Easy DIY Valentine Earrings with a Cricut

Use your Cricut to make these trendy DIY valentine earrings! These sweet hearts are perfect for Valentine’s Day and you can make them in less than 10 minutes.

Unless it’s a taco shirt for myself or Valentine’s Day pajamas for my kids, I’m not one to go all out getting dressed for Valentine’s Day. Red is definitely not my color, and I have one pink shirt in my entire wardrobe. But I had such fun making faux leather earrings for Halloween, fall, and Christmas that I thought I’d whip up a cute pair of suede heart earrings for Valentine’s Day! Of course I had to use this trendy tear drop shape.

These DIY valentine earrings come together in less than 10 minutes, making them a super simple Valentine’s Day jewelry project. Make a pair for yourself, sell them at a craft fair, or whip out a whole bunch and gift them to your girlfriends at a Galentine’s Day party. I love easy projects!

I love working with Cricut’s faux suede to make jewelry—it doesn’t weigh anything and it cuts beautifully. I suggest using Cricut’s Strong Grip mat when cutting faux suede so that it won’t shift while the machine cuts. Cricut’s faux leather is also a beautiful and lightweight choice! Their genuine leather also works well, though it weighs a bit more.

Want more options for Valentine’s Day earrings? I’ve made a list at the bottom of this post!

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DIY Valentine Earrings Supplies

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• Cricut or other cutting machine
• Purple StrongGrip mat
• Cricut Faux Suede in red
• Fishhook Earring Hooks
• Poker (you can use many things for this, such as a needle or pushpin)
• Needle-nose pliers
• SVG cut file (see below)

Download the Free Heart Earrings File under SVGs C89

This file can be found in my Free Craft Resource Library. The file number is: C89.

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DIY Valentine Earrings Instructions

Making these earrings is such an easy craft using your Cricut! You can use any Cricut machine to make this project: Cricut Joy, Cricut Joy Xtra, Cricut Explore machines, Cricut Maker machines, and even Cricut Venture. You just need the fine point blade—no fancy tools or accessories!

Set up the file in Cricut Design Space

Open Cricut Design Space and upload the SVG file to Cricut Design Space or your cutting software if you are using a different type of cutting machine. I made these about 2.5″ tall, but you can change the earring size to make them smaller or larger if you prefer.

Click Make in the upper right. You’ll be asked how you want to load your project. Choose “On Mat.”

For your material cut setting, you will most likely need to click Browse All Materials and search for Faux Suede. I choose the Cricut brand as my material.

Cutting the Valentine Earrings

Place your leather with the colored-side up on the top of the mat. If you’re having trouble getting the faux leather to stick, user a brayer.

Place your Cricut mat into your Cricut machine and press the blinking button to cut your project! I don’t find that the star wheels imprint faux leather that much, but if you’d like you can push the star wheels (the white wheels on the crossbar) over to the right so you aren’t imprinting your leather.

Carefully peel back the leather from the mat, making sure to be extra cautious with the earrings themselves since they have delicate pieces. You could even save the little heart from the middle of the each earring and use them for other projects!

Assembling Your Valentine’s Day Earrings

Next you’ll need some sort of poking tool. A needle or a pin work well. I have a Cricut poking tool, so I used that. Using your poker, make a small hole at the top of the teardrop shape. It should be about 1/16″ from the top.

Use your needle-nose pliers to work open the ring at the bottom of the fishhook earring.

Slide the teardrop onto the earring using the hole you just poked, and clamp the ring back in place. If you are a jewellery maker and prefer to use a small jump ring between the earring and the earring hook, you can do that as well. Small jump rings can make the earring more “dangly” if you prefer.

They are ready to wear! I spent less than ten minutes designing, cutting, and assembling these earrings. And since I did the design work for you, you just have to cut, make, and wear!

Super easy! Hope you’ve enjoyed this easy Valentine’s day craft!