Rubber Stamp Used Under Wax
Use a dye based ink and stamp the image on the card. Heat the back
side of the card to dry the ink as you don't want the ink to run in the next
step. Take clear wax and put a protective layer over the image with your iron.
Now put a sky behind and ground underneath and you will still be able to see the
image through the transparent wax colors. You can choose to leave the image like
that or take your small stylus tool and use the pen point to draw in all the
details with colored wax. You have a fantastic looking card to send to someone or
to frame as a picture.
Rubber stamp crafting opens a whole new world of possibilities. If the rubber stamp is done with an open pattern, not a lot of fine lines like in the image
above, you could also dip the stamp in the hot wax first and then stamp on your
surface Heat your waxed card with the iron, then when you stamp it with your wax coated rubber stamp the wax will transfer. You will have to heat your stamp on your iron and and clean with tissue. Stamps give the beginner confidence as they let them produce quality art work..
Another way to transfer an image would be to wax your card and then put a pattern onto the wax with a piece of graphite transfer paper. Tracing a pattern this way I used some wood carving patterns of a friend of mind to see how they would turn out and was very pleased. I used the stylus to finish off the copied details of the design .
Another idea is to stamp on Kleenex and then separate it to one ply. Tear the tissue so only the stamped image will be attached to the card. In the example below I also stamped the card directly leaving two different surfaces. The stamped image on Kleenex will be matte and the rest of the card will be glossy. See the combined stamped images used in this way. Next to that I also have just a simple stamp of a lighthouse without any tissue. 
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