But First... Coffee!

There's nothing better than a nice cup of coffee to start the day, unless it's a trio of Artist Trading Cards featuring Eyelet Outlet Coffee and Donut Brads studded with Heart Pearls and atop backgrounds made from Brick Tape, Giraffe Washi and Donut Tape!  

The Eyelet Outlet Store has all of the food and drink brads your projects could possibly need... plus so much more!

Lauren Bergold

hopes there's plenty of coffee (or your favorite beverage!) 

where you are today!

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Making a Scene!

On thing the Eyelet Outlet Designers and I love to do is make a scene!  We do it in the very best way though, with Eyelet Outlet products!

Lately I've been following a crafter on Instagram that makes these cute little dioramas from card stock. I thought incorporating some brads into a project like that would be lots of fun, so I've got one to share with you today.

I started out with a small frame with an easel that was designed by one of my Cricut friends.  I cut this on my Cricut Maker and the finished size of the frame is 3.5" x 2.75"

I cut down a piece of Eyelet Outlet's wide brick washi tape for the chimney and added a pair of Santa boots brads as well as this beautiful sleigh brad. I love our little vintage deer brad who is pulling the sleigh and then I added a few snowflake brads in the corners.  

We hope you're finding fun ways to use Eyelet Outlet products in your holiday crafts!  Be sure to tag us on Instagram or come on by the Eyelet Outlet Fan's group and share a picture with us!

Pictures with Santa

I've got a trivia question for you today.  What was the name of the department store in the movie, "A Christmas Story?"  It was Higbees! I love that scene as it reminds me of my brother and I visiting Santa at the Boston Store in Erie, Pennsylvania in the 60's. I created a Christmas card for you today that takes me back to that happy memory.

Eyelet Outlet's wide brick washi tape was the perfect background for my store front.  I also embellished the card with our gift brads, wreath, and stick on gems in green, clear, and red.  The star of the show, of course, is our Santa brad from the Santa and Mrs. Claus set.

I thought I'd sign off today with a different picture of myself than you're used to seeing.  Shhhh....don't tell my brother!  

Susan Creech believes in Santa

Always Be Happy!

It always seems to me that cats are happy creatures. They can act up sometimes but mostly they seem pretty happy with their lives. When I saw the cat sticker sentiment and the always be happy strip sentiment, it seemed to me they fit together nicely.

This is a clean and simple graphic style card. The city scene is easily created using three wide washi tapes from Eyelet Outlet. If you missed it, these cute kitties were released last year and are called Feline brads. I really love the city scene peaking over the brick wall in the distance. The wall is a perfect place for the orange cat to hang out.

SHOPPING LIST

Feline Brad Set

City Skyline Washi Tape - Wide

Brick Washi Tape - Wide

Grass Washi Tape

Thanks for stopping by today. As always, I hope I gave you a little inspiration to help you with your cardmaking fun.

Happy Creating Everyone!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Thanksgiving Vibes

Preparations for Turkey Day are well underway at my (Lauren's) house, with the merits of various types of dressing being hotly debated, and crucial decisions regarding veggie casseroles (green bean or broccoli??) still pending. So this seemed like a good time to get out some of my favorite autumnal EO Brads and make a card.

There's nothing particularly Thanksgiving-related about this fabulous super-wide Brick Washi, but it was my starting point for colors. I added clusters of Sunflower Brads, green Mini Stitched Flowers and red Heart Pearls around my sticker sentiment and finished things off nicely with a Pumpkin Brad.

And now back to the Big Question: pumpkin pie... or apple??!

Lauren Bergold

secretly hates pumpkin pie!!! 

Santa's Ride?

Every year I make holiday cards for my brother that feature his hobby:  his motorcycle.  These cards are always fun and have a bit of humor.  Today's card entitled "Santa's Ride",  also does just that!  It's a close replica of my brother's card for this year and it poses the question:   "is the motorcycle Santa's new ride"?

The sign on the brick wall reads:

"In 2020, Santa is leaving the reindeer behind at the North Pole to keep them safe and healthy.  Is this his new vehicle to fly through the skies on Christmas Eve?"  It appears 2020 has brought change to all of our lives, including Santa Claus and the Reindeers!

The motorcycle is cut three times and glued together creating a sturdy focal point for the card.  The alleyway is created with Distress Inks while the brick building background is created using Eyelet Outlet Brick Washi Tape.  Eyelet Outlet's Santa Suit Brads and Santa Hat Brads adorn the motorcycle while the Eyelet Outlet Grey Sticky Back Jewels mimic hardware attaching the sign to the building.

