Just a Treat!

Sometimes, you just need a treat. 

Eyelet Outlet has all the treats you need...eye candy for paper crafting!

I used the Doughnut Brads along with pretty, pink Pearl Bling for the accents.

What is your go to treat?

Thank You with Donuts and Coffee

I'm so glad you've stopped by the blog today. I hope wherever you are, the weather isn't keeping you from doing what you love to do. For me, that's make cards... and the weather never interferes with that. ;)

I'm often in need of a Thank You card. If you are, too, you might like this card...

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Coffee Brads

Donut Brads

Matte Enamel Dots

Skinny Washi Tape

Those donuts look almost good enough to eat, don't they?

Now, if you're snowed-in (or even if you're not),

why not head over to the 

Eyelet Outlet Online Store

for some shopping!

Thanks again for stopping by today!

Jeanette

Totally Do-NUTS About You!

Let's face it, doughnuts are awesome. In real life, they're not something most of us can have in unlimited quantities, which is why I (Lauren) am always thrilled to break out the Eyelet Outlet Doughnut Brads: they're fat-free, calorie-free, and full of cardmaking possibilities!

Since we're in the middle of January, I think we're all sort of in Valentine mode, so I've made three cards that would work perfectly for the holiday, but aren't too specifically Valentine-ish. Because it's nice to have choices, right? The first one actually has hearts on it, but that was mostly because I love the colors of this Skinny Heart Tape with the Doughnut Brad that I've swapped in for the "O". I swapped a Heart Brad for the entire word "heart", as well, which makes my sentiment fit really nicely inside the label shape. I'm always on the lookout for papers with strong, straight horizontal lines in them. Ledger and notebook patterns not only look great, they're a great helping hand for placing my tape stripes neatly in the background!

One of the reasons I chose this colorful Dot Washi Tape is that it kind of reminded me of rainbow sprinkles, which are awesome with Doughnut Brads, don't you think? I made my background patterned paper by neatly lining up strips of the tape on a piece of plain white cardstock that I'd cut down to fit perfectly on my A2 card front. This time I moved the sentiment panel off to the right side of the card, but balanced it out by placing the letters towards the left side of the label.

I love pastel pink as much (or MORE, lol!) as anyone I know, but for my third card I chose to celebrate the chocolate Doughnut Brad. I made a background panel from Pink and White Dot Foil Tape, which I revealed unevenly by tearing some dark brown dotted cardstock... a bit like peeling the wrapper of a candy bar! I composed my sentiment with oversized vinyl letters and trimmed-down Dymo labels; and added a few strips of Skinny Brown Glitter Tape just behind the word "donut" for even more emphasis.

I hope your day has included both creativity and treats... the Eyelet Outlet Store is a pretty good place to find both of those! ♥

Lauren Bergold

enjoys the occasional donut,

don't you?

Enjoy the Little Things

I found another set of fun little stickers in the planner section at the craft store ... they were perfect to make a set of  4 1/4" square cards featuring a selection of Eyelet Outlet Brads.

I had a pad of Prima's Sweet Peppermint Holiday Papers on my crafting table, and they coordinated perfectly (remember some seasonal papers can be used all year 'round).  I love this cute little pair of doughnut brads.

Traveling and taking photos are things I *love love love* so these travel brads were the perfect match for this sticker.

These sneaker brads are for my sister who has been training for her next big race ... she's a rock star.

And I couldn't resist using this sticker again, this time with the sweet little tea pot and tea cup brads.

So next time you're in the planner section, take a look and see if there are any products that would be perfect for your card making stash.

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

• Travel Brads
• Doughnut Brads
• Sneaker Brads
• Tea Pot & Tea Cup Brads

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You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles

Sometimes...

Hi there!  It's Kim from Katydid Cards spending some quality time with you today!

These doughnuts look good enough to eat, don't they?  Alas, they're Doughnut Brads so you can't eat them, but you can sure make some cute projects with them!

And, even if I do say so myself, I think this card is cute!  I used a card base I purchased in the Silhouette store as I wanted my card to have that eyelet scallop across the bottom to play off the doughnuts.

From there, I added the eyelet circle to the middle and cut the center hole from the front of the card.  So, you're actually peeking into the card to see that full plate of doughnuts.

I created a mat using digital patterned paper from the Puppy Love kit from NitWit Collections.  The greeting was made using the CK Frosting font.  I printed it on a banner with stitching across the top and bottom and matted it on a larger mat of rose.

When you open the card you see the doughnuts on the plate cut from Glossy White paper (same as photo paper) and the sentiment, which I hope makes you smile.

The sentiment was typed using the same font using the text to path option in my Silhouette.

I have a curious question for you.  When you type what is sitting on the plate, do you spell it as donuts or doughnuts?  I normally type the first version, but because it was listed the other way in the Eyelet Outlet store, and because that actually is the correct version, I used that.  But it was a struggle, LOL

Katydid Cards
Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Summer Lovin'

If I (Lauren) had to sum up everything I love about summer in just *ONE* card, this might be the card I'd choose. Because it has sunshine, beach vibes, super-cool flamingos, my favorite color (PINK!) and of course let's not forget a sweet treat, lol! To top it all off, I've managed to express almost all of these loves using Eyelet Outlet Brads! ♥

I've always enjoyed participating in the Coffee Loving Cardmakers' seasonal bloghops, but I confess it's even more fun more now that I make a point of keeping Eyelet Outlet Coffee Brads and Doughnut Brads on hand, and you can see I've given them a starring role in my card. I've also got Sun and Cloud Brads, a Sandcastle Brad, a Tall Palm Tree Brad, and I've arranged them all as three loving couples against some little diecut hearts. To set off the whole group, I popped the hearts up a bit on a little foam tape, so we could better see that strip of beautiful Flamingo Washi Tape, accented with just the tiniest peep of Glitter Gold Tape. I hand-stamped "Summer Lovin'"with a favorite cursive font and called it done!

