Hello My Mandala

Some days I just need color in my life. Bright yellows, pinks, purples, and blues always make me happy. I took my inspiration from those colors and created this cheery card.

The front of the card itself was made with Gold Glitter Washi Tape. I then added bits and pieces of the Black Swirl Bling and three Black Pearl brads for movement.

The focal point of this card is this magnificent mandala. I colored it using alcohol ink markers on top of white glittered cardstock. Throughout the mandala, you will notice different colors of Purple and Blue Jeweled Bling along with Pink Cut Jewel Bling with the center of the mandala being the bright yellow sun from the Sun and Clouds Brad. The mandala is sitting on top of a circle made from Bright Pink Glitter Washi Tape.

When I see this card, it makes me happy and brings a smile to my face and I hope it does the same for you. Thanks to all the embellishments from Eyelet Outlet, it one truly shines!

Shopping List
Gold Glitter Washi Tape
Bright Pink Glitter Washi Tape
Black Swirl Bling
Purple Jeweled Bling
Blue Jeweled Bling
Pink Cut Jewel Bling
Sun and Clouds Brad

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

 

A Simple Time

 

This week's card takes us back in time. It takes us to a time that was much simpler when there were no cell phones, no computers and if you wanted to get something done you needed to use good old fashioned elbow grease. 

I created this card using multiple steampunk/old fashioned type washi tape cut in squares for the background. If you look closely, one of the squares is the pre embossed faux leather Eyelet Outlet offers at their shows. 

Attached to the base are three tags, each bejeweled and embellished with multiple old fashioned type brads and bling. The card is finished off with multiple large, stippled jewels and several different chip board sentiments. 

This is a fun card that will be sure to brighten anyone’s day and bring them back to a simpler time.

Shopping List
Pocket Watch Washi Tape
Clock Washi Tape
Gear Washi Tape
Brown Glitter Washi Tape
Gold Glitter Washi Tape
Paris Washi Tape
Vintage Desktop Washi Tape
Eyeglasses Brads
Men’s Hat Brads
Screw Brads
Telephone and Fan Brads
Mustache Brads
Typewriter and Hand Brads
12mm Jewel Bling
Jewel Bling - Brown
Pearl Strips - Cream

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

Happy Birthday

We all need birthday cards and I'm trying to make up a stack to have on hand so I'm not scrabbling last minute this year.  Here's one I made today.

The colorful "Happy Birthday" image is from the Cricut Design Space image library.  As soon as I saw it, I knew the Eyelet Outlet Birthday Candle brad would make a perfect "I" for this card!  I topped the candle brad with a flame cut from our gold glitter washi tape.  I added a few balloon brads, a gift brad, and a party hat to finish it off. 

Well, I'm off to make the next birthday card for my stash!  See you next week!

 

 

Ring Around the Rosettes

This week's creation is different than anything I've made in the past. I wanted to make some cards, but I wanted them to be different. It just so happened that I got some extra fabric from a friend yesterday and decided to incorporate the different fabrics into my cards while using Eyelet Outlet’s embellishments to enhance them. 

I created six different rosettes out of the different fabrics and added matching bling or matching brads to the center of each rosette. From there, I was able to go in any direction I wanted as far on how to use the rosettes.

I started with the cards…one card is based around the Colored Daisy brads with a sunny yellow daisy in the middle of the rosette, a pink daisy around the sentiment, Gold Glitter Washi tape and two Yellow Stippled Jewel Brads in the corners. 

The second card is a basic black and white card that is embellished with many Black Stippled Jewel Blings, some corners off of the Black Swirl Bling and a large Black faceted Jewel Bling in the center of the rosette. 

The third card I created is a fun, everyday card with the rosette being made from fabric that had a farm theme.  

I had to add the bright red Truck Brad to the middle. They just looked like they were made to go together. Eyelet Outlet has some many cute choices, you will find something that will match whatever theme you are going for. 

On the outside of the card are several Black Stippled Jewel Bling as well as Black and Orange Bling. These cards are just so cute and so fun, and I cannot wait to send them to a friend.

With the other rosettes I made, I turned them into hair barrettes by gluing a basic hair clip to the back of each rosette. 

