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Serpentine Stamps How to Stamp Serpentine Border Designs Serpentine Stamps are versatile tools that can be used alone or in combination with other tools to create borders, patterns and accents. Practice the techniques and stamp combinations shown on these pages, then create your own designs. Step 1: Follow Steps 1 & 2 above for first guideline. Step 2: Then carefully position stamp at desired distance from first impression. Make a light impression. Step 3: Cut 2nd guideline on top of the light impression. Step 4: Continue stamping filling the border space. Step 1: Plan where you want the stamped design to be on your project and “cut” a single guideline in your “cased” leather using a swivel knife. Step 2: Stamp #1 impression on top of guideline. Step 3: Stamp #2 impression overlapping tips. Step 4: Continue stamping impressions to fill your space. Step 5: Add different stamps. Practice on scrap leather before stamping your project. Using 1 Cut Guideline: A Seeder Stamp Is Shown Added There are many designs and sizes of serpentine stamps available. Here are a few. To establish the border placement, you will need to make either one or two swivel knife cut lines. 1 2 3 Silver Creek Leather Company, Jeffersonville, IN 47130, www.realeather.com Border D447S Border D445S Border D444S
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Serpentine Stamps
How to Stamp Serpentine Border Designs
Serpentine Stamps are versatile tools that can be used alone or in combination with other tools to create borders, patterns and accents. Practice the techniques and stamp combinations shown on these pages, then create your own designs.
Using 2 Cut Guidelines:
Step 1: Follow Steps 1 & 2 above for first guideline.Step 2: Then carefully position stamp at desired distance from first impression. Make a light impression.Step 3: Cut 2nd guideline on top of the light impression. Step 4: Continue stamping filling the border space.
Step 1: Plan where you want the stamped design to be on your project and “cut” a single guideline in your “cased” leather using a swivel knife.Step 2: Stamp #1 impression on top of guideline.Step 3: Stamp #2 impression overlapping tips. Step 4: Continue stamping impressions to fill your space. Step 5: Add different stamps. Practice on scrap leather before stamping your project.
Using 1 Cut Guideline: A Seeder Stamp Is Shown Added
There are many designs and sizes of serpentine stamps available. Here are a few.
To establish the border placement, you will need to make either one or two swivel knife cut lines.
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If you are stamping a border around a curve or irregular shape, use a wing divider to create a guideline for the border.
Plan the stamps to be used. Be sure your selection of stamps will “bend” around the shape.
Step 1: Scribe a very light guideline through the center of space to be stamped.Step 2: Stamp first impression at angle aligning tips of tool on guideline.Step 3: Carefully build second row off the first row forming hearts.Step 4: Add more guidelines to help keep stamping straight.
To allow for a different border stamp (D436 shown above), tilt the stamp to create partial impressions at desired distance from edge. Practice on scrap leather.
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Always plan your border designs on scrap leather before stamping them on your project.Try different combinations of stamps, tools and swivel knife cuts.
Plan the “spacing” of your impressions on a scrap leather before working on your project leather. Corners are a good place to take up any extra space. Add different stamps to create accented corners.
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