How To Carve A Wax Seal
Cut the amount of wax you want to make a seal with and place it in a spoon.
How to carve a wax seal. It will take 30-60 seconds to melt your beads depending on the size of flame. So when i heard from kimberly and her husband from ragehaus about their wax seal project i was over the moon. Press your seal gently but firmly in the wax and let it sit.
It melts into the stone be cause its warmand then polish it up. Place 1-2 sealing wax beads in your spoon and hold just outside of the flame on your lit candle. Let the wax drip onto the paper where you want the seal to go.
This removes air bubbles and gives the wax a uniform thickness. Check out the hypnotizing process of wax sealing - its so charming and delightful. I think they may any letter seem more special- especially if in miniature form.
Hold a lighter near the wax stick while you angle the stick towards the paper. How to make wax seals for invitations gifts or other stuff. Ensure to avoid direct skin contact with the spoon when melting.
Im pretty obsessed with wax seals. The Wax Journal has recipes for Air Ether Max11 Fuse Zen 3Sixty and Ice ranging from very soft hand-moldable to hard carve-only. If you are using a candle or wicked wax stick.
Nothing else need be done. It takes a little practice to learn how long to let the wax cool before applying the seal so practice away before applying your stamp to invitations or thank-yous. Place the match and the stick directly over the spot you want to make the wax seal and let the wax drip down.