I do not know which one is my favorite between the Tropical Bird rosette ...

or the vintage country style fabric with the Jeans and T-shirt Brad. 

They are both adorable and would look beyond cute in any little girl's hair. 

Eyelet Outlets embellishments always jazz up your creations but as you can see here, they can also be the center of your creations without being overstated. LOVE.

 

Shopping List
Colored Daisy brads
Gold Glitter Washi tape
Yellow Stippled Jewel Brads
Black Stippled Jewel Blings
Black Swirl Bling
Black faceted Jewel Bling
Truck Brad
Black and Orange Bling
Tropical Bird
Jeans and T-shirt Brad

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

Bee Happy Shadow Phrase Inspiration

Hi everyone! It's Janet with some inspiration and an idea for your sentiment dies that include a shadow. Just cut the shadow into your panel and stamp or cut the phrase that goes on top of the washi tape background as you see here. You can also do this with a cutting machine as I did with my Silhouette Cameo. 

I found the Bee Happy Phrase in the Silhouette Store and imported it into Silhouette Studio. I used the software to create the shadow for it. I cut the shadow into a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" white panel that I also cut using a stamp border. I applied 3 strips of the Rainbow Pride washi tape on a strip of white paper and used the sketch feature of the Design Studio to write the phrase on top with a fine tip maker. Then I glued it on the card base in the area that it would show when the white panel was placed with foam tape squares. I applied the large white Heart Brad and some other bee products: Mini Bee Brads, Bee Washi Tape, and the Funky Bee Brad. I also added Gold Glitter Washi Tape to the border of the card and a red and yellow Paper Flower which was secured with a Red Pearl Brad. 

I just love how this turned out. The white and rainbow shades make it feel fresh and energetic.

SHOPPING LIST:
Heart Brads
Mini Bee Brads
Funky Bee Brads
13 mm Red Pearl Brads
Rainbow Pride Washi Tape
Gold Glitter Washi Tape
Bee Washi Tape

Yellow & Red Paper Flowers

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

Happy Creating Everyone!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Thinking of You Shaker Card

I've really been on a shaker card kick lately and I loved making this butterfly shaker.  I used my Cricut to cut the window for this card and filled the window with lovely a blue and yellow round sequins combination from Eyelet Outlet.  They carry sequins in so many colors and shapes!  

I also added a bit of Eyelet Outlet's gold glitter washi tape to the butterfly's body which I also cut with my Cricut. The pretty yellow flowers are from Eyelet Outlet's newest release and the package contains yellow, pink, and purple.  

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out all of Eyelet Outlet's newly released brads today!

 

Birthday Wishes

I've got a couple of birthday card variations for you today. First up is one featuring a mix of some of the beautiful sequins available at Eyelet Outlet.  We have them in lots of colors and shapes and they are perfect for shaker cards.  

I put a strip of gold glitter washi tape down on my lower mat for the candle flame on these. When I did that I had the idea of using some of our pretty striped washi for the candles on a second version of this card. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoy the day with those you love!

 

Merry Christmas Lantern

It's July and of course that gets me thinking of Christmas in July. I wanted to use the uber cute Penguin Brads and Polar Bear Brads and this seemed like a great time to pull them out even if it is 95 degrees outside right now!

I made the background using the Santa Washi Tape in strips on top of a white card base. I had a snowflake embossed vellum rectangle in my stash that I had left over from a different project and I think it's great on top of the Santa background. I die cut the lantern and glued it to the velum. The lantern was the perfect size for one of the penguins and bears. These are so cute together in this little scene!

I used my Cricut to cut the banner but I lined the white cardstock with both the Silver Star Foil Washi and the Glitter Gold Washi before I cut it. I have not done this before but it worked great. You can do the same thing with any steel dies too. I love that I can get a bit of glitter and shine without cutting into an expensive glitter or foiled cardstock. Once cut, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder.

To finish it, I layered two of our Red Paper Flowers together and put White Glitter Enamel Dots in the center to create a pointsettia look. I also used Silver Glitter Enamel Dots on the banner. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy a little Christmas this July!

  Janet - SugarShine Designs

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