Faux Leather

The crab has been painted with chalk and blender pen.

The cracked effect on the card stock was achieved with
 a lovely back ground stamp "Weathered" from Stamp'n Up.
Patterned paper by Kaiser,
 Card stock  -' close to cocoa' , 'chocolate chip',  by Stamp'n Up.

I am also entering this into the try something new challenge at Crafty Creations.http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

I have been experimenting with a few different techniques , after all I am on holidays, and what better way to chill out than to get a little creative with my paper supplies.I can't exactly remember where on the net I read about making paper look like leather, but I did remember the method and thought I would give it a go.