masculine card

If you have never tried the wax resist technique, I suggest you give it a go.  

You can make some  stunning background papers with this technique. All you need is 

wax paper, 

smooth white card stock,

an hot iron, no steam

 an ornate embossing folder or two

   a die cutting machine of some sort.

Ink pads,

 sponge or blending brushes.

 I cut a piece of  Reynolds wax paper down to the size of the New stampin' up seashells embossing folder  placed the wax paper in the folder and ran it through my Bigshot. 

Now the embossing folder I used is one of those 3D multi layer folders,

 I think the basic embossing folders are better for this technique.

I sandwiched the wax paper between two piece of white card and placed the sandwich in a piece of folded copy paper and then ironed the sandwich for about a minute or so to transfer the wax to the card stock.   It's a good idea to iron the sandwich on a piece of heavy duty card. I used the back of an A3 sketch pad. Make sure every part of the card gets the heat treatment. The last thing you want is missing patches.

Once the wax has cooled you can apply ink with a blending brush or sponge. You will see the image emerge as you apply the ink.