Faux Leather...

...the Andy Pearson (Pinnacle Crafts) way.

Starting with a piece of 300gsm Kraft card (8x8) and a spritz bottle containing a water/glycerine mix the card was sprayed on both sides and the moisture worked into the card using nothing more complex than fingers. When the card had become nicely pliable...

...it was scrunched up to give more of a chamois effect.
After carefully un-scrunching the CS it was sprayed on both sides...

 ...using Artist mica ink sprays in...

 ...Black night, Hematite, Mint, White. The CS was then ironed to dry it...

 ...but it still retained the creases.
The CS was then embossed...

...I used this pretty all over rose design but for the life of me I can't remember the make.
Gilding wax was used to highlight some of the areas...

 ...I used Spice, Verdi gris, Rich copper, Silver pearl.
The faux leather panel was sprayed with Spray & shine to stop the mica coming off, then trimmed &  mounted onto some gold miri card. It was then mounted onto an 8x8 card blank...

...and I matched some rosebuds to the waxed highlights...

 ...the peachy colour worked well with the spice & rich copper wax.
I like the stems on my flowers to be spiralled so Andy was off raiding Pauline's craft stash for a knitting needle...

...all the single buds were spiralled but I left the bunch with straight but shortened stems.

Thank you Andy for sharing a very enjoyable technique with us - it was a fab class.

I have left my card without a sentiment or any other decoration as that way it can be adapted for any occasion that I wish to use it for.

Although there were only 3 of us in the class learning about faux leather & metal, it was a very pleasant day and a week later I was sitting watching Andy demo these techniques during his Embossing/Stencils/Masks event. Despite a numb-bum from sitting so long, it was great making notes about the faux techniques that we had played with and gave me a chance to note a few more ideas that Andy shared with us.

A great start and end to my week off work.................................................................