Owl You Need Is Love!

Perhaps more than ever, getting a little something in the mail can be quite a thrill for those of all ages. The card I've made today is meant as fun, no special occasion card that can be sent to anyone just to say hi and give them a paper hug.

The main panel was made with Cloud Washi Tape and Grass Washi Tape. I stamped and cut out the other images and glued them and the sentiment to the panel. I added a Mail Brad for the owl to be holding with his legs and the colored Pastel Owl Brads to the rainbow.

SHOPPING LIST:

Mail Brads

Owl Brads - Pastel

Cloud Washi Tape

Grass Washi Tape

Thanks for joining me here today at the EO blog. Please visit the store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

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Letters to Santa

Eyelet Outlet brads are amazing embellishments for paper crafters, but don't stop there!  I love using them on felt crafts, as well.

Today I have a cute little holiday mailbox for you cut out of felt on my Cricut Maker with the rotary blade.  I attached a sweet snowflake brad and a letter brad from our mail brad set.  

Be sure and add Eyelet Outlet products to your own letter to Santa!!

 

Autumn Door Card

I always admire door cards and while I've made a few over the years, I think this one is my favorite!  I made this card on my Cricut Maker and I used the debossing tool to add lots of dimension to the door itself.  I used a brick digital paper uploaded as pattern fill.

I used some gold foil vinyl for the mail slot and door knob and I added an Eyelet Outlet envelope brad  to the mail slot and a tiny round gold brad to the door knob.

The mini leaf brads are some of my favorites and so I couldn't pass up on opportunity to add a few to my Autumn wreath.  

I'm in the mood for fall, if only the temperatures here in Texas would cooperate.  I'm so over these triple digit temps!  

Love Is In The Air

Happy New Year, Eyelet Outlet fans!  The holidays are behind us and it's time to start thinking about Valentine's Day projects and the Eyelet Outlet Design Team has you covered with inspiration in the coming weeks.  

Here's my first 2023 Valentine featuring some wonderful Eyelet Outlet products.

I created this shaped card in Cricut Design Space and embellished this cute little layered mailbox with some Eyelet Outlet Heart brads and an envelope brad from the Mail Brads set and I never want to pass up a chance to use some of the Eyelet Outlet Grass Washi Tape.  

If you're also a Cricut user and would like to create this card with your Eyelet Outlet products, I've shared the file on my Cricut Profile in the Community Projects within Cricut Design Space.  I've added the holes you'll need in the mailbox in order to line of the little hearts perfectly. Here's a direct link to the file.  https://design.cricut.com/landing/project-detail/63b5d0d7463866a0d7f5820c

I've also included an envelope in the file and don't forget to order some of this Gold Foil Washi Tape with x's and o's  so you can seal it with a kiss!

Susan Creech loves creating Valentines with Eyelet Outlet products and you will, too!

More Alphabetical Brads?

 I (Lauren) have completed the third section in my Brad Alphabet book, covering the letters M through P; which comprises four new pages, featuring twenty-seven Eyelet Outlet brads in twenty different styles! 

For the letter M, we've got: a trio of mischievous Monkeys from the Jungle Mix; a Mask from the Co-Vid themed Mask, Hand Sanitizer and Soap set; the Mailbox from our Mail Brads; a Mower from the Lawnmower set; and a handsome Moose Brad.

Representing the letter N: a Nutcracker, some (Music) Notes; an Anchor Brad (which I've re-named "Navy"; yes, I've allowed a bit of artistic license with descriptions, so that I'd have enough brads to cover the entire alphabet!); a stack of Novels (technically they are Book Brads); and a Compass Brad is covering Navigation. 

The letter O includes: an Oven Glove from our Cooking Brad set; some Ornaments; a (Sketched) Owl Brad; (we've got really cute colorful owls, as well); an Oak (at least I think it looks like an oak) which is part of the Summer Tree Brads; and a Onesie which technically falls under Baby Shirt, and alas the blue ones are out of stock.

For the sixteenth letter of the alphabet... aka P: a pair of pretty cool Penguins; a festive Party Hat; a slightly unseasonal Pumpkin; Popcorn from the Popcorn and Ticket set; and a Pig from our Pig and Sheep Brads.

My bookring is filling up really nicely with ATC's and I still have TEN letters to go; though when we get to Q, X and Z one suspects there will be a bit of doubling up!

