Tips for Cutting Cork Leather with your Silhouette
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Tips for Cutting Cork Leather with your Silhouette

Faux leather is still very much on-trend for making earrings, but have you tried CORK??? This natural fabric (often called cork leather), made from the bark of the cork-oak tree and imported from Portugal, can be a bit of a challenge to work with but provides unique results! Here are my tried and tested tips…

47 Silhouette Posts filled with Tips, Tricks, and Inspiration!
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47 Silhouette Posts filled with Tips, Tricks, and Inspiration!

Did Santa leave you some Silhouette goodies under the tree this year? If so, here’s a whole list of Silhouette tutorials and posts filled with tips, tricks, and inspiration to help you make the most of your machine! (Click on the post title to be taken to the post.) Lycia EvanoffLycia is a lifelong crafter…

Double-Sided Faux Leather Earrings Using the Xyron Sticker Maker
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Double-Sided Faux Leather Earrings Using the Xyron Sticker Maker

If you’ve read my tutorials on how to make faux leather earrings, you know I love using my Xyron Sticker Maker to make double-sided earrings. But sometimes it’s hard to visualize exactly how to put them together from a written tutorial, so I made a video just for YOU! Lycia EvanoffLycia is a lifelong crafter…

DIY Patriotic Earrings for Silhouette & Cricut (FREE file)
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DIY Patriotic Earrings for Silhouette & Cricut (FREE file)

Looking for a quick project to jazz up your Independence Day attire? How about these cute DIY Patriotic Earrings? They’re a great way to use of scraps of faux leather as well as leftover bits and pieces of patterned HTV. (Yes, I do keep my scraps. They’re much too pretty to waste!!!) Lycia EvanoffLycia is…

More DIY Faux Leather Earrings – and a FREE cut file!
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More DIY Faux Leather Earrings – and a FREE cut file!

Surprise! As I mentioned in my last post, I just finished teaching a class on faux leather earrings at the All Things Silhouette Conference in Peachtree City, Georgia organized and hosted by Terri Johnson Creates. While I was at the conference, I discovered another source for faux leather. I’ve been playing with…I mean TESTING…it today …

DIY Faux Leather Earrings using your Silhouette Cameo or Portrait (and a giveway!)
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DIY Faux Leather Earrings using your Silhouette Cameo or Portrait
(and a giveway!)

One of the most fun projects I’ve worked on lately is faux leather earrings. They are quick to make, relatively inexpensive, and a great way to express your creativity. As soon as I completed my first pair, I was hooked (no pun intended 😉 !). (Be sure to read all the way down to the…