Embossing With Scrapbooking Embosser

[JoeSnuffie]

I decided to try using a scrapbooking embossing template on some thin leather. I'm hoping to be able to add some unique accents to wallets. I've had several female customers ask if I can add something 'feminine' to some of the wallets and card wallets I've made and I saw this at the craft store and thought i'd give it a try.

I didn't properly case the leather - I was in a hurry just to see if it could be done.

Left to right:

1.75oz goat

1.75oz dyed and finished goat (the flesh side seemed to soak in enough water)

2.5oz dyed and finished calf (not enough water wold soak in)

2.5oz calf

These are the leathers I use for wallets so that's what I tested. The back of the leather is also embossed, causing the pattern to be more defined than if it were just one sided.

[Wishful]

I like it. Did you use a machine to press it?

[JoeSnuffie]

I used a rubber mallet. I didn't know if this would work so I wasn't willing to risk more than the $2.99 that the embossing template cost me. The sell a tool that presses it together but I'm not sure how well it would work with leather since it's made for paper. It uses rollers to press it.

I embossed some more goat and dyed it.

[Dirt4fun]

I've tried this a few times... I've used the ebossing plate to put a pattern down, and then carved and stamped the leather...

[JoeSnuffie]

Thanks, Dirt4fun. Now I have something else to try. One of these days I'll stop feeling uncomfortable when women stare at me in the scrap booking isle. They give me a look that lets me know I'm not welcome.

[Dirt4fun]

Thanks, Dirt4fun. Now I have something else to try. One of these days I'll stop feeling uncomfortable when women stare at me in the scrap booking isle. They give me a look that lets me know I'm not welcome.

No worries Joe. I'm just having a tough time finding patterns that have enough spacing between that I can actually carve. I'm still fairly new to this, and am learning as ideas come into my head (which is really dangerous). I'm going to have to try casing the leather better, and see if I can get a better imprint.

As far as the look... Being 6'3" with long hair and a beard, I get some very strange looks just walking into a Hobby Lobby. It's kind of fun.

[CountryStyle]

I did this with my wife's "cuttlebug." You should be able to search that and pull up a post I made about it. I actually used the embossing roller machine. It was a challenge getting 4-5oz through it but it can be done. Anything thinner would work just fine.

[leatheroo]

thinking outside the box is great.....just like your results...love it

[cjdevito]

I did this with my wife's "cuttlebug." You should be able to search that and pull up a post I made about it. I actually used the embossing roller machine. It was a challenge getting 4-5oz through it but it can be done. Anything thinner would work just fine.

Yeah, I've done wallet backs in a cuttlebug too. Picked it up to play with embossing leaves in leather after seeing it used for that in an old thread here. Pretty inexpensive and it gets good results.