Eyelet Outlet: 8mm Cut Jewel Purple

Saturday, July 29, 2023

The Elegant Birthday Card

The Elegant Birthday Card

Elegant. Opulent. Classic.

These words perfectly describe this breathtaking birthday card.

With the many die cut pieces highlighting the floral bouquet, the addition of the purple and blue pearl jewels from Eyelet Outlet add just the right amount of extra. The sentiment has four brown pearl jewels along with a dainty dragonfly whose soft purple and pink hues match the bouquet perfectly like they were made for each other.

To me, the highlight of this card is the card base. That isn’t cardstock! The base is made from 100% Flower and Feather Washi Tape! By carefully placing strips of washi tape, you can create any base you can dream of. You are only limited to your imagination.

To finish the card, I added four sparkly 8mm cut jewels in purple to each corner.

Classically Elegant.

Who wouldn’t love to get this birthday card?

Supplies

Flower and Feather Washi Tape

8mm Cut Jewels in Purple

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

Saturday, July 1, 2023

The Bumblebee Cottage Luminary

The Bumblebee Cottage Luminary

Happy Saturday Everyone!! I absolutely LOVE making 3-D pieces and knew I wanted to make one for this week’s project. I was stuck on what I should make. I had a ton of ideas in my head but one morning, I went out back to my raised garden and saw these beautiful bumblebees buzzing around my cucumber plants, I knew right then what I needed to make! A BUMBLEBEE COTTAGE LUMINARY!

Luckily, I already had a template to get me started and then I was off in my own little bumblebee world!!

I loved adding my own personal touches to the actual cottage. Rather than using preprinted cardstock, I made my own cardstock out of Washi tape from Eyelet Outlet! This allowed me to be as creative as I wanted to be. I wasn’t stuck in that preprinted "box".

I ended up using the wide Butterfly Washi tape for the walls and roof of the cottage and embossed them to give more depth. For the floral base, I used the Flower Washi tape to give it a nature feel. The walls, roof and windows are all decorated with a multitude of bling to make sure the bumblebees will always be able to see the sparkle of their cottage. On the roof, around the base of the cottage and the base of the floral stand, we have the clear Jewel Strips while the windows are all decorated in either clear Jewel Strips or green Jewel Strips.

The beautiful flower that greets the bumblebees is made from the purple Paper Flowers and the white Paper Flowers with a dainty purple Cut Jewel in the center.

And what would the Bumblebee Cottage be without bumblebees?!?! We have our three locals, Barnabee, Beeatrice and Buzz bringing in the day's pollen. These cuties are Bumblebee brads.

Ohhh…who’s that??? I see a ladybug or two scouting around the cottage. Can you find them? They are from the Ladybug brad collection.

What about when they are out searching for pollen late at night? How will they find their cottage? Not to worry!! IT LIGHTS UP!!! The whole top removes to reveal a base with two battery operated candles that light up the night sky!