Star Wars Saturday and a giveaway

Welcome to the next instalment for super sci-fi month, and this time I had to go for Star Wars. This should probably have gone up on May the Fourth but you can't have everything, right?!

Today's little project is a Death Star candle. The best part about it - you don't even need the Force and can destroy it with just a match.

Now, you're going to need some equipment for this - namely a Star Wars Death Star mould. You can pick them up for a couple of quid from ebay, as long as you're prepared for a long wait for them to come from a galaxy far, far away (aka China), or a little more if you want them a little closer to home.

If you're into candle making or want to give it a try then there are loads of helpful instructions out there on the web and this is not the post you are looking for. If you're like me and don't have all these things, then just take an existing candle, grate the wax into a pyrex jug and put the jug into a pan of simmering water until the wax melts.  The mould comes with a little hole at the top which you can carefully pour the wax into until it's full. I used the wick from the candle and put it through the hole whilst the wax was still molten, then chill until it's set. As this mould is spherical just trim a little off the bottom so that it stands up and that's it.

Looks much better in real life but my camera and I do not play nicely together, and looks great lit up.

I also think you can use this mould to make soap and bath bombs - o many ays to destroy the Death Star :)

The giveaway bit - leave a comment here or in our facebook group for a chance to win your own handmade candle, plus don't forget to show us your own sci-fi/fantasy creations for a chance to win some craft store vouchers. This is the address for the Linky tool

Back tomorrow with another little post and until then, may the Force be with you.

Bex

Let it burn! Let it burn! Let it burn!

A quick little Festive Friday post from me - the last one before the big day - so I just wanted to show off a a couple of projects I made for the Left of Center Challenge blog. Firstly, here is my festive evil snowman candle - just light it and watch him melt. Mwwah hah haaa.

To make the candle, you're going to need a nice chunky white candle, some white tissue paper, and an image. I used the evil snowman from Delicious Darkness who are sadly closing down (although there is still time to get 50% off all their images before they do).

If you're using a normal rubber stamp, then you would just stamp your image onto the less shiny side of the tissue paper and colour as desired. If you're using a digi stamp or any other printed image, you will need to iron your tissue paper and then tape it, shiny side down, onto some regular printer paper as below. Make sure that there are no bits of tape sticking out - you don't want to jam up your printer.

Colour your image (I used Copic pens) and cut around it. You can leave a small border - it's not a problem.

To fix the image onto the candle use a small amount of glue from a non-toxic glue stick just to hold the image in place, then use a heat gun and gently run it over the image to slightly melt the wax underneath. This will seep through the tissue paper, binding it to the candle. Any of the tissue paper itself, such as the border, will also melt into the candle to become invisible. If you heat too much, the candle will distort, so start gently!

I'm entering the candle into the Altered Eclectics Challenge Blog and the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for naughty Christmas.

The other project is just a wee card for a friend who always found Santa a little, well, creepy. I used the Skully Santa from Smeared Ink as it was the perfect creepy Santa Claws. I used the music from "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" - he sees when you are sleeping, he know when you're awake. Creepy or what! I hope they like it.

Anyhoos, have a lovely Christmas everyone, and we will be back soon with more weirdness for ya!

Bex