You're Import-ANT

I did a version of this card a few years ago, but had an idea to take it a step further so today I'm bringing you an updated version.

I've been enjoying this offset fold on this card base because it gives me an opportunity to add some fun to the inside of the card that shows when the card is closed, too. I used our wonderful green grass washi tape on the front and a trail of mini ant brads climbing up for some goodies from the picnic basket. I also added a small heart brad to my sentiment.

The inside is where I changed this version up! I found some cute ants among my Cricut images and added Eyelet Outlet apple core brad and fried chicken leg brad to them! These two thieves are enjoying a fine lunch, aren't they?!

Our Eyelet Outlet fans are import-ANT to us! Thanks for stopping in today.

 

It Was TENSE

Eyelet Outlet Liquor Brads are always up for a celebration, even if it is in the form of a diabolical pun! Here they're paired with Cocktail Brads as well as Beer Brads and Grape Brads on an all-occasion card that's full of good spirits!

Shopping List:

Liquor Brads

Cocktail Brads

Beer Brads

Grape Brads

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store and our Idea Gallery to drink in all of the cardmaking inspiration!

Lauren Bergold

says, "CHEERS" to you!

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May the Luck O' the Irish Be Yours!

Hello everyone! I feel the start of spring and it gave me the inspiration to make a St. Patrick's card. I was inspired by a design posted by Jennifer Willert in Cricut Design Space. I used several EO products to make this design my own including brads and lots of bling!

To make this card, I cut the white panel using the pattern in Design Space. I cut the black pot and the background for the gold in the pot and three shamrocks out of scrap cardstock. Behind the lattice design I placed a panel I made using strips of Sparkle Gold Glitter Washi Tape.

For the pot, I added several Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and I put two Beer Brads on the front of it. After stamping the sentiment, I put a Rainbow Brad below it. Next I put a round Jewel Bling with a clear edge in the middle of two of the shamrocks. I inked up a White Paper Flower with green ink and put one of the completed shamrocks on top and put it in the top left corner of the white panel. I doubled up the other shamrock and put it in the right corner. Finally I added rows of colored Jewel Bling Strips to form a rainbow.

To finish this card, I matted the white panel on top of a green piece of cardstock and then placed the two layers on a white A2 card. There's a lot going on with this card but I think it turned out well and I know one of my Irish friends will enjoy receiving it. 

SHOPPING LIST:
Beer Brads
Unicorn & Rainbow Brads

12mm Jewel Bling-Clear Edge

Jewel Bling Strips-500 Count

Jewel Strips - 4mm - Purple

Sparkle Gold Glitter Washi Tape

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

White Paper Flowers

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Potting Bench Card

Good morning crafters. It won't be long before we'll turn out attention to gardening again, so today I have a potting bench card to share with you. I created this card in Cricut Design Space using many, if not all, of the design tools in the program, including the debossing tip which added great dimension to the cabinet. 

I embellished my card with garden tool brads, daisy brads, and a cactus brad from Eyelet Outlet. If you're a Cricut crafter and would like to make this card, too, I've shared the file for it on my Cricut Profile. 

Hoppy Valentine's Day

Don't FROG-et to wish your besties a very HOPPY Valentine's Day! The Eyelet Outlet Frog Brad Set has frogs, cattails and two colors of water lilies; pair them with Cloud Tape and Grass Washi and it's easy to make a scene... in a good way, lol!

 

TOAD-ally Awesome Shopping List:

Frog Brad Set

Cloud Tape

Grass Washi 

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store to check out all of the birds, bees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish today!

Lauren Bergold

wishes you a HOPPY Valentine's Day!

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Some Bunny Loves You!

There's only a few more days until Valentine's Day! It's hard to believe. It always comes and goes faster than any of the other holidays to me.

To celebrate, I have a cute little bunny with an apron full of items and a cute mailbox stuffed with gifts and goodies. To make this one, I glued a piece of sky patterned paper on a white A2 card. Then I cut two pieces of grass out and layered them below the sky. I stamped and colored the bunny and the mailbox and glued them in place. Then I attached all the fun brads that makes this have such a great 3D presence. It's so much better than the little images that came with the stamp set. Brads add shine and dimension that just can't be replicated any other way.

Remember that a card like this could be tweaked a little to make it perfect for Easter also. Just add a few egg brads, a chick brad or two, and change the sentiment and you've got a great Easter themed card. And speaking of Easter, I better get busy on those cards next!

