Extra Tips for the Stamped Candle project

Hopefully you've had a chance to watch the video about making stamped candles from my last post. Here are just a few extra tips to ensure success with your stamped candle projects:

• Tip #1: Make sure that your heat tool is HOT before you aim it toward your candle. Otherwise you'll melt the candle away while you wait for it to heat up. Once the heat tool is ready, it should only take a few seconds of heating for the tissue paper to disappear. 
• Tip #2: Don't overheat your candle! Move the heat tool to a new area as soon as the tissue paper becomes invisible. Once the candle is overheated, the wax begins to melt and drip. You will no longer have a smooth candle surface.
• Tip #3: Don't wave the heat tool quickly over the entire candle. You'll have more control and be able to see exactly what you're doing if you move it slowly. 
• Tip #4: It's better to under-heat than overheat! If you peel away the wax paper and notice that there is still some tissue paper showing, just wrap the wax paper around the candle again and heat the candle with the heat tool until the tissue paper disappears. 
• Tip #5: If you want to add several different images to the candle, or if you want the images to go all the way around, just do a section at a time. Don't try to do it all in one step.

Have fun experimenting with different designs for your stamped candles. Just think of all the different reasons to make candles...Christmas decorations, Fall decorations, Mother's Day gifts, Birthdays gifts, Teacher gifts, Housewarming gifts...the list could go on and on!