Holiday Pop Up Greeting!

 Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving week! With it being so late, I'm feeling the need to really kick my holiday card making into high gear. I need to make cards that are quick and look like it took more time than it did. I have a die set that makes an easel card and I have some nice quality holiday ephemera. Using the die set and ephemera makes quick work out of a complicated looking card base and the ephemera means I don't have to do any coloring or other time consuming prep. 

This card folds flat but then pops up into an easel card which reveals more decorations inside. I used three different patterned papers in the same color way to further add interest and color. It's embellished  with several Christmas brads, glitter washi tape, and lots of bling from Eyelet Outlet. Using EO embellishments adds a lot to your cards without adding a lot of time. You can't ask for more! The washi border and mat for Santa was easy to do with the included dies in the card set. My short cuts still made an elegant card that I'll be proud to give it to any of my friends and family.

Shopping List

Santa & Deer Brads

Tree Brads Snow

Pinecone Brads

Glitter Enamel Dots

Glitter Star Washi Tape

Bumpy Bling 12mm Blue

Bumpy Bling 12 mm Clear

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

MEOWY Catmas!

The designers and I have had so much fun late recently with the newest cat brads in the Eyelet Outlet litter. You saw these little guys peeking and climbing all over our Halloween projects, but you'll find fun ways to use them all year round. Today I've got one of them mischievously climbing up the Christmas tree!

I created this tag in Cricut Design Space and used the slice tool to cut the little paw prints into the tree.

I added some enamel dots to the tree. These are from the red/green holiday pack. I also used one of our kitten brads at the base of the tree. He looks like he's ready for trouble with his little paw in the air, doesn't he?  

Thanks for stopping in today and we hope you're having fun using Eyelet Outlet products in your holiday projects. Be sure and tag us when you share your projects on social media!

 

Give Thanks

It's a week before Thanksgiving, but there's still time to send out some quick, easy cards! This super-simple CAS design features Eyelet Outlet Leaf and Mini Leaf Brads layered over stenciled leaves in fall colors. The background and diecut sentiment are made from beautifully neutral Nature Washi Tape. Change up the greeting and this design could be used for literally ANY autumnal occasion.

Shopping List:

Leaf Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

Nature Washi Tape

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store today for brads and tapes that'll work perfectly for EVERY season of your cardmaking year!

Lauren Bergold

definitely prefers stenciling leaves to raking them!

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Pop Up Christmas Cards

 
Today I’m sharing two pop-up cards with a Christmas theme. The stamp and die sets I used are from Diamond Press. In the first, Santa is peaking out of the chimney on a house roof. When the tab is pulled, he pops out.

The second card has an elf and reindeer that are busily wrapping presents. 

When the tab is pulled, the elf pops out.

Here are the insides of the cards.

I decorated these cards with several brads and bling from the EO store.

SHOPPING LIST:

Candy Cane Brads

Gingerbread Brads

Poinsettia Brads

Present Brads

Holly Brads

Elf Brads

Jewel Bling - Multi Red

Jewel Bling - Multi Clear

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

Happy Creating!

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Christmas Decorating

Nothing can stop our little gnome brads from decorating their tall Christmas tree! They're using a ladder I cut on my Cricut to carry the string of lights and the star to the top.

I used red, green, and clear jeweled bling for the lights and added a tree ornament on the floor near the box.  One of our gold star brads will look great as a tree topper.

We hope you're finding fun ways to use our products on your holiday cards. Share and tag us when you post them to social media!

 

Hello, Pumpkin

Celebrating autumn with a sweet and simple card featuring Eyelet Outlet Pumpkin Brads, a Squirrel from the Acorn and Squirrel set and a scattering of tiny, perfect Mini Leaf Brads.

Pumpkin-centric Shopping List:

Pumpkin Brads

Acorn and Squirrel Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store and get inspired by all of the embellishments for fall, winter, holiday and more!

 

Lauren Bergold

confesses to NOT liking pumpkin pie; sorry!

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Thanksgiving Wine Tag

 

Hello EO fans! This year my family have been invited for Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house. I was thinking about how to thank them for this and it came to me that I could dress up a bottle of wine nicely with a wine tag decorated with EO brads and bling. So - that's just what I did!

I made the hangtag using a stitched slimline die. It turns out that this is the perfect size to make a wine tag. I scored the top of metallic rose gold piece and applied two pieces of fall patterned papers to the top of the scored piece and to the bigger bottom piece. I cut these to leave a 1/8" border on all side. I used a punch to make the hole for the wine bottle neck. 

To decorate this, I stamped and cut a Thankful sentiment, made a twine bow and added a leaf and Pilgrim Hat pre-printed die cuts. Then I added all the EO goodness. I tucked a Rooster Brad in near the top of the hat. I also added Leaf Brads, Sunflower, and Squirrel Brads around the hat. At the top of the tag, I added an Acorn Brad. As a final touch, I added clear bling and small white pearls. 

I am so pleased with this tag, I am definitely going to make some Christmas wine tags. I think they'll turn out beautifully.

SHOPPING LIST:
Acorn & Squirrel Brads
Leaf Brads
Rooster Brads
Sunflower Brads
12mm Bling Jewels - Clear

Pearl Bling - Multi - White

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 

Fall Days Scrapbook Page

We share a lot of cardmaking projects here at Eyelet Outlet, but don't forget that our products are fabulous embellishments for scrapbooking!

I created this page in Cricut Design Space. I used felt and burlap to create the scarecrow and embellished his hat with a stitched flower brad.  

For the title I added a few of our popular leaf brads in fall colors as well as a scarecrow brad. No fall page would be complete without a few of our wonderful pumpkin brads.

Now I just need to add this year's fall photo of the grandkids!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Pumpkin Spice...

...and Everything Nice can be found at Eyelet Outlet, in the form of Pumpkin and Leaf Brads, as well as Mini Leaves and Sunflower Brads. Making the design even more autumnal are background panels made of Nature Tape, Wide Sunflower Washi and Brick Tape as well as white and green Paper Flowers.

Pumpkin Spicey Shopping List:

Pumpkin Brads

Leaf Brads 

Mini Leaves

Sunflower Brads

Nature Tape

Wide Sunflower Washi 

Brick Tape

Paper Flowers

There are lots more Autumn, Winter, Thanksgiving and Christmas themed embellishments to be found in the Eyelet Outlet Store!

Lauren Bergold

confesses to preferring Pumpkin Spice in card form!

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Joyous Wreath

 Hi everyone! I love wreaths and based on how many I see on card making sites, lots of others like them too. Since I am making cards for Christmas mailings, here's my first wreath card of the season. I had a lot of fun making this and of course, EO brads and washi tapes were used to make it extra pretty.

This is a 6 x 6 square card. I started by adding a gold embossed background panel. Then I used a set of dies and paper molds to create the poinsettias, holly leaves, greenery and pinecones. I made the Joy word by covering white cardstock with two washi tapes from the EO store before I cut them out. I cut out another white set of words with white foam and glued the two letters together. This gives the letters a chunky look quickly.

After all the prep work was done, I pulled out several brads and gems and got to work arranging the wreath and decorations. The final result is one of the nicest wreaths I think I've ever made. 

Shopping List:

Santa & Deer Brads

Pinecone Brads

Jewel Bling - 100 Ct

Holly Washi Tape

Ornament 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!

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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!

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