 SHOPPING LIST:

Rose Brads
Mail Brads
Heart Brads
Gift Brads
Party Hat Brads
Cupcake Swirl Brads

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

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Time to Cuddle Up!

It's the perfect time to cuddle up!  I had a wonderful time creating this cozy little scene with my Eyelet Outlet products.  I started with some wide brick washi tape for the background.  Then I used one of our watch brads for the face of the grandfather clock.  Snug in the chair is a sweet sleepy kitten brad.  A stack of books on the floor next to the chair and one of our campfire brads from the camping set. 

I wish I could climb into that comfy chair by the fire right now, but sadly, this craft room isn't going to clean itself!  See you next week, crafters!

 

Award for EGG-cellence!

An adorable Eyelet Outlet Chicken Brad is the star of this EGG-stra special (and EGG-stra silly) card. Set atop a pile of Egg Brads (they're on sale!) she is justifiably proud of her achievement. Super-cute Chicken Washi Tape makes the perfect background for this MATHEMACHICKEN to strut her stuff!

Poultry in Motion Shopping List:

 Chicken Brads 

Egg Brads

Chicken Washi Tape 

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store for more animals, birds, bugs and everything else you need to bring your next card idea to life!

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER resist a diabolical pun!

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Create Your Own Sunshine

 This week has been so cloudy and gloomy looking at my house. I've been hungry for some sunshine and decided to create my own!

For this card I used images from Cricut Design Space and instead of using card stock for the paint on the palette, I used Eyelet Outlet enamel dots in 6 different colors. We have loads of sizes and colors to choose! I also added a couple of yellow enamel hearts and I'm really happy with how this turned out. I think it will really brighten my recipient's day.

Advice from Our Winter Friends

Polar Bears and Penguins have much to teach us and Eyelet Outlet Polar Bear and Penguin Brads help them do it in style! Snowflake Brads set the scene, as do Sparkle White Glitter and Glitter Dark Blue Tapes; accent strips of gorgeous Snowflake Tape from the Christmas Washi Bundle complete the design.

Shopping List:

Polar Bear Brads

Penguin Brads 

Snowflake Brads

Sparkle White Glitter Tape 

Glitter Dark Blue Tape

Snowflake Tape from the Christmas Washi Bundle

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store to find more adorable critters and lovely tapes!

Lauren Bergold

prefers to see snowflakes on greeting cards

rather than in real life!

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A Shower of Love

Hello everyone! I'm here today with a card that's another good one for Valentine's Day. It could also work as a message of encouragement. 

I started with an A2 card base that is printed with diagonal gray lines. I lined the edges of the card with Weather Washi Tape. It features clouds with rain coming down. I put it down so that the rain drops on the tape peak through on the edges but since it's a white tape, the gray lines still show through too. I like the two looks merged together.

I cut out the top part of the card which resembles a cloud and layered it on top of a pastel alcohol ink background I had created a while ago. I stamped and cut out a rain shape for the middle in dark blue cardstock. I drew in more rain lines on the alcohol ink background with a paint pen and placed Pink and Red Heart Peals at the end to represent love drops. I glued the dark blue piece in place and then attached blue and clear Tear Drop Bling for the water drops. These are so pretty and are perfect to represent raindrops.

Last I stamped the sentiment and colored the word LOVE with Copic markers and a white gel pen. Then I cut it out in the shape of a large cloud and glued it to the top of the card. The finished panel was then glued on top of the card base so that the edges with the washi tape peak through.

Shopping List:
Weather Washi Tape

Tear Drop Bling - Clear

Tear Drop Bling - Blue

Heart Pearls - Sticky Back - Red/Pink

Hope this gave you inspiration for EO's Tear Drop Bling and Heart Pearls. They are a lot of fun to work with!

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

It's National Pie Day, Sweetie Pie!

I've had Valentine's Day projects on my mind lately, and since today is National Pie Day, I thought I'd bring you a pie themed Valentine card!

The pies I used are one of the many pie images in the Cricut image library.  I inked the edges of the crust to give it a golden toasty look and also added a little glitter glue so they'd shine. To the pies I added an Eyelet Outlet cherry brad, a lime slice to the key lime pie and an apple brad for my apple pie. I also embellished with a couple enamel hearts, a rolling pin brad and a fork brad.  

Thanks for stopping by a celebrating National Pie Day with me!

 

Valentine's Day Down on the Farm

Love is in the air at Eyelet Outlet as our udderly adorable farm animal brads are having a field day pairing up to celebrate their favorite holiday. This pun-tastic set of mini greeting cards features the moo-velous cows from our Cow and Goat Brads, the Pig and Sheep set, Horse and Pony Brads, as well as four washi styles: Farm Tape, Red Dot Washi, Wood Tape and Brick Washi. 

