Faux Leather Tassel

I've been loving working with the Cricut Faux Leather! I have another project ready for you! So, let's get started!

• Materials Needed:
• Cricut Faux Leather
• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue or E6000

1. Use the free template in the Cricut Projects Area. The title is of the project on Cricut is Leather Tassel Keychain. If you aren't able to use the template, try to make a similar design.
   
2. Cut out the design.
   
3. Start putting the piece together! Begin with the band that wraps around the keychain. Wrap it around the keychain and put a little dot of glue for where you are going to be placing the edge and place the edge down. Let dry.
   
4. Begin wrapping the main tassel part around. I recommend that you apply glue to a section, wrap the section and let it dry and continue until you are all done wrapping the tassel.
   
5. Add any decorations or add-ons that you want and let fully dry! 
   

I love how the tassel turned out! If you want to see another project like this, go check out Faux Leather Keychain from last week! Make sure you check back in next week for a new post!

Faux Leather Keychain

If you didn't know, I just recently bought the Cricut Faux Leather! I absolutely love working with it! Today I have a new project that will somewhat take part in the post for next week! So, let's get started!

• Materials Needed:
• Cricut Faux Leather
• Keychain Rings or Keychain Tags ( I used something similar to the Keychain Tags)
• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue or E6000 Glue

1. Begin with creating your design. Leave an area to wrap around your keychain. I just used an "R", duplicated it, flipped it, added a rectangle and welded it all together. 
   
2. Next, cut out your design. Make sure it is on the Faux-Leather setting when cutting.
   
3. Stick the design partially through the keychain.
   
4. Apply the glue to the design asides from the middle section.
   
5. Leave to dry.
   

I hope you've enjoyed this post and make sure to come back next week for a new post!

Making a Simple Faux Leather Bracelet

Last week I ordered a pack of the Cricut Faux Leather! I was extremely excited to receive the package. As soon as I got it, I knew straight away what project I was going to do! The very first design that I put together would have been a really cute bracelet but I tried cutting it out twice and it didn't work out very well. I learned you can't do an intricate design with this faux leather. So, I created a different design. I only used the shapes provided in the Cricut design space and I used the welding tool in the design space to create my design. So, Let's get started!

• Materials Needed:
• Cricut Faux Leather
• Jump Rings
• Heat Transfer Vinyl
• Measuring Tape
• Pliers

1. Measure your wrist using the measuring tape. This is so you know how long you need to make your bands.
   
2. Create the design that you want for your bracelet and make sure you make the length of the bracelet the length of your wrist and leave about a quarter of an inch for extra space. When I created the design, I added little circles at the end of each piece so I could put the jump rings through!
   
3. Cut out your design. Make sure you put the setting on the Cricut Faux Leather. The main thing that I don't like about the Cricut Faux Leather is the setting that you have to use for cutting because it goes over the design twice and there's no way you can change it.
   
4. Next, since you can't cut out an intricate design with the faux leather, I cut out heat transfer vinyl to create my design.
5. Iron your heat transfer vinyl onto the faux leather. I was a little worried about this part because I wasn't quite sure if the heat was going to melt the faux leather.
   
6. Finally, I started to connect the bracelet with jump rings!
   

I absolutely love the result of the project! If you want to see another post that includes faux leather go check out my post from a couple weeks ago, Faux Leather Flip Flops. Make sure you check back in next week for a new post!