Ostentatious candles
Materials and tools:
pillar or taper candles
DecoPaint Candle (by Marvy Uchida)
ultra fine glitter
manila folder
Steps:
- Use Candle DecoPaint to add Halloween-themed drawings to the pillar candles. Crazy stripes look creepy too.
- While the DecoPaint candle is still wet, sprinkle ultra-fine glitter over the areas you want to highlight.
- Work over a manila folder so you can easily funnel any stray glitter into your pot.
Let the candle dry for 24 hours..
Spooky candles
Materials and tools:
(3) closed glass tall candles
4" wooden letters, spelling "E-E-K" or "B-O-O"
craft painting
Brushes
Perfect Pearls Embellishment Pigment Kit (by Ranger Ink)
water filled spray bottle
8mm jump rings
E6000 glue
string
needle nose jewelry pliers
Steps:
- Paint the wooden letters with craft paint and allow them to dry. An eerie mix of green and black paint or a ghostly white works well.
- Rub Perfect Medium Pearl Pad on each letter.
- Use a brush to dust the patina powders included in the kit on each letter. Spray water from spray bottle to set pigments and allow to dry.
- Use E6000 glue to attach an 8mm jump ring to the back of each letter in the center and on top. Position the jump ring so that about half of the ring is exposed at the top of the letter.
Note: Let the glue dry for at least 8 hours.
- Wrap the string around the rim of the candle glass. Link the chain to form a loop of chain around the top of the candle with a chain tail.
- Use the needle nose pliers to attach another jump ring to the jump rings on the letters. Attach this second jump ring to the chain.
