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Hello, I just started doin some basic leather projects middle of last month. Bought a little $30 kit off amazon, bought some leather on sale online from Tandy. I started just making little keychain fobs. Just cutting em out, no designs at first just cut, dye, burnish and finish. I recently bought 2 brass leather stamps because I figured itd be easier to do that first than learning to carve patterns for now. I wet the leather, stamp the leather than proceed to dye it. Issue is, and sorry ahead of time I know this is a very beginner and maybe and obvious fix, but the pattern when I dye it is not visible after dying. What are some ways some of you stamp or emboss patterns in leather that make the pattern still noticeable but also able to get a good color on the leather? I was thinking not dying it at all, but the leather I use is very pale, I was thinking buying a much lighter color (I was useing Fiebings Moccasin Brown and Resolene as the top coat). I tried stamping another piece and using a fine paint brush to paint around the pattern and the stamped part not dyed but it looks visually weird. Thank you ahead of time for your answers. Also any other advice yall wanna give a beginner is welcome even if its not on this topic thank you.