My friend, the silver bit on the side of the shoe polish can is to open it. Just twist it and the lid will open up.

Great tutorial , thank you. just a little tip lol that little metal catch on the side of the tin, you just twist it and the lid will pop off.

If you use the solid core cardstock you won't get the white spots or tears. The color goes all the way through and it looks like real leather.

Thanks for this great tutorial. I made a faux leather a while back and used a thick brown bag. It turned out just great too and looked so similar to yours. I love the feel & smell of it. TFS

I haven't seen this done before. Great idea!

LOVE, LOVE THIS IDEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GREAT TUTORIAL.

I love this! Thanks for sharing! Blessings and Hugs 🤗

Beautiful job... 1 oz of Glycerin to 4 oz of water... 1 parts to 4 parts... 1 cap full isn't enough unless you want it dryer. I have used 1 part glycerin to 8 parts of water... at 10:45 you didn't have it wet enough... you could have totally submerged it in the glycerin/water combination... it would not have hurt it.

I've watched a couple of different techniques...have to say will try this one....thank you for sharing!

I am definitely going to give this a try. TFS!!

New subscriber here...loved your tutorial...I'm definitely going to try this method...thank you for sharing...Hugs from Arizona USA

New subscriber, I really enjoyed your tutorial as you were so clear with all your instructions! Thank you for sharing!

New subscriber here. Love this look. Thank you. Will be trying it out asap.

Fabulous tutorial, I am so going to try this, just need to buy Glycerine and shoe polish, I think I have some card stock! TFS :) Susan x

very clever and looks great.

Great tutorial ! Thanks for sharing !

Very great tutorial !!!

Thank you, I am going to try this... Linda L , She is right, the little tab on side twist it and the can will open.

The silver wing nut thing on side of shoe polish can is there to open it just twist

If you have no glycerine then a hair condition will work as well. It has the same chemical and relaxes the fibres.

Nice!

you can sew faux leather love your tutorial

Thanks and I love this. Definitely subscribed and hope to enjoy your technique in my “Scarlet Ribbon Studio”

Will it rub off even after it’s dried? Like if i did it to the inside of the book cover, would it rub off onto the papers inside?

if you rub the glycerine and water in with a cloth then you wont get the little white spots and holes

What a fab idea!!Can liquid shoe polish....which comes in a bottle with a sponge..kiwi brand..for suede etc...be also used?would be less messy....thank you!

You were saying not sure who first did this method is was a craft lady called Shenna Douglas, she can be seen on the craft TV programme called Hochanda . She did not use shoe polish tho, she used distress ink.. I have not tried it with card, I have only used what Sheena said which is Kraft Card, but I might try the card like you did as it looks really good.

South African right?

So much talking..