Advent Calendar

Today I'm bringing you a Pinterest inspired project that I've wanted to make for several years now and finally got around to it this week!  I created an Advent Calendar for my granddaughter out of a muffin pan!

I began by cutting out circles from magnetic paper on my Cricut Maker.  The magnetic paper sticks to the muffin pan to cover the openings.  

Next the fun started!  Creating fun little designs to embellish the magnetic circles! Most, if not all, of my designs were elements found in Cricut Design Space.  

What really added to the project were the many Eyelet Outlet products I used!  The brad, bling, and enamel dots really jazzed this project up! Most came from our Holiday Collection.  

I used vinyl to apply the "Merry Christmas, Love Grandma & Grandpa."  Just a little FYI to save you some grief if you should decide to make one - spray paint doesn't stick to Teflon! I found that out the hard way!  :(   Look for a pan that isn't coated with a non-stick surface if you want to spray paint it.

Each day from December 1st through Christmas Eve, she will get to open up a little prize of candy, small toy, or money.  I can't wait to give this to her!

It's In My Jeans

I live in the midwest, where it's impossible to ignore farming. It's all around me. Cows. Corn fields. Barns. Grain elevators that reach to the sky. 

This year hasn't been good to the farmers here. The rains came and came and came when they needed to be planting. Then when they finally got the crops in the fields, drought. It's yet to be determined what harvest will be like.

Even with the adversity, they don't give up. After all, farming is in their jeans genes.

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Chicken Brad

Horse and Pony Brads

Jeans Brad

Pig Brad

Summer Tree Brad

Tractor Brads

Heart Enamel

Farm Animal Washi

Skinny Washi

and 3 other Washi Tapes

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

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Jeanette

Down on the Farm

There's nothing more fun than a series of something, at least not to me (Lauren). Especially a series of swap-able altered rolodex cards. With adorable Eyelet Outlet Farm Animal Brads... and... diabolical Farm Puns, lol!  

I was super-excited to see that Heidi Swapp recently re-released her Memorydex dies, which had been out of print for nearly a year. So I decided to celebrate by making some fun farm cards. 

These are similar to ATC's I made when the Cow and Goat Brads, Pig and Sheep Brads and Horse and Pony Brads first came out. But afterall, you don't sing a favorite song only once, so why not re-visit a favorite craft project from time to time? 

I like the larger size as a home for the vintage slidemounts, and also I chose a slightly lighter color palette this time, which I think brightens them up a bit. 

Plus we had fun new Brick Washi and Red Checked Tape that I think conveys the farm feeling really well, especially when mixed with some scraps of red gingham patterned paper.

For the diabolically punny sentiments, I used my old-school Dymo Labelmaker. The trick to finding the analog ones that go "click-click-click" instead of the type which print a neat font on a flat label, is to search for an embossing label maker. 

I hope you'll be inspired to make some fun cards or swaps with our Eyelet Outlet Farm Brads. I'm sure they will be Outstanding in Their Field! ♥

Lauren Bergold

absolutely cannot resist a pun!!!

(You may have noticed that...)

Our Love Story

This morning I was perusing through Cricut Design Space images and came across a wonderful new image set called, "Our Love Story."  By the time I had reached the bottom of the page and seen all of the 35 images in this collection, I had FOUR valentine cards created in my head pairing these sweet images with a number of Eyelet Outlet products!  Before you know it, all four were finished, too! They practically made themselves!

This Cricut image actually has deer antlers on it and at first I thought I would replace them with Eyelet Outlet Deer Antler Brads, but I decided I preferred the doe and buck instead. I really love the Eyelet Outlet enamel shapes!  They add so much dimension to projects and this card really popped with a generous number of them in various sizes and shades.  

When I saw this "Giddy Up" phrase, I immediately reached for my Eyelet Outlet Horse brad!  I added some grass and a fence to my scene which are from different Cricut image sets.  Then I topped the card off with a couple enamel hearts.  

Next up, I loved this beating heart phrase!  You can almost hear the heartbeat through the realistic stethoscope brad  that I positioned slightly over top of an enamel heart!

