Welcome Baby!

Any time is good for baby time and Eyelet Outlet has so many baby themed brads to choose from. Today I am using the Baby Animal set and the Safety Pin set for both a baby boy and baby girl cards.

On the boy card, I used Checked Washi Tape with mulberry paper and blue glitter cardstock.

And here is the baby girl card using some fun patterned papers.

You can see that the same brads can work equally well for either a girl or a boy just by choosing a different color scheme. These work great for scrapbook layouts too. 

Click on this link BABY to see all the baby themed brads and washi we have in the store and have fun picking out some fun items for your own projects!

  Janet - SugarShine Designs

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Welcome Little One

Hello everyone.  It's Kim from Katydid Cards.

Two weeks ago I shared a card using the Baby Animal Brads at Eyelet Outlet.  If you missed it, you can see it here.  They're just so cute!  Since they were still out on my craft table (which looks like a hurricane just went through) I decided to use them again in a card I call, "Welcome Little One".

I paired the Baby Animals with the Sun & Cloud Brads and the Clear Glitter Enamel Dots.  The background was created using the Color Wheel Washi Tape.

I remembered seeing a baby mobile embellishment at my local craft store and I used the memory of that to make my own version.  Given the amount of time it took me, I should have just gone back to the store to retrieve it.  I cut it from gray and white cardstock and used embroidery floss from which to hang the animals.

 The soft colors in the washi tape provide the perfect backdrop for the mobile, but there are so many great options from which to choose. Just click here to see the large selection as we have some new stock in you won't want to miss.

I created the greeting and sentiment, matching it to the cardstock.  Here's the inside...with another opportunity to use the brads.

While these brads are perfect for baby themed layouts and projects, they can be used in other ways.  Here's a card I made with them sure to put a smile on the face of those who see it...at least that's my hope.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Missed the Boat

Hi!  It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today.

As a child, I loved going to vacation bible school.  One of my favorite Bible stories was about Noah.  I loved how he built an ark to hold two of every animal to save them from a flood after forty days of rain.  My card today, which I call, "Missing the Boat", is based on my recollection of the story; with a little touch of humor.

I used the Baby Animal brads as they worked perfectly with my idea.   I have plans for the rest of the pack which I hope to share with you soon.  Aren't they adorable?

 And here's my card:

To set the scene for these cuties, I started with a rectangle of pale gray.  I wanted to give it the appearance of rain, so I stamped lightly with Basic Gray Ink using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  I stamped a second time with VersaMark and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder.  The panel was matted with Early Espresso card stock I used for the top layer of the ark.

To make the clouds, I used this cut file.   For the land and water borders, I freehand cut one piece of green, two medium blue, and one light blue card stocks.  To give the appearance of whitecaps on the water, I used white Nuvo Drops.

The ark was cut using free clip art I found here.  I added some lines to resemble planks in my Silhouette design screen and cut the top layer in dark brown with a solid outline in a lighter brown.  The animals fit snugly in the ark; safe and sound for the rough seas ahead.  The faces of the lions work so well with the sentiment, don't you think? ;-)

This card provides lighthearted support and encouragement and lets the recipient know, "I can relate".  I used the AR Cent font for both the greeting and sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today.  I hope to see you again.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Grab It Quick!

I have often been captivated by the people who use those "claw-grasping" machines to try to win a prize. I've never tried it myself, but I can't seem to pull my eyes away when someone else is playing... wondering if they will be able to maintain control of the prize or if it will slip from their grasp. Some of the prizes can be quite adorable - I always celebrate when a child wins the toy or stuffed animal of his/her dreams.

To create this card I used a variety of Eyelet Outlet brads for the toys and stuffed animals in the machine. And look... I think the Sock Monkey is going home with someone today.

I also used a red Matte Finish Enamel Dot for the handle and added three blue Enamel Dots to the card for some more fun.

Eyelet Outlet Products used:

Baby Animal Brads (Giraffe and Hippo)

Ball Brad

Car Brad

Pony Brad

Sock Monkey Brad

Turtle Brad

Blue Enamel Dots

Red Matte Finish Enamel Dots

I hope you have a CLAW-Some day, even if it isn't your birthday! And I know what would make it an even more CLAW-some day... if you'd head over to Eyelet Outlet and check out the great products there.

Jeanette Cloyd

Oh Boy!

