Spring Break

It's that time of year for Spring Break.  What's better than the sun, sand, ocean, and warm weather?   How about adding some flip flops, sea shells, and a flock of flamingos!  Yes, we have them and they are so fun to work with.

One of my favorite things to do is create cards that evoke emotion and this card definitely does that!  Can you feel the warmth of the sun and a bit of ocean at your feet?

This is a great card for parents who have college students bound for a spring break vacation.  Some wise words of wisdom on the inside of the card would be a great send off!  Change out the sentiment and lettering and the scene could also be a retirement card or a have-fun-on-vacation card.

The Eyelet Outlet Shell Brads and Seashore Brads are so realistic, detailed, and colorful as are the Flamingo Brads and Flip Flop2 Brads.   These brads make the card come alive!

The palm tree and sentiment are from Maymay Made It and the lettering from Impression Obsessions.  The background is created using Distress Oxide Ink, however, there are also beautiful beach scene papers that may be used.

Eyelet Outlet supplies used:

Shell Brads

Seashore Brads

Flip Flop2 Brads

Flamingo Brads

Go on, give this card a try!  Head on over to the Eyelet Outlet site and shop for your brads, bling, and more.  

Happy Crafting!

Hoop It Up!

In honor of March Madness, I thought I'd share a basketball themed birthday card with you today.  I've really been having so much fun making motion cards lately.  This one is called a Wiper Card since the interactive mechanism sort of swipes up like a windshield washer as the card opens.  I learned this cool card fold from Janet at Sugar Shine Designs. It just so happens that you'll soon be meeting Janet, because she has recently joined the Eyelet Outlet Design Team!

Here's what the card looks like when closed. The sentiment on the front is an SVG from Miss Kate's Cuttables and the fabulous basketball brads from Eyelet Outlet make it really pop!!

Here's what the card looks like when it's opened. The paper and basketball player I used for this card comes from a digital paper pack from DG Express on Etsy.  The basket is from Cricut's "Boys Will Be Boys" image set.  

Here's a little video of the card in motion!

Thanks for being with us today!  Enjoy the rest of the day doing something you love!

So Doggone Cute

That's the way I (Lauren) would describe the Eyelet Outlet Long Dog Brads, but don't take my word for it, have a look for yourself:

These cards are pretty streamlined because let's face it if you have the adorable Long Dogs and an awesome sentiment (in Avery font) you don't need much else really. Ok maybe some fab Geomettic Washi, but that's about it.

I made the background of my second card by alternating strips of Paw Washi with some really fun Skinny Plaid Tape. The Long Dogs have wiggled their way between the two lines of sentiment which is spelled out in a free font called Cafe Rojo.

Not only do the Long Dogs look cute, I think they've given us some really good advice; and also... they're on sale right now!

Lauren Bergold

tries to wag more

than she barks!

Tuesday Inspiration!

Add a splash of spring time color with our Bird Brads!

We have two styles of Cardinal Brads,

Blue Bird & Robin Brads

Owl Brads

Seagull Brads

Eagle Brads

Chick Brads

Chicken Brads

Rooster Brads

Flamingo Brads

So much to choose from this Spring!!

And...with the birds come Bee Brads and Mini Bee Brads!

Check out our other bug brads:

Butterflies in several styles and sizes

Ant Brads

Spider Brads

Ladybug Brads (again, different sizes and styles!)

Also in this post:

Paper Flowers

Glitter Washi Tape

Thanks for creeping by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Two for Monday!

Here is a sweet spring card showing of Eyelet Outlet's new Chick Brad.

It's coupled with fan favorites: Rooster and Chicken Brads.

The enamel dots are a nice, flat, eye catching embellishment for your scrapping and stamping projects!

Here is another example using regular and thin washi tape.  

We have so many colors, styles and themes...

you are bound to find a dozen that you NEED for your personal card making/papercrafting/journal 

style!

Peeping for spring!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Welcome Little One

Today's card, "Welcome Little One", is a unique and precious baby card featuring the Eyelet Outlet Chick brads.

When I first saw the Eyelet Outlet Chick brads, they appeared so life like that the first thought was a sweet baby card with pink, blue, and ribbons.  Oh no, that's not the direction this card took!  Rifling through my paper stash, I saw the barn wood/straw papers and then this card idea came together rather quickly.  

The eggs are from an electric die cutting machine, however, could be hand cut or created with a die.  Don't forget to add a soft grey to the edges of the eggs to provide depth and dimension.  Two Eyelet Outlet Grey Pearls accent the Lawn Fawn sentiment and add some refinement against the rough barn wood.  

