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Week 52: Guest Designer Cuchy!

caliente And from Spain comes the talented, talented new international guest designers, Carmen, known on the web as Cuchy .

We created a beautiful tutorial, step by step, to achieve the collage with wax, to decorate our creations or to create real pieces of home decor. We let you have the floor:

Hello, this is Cuchy from Spain I'm so honored to be here, invited by Gio and Roberta. I have prepared a fun project for you, using beeswax. I really hope you like it and enjoy as much as I did while creating. You can ask me about the project here or through my blog at Any time.I 'll be more Than glad to answer. Now go, and put your aprons on. ...

Hello, I'm Cuchy from Spain and I'm honored to be here, invited by Gio and Roberta. I have prepared a fun project for you, using beeswax. I hope you like it and you have fun to follow so 'I like to do so. You can ask me about the project here or on my blog anytime and I will be 'happy to help you. Now let's start, put on your aprons ....

Materials / Materials :

-Melting Pot and heat gun OR Metallic pot and heat gun
-paper scraps, flowers, pearls embellish ...
Beeswax-OR to
candle-Brush, only for beeswax
-Stamps (preferably rubber stamps)
-Canvas / Wood / Heavy cardstock
-Acrylic paints
-Perfect Pearls - Mica Powders OR make up Eyes (pearl)-
Stazon ink or similar
- Old credit card
-Soft brush
-Ribbon

-Melting Pot / Metal embosser and
-cuttings or laser prints, flowers, embellishments ...
-beeswax or candle
-A brush , only the wax-
Stamps (preferably rubber)
-Canvas / Wood / Cardboard often
-Acrylic
-Perfect Pearls oppure ombretti perlati
-Stazon o simili
-Vecchia carta di credito
-Pennello morbido
-Nastri

PREPARING THE BEESWAX/ Preparare la cera

Since beeswax has a very low melting point, its enough to use a metalic tin and the heat gun to melt the wax for our project. Just take wax pieces from a candle or beeswax pearls and heat them with the gun in a metalic tin. You can also put some beeswax pearls into the melting pot and let them melt.

Avendo la cera un basso punto di fusione, e' necessario un contenitore di metallo e l'embosser to melt the wax for our project. Then take the pieces of candle wax or beeswax and heat them in the container with the embosser. Or use the melting pot.

MAKING THE COLLAGE / Collage

Using the brush, apply the wax as if it is glue and stick the paper pieces, flowers ... Whatever you want to your canvas.

Using a brush, apply the wax as if it were glue and attach pieces of paper, flowers ... anything you want on your canvas.

Use an old credit card to spread the wax if you want a thinner layer.
Use the old credit card if you want one more layer 'thin.

If the wax dries, you can always heat it to melt it again until you get the best result.

Even the metal embellishments can be glued with the wax. You Only Have to pour a thick layer of wax.

If the wax dries, you can 'always warm up again until you get the desired result. Even the metallic embellishments can be glued together with wax. Just pour a layer of 'often made of wax.

STAMPING ON Beeswax / Print on wax

Apply more wax in Those Areas Where You Want to stamps your image. Alternatively you can do it pouring the melting wax from a burning candle Directly. Apply more
'wax in areas where you want to print. Or pour the candle.

Wait about 20-30 seconds. Almost until the wax is opaque. Put a flat and hard surface below the canvas (I used to plasstic box) and then firmly press your stamps.
Wait 20-30 seconds. until the wax becomes opaque. Place the canvas on a rigid and firmly press the stamp on the wax.

A good thing about beeswax That is, if you do not like the way it looks, you can always melt it again with the heat gun and repeat the process as much as you want.
I did not like the way my stamping Turned Out (PIC. 10) I know I reheated the wax and stamped again. Much better  (PIC. 11)

A good thing about wax 'that if the results do not like, you can' always re-dissolve the embosser and repeat the process many times as you want.
I liked the first stamped, so 'I melted the wax again and again stamped. Much better!

Also Continue stamping with ink stazon Wherever You Want and let it dry completely.
Continue printing with Stazon and let dry.

shinning AND PAINTING / Finish

Apply mica powders with a soft brush over un certain areas. You can let it as it, or Reheat the wax so it blends with the powders.
Apply pearl dust with a soft brush. You can 'leave it that way' or the wax so risciogliere 'to mix with the powder.

With a sponge, apply acrylic paint in the stamped Areas, to Make Them Stand Out, But do not overpaint it.

Again, if you want it to shine, apply paint over the mica powders, ounces it is dried.
With a sponge to apply the acrylic color on the printed areas, to make them stand out, but do not overdo it. To make them shine add pearl powder when dry color.

FINISHING /
Embellishments Embellish your project with Some colored sequins. Use a burning candle Directly to pour the wax and "glue" the sequins to the canvas.
Decorate your project with colorful sequins. Use a candle to glue the sequins on the canvas.

Put a ribbon, trim or lace around the edge of the canvas and add any special touch you want.
Add ribbons or lace to the edge of the canvas canvas.

That's it.

I hope you liked it and I look forward to see your works. Thanks!
I hope you enjoyed your appearance and interpreate. Thanks!