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Keychain / Category: Summer Keychains Event

To attach an optional tassel, use a 10mm jump ring and flat nose pliers to connect the tassel to the key ring.

Place the glued bottom keychain layer under something heavy like a book to dry for several hours.

Fold the connected keychain shape over so the front and back shapes are touching and the edges line up neatly.

Using fabric glue, carefully apply glue all over the back of just one of the connected keychain shapes, being careful to avoid getting glue on the center connecter shape.

Thread a 1.25' key ring onto the middle section of the larger connected faux leather keychain shape.

Place the pressed faux leather keychain under something like book or your heat pressing pad for a minute or so after pressing to allow the keychain to cool flat.

Repeat with the rest of the vinyl layers.

If the vinyl lifts up, replace the clear carrier sheet and cover sheet and press again for 5-7 seconds. Remove the cover sheet and try to peel away the clear vinyl carrier sheet. Place the first vinyl layer onto the faux leather and cover with a cover sheet - Teflon sheet, butcher paper or parchment paper. Refer to the Layers Guide in the tutorial for the pressing order.

Using a Cricut EasyPress Mini set on the 'low' setting or an EasyPress set to 265 degrees, press the heat transfer vinyl layers onto the faux leather van shapes one at a time.

Weed away the excess vinyl and cut the vinyl shapes apart.

For permanent vinyl, I use the Vinyl setting with 'default' pressure (make sure mats are NOT mirrored). I use the Glitter Vinyl setting with 'default' pressure for glitter heat transfer vinyl and I repeat the cut once if the glitter is thick (Siser brand). I use the Vinyl setting or the Washi Sheet setting with 'default' pressure for regular heat transfer vinyl. Place heat transfer vinyl shiny side down.

Return to Design Space and cut any vinyl mats using a green standard grip cutting mat.

Color the edges of the faux leather if desired with a color coordinated Sharpie marker. Trim away any fuzz with small sharp scissors. On a Joy, you'll repeat the cut by clicking on 'Rerun' on the screen in Design Space. If not, repeat the cut by pressing the C button again. When the cut is complete, BEFORE unloading the mat, use a sharp object like a weeding tool to lift up the corner of a cut to see if it went all the way through.

Load the mat into the Cricut and press the C button to begin the cut.

Tape the faux leather down on all sides with blue painter's tape. Place it 'pretty' side down on a sticky purple strong grip mat.

Trim a piece of faux leather to the size you noted in the mat preview screen.

(On the Explore Air 2, turn your dial to Custom so you can see the Faux Leather material choice.) Then choose 'more' from the Pressure drop down menu. If you don't have this setting selected, click 'Browse All Materials' and search for it. Choose Faux Leather (Paper Thin) as the material setting.

I like to cut the faux leather mat first.

When you've done this for each mat, click back on the faux leather mat.

Make a note of what size material you'll need to cut to place on the mat and cut the shape completely.

Now return to each mat and drag the shapes apart from the edges and each other slightly.

If you are using faux leather and permanent vinyl instead, only mirror the faux leather mat.) (This is for when you are cutting faux leather and heat transfer vinyl for the project.

In the mat preview screens, click on every mat and toggle the mirror button to ON.

When Design Space asks how you will load the materials for this project, select ON MAT.

(For the Joy, use the sizing arrows to make the keychain shapes smaller until it fits on the Joy sized mat.)

It isn't necessary to resize the keychain SVGs unless you are using the Cricut Joy.

Upload the SVG files to Cricut Design Space.

PALM TREE AND FLAMINGO SVG DOWNLOAD

Download and unzip the keychains SVG folder.Or you can get this and 16 other summer keychain SVGs from my Summer Keychain Event in an Instant Access SVG Bundle here.Choose from a Personal Use or Small Business Commercial Use option. Assorted faux suede tassels like these with silver caps and these with gold caps.10mm jump rings in gold finish and silver finish.Jewelry Pliers – Needle Nose and Wide Flat Nose.

Cricut Weeding Tool (I use the one from this basic tool set).Cricut “Strong Grip” Transfer Tape (to protect mat when cutting chunky glitter faux leather).Teflon Sheets (I trim mine down to a smaller size).Cricut machine of your choice: Cricut Maker 3, Cricut Maker, Cricut Explore 3, Cricut Explore Air 2, or the Cricut Joy.Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl in Glitter Hot Pink and Glitter Grass Green.Heat Transfer Vinyl in Bubblegum Pink and Tan.Smooth Faux Leather in White (Amazon) or this one called “Cotton Tail” from The Polka Dotted Peach.

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