★ Fall decor and gifts 4/5

Welcome to day four of my crafty series :-)

★ DAY 4: stamps on candles

Claudia, a friend of mine, hosts crafty afternoons for kids. She showed me her October craft project and I was over the moon!

She taught me how to use your stamps to decorate candles. I was so excited, I told my crafty friend, Birka, she should make a video about it. I don't make videos and hers are always so fun. So, THANK YOU, Birka!!!

this is the backside of the fox candle above

★ WHAT'S FUN:

• you can stretch your stamps in a fun way
• kids could help to make these (just the coloring and cutting part!)
• you can decorate your home or give them away as a present
• you can make gifts with a theme (candle, gift tag, card,...) all with the same stamps

★ HOW TO: 

• Watch Birkas video HERE on the Create A Smile Blog. There's one in German and one in English! :-D

★ SUPPLIES:

• stamps
• white tissue/wrapping paper for crafts (Seidenpapier)
• white candles
• markers (I used water based ones from Tombow)
• scissors, a heat gun

!!! IMPORTANT: Please, never leave burning candles unattended!!! 
       Some people recommend to use these candles only for decoration!

★ WHAT MORE: 

• you could make Christmas gifts with your candles
• decorate match boxes and add them to the gift 

★ HOW TO for the "chalk board" match box: 

• cut a panel from black cardstock that fits your matchbox
• stamp the sentiment (from Create A Smile) with Versamark on black cardstock and heat emboss it with white embossing powder
• glue the panel to the box

I used the sentiment "schön, dass es dich gibt" from Create A Smile. There's a similar one in english that says "happy to call you my friend". You can get them here -> Create A Smile

Thank you for stopping by! Have you seen the other posts from my series?

Day 1: paper pumpkins

Day 2: crafty kitchen and window decor

Day 3: crafty tea time

Have a lovely day!
Nicole