Sunday, March 31, 2024

Follow That Bunny!


Hello and happy Easter Sunday! In celebration of all the traditions of spring and Easter, I have made an envelope box card that contains a little girl with her Easter bunny. I have decorated it with many flower brads, colored egg brads, grass washi, sun & cloud brads and cut jewels. 

I combined Rose Brads, Daisy Brads, and bright Fresh Flowers on the front to create a spray of pretty flowers. Rose brads decorate the corners too. You can almost smell them!

SHOPPING LIST:
8mm Cut Jewels-blue & green

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!


Janet YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Saturday, March 30, 2024

STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS

 

This week’s card has an artistic/tropical feel to it.  I cut out bits and pieces of cardstock and placed them on top of the woman focal point.  


I added several of the Stitched Flower brads, as well as many different jewel, pearl and stippled bling.


 Such a simple card to make but the beautiful colors, fun embellishments from Eyelet Outlet make it a stunning creation.







Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Easter Wishes

It's the week before Easter, and here's a card featuring Eyelet Outlet Rabbit Brads and adorable Rabbit Tape; Colored Daisy Brads, a Mini Bee, Floral Square Washi and Wood Tape.


The Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the embellishments you need, for whatever holidays and occasions you celebrate!

hopes there's sunshine (and bunnies!) where you are today!
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

April Calendar Planning!

"If April showers should come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May." - Buddy De Sylva

I am sharing my April 2024 Calendar layout today in hopes of inspiring you to stay more organized throughout the year! I wanted to keep with the theme of "April showers bring May flowers", so I added stamps that go along with that theme! A little gal with an umbrella, some raindrops, an adorable duck and rain boots were just the perfect match!

Next, I gathered my Eyelet Outlet supplies and embellished my heart away! I added the green grass washi to anchor the bottom of my pages. I added paper flowers in yellow and white with a purple brad to my top left of my page. Brads of rainboots, daisies, roses, dragonflies, butterflies seemed like just the perfect finish! The beauty of spring is magical and I loved adding these touches to my layout!

I hope this inspires you to stay on track in organization and paper planning in 2024! Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to shop at Eyelet Outlet for all your crafting needs! 

SHOPPING LIST:


Happy April Planning and Crafting!
Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram  

Monday, March 25, 2024

Wine Tags

 


 I live in the South where it is a traditional to always bring a hostess
gift when invited to someone's home. This could be anything
 from a freshly backed loaf of bread, flowers or more 
commonly a bottle of wine. I have always liked to dress the bottle up 
a little more festive when gifted. Plus you can make
a batch of these tags and even give them as the hostess gift.

I started out with some manila tags from Staples
 and used stencils to help lightly color the background. for this
I used Oxide inks. I used a package of wine-related stamps
from a Tim Holtz Collection and then
 I colored the images with Copic Markers.

I love the Eyelet Outlet wine brads and used them at the hole at the top.
I added some gems at the top also from Eyelet Outlet.
Finally each tag has a different strip of the skinny glitter
washi tape added.

Here is your Eyelet Outlet Shopping List
Wine Brads
Skinny Glitter Washi Tape
Champagne Bling Jewels

I'll be back again next week with a new creation. In the meantime 
be sure to check the blog everyday something new.


Elizabeth - Blog


Sunday, March 24, 2024

A Zesty Birthday!

 

I'm a fan of citrus used on a card so I was thrilled when Eyelet Outlet released their Lemonade and Fruit Slices brads last year. It has a lemonade pitcher and wedges of oranges, lemons, and limes. Recently I came across a stamp set that featured an orange so I had to purchase it knowing it would be perfect for several EO brads. 

To make this A2 card, I started by inking and blending the orange background on watercolor paper. Once dry, I cut it out with a die. I stamped and colored the balloons and orange. I also stamped the sentiment on the bottom and cut out the Happy Birthday words in pearlized white cardstock. I added two bright Balloon Brads to the balloon cluster and added the glasses, hat brads and pearl bling to the orange. I used orange and green chalk on the orange as well. The I put all the pieces on the card and added the Orange wedges from the Lemonade and Fruit Brad set. Finally I added the orange Jewel Strip Bling. The result is a card that is good for the young or old, female or male and it makes me smile. It's perfect as an add to my stash for future use.


