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Written by Anna Meenaghan   
Why not try making your own cards? My friends love it when they receive my home made cards. So lets get to work on making wax resist cards. Yes, I mean it, get creative!
by AnnaMeenaghan


Why not try making your own cards? My friends love it when they receive my home made cards. So lets get to work on making wax resist cards. Yes, I mean it, get creative!

First of all, what will you need? A selection of items, namely some gold or silver ink, scissors, 2H pencil, glue stick, something like Pritt for instance, childrens wax crayons, watercolour paints, some pieces of card which are of A5 size and a brush No 6.

The type of card you use is better if it is slightly textured, with a chalky type of surface for wax crayons to work well on. Also ,it has to be possible to fold in half, therefore it needs to be quite stiff.

I have known, in the past, that printers will sometimes sell A3 and cut it down to A5 for you. This is a good, cheap way of doing it, but you can often buy blank greeting cards from craft shops.

So, cut a piece of A5 into two halves widthways. In the centre, draw your image. Make your images clear so that it is possible to cut it out. Choose something where you can cut out segments. Make sure these are well outlined for you to cut them out, like a stencil in fact.

Take your scissors and start cutting out your stencils. Once you have your stencils assembled, you can glue them on to the other card piece. These will appear now like a raised picture. Taking a piece of A5 card and fold it in half widthways to make your card with your stuck image in the middle of this.

So, you are all set, you have a template. You now should go over your card surface by rubbing it with your crayons. Any shapes, that are in fact, raised, will catch the colour of your image beneath. It is imperative while you work that you keep the template and card really still. If you move at all, you could have disastrous results.

It is now possible to choose another crayon and using the side of it, rub all over the front of your card, this, in turn, will reveal the colours underneath. You can make your colours stronger by simply applying more pressure.

Not all crayons will make the same marks, it really depends on how much pressure is used and where. Get your watercolours out and mix a pretty watery mix. Paint a circle or square around your work with your gold or silver paint. This then enables you to wash over your other work with a No 6 brush, filling in any spaces.

Do not put on too much paint on your image in crayon. It must be pretty watered down for you to have fairly transparent colours.

About the Author:

As a contemporary artist the creator of this article, Anna Meenaghan, clearly knows a thing or two about art. Anna is a contemporary painter that operates an online art gallery for artists and art lovers alike. There you can also find more articles about crafts and arts, as well as contemporary art on display.

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