Monogrammed Unity Candle
Thursday, August 21, 2008
I think you all can tell that I'm having a blast with the JustRite Stampin Champion Contest. The gift card holder I made yesterday (see post below) was chosen as a hopeful!! Okay, so I've been trying to "think outside the box" for some of my submissions. I kept asking myself what I could make that someone would want to have personalized and keep forever. Once the idea of a Unity Candle popped into my head, I couldn't stop thinking about it until I made it. I love how it turned out!
The silver candle holder is from my wedding in 2002 and of course I made the monogram of Scott & Dana. I was a little reminiscent while making this. Peach was not my first choice of colors (not my wedding colors by the way), but the selection was very limited at Wal-Mart. Peach was the only color they had in both a pillar and tapers. I spent a whopping $1.20 total on all three candles!!! I picked out the ribbon to coordinate and tame down the peach color. This is the very first time I have used the JustRite Monogram Stamper without the circular border since I wanted an oval shape. The monogram in heat embossed and then stamped over with the branch from Peaceful Wishes (SU) stamp set. I cut out the ovals using a Coluzzle. Here's a close-up side view. 
The ribbons are a sage color 1 1/2" wide satin and the cream is 5/8" wide satin in the center and sheer at the edges. You can see in the picture below that wrapped the sage ribbon around the candle and then tied the cream in a bow. This is the picture of the backside (below). I think this would look just as good with both ribbons wrapped around and no bows. What do you think? 
Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper, Peaceful Wishes (SU)
Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Naturals Ivory (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss (SU)
Accessories: Ribbons (Offray-details above), candles, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Coluzzle, Unity Candle Holder (Lenox)
Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper, Peaceful Wishes (SU)Card Stock: Mellow Moss, Naturals Ivory (SU)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss (SU)
Accessories: Ribbons (Offray-details above), candles, clear embossing powder, heat gun, Coluzzle, Unity Candle Holder (Lenox)
I used Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue to "dot" each of the larger dots. 
I poured some fine iridescent glitter over the glue. Do you think I used enough? LOL! I shook off the excess and poured the leftover glitter back in my container. 
This is what it looked like after. I used my Whale of a Punch 1 3/4" circle punch to cut out the stamped image. I layered the pink circle on a brown circle cut out by my Coluzzle. I punched a 1/4 inch hole at the top to turn the circle into a tag. Simply tie the bow and VOILA! A gift for the sweetie in your life.
Stamps: JustRite Monogram Stamper
First, I finally found the perfect punch to go with my new JustRite Monogram Stamper. I don't like a lot of border like some other punches and my Coluzzle leave. You can see the empty border I don't like on 
You do exacly the same technique with a circle. I love tools that do double duty! I also just learned how to make ric rac with the same corner rounder punch. I will show you that tomorrow.
I used the scalloped circle in the card below. I also used my new circle punch and two circles made with a Coluzzle to make all those layers. I recently bought a Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser for $1.99 (what a deal!) and have been using it a ton. I think I'm becoming addicted to distressing.
Here's a detail shot of all the layers. I used dimensionals under both blue layers.
And here's what my "workspace" looked like when I was finished with this card. I can't wait until my "workspace" is not the kitchen table where I have to clean up frequently. Do we really need a place to eat? Really?!
Stamps: Monogram Stamper (Just Rite), Birthday Greetings (
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