Colour Swatches

Our range of Premium Leathers feature beautiful Aniline Leathers well known for their superior surface grains and textures. Aniline leather is dyed leather without any pigment applied to the surface. When selecting an album made from aniline leathers, please be aware that natural scarring is far more prevalent.  It is almost impossible for the album, particularly large albums, to be completely free of some sort of scarring. The natural blemishes do not affect the leather’s durability in any way and as long as they remain within certain limits, they act as nature's imprint of authenticity of leather.

PLEASE NOTE - we buy only the finest leather hides, which we then selectively cut and process to enhance their inherent quality. Since leather is a natural material, the appearance of each album may show variation in texture, grain, range marking and density. Along with its durability and luxurious handling qualities, it is this individuality that gives leather its appeal – and distinguishes it from synthetic imitators.

Our 2025 material update includes discontinuing some Leather's from our range, but we have currently have stock in all these colours and therefore recommend you don't remove it from your swatch box just yet!  

Our Classic Leather range features beautiful, textured, corrected grain leathers which are popular for their near perfect surfaces with minimal scarring. Corrected grain leather generally has a full pigment finish applied to the embossed surface, and should be the leather of choice for those clients wanting authentic leather with a uniform appearance. Any natural blemishes do not affect the leather’s durability in any way and act as nature’s imprint of authenticity of leather.

PLEASE NOTE - we buy only the finest leather hides, which we then selectively cut and process to enhance their inherent quality. Since leather is a natural material, the appearance of each album may show variation in texture, grain, range marking and density. Along with its durability and luxurious handling qualities, it is this individuality that gives leather its appeal – and distinguishes it from synthetic imitators.

Our 2025 material update includes discontinuing some Leather's from our range, but we have currently have stock in all these colours and therefore recommend you don't remove it from your swatch box just yet!  

Velvet is a soft, luxurious fabric with a beautiful shiny appearance that is characterized by a dense pile of evenly cut fibers that have a smooth nap.   Our Velvet range is available in 5 stunning jewel tones including Ruby, Silver, Sapphire, Obsidian and Emerald. 

PLEASE NOTE - You can only emboss on Velvet material with Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Red and Black foils, or blind embossing.  Please note that the foil embossing on Velvet is more delicate and should be handled with care.  Please do not rub your hands over the foil or the foil could flake.  

Macrosuede is a man made fabric designed to imitate real suede.  Like Velvet it has a beautiful soft feel although the pile is not as thick and it has a matte finish.  Due to its soft fibres Macrosuede can only be blind embossed with our Custom Embossing option and we suggest using a bold font or design.

Although Macrosuede has been discontinued from our range we have currently have significant stock in all colours and therefore recommend you don't remove it from your swatch box just yet! 

Our range of imported Japanese cloths add a luxurious feel to albums, folios and presentation products. Asahi’s beautiful smooth silk texture, and stunning low sheen appearance, have made them one of our most popular cloths.

Our 2025 material update includes discontinuing some Asahi's from our range, but we have currently have significant stock in all these colours and therefore recommend you don't remove it from your swatch box just yet!  

Linen is a classic textured woven fabric, made from the fibers of flax plants, and it remains one of the most popular, and beautiful, textiles in the world. Our range of unique linens are available in an extensive range of colours including numerous “natural” tones that compliment any modern decor.

PLEASE NOTE - Since man-made materials may also vary between production batches, products manufactured with cloth covers may vary slightly in colour and/or finish from the samples supplied in the swatch collections.

Our 2025 material update includes discontinuing some Linen's from our range, but we have currently have significant stock in all these colours and therefore recommend you don't remove it from your swatch box just yet!  

Our range of imported Leatherette, or Vegan Leather as it is commonly called, is often mistaken for authentic leather because of its soft, luxurious feel.   Leatherette remains popular for animal friendly or eco-consious clients but, please be aware, it will not wear as well, nor last as long, as authentic leather.

Buckram has a linen like textured appearance with a high sheen finish due to the protective coating applied. Widely used in the bookbinding industry it is popular due to its hardwearing, durable surface.

When you open an album there is an album lining/fly leaf before your first printed album spread.  The album lining joins the album cover to the book itself.  Album linings are included in the price of the album in your choice of black or white.  You have the option to upgrade the album lining to one of our beautiful hand made papers at a small additional cost.

You can emboss your album cover, or many of our other products, in the following foil colours – Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Copper, Light Blue, Light Green, Dusty Pink, Hot Pink, Red, Rainbow, Silver Hologram, Electric Blue, Turquoise, Gunmetal, Black and White. 

Please refer to our Embossing Rules as some foils emboss on certain materials better than others.

Make sure to order a set of Foil Swatches so you can easily see what the different foils will look like on different materials.

Ribbons are used to accessorise many of our products including Albums,  Folio Boxes and Proof Boxes.  We recommend ordering a Ribbbon Swatch card so you can easily see what the ribbons will look like when placed next to different materials.