Have you made themed holiday cards?  If so, we'd love to see them on the Eyelet Outlet Fan Page on Facebook.  Also browse the Eyelet Outlet site for a vast array of brads, washi, bling and more!  

Be Safe.  Be Well.  Happy Crafting!

A Very Washi Xmas

I (Lauren) love tape. I love wide tape and skinny tape, glitter tape and foil tape; but my favorite thing about tape is that all you need to do to make a fast, fabulous and completely custom holiday card (or two lol!) is combine a few of your favorite styles and maybe add an Eyelet Outlet Brad or some bling and you are DONE! ♥

This week I am crushing on the new wide Santa Washi Tape which comes in two colorways. My first card features what I'd call the default style, with a sort of winter sunset background. I flanked it with Skinny Star Tape and Blue Marble Tape, then added a bunch of fancy new Snowflake Bling. The sentiment is a single repeat from our Merry Christmas Tape, trimmed into a little flag and matted on a scrap of red cardstock.

We also have Santa Washi in Green, the green being a reference to the pistachio background behind The Big Guy. In this version, I built a sort of chimney from wide Brick Washi, and let Santa emerge from the top of it. I added a row of Poinsettia Brads for extra texture and once again my sentiment is a one specific section of Christmas Tape. You'll notice that both cards are built atop a simple graph design, which is partly because I like that sort of paper but also... if you're going to apply a bunch of washi tape and don't love measuring, a patterned paper with a strong straight horizontal line is *very* helpful! 

If you need to make a bunch of cards, but don't love "mass producing" why not gather up all your tapes and see how many uniquely beautiful backgrounds you can make?

Lauren Bergold

loves washi tape.

(She may have already mentioned that!)

Another Year Races By

I (Lauren) may be slightly obsessed with the new Eyelet Outlet Classic Car Brads, so please forgive me if I overuse them! For today I just have two cards, which seems manageable, right?

A great many of my cards start with a sentiment. In this case, my first idea was inspired by the fact that the Classic Car Brads look pretty sporty, which made me think of racing, and of course the older I get the faster the years race by! I printed my sentiment in a font called Cafe Rojo on a clear inkjet label and stuck it to a little paper flag. I made a fun background from a slightly distressed green patterned paper that I adorned with randomly placed strips of Tire Track Washi Tape, and punched a few 1" circles in the panel. Then I affixed the Car Brads to scraps of vintage map that i had backed with some plain white cardstock and adhered those BEHIND the punched circles, so my cars appeared through the windows.

My second idea was inspired by the Revved Up Gift Set I made this summer. It featured a vintage car illustration cut from an old falling apart book, but it occurred to me that if I scaled everything down to a smaller size, the same basic idea would work with the Classic Car Brads. I diecut some small nested label shapes and set my Car Brads, along with a Compass Brad. Then I set about building a card to hold them!

Nearly everything I used was also featured in the Gift Set, I just made it all a bit smaller to fit an A2 card. I placed artfully torn Brick Tape and strips of Sparkle Copper Foil Tape in a horizontal band across the card. I layered on some blueprint-inspired patterned paper, then added more tape: the Tire Track Washi and some fun Map Tape. I used another computer printed sentiment, this one in my favorite typewriter font, which reads, "You're a Classic"!

I hope you'll be inspired to RACE over to the Eyelet Outlet Store and grab some Classic Car Brads for yourself! ♥

Lauren Bergold

still loves washi tape

very, VERY much!

Ancestors

It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today.  The new year is right around the corner and soon we'll be singing, "Auld Lang Syne" which basically means "days gone by".  So in honor of days gone by, here's a card about ancestors.

I had a little bit of fun with this card.  Well, actually I had a LOT of fun with it using Eyelet Outlet products.   I can't take credit for the original idea.  That came from a comic strip I saw long ago and it was in the deep recesses of my mind until I spied these brads.

To create the background, I used the Brick Washi Tape for the wall and Hardwood Washi Tape for the floor.  I added a bit of woodgrain to the floor with a Copic marker.

I found a clip art image of a picture frame and imported it into my Silhouette to trace for a print and cut. A little gilt was added with a gold leaf pen.  Next, I cut a piece of watercolor paper to simulate canvas and sponged lightly with yellow...since this is a picture of an ancestor, it had to be aged, right?  I attached the telephone from the Telephone & Fan Brad Set, but before I did I took a bit of 22 gauge black wire and twisted it around a toothpick to make the cord. You can see I left a bit on each end to tuck behind the phone after bending it to fit.

The father and son conversation is being had by the iPhones included in the Selfie Brad Set.  They're sitting in a chair filled with a pattern and cut using a file purchased in the Silhouette store.

