Leather Tassel Earrings

Create Colorful Custom Leather Earrings in Minutes!

Posted by Kingston Crafts

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These earrings are so quick and easy to make - and take just tiny bits of "scrap" leather. What a fun project this would be for a girls sleepover or birthday party!

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You Will Need (10 things)

  • Pliers
  • Cricut Explore Air and Design Space software
  • Cricut Explore Deep Cut Housing and Blade
  • Cricut Strong Grip mat
  • Cricut Transfer Tape
  • piece of Leather or could use pleather
  • Liquid Glue
  • 2 Gold Eye Pin(s)
  • 2 Gold Fish Hook Earrings
  • Wire Cutters or Scissors

Steps (8 steps, 15 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cut transfer tape slightly larger than your leather.

  2. 2

    Remove backing and apply sticky side of transfer tape to the back (rough side) of the leather.

  3. 3

    Trim to fit.

  4. 4

    Place leather (transfer tape side down) on to a Cricut Strong Grip mat. Put deep cut blade in to the Cricut, set custom dial to leather and cut earring images from Design Space. Peel cut leather pieces from the mat - transfer tape will remain.

  5. 5

    Use scissors or wire cutters to cut off portion of eye pin so it will not stick out of the tassel when it is completed.

  6. 6

    Apply a small amount of liquid adhesive along the top (area that is not cut) of the leather.

  7. 7

    Lay eye pin on one end of the leather (with the loop overhanging the flat edge of the leather) and begin to gently roll the leather around the eye pin until it forms a tassel.

  8. 8

    Use pliers to attach eye pin loop to fish hook earring.