Faux Suede Earrings and Faux Leather earrings are everywhere. These are made with the faux leather from Hobby Lobby. They have a variety of patterns and colors and it is easy to use if you know how.
These earrings layer the faux leather or, as in the second pair, cardstock. A glue gun is absolutely necessary. I know, I hate the little strings too. But with care, you can make these earrings perfect.
What you will need
Hobby Lobby sells the faux leather in the fabric section on rolls that can make quite a few earrings. It normally sells for about $5 per roll but goes on sale for 50% off about every other week. It is also great for making hair bows and I have that tutorial here. Buy lots, you will use it.
I used cardstock from my scraps box. You don’t need much so this is perfect.
If you don’t have a Scrapartus, add holes to the top of the earrings to put the findings through.
The Hobby Lobby faux leather is felt backed sorta. I tried the fabric mat first and then the regular grip mat. Both types of mat required me to tape the faux leather down with painters tape. The mats worked about the same so I used the regular grip mat. It also required the deep cut blade to cut and I used the leather setting.
To cut the material, I put it face down. This cuts much better and it seems to stick much better. If the project needs it you would have to mirror it like this, but the earrings are symmetrical and it works without mirroring. This leaves the backing facing up.
When it finished cutting, before removing the mat, I check the cut to make sure it went through. Everything I have cut so far has cut through, but I check anyway. If it wouldn’t have cut through, I would have just pressed the C button on my machine and cut it again.