Hello EO fans! I hope you've had a great week. I'm here today with a thinking of you card. I made it for a friend who is having a few health problems right now and I hope this gave his spirits a lift.
On the front, I created a background with patterned cardstock and then I stamped, colored, and cut out the envelope and bird image. I added it to the front and then embellished with EO flower brads, Music Note brads, and Mini Bee Brads. I used Corner Brads in the upper corners and I also added black enamel dots to the bottom corner.
I have a friend at work
that is getting ready to retire so I wanted to make him a card to wish him the
best. After I made the card, I looked at it and something was
missing. It didn’t have the pizazz my cards usually have. It
was missing the “Stacy-tude” that comes with all my cards.
They matched the card so well it was like they were made to be put
with this card.
That’s the thing with
EO. They have any and every type of brad you can think of to add to your card
so they can have the “Eva-tude”, the “Maddie-tude”, the “Mary-tude” …any tude
you want!
Thankfully, the fashions featured on Eyelet Outlet Fashion Washi Tape are no longer in style! Looking at those tight fitting corsets made me wonder how the women who wore those garments could even breathe - which gave me a great idea for a card!
I've always wanted to create something with one of the lovely ladies on the Cricut Victorian Romance cartridge and I knew this was my chance! The antique look of the Eyelet Outlet Corner Brads really set off the card and added the perfect touch of texture.
Thanks for visiting today and I hope you're making plans to see Eyelet Outlet in person at one of the many trade shows we'll be at in 2018! Check out our Trade Show Schedule for a city near you!
I love to play with found items by placing them in a random order, covering them in gesso, and then starting with my own colors bringing out the texture and depth of the layers I just placed together. I did just this in my mixed media project seen below.
I love that the Eyelet Outlet brads are so versatile that you can add them to all kinds of projects and they look amazing. I picked out brads that were gold, vintage, and yellow and they all work so well!!
I am in a mini book
phase, they are so fun to make and just a chance to try fun techniques
and get my hands all paint covered!!!
My inspiration for this mini book was bees, I kept seeing
a bee/bug and I thought Bee Beautiful, would be wonderful for a title
and then I went with the theme of yellow and black. From there it just
took on a life of its own. I used a ton of paints and mists along with some various mediums with stencils. I then added in some fun
background stamps to help enhance the feel
of the book.
Here is the first video which is filled with the cutting
of the pages, mists, painting, stenciling, stamping, and a fun technique
with the EZ Steam II material and glitter, embossing powder, and flower
soft to add a great dimension and texture to the page.
From here I added in a few pictures of my little girl form this year,
not many just there is room for more as the year goes along. I also
added in some fun bling, brads, and other little gems from Eyelet Outlet
to enhance the entire effect. I did not want to cover the pages up too
much, I love the effect I got from all the mists, stamps, and stencils.
Here are some close up shots of some of the pages.
