Embellished Leather Boots

Embellished Leather Boots with paint, stamps and gemstones that you can recreate using your own craft supplies.  I am in the midst of getting ready for a long distance move come next week so I am on a purge rage. What’s the rule- if you haven’t worn or used it in a year- it’s gone. So these boots almost got hauled away to my local Goodwill. That’s when I remembered my recent love affair with painting on leather with Jacquard paints, namely Lumiere and Neopaque.

 

Supplies for Embellished Leather Boots:

Here are the boots before- just basic black. But very comfortable. When I modeled them after I could not believe how I had decided to get rid of them- the leather is so soft!

1. Soft leather boots in your size.  Cleaned and ready to be painted
2. Paints in various colors.
3. Foam and acrylic stamps
4. black ink
5. paint brushes
6. covered work surface

Instructions for Embellished Leather Boots:

1. Clean the exterior of the boots and dry.
2. I had a lot of Jacquard Textile Colors leftover from previous project, so I started with that.
3. I decided that I was not quite getting the opaque coverage I needed, so I started in with Neopaque in white.
4. I just kept layering different colors of Neopaque and Lumiere, letting each coat dry before moving on to the next.
5. When I finally had several layers of color swatches, I decided to switch gears and start some random layering of rubber and foam stamps. I used stazOn in black.
6. I had not had a chance to use these great foam stamps from Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio, so I used Neopaque in Black to stamp random shapes all over the boots.
7. Last but not least, I reached for these inspirational stamps called “Youare2kind” from Stephanie Bernards stamp line, the stamps of life.
8. At this point, I decide that I need to dry brush some Neopaque Black on…
9. Of course, plenty of bling was added. I used a super tacky glue like e-6000 to add misc stones and gems. I also used Neopaque in white to create the circles.

So now, bring on Fall! I am ready to wear these fun embellished leather boots. And the moral of the story is- think twice about what COULD become before discarding it for what it is!

Both Lumiere and Neopaque paints can be purchased from Dick Blick. Studio by Claudine Hellmuth – Creative Layers – Foam Stamp Set – Bloom can be purchased from Scrapbook.com.

Live Life Creatively,

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