Barn to be Wild Shopping List:

Cow and Goat Brads

Pig and Sheep Brads

Horse and Pony Brads

Farm Tape

Red Dot Washi

Wood Tape

Brick Washi

Check out all of farm-tastic brads and tapes at Eylelet Outlet, 

for cards that are outstanding in their field! :)

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER resist a diabolical pun!

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A Love-ly Valentine Card

 Hello everyone! I hope you have had a great weekend so far. Today I wanted to make a romantic card for Valentine's Day. Eyelet Outlet had just what I needed to create this elegant beauty!

I started by applying a strip of some of the prettiest washi tape I've ever seen on a white mat sized at 4" x 5 1/4". It's called Rose Washi Tape and it's very wide at just short of 1 1/4". It creates a beautiful  border at the top and bottom. Centered between the washi tape, I glued in a strip of 4" x 1 1/4" pink cardstock. Then I placed a strip of Love Washi Tape so that it slightly overlapped both the rose washi tape and the pink cardstock. To add additional glam, I used gold spray on the panel. The washi tape tends to repel the spray so I dabbed the excess and let it dry. Then I got to work on the gold wax seal. After melting the seal, I sprinkled Pink Heart Sequins on the center and pressed it with a flat circle stamp head. It isn't the neatest circle but I think the unusual shape actually looks great inside the White Paper Flower.

To finish the card, I wrapped gold thread across the center of the pink panel and glued the Flower in the center. Last, I added White Pearl Bling around the flower. The finished panel was then adhered to a gold A2 card base. 

Shopping List
Rose Washi Tape

Love Washi Tape

Heart Sequins

Paper Flowers

Pearl Bling - Multi Size

I hope you agree that this created a pretty card for someone special on Valentine's Day. It's very soft and sweet.

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow!

The beautiful sound of Sam Cooke's 1961 hit, "Cupid," rang in my head when I created this little Valentine card. 

🎵"Cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go, straight to my lover's heart for me..."🎵

Eyelet Outlet's new little angel brad is carrying a bow and arrow that I cut with my Cricut machine and I added an Eyelet Outlet heart brad to the tip of the arrow.  Our wide grass washi tape is always a favorite of mine and I added one of our daisy brads to the card, too.

Susan Creech loves listening to oldies while crafting!

 

My Gnomie Valentine

Eyelet Outlet Gnome Brads and Girl Gnome Brads are celebrating Valentine's Day at home, and extra-wide Sky Washi and Grass Tape are perfect for making a little scene that also features a Heart Brad, a Mini Ladybug, Mini Leaves, a Sunflower Brad and a Mini Bee.

Gnome Sweet Gnome Shopping List:

Gnome Brads 2

Girl Gnome Brads 

Sky Washi

Grass Tape

Heart Brads

Mini Ladybug Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

Sunflower Brads

Mini Bee Brads

Love is in the air, and the Eyelet Outlet Store has all the brads, tape, bling and sequins you need for Valentine's Day and the rest of the year, as well!

Lauren Bergold

knows there is GNOME place like home!

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Getting Older Is No Prob-Llama!

You can never have enough birthday cards so I make them to be at the ready when they're needed. Today's card was fun to do in part because it's a lot different than all the holiday cards I've done lately. I'm loving the citrus colors of orange, green, and yellow!

The green panel is 4" x 5 1/4". I cut two orange strips of paper at 1 1/2" each and place a strip of Cactus Washi Tape in the middle of each. I glued them at an angle and trimmed off the excess orange paper on each side. Then I cut the blue starburst and the yellow circle. I glued my blue llama on the circle and then put a Cocktail Brad on his back and three green Pearl Bling. I adhered the llama piece on to the green panel and then inserted Piñata Brads and Cactus Brads in the corners. I mounted the green panel on a slightly larger orange panel and put both on a white A2 card base. I wrapped a white and orange baker's twine around the folded edge of the card and tied a bow. Last, I stamped and cut the birthday sentiment strip and glued it to the top orange and washi tape strip.

Shopping List:
Cactus Washi Tape

Pearl Bling - Green

Cocktail Brads

Cactus Brads

Piñata Brads

This is a bright and fun card I will put in my stash for someone that I knows likes a southwestern theme or enjoys tropical drinks. This would be a perfect card for a get together around the pool when it's hot and toasty outside!

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

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