2 Gelli Plates with Masks to Transfer Designs in Multiple Colors

Hi everyone! Today is another quick Take Five project using two Gelli Plates. I made another post/video with a similar process using a stencil. This time I’m going to use a mask with this technique. You’ll need 2 Gelli Plates, a mask and some paint. I use a brayer to roll the paint onto the…

2 Gelli Plates with Stencils to Transfer Designs in Multiple Colors

Hi all! Todays project involves two Gelli Plates and a Yupo paper stencil that I cut on the Silhouette, and some paint and Tim Holtz Spray Stains by Ranger. It’s a fun one so hopefully you’ll have two Gelli plates at your disposal ๐Ÿ˜‰ . This project starts with rolling paint out onto the two…

Distress Oxide Spray Resist Tone on Tone Look

Hi! I still have another post or two on leather embossing, but while I was working on a card I grabbed a Tone on Tone background that I (for a moment) forgot how I made it ๐Ÿ˜‰ . I started this blog for my friends, students in my classes, and my Mom to remind them…

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…

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 ofย  layers glued together- and…

Leather Embossing with a Stencil that has a Center Design

Hi everyone! In this new experiment with leather, I thought I had this great idea for a stencil design. It was supposed to be flowers with circles in the centers. But I always forget this when I’m doing stencils- images that are in the middle of another design need to be attached to the outside…