How-to Make Jewelry Using a Cricut Machine

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September 19, 2017

I have been making jewelry for years. I typically work with polymer clay and beads. I have even made jewelry using decorative papers. But this is the first time I have used my Cricut Explore Air 2 to make jewelry thanks to the new line of Cricut Faux Leather. The earrings above are from a Cricut Access file. I did a search on "circle" until I found something I liked that would work with two colors of faux leather. Another pair you will see below was made from a file I created.

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materials

Materials:

jewelry making tools (pliers, wire cutter)
T-pin or small nail
Scotch Tacky Glue
Cricut Faux Leather in 2 different colors (I used Boxwood and Charcoal)
Personal Cutting Machine (Cricut Explore Air 2)
Gold ear wires
Gold wire
Smoke miracle beads

Instructions:

cricut cutting
cutting the material with a Cricut Explore Air 2

For earrings, you really can use scraps. I don't care for large earrings. The circle design was set to 1" in diameter.

gluing
Using a white glue, I adhered the decorative circle to the solid circle.

It doesn't appear as though the pin is poking a hole into the earring, but it is. I used a T pin, a small nail will work as well.

bend loops into wire
With two pieces of wire, bend loops into one end of each, thread the bead onto the wire, and then bend another loop into the other end. Cut off the excess wire.

attach
Attach the beaded wire to the earring design and the earring wires to finish.
You will notice the beaded wire ends have the loops going in different directions from each other, this is necessary.