Learn How to Engrave Veg Tan Tooling Leather with a Cricut Maker

This technique is so much fun! I’ll show you how to engrave veg tan tooling leather with the Cricut engrave tool, the Cricut foil tool and a Cricut Maker.
Items used:
Cricut Maker
Cricut engrave tool
Cricut foil tool (with medium tip)
Cricut deep cut blade
Cricut strong grip mat
Duck brand contact paper
Foam brush
Soft cloth
Ink brayer
3-4oz genuine veg tan tooling leather
Fiebing’s Leather Sheen
Fiebing’s Antiquing Gel

[@prosperity.]

This is the Best Tutorial on embossing ,engraving, & foiling leather with the cricut maker..The details are amazing!!! I can't thank you enough for your thorough explanation on all products used. 🥰❤

[@FullHouseFancies]

Thanks so much and you’re very welcome!

[@brendaleister6058]

Great work!

[@kathyh9423]

Absolutely fantastic video - thank you! I love your design and happen to be making leather handles for a bee themed rope basket. Would you be willing to share your design? If not, I completely understand.

[@janebeisser1563]

Thank you so much for making sense out of engraving leather with a cricut!

[@FullHouseFancies]

You’re very welcome!

[@jessicagibson109]

This was a great tutorial. Very detailed. Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for

[@FullHouseFancies]

I’m so glad to hear that, thank you! And you’re very welcome! 😊

[@questrixdragon]

Great tutorial. Question - Why wouldn't you put the resist on first before all the engraving and embossing? That way, the resist only protects the original surface areas and not the engraved/embossed areas allowing for the dye to only go into those areas?

[@FullHouseFancies]

Hi and thank you. Because when the seal of the resist is broken, it will allow the stain to bleed into the leather in areas you don’t want. Resist is always added after “tooling”. Thanks for watching!

[@jhroche75]

I just found your video…. Awesome results. I’ve messed with leather before and have been wanting to try it on my maker 3. Question I had though was how did you get it to do 4 cuts? Did you “layer” 4 different shapes together?

[@rychei5393]

Yep, best tutorial for this. an you explain what each tip is doing? Obviously the last one is cutting all the wat through. Is the first one doing... a partial cut? What is the foiling tool doing exactly, and why does this look SO much better than the single line? That second phase with the foiling tool was AMAZING.

[@FullHouseFancies]

Thanks! It’s “engraving” the leather, so making a deep line in it. The foil tool helps to widen the lines.

[@jeanninekohler178]

Love it!! Thank you for an Awesome tutorial!!

[@sarahj6190]

Wow thank you this was a fab tutorial ♥️

[@FullHouseFancies]

You’re very welcome and thank you!

[@gloriakal12]

Thanks for this video! I have an Explore Air 2, so I can't use the engrave tool. Does the engrave tool with the Maker create a better result? It looked like the engrave tool did a great job, so why go over it again with the foil tool? What color gel did you use?

[@FullHouseFancies]

Hi! The foil tool gives it a wider path for the stain to sink into. The engraving alone is just a deep scoring or sorts. Hopefully that made sense. I believe that one was dark brown.

[@gloriakal12]

@@FullHouseFancies Thanks for your reply. My current projects are small and I'm expecting a delivery of scrap tooling leather today. It'll be fun!

[@FullHouseFancies]

@@gloriakal12 no problem! How fun, good luck! 😊

[@deborahleslie527]

where did you get the honeycomb and bee pattern?

[@FullHouseFancies]

I created it with images I had.