Hi guys, it's Lauren here again. We had some exciting news in the Bergold family just before Christmas: our eldest nephew and his wife are expecting a baby boy this summer! Being a cardmaker, OF COURSE the first thing I thought of was boy themed cards, lol; and I decided to start practicing right away. Luckily I found these adorable Eyelet Outlet Baby Animal Brads which seemed like the perfect set around which to build some super-cute cards.

I love BIG titles and sentiments; for one thing they're an awesome place to feature brads. For both of these cards, I diecut the appropriate letters from white cardstock that I had covered with Blue Houndstooth Tape that's listed under Dots, Patterns and edged the letters very lightly with a black brush marker before mounting them on tiny slivers of foam tape to make them stand out... both literally and figuratively. 

For my first card, I had chosen a patterned paper that looked like denim, when I realized that I had some actual denim in the form of a pair of ancient, lightweight jeans I was getting ready to send to the recycling center. Instead, I used my Xyron machine to apply edge-to-edge adhesive to a 4 x 5.25" panel of plain white cardstock, stuck the panel to the reverse side of the denim, burnished it really well, and cut neatly around the panel with scissors. Then I stitched around the edge with my sewing machine to add extra interest and keep that denim from ever being tempted to peel up.

Since some of the brads are on the very edges of the letters, I used a combination of their own prongs and some super-strong gluedots to attach them firmly, then added them to the card, with some plain white alphabet stickers to finish the title.

My second card was inspired by the current sketch at Sketch Saturday, and it immediately suggested inchies to me. I applied Blue and White Dot Washi in neat strips on some plain white cardstock, burnished the edges really well, and trimmed my tape paper down into neat one inch squares, which I matted with cardstock and then verrrrry carefully stitched around the edges. 

I added my Baby Animals, popped the squares up on foam tape, and added them to a cardfront inspired by the sketch, with the Houndstooth letters and alphabet stickers making up the sentiment once more.

I can think of lots of other uses for these adorable critters, and I bet you can, too! Why not treat yourself to some Baby Animal Brads and see what they inspire you to make? Be sure to tag your creations with #EyeletOutlet when you post on Facebook and Instagram, so we can see what you've made; and check out all the fab designer creations while you're there! ♥

Lauren Bergold is also on 

Facebook, Instagram and her own blog, 

"...all the *GOOD* blog names were taken..."

March of the Toys

So many of the Eyelet Outlet brads are perfect for realistic cards ... but today, I'm looking at my brad collection through the eye of creating my own Toy Story.

I started with March of the Toys Designer Paper from the Carta Bella Toy Box Collection and then created my own Toy Box Parade.  I started with a few pieces of Building Block Washi Tape to help ground the parade (remember you can click on the pictures to see a larger view).

Next I went through my entire brad stash and pulled out any that I thought would be found in a Toy Box.  

I added a winter sled (one of the new Fall Brads), a fun little convertible car (doing a wheelie for my brother), a motorcycle, cartoon fish, a stuffed giraffe, a fun Monster, a Toy Army Man ... and of course some building blocks.

I finished with a dump truck (one of our favorite toys because we could play in the dirt and rocks), another wheelie car, a stuffed lion and round brads for some bouncing balls.

I had so much fun creating my card, there will likely be more toy-themed designs in my future.

Products used:

• Building Block Washi Tape
• Building Block Brads
• Winter Sled Brads (New in the store)
• Army Men Brads
• Fun Fish Brads
• Monster Brads
• Car Brads
• Baby Animal Brads
• Motorcycle Brads
• Truck Brads
• 8mm Summer Brad Mix

Did you know we have a Pinterest Board to showcase Eyelet Outlet Design Team Creations?

You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling,

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles

Baby Train......

I'm going to be a Great Grandma in June!!! so for my project today I made a generic baby shower card with the cutest baby animal brads from the Eyelet Outlet . There are new Spring brads in the store now and lots more to look at.

I used a generic train die and it came with animals on it but I snipped them off and added the super cute baby animal brads. The wheels looked a tad plain so I added sticky back enamel dots also from the Eyelet Outlet store.

 Close up of the Hippo and Giraffe along with the dots and a strip of skinny glitter washi tape to replicate a train track. 

Close up of the Elephant and the Lion.

Couldn't resist adding a quartet of shiny yellow heart enamel dots.

Accessories from the Eyelet Outlet & Brads Store I used you can find these and lots more at the store.

Baby Animal Brads

White enamel dots

Yellow shiny enamel hearts

Skinny Glitter washi tape

Have an awesome day!!!