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Rubber Road
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Faux Encaustic Wax

By Jackie Bache, #183
Rubber Roadsters
Advanced Stamping Team Designer

Supplies
Snowflake Blocks (TAC)
Starry Night Ink Pad (TAC)
Glossy Cardstock (TAC)
Sparkles Cardstock (TAC)
Ultrasmooth White Cardstock (TAC)
Cornflower Blue Cardstock
Clover Mini Quilting Iron (Clover Needlecraft)
Stickles Icicles Glitter (Ranger -TAC)
½” Wonder Tape (Suze Weinberg~*TAC)
Pocket Wild Card Template (TAC – #C192)
Crayola Crayons - shades of blue and silver with paper removed
Blue fiber
Bead
MonoAdhesive (Tombow~*TAC)
Crystal Lacquer (Sakura Hobby Craft~*TAC)

Instructions
 

1. Preheat the Clover Mini Iron.
2. Trace the tag portion of the Wild Card template on glossy white cardstock and cut out.
3. Trace the cut out tag on dark blue Sparkles cardstock and cut out.
4. Trace the dark blue cardstock on a piece of folded cornflower blue cardstock with the fold along the top and cut out.
5. Use the tip of the mini iron to melt the lightest color of blue crayon.
6. Allow the droplets of melted crayon to fall randomly on the glossy cardstock
7. Repeat with the darker shades of blue.
8. Use the iron to blend the colors and create the texture or smoothness you prefer.
9. Melt a small portion of silver crayon on the tip of the iron.
10. Lightly rub the tip of the iron over the surface of the melted blue wax taking care to use a light touch. Repeat as necessary.
11. Stamp the snowflake blocks on white cardstock with Starry Night ink.
12. Cut and mount on dark blue Sparkles cardstock.
13. Rub the surface of the snowflake blocks with Stickles glitter.
14. Assemble layers as shown in picture with MonoAdhesive.  Add bead embellishment with Crystal Lacquer.  Use Wonder Tape to glue the snowflake blocks on the melted crayon surface.

Notes

For best results, use a smaller-sized iron that does not have holes in the plate. Household irons covered with aluminum foil would create a similar look but are cumbersome to handle.  Similar looks could be achieved by melting small pieces of crayon on aluminum foil with a heat gun.

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