This is a project my mom and I did; the idea was from one of Mom's stamping buddies. It's easy and elegant. We made some candles for my cousin's wedding shower, and everyone loved them!
Supplies: Candles - (pillar preferred - use a candle that won't melt all the way through. don't use pillars or votives, for instance, or the tissue paper will catch fire - ask how I know!) Tissue paper (white works, but color that matches candle is even better) Stamp of your choice Ink (darker colors seem to work better - just experiment!) Waxed paper Heat gun Scrap paper Scissors
1) Place tissue paper on top of scrap paper (because ink will bleed through the tissue). Stamp image onto tissue paper.2) Cut image out of tissue paper (doesn't have to be perfect, but try to get fairly close to the image).
3) Place image on candle in desired position. Wrap waxed paper around candle, making sure image is smooth beneath the waxed paper. Hold the waxed paper in back of the candle so that it is tight in front, where the image is.4) Use a heat gun to heat the image. You will see the image/tissue paper "melt" into the candle. Be careful to not overheat.
5) Carefully but quickly remove the waxed paper (before the candle cools too much and the waxed paper sticks to it).You can reuse the waxed paper a couple of times, but it gets too wrinkled after 2-3 uses and is hard to get smooth around the image. Don't be stingy with your waxed paper for this project!
Also, images that wrap more than about half way around the candle are much harder to work with.
Enjoy! Barbara