Go on over to the Eyelet Outlet site and gather up your Chick Brads, bling, and more.  You'll be glad you did!

Happy Crafting!

Love Potion #9

Have you seen Eyelet Outlet's new SEQUINS?!  I've always admired shaker cards and have wanted to try making one, but never have, that is, until now!  

Here is my first attempt!  I used my Cricut to cut the shape of the bottle into the card.  These are definitely fun cards to make and I can see more in my future, for sure!  Look at all of of the beautiful colors of sequins to choose from to fill the shaker!

I love the way that darling frog brad is waiting to turn into a handsome prince with his crown hovering above his head, don't you?  I topped this card off with one of colorful enamel hearts and a little bit more sparkle from some stick on bling.

Thanks for being here today and I hope you enjoy the rest of the day doing something you love!

Chick or Treat

Everyone wants to meet some cute chicks, especially at Eastertime, right? So I (Lauren) am happy to introduce you to our brand new, totally adorable, Eyelet Outlet Chick Brads!

I can never resist a diabolical pun, so as soon as I paired the Chicks with the Colored Eggs I knew what the sentiment had to be! I also added a plain white Egg Brad to which I gave a substantial "crack" with permanent marker, a Mini Stitched Flower Brad and a Heart Enamel. To make a fun coordinating background I neatly lined up strips of Pink and Green ZigZag Tape on some plain white cardstock, then trimmed it to size like any other patterned paper.

Of course, not everyone celebrates Easter, but that doesn't mean they have to miss out on colorful cardmaking fun. For my second card I added more Chicks and Colored Eggs to a journal card with the perfect sentiment, and to turn it into a little scene I punched some grass and affixed Sun and Cloud Brads to the top corner. A small Pink Pearl to dot the "i" finishes the whole thing off nicely.

No matter what holidays you're looking forward to this Spring, I bet Eyelet Outlet has Brads and Tape that will help make your cards EGG-stra special! :)

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER 

resist a diabolical pun!

Friend to Friend

Chick out these new CHICK BRADS!  They are delightful...

and work well with our barn yard animal brads.

Here I created an Easter Basket with the Apples Stamp set, bling strips,

and Colored Egg Brads. Mini Butterfly brads and glitter washi tape make a sweet back drop!

Spring is around the corner!!

With spring around the corner,

Eyelet Outlet has a new decorative brad!

Chick Brads

Soooo adorable and a great addition to our many barn yard animal brads!

You'll see inspiring ideas from the design team.

How will you use them?

Remember, free shipping on orders over $75!

Hi There!

Today's card entitled "Hi There!" is a reminder that Spring is coming soon!  Although Easter is seven weeks away, it's time to get those Easter cards ready.  Here's an Easter shaker card featuring Eyelet Outlet chick brads that's fun and interactive.

This week I wanted to create a 'happy' card featuring the Eyelet Outlet chicks brads.  My immediate thought is a shaker card creating an interactive aspect to the card and bringing focus to these delightful chick brads.  It all starts by selecting a colorful background paper with lots of spring flowers and a bit of glitter adding a fun factor to the card.

The next step is to build the shaker and apply it to the card.  Add the chick brads and then have fun adding a variety of glittery bits such as sequins, micro beads, and larger beads in various shapes and colors that compliment the paper.

The final step is to add the gold glitter dots and an interesting sentiment.  Hmmm...are the chicks speaking to each other?  Perhaps, you decide!

Whether this card is placed in an Easter basket or mailed to family and friends, give this card a try and shake, shake, shake!

Hop on over to the Eyelet Outlet website and pick up your Easter card supplies.

Eyelet Outlet supplies used:

Chick Brads

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

Happy Crafting!

Happy Easter

It's a wet and chilly day here in Central Texas, but Spring is in the air at Eyelet Outlet!  We have some of the prettiest Spring washi tapes and fabulous Spring themed brads you will find anywhere and today I'll be showing you just a few.

I started out with this cute "Easter" border from Cricut's "Celebrate All Year Long," image set, not really knowing what I'd use as a background paper.  I tried a number of different colors and patterns, but then I spied this gorgeous wide floral washi tape on my craft table and knew it would be perfect peeking out from behind the Easter eggs.

What's Easter without some chocolate bunnies?  Our little chocolate bunny brads are so cute alongside our Easter egg brads, don't you think?

See you next week!  Until then, keep on crafting!

Hippity Hoppity...

