Leather Embossing with a Potter Press Pattern Plate

Hello friends! If you are following along with my embossing leather series AND you are a jeweler with metal pattern plates, AND you also have a Big Shot or other die cut machine then this post is for you! NOTE: you should be very careful doing any of this embossing with your die cut machines…

Leather Embossing with an Embossing Folder

Hi Everyone! Today I’m starting a series on leather and trying to use different materials to impress designs into it. I’m trying to emulate the tooled look while using my Sizzix Big Shot to roll things through with the leather and see what we can come up with. So today’s experiment is using an embossing…

Embossing with the Accucut Machine

Hello everyone! I am looking through my youTube videos and finding a bunch of videos that I never blogged about and included in my public channel. So I’m going to sprinkle my blog with some of these older videos that still work- that is the items I use are still being sold, they are still…

Layering die cuts and other objects for a new molded item

Hi all! I’m still going through my old videos to post here. I’ve been off learning metalsmith and jewelry techniques which leaves a lot less time for making videos and blogging, haha! In this video, I combine two different things- one is a resin piece and the other is a die cut- and I combine…

Silicone molds from Die Cuts

This is a quick idea ( 5 minutes or less so it is a great Take 5 task) on how to use die cuts to make silicone molds using two part silicone mold making material. It’s been quite a while since I’ve last posted, and I have been busy during the time away from this…

Burlap and Wax

I have been playing with encaustics since I got a starter set as a gift. I have not done any real paintings- mostly cards and tags, but I have to say I really enjoy it and hope to take a live class sometime. I thought this was a cute idea for a Valentine, even though…

Accucut and The Rise of The Guardians

I haven’t seen the movie, The Rise of the Guadians, but I want to. I know it is a kids movie, but the funny, little hat people make me smile every time I see them. And let’s face it, after this past, sad week, we all need a smile right about now! Anyway, I was…