Showing posts with label leather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leather. Show all posts

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Cowboy On Leather


Great cowboy image from Rubber Stamp Avenue ! If you are going to buy from this company I highly recommend the sheets of rubber. Each sheet has it's theme so all the stamps coordinate. Also get on the email list as she has some fantastic sales. You will never regret buying from Rubber Stamp Avenue. Great product at a resonable price and a lot of variety.
This card was made almost exactly the same way that the Wolfie card from a the post a few days ago was made.
You will note that I have a real thing for the western stamps. Not Indian, but cowboy/cowgirl type western.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Wolfie


The wolf face image is from a company called Bear Rubber. I have not been able to find them on the web. There is one Bear Rubber Company on Etsy that make custom stamps and may have these images.
I stamped and embossed the image on cream leather. A Coluzzle template was used to cut the leather in a circle. The Coluzzle swivel knife will not cut completely through the leather, but makes enough of an incision that you can easily and cleanly cut with a sharp scissors.
The eyes have been colored yellow with a felt tip marker. The edges of the leather have been sponged with sepia ink (Ranger Archival, one of my favorites) The leather circle was then attached to corrugated cardboard. The cardboard was inked with the same sepia ink as well.
The decoration on the right side of the card was done with various punches, hand punches and decorative scissors. The turquoise half balls are plastic and from "I have no idea where I got them." You know......the stuff that has been waiting in your craft area for years.......the stuff that you bought because "someday" you just might need it. That is where those little half balls came from. If you can't find any, try clear embossing powder on a punched out circle of turquoise paper, or a glitzy turquoise embossing powder. (you know......punt, LOL)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

The Gypsy In My Soul

Like many crafters I have an addiction to the shiny, glitzy and pretty baubles.
I have been collecting beads in many forms for years for that "someday" when I will make something fabulous.

While this bracelet is not fabulous, I happen to be very fond of it and have enjoyed wearing it for a few years.

The first one was purchased and made with beading thread. This did not hold up well at all. When it broke many of the beads just disappeared. So I used the basic design, stuck in mostly my beads, leather and button clasp. Instead of beading thread, I used tiger tail, a stainless steel thread. I may even be doing some classes on this bracelet in the future.