper
stamp
embossing ink
embossing powder
embossing gun
candle
tissue paper
stamp
embossing ink
embossing powder
embossing gun
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Stamp a piece of tissue paper with embossing ink, using your stamp. Cover with embossing powder. Dump off the extra powder and melt the stamped area of powder with the embossing gun.
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Trim the tissue paper around the stamp. Place stamped tissue paper on candle and heat with the embossing gun just until it’s melted into the candle. Be careful not to turn the candle into a puddle of wax. 🙂 (And don’t burn your fingers either!)
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If you want, place the candle in a pretty glass to give as a gift. If you want to secure it down, you might try melting a little wax to use as “glue.”
Experiment with different types of embossing powder and color combos. As you can see, the gold that I used didn’t show up nearly as well as the white powder on these candles.
Be sure to show me your musical candles in the comments or on social media (tag me &/or use #Fischarper). -Barbara |
P.S. Have you seen this week’s video?
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Barbara Fischer runs Fischarper, LLC and loves her job as a harpist and private music educator. She enjoys blogging about various aspects of the music field on fischarper.com/blog. For more music resources, check out her free ecourse, “Breezing Through Bass Clef,” the Fischarper Teachers Pay Teachers Store, & Making Harp Lessons Exciting For Young Children, 3rd edition, written by Bambi Fischer (Barbara’s mom!) and revised and edited by the author Barbara. You can connect with Barbara all over the interwebs on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. And you can sign up to receive Fischarper updates by joining the email list. |
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Barbara Fischer runs Fischarper, LLC and loves her job as a harpist and private music educator. She enjoys blogging about various aspects of the music field on fischarper.com/blog. For more music resources, check out the Fischarper store. Find out where you can find Barbara on the interwebs here. And you can sign up to receive Fischarper updates by joining the email list.