![]() ![]() I would then remove the blade or change the parameter box to a different colored pen that I would run empty. This created a hole to set my printed sheet into. I then removed the cut design, leaving the waste paper on the mat. What I ended up doing was run a test run on a scratch piece of paper. The fine tip was the only one that seemed to give me the results that I was after. There was a bit of a learning curve as you can see from what I called the "Carnage Pile" made up from all the attempts that did not work between foiling and trying to print the pages into a half-sized booklet. I was given a Foil Quill for my birthday a few years ago and hadn't used it yet, and so was excited to do so. I released the pressure and pulled the stamp out of the leather and then let it air dry overnight. Keeping the stamp locked into the leather so as not to get a double stamped image, I re-centered and pressed the left side of the stamp, and then re-centered again on the right side and pressed. When I released the pressure, water came pouring out. I happen to have relatively weak upper body strength and this is a dense design, but if you are particularly strong or have a more delicate design, you will need to be careful not to press to much, as it can crush the plastic stamp and warp the design (Yes! I have unfortunately experienced this a few times. I lowered the pressing rod until I couldn't go any further. My stamp was bigger than my blocks so I knew I would have to do 3 presses, and I chose to start in the middle. ![]() It is important to line everything up so that it will be balanced. I made sure the blocks were centered on top of each other. I then placed one of my metal blocks that come with the press on the frame, followed by the wet leather, then the stamp, and finally by my second block. I soaked my leather in cold water for about 10 minutes. ![]() Leather National Parks Passport Journal.Or you can print a template from my previous Instructable (the only differnce is that uses 5 holes across 2 cm, while this project uses 8 holes across the same 2 cm. (Did you know many libraries have Cricuts?) If you have access to a Cricut, you can use these. 2 Prong Diamond Stitching Chisel (for spacing).Leather Stamps (1/4" Alphabet Set) (Or just 3D print the name too! Recommended).1 Letter Sized Gold Paper Sheet (8.5" by 11").1 12" by 12" Black Color Core Cardstock.4 Yards (appox.) of 1 mm Mahogany Leather Cord (half for binding, half for bookmark).28 Letter Sized Paper Sheets (8.5" by 11") 67lb White Cover Stock.Vegtan Leather (about 3 to 4 oz) 12" by 1/2" (Yes, I know I'm mixing inches and cm, but sometimes in creation mode you just use whatever seems the most natural for that element, not thinking about the whole) Vegtan Leather (about 5 to 6 oz) 26 cm by 15.5 cm.The updates to this version are: 3D printed leather stamps, printed pages of states and US land marks to check off as she visits each, book mark with charm, elastic closure (lays flatter for stamping and maybe easier for youngster to operate), pockets for postage stamps and other memorabilia, cutout and foil quotes and embellishments. I was not told a name, but know the baby’s female, so just went with Miss, followed by her parents last name. I gambled at the supposed location of birth and put a diamond at the position of Denver on the Map as a signifier. The concept of this journal is symbolically giving the child the gift of travel. As I have a baby shower coming up and need a gift for my travel buddy, I thought I would revisit my first Instructable with a 2.0 version as a kind of reflective exercise before all my craft things get packed away for months during the moves. It's also been right at 5 years since I first joined the Instructables community and published my first project, which was a travel journal and also my very first project working with leather. I'm feeling a bit sentimental and nostaligic at the moment as I'm in the process of selling my house and moving halfway across the country. ![]()
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