Winter Cardinals

Eyelet Outlet's popular cardinal brads are so beautiful on a holiday card.  Today I've used the female cardinal and the male profile cardinal on my winter birdhouse.  

The birdhouse is a Cricut image and I used wood grained digital paper for it.  I also added an Eyelet Outlet holly brad.  The greenery is also from Cricut and the pinecone brad really added dimension and interest.  I also topped it off with an Eyelet Outlet snowflake brad. The frame around my scene is created with a red and green digital paper. I'm excited to create a few more of these for this year's Christmas cards.

 

Happy Halloween

'Tis the day before Halloween and all through the blog, Jack-o-lanterns, Witches and Bats are a-stirring! On this card, they take the form of Eyelet Outlet Witch Hat and Witch Leg Brads, as well as Bat and Pumpkin Brads; with a background (and diecut letters) made from Pumpkin Washi and Spider Tape.

Spooky Shopping List:

Witch Hat Brads

Witch Leg Brads 

Bat Brads

Pumpkin Brads

Pumpkin Washi 

Spider Tape

The Eyelet Outlet Store also has fabulous embellies for Thanksgiving, Autumn, Christmas, Birthdays and pretty much any other occasion you might like to celebrate in card form; plus the Idea Gallery is full of examples to inspire you! (Just sayin'...)

Lauren Bergold

is watching Nightmare Before Christmas (again!) for inspiration.

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Just a Note For A Friend

Hello friends! It may be October but here in the southern states, it's just the beginning of fall. The temps are still nice and warm and perfect for relaxing on the porch. It's a perfect time of year to be lazy and maybe even sneak in a little nap. That's what this gentleman is taking advantage of. He's got a cocktail and some wine, a stack of books, and is surrounded by plants including cacti in pots. He's got a hat covering his eyes while chilling out in a hammock. He appears to be enjoying life!

It's a lot of fun to use stamps in my stash to create scenes like this one. EO's brads always add a touch that just can't be gotten any other way. There's nothing like colorful EO embellishments to make a card unusual and unexpected.

Shopping List:
Book Brads

Wine Brads

Men's Hat Brads

Cactus Brads

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

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Autumn Wreath

I love a wreath card and Eyelet Outlet products make them super easy to create for all seasons. Today's make has a fall vibe with our amazing leaf brads. There's 4 different leaves in the set - a green one, as well as oak and maple leaves in fall colors. I also used a few from the mini leaf brad set near the sentiment. They're exactly like the larger ones I used on the wreath, but in an adorable mini size!

I also added an acorn brad and some sunflowers to the wreath, a couple of our very popular pumpkin brads as well as a squirrel brad.  

I hope you'll add some Eyelet Outlet products to your next wreath card and don't forget to tag us on social media when you do!

 

Boo and Stuff

It's a BOO-tiful day to go a-haunting! Eyelet Outlet Ghost Brads have found the perfect house, and they've brought along a Black Cat Brad (for luck, of course) as well as a Pumpkin Brad, a Witch Hat and a couple of high-flying Bats. Mats of Spider Web Washi and Glitter Black Tape complete the design. 

Super Spooky Shopping List:

Ghost Brads

Black Cat Brads

 Pumpkin Brads

Witch Hat Brads

Bat Brads

Spider Web Washi

Glitter Black Tape

Eyelet Outlet has all the embellishments you need, for EVERY holiday you celebrate! ♥

Lauren Bergold

is watching Nightmare Before Christmas for inspiration!

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Wickedly Ghoulish Cake

Hello everyone! Would anyone care for a piece of haunted cake? Yes? Well, you're in luck! I have made a special cake that adds to the spooky fun of anyone's Halloween table.

This cake and table were made with dies from Cottage Cutz. It's a black forest cake with green glowing slime, I mean, frosting on top. I added several spooky brads from Eyelet Outlet to make it even more perfect for the occasion. After putting the dies together, I added some green glitter to the frosting. Then I cut an orange mat and a larger nested mat out of patterned paper. The purple mat was made by cutting a rectangle out of cardstock using a border scissor. Remember those? They definitely still are useful for quick mats and by rediscovering them I'm making some old tools new again! 

I hope I've inspired you to think about your spooky brads and to pick up some new ones for your own Halloween cards, treat boxes, bags, or even tags. You still have time if you get on your broom now and fly to the store! Here's some great ones used on my cake that provide many options for your projects.  

Shopping List:
Witch Hat Brads
Witch Leg Brads
Ghost Brads
Spider Brad
Vacuum & Broom Brads
Cat Brads-Black

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

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Deck The Halls

I created the base for this fun fold card in Cricut Design Space by using the slice tool and the weld tool on some basic shapes.

