How to Engrave Leather with a Cricut Explore or Maker!

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Learn to engrave leather with Cricut machines and make adorable bookmarks in this tutorial!

A big shoutout to designer and educator Kay Hall, who pioneered this technique on her YouTube channel — check out her "Tooling Leather with Your Cricut" video at    • Tooling Leather with Your Cricut  

I really love experimenting with different Cricut tools and materials. But I love sharing the results with you even more! This time, I’m excited to share how to engrave leather with Cricut machines to make custom bookmarks. I already cut genuine leather with a Cricut cutting machine already, but I wondered if we could do some sort of leather tooling or engraving with it, too. After some experimenting and help from the talented Kay Hall at cleversomeday.com, I’ve found ways to engrave leather with both the Cricut Maker and Cricut Explore machines. And, my favorite method involves the foil transfer kit! I love finding new uses for tools we already have!

To teach you this cool technique, I made some engraved leather bookmarks that are both fun and functional – my favorite kind of gift! The bookmark collection is free for you to download and learn with, and it includes several designs for you to pick from:

“I love you to the moon and back” with the moon and stars,
“Eat sleep read repeat” with an open book,
a simple floral design with daisies,
and “dream believe achieve” surrounded by hearts.

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MATERIALS LIST (contains my affiliate links):

View my Amazon shopping list with the exact items we used to make this project at https://a.co/9ub31ob

Vegetable Tanned Leather 4-5oz 1.5-2.0 mm thickness - https://amzn.to/3MWjrFl
Faux Suede Cord - https://amzn.to/3Hqb8Rc
Leather Stain (I used Acorn Brown https://amzn.to/3QoVkCo and Cherry Red - https://amzn.to/3QC3OWX
Wool Daubers - https://amzn.to/3MXccgy
(Optional) Leather Finish - https://amzn.to/3tySUHt
Safety equipment including Disposable Gloves and Eye Protection
Standard Grip Transfer Tape - https://amzn.to/3O5h5Vn
A way to engrave and cut your leather bookmarks (I used the Cricut Maker 3 but you can use the Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Series) - https://amzn.to/3pXZLY1
Cricut Foil Transfer Kit – I used the Medium Tip with both machines - https://amzn.to/3xVgpgo
Cricut Engraving Tool and Housing – for Makers - https://amzn.to/3Qj7M5O
Cricut Deep Cut Housing and Blade – for both machine options - https://amzn.to/3aSQDjK
StandardGrip Machine Mat, 12″ x 12″ - https://amzn.to/2SaLHOq
TrueControl Knife and Self-Healing Mat - https://amzn.to/3xyf5P0
Tools including a Scraper, Ruler, a pencil, paper towels, scissors, cotton swabs, butcher paper, damp sponge, and painter’s tape
Design # 400 – My free SVG/PDF/DXF design files (available in my free resource library at https://jennifermaker.com/library )

Topics covered in this leather engraving video:
00:00 - How to Engrave Leather with Cricut
00:32 - Supplies & Tools
03:17 - Get Free Leather Engraving Designs
04:02 - (Learn How to Upload SVG Files to Cricut Design Space)
04:15 - Prepare and Personalize Leather Bookmark Designs
09:42 - Prepare Your Leather for Engraving
11:37 - Cut Your Engraved Leather Bookmarks
14:27 - Stain Your Leather Bookmarks
16:03 - Add Accent to Your Leather Bookmark
16:49 - Important Note About Working with Leather
17:42 - Closing Notes and Link to More Information

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Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my child!)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer Marx on a Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K camera
Design: A Jennifer Maker original!