Leather Embossing Using Stencil and Window Screening

Hi All! Today I have another idea for embossing with leather. This is just a quick explanation of a happy accident I had while playing around with a stencil and window screening and test leather strips. I used white cardstock that I cut three times and layered together. I layered the leather and then the…

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 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,…

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…

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 Cardstock Die Cuts and Stencils- Layer Thicknesses

Hi Everyone! I am back with leather embossing experiments and in this case I am looking at paper cutouts again with an eye towards the thickness of the layers and/or lack there of. I did something similar with paper embossing where I used different thicknesses- by utilizing a different number of  layers glued together- and…

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…