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!


Janet YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  


Saturday, March 23, 2024

WE CHICKS NEED TO STICK TOGETHER!

I don't know about you, but I have a group of best friends that are the craziest, funniest, each unique, and the most loyal group of women I have ever met in my life. We love to craft together, go shopping together, cry together when things are rough, have holiday parties together, all gather around to protect an injured flock member, and sometimes we even just go out for afternoon tea and scones. We even have a “callout” word we use when we are shopping and get separated….”CAW CAW”…yes, like a bird….hahaha. These women are my peeps and I choose them to be park of my flock and am more than honored to have them in my hen house. This card is dedicated to them – I love and cherish you all so very much and cannot thank you enough for your friendships.

 

To create this card, I die cut all the pieces out and colored them in with alcohol markers to give them their own personalities and, of course the maximum sassiness available! I’m not going to say which chicken is based off which friend, but I think they will figure it out.

For example, one chicken has beautiful blue eyes made with Eyelet Outlet’s blue jewel bling, crazy-fun hair and she is sporting some sassy cat-eye glasses from the Women’s Eyeglasses Brads that show us her true inner diva! LOVE!

Another one of my chicks, of course, is wearing a tiara from the Crown and Tiara brads because… why not! And you can't go shopping without a designer handbag from the Shoe and Purse brads collection.


The last chicken has beautiful golden jewel bling eyes that highlight her poppin’ pink glasses. She, of course, in raisin’ the roof to get the party started!

The hen house has a little egg in there from the Egg Brads just reminding us there is always something waiting for us to tend to at home.

 

When you have a group of crazy friends like I do, you have to stick together and never let them clucking go! They are priceless, precious, and make your life so much more of an adventure than you could ever imagine.

Find your chicks and stick together.


Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!


💗Stacy

Thursday, March 21, 2024

May All Your SWISHES Come True

Here's a birthday card perfect for your basketball fan and ideal for a "March Madness" birthday.  


For this card I used a strip of Silver Foil Star Washi Tape on either side of the card base.  The basketball nets and the sentiment are Cricut images and I used a couple of our basketball brads and some white star brads to finish it off.  

I'm disappointed that I didn't come up with this design in time for my granddaughter's December birthday because she'd have loved this.  Now if I can remember I have it when her birthday rolls around again!  




 

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Somebunny Wishes You a Happy Easter

Eyelet Outlet Brads pair beautifully with all of your smaller critter stamps! For example this sweet bunny is just the right size to be friends with one of our adorable Chick Brads, while the egg stamp from the same set was perfect for creating some colorful eggs from patterned paper scraps, then adorning them with a Pastel Rabbit, a Heart Brad (with stamped carrot!) and a Stitched Flower, as well as some strips of Bunny and Carrot Washi Tape. The background features Wide Sky Washi and Zig Zag Tape.

 
The Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the embellishments you need, for whatever holidays and occasions you celebrate!

hopes there's sunshine (and bunnies!) where you are today!

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

He is Risen!

 I love celebrating Easter! I love making memories with my family, giving Easter baskets, enjoying a traditional Easter dinner, and Easter egg hunting! But, more importantly, I love basking in the reason for our celebrating! Our Risen Savior, the hope of the world for indeed He is Risen! 

 

I love creating backgrounds using Eyelet Outlet washi tapes! This background is called "Time for Flowers" and because it is a wider style, I only needed 3 rows. Next, I created my cross using the wood washi adhered to cardstock and my purple drape from the purple washi. I added white flowers in 2 different sizes with a little shading of pink distress ink and a green jewel for embellishment. Lastly, I stamped my Easter greeting! He is Risen! Yes, He is Risen, Indeed! I hope you have a blessed Easter Sunday celebrating with family and friends!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to shop at Eyelet Outlet for all your crafting needs! 

SHOPPING LIST:


Happy Easter Celebrating & Crafting!

Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram

Monday, March 18, 2024

Washi Easter Egg

 


Make an Easter egg with washi tape. It is so easy.
 I loved sorting through all the
wonderful washi tape that I have from Eyelet Outlet.
There are all kinds ranging from glitter to cute prints.

I die cut an egg and starting taping different rows.
Then I added some small cut flowers I had and 
added the Spring pastel brads to them. 

I added a center piece of purple paper also adorned with more
washi tape. Finally I added two pastel bunny brads.

Here is your shopping list to Eyelet Outlet
Skinny Glitter Washi Tape (6 pak)
Butterfly Shadows Washi Tape
Checked Pink Washi Tape
Light Pink Washi Tape
Tulip Washi Tape
Spring Brad Mix 
Rabbit Brads Pastel

See you next Monday and in the meantime continue to 
check out the Eyelet Outlet Blog for more creative ideas.


Elizabeth - Blog

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Retro Polaroid Camera Birthday Card


 Remember the good old 70's when the instant Polaroid Camera was all the rage? I was a child but child or not, everyone found it magical and fun. The pictures weren't that great but hey, it was the joy in watching the photo develop in front of your eyes that never grew old!

My card is an homage to the polaroid camera. It's a birthday card for people of a certain age. That would be me and others older than me I suppose. This was super fun to design. I used Star Brads and the cameras from the Travel Brads. I also used a single clear stippled jewel brad for the camera button. The polka dot border is Green Dot Washi Tape. It turned out so cute! 

Shopping List:

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!


Janet YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Saturday, March 16, 2024

A Simple Time

 

This week's card takes us back in time. It takes us to a time that was much simpler when there were no cell phones, no computers and if you wanted to get something done you needed to use good old fashioned elbow grease. 

I created this card using multiple steampunk/old fashioned type washi tape cut in squares for the background. If you look closely, one of the squares is the pre embossed faux leather Eyelet Outlet offers at their shows. 

Attached to the base are three tags, each bejeweled and embellished with multiple old fashioned type brads and bling. The card is finished off with multiple large, stippled jewels and several different chip board sentiments. 


This is a fun card that will be sure to brighten anyone’s day and bring them back to a simpler time.


Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!



💗Stacy

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Happy Birthday

We all need birthday cards and I'm trying to make up a stack to have on hand so I'm not scrabbling last minute this year.  Here's one I made today.



The colorful "Happy Birthday" image is from the Cricut Design Space image library.  As soon as I saw it, I knew the Eyelet Outlet Birthday Candle brad would make a perfect "I" for this card!  I topped the candle brad with a flame cut from our gold glitter washi tape.  I added a few balloon brads, a gift brad, and a party hat to finish it off. 

Well, I'm off to make the next birthday card for my stash!  See you next week!



 


 





Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Bunny Kisses

Eyelet Outlet Rabbit Brads are adorable at any time of year, but obviously they're especially excited to be the stars of the show just before Easter! Here they've hopped onto a supercute word-art journal card, which is also adorned with White Daisy Brads, a few bright green Leaf Brads, and matted on a scallopped panel made from fabulous EO Carrot Washi Tape!  


Whatever holidays you celebrate, Eyelet Outlet has the perfect Brads, Tapes, Bling and embellies to adorn your cards. Don't forget: it's officially Tradeshow season... check our Tradeshow Schedule to see when the EO Booth will be coming to your town!

hopes there's sunshine (and bunnies!) where you are today!

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Happy Easter Greetings!

I love Easter and the coming of spring! I enjoyed creating a vintage, shabby chic inspired Easter card for a different take on the traditional Easter colors!

I created my background using 2 different washi tapes. One is a beautiful wide, rose, vintage-style washi and the other is a new favorite of mine, the gold script. I stamped my Happy Easter greeting and added 2 bunnies with pearl jewels for eyes. Lastly, I embellished with Easter egg brads and rose brads. I think this card has a vintage and elegant feel, yet it is simple in style and easy to replicate! I hope you enjoy!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to shop at Eyelet Outlet for all your crafting needs! 

SHOPPING LIST:

Happy Easter Creating & Crafting!


Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram