If the glue sticks to the seal, wait until it has fully hardened and peel it off - it won’t break. Press your stamp down into the centre of your glue circle and hold it in place for around five seconds. Your circle will look messy on the mat but don’t worry the result will be unique, and that’s what wax seals are all about. Be mindful of the size of your stamp when creating the circle. When it’s ready, use it to create a small circle of glue on a craft mat - then fill the circle in with glue, too. While transparent glue is the most popular variety, glue gun glue is available in a wide range of colours, too.Ĭhoose your glue and then heat a stick of it in your glue gun for a couple of minutes.
WAX SEAL ENVELOPE HOW TO
How to make a wax seal with a glue gunĪnother method to create a ‘wax’ seal is with glue. Leave the stamp in place for 10 seconds and then remove it.Ĭrayon wax seals will be as vibrant as traditional sealing wax seals so you’ll no doubt be delighted with the result. If the wax is still very runny, leave it a few more seconds and then press your stamp into the wax with some pressure.
Then, use the handle of the spoon to stir the wax and create your desired size, shape and thickness. If using a spoon, let the wax cool a little and slowly pour it onto your envelope. Alternatively, you can hold a crayon directly over a flame above your envelope and let it drip. The next step is to melt the wax on the spoon which you can do over a candle or lit gas stove. Next, chop small pieces off the crayons you wish to use for your seal and place them on a metal spoon. To make a wax seal with a crayon, you first need to select one or more wax crayons for your project. In this blog post, we’ll outline three ways you can create a beautiful faux wax seal that you and your recipient will adore.
Well, if you’d like to create a seal but don’t have any sealing wax to hand, then you’ll need an alternative. You might be wondering why anyone would want to make a faux wax seal. Recently on the blog, we shared how to create traditional wax seals however, it is also possible to create faux wax seals, and so that’s what we are going to share with you today.
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