http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/12/19/why-i-love-my-vintaj-big-kick-machine.aspxMixed media jewelry making just got a lot more fun for me. Enter my newest jewelry making toy, er, tool: the Vintaj Big Kick embossing machine. A few months ago, my friend Amy Blevins at Bead &amp; Glass Boutique in Pittman, New Jersey announced thatenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/12/19/why-i-love-my-vintaj-big-kick-machine.aspx#174067Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:06:28 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:174067jeanmar56<p>I used some scrap leather to try embossing with the Big Kick. &nbsp;I really liked the result. &nbsp;However, when I went back to the embossed scraps a week later, the embossing was 90% gone. &nbsp;What thickness leather did you use? &nbsp;Did you treat it with anything after embossing to preserve the design? &nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=174067" width="1" height="1">http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/12/19/why-i-love-my-vintaj-big-kick-machine.aspx#174064Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:42:44 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:174064Serena Dennison<p>How do you find the Big Kick Machine?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=174064" width="1" height="1">