I’m hugely in love with two things right now: leather and my Cricut Explore Air 2!
This is my FIRST time joining these two loves and I couldn’t be happier with how EASY it was! I made a leather heart headband as my first foray into the world of cutting “things-other-than-paper” with my Cricut.
Materials:
Cricut Explore Air 2
Scraps of leather
Elastic
E6000 glue
Matching thread
Needle
To begin, you want to cut a small piece of scrap leather, and set it in the top corner of your mat.
Next, you want to open the Cricut design space, and find the image you want to use. Below, you can see the heart image I chose. I made three of these images at 1″ height, and 3 at 0.75″ in height. Then I adjusted the colours (the same colours cut on the same canvas) so that I would have one small piece and one larger piece of leather cut out of each colour.
Before you cut, make sure that you choose “custom” and then select the type of leather you are using from the drop-down menu.
I was SOOO happy with how these hearts cut out! This is MUCH more perfect than my tracing and cutting by hand :)
Next, you want to measure the headband so it fits around your child’s head. My 1 year old baby required a 17″ elastic band. Then use your thread and needle to quickly sew the ends together.
Finally, use the E6000 to glue the leather hearts in place. I like them to be slightly off-centred. I also chose to put three hearts on each band, but you could easily add a couple more, or even have them go all the way around her head!
I’m thrilled with how they turned out! I hope you like them as much as I do :)
For more leather inspiration check out these posts!
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So adorable, Lindi!! As is your lil girl! Hope you share them at our link party in the morning please! Have a great rest of the week! xo
Thanks Kendra!! I will be sharing them tonight :)
I really need to get myself a Cricut! Thanks for sharing at the Home Matters LInky Party this week!
Yes you do Alyssa! It is my absolute favourite craft tool!
Very cute! Linked up with you at Make it Pretty Monday!
God bless,
Laurie
Thanks :) Glad you stopped by!
my daughter would love this, love the colors of the hearts too :)
Thank you! I love that yellow leather! I think it compliments the purple leather really well!
So sweet! Thank you so much for sharing with us at The Makers! :)
Anytime! Love stopping by!
Oh my goodness, these headbands are adorable! Thanks for linking up at Creative Spark last week. Hope you’ll join us again tomorrow – the party starts at 6am EST :)
Thanks Emily! I think my model does a good job of helping them look adorable!
What a cute idea! I love the mix of the leather with the dainty elastic! This is being featured at this week’s link party! Thanks for linking up! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2015/02/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-127.html
Thank you SO much Jennifer :) So great to see it there!
I’m in love with this!!!! And it would be perfect for my 2 girls! You were my pick for this weeks Creative Spark Linky Party, so glad you linked up!!!
Thank you SO much Dee :) this news made my day!
i think I want to make one for me!
Totally! I was thinking mom and baby both need one! Lol
Just wanted to pop by and let you know that you’ve been featured over at the #HomeMattersParty – you can follow this link to check it out, if you like! http://theroadtodomestication.com/2015/02/13/home-matters-linky-party-24/
I still need to try out cutting leather on my Explore. These turned out great!
Thanks for sharing at this week’s Monday Funday party!!
This is SO fabulous! Awesome idea. :)
Sophia
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That is adorable and would be perfect for all of those small leftover scraps – I love it!! :)
Very adorable! Thank-you for linking up to Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party. I have linked this post to our board.
So, so cute! I have got to get a cricut machine, STAT! Thanks so much for sharing at Talented Tuesdays!
Thank you Amy :) Glad you liked them!