Checkbook Cover

This weeks project is a check book cover. Well it should be but i have modified it to become a notebook or personal diary cover for Pene, my beautiful wife. There are many new techniques applied in this project and overall I am rather pleased with the results.

For the tooling i used the supplied floral pattern on the back side of the cover. On the front side i used my new letter stamps, and 2 patterns from the Craftaid templates i recently purchased from Tandy Leather Factory. The first is a Celtic corner design, and the second a Scroll pattern.

The finish i used involved DK cocoa Brown for the background, and Briar Brown for Hi-Lites. The scroll is stained with Raisin Mahogany. The entire piece is then sealed with Super Shene.

The stitching is a "Double Loop" pattern and proved to be quiet challenging...but very satisfying :)