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Thursday, December 25, 2025
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Merry Christmas!
Wishing everyone who is celebrating a calm and peaceful Christmas Eve, followed by the happiest of holidays! This card features a wreath sporting Eyelet Outlet Poinsettia and Holly Brads, and is set on a background of beautiful Holiday Garland Washi Tape.
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
Deck the Halls (and Cards!) with Eyelet Outlet Brads and Bling!
Hello, crafty friends! Are you ready to add some serious sparkle and charm to your last minute holiday cards? Today, I'm excited to share a recent creation that’s bursting with festive cheer, all thanks to some amazing embellishments from Eyelet Outlet. If you love brads, bling, and a touch of vintage flair, you’re in for a treat!
For this card, I wanted to create a rich, traditional holiday feel with a bit of a whimsical twist. I started with a striking red background, which I embossed with a beautiful poinsettia pattern. This instantly adds texture and depth, making the red pop even more.
Next, the star of the show - the Christmas tree! I cut a classic tree shape and then went wild with the bling, carefully trimming it with five different colors of gorgeous gems. They cascade down the branches like sparkling garland, catching the light beautifully.
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Strip Bling - Clear, Blue, Purple, Red and Orange
12mm Stippled Jewel Brads
Snow Couple Brads
Tree - Retro Brads
Strip Bling - Clear, Blue, Purple, Red and Orange
12mm Stippled Jewel Brads
Snow Couple Brads
Tree - Retro Brads
Thanks for joining me here today and please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!
Happy Creating!
Friday, December 19, 2025
Twinkling Christmas Cheer
I used a gift bag die to create the bag and added the pearl bling strip to mimic the light strand. The light brads on the pearl strip remind me of the outdoor lights on houses. Something about those lights make the season feel bright and full of wonder. The eyelets elevate the bag and provide stability for the ribbon handles.
There is something magical about Christmas lights, especially a strand of retro lights, reminds me of childhood Christmas decorations. Thank you for visiting the blog today. I hope this inspires you to create a gift bag for someone special using Eyelet Outlet products. Please visit Eyelet Outlet for creative supplies and inspiration.
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May you find joy in creating!
Thursday, December 18, 2025
It's a Wrap!
Christmas gift wrapping 2025 is now complete. I actually love gift wrapping, unlike many of my friends and family. I usually use my Cricut to create unique embellishments for my gifts and I especially love adding Eyelet Outlet products for an extra pop.
I made several of these gift bags this year and decided to add belly bands to the tops to keep them closed, serving a double purpose - to keep prying eyes from peeking inside before Christmas and also to give me another opportunity for embellishments!
I made these particular bags, but store bought gift bags can easily be used for this project. I added a grouping of holiday brads to this belly band. I used one of the gift brads, a pine tree brad and one of our nutcracker brads.
We hope you've had fun using your Eyelet Outlet products on your holiday projects! Merry Christmas, crafters and best wishes for a wonderful New Year!
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Surfin' Santa
Santa's taking a break from all the holiday prep to enjoy a bit of surfing, and maybe a few treats, too. Santa's tropical island has am Eyelet Outlet Tall Palm Tree Brad behind a Sandcastle; and Santa's brought a Candy Cane Brad along, just in case he needs extra energy. The background features Gingerbread Washi and Ho Ho Ho Tape, adorned with Gingerbread and Peppermint Candy Brads. Surf's up!
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Monday, December 15, 2025
🎄 Washi Wonderland: Crafting a Trio of Festive Christmas Trees
The holiday season is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than by diving into a fun, sparkly, and relatively simple card-making project? Today, I’m sharing how I created a charming Christmas card featuring three unique trees, all brought to life with the magic of washi tape and a little bit of festive bling!
If you love combining patterns and textures, this technique is a must-try. It's an easy way to get a lot of visual impact without needing a huge stamp collection.
Step 1: Building the Washi Forest Foundation
The key to this design is creating patterned 'sheets' of cardstock using washi tape, which you then cut into your desired shape—in this case, triangles for our trees.
Gather Your Washi: I chose five different patterns of Christmas or winter-themed washi tape. I went for a mix of patterns and glitter tapes to keep things interesting.
The Technique: Take a piece of scrap cardstock (plain white works well) and begin laying your washi tapes side-by-side, covering the entire surface.
Tip: Vary the order and width of the tapes for each of the three trees to give them distinct looks. You want three unique washi collages!
Cut the Trees: Once your cardstock is fully covered, cut the washi-covered pieces into three different-sized triangles. These will be your main tree shapes.
Step 2: Creating the Snowy Landscape
To ground the design and add a touch of winter shimmer, I incorporated three strips of white glitter washi tape.
I applied glitter strips across the bottom portion of the main card front. This immediately suggests a snow-covered landscape.
The three washi trees were then adhered to the card front, positioning them so their bases sit below the glittery 'snow line.' The visual effect is that they are standing proudly in a fresh snowfall!
Step 3: Decking the Boughs with Bling!
Now for the best part—decorating the trees! No Christmas tree is complete without a little sparkle.
