Crafting Month: Make Sublimation Earrings

Learn how to make your own personalized earrings. This project makes for a great and unique gift for your friends and loved ones!

Create This Project With Designs From Creative Fabrica

Crafting Month Free Bundle: Crafter’s Dream Sublimation Bundle

You can use any design from this free bundle to recreate these DIY earrings. 

Other supplies:

• Sublimation paper (laser copier paper will also work)
• Sublimation earring blanks 
• Sublimation printer or pre-printed sublimation designs
• Design or word processing software (Google Docs was used for this project)
• Heat resistant tape
• Heat press or Easy Press machine
• Butcher paper or parchment paper
• Jewelry pliers
• Jump rings (optional)
• Scissors

How to create this project

1. Prepare all your supplies needed to create this project
2. Download the free  Crafter’s Dream Sublimation Bundle and select any design of your choice. 
3. Upload your chosen design to your selected software (Google Docs was used for this project) 
4. You can determine the size you will need by measuring the earring blanks.
5. For each pair of earrings you are making, you will need 4 copies of the design you are using. Copy and paste as needed.
6. Load your sublimation or laser copier paper into your sublimation printer.
7. Be sure to load the paper so that your designs print on the correct side of the paper. Once printed, you can use scissors to cut apart each design.
8. Wipe down the earrings with alcohol and a lint free cloth or paper towel and place your design face down on the earring. Secure using heat resistant tape and repeat for the second earring.
9. Set your heat press to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and the timer for 60 seconds
10. Place the earrings on the press (or on the pressing pad if using a hand-held press) and cover with a sheet of parchment paper or butcher paper.
11. Press with firm and direct pressure for 60 seconds. You can repeat this process for the other side of the earrings. 
12. Now it’s time to assemble your earrings! Use jewelry pliers to open the clasps that come with earrings and attach the end you open to the earring.
13. Open the jump ring on the fish-hook and attach it to the ring on the clasp.
14. If you prefer, you can add another jump ring between the fishhook and the clasp.
15. Close the jump ring and your earrings are now ready! 

This tutorial was created and written by Creative Fabrica The Artistry writer Naomi Garcia.

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