I hope you'll be inspired to check out the wide variety of Eyelet Outlet Brads, I'm pretty sure we've got one or two styles that will be perfect for your next project!

Lauren Bergold

is still having fun 

with this idea!

CARDiologist

I had made this card several months ago, before Eyelet Outlet introduced the face mask brads.  It was in my stash and I had forgotten all about it until last week when I was in need of a get well card for my wonderful husband who was in the hospital for a couple of days.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I needed to add the face mask brad to it and I'm glad to report that my hubby is doing much better now!  Was it the visit from the "CARDiologist" or the antibiotics?  I'll let you decide!  

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Stethoscope from Nurse Brad Set

Envelope from Mail Brad Set

Face Mask from Mask, Hand Sanitizer & Soap Brad Set

Just Hanging Out!

...with the brand new Eyelet Outlet Sloth Brads. Ok, technically, this item is called Sloth and Koala Brads, and the packs come with six of each; but in today's post I (Lauren) am only featuring the sloths. But don't be insulted, koalas, you'll get your turn, I promise!

My very first thought when I saw the adorable sloths was the "Sloth Mail" sentiment! (No, I don't really think like other people, lol!) It was one of those times when had the whole picture of the card inside my head, from the Sloth holding an envelope from the Mail Brad set, down to what font I'd use for the sentiment (Bohemian Typewriter!) and the fact that I'd line up strips of Mail Washi on the diagonal to make my own patterned paper. Of course, I hadn't realized that this particular tape is out of stock at the moment, and I'm hoping it will come back in soon; but meanwhile, the idea would work perfectly well with any of our other Mail Tapes or Postage Tapes or with postal-themed patterned paper, or REAL postage, or... well, you get the idea, it's pretty flexible!

But not everybody wants to get as silly as I do, so I also made up a more "mainstream" sentiment, as well. This one uses a free font called Stamp Act. Both of these sentiments will be on the freebies page as jpg files you can right click and save or print if you'd like to use them to make your own cards!

This card is also designed around a specific tape, in this case it's the adorable Sloth Washi. Again, I made a background panel from the tape, but this time instead of insetting my sentiment, I've added it on top. I used a pencil to very lightly draw "vines" for the Sloth Brads to frolic on, and then I machine stitched to add some fun texture, but you could draw them, instead, or stamp some foliage!

I hope you'll be inspired to create your own sentiments to go with our Eyelet Outlet Brads, and if you do, please share them on the EO FaceBook page because we'd love to see them!

Lauren Bergold

...consistently 

cracks herself up!!!

Happy Mail To YOU!!

I have been saving cancelled postage stamps for just such a background. This sentiment is flanked by

Eyelet Outlet's Mail Brads.  In this set, you get both mail boxes and letter brads.

If you don't like saving things, be sure to check out our various styles of mail washi tape!

What a fun way to upcycle postage stamps!

Check us out at our upcoming shows!

This weekend, Sept 6-7. we are in Marlborough, MA.

Then, check us out in Mesa, AZ Sept 13 & 14, 2019.

At the end of the month, we'll be in Denver, CA,

Sept. 27-28, 2019.

New washi and brads for your craft area are right around the corner!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Happy Mail

Our Washi Tape and decorative Brads will make your mail happier!

Supplies:

Mail Box & Envelope Brads

Washi Tape

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Everybody Loves...

...SNAIL MAIL!!! Am I right? Ok, maybe not boring old bills and circulars, but any time there is a card or letter awaiting me (Lauren) in the mailbox, I am a happy camper. And all the more so if it's a handmade card which features some fab Eyelet Outlet Brads and/or Washi Tape!

Both of my cards were inspired by this brand new and completely adorable Snail Washi... and also feature our Mail Brads! Because everybody loves Snail + Mail, lol!

My first card, which is a portrait style A2 (by which I mean tall rather than wide) also uses Heart Brads, Heart Arrow Tape and Skinny Yellow Tape.

My second card is landscape style and features more Mail Brads, plus Blue Dot Washi and Skinny Blue Dot Tape as well. I used my trusty nested heart dies on this one, too. And small alphabet stickers to make the sentiments on both cards. 

I hope today will find you receiving --or maybe even SENDING-- some beautiful snail mail of your own! ♥

Lauren Bergold

...will always love

snail mail! 