...Easter's on it's way! But there's still plenty of time to make cards, and plenty of Eyelet Outlet Brads to make them extra special! Here's my (Lauren's) first Easter card of 2020:

My card features Rabbit Brads, Colored Egg Brads, Stitched Flower Brads with Mini Leaves, Sun and Cloud Brads, plus a couple of Mini Butterflies. But there are many more varieties, including Easter Bubble Brads, Chocolate Bunnies, Pastel Rabbits (currently on sale!), un-dyed Egg Brads, and even Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads which aren't very Eastery but go nicely with the Eggs! Something super-cute which might emerge from an egg is an adorable tiny Chick Brad... coming soon to the EO Store!

There's something for everyBUNNY at Eyelet Outlet! ♥

Lauren Bergold 

can never resist a 

Diabolical Pun!

Hey Gnomie

Eyelet Outlet has all the embellishments to make your stamped images sing!

Washi Tape

Enamel Dots

Gnome/Dward Brad

I'm hiding under a mushroom...

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

One Call!

A quick to to show you care!

Who is YOUR one phone call?

Eyelet Outlet Supplies:

Selfie Brads

Heart Enamel

Thin Washi Tape

Call me!
Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Hello Spring!

Today's card entitled Hello Spring is a representation of the season to come!  We've had a mild, dreary winter this year, but that doesn't mean that we aren't looking forward to the blue skies and sunshine, so here's a preview!

We have another month or so of winter, but Eyelet Outlet's birds, mini ladybugs, mini ants, brown rabbits, and pastel rabbits are ready to create a scene welcoming Spring.   This note card is versatile and may be sent to friends, relatives, hospital or nursing home residents or those that are home bound.  Surely, it will bring a smile to their face as we head into Spring.

Eyelet Outlet Supplies Used:

bird brads

mini ladybug brads

mini ant brads

brown rabbit brads

pastel rabbit brads

Hop on over to the Eyelet Outlet website and pick up the brads and more to create your Spring card!

Happy Crafting!

Cute as a Bug

Happy Thursday, crafters!  Today I have a couple of cards that are cute as a bug!  It was hard to decide between Eyelet Outlet's mini ladybug brads and the mini ant brads, so problem solved!  I made two cards!

The magnifying glass is from Cricut's Classroom Icons image set.  I just love the little chubby fingers on this hand image which is from A Child's Year image set.  The smiling ladybug and wide eyed ant images are Miss Kate's Cuttable images and available in the Cricut image library. I used foil iron-on and my Cricut Easy Press for the sentiment.  I've really been having fun lately using iron-on materials on card stock!  

I love the way the mini ant brad and mini ladybug brad look under the magnifying glass, don't you?  I embellished the smiling ladybug with Eyelet Outlet heart brads on her antennas and I used Eyelet Outlet eye brads on my big-eyed ant.  Those eyes really popped!!  He's holding an Eyelet Outlet enamel heart in his hands, too.

See all the Eyelet Outlet Bugs & Critters at EyeletOutlet.com!  Until next week, happy Valentine's Day!

Hoppy, Hoppy, Hoppy...

...Valentine's Day! Just in case you need a few fast card ideas before Friday, I (Lauren) have three takes on HOPPI-ness, Eyelet Outlet style!

My first card features the ever-adorable Frog Brads, on a background of Cloud Washi and Water Tape, with half a Paper Flower serving as a lilypad. I used nested heart dies to trim my little scene into an appropriate Valentine shape, and added my sentiment with mixed letter stickers. At the very end, I added three white Heart Pearls.

It's less obvious at first, but beer can also be described as "HOPPY" so my second card features one of the bottles and a mug from our Beer Brads on a background of Beer Tape, sitting on a bar made of Hardwood Floor Washi. A few yellow Heart Enamels and we were good to go!

Heading back into cuuuuuute territory, this sweet little pair of Rabbit Brads (the packs contain both styles) is surrounded by diecut hearts made of Tiny Heart Washi and Checked Tape, with a couple of Heart Brad accents. 

Eyelet Outlet has a brad (and a style of tape!) to make a card that embodies pretty much ANY diabolical pun you can devise. For Valentine's Day, St. Pat's, Easter and beyond! ♥

Lauren Bergold

wishes you the very

HOPPIEST

of Valentine's Days!

Quick and Cute!

A quick little idea for Valentines Day...

using our Enamel Hearts! 

We have so many different shapes, sizes, finishes and colors

in our Enamel line.  

These will make a big statement on a little ATC Valentine!  

Perfect for those who are near and dear to you.

Sending you hugs from my side of the computer monitor,

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up