Now for my favorite card!  I've had these Eyelet Outlet Peppermint Candy brads for the longest time, but had never used them on a project.  This colorful image really grabbed my attention and I knew the assortment of colors in my candy brads would be the perfect complement!  A bit of Red & White Foil Washi Tape for some added pop and my card was complete!

I wanted to share a tip with you on how I got these candies applied in a perfect straight line on my card.  I knew I wanted a candy positioned over each one of the scallops of the border, which is from Cricut's Holiday Cakes set, so in order to line up the holes straight and centered, I used text! I typed in 6 periods and then used the letter spacing function until each period was centered over the scallops.  I moved the scalloped border image out of the way at that point, because the holes actually needed to be in the white card base.  Then, using the slice tool in Design Space, I sliced the punctuation marks into the white layer to create perfectly aligned holes for my candy brads.  

Here is how it looked on my design canvas in Cricut Design Space.

And here's how it looked after slicing the punctuation into the mat.  Presto! Perfectly aligned holes ready for my candy brads!

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a wonderful day!

Funny Punny Valentines!

Back by popular demand....Funny Punny Kid-Friendly Valentines!  Last year I made 4" Valentines for the kids in my life to give at their school Valentine parties and they were such a hit, I decided to bring them back this year but with ALL NEW puns and fun from Eyelet Outlet's wonderful 2018 product releases!  So, without further ado.......

Eyelet Outlet released stamp sets for the first time in 2018 that coordinate with the brads.  You can see them all here, but today I used the Fan Stamp Set that coordinates with the Fan Brad as well as the Foam Hand Brad.

We also released a number of brand new animal brads last year.  The Jungle Mix Set is super cute and today I paired the giraffe from the set with some giraffe digital paper.  The Bear Brad set also comes with an adorable little bear cub and the Horse Brad, which I think will be a favorite for years to come, includes a Pony Brad. 

This Lawn Mower Valentine is my personal favorite and I think my great nephew will think so too! Isn't this Lawn Mower Brad so realistic?!  The Firetruck Brad comes from the First Responder Brad Set which includes an ambulance and police car brad.  And don't forget about our Apple Brad Set!  So, so cute and comes with whole apples, as well as apple cores!

I really "dig" the Sand Bucket and Shovel Brad Set as well as the Truck Brad Set!  Our Garden Trowel Brad would have been great on this one, too!

When I created these in 2017 I actually put "kits" together for the kids to assemble the Valentines themselves and my great niece had the best time with it! She even created a video of herself demonstrating the assembly! It was the cutest thing ever!!

You can see the 2017 Valentines here.  The dimension and texture that the brads add is such a hit with the kids so I hope you'll give this fun and easy project a try with the kids in your life!

Dashing Through the Snow

Have you ever been dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh?  If so, I, Kim of Katydid Cards, envy you the experience.  This card is about as close as I'll ever get!

The card components were purchased in the Silhouette store and I thought they would make a great backdrop for the brads I used.  The new Sleigh brad is just the right size for the Horse and the Snowman and Pine Trees complete the scene.  The Oval Bling, colored in the center with a Copic marker, sets the greeting off nicely.

Seems I forgot to take a picture of the sentiment inside, but I used another line from the song.  "What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight."

And I have one last Christmas card to share with you.  It's an Eclipse card using the new Santa Washi Tape as well as the new Santa and Sleigh brads and the ever popular Snowflake brad.

As an accent across the bottom, I used Jewel Bling Strip on Skinny Gold Glitter Washi Tape.

On Friday I'll be sharing a few Christmas crafts with you so I hope you'll come back and visit.  Of all the Eyelet Outlet cards I made this year, this is my favorite.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Dear Santa

It's November already!  It's hard to comprehend that we are wrapping up 2018 so soon!  It's time to start thinking Christmas cards so today I'm bringing you a little Z-fold card filled with all kinds of Eyelet Outlet goodness!

The little girl on this card is from the Cricut "Recess" cartridge. I modified her just a bit with a Peachy Keen digital face stamp and I used the writing feature on my Cricut Maker to add "Dear Santa," to her paper.  She's ready to pop her letter into the Eyelet Outlet Envelope Brad there on her desk.  Like a lot of little girls, she's dreaming on a pony for Christmas.  I've found so many uses for the Eyelet Outlet Horse and Pony Brads.  Inside the card we find the new Santa Claus Brad standing next to his Eyelet Outlet Mail Box.  I used some of Eyelet Outlet's red and white skinny washi tape to create the post for the mailbox as well as to embellish the inside sentiment of the card.  

