Yes
Here is how I make my boards.
Buy some candle wax.
Buy a dental pick or get yourself a thin and sharp pin. The thinner the pin, the denser your design can be.
Total price: < $5. I paid about $2.50. 50 cents for 4 large 10 inch candles which can do about 10 boards.
Now melt the wax (I use my soldering iron for everything, including wax LOL) onto the side of the board where you do the design. Let it cool off. (wait about 2 minutes).
Get yourself a hold of a bright light. now carve a shape in the corner of the board. If what you carved is extremely shiny and the rest of the board is dull (not so shiny), then you can start your design.
whatever copper is scraped will be removed in the later stage. So if you want two copper rectangles, you would make a line down the center of the board.
Now etch your board. I use ferric chloride. As soon as everything looks ok, then you can remove the wax. I actually use sandpaper to sand it off. Yes, some people hate that idea, but it is fast!
Now go ahead and solder. The only error you could possibly make is that you didnt scrape enough wax off!