Sea Turtle Candle

For Christmas this year our stamping group decided to have a Secret Santa gift exchange.  We were to write down a few suggestions or hints to help the Secret Santa select our gift.  I drew my SIL Pam & the only hint she gave was she liked the color green.   I was lucky to know that she recently purchased a painting with a sea turtle for her living room.  I had stamped on a candle many years ago but recently discovered people were using battery operated candles.  After watching several YouTube videos, I decided to make one for her.

Any brand of battery operated candle can be used, it just needs to have a waxy surface so it will slightly melt when heated.  If there are batteries in the candle they should be removed before heating.

White tissue paper was cut to fit the candle then  the turtle from Designs by Ryn Sea Creatures 1 was stamped in Memento Cocoa on the dull side.  A paper mask for the turtle was placed on the tissue paper then several of the sea plants were stamped in Memento Potter's Clay & Bamboo Leaves.  The turtle was colored using Copic YG61, YG63 &  E44 then E21 for the sand at the bottom.

The tissue paper was torn, leaving an edge around the image then centered on the candle with the shiny side against the candle.  A piece of wax paper was cut wide enough to cover the image & long enough go around the candle with some left in the back to hold onto.  The wax paper was placed over the stamped image smoothly & held tight.  A heat tool was used on the image, leaving it just long enough to see the image change appearance. The wax paper was carefully removed, making sure the image was melted to the candle.  If necessary it can be heated a little more.  Using a finger, the tissue paper cam be smoothed out but be careful, it's may still be hot.  If the candle is heated to long it may become bumpy.

I tied a piece of twine around the bottom to finish it off. 

I was happy how it turned out for my first try!  TFL!

Boating Vacation

Boy it's been awhile since I've posted any of my projects.  This is a layout I did for Splitcoaststampers's July Progressive Challenge "Summer Get-Together".  We are given different tasks each week & this photo was taken after the final task.. Also each week we post our layouts on SCS & receive comments from fellow SCS members.

Week 1 was to select a 2 page layout (I was inspired by a layout from Memoriesoncloverlane which I found on Pinterest), find our photos & 5 words,  I used The lake, Swimming, Boating, Camping with friends, Campfires.
Week 2's task was to add our "summer" photos to the 2 page layout we chose and start scrappin! We were to make a basic layout, without embellishments and use only papers and photos...no wording yet!  Keeping with our "summer" theme, use some colors of summer - yellow, orange, or tan. I used yellow card stock from Mosaic Moments which has markings to help you arrange your photos & makes blocking very easy.

Week 3 was to share our story with lots of journaling & words. I used the 5 words from Task 1 for all the things we did over the summer.  Because this is a summer get-together we needed to add a sun or at least a circle. I placed a sun under the journaling. The last task was to add some type of summer-y embellishment. I used water drops, noodles, a beach ball & flip flops

Week 4 was to try to add at least one of the things that someone had suggested in the comments on our page.  Some of the suggestions were to add a little crab or seashells, photo corners or blue matting, word strips on a few photos.  I added tiny shells & "Lake Glass" that I found at the lake under the flip flops, word strips on blue card stock on two photos. We were also to add one bracket, optional to use brads or buttons and any other finishing touches.  I used a brad bracket at the top of the journaling box.

These monthly challenges are always fun.  It's takes a month to do one layout but to document how they start out and end is so much fun!  Hope you have play along some time.

TFL!

Lou Ann


Supplies used:

Mosaic Moments Sunflower Yellow 12x12 Grid Paper


Paper Loft Island Sun Boat Accessory Sheet   


Paper Loft Island Sun Vacation Accessory Sheet


Jolee - Nooldes, beach ball

The water drops, flip flops were things I had in my stash & unfortunately don't know the company.

Flip Flops

My latest creation is for this week's Splitcoast Stampers Technique Challenge TLC386 "Let's Make a Beach" designed by Joan Ervin, who is a Dirty Dozen Alumni.  We could use any technique to make a beach from a wave die to real sand.  I decided on the simple way of creating waves and sand...tearing and sponging.  I used 3 layer for the sand and 2 for the waves then sponged the edges.  It's hard to see but I sponged clouds and also distressed the edges of the card.

Believe it or not, I don't have an umbrella stamp or die so I made one from a small oval punch and the top is a small round punch.  I love to see the colorful umbrellas at the beach so I decided on bright card stock.  I sponged the edges to make it look weathered.  The pole is brushed silver card stock.

I found this stamp set back in April at a little shop on our way to a stamping event in Buffalo, NY.  It couldn't have been more  perfect for this challenge.  I stamped and colored the flip flops then cut them out.  The stamped sentiment was torn and sponged.  I was going to put it on the inside of the card but the front just needed something.  The little star fish & shells are part of the flip flop stamp.  I used a marker and randomly stamped them on the sand.  By the way, I've worn flip flops since I was 4...even when they weren't in fashion!

I had to highlight the birds.  This stamp is by Denamidesign and is reversible (?).  Stamped this way it looks like birds but flip it over and it becomes waves.  Cool, huh?



I have to add my partner in crime and fellow enabler, Runs with Scissors AKA Lisa will be so proud that I did another challenge.  Yes, she's got me hooked!

Supplies:  Stamps - Great Impressions, Denamidesign; Card stock - SU Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Brushed Sliver, Cherry Cobbler, Only Orange, YoYo Yellow, Green Galore, Brushed Silver; Ink - SU Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Whisper White; Other - Copics, Distresser

Father's Day Card

This is a card I did for a shoebox swap in Buffalo, NY at the end of April.  I was afraid I was going to run out of the ribbon but luckily I had JUST enough.  

My friends, Diane (Cookiestamper) & Jeannette Kinney suggested the score lines around the ship which you can see on the card above and making a flag for "Best Dad Ever".  I used a bone folder to curl the flag and placed a deminisional underneath the middle to make it appear like it was waving in the wind.






I also stamped the anchor inside the card on the bottom right and on the lower left corner of the envelope. Cute, huh?






Stamps - SU The Open Sea & Best Dad Ever; SU Paper - Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Natural White; Ribbon - SU 1 1/4 Striped Grosgrain Night of Navy; Embelishipment - Gold Brad; Tools - Distressing, Bone folder, Scor-Pal