Stop by Eyelet Outlet today and find amazing brads that will send your holiday cards over the top!

A Fall Photo Shoot

Hello, Jeanette here from the design team. For today's card I used a variety of Eyelet Outlet brads to create scenes in three polaroid-style photos: one of raked leaves (on the left), one with a bicycle (in the center), and one with a horse beside a pine tree (on the right).

I thought it made for a great photo opp type of card, so I also used a camera brad and some camera Washi Tape, as well as a few other products from Eyelet Outlet.

Eyelet Outlet products used:

Travel Brads (Camera)

Rake Brads (coming to the store soon)

Mini Leaf Brads

Bicycle Brad

Pine Tree Brad

Horse/Pony Brad

Camera Washi Tape

Skinny Washi Tape

Glitter Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Jeanette

Lovely Weather for a Sleigh Ride Together

Wait until you see the new Sleigh brads!  They are so lovely and I couldn't wait to create something with them!  I love how it pairs so perfectly with the Eyelet Outlet Horse Brad and also with the Deer Brads.  

The elements for this card come from the Cricut "Christmas Cards" cartridge, but I modified the original card so that I could use the new Eyelet Outlet Sleigh Brad and Eyelet Outlet Horse Brad.

I used foam tape to give the card even more dimension, creating a diorama effect.  

Be sure and see all the new brads at Eyelet Outlet.com and come back soon to see the fun the design team is having with them!

A Sleigh Ride in Winter

Eyelet Outlet has recently released some new brads, many of them Christmas and/or Winter. Have you seen them? They are so cute!!! Santa and Mrs. Clause, Santa's Suit and Boots, and some other darling ones, too. I loved the Sleigh brad so much that it was the starting point for today's card. I created  a winter mountain scene for the sleigh and of course there had to be a horse to pull it, right?

The snowy scene in the washi tape sparkles so much!

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Fancy Long Bling

Glitter Winter Wide Washi Tape

Horse/Pony Brads

Sleigh Brads

Thanks for stopping by today!

Be sure to head to the Eyelet Outlet store to check out the new products!

Jeanette

Down on the Farm (part two)

Last Autumn I (Lauren) made a set of Farm Animal Artist Trading Cards to celebrate the release of our adorable Eyelet Outlet Cow and Goat, Pig and Sheep and Rooster Brads. Recently it occurred to me that I'd left out the Duck Brads and it was a shame the Horse and Pony Brads hadn't been available yet. So I thought I'd go back and fill in the blanks!

ATC's are traditionally the size of a standard playing card, which is 2.5 x 3.5". These ATC's are, in fact, built on top of actual playing cards. Because they are quite sturdy, plastic coated, and really there isn't much else to do with a deck when you've lost or damaged one of the cards!

Each ATC in this set features a base of ledger paper, an appropriate dictionary definition, and a strip of Red Dot Washi plus some Skinny Gold Tape. 

But the real stars are the Animal Brads, which I've framed up in some vintage slide mounts. You can build a little scene right on top of the image, but generally I remove the original photograph and adhere the cardboard mount to some sturdy patterned paper. Then I set my brads within the window, which is a perfect size to show them off!

In this second set I've featured the Horse and Pony Brads (which combine a mix of two colors of adult horse, plus adorable foals), Duck Brads, Llama Brads, Trout from the Trout and Bass Brads and Sketched Owls which I think are one of the prettiest designs we have.

I made all of the short, punny sentiments with my old school Dymo labelmaker, having recently found Dymo brand tape for sale at Target, of all places! (There are other brands of tape that fit the Dymo, but they don't all STICK like Dymo, and I'll never experiment again, no matter how pretty the colors are!)

I hope you'll be inspired to make some fun ATC's featuring your favorite Eyelet Outlet Brads and Washi Tape!

Lauren Bergold

can be found here every Wednesday,

and on her own blog the rest of the week!