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Oak Leaves and Acorns |
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This journal was
made from our Scribe Leather Journal Kit
(discontinued). The
leather color is mahogany. To make the debossed oak leaves and acorns I used a brass stencil (available at most stamp and scrapbooking stores). I placed the stencil on the leather and held it down very securely with my left hand (I'm right handed). I then used a dry embossing tool to deboss the image by rubbing in small circles until I had filled the entire image with a depressed copy of the design.
Keeping the stencil in place I then used a finger dauber to apply small amounts of acrylic paint. The metal embellishments on the corners are upholstery nails (available at hardware stores). I poked a hole in the leather using the 1mm tip on my Japanese Screw Punch and then poked the nail through. I cut the end of the nail off (use wire or diagonal cutters) leaving a tiny stem sticking through the back of the leather. I hammered the end of the nail over so that there wouldn't be any sharp points to scratch my text paper. Associated Topics: |
Since 3/17/03