While I was feeling "in the pink" I made a second card, using one of the beautiful wide watercolor tapes we had this spring, which also happens to feature flamingos. This particular tape sold out fast (well just look at it!) but this simple idea would work equally well with the Flamingo Washi I used above, or with this other fab Flamingo Tape. You could also rock this with Watercolor Flowers,(I've fussy-cut one of them, to be my flower center!) Butterflies, Birds, or even these beautiful Sewing Machines. 

There are so many good tapes... you should probably browse the category while you're there! Be sure to grab some Paper Flowers and Jewel Bling Strips, too-- they go with EVERYTHING! And finally, it's gonna be a long, hot summer: you're bound to need Summer Vacation Brads! ♥

Lauren Bergold

does not actually have a pet flamingo... yet!

Middle of my Heart

All the fun and sweetness,

without any calories!

That's what Eyelet Outlet Donut Brads give you!

I love the frosting and sprinkles on these brads!

Supplies:

Doughnut Brads

Bumpy Heart Bling

Bling

Check out these and all our other many, many brads and embellishments at this weekend's ...

Chantilly, VA

June 23-24, 2017

We sure enjoy meeting and mingling with our fans!

Thanks a Latte

Hi guys, it's Lauren here again! I love making all kinds of greetings, but Thank You cards are especially fun, in my opinion. And since I can never resist a pun, a sweet treat or a caffeinated beverage, I'm a huge fan of Eyelet Outlet Coffee Brads.

I love that each packet contains white cups, red cups and coffee beans! For this card, I've used the red cups and paired them with our adorable Doughnut Brads. I chose papers in neutral brown tones, so those adorable cups and the "thanks" part of the sentiment would really stand out.

It's always fun to add an interactive element to cards, so this one has a tag hidden behind the sentiment panel. And yeah... I had to sneak in one more pun, "DONUT know what I'd do without you"! The Doughnut Brads come in a mix of three colors, but I've stuck with the chocolate/brown ones this time.

In the background you can see my second favorite trick for making my own customized patterned paper. Obviously my very favorite trick is to cover cardstock with a coordinating shade of Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape, but this one's good too: I fill a piece of paper with text that reinforces the message of the card. So in this case, I've typed "thank you" in lots of different languages on a creamy tan color of paper that ties in with the accent color of the cups AND the pastry color under the chocolate icing of the doughnut.

Nope, it's just not possible go wrong using Coffee or Doughnut Brads... preferably together! 

Thanks a latte for stopping by today! Donut forget to scroll down and see what my Wednesday partner, Miss Carri has to show you!

Lauren Bergold

is physically incapable of resisting a silly pun... 

or a doughnut...

Delish

Today I created a set of cards featuring lots of fun food related brads.

I started with a piece of Designer paper from the Paper House Productions Delish Collection.

For my first card, I added matching flour & sugar canister brads to my designer paper ... I love the pop of color they add to the chalkboard paper.

When I thought about enjoying every bite, the first thing that came to mind were donuts ... warm, fresh doughnuts.  This card came together quickly with three doughnut brads (chocolate is my favorite).

For this one, I added some silverware brads, together with a cookie sheet brad and a *wooden* spoon brad.  It will be a thank you card for someone who always shares their delicious baked goods with me.  The brads really do make this a one-of-a-kind special card for the recipient.

The final card has a Blue Flour Canister Brad paired with a Red Sugar Canister Brad.  I also added a red heart adhesive gem between the Salt & Pepper jars.

Having a selection of Eyelet Outlet Brads on-hand in your favorite themes makes card-making quick & easy.

Products used:

• Canister Brads
• Doughnut Brads
• Baking Brads
• Silverware Brads
• Heart Jewel Bling

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Love Donuts!

Hi everyone!!


Noe here to show a new inspiration project using fantastic EO products ... They are so fun to incorporate in my cards !!

Do you love  donuts as much as I? I like all the flavors and all colors!! Really love them!! So, this card is dedicated to them, hahaha ;) Hope you like it!!

Very easy to make!! For the background I used pan pastels to give color to my white cardstock and then, over it, I stamped my "donuts stamp" and differents toppings, some red hearts and finally I used "#Mmmmmmm" phrases to make a frame for my card.
The fun touch is bringed by different brads that have been incorporated...

I want to take a bite of the card... what do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Spice up your stamped images!

Here are a couple more cards I created using Rubbernecker Stamps along 

with the fun brads and bling from the Eyelet Outlet!

Rubbernecker Stamps: Breezy Flowers and Small Freehand Border

Mini Ladybugs

Mini Bees

Gnomes

Washi Tape

Rubbernecker Stamps: Peanutbutter

Heart brad

Doughnut brad

bling strips

Enjoy the sunshine today!!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Always Say Yes to Sprinkles (and Doughnuts)

I love Doughnuts ... and warm Doughnuts are my absolute favorite.

I also love these fabulous Doughnut Brads ... they come in four delicious flavors ... and they're covered in sprinkles.

They were so fun to pair with some donut designer paper and a fun sentiment from My Favorite Things Donuts and Sprinkles.

I added some strips of purple pearls to frame the sentiment (the strips make it so easy to keep them straight)..

Products used:

• Pearl Bling Strips - Purple
• Doughnut Brads

Now who wants to join me for a warm donut?

Stephanie Severin

You can join me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling