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Create Colorful Custom Leather Earrings in Minutes!
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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  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 1
    Step 1

    Cut transfer tape slightly larger than your leather.

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 2
    Step 2

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

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 3
    Step 3

    Trim to fit.

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 4
    Step 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.

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 5
    Step 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.

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 6
    Step 6

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

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 7
    Step 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.

  • How to make a tassel earring. Leather Tassel Earrings - Step 8
    Step 8

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

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