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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ontario
Posts: 12,513
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WT148 - Don't Hide
Don't "hide" from this challenge!  Lame I know...lol...my teenagers just roll their eyes. Today's ways to use it challenge is a little unique. I KNOW you're up to it though! Today we are going to find ways to use LEATHER. gasp! Leather, suede, rawhide cord, faux leather, faux suede...whatever! Just have fun with it! I love the texture and unique touch it adds. Now if you are really desparate...how about an image of cowboy boots...they are leather! 
Please remember to put WT148 in your keywords section and post a link back here so that we can all see your designs! This is a challenge, not a competition and ALL are welcome. No time limits and you can upload as many new creations as you wish!
My sample using suede: Each Day Brings its Own Gifts
WT148 Gallery submissions:
Thanks for playing along! Have a fabulous day! |
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01-10-2008
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Gallery Gazer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Sunny SW Florida
Posts: 6,337
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Cool. I have some leather "string" i can use. Thanks.
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01-10-2008
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Mad Swapper
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio, USA
Posts: 1,882
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OMGOSH - I am first!!! Whhooooo... first time ever! Great challenge. I shall play in a while.... Maybe cut up my leather coat in order to play.... LOL! |
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01-10-2008
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Mad Swapper
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio, USA
Posts: 1,882
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OK - someone beat me to being first.... LOL!
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ontario
Posts: 12,513
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LOL Dont' worry! You're still second but PLEASE don't cut up your coat! LOL
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01-10-2008
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Gallery Gazer
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Snowed in.
Posts: 6,519
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I hear my neglected boho west stuff calling my name.... stamp with me... stamp with me...
School was cancelled today though because of the wind so we'll have to see how it goes!
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SK Canada
Posts: 65,968
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Leather is made from a cow, can I do a cow card????
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01-10-2008
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Stazon Splitcoast
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oklahoma...State (OSU) We love 'em even when they lose, and we're never disappointed!
Posts: 29,311
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Fun! Thanks Julia!....I didn't cut my new boho west stuff though...maybe later today.
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ontario
Posts: 12,513
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cindy_haffner
Leather is made from a cow, can I do a cow card????
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LOL I think I know exactly where you are going with this one Cindy! Sure...go for it! |
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Llamaville, OH
Posts: 56,117
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oh cool Julia...thanks!
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01-10-2008
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Stazon Splitcoast
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Missouri
Posts: 10,556
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Cindy, I read this morning on her blog that if you were desperate you could use a cow stamp!
Anxious to see what everyone comes up with-should be interesting.
Thanks Julia. |
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01-10-2008
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Hyper Typer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 64,886
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Fun one Julia, off to play!
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SK Canada
Posts: 65,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Julia S
LOL I think I know exactly where you are going with this one Cindy! Sure...go for it! |
Your a sweetheart Julia, lova ya!!! |
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: at my table creating
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What about pigs??? They make footballs (or use to) out of pig skin!!
Cool challenge, Julia!
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SK Canada
Posts: 65,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bambi64
What about pigs??? They make footballs (or use to) out of pig skin!!
Cool challenge, Julia!
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Oh Amber you are bad. Great thinking! |
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SK Canada
Posts: 65,968
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxell
Cindy, I read this morning on her blog that if you were desperate you could use a cow stamp!
Anxious to see what everyone comes up with-should be interesting.
Thanks Julia. |
Thanks Bev, guess I should read blogs and not just look at the pretty pictures. I try to speed read and then I always miss something. |
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01-10-2008
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Splitcoast Challenge Hostess
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Plaistow NH
Posts: 39,877
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bambi64
What about pigs??? They make footballs (or use to) out of pig skin!!
Cool challenge, Julia!
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Sorry but I just had to laugh out loud on this comment.. |
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01-10-2008
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 3,319
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GReat challenge. I just cut up my husband's old wallet and an old purse - both genuine leather, over the holidays since we got new ones. I just knew the pieces of leather would come in handy!!! |
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Apopka, FL (outside Orlando)
Posts: 21,817
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I'm going out of town today and can't play but wanted to link a past card here that shows a cool way to create faux leather. I used this technique on several Dirty Dozen projects back in Sept that show several great examples using faux leather and braiding and if you are a Fan Club member you can find these here and here. Kraft paper is great to work with for faux leather. It has a great texture and can be made to look like leather easily with distress ink. I used Tea Dye and Antique Photo on these examples. You can easily use your regular dye inks as well. I inked my cardstock up with the pad direct to the paper and got it really dark. For the braiding I cut thin little strips of cardstock after inking and ran each one across my scissors to soften them up. I secured three of them together with a piece of tape and secured them to my work counter so I could braid them. When I had as much as I wanted I secured the end with a piece of the inked up cardstock and glued. Then I secured the origanal end as well.
You can sponge on ink or use DTP technique to create a large piece of faux leather as well. You can't believe how real it looks if you use a sponge in a circular motion with distress ink and work over the cardstock after you have inked it. It glows like old leather. You can use a textured background such as Sanded or Itty Bitty bg on your paper as well to create the age lines or blemishes that you see in leather. You can create folders, portfolios, or just about anything and you cannot believe how real it can look. Another cool thing to do is to emboss your inked up cardstock with a cuttlebug folder and create a faux snake or allegator skin. This looks great for purse trims, belts, etc for your paper creations.
