Thursday, 26 January 2012

New Challenge at Delightful

Good morning everyone.  Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Delightful Challenges and the theme this week is Valentine - Anything but a card.  This is so much fun because the possibilities are endless!  There are some amazing examples from my fellow team mates if you want to pop over for some inspiration.  I decided to make a candle and I did enjoy it:


I used pre-coloured Love You Larry for the front which is available here. On the back I used Love Me Love Me Not Sentiment which is available here:


As I said, I had so much fun decorating these and they are so easy to do.  All you have to do is print out the image on tissue paper, cut around the image fairly closely, put it onto the candle and hold in place with a long strip of greaseproof paper which you hold tightly at the back of the candle and then use your heat gun over the image until it sticks onto the candle - it takes seconds!  I have then decorated with a piece of Red coredinations which I cut out with my Edgeabilities and then tied a red ribbon around.  I used a variety of flowers from Wild Orchid Craft to which I applied some Red Stickles (I also put some on Larry) and added a little heart pin to the flowers and finished off with some pearls around the top.

If you would like to take part just head over to Delightful Challenges and enter, we are being sponsored this week by Whiff of Joy Stamps


prize details to follow.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Inky Impressions - Heart You
My Mum's Craft Shop - Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Whimsical Design - Love themed Home Decor Project
Oldie But a Goodie - Have a Heart (my ribbon and card are over 6 months old)
Cupcake Craft - All You Need is Love
Heart Song Inspiration - Red and White and Ribbon
Incy Wincy Designs - Anything But a Card
The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration
Sentimental Sundays - Die Cuts (must use sentiment also)
CES Challenge - Anything But a Card
Little Claire's - Anything But a Card
Stamp Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Have a Heart
Craft Us Crazy - Valentine/Love plus an Animal

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day, take care xx
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45 comments:

  1. Glenda Atkins26 January 2012 at 07:44

    Wonderful candle Susan, love that bow at the bottom with the roses. The image on the candle is just so adorable!

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  2. Doreen26 January 2012 at 08:47

    fantastic candle, Susan.
    Many thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays this week
    Hugs
    Doreen xx

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  3. Pop's Cards26 January 2012 at 09:23

    Morning sweetie, this is fabulous as always hugs Pops x x x

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  4. Doreen26 January 2012 at 09:24

    What a fabulous candle Susan,the image is so cute.xxx

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  5. Buladi26 January 2012 at 09:46

    Absolutely gorgeous little creations.Amazing candle Susan. Wonderful coloring.

    Plastic Card
    Plastic Card Printing

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  6. Lindsay Craftymonster8126 January 2012 at 10:04

    OH WOW! This is so beautiful, I love the cute ladybird image and the flowers and bow are stunning
    Lindsay xx

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  7. Unknown26 January 2012 at 10:54

    Gorgeous Susan sweet little image, its all beautiful.
    Chris x

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  8. Shan26 January 2012 at 10:56

    This candle is so adorable. I love your glittered flowers and the image looks just darling on the candle. These would make wonderful gifts. Thank you so much for joining us for our “Heart You” Challenge over at Inky Impressions Challenges. I hope you have a wonderful week and good luck.

    Hugs
    Shannin

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  9. Carol26 January 2012 at 11:40

    What a gorgeous candle Susan, love it. Carol x

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  10. Joey26 January 2012 at 11:53

    Susan this is gorgeous, a fantastic candle, thanks for joining us at inky impressions. Joey x

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  11. CRAZYCRAFTSHED26 January 2012 at 12:54

    Hi Susan
    A gorgeous candle,i have yet to have a go at this
    Hugs Dianne xx :)

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  12. Shell Shearer Swinscoe26 January 2012 at 13:08

    Just gorgeous, I really need to give this candle making a go!
    Hugs Shell xx

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  13. Craftychris26 January 2012 at 13:16

    Gorgeous candle! I love it. Thank you for your comments on my blog, you are so kind - I didn't get your email unfortunately - please would you mind sending it again? thank you so much - Christine Smith smith.craftychris@gmail.com

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  14. cotnob26 January 2012 at 14:01

    Great candle Susan, a lovely gift for someone. I had a go at doing this before Christmas, it is fun isn't it.
    I hope you are having a good week.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. Lisa26 January 2012 at 15:23

    amazing job, thanks for explaining how you did this , I may have to try it sometime

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  16. Maarit at Violets Corner26 January 2012 at 17:23

    Gorgeous candle!

    Many thanks for sharing the love at Cupcake Craft Challenges.

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  17. Sheryl26 January 2012 at 18:00

    This is gorgeous Susan. I love the images and flowers. Thanks for joining us at Incy Wincy this week. Good Luck, Sheryl xx

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  18. Chrissy26 January 2012 at 18:43

    This is so gorgeous Susan and would love to have a go, just not sure what my printer would say to tissue paper going through, fabulous image too, so cute.

