Cricut Explore Air 2: Leather Lace Choker Necklace!

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Cricut Explore Air 2: Leather Choker Necklace!
I dear chokers!
I dear that the Cricut Explore Air™ ii machine tin cutting hence many dissimilar materials.
Check out my Getting Started together with Excited post for all the basics on the Cricut Explore Air 2.
This makes it hence slow to brand wearable pieces amongst leather!

I dear the golden leather together with the lace similar look.

Here's a large burning Cricut Question:

Will it move slow for me to acquire the Cricut Design Space software to create my ain custom projects?
The elementary together with quick response is yes. It's set-up walks yous through the software together with helping yous know the automobile together with the software. You acquire what it is capable of together with the fun!
Check out this post for getting started with the Cricut
together with this ane for a fun custom cake topper!

Of course, the software is capable of doing much to a greater extent than complicated projects too.
So this projection is to a greater extent than of an intermediate craft. Just know that afterward getting comfortable amongst the automobile together with the software, this projection volition move a breeze.
Cricut Design Space has about lace images already, hence they would move much simpler to run amongst for beginners.
I split upwards up a lace ribbon pattern into ii png files using photoshop.
Here's the outline:

And the within cutting outs:
Right click to relieve them off together with role them yourself!

I used Faux Leather Pebbled inward Gold from Cricut.

Upload the ii images into CDS every bit elementary images.

Insert them to the canvass at the same time, this volition continue them the same size.
There should move about means to alter the layers hence the software knows which ane to cutting first, but this was the simplest means I could uncovering to practise it...so the within cut-outs trouble upwards perfectly.

Duplicate the within cut-outs.

Enlarge all the pieces at the same time, hence they remain the same ratio to each other.
Make them virtually 11.5 inches.
Change the color of the silhouette outline image. I picked a low-cal gold.

Okay, forthwith the fun.
Place them hence that the within cut-out is on the bottom, together with hence the enterprise silhouette, together with hence the minute cut-out on top. Like a creamy cookie.
Line upwards the occur cut-out layer precisely on the enterprise piece.

Then click the "eye" push on the enterprise colored layer.
Then direct keep the bottom cut-out layer together with trouble it upwards precisely the same every bit the occur layer.
The Cricut volition cutting out the bottom layer first, together with hence the occur layer.
This is assuring that the cut-outs volition cutting first, together with hence the entire outline second.

Next take the occur layer of cut-out spots together with and hence click the "eye" push to discover the enterprise silhouette slice again. Select the ii layers remaining together with click the "weld" push on the bottom correct corner. It is forthwith gear upwards to cutting together with volition cutting inward the correct order.

Place the leather on the cutting mat. Set the dial to "other materials", direct 2mm leather.
You don't involve the deep cutting blade for this.
Then click go. On tricky cuts together with fancy products, I similar to practise a examination on newspaper first.
Then insert the leather together with go.
Just every bit planned, it cuts out all the picayune within pieces kickoff together with and hence finishes upwards amongst the outline cutting of the whole piece.

Remove from mat. Pop out whatsoever of the picayune pieces remaining.
Then yous volition involve about jewelry findings.
ii bend ends, iv boundary rings, virtually 2-4 inches of chain, and jewelry pliers.

Use the pliers together with clamp downwards on the bend ends amongst the leather gibe tightly within them.

Then add together boundary rings, chain together with a loop or claw on the ends.

Then it's done! Easy every bit that.
Did the tutorial for the software seem overwhelming? Don't be, only know in that place is ever to a greater extent than yous tin acquire together with run towards...if it seemed direct forward, brand ane today!