I sure hope you don't mind me popping in and writing all this. I discovered by accident how real you can make faux leather look if you take some time to work with it a little bit.
Last edited by kittie747; 01-10-2008 at 06:59 AM..
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Poofville
Posts: 48,503
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cindy_haffner
Leather is made from a cow, can I do a cow card????
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Love the way you think Cindy!!!
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01-10-2008
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Petal Pusher
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Disney World was a BLAST!!!
Posts: 62,427
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Oh this should be fun, have to play later though! I do have cowboy boots.... Hee hee
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: SK Canada
Posts: 65,968
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01-10-2008
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Purple Penguin Personality
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Somewhere between my basement, computer or coffee cup!
Posts: 24,983
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I'll have to see what I can play with today!! THANKS!!  |
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01-10-2008
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Dirty Dozen Alumni
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Carmi, Illinois
Posts: 25,923
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Gonna have to be faux leather, but it sounds like fun!!
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01-10-2008
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Stampin' Fool
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: A small town nestled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia!
Posts: 1,375
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I decided to use the faux leather technique, since I do not have any leather to use. I have not been able to upload for a challenge in a while, so thanks for a great one! This was really fun...
ESPRESSOLY LEATHER |
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01-10-2008
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 3,375
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Julia, I love faux leather so I'll probably try that -- and dust off my cowboy boots!
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01-10-2008
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Speedy the Cat did WHAT?
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: OMGosh! Get the Tylenol!!!
Posts: 93,536
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Hi, everyone! Wow, Julia, this was great fun! LOL! (Had to go UNDER my bed to drag out the Cub Scout Stuff to find some suede lacing!) I had lots of "help" from Speedy the Cat and Spittie Kittie...LOL! (I'm so glad there aren't any Nanny Cams in my room! LOL! DH would get rich selling that video to America's Funniest! LOL!)
Here's today's submission:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=79662 |
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01-10-2008
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Village Stamper
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Friendship Village, PA
Posts: 44,857
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Fun challenge, Julia - well, I stamped those boots ya'll talked about and I used rawhide for my ribbon, so here's my
Rawhide Bronco
Got those boots at a yard sale for a dollar! |
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01-10-2008
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Hardware Hotshot
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: BC, Canada
Posts: 4,996
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggydl
GReat challenge. I just cut up my husband's old wallet and an old purse - both genuine leather, over the holidays since we got new ones. I just knew the pieces of leather would come in handy!!! |
Great idea ~ we got new wallets, too ~ knew I was keeping the old ones for a good reason!! lol
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01-10-2008
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Stazon Splitcoast
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Waukesha, WI
Posts: 22,381
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Oh, man! I'm sitting here reading through the comments and I was down to 18 before I realized the PUN in your title, Julia. LOL
I love this challenge. Here's an old one from my gallery - stamped on deer hide: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...0&ppuser=43494
Now, I'm off to make a new one. Thanks, Julia. |
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01-10-2008
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Forum Fanatic
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Trying to hide and scrap like all the scared Turkeys this week..... hehehehehe!
Posts: 9,604
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This was a fun challenge... And I like stated in my card description, this is actually a card made by my friend for me as a reminder of groundhog day ... or may for her birthday... LOL...they are the same day. Anyway, I thought the card worked great here.... so here's my friend's card...
Happy Hedgehog |
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01-10-2008
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Mad Swapper
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 1,759
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wiggydl
GReat challenge. I just cut up my husband's old wallet and an old purse - both genuine leather, over the holidays since we got new ones. I just knew the pieces of leather would come in handy!!! |
What a great idea! |
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01-10-2008
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Insane Embellisher
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 917
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Here's my card...
faux leather
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01-10-2008
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Gabfest Goddess
Join Date: May 2005
Location: missing my momma {RIP 10/12/36 - 6/19/09}
Posts: 7,516
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I am OFF to try it out!! Wish me well....lol!
Gabby
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01-10-2008
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Gabfest Goddess
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,299
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I am going to play with this challenge more today, but my regular computer is out for maintenance and I don't know when I'll be able to scan and upload anything new, so I'm providing these links to a couple of cards that I uploaded for a previous Ways to Use It Challenge using tape. I made some faux leather for that challenge and loved the look. I may try to work with something different today (though I don't think I have any real leather.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...00&ppuser=1392
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...2635?nocache=1
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...2648?nocache=1
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01-10-2008
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 3,375
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cindy_haffner
Leather is made from a cow, can I do a cow card????
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Hee hee you are hilarious girl!
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01-10-2008
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Petal Pusher
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Disney World was a BLAST!!!
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01-10-2008
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bayou City
Posts: 3,308
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Great challenge.....hmmm, I think I'm going to use red leather. he he he...be back later
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01-10-2008
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Matboard Maniac
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Utah
Posts: 272
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My kids have a whole Rubbermaid tote full of leather that they use for leatherwork projects, so this will be fun! I am sad to say that I don't own a single Boho or Western-style stamp set, so my submission will have to be very creative, indeed! (Not that I don't love those sets. I just don't have any yet!) Off I go to think of something...
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