Creating Embossing Folder Plate Stencil Shapes in Silhouette Studio
  • Ursula Smith
  • August 7, 2023
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NOTE: this is one of the posts where it is much better to watch the video 😉 Hi Friends! I’ve made lots of videos using cutouts that I’ve cut on my digital cutter. I’ve made masks and stencils and cutouts that I layered together to make my own embossing plates, but it occurred to me…

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,…

Foiling Experiments Using a Laminator rather than a FoilPress or Glimmer
  • Ursula Smith
  • December 8, 2022
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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…

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 Potter Press Embossed Copper Strips
  • Ursula Smith
  • October 10, 2022
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • October 5, 2022
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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
  • Ursula Smith
  • October 5, 2022
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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…