minding my beeswax...

A discussion over at Latest Trends has us playing with beeswax. I've had some for a while now, but haven't used it much ~ I just couldn't achieve the look I wanted by melting & pouring. So for these book covers, I pressed a few pellets ~ not too many ~ directly into the book covers, here & there around some of the edges of the collage elements, and simply heat set the pellets, gently & slowly, while tilting the book in various directions to get some good streaks & puddles. This method gave me really good control of the beeswax, and resulted in some great texture.
[I started with a black book cover, scraped on some gesso, heat set it, rubbed on some distress inks, heat setting between each, stamped with timber brown StazOn ink (stamps from Club Scrap and Lost Coast Designs), glued the centers of the vintage images (from Inka Stamps), pressed and melted the beeswax pellets. Edged the book with gold leafing pen & strung on a little white hemp & brown waxed linen thread.]


[I again started with a black book cover, scraped on gesso, heat set; rubbed on some distress inks, heat setting in between; stamped images with sepia VersaFine ink (stamps from Hannah Grey); decoupaged french ephemera (from Vintage Charmings); stippled in some gold embossing powder; pressed & melted beeswax; accented the middle of the moon with Ranger's glossy accents; edged the book with gold leafing pen; attached lace & token.]