The original sentiment image had a Christmas ornament included, but it felt like the perfect opportunity for one of our Eyelet Outlet Christmas tree ornaments to shine. I included some red gems on the garland and I adore our new angel brads who are helping out by hanging the garland.

 

Dia de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead (November 1st) is a remembrance and celebration of friends and family who have passed away and Sugar Skulls are one of the day's most beautiful symbols. This card features Eyelet Outlet Sugar Skull Brads, as well as Rose Brads, a Sunflower Brad and some Mini Bees; with Skull and Bones Washi Tape serving as the perfect background.

Shopping List:

Sugar Skull Brads

Rose Brads

Sunflower Brad

Mini Bees

Skull and Bones Washi Tape 

The Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the brads, tapes, bling and enamels you could possibly wish for, whether you celebrate Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, Thanksgiving or all of the above!

Lauren Bergold

watches the movie Coco every November 1st!

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Take Me To Your Cake

Recently I was going through some older stamp sets I have and I came across the Beam Me Up set from Lawn Fawn. I thought it would be good fun to have the aliens try to beam up farm animals. Looking around, I came across the farm background stamp so decided to combine the two sets together with several EO brads to make this humorous take on an alien abduction.

After stamping the farming scene, I colored it with markers. Then I colored and cut out the UFO and beam. I also stamped and used white embossing powder for the sentiment strips. Next I cut the background with a stitched slimline die and cut a slightly larger mat in silver. I placed the UFO pieces in the scene and then added all the monster and farm animal brads. I also added a cupcake swirl brad. Then I glued the two slimline pieces together and glued it on to the front of a slimline card base. 

SHOPPING LIST:
Cow & Goat Brads

Monster Brads

Pig & Sheep Brads

Cupcake Swirl Brads

Chicken Brads

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

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

If The Shoe Fits

When the shoes fit, you know you need to go ahead and buy all the accessories to match, right?! Here's a fun little Halloween card for a gal pal 

When I saw this sentiment in the Cricut image library I knew right away that Eyelet Outlet brads would take it to the next level. I used witch leg brads, witch hat brad, and a broom brad for loads of interest on this card.  

Eyelet Outlet has everything you need for your autumn projects, so be sure and stock up now so you'll be ready when the leaves begin to fall.

 

Scaredy Cat?

There's no need to fear! Fun and fabulous Halloween cards are easy as (pumpkin) pie with Eyelet Outlet Small Eye Brads, Spider Brads, Spider Washi and Glitter Black Tape!

Shopping List:

Small Eye Brads

Spider Brads

Spider Washi

Glitter Black Tape

The Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all of the Halloween goodies you could possibly want. (There's great stuff for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, New Year and Anniversaries, too; plus an inspiring Idea Gallery!)

Lauren Bergold

is looking forward to Halloween!

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Holiday Tags

 

Hello Ai Fans. So it's not even Halloween yet and here I am making Christmas tags! At first glance, it may seem crazy but as card makers and crafters, it's always good to work ahead. I recently purchased a set of tag dies and I knew these would be perfect to embellish with EO washi tapes, sequins, brads and bling.

First up, the Santa. His glittery red hat is made with Glitter Red Washi Tape. It's also decorated with a Clear Bumpy Brad and a Holly Brad. Inside the shaker, I included white sequins from the store. 

The snowflake is also cut from Sparkle White Glitter Washi Tape. Inside I used Glitter Winter Washi Tape for the background and added blue and white sequins from the store. Once assembled, I also added three white Snowflake Bling pieces. 

SHOPPING LIST:

Holly Brads

Snowflake Bling White

White Sequins

Blue Sequins

Clear Bumpy Brad

Glitter Winter Washi Tape

Glitter Red Washi Tape

Sparkle White Glitter Washi Tape

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

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

I Fought The Lights

I for one am thankful for my artificial pre-lit Christmas tree because before that marvelous invention, when I fought the lights, the lights always won!

I used Eyelet Outlet's popular Holiday lights brads in this card as well as some fun images from the Cricut image library. Don't you just love that deer all tangled up in lights?

I created this card in Cricut Design Space with a bit of slicing, welding, and print-then-cut.  If you're a Cricut crafter, too, and would like to make this card, I have shared the file on my Cricut profile with the Cricut community within Design Space.  

Witch Way to the Candy?!

Nothing says, "Happy Halloween" as well as a witch-shaped shaker card full of Eyelet Outlet Pumpkin Sequins, am I right? Especially one that features the fab new Black Cat and Candy Corn Brads, as well as Spider and Pumpkin Brads not to mention that beautiful new Spider Washi Tape.

Shopping List:

Pumpkin Sequins

Black Cat Brads

Candy Corn Brads

Spider Brads

Pumpkin Brads

Spider Washi Tape

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store for all the creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky Halloween Brads, Tapes and Sequins you could possibly desire! 

Lauren Bergold

would like some Halloween candy, please!

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