Waxed Paper Resist Technique

I saw a video on YouTube the other day with a technique that is new to me.   It is called Wax Paper Resist.  I tried  it first without checking the video.  Needless to say, I missed an important step.

To do the technique, you crumble up waxed paper and them emboss it with an embossing folder  Then sandwich the waxed paper between 2 sheets of cardstock, cover that with printer paper and run a hot iron over it for a few minutes.  Then rub ink over it an it makes a beautiful design.  Well, I forgot the iron piece and thought she had run it through the Big Shot again.  Result in green above.  So no design (I do use these later in the post.  Nothing goes to waste :-)

So then I checked the video and realized I need to use an iron.  I have this cute little craft iron I won many years ago from a scrapbook store that used to be here in town.  The owner had a drawing each month of everyone who had made a purchase (maybe over a certain amount) and the winner got a gift certificate.  I bought the iron with the gift certificate.  I had let it warm up while I worked with the waxed paper and it was warm but not super hot.  In the video I watched, she said she used a Low setting so I figured the iron was ready.  Result is in red in the photo above. Still no design.

I had to stop at that point and check something in the oven. When I got back the iron was HOT!!!  So, one more try.

  That time worked.  As I rubbed on the ink the design came alive.  So much fun!  This was the Beautiful Brocade folder, but you can use almost any embossing folder that you have. I used sponges to ink my paper but you could use blending tools,  brayer, or whatever you have.  

The ink colors are Mossy Meadow and Merry Merlot.

A closeup look at the design.  The photo does not do it justice.  

And here are the cards I made with the successful waxed paper distress technique.

and I love the sentiment for the inside.   I was pleased with the cards but needed to find a home for the 'flop' pieces.  Not to worry.

 I thought I would try some heat embossing.  The medallion is heat embossed.  I stamped the design in Versa-Mark.  Sprinkle on the embossing powder, and heat.   It really looks good on the sponged background.

 This closeup shows the sheen from the heat embossing.  

I used the green piece to make this card.   I heat embossed the leaves in black.  I also heat embossed the sentiment  

Here you can see the sheen of the embossing.  The pictures below show my attemtps with different embossing folders and inks,

Checkerboard embossing folder with

Rich Razzleberry and Coastal Cabana

Fireworks embossing folder with

Poppy Parade and Midnight Muse

Garden with

Raspberry Ripple and Hello Honey

Graduation Caps with

Basic Blank and Pumpkin Pie

Tropical Leaves with

Garden Green and Shaded Spruce

Retro Circles with

Gorgeous Grape and Soft Suede

Sheet Music with

Flirty Flmingo and Lost Lagoon

Sunburst with

Granny Apple Green and Mango Melody

And I got an order of Wobbles, a spring type device that adds some fun to the cards.