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  19. Sue B 26 January 2012 at 19:05

    Wow! this looks fabulicious Susan!! I Love the cute image and all the sparkle - so pretty! The flowers and pearls are just stunning!
    Hope you have a good evening!
    Love Sue xx

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  20. Anonymous26 January 2012 at 19:38

    oh this is gorgeous!
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Amelia (mimi)

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  21. Claire26 January 2012 at 20:06

    This is just fabulous hun, love the image and the red on white looks great. Thanks for joining in with our Have A Heart challenge this week. Hugs, Claire x

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  22. Berry 26 January 2012 at 20:12

    Fab work Suzie love the candle hugs rebekah xx

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  23. coops26 January 2012 at 21:49

    gorgeous candle susan.the image is so sweet and great colours ;D

    xx coops xx

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  24. Moiraida26 January 2012 at 22:03

    Thank you sooo much!!!

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  25. Wendy Hall27 January 2012 at 00:35

    This is wonderful Susan:)
    Hugs
    Wendy (aka Louby Loo)
    www.digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com

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  26. papertrails leaver27 January 2012 at 02:26

    how adorable this! Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays and good luck! :-) Amy

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  27. Raven B27 January 2012 at 04:45

    Well Mrs. Susan this is just beautiful! I love when candles are dressed up! So pretty. Thank you so much for playing along with us this week at Inky Impressions.

    Hugs,

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  28. DesignerDiva27 January 2012 at 14:29

    Oh wow how clever is your candle! I love it
    Thanks for joining us at Oldie But a Goodie and good luck with the challenge
    Hugs Laurie x

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  29. Kathy27 January 2012 at 16:05

    Love this, it's such a fun Valentine project and gift idea. Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays this week.

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  30. Donna27 January 2012 at 17:01

    Gorgeous project, such a fab design and added detail! Thanks for joining in the fun with us at Cupcake this week...good luck :) Donna ♥ x

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  31. ♥Gemma♥27 January 2012 at 20:08

    Awww hun..its beautiful & such a sweet image too..
    hugs and xxx
    Gemma

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  32. Julie27 January 2012 at 20:30

    Fabby candle!! Thanks for sharing it with us at CES challenges this week, Juliexx

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  33. Just A Pac Rat27 January 2012 at 23:30

    Wonderful project and perfect for our "Have a Heart" Challenge! Thanks for joining us at SSDS and good luck!

    Just A Pac Rat
    http://circlebenterprises.com

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  34. shelly28 January 2012 at 15:32

    i just love altering candles yours turned out really sweet. cute image. thanks for sharing with us at whimwednesdays

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  35. Xonetra28 January 2012 at 19:42

    Wonderful Project. Thanks for playing along with us at Inky Impressions.

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  36. Larelyn29 January 2012 at 02:50

    Oh, this is just delightful! What a gorgeous decoration. Thanks so much for sharing to create it. I'm definitely going to give it a try.
    Hugs,
    Larelyn

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  37. Lisa Walsh @ www.papercraftbusiness.com29 January 2012 at 04:15

    Hi Susan,
    You know, I have been wanting to decorate a candle for a while now & you have definately given me some inspiration to do so :) It looks so adorable. Great job :)
    Hope you're having a great weekend.
    Hugs
    Lisa Walsh
    Dreamtime Designs

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  38. tt.scraps29 January 2012 at 21:08

    Great image, great coloring, great project!!!
    Thanks for joining us on SSDS!
    Tammy, SSDS DT

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  39. Anonymous30 January 2012 at 15:27

    LOVE THIS! That bug is ADORABLE! I'm going to have to try this technique. Thanks for joining us at Whimsical Wednesdays!

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  40. sara31 January 2012 at 10:49

    gorgeous love that cute image thanks so much for joining us at oldie but a goodie this week
    hugs sara x

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  41. Jill31 January 2012 at 13:12

    stunning candle love the image and the colouring thanks for joining us at MMCS hugs Jill xx

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  42. Nanne31 January 2012 at 16:56

    Oh that is a cute way to show case a boring ole candle.. amazing!!
    thnx for joining us over at Whimsical Wednesdays.
    Hugs
    Nanné

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  43. Tracy Valure31 January 2012 at 20:11

    Great card!! Love the layout! Thanks for playing with us at Inky Impressions, hope to see you back again next week.
    Hugs,
    Tracy Valure

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  44. Tanya1 February 2012 at 01:06

    great candle! love these but yet to ever try it :( Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions this week!

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  45. mum of two1 February 2012 at 17:50

    What a fabulous project. I need to make a candle. TFS :)
    michelle
    http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com

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