VIDEO: Wax Seal Highlighting Hack - No Purchase Necessary :)

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Before I started stamping paper, my first "stamps" were wax seal stamps. I wrote and received a lot of letters and I loved sealing them, so I'm thrilled they are back in vogue! I have one of my tricks from the early 80s for you today on how to highlight the raised portions quickly and easily - it's a great hack, so stay tuned for that below!

For these seals, I used the handmade stamp and two beautiful mixed - a magenta and gold and a teals and gold. I also used a non-fragrance emitting melting system - I can't do stinky tealights, and I'm not wild about open flames in a room filled with paper LOL.

You can highlight with paint, ink, anything - I used gold wax. 

PS the paper they are sitting on is this patterned paper pack in an A2 size, which I love. BreAnn told me the other day she seals directly on the envelopes, but I'm too chicken for that, so I use these adhesives that are made for wax.

I have some other fun cards today too with a more modern twist! Remember my old tape trick? I put some rally tape on cardstock and cut it with these fun modern floral dies. The oh so very 70s style sentiment is from this set. Love this color combo. 

I used that same sentiment set with this phenomenal doodly Betterpress plate - look how crisp it is! I just used black ink and regular cardstock - I do that all the time with Betterpress. My neighbors love the letterpress style of cards and I donate them often. I cut down this floral die to have it peeking in from the side and colored it with neon watercolor.

For the background of this card, I used an embossing folder sort of like a stamp. First, I collaged little pieces of music paper all over a card front. Then I used acrylic ink on the embossing folder, closed it on top and weighted it down for the subtle floral pattern you see. Then, to prove that your paper can be textures and still get a great impression, I used this celestial Betterpress plate for this retro moon image. I put little flat sequins around it - sorry you can't see the shine.

So here's the video with the wax hack! I hope you have a great rest of your week! I've been using the heck out of my new dehydrator - I found some great advice on Reddit for crispy banana chips, so I made those yesterday. They are SO good if you soak them in lemon juice first. I do that with the apples too. That tart/sweet combo is so good.

Loveyameanitbye.

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