Making Leather Photo Albums Cover
By : Syahrul Fitri
Variety craft projects can be manipulated in many ways using Leather to give your crafts a personal touch. With sturdy and long lasting leather is particularly good for photo album s cover, it will give your photo albums a high-quality appearance. For working with leather there are many tools available. Learn how to use leather working tools to make a photo album from leather you can take advantage of to further personalize your Leather Photo Albums cover. These are some tips for making Leather Photo Albums cover .
Measure the photo album that you want to make a cover for and its height, length ,and depth. Add 1/4" or a little more to each edge to ensure you get enough material to fold over.
Step 2
Buy leather from a leather supplier or a craft shop in a variety of colors and textures, depending upon the final look you want.
Step 3
Cut the leather for your photo album using leather shears or even a razor knife. Trim the edges of the leather with a leather edge beveler.
Step 4
Stamp any patterns you want stamped into your leather You can buy many stamp designs at a leather supplier or craft shop . Trace the area of leather you want to stamp, then to apply the stamp designs to your leather to create decorative patterns or a border, use a rubber mallet. Tapping the stamp until it sinks into the leather to produce the design.
Open your photo album and fit your leather to it. Fold the edges of your leather around the edges of the photo album and use leather bond to fix the edges in place. Close the photo album and put something heavy on top of it while the glue dries. Give at least two hours before you use your photo album to ensure the glue dries thoroughly.
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