Best Carbon Paper For Leather

[charlescrawford]

Sweet! I will look at Hobby Lobby and Michaels for this stuff tomorrow. Thank you so much for this info. Can't wait to see what you work on with it for later this week !

[Sylvia]

Charles: I do prefer clear vs opaque paper. Placement is much more easy with clear. I do not use the transparencies. I use those clear sheet protectors. They can be opened to allow for larger designs and if you want you can slide your opaque paper design right into them and trace through all three layers (I don't do this)

Anyway I use my monitor as a light box... Size up or down on the computer then trace from the monitor onto the plastic with a sharpie. If I need a longer or bigger design than my monitor allows, I just make note of a reference mark and move the design around until it lines up. EASY. Then once the leather is CASED... I place my piece secure it (sometimes with push pins if the designs allow.... and trace with a stylus or you could use a spent ball point pen.

[charlescrawford]

I just got a stylus yesterday that has made things so much easier. I also got some Saral paper at JoAnn Fabrics and that stuff rocks. It is a type of transfer paper that can be reused and comes in different colors which is nice. I use white for black leather for instance. Now I just have to do some carving and get things with that figured out. I have yet to do a pattern and bevel it in a way I like. The beveler and pear shader hate me lol