Leverback Earring Card Punch by Easy Earring Cards

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It also could be because you prefer using the hole punch to make the earring holes in faux leather earrings. What I like to do is let the Cricut make the earring hole cut first even if I know it may not cut all the way through. Then I follow up with the hole punch if necessary because that way I know exactly where the hole should be made. This created perfect earring hole placement so the earrings look professional, symmetrical, and they hang the exact same way. HOW DO YOU KEEP AN EARRING HOLE FROM CUTTING WITH A CRICUT? If the idea of endlessly searching the internet for information on how to make faux leather earrings with a Cricut sounds frustrating, I totally get it! I felt that way, too, when I was just starting out. That’s why I created my Cricut Earrings Made Easy Workshop. This instant access workshop has all the information you need to get started making earrings with your Cricut. It also includes step by step video tutorials, a printable workbook, and 12 of my best selling earring cut file templates, so you can get started making earrings right away. If you want your teardrop shape earrings to curve, fold the top of the earring in half (gently!) and use your hole punch to make a hole through BOTH sides of the leather. This is largely because the Cricut doesn’t always cut the earring hole completely through. If the hole isn’t cut completely, it’s necessary to manually punch the earring hole, and the 1/16″ hole punch results in a nice, clean earring hole cut.

Now some of the earring designs have pre-cut holes, but a few do not. Those that do not are this way on purpose so you can choose whether you want them to hang straight or curved. If you want them to hang straight, just punch a hole at the top with the leather punch and you’re good to go. If you want to watch how I create simple earrings from a completely new shape in Cricut Design Space, be sure to watch the YouTube video at the top of this post. WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MAKING FAUX LEATHER EARRING WITH A CRICUT?

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Of course, you don’t have to make these earrings with the foil vinyl — I just thought they looked really pretty that way. And, you can resize these earrings to suit your taste. Right now they’re definitely on the large size, but I see no problem making them smaller. Get my free SVG cut files and patterns for the Faux Leather Earrings No matter the reason, you can easily hide an earring hole to keep it from cutting by using the “Contour” feature in Cricut Design Space. A Cricut cutting machine (or another cutting machine of your choice).I used the Cricut Maker, but you can use the Cricut Maker 3, the Explore Air 2 or Explore 3, or the Cricut Joy.

My earring designs have two layers — one is intended for the faux leather (the brown layer) and one is intended for a foil vinyl iron-on layer (the pinkish layer). If you don’t want to do the iron-on layer, they’ll look good with just the faux leather layer.Now that you know how to make earring holes in faux leather earrings… what if you want change or hide the current earring hole, or create your own earring hole? The first way is to let the cutting machine, like a Cricut or Silhouette, cut the earring holes. You’ll either need an earring SVG shape that already has the hole incorporated into the design, or you can add your own earring hole to the SVG before cutting. More on this in a bit. After uploading your earring SVGs to Cricut Design Space, you have to first UNGROUP them so you can manipulate them individually. Or you may want to change the location of the earring hole altogether (if you want the earrings to dangle a different way, for example).

If you make any of these faux leather earrings, please share a photo in our Facebook group, or tag me on social media with #makershowandtell. This could be because the hole is too close to the edge and you want to keep the earring hole from tearing. If you do decide to cut out the foil vinyl iron-on layer, you’ll want to weed the vinyl and then iron the designs onto your earrings before you go any further. I did this using my Cricut EasyPress.For faux leather and foil iron-on with the EasyPress mat, the recommended temperature is 255 for 30 seconds. Once you press your iron-on, let it cool before removing the protective liner. Much gratitude to many readers who requested this project (Lois W., Dori L., Pam C., Melissa P., Kara, Nena H., Helen L., Sarah B., Meredith B., Karen, Sandy, Julie M., Kristie G., and Dianna F.). Faux leather is really quite thin, so you can cut it on both the Cricut Explore and the Cricut Maker with a regular fine-point blade. You can even cut faux leather with scissors. It’s a very simple, fun project and when you’re done you get cute earrings to wear or gift to others.

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But I’ve found it’s best to use a combination of the machine cut and manual hole punching techniques. Note: When you cut the faux leather layer, be sure to select “faux leather” as your material and mirror your image. The foil vinyl layer should be set to “foil vinyl iron on” and also mirrored. Key concepts taught in the video tutorial include how to mirror a design in Cricut Design Space, how to cut faux leather, and how to iron foil vinyl on faux leather. Sometimes you may want to “hide” an earring hole in a faux leather earring SVG to keep it from cutting. Why would you want to do that? Here are some reasons: