Then Sings My Soul

 My thoughts turned to my Dad the other day and I fondly remembered how he whistled the lovely old hymn, "How Great Thou Art" as he worked splitting and stacking fire wood. And since I have heard that the angels are near when cardinals appear, this card practically made itself. 

Surrounding the first words of the chorus is a simple wreath that I embellished with Eyelet Outlet music note brads. To the pine branch, I added one of our pinecone brads and a cardinal brad. The enamel heart brought it home. ❤

This week, instead of my photo at the bottom of the post, here's a picture of Dad. Most likely he was whistling in this photo.

Holiday Sampler

Nothing says, "Warm Holiday Wishes" quite as well as a Nordic Knit cover stamp studded with Eyelet Outlet Brads! This card has thirty-seven (37!) brads from eight different brad styles... can you spot them all? Scroll down for a hint!

Working from top to bottom: 1/16" Round Brads (Brown Mix); Poinsettia Brads; more 1/16" Round Brads (Brown Mix) as reindeer eyes; Heart Brads; Pine Cone Brads; 1/16" Round Brads (Red Mix); Cardinal, Cardinal Profile and Female Cardinal Brads; Snowy Trees and finally 1/16" Round Brads (White). And in case you're wondering, "Did you really pierce a hole, place the brad, and secure the prongs for every single one?" Check out the photo below, which shows the back of the design panel.

Shopping List:

Poinsettia Brads

Heart Brads

Pine Cone Brads

Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Profile Brads

Female Cardinal Brads

Snowy Tree Brads

1/16" Round Brads (in multiple colorways)

Check out the Eyelet Outlet Store for all the holiday embellishments you could possibly need!

Lauren Bergold

sends you warm holiday wishes!

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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.

 

Winter Cardinals

Is there anything more lovely than a pair of beautiful cardinals sitting in a winter landscape?

Sadly, during this winter season we have had friends and family who have lost loved ones. I decided to create a sympathy card using the beautiful cardinal brads. Adding a few pops of winter green fir, the cardinal washi and pinecone brads finished off my simple card. 

"He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge." Psalms 91:4

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

SHOPPING LIST:

Cardinal Holly Washi Tape

Female Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Brads

Pinecone Brads

Happy Crafting!

Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons!

 I am still creating Christmas cards for friends and family! And, since I love pretty paper and ribbons, thought it would be fun to try creating a card using a stack of presents!

I cut my card stock in various gift box sizes and covered with a variety of my favorite Eyelet Outlet washi tapes! I embellished with brads, bling, and ribbon! So cute, yet fun and easy! I hope you are inspired to try!

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

SHOPPING LIST:

Red and White Stripe Washi

Cardinal Holly Washi Tape

Merry Christmas Washi Tape

Wood Washi Tape

Holly Brads

Female Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Brads

Wreath Brads

Snowflake Bling Green

Happy Christmas Crafting!

Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram

The Reason for the Season!

 Celebrate the Reason for the Season!

I enjoy creating Christmas cards and love this slimline card idea! I created a card base using various trees for my background and added distress inks for shading. I then added a strip of the Cardinal Holly Washi tape mounted on cardstock. I cut and distressed my circle and added my sentiment, embellishing with the beautiful, detailed Cardinal brads and mounted with foam tape. Lastly, I added my creation on cardstock lined with the red and shite stripe washi. 

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

SHOPPING LIST:

Red and White Stripe Washi

Cardinal Holly Washi Tape

Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Female Brads

Happy Crafting!

Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram

Leslie's Favorite 2022 Projects

Hello, Eyelet Outlet fans! I hope you've had a great week! Leslie here, sharing three of my favorite projects created this year with Eyelet Outlet products! I'm thrilled to have been invited to participate in this fun tradition that was started last year!

I love fun folds and Christmas is my favorite holiday, so it's no surprise that two of my three projects are Christmas cards and two are fun folds created with my Scan N Cut! The first fav in the line-up is my Merry Christmas Cardinals card featuring our Cardinal Brads, Cardinal Profile Brads, Female Cardinal Brads and Clear Jewel Bling Strips.

The card in the number two spot is my Happy Father's Day Lantern. This box card folds flat for mailing and features our Deer Brads, Pine Tree Brads and Sun/Cloud Brads.

 
And the final card in the line-up is my Heaven & Nature sing card, a Christmas card in traditional red and gray that features our Cardinal Brads and Cardinal Profile Brads along with Clear Jewel Bling.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Wishing you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Leslie from Love To Scrap 2

Traditional or Non-Traditional Holidays?

Are you a fan of traditional holiday cards, or do you prefer non-traditional themes?  I absolutely love traditional holiday cards and decorations!

When I saw the Cardinal (and Female Cardinal) Brads, I knew that I wanted to pair them with some beautiful greenery and cones.  I thought that they would be the perfect embellishment to dress up my card.

I roughed up the edges of my printed paper with a distressing tool, layered it on red cardstock and adhered it to my card base.  I arranged the winter foilage around my circles and then tucked the sentiment tag under the foilage.  I added the Cardinal Brads and then finished up with a metallic red bow and Red Glitter Enamel Dots.

Shopping List:

Cardinal Brads

Female Cardinal Brads

Red Glitter Enamel Dots

I really love the traditional look of this card!  I hope you do too.

Thanks so much for spending a few minutes with me!  

Xoxo, Kim

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Christmas Card(inals!)

Cardinals are some of my (Lauren's) favorite birds and also some of my favorite Eyelet Outlet Brads. We have Cardinals, Female Cardinals and Cardinal Profiles and I've used the first two on this card. To make the male Cardinal's vivid feathers stand out even more, I've clustered some of my favorite holiday washi tapes: Vertical Red Tree Tape, Heart Tape, Poinsettia Tape and Red Foil Striped Washi. My sentiment is one repeat of Merry Christmas Tape, stuck to a piece of cardstock and popped up on foam for extra dimension. 

If Christmas in July isn't your thing, check out our Bluebird and Robin Brads, Seagulls, Owls, Penguins or Flamingos in the Eyelet Outlet Store!

Lauren Bergold

loves to watch the backyard birds 

at her feeder and birdbath!

Christmas Beauty by Janet

Sometimes you see one of those premade blocks in a paper pad and you just can't help but add some pretty brads and bling to it! This background comes from a paper pad from the Michael's Hot Buy paper pad category. It's called Say Freeze.

It was already beautiful and the perfect size to add some holiday brads and bling to from the Eyelet Outlet store. It took the piece from pretty to extra special! I double-mounted it on card stock. So pretty and a perfect start to my holiday card stash!

SHOPPING LIST:

Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Profile Brads

Female Cardinal Brads

Bell Brads

Clear Jewel Multi Bling

Red Jewel Multi Bling

Thanks for stopping by today. Please visit the store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating Everyone!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Cardinal Christmas Card

Hey everybody! Have you started on your Christmas cards yet? It's never too early to start, lol! I've been cranking out Mother's Day and Father's Day cards, and a few Christmas cards in between. This Christmas card in traditional red and gray features our Cardinal Brads and Cardinal Profile Brads along with Clear Jewel Bling. This was a fun card to put together and involved putting to good use two leftover chipboard ornament pieces I had on my desk from another project. 

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from heavyweight white cardstock along with a layering panel from a gray snowflake pattern and a red foil cardstock strip which I adhered to the card front. I added Clear Jewel Bling to the center of each snowflake, and then adhered a silver foiled sentiment toward the bottom. 

I colored the chipboard pieces with alcohol markers, added a Cardinal Brad and a Cardinal Profile Brad, and adhered the embellishment to the top left corner.

 
I cut the inside panel from layering weight white cardstock and embellished it with strips of the snowflake pattern and red foil cardstock used on the front. I added another silver foiled sentiment and layered the panel on red cardstock.
 

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time!

Leslie Turner
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Christmas Cardinal Fun Fold

Hey everybody! I hope you had a great week! Leslie here, sharing a pretty fun fold Christmas card... it's never too early to get started on those Christmas cards to avoid having to rush in an already busy season! This card features our Cardinal Brads, Cardinal Profile Brads, Female Cardinal Brads and Clear Jewel Bling Strips. I absolutely love cardinals. Many people believe that a loved one is watching over us if a cardinal appears, and that's what I always think of when I see one! ;)

I cut the card base from white cardstock, and the remaining pieces from light and dark gray, red and silver cardstock. I added a Cardinal Brad, a Cardinal Profile Brad and a Female Cardinal Brad to the birch trees, and then added a Clear Jewel Bling Strip down each side for a little festive bling. 

And the fun part is that this card folds flat for mailing!

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time!

Leslie Turner
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Happy Anniversary

I've heard it said that North American Cardinals mate for life, so our lovely and popular cardinal brads seemed a perfect choice for the anniversary card I made recently.

In addition to using both the male and female cardinal brads, I used some of our gorgeous wide washi tape for the background.  This one is called Flowers Vintage.  I also embellished the card with some pearl swirl bling.  

Enjoy the day and happy crafting!

Winter Beauty

 

Hello EO fans! So how's the weather been treating you? A lot of the country has had some rough weather lately and here in Charlotte we actually had snow! Woohoo! We don't get snow too often and we got some last Sunday and again yesterday morning. It doesn't last long here which is just how I like it. It's pretty when it comes and just as nice when it goes. 

All the cold temps and the snow inspired my card today. The background of the forest is made with Glitter Winter Washi Tape. I love the subtle pattern of trees in the tape. I used two rows of Sparkle White Glitter Tape to represent the snow. Two strips of Fancy Long Bling-Pearls & Jewels in clear adds a bit more sparkle. I used a pair of Moose Brads in the scene. The Cardinal Brad is the perfect pop of color in this neutral scene. 

Shopping List:

Glitter Winter Washi Tape

Sparkle White Glitter Tape

Fancy Long Bling-Pearls & Jewels-Clear

Cardinal Brads

Moose Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I inspired you to do a little winter cardmaking. Have a great week!

Happy Creating Everyone!

                                     Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Pine & Dandy Holiday

Wish your family and friends a Pine & Dandy holiday with Eyelet Outlet pine themed embellishments!  

Today I'm sharing a couple of projects.  First up a tag featuring our lovely Pine Tree brads.  The patterned paper is a digital paper called Woodland Forest Friends from Creative Bu on Etsy.

Next up, a card featuring one of our popular cardinal brads and a pinecone brad. I have to tell you, I had this card completed and photographed without the cardinal and when I looked at the picture I realized the missed opportunity!  I ended up making a second card, this time with the cardinal!  This digital paper is from the same set.

Be sure to put pinecone, pine trees, and cardinals in your basket when you shop Eyelet Outlet!

Leslie's Holiday Favs!

Hello, Eyelet Outlet fans! I hope you've had a great week! Leslie here, sharing three of my favorite holiday projects created with our amazing products! When this idea was presented to our design team, we all loved it, so hopefully this is the start of a new holiday tradition! 

The first of my three favorites is this adorable Merry Christmoose card! These Moose Brads are some of the coolest brads ever, which I paired with our Copper Skinny Washi Tape and White Enamel Dots to create this fun scene.

The card in the number two spot is this peaceful serene scene created with our Cardinal Brads and Cardinal Profile Brads against a Glitter Star Washi Tape background embellished with Snowflake Brads and White Enamel Dots.

And my third favorite is this step card shaker! Who can resist a shaker card?! Especially a shaker card filled with our gorgeous Snowflake Sequins?! I also used clear gemstones from our Clear Jewel Bling and Clear Bling Strips to embellish the snowflakes on the front of the shaker.

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time!

Leslie from Love To Scrap 2

Another Trio of Holiday Favs

 

This dishes are done and there are plenty of left overs in the fridge.

It's time to get your craft on and create your holiday cards.

Here are 3 more ideas to consider!

Are you a Washi Tape Lover?

 

Create your own patterned paper using various washi tape in the Christmas/holiday theme.

Putting them at an angle is pleasing to the eye!

How about paper flowers?

Layer our red Paper Flowers with a cardstock cut out...add some pearl bling...

and cut the green paper flowers to add the leaves.

The magic of Christmas makes a poinsettia!! Wow!

Are you one who is eagerly looking for Santa?

Our Mr. & Mrs. Claus Brads make a great focal point on your card,

without having to color them in. This is especially helpful when you are mass producing cards!

Other supplies:

Wreath Brad

Bling Strip

Do you like the style of A Country Christmas?

Create a Barn Door by making 2 scores that have the edges meet in the middle.

Bend our Pewter Round Brads to create the door handles.

Decorate as desired. Here is used the following:

Wreath Brads

Profile Cardinal Brad

Cardinal Brad

Snowflake sequins

I hope these cards from the past get your creative mojo flowing.

Take a look through your stash and make these ideas your own...

or shop in the Eyelet Outlet Website.

Wishing you the happiest of Christmases and a healthy, peaceful New Year!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Warm Winter Wishes Slimline

 

It's Janet here for Eyelet Outlet. EO has so many perfect brads and washi for holiday cardmaking. It's literally hard to figure out what you want to use! 

Today I have a holiday slimline card featuring the new Female Cardinal Brad. It pairs so perfectly with the Cardinal Profile and Cardinal Brad sets that have been carried a while in the store. The Holly Brads are also so versatile and can be used on any holiday card. I used one here as part of the cluster that the cardinals are perched on. I also used Snowflake Brads in the background. 

It's also easy to bling up your cards using EO washi and bling. Here I used Glitter Silver Washi and Sparkle Red Glitter washi for the mat and for the border going through the card. Just apply the tape to cardstock and cut with your favorite die or electronic cutter. So easy and you waste hardly anything!

As a finishing touch, I added some White Pearl Bling and Green Jewel Bling to the middle of the snowflakes. So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you visit the store and get your holiday card making started. 

SUPPLY LIST:
Female Cardinal Brads
Cardinal Brads
Holly Brads
Snowflake Brads
Glitter Silver Washi Tape
Sparkle Red Glitter Washi
White Pearl Bling - Multi Size
Jewel Bling - Green

Happy Creating Everyone!

 Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest