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thks Tashabear and Wolvenstien....i will punch some holes in a scrape and see of i can get the corners to look better...i practiced the round braid on a round coster blank and all seemed well til i tried the real corners.... here is a larger pic.....i will look into how to make the pic enlarge on here....i am also going watch in the next designs that i dont place the tribal next to the cross....its one of those things that looked better on paper than tooled.

nice work...great lacing.

This is my First Project..it a personal business card holder... i have practiced some of the things here and there but there was alot of first on this project, the design and layout are all mine. I have a long way to go and i see all sorts of errors, some i know will get better with time, the one that bugs me the most is the round braiding in the corners does not look right. Any tips and or input are welcome. I have learned alot reading and looking at the great work here on LW. Thks!

those are kool...my kids would love those...if anyone has a pattern and/or pictures i would be interested.

They all look great...Holly i still haven't had time to try this color...its a great color. i have been trying to practice a few celtic knot in drawing how well does the lacing around the edge do with normal day today wear?

Great look, the bio show great depth..something i had not thought of, might have to try that down the road....

Thk you Holly the folio looks great, you would never know its age looking at it....the design is very cool...and im sure most people would never know you didnt bevel the edges. maybe down the road i will look at doing something this size....one step at a time....i might add some lacing around the edge....i like the look of the round braid on the edges...kinda like the 3 rings you started this post with....and maybe add a thin strap thru the middle for a spiral drawing notebook to attach....ok...now i might have to draw this up while its running around in my head!

great detail and the lacing looks just as good..

thank you for the info on the gel....sorry for the delay in responding was out of the office & home very late... its great to meet another southpaw....since there are only about 10% of the world that are... and it looks like both my sons will be joining that list as well.....in a way i hate it for them in others ways i think what are the odds...my youngest was on the fence and used both hands for a while but seems to only use the left to write and color with now...we have been very sure not to try to get them to do one hand or the other and just let them decide....my oldest right off seemed to want to use the left hand....you would give him things he would take it with the right the move it to the left to use. would love to see a pic of your folio, did you make it? alot of times i get a spirl notebook and turn it upside down (spirl to the rt) to draw or write in. this seems to be a left hand friendly craft/art, being new i havent had to try to reverse to many things...at least yet. anything you have noticed? any tips? i have done a little stamping,carving and even some braiding...about to start my first checkbook cover (that is what i wanted the gel for) this will be my first project outside of pratice and for me

Holly (wildrose) can you give me a little more info about the Ecoflo that you used, i looking on tandy's webpage and i didnt see a paste in the Ecoflo stuff...there is a gel that has a antique mahogany...what does the bottle say or a part no., i love the rich color that your notebooks have. Thk you.

nice work and a kool design, i like the inside layout as well

This Has Very Clean Look! Great Work

well i have a idea of sorts....you can draw and cut the "X" part of the flag with a swivel knife and then go back with the typical star stamp that tandy (i think i saw 3 sizes of stars) has to finish off the design... hope that helps

Im new here and would be very interest in seeing more info on making them.