Leather Embossing with a Cutting Die

Hello friends! Today I am back with another idea for embossing leather. I don’t know if you’ve tried this before- using a cutting die for embossing. If you use a cutting die with embossing rubber, it gives you more of the embossed look rather than actually cutting. It still kind of cuts a little bit,…

Foiling Experiments Using a Laminator rather than a FoilPress or Glimmer

Hi Everyone! I am interrupting my leather series to do something more appropriate to the Holiday season. Before I finished the leather series, I had started a different series which included some Halloween designs, but didn’t finish the videos in time for that season, haha. So I’ll insert these in now while it’s the season…

Alcohol Ink and Dimensional Paint on Yupo Paper Die Cuts

Hi Everyone! Today I have a very quick idea on how to take Yupo paper cutouts, and make them look metallic. I’ve done lots of videos on what I do with these Yupo paper die cuts, and again, the reason I use Yupo paper is because it cuts my intricate and small designs much better…

Black and White Stamping on Transparencies

Hi Everyone! Today is another flashback to an a video I shot years ago and never released. The products are still around and even if you know this technique, sometimes you forget about them! So here is your reminder 😉 So today we will be using black and white ink- specifically the StazOn white ink-…

Leather Embossing More Coloring Ideas with Mixed Media Products

Hello all! Welcome back to more embossing on leather! Earlier I did a video/blog post on coloring leather with Stazon pigment ink pads. Today I am playing around with some waxes- specifically Sizzix luster wax and the Finnabair/Art Alchemy metallic wax and some work with Distress Foundry wax, Distress Paint and some Golden Acrylic Top…

Coloring Embossed Leather with Alcohol Ink and StazOn Pigment Ink

Hello Friends! So today I am going to talk a little about what I’ve been doing to color leather. I’ve been playing around with embossing pieces of leather with different things, one of which are cardstock die cuts and stencils. I don’t have a lot of leather tools and material so I reached into my…

Alcohol Ink Painting on Transparencies

Hello all! Today is another blast from the past! In this video I’m actually finishing off a project I started in a different video. I used alcohol inks to make a background and I wanted to place something on top. I decided on my coffee cup stamp, but I didn’t want to stamp directly on…