We're playing Cowboys & Cowgirls at the Gingersnap Challenge Blog in May.
Technique Junkies Newsletter is sponsoring at Gingersnap this month, so they sent me a few of their newsletters filled with lots of awesome techniques to try. When I saw this Faux Tooled Leather technique, it just screamed Cowboy Boots to me.
I found a picture of a side view of a roper boot on the internet. I sized the picture to card size, printed it out on white cardstock, and cut it apart to then use as a template.
I tooled my faux leather using two different embossing folders and then pieced my boot back together again on a cardbase. I then cut the cardbase around the boot leaving it attached for opening at the top. I added a bit of faux stitching along where the pieces of "leather" connected using my piercing tool.
WOW, love this technique, boot looks like real worn leather!! Great take on this Wild West challenge too!
Posted by: Sue Drees | May 04, 2011 at 11:45 AM
The boot looks absolutely awesome, the technique is very effective. It looks so real.
Posted by: PetraB | May 04, 2011 at 04:31 PM
That seriously looks like a piece of leather--amazing!
:)
Posted by: trisha too | May 04, 2011 at 10:18 PM
I own not one but TWO pairs of Roper boots [one pair is bright red--ha!], and I can tell you that your boot looks just like them. Great job!
Posted by: Miss Iowa | May 05, 2011 at 08:57 PM
Looks like real leather, I love it! take care, gerri
Posted by: gerri herbst | May 06, 2011 at 09:15 PM
This boot is really kickin'! Love it!
Posted by: Shar_B | May 06, 2011 at 09:45 PM
Fantastic boot,love the texture.
Posted by: Silvia | May 19, 2011 at 02:20 AM