Snowflake Studs: I used Snowflake Brads in the blue sky background to suggest a light snowfall. Brads add great dimension and a little metallic shine.
Jewel Bling Ornaments: To simulate colorful ornaments, I raided my stash of self-adhesive acrylic jewels. I used a total of seven different colors in various sizes.
The variety in size and color makes the trees look richly decorated and festive.
The jewels catch the light beautifully and truly elevate the card from simple washi craft to a stunning holiday keepsake.
The Final Result
The combination of layered patterned washi, sparkling white glitter, metallic brads, and colorful jewels creates a sophisticated yet playful Christmas card. The process is incredibly meditative, allowing you to play with pattern and color without the complexity of traditional stamping or die-cutting. It’s a fantastic way to use up all those tiny washi tape remnants and jewel scraps you’ve been hoarding!
Are you a fan of using washi tape in your card-making? Which patterns are your favorite for the holidays? Share your tips in the comments below!
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Happy Creating!
Friday, December 12, 2025
Fa La La La Latte
I used dies to create the gift card envelope and the center coffee cup. I added a coffee cup brad on either side of the die cut coffee cup. Tip - As an alternative to securing brads with the metal fasteners, remove the clips from the back of the brad and adhere with foam squares. To decorate the coffee cup die cut, I added a snowflake bling. The red enamel dots add texture and finish out the design.
Handmade gift card holders transform a practical gift into something thoughtful and special. Thank you for visiting the blog today. I hope this inspires you to create a gift card holder tailored to a special someone using Eyelet Outlet products. Please visit Eyelet Outlet for creative supplies and inspiration.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Poinsettia Card
Poinsettias are one of my favorite flowers. They take me back to when I was a little girl and I'd get the occasional opportunity to visit my aunt at work at the local greenhouse. At Christmas time there were hundreds of potted poinsettias waiting to be delivered to churches and homes all around the area.
This pretty poinsettia patterned paper really called out to me when I saw it, so I had to pair it with some Eyelet Outlet poinsettia brads. I added some additional greenery that I cut from card stock on my Cricut and then nestled an Eyelet Outlet pinecone brad among the pine branch. The sweet sentiment I used for this card really called for a few hearts, too, so I added a couple of our red enamel hearts as well.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Winter Wildlife Ornament Tags
As the holidays approach, we don't just need cards, we need tags, too. And if they're little ornaments adorned with Eyelet Outlet brads and washi, so much the better! These bauble-shaped beauties feature EO Snowflake Brads, Moose, Polar Bears and Deer; all set in a sparkly landscape of Glitter Winter and Glitter Tall Trees Tape.
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Monday, December 8, 2025
It's Garden Time Somewhere!
It's definitely winter but as we start getting closer to Christmas, I can't help but start thinking ahead. This card will be given intentionally to a friend who has a January birthday. She told me once that she hated January as a birthday month because it was when all the holiday credit card payments were due and everything was gloomy and cold. Well, it's not going to be cold and gloomy on this card!
This is a mini-slimline card. It measures 3 1/2 x 6. It's one of my favorite card sizes. It's not too big and it's not too small but it's a unique size that you don't see sold in the mass market. I made this one by stamping some mini flower, butterfly, fence, and bee images on white cardstock. Then I colored them with Copic markers. I layered Gnome Washi Tape on white cardstock before cutting out the B.D.A.Y letters. I offset these adorable letters over offset black letters and put each on foam pads for really great dimension on the card.
To make this even more garden-like, I added several mini butterfly and mini bee brads. Finally, I added three gold glitter enamels to the top corner.
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Happy Creating!
Friday, December 5, 2025
Merry & Bright Wreath
Hello Crafty Friends - This is absolutely my favorite time of the year! Today I am sharing a Christmas wreath ornament made with Eyelet Outlet brads.
I created the wreath shape by twisting some pine garland into a circle. For a little sparkle, I added a wire trim with some sequence and bling. For the hanging element, I cut some Christmas ribbon, made a loop, and glued it to the back of the wreath. The fun part was decorating the wreath with Eyelet Outlet brads. I chose sleigh brads, ornament brads, and Santa & deer brads, but there are lots of options on the website.
This handmade ornament makes a thoughtful gift or add it as a decoration to a gift bag. Thank you for visiting the blog today. Please visit Eyelet Outlet for brads and other embellishments to add to your holiday projects.
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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Joy to the World!
I've long admired Joy cards I've seen on Pinterest where there is a scene of some sort inside the letter "O."
I finally decided to tackle one myself and I really love how it turned out. I used one of the Eyelet Outlet angel brads, a palm tree brad, and also a sheep brad to embellish the nativity scene in the center of the card. I used gold foil card stock as an offset to the black letters and I used gold glitter card stock on the star.
Thanks for stopping by today and hope having fun using Eyelet Outlet products on your holiday projects!
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Snow Globes Galore
What's cuter than half a dozen snow globes? Half a dozen snow globes featuring Eyelet Outlet holiday brads! This selection features Santa and Mrs. Claus Brads, a Sleigh, and super-cute Caroler Brads.
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