Things that I am working on in between making my zodiac quilt.

Hello there,
I am still working on my candles. I am now adding in an ivy vine cut from my Brother Scan n Cut and stenciling it around the front and back of each candle. I am doing it in green and I will post a picture of my candles when I am done with them. Thanks for reading if you have.
Fawna


Hello all you crafties,

I am working on some new projects as I am taking a break from my quilt. 
What I am doing is I am painting candles and working on my little screen print paintings as well.

I posted about the candles yesterday and stated that I was trying to get a design on one.  Here is a quick idea of what happened. 

I made a stencil of a rose found with in my Brother Scan n cut the stencil file where there are lots of stencil designs. I cut out my rose perfect size for the front of my candle. I taped it down and then started to paint it in with purple acrylic paint. 

I did that and then left it to dry. That is where all the mishap came in. When I took the stencil off of the candle after the paint dried. Some of the paint stuck to the stencil hence removing it from my candle. When the stencil was completely removed the candle only had part of the rose design left on it. I then washed off the design and started again. 

I made a new stencil and taped it down on to the candle.  This time I used an incising tool and traced the out line of the rose design on to the candle. When I was done I then removed the stencil and proceeded to hand paint in the rose design. 

I then made another stencil of the same design. I taped it down again and processed to use a sponge and pounced the paint on to the stencil. In stead of letting the paint dry I immediately removed the stencil and my stencil came out pretty good. I made one rose blue and the other rose red.

I am going to repeat the stencil and sponge process on the other side of each candle one rose is blue and the back rose will be purple. On the candle with the red rose I might make that one pink or yellow not sure yet.

 I am also thinking of doing a small rose boarder around the bottom of the candle. There is also a stencil of small roses in the stencil file. I could make them coordinating colors or do blue and purple and pink and red. 
Here is a picture of the started and painted candles. I also show my paper stencil design that is found with in my brother scan n cut. This first picture is the first process placing the created stencil on the candle. 

The second picture is of taping down the candle. the third picture is my first attempt at coloring my candle. I painted purple and then waited to remove the stencil when part of my design also came away with the stencil. 

 The forth picture is of the rose design incised and painted blue. The red rose is used with stencil and sponge dabbers. The little white card is my stencil design. After they have dried at least 24 hours for good measure I will do some detail and then let that dry and do the back side roses and the little rose boarder.
Happy crafting 
Fawna