Inside, just a little sentiment to make the recipient smile.  Would this card make you call or text?  I hope so!

I've made a few more cards using the phones.  I can't wait to share them with you...so stay tuned!

 Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Up On the Rooftops

It's Kim from Katydid Cards.  Thanks for stopping by.

Up on the rooftops is where the action is today.  The Sleigh is another newly released brads at Eyelet Outlet.  For the cards I'm sharing with you today, I paired it with the Prancing Deer brads as they work perfectly together.

This easel card was created with a cut file from My Scrap Chick.  The house is cut from cardstock and adorned with the Holly, Red Foil and Brick Washi Tapes.  I also added the new Santa brad on the panel with the greeting.  I coated the snow with Wink of Stella to give it some shimmer and shine.

On this card, I wanted Santa's sleigh and reindeer to be a silhouette across the moon, so I heat embossed them in black.  They embossed beautifully and I think they look great.  I added some Pine Trees to complete the scene below.  Though you can't see it, I added a bit of sparkle to the roofs.

This box card was made with a cut file from the Yuletide Collection by SVGCuts.  I'll be sharing another card I made from this collection in a future post, so stay tuned.

Here's a look down at the card, so you can see the three inserts.  I love these box cards.  So clever that they lay flat for mailing but open to a stunning 3D card.

More Christmas cards to come, so please visit again real soon!

 Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Dinner and Cocktails

It's Kim from Katydid Cards today!

It's been a while since I've worked with the Chicken Brads so I just had to make another card using them.  I call this card, "Dinner Invitation" and you can see why.  These two chickens have been invited to join their neighbor for dinner.  Here they are at the front door.

And here they are inside.  What's that on the menu??  Uh Oh!  I used the Cooking, Baking, and Mixer Brads as well as Brick, Color Wheel, and Flower Washi Tape. The door handles are Black Enamel Dots.

If you're interested in recreating this card you will find the card base, kitchen, and cleaver in the Silhouette store.    The chef is from My Favorite Thing's Recipe for Happiness.  The chalkboard is free clip art I imported into the Silhouette and typed what's on the menu...inspired by my DT Sister, Susan's, Wednesday meal postings.

Here's a closer look at the brads and washi.

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

No dinner would complete with cocktails, so I'm sharing another card adding the Rooster brad.  I showcased him in a shadowbox card.  Each layer uses a different digital paper from the Cocktail Party collection by JazzyPatterns.  I also used the Cocktail brads on either side of the greeting.

On the reverse of the card are my favorite chicken brads again!

I'll see you next week with another card...there's no shortage of ideas what with all the brads, bling and washi in the Eyelet Outlet store.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

A Hearty Breakfast on an Egg-cellent Day

Who says a person needs designer paper? Instead, create your own paper designs using Washi Tape... and there's no better place to get Washi Tape than at Eyelet Outlet. There is such a wide variety of designs to choose from - and the price is amazing! Just check it out - HERE.

I actually used 3 different styles of Washi Tape for this card - Brick (for my wall), Silverware (because who can eat eggs without a fork, right?) and Skinny Stripes to ground everything.

The Have an egg-cellent day sentiment is from the Eyelet Outlet Breakfast clear stamp set.

There's a hearty breakfast on my card, too, featuring these Eyelet Outlet Brads:

Bacon, Egg, and Toast

Coffee

Egg

I used the Stamp Set and some of the Washi Tape

 to decorate the inside of my card:

Bacon, Egg, and Toast Brads

Breakfast Clear Stamp Set

Brick Washi Tape

Coffee Brads

Egg Brads

Silverware Washi Tape

Skinny Washi Tape

Now... let's all have an egg-cellent day!

Do you know what makes any day excellent?

EYELET OUTLET does!

Jeanette

I'm a Brick Layer...

... and you can be a brick layer, too!

Just look at this brick wall --->

It's not designer paper, so how did I make it? By using some amazing Eyelet Outlet Brick Washi Tape!

I started with one strip of Washi

(I put it on a 2" strip of white CS):

Then I trimmed off the white border on one edge of another piece of the same Washi tape and layered it flush with the first strip:

And again and again (until the whole piece of white CS was filled:

I added the piece of brick wall to the card front and trimmed the edges to fit:

I used two of the cups and one of the coffee beans from the 

Eyelet Outlet Coffee Brads for embellishment:

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Brick Washi Tape

Coffee Brads

I put a bit of brick wall inside the card, too:

What a fun card to make!!!

Now, who wants to meet me somewhere for a cup of coffee and a donut? I think I worked up quite an appetite laying bricks.

Jeanette