Embossed Card Wallets

[rosiart]

I was really interested in joesnuffle's posts on using an embossing folder to make the leather for his card wallets. Since I have all that stuff from my previous life as a rubber stamper, I decided to give it a go. I used one of the cuttlebug folders and one of the Tim Holtz ones in my original Spellbinders Wizard die cut machine and used veggie tan leather. I am really impressed with the depth I got on these. Thanks for the inspiration, Joe.

[JoeSnuffie]

Hey, these are really nice. I'm thrilled that I could inspire someone after all the inspiration I've gotten.

[josiahmd]

awesome! is the blue and purple a dye or a paint?

[rosiart]

Thanks guys.

The blue and purple are ecoflow hi-lite color stains. I'm not sure if Tandy still sells them. I think they only carry the traditional leather colours now, like browns and tan.

[Wild Bill46]

I don't know the Equipment or tools used for this project, either his or yours , But I like this card wallet, Nice work !

[rosiart]

Thanks , Wild Bill.

The embossing folders are double sided plastic templates that are normally used in a die cut machine to emboss a particular design on cardstock. You put the paper inside and the folder has both a positive and negative side so it gives a deep embossing when run through the die cut machine which applies pressure. I found out it works just as well with light weight veg tan leather that has been cased. Hopefully this explanation helps rather than confuses.