Embossing Leather with a Polymer Plate

Hello! Once again I’m trying to use things that I have kicking around my craft space to make impressions into leather. If you haven’t read my initial post in this leather series, please make sure to do that because I cover a lot of the basics there. One of the things I had floating around…

Leather Embossing with Cardstock Dies or Stencils Follow up- Alignment

Hi everyone! Today is just a quick update to show you something I’ve mentioned in other leather embossing videos when using paper die cuts and stencils. Initially I didn’t cut the paper to match the leather size so that it was a little bit harder to line up. If I didn’t get it right, then…

Leather Embossing with Potter Press Embossed Copper Strips

Hi y’all! Well, I’m still trying to get impressions into leather! In todays’ experiment I have a beautiful, gorgeous piece of copper that’s been imprinted. I got this from Potter Press and I have two of these, so I was willing to sacrifice at least a piece of one. So I decided to try to…

Leather Embossing using Polymer Clay

Hello again! I am back trying to get impressions into leather with random things I have floating around, haha. Please make sure to see the first post in this series where I offer a bunch of warnings. This is not an experiment you should try if you are not completely experienced with using your die…

Altered Homemade Embossing Plate from a Tim Holtz Bold Text Die Cut

Hello friends! I know we’ve talked about a million times over making your own embossing plates and a lot of times I use die cuts that I’ve cut myself from my digital cutter. I know we’ve also talked about how you can use just dies that you buy off the shelf. Typically, I cut die…

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 Series- Embossing with Cardstock Die Cut Stencil

Hello all! I’m back with leather and my Sizzix Big Shot trying to experiment with things that I can impress into leather. I’ve already experimented with cardstock, but today I’m going to try a different twist on it. In this video I demonstrate again how to prepare the leather, but here in this post I…