Luxury Handmade Wax Seal for Valentines Day
Making a handmade wax seal is so simple and makes a beautiful statement on your Valentine’s Day note, and today on the blog I will show you how easy it is to make them!
Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love and friendship, and what better way to show your friends how much you care than by writing them a heartfelt sweet note? A personal note can make a big impact and show that you are thinking of them on this special occasion.
Now, to make your note even more special, add a heart-shaped wax seal. The result is a beautiful and unique seal that adds a touch of elegance and personalization to your note.
Your friends will appreciate the thought and effort that you put into the note, and the heart-shaped wax seal will make it a keepsake that they will treasure.
Exciting Announcement
Speaking of friends!!!! Today is the first of many Handcrafted Society Posts that you will see here on Amy Sadler Designs. I am so excited to announce that my friends and I are going to be sharing fun DIYs with you on the first Tuesday of every month!
Supplies for Handmade Wax Seals
All of my supplies were purchased at Hobby Lobby
- Wax Seal Stamp
- Gold Wax with wick
- Small Wooden Hearts
- Heart Paper Punch
- Ultra Clear hot glue sticks
- Low temp glue gun
- Gold paint pen
I am going to show you two ways you can make your wax seals, and both are easy and equally beautiful!
How to Make Handmade Heart-Shaped Wax Seals
Making wax seals with wax and clear hot glue
- Wooden Wax Seal Steps
I used these adorable wooden hearts from Hobby Lobby in the Valentine’s Day Section.
- Melt the wax
Light the wick and give the wax a few seconds to start to melt, then tilt the lit flame directly over the wooden heart and drip the gold wax onto the surface until you have almost covered the heart, but not entirely. The amount you see here is perfect.
- Place the wax seal stamp
Place the wax seal stamp down on the hot wax immediately and lightly press. Let it sit on the wax for about 2 minutes until the wax has cooled.
- Remove Stamp
The wax seal stamp should easily separate from the wooden heart leaving the beautiful design in the golden wax!
- To make these beautiful paper heart wax seals I had a different method but love how they turned out as well!
- Choose a variety of patterned paper and premade hearts.
I love patterned cardstock and I had no trouble finding this adorable rose pattern that was perfect for this project. As I was shopping though, I saw these precut red hearts with gold trim and wanted to try them as well!
- Heart punch
Use the heart punch from Hobby Lobby to punch as many hearts as you need from your patterned cardstock.
- Drip Hot Glue
I learned a lesson the hard way. Don’t use a high temp hot glue gun for this project. The hotter the hot glue, the cloudier your stamp will be and I almost ruined my wax seal stamp with the hotter hot glue as it would not release. I had to use an iron to get it off.
With a LOW TEMP glue gun and clear stik glue sticks, drip enough on to almost cover the entire heart but not quite.
- Place the wax seal stamp
Place the wax seal stamp down on the hot wax immediately and lightly press. Let it sit on the wax for about 2 minutes until the wax has cooled.
- Remove Stamp
The wax seal stamp should easily separate from the paper heart leaving the beautiful design in the clear glue!
- Add Gold Detail
Use a gold paint pen to add gold highlights to the design and highlight it!
Ignore the green paint in and on my fingernails, please! LOL
The Handcrafted Society February DIYs
You can click on the photo to go to each post.
I think the best part of this is that we each had a topic of “paper hearts” and look at how different they all are!
It’s so much fun to see how everyone took the assignment! I can’t wait to see what they each do next month!
The theme for March is “color”!!!!
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use any Hot Glue for making Seals?
Definitely no. You really need to use a low temp glue gun. Clear glue will dry cloudy if it gets super hot.
Also, hotter glue doesn’t release from the wax seal stamp. Ask me how I learned this. The hard way!
Is Wax or Hot Glue Better For Wax Seals
You can see both here. I think it is a preference or a matter of what you have on hand as they are both beautiful!
It’s easy to save this post to your Pinterest board right here from the image below by either hovering over it on your computer or touch the red Pinterest Logo on the image with your phone and it will automatically open your Pinterest app to save! That way you’ll have it when you are ready for it!
What’s In My Cart
Amy, what a great idea! I’ve never done a wax seal before, but now think I must! They make everything feel fancy and special!! I love this creative idea! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you Kim! They are so easy too! I can’t wait to see what you make!
These are so cute Amy! I love wax seals. This is such a great group of gals and all the projects look so great!
Thank you so much! They are so much fun!
This is such a fun idea, Amy! I pinned it to my Valentine board to share. So cute!
XOXO
Thank you for the pin Jen! I appreciate you!
I think I have everything on hand to make your cute wax seals! I can’t wait to try it out with the hot glue too! So clever Amy!
You should totally do some Michelle! They are so fun!
I love anything with a wax seal and these are amazing, Amy! I love the different ways to make them…so beautiful! Pinned!
You can put one on a pretty card for me and send it on up here!!
These are so beautiful Amy. It sure is the perfect way to add a lux feel to a note card or letter.