Beeswax stamps

This post is about Beeswax stamps (as per the link on the right hand side) and not using beeswax - a popular craft material at the moment.

Some time ago I saw a reference to someone who had used a Beeswax stamp in a project and I went surfing to see what they had to offer. I was amazed at the selection and range of stamps from this US company (in mounted and unmounted options), they are very reasonably priced and I placed quite a large order. I thought I would post a couple of the cards I have made with their stamps as I was really pleased with the quality and designs I received.

I made this card for my sister's birthday tomorrow. She doesn't know about my blog yet, so she won't see it! It was quite hard to get a really good picture of this design The main lady is a Beeswax stamp called Mollie and I love her already. I made a background on white card, coloured with Distress Inks and overstamped with the Crafty Individuals Crackle stamp and then sprayed with pearlescent gold glimmer mist. Mollie is stamped in Olympia Green Versafine. The butterflies are another Craft Individuals set - I love these - stamped in a mixture of Versamagic, Versafine and Encore ink and the unknown bargain bin sentiment was added in Versafine again. As I didn't want to distract attention away from the main design I mounted the main design with plain green card as a background.

This design uses a Silver Birch Beeswax stamp on the smooth side of watercolour paper. It is stamped in Versamagic ink and then heat embossed with clear powder. The image is mounted onto brown card and the backing paper is from the lovely Basic Grey Wisteria range. The sentiment is a Penny Black stamp and is backed onto a purple card stamped with a lilac Versamagic ink flourish, sadly this hardly shows in this picture. The flowers are my favourites - Prima hydrangeas.

I would definitely recommend a visit to the Beeswax website, but be warned, your stamp wish list is bound to grow!!