Christmas Candle

I am going to be showing you some of the gifts I made for Christmas. I had to wait until now so I didn't give it away to anybody.

• My first one is a candle that first was etched using my Fiskars squeeze circle punch for my pattern. I then used the Fiskars Stylus and traced the circle and scratched the inside of the circle. I made this circle an all over pattern on the candle. I chose a simple design but you could etch an entire Christmas Tree and glitter it right in the candle or many other possibilities.


• Then I cut a piece of felt 3 1/2" wide and using my Fiskars decorative blades for my Rotary cutter I used the pinking blade and did both long edges. I added velcro to the end to attach around the candle. That way it can be removed.


• Next I cut a 3" piece of ivory CS and using the Fiskars Crimper I crimped the entire strip. I glued the edges together around the candle. Not so tight that it can't be slipped off though.


• Now using my Cricut Expression I cut an oval with the ivory CS at 3 1/4" and another in black CS at 3 3/4".


• Stamp on the ivory piece a Christmas sentiment. I used the Peace on Earth stamp set from CTMH. Adhere to the black piece.


• Again using the Cricut and Christmas Cheer I cut 2 sets of Holly using the blackout feature. I used the Fiskars stylus and dry embossed lines in the Holly. Next add glue and glitter on the leaves and spiral pieces. I then layered them using pop dots and attached to one side of the oval saying on the band.


• Add 3 red bling for the Holly berries.


• I made it this way so the band could be removed and the candle used any time during the year abd it still has a sutle design and/or the band can be put on another candle of similiar size.