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Faux Wax Seals

By Missy Cahoon
Off Road Inksters
Intermediate Scramping Team Designer

Supplies

• Baby Blocks Stamp Set (TAC)
• Baby Bolds Stamp Set (TAC)
• Black StazOn ink (Tsukineko ~ *TAC)
• Buttons Alphabet Stamps (PSX)
• Large Foam Stamps (Unknown - Wal-Mart)
• Black Beauty Dye Ink Pad (TAC)
• Versamark stamp pad (Tsukineko ~ *TAC)
• Yellow Dye Ink Pad
• Light Blue Dye Ink Pad
• Light Green Dye Ink Pad
• Patterned Paper (Amscan Inc.)
• Yellow 12X12 Cardstock
• Dark Yellow Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Acrylic Paint – White (Folk Art)
• Clear Shrink Plastic (Lucky Squirrel ~ *TAC)
• Block Letter Beads (Unknown)
• Silver Baby Safety Pin (Unknown)
• Fun Fur Fiber (Lion Brand)
• Hermafix tabs (~ *TAC)
• Hydra Sponge (TAC)
• Small Foam Brush (Making Memories)
• Zots Glue Dots (Therm O Web)
• Elmer’s Craft Bond
• Label Buddy, Embosser (Dymo)
• Yellow Tape (DYMO)
• 3/16” Anywhere Hole Punch (Making Memories ~*TAC)
• Corner Rounder punch (Creative Memories)
• Small hammer (Making Memories ~*TAC)
• Gold Jump Rings (Unknown)
• Blue Glue-Sticks (Unknown)
• 6”x6” Ceramic Tile
• Scissors (Fiskars)
• Paper Cutter (Fiskars 12” ~ *TAC)

Instructions

1. With a glue gun and blue glue stick, squeeze out a small bead of blue glue onto a ceramic tile. Ink your letter stamp with Versamark and press into the dot of glue. Leave the stamp there until the glue cools, then remove. Repeat for all letters. Press out another bead of blue glue about the size of a quarter. Ink the pacifier stamp with Versamark and press into the bead of glue. Leave stamp until glue cools, then remove.
2. Ink baby blocks stamps with different pastel dye ink colors and stamp onto scrap white cardstock. Cut out and attach alphabet wax seals with Zots glue dots. Using Hydra Sponge, ink the edges of blocks with black dye ink.
3. Paint the chunky foam alphabet letters with white acrylic paint using small foam brush. Stamp the word baby onto the background of the yellow cardstock.
4. Cut patterned paper 7” X 6 ½” and attach photographs with Hermafix tabs.
5. Stamp the duck with yellow dye ink onto a 1-1/2”x1-1/2” square of white cardstock. Mat with 2”x2” square of yellow cardstock and ink the edges with black dye ink and hydra sponge.
6. Stamp the rattle, pacifier, and diaper pin stamps onto clear shrink plastic with Black StazOn ink.  Cut shrink plastic out leaving enough room to punch a small hole in the top to attach a jump ring. Place on aluminum foil and heat in a toaster oven per package instructions.
7. Attach jump rings and attach to the safety pin.
8. Cut a piece of white cardstock 5 ¾” X 1 ½ “. Round the corners using corner rounder punch. Punch hole in the end for fiber. Stamp baby foot block onto background with light blue dye ink. Attach fiber.
9. Thread small alphabet block beads with fiber.
10.  Glue everything down as pictured with Hermafix Tabs. The pacifier wax seal was glued down with Zots glue dots.

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