Falling Leaves

In this case, some of the Falling Leaves are Eyelet Outlet Leaf Brads and Mini Leaf Brads. Tiny golden 1/16" Round Brads are excellent for uses both practical (holding the corners of things) and decorative (scattered around randomly) on any project; they come in LOTS of other colors, too!

Lovely Leafy Shopping List:

Leaf Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

1/16" Round Brads

The Eyelet Outlet Store has embellishments you'll fall for in EVERY season of the year!

Lauren Bergold

would only play in the leaves if her chiropractor was nearby!

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Did She Say, "Steampunk Goggles"?!

Yes. Yes, I (Lauren) did say STEAMPUNK GOGGLES! Because that's what's on the card I made for today, a pair of fanciful goggles surrounded by lots of Eyelet Outlet Gear Brads and Pearl Swirls and... well, lots of other good stuff I'll tell you about in a minute.

The goggles themselves were actually really easy to make. They're just layers of diecut circles, stacked together. The largest (dark brown) is about 2 5/8", the silver layer is 2 3/8", the copper colored layer is 2" and the die that cut the hole through all of them so we could see Victorian London (via magazine photo, lol) is just over an inch. I think the thing that really "sells" the feeling of steampunk and fantasy is that after I assembled all the layers, I set twelve (12!) tiny 1/16" Mini Round Gold Brads around each lens, to act as the rivets holding the goggles together. I also used a Pipe Brad for the nosepiece and a couple of tiny scraps of copper colored paper at either end to suggest straps.

The steampunk goggles I have seen photos of (because apparently YES, this is really A Thing!) all have gears and attachments, which I decided to add to the background, instead of the goggles themselves. I stenciled a few gears over some text paper. Then I got to work adding Gear Brads, Screw Brads, Valves from the Pipe Brad set, a Compass Brad, and even a couple of film canisters from the Movie Brads set, because they looked like a different type of cog or wheel to me! Then I added bits of a Pearl Swirl to suggest movement, and filled in with some 8mm Stippled Jewel Brads and loose Pearls.

For the sentiment, I used letter stickers in brown cardstock (dream) and silver metallic chipboard. I swapped out the "I" in "big" for a Pipe Brad and a Gear Brad embellished with a Tiny Round Brad from the Brown Mix.

I hope you'll be inspired to dream up your own fanciful creations, because there really is an Eyelet Outlet Brad for EVERYTHING! ♥

Lauren Bergold

is currently reading a novel in the Steampunk/Fantasy genre, 

in case you were wondering, lol.

Adventure Awaits

Happy Friday Everyone!

This is Georgiana from Carson's Creations and  thanks for stopping by at Eyelet Outlet and Brads. Today is my day to share some popular products from the store.

Here is my Design Team project...

I made a tag for my daughter's boyfriend. She got him a special gift for his birthday and I told her I would create a tag to match the theme of her present. It is a surprise.

First, I cut the two piece tag with the Jaded Blossom treat die. I used Ranger Brushed Corduroy distress ink and a spritz of water to create the background. The adventure title is from Miss Kate Cuttables, which was cut on my Cameo. The compass and gold brads are by Eyelet Outlet and Brads. The gold ribbon was fed through the hole and then the brown ribbon was tied into a bow.

I used the following products from Eyelet Outlet and Brads shop.

Compass brads

Gold brads

Eyelet Outlet and Brads has a wide variety of products!

Stay Creative,

Georgiana

Wedding Card.

Can you believe it's the second of May?  Looking ahead to June and Weddings this is the time to shop for all the awesome paper flowers, swirly bling and so much more at the Eyelet Outlet store.  

Tuesday afternoon is my time to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog and since I had beautiful white paper flowers and swirly rhinestone bling I knew I wanted to make a Wedding card.

The image is from Inkadinkadoo and I die cut with spellbinder's ovals, I really wanted the flowers to be the star of the card. I used very simple gold mini brads to put the layers together. I had spritzed all the petals with simmer mist. Picked two swirl pieces from the rhinestone blingy swirls. 

Ahhhh the stars of the card the gorgeous paper flowers there are 40 in each package and come in a variety of colours and patterns. I tucked a pair of gold rings in between the petals.

The swirly bling also comes in a variety of colours as well as pearls in many colours too.

I share Tuesdays with Stephanie check out what awesomeness she made for you today just scroll down and check her post out.

Enjoy today and keep on crafting.

Happy with Gold

Happy Friday Everyone!

This is Georgiana from Carson's Creations and today is my day to post.

Here is my Design Team project...

With graduation, retirements, and lots of birthdays approaching in the next couple of weeks, I decided to use the colors black, white, and gold to stay elegant and gender neutral. 

I created the background by laying the gold washi tape in diagonals strips.Then I cut the card mat with a MFT die from Blueprint 24. The inkadinkadoo sentiment was stamped with Versamark ink then Ebony embossing powder was heated. 

I punched a few small holes and inserted the gold glitter brads into the MFT stitched circle before applying pop dots for dimension.

I used the following products from Eyelet Outlet and Brads shop.

Gold Washi Tape

Gold Glitter Brads

 

Eyelet Outlet and Brads has such a wide variety of products you need
to check them out! 
Stay Creative, 

Georgiana

Alien Brads: Out of This World!

Absolutely all of Eyelet Outlet's new Spring brads are awesome, in my opinion, but none are more fun than the Alien Brads, which are both adorable and otherworldly... so clearly I (Lauren) had to use them on a couple of different cards!

Scientists have recently confirmed that there *IS* life on Mars, but alas, there are no bakeries. So it turns out most of the UFO's sighted on this planet involve Little Green Men who have not enjoyed cake in far too long! 

I was happy to build these guys an appropriately-sized chocolate cupcake, then frost it with the help of two different sized cloud punches. I added a couple of Star Brads to make them feel at home. And obviously no cupcake is complete without a Cherry Brad on top!

One of my favorite ways to add a funky sentiment is with my trusty old-school label maker. In this case, I trimmed the labels down a bit, and affixed them kind of randomly, to fit the fun vibe of the card. I used another Alien Brad and the same set of supplies to create a sentiment inside, as well!

I often use funny quotes as inspiration for a card design, and I wish I could remember which comedian said, some years ago, that Area 51 didn't particularly worry him, but the thought of 50 OTHER such places made him a bit anxious! I typed the sentiment on clear labels which I affixed to a cloudy sky over a bit of patterned paper desert. Then I filled in the scene with another adorable Martian and a funky space ship made from paper, Glitter Silver Washi Tape and tiny 1/16" Mini Gold Brads.

Meanwhile, here in this galaxy, you'll have noticed that we now have even more fun for you here on the Eyelet Outlet Blog... some days there will be more than one post! That means lots of great ideas to make your cards and projects out of this world! Be sure to scroll down and see what awesomeness Designer Georgiana has thought up to inspire you! ♥

Lauren Bergold

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

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