Roses on Paper - A little Illumination & Sugar Nellies POM

When I first saw what the challenge was
for this weeks Roses On Paper challenge blog
I thought, I'm for sure going to sit this one out.
I was just NOT ready to tackle this challenge.
I had always thought I'd like to try it, but just NOT YET!

Well.... WHY NOT?
Decorating a candle... How hard could it be?
I finally bought some candles, yes I said "SOME"
I just knew that I would have to work on this skill,
and knew I'd most likely have mistakes, and hey, if they are my
mistakes, then I can always just burn the candle, right?

Well "If at First you don't succeed...."

This was my first attempt
(front & back)I was NOT thrilled with the outcome,
My wax paper got wrinkled and there was just no fixing it.
Mind you I'm in love with the images, and the embellisments, BUT
the quality of it looks like........ Well, you know what I mean!

Soooo.... TRY AGAIN

This was my 2nd try, STILL had wax paper issues,
just not as bad as the first time.

(front & back)This one is actually a Sugar Nellie image,
which I wasn't planning to use for this challenge,
but I WILL use it for the Sugar Bowls POM for April.
I know you can't buy Sugar Nellie at RoP.
but I included this one here because it was all
part of my "Practice"... BUT....

Still NOT Satisfied.... SOOOO TRY TRY AGAIN....

This time I got this brilliant idea to go "Scandinavian"
YEAH YEAH YEAH Of course, Why didn't I think of that?
Wait, I DID think of that!

I went with a more simple "Punched" flower type embellishments
And let my Tilda with Dala Horse
and my Nordstrom stamps Do the rest.

I found a "new" little trick to the wax paper
NEVERMIND holding it,
I used a glue runner and just tacked it in place (nice & tight)
once it was being heated you never see it.

And.... Ta Daaaaa I took 4 pictures, because I wanted to show the
"ALL THE WAY AROUND" look of the candle.