Leather Embossing Polymer Plates with Polymer Clay
  • Ursula Smith
  • April 8, 2023
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Hi Everyone! Today is a really quick post/video with another idea for embossing leather. If you haven’t read my initial post in this leather series, please make sure do do that because I cover a lot of the basics here. I have experimented with polymer clay for leather embossing, and polymer plates for leather embossing….

Leather Embossing Using Stencil and Window Screening
  • Ursula Smith
  • March 1, 2023
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • February 13, 2023
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • January 17, 2023
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • November 26, 2022
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • November 17, 2022
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • October 30, 2022
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • October 27, 2022
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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…