♥

My Remodeled Home

Last Saturday's card here on the blog was a "house" that I made. The wreath on the door was made with Eyelet Outlet products - Washi Tape and Brads. When the owner of Eyelet Outlet saw my card, her comment was: I'm thinking the house could have been made with our brick Washi Tape.

Well. of. course. it. could. DUH! Why didn't I think of that???

From that brief conversation, I decided to take my original thought for a card and make it even better. I think I was successful, but you can be the judge of that after you see today's card. 

To see last week's card - the original - go HERE. You'll also see the tutorial on how I made the wreath on the door on that blog post.

Here's my remodeled home:

Suzanne was right! The brick wall looks fabulous!

I switched the door to a wooden door (Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape) instead of the panel door (card stock) on the original card. And for a more balanced look, I placed a flower pot and mailbox beside the door, along with one rabbit. 

Now, here's a test:

How many different Eyelet Outlet products did I use on this card?

More specifically, how many different Washi Tapes?

How many different types of Brads?

Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape - 6 of them:

Brick

Hardwood Floor

Red (I doubled it and cut it to make the flower pot)

Skinny (I colored a strip of the yellow one with a brown Copic for the mailbox post)

Twig (to wrap the wreath)

Wide Flower

Eyelet Outlet Brads - 6 of them:

Mail

Mini Bee

Mini Ladybug

Rabbit

Round

Round Black with Silver 

I hope you like the remodeling job. I welcome any comments for additional suggestions to make my house even better - as long as your ideas include Eyelet Outlet products. For a full selection of products to choose from be sure to head to the Eyelet Outlet store.

Jeanette

World Traveler

Hi there!  It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today!  Happy New Year!

If any of you were lucky enough to get a trip to an exciting destination from Santa or resolved to do more traveling in 2019, this card is for you!

I worked with the Travel and Mail Brads.  They combined well for this World Traveler card; a great way to help send someone off on a vacation abroad if you weren't on the receiving end of the tickets yourself.

I made a suspended spinner card so I could show the big old jet airliner (remember that song?) traveling the globe.  On the front, the start of the trip and on the flip side, the plane is nearing its destination.

Here's how I did it:

1. I stamped the globe image (Globe Greetings by Concord & 9th) twice on watercolor paper and colored them with markers and an aqua painter. 
2. Once dry, I attached them back to back with a 6" length of clear thread in between them.  I used double-sided tape to ensure good adhesion.
3. I cut a circle in the card base and decorative panel slightly larger than the globe image.
4. The background panel was covered with Paris Washi Tape, applied on the diagonal. 
5. I attached the globe to the back of this panel, again with double-sided tape and then carefully attached them to the card base.
6. The globe stand was heat embossed with clear embossing powder after coating it with Wink of Stella.  Two Green Glitter Enamel Dots were added as an accent.
7. The banner was created to follow the curve of the globe and the greeting was a text to path in my Silhouette Design Screen.

Here's the globe, spinning.

And here's the inside of the card.  Here you see the reverse side of the globe and the plane further along its path.  I wanted to use the other travel brads, so I created a sentiment spaced to accommodate the brads.  So, it tells the traveler to:

Have fun. 

Pack wisely. 

Take lots of pictures. 

Remember to write. 

And here's another Eyelet Outlet card about vacation, perhaps when the world traveler reaches the French Riviera.

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!

Message in a Bottle

Hi there.  It's Kim from Katydid Cards.

The calendar says it's officially Autumn, but here at the Jersey Shore, it's the very best time to walk on the beach.  With the weather still beautiful but fewer people out enjoying it, it's like having your own private beach.  It's on those walks you find little treasures the tide has brought in.  Something like this message in a bottle.

To create this scene, I used the Mail, Seagulls and Shell Brads and a combination of hand and machine cut components.  To add the white caps to the waves, I added some Marvy Snow Marker.

To create the bottle, I cut a piece of pale blue cardstock.  Then I created an offset of acetate to wrap around the cardstock and envelope brad.  I even popped a little cork in the top of the bottle.  It tucked between the two layers of "sand" perfectly.

Inside, on a mat of light blue, I added a strip of Script Washi Tape and another of the Mail brads with lots of room for a personal message.

I created another card celebrating the beach back in my early days as an Eyelet Outlet design team member.  Here's a link if you'd like to see it.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!