Hi friends,
It’s my first time participating in the Colour Combo Blog Hop and I am so excited to be part of it. I love my pinks and for my first challenge I don’t just get 1 but wait … I get 2 pinks to work with.
Welcome to those of you who are visiting me for the first time today and for those of you who are regulars here. I’m so glad you have been able to take some time to stop by and see what I have got to share with you today.
I’ve got a couple of cards today using the Wax Resist technique and the Dressed to Impress bundle. The first card uses Melon Mambo over the Wax Resist Technique. I used a sponge dauber to add Blushing Bride to the perfume bottle which was inspired by one those famous brands!
Wax Resist Technique
Supplies
- Wax paper
- Whisper White cardstock
- Embossing Folder
- 1 piece A3 paper
- Iron
Directions
- Cut your 2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock and wax paper to the same size. For these cards I cut mine to 9.3cm x 13.6cm
- Place the wax paper in the embossing folder and emboss as normal. You may need to add an extra shim if it doesn’t have enough pressure going through the die cutting machine. Take your wax paper out of the embossing folder.
- Place wax paper in-between the 2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock
- Take an A3 sheet of paper (I used a sheet of grid paper) and fold in half. Place the wax paper/cardstock sandwich within the A3/grid paper.
- Using a very hot iron (no steam), iron over the folded paper, ensuring that you iron over every section of the wax paper. This doesn’t take long. Probably about 20-30 seconds.
- The side of the 2 pieces of cardstock which were facing the wax paper will have the image of the embossing folder. Ensure that you keep those sides facing up as it’s hard to tell which side is embossed. This will give you 2 card fronts.
- Using a sponge dauber, add colour over the embossed card. The wax will ‘resist’ the colour. Using a tissue, wipe over the card to take off any excess ink and it will make the embossed image stand out even more.
This second card has a Blushing Bride Wax Resist base. The shoes were coloured with Stampin’ Write markers and the flowers with a sponge dauber. I love using a sponge dauber to add subtle colour to a project – in this case, I didn’t want the Crushed Curry to be too strong so i just sponged a bit of colour in.
Hope you have enjoyed this technique and I’d love to see you back again for more papercrafting fun. You can find all the products I have used, listed at the bottom of this post.
Click on the next button to see what lovely project Sharon Dalton has for you. Make sure you hop through all the blogs to see the beautiful projects and we would appreciate your lovely comments too.
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A great card.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Happy Sunday and greetings from Leipzig.
Rene von Stempeln-mit-Rene.de
Thanks so much Rene ?
Deine Karte gefällt mir richtig gut. Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen! Ich bin total begeistert. LG Angela von der Stempelfamilie
Thank you Angela
Stunning! I’d love to try this technique. Great work ?
Thanks Melinda. Definitely try it. It’s such an easy and quick technique (and no mess!)
So pretty Rachelle
Thank you Sue x
Beautiful card, and such a gorgeous effect with the wax paper technique. I like how you set it up so that you can get the wax impressions on two pieces of card stock at the same time. Thanks for sharing this fun technique 😀
Thank you so much Kimberley. I really enjoyed trying this technique and didn’t realize how easy it is to do until I tried it.
Pretty cards! I like the flower on top of the perfume bottle.
Thanks Kristie. The flower was inspired by the famous brand and I thought our daisy was perfect for it ?
Great Card 🙂