Con-GRAD-ulations!

This month, in my (Lauren's) family, we have two nieces graduating from college, and a nephew graduating from high school. Which called for a single flexible design that could be customized for three different personalities. As it turns out, I have *NO* graduation stamps or dies. (HOW is that possible?!) But... large numeral dies and colorful alphabet stickers on notebook paper make an excellent base, and I personalized each version with lots of Eyelet Outlet Brads. Since there are 42 brads from 18 different sets across the three designs, I'm going to just mention them below in the Shopping List section!

Big Bad Grad Brad Shopping List:

Graduation Hat Brads

Sunglass Brads

School Bus Brads

Computer and Headphone Brads

Heart Brads

Book Brads

Unicorn and Rainbow Brads

Ice Cream Brads

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Dinosaur Brads

Flamingo Brads

Beach Umbrella Brads

Compass Brads

Reptile Brads

Popcorn and Ticket Brads

Mini Bee Brads

Fairy Brads

Cactus Brads

All the embellishments you need to customize YOUR next card are available at Eyelet Outlet!

Lauren Bergold

cannot believe how QUICKLY her nieces and nephews have grown up!

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Con-BRAD-ulations!

It's that time of year when kids (and adults!) are graduating, and luckily Eyelet Outlet has the perfect brads to make easy, adorable cards! Print a sentiment in a fun typewriter font, affix a Graduation Hat and a colorful Sunglass Brad to a stamped sun, attach it to a background of Cloud Tape, add a cloud from the Sun and Cloud set, a Heart Brad and the rainbow from our Unicorn and Rainbow set et voila... the future's so bright, you gotta wear shades!

BRAD-uation Shopping List:

Graduation Hat

Sunglass Brad

Sun and Cloud Brads

Heart Brad

Unicorn and Rainbow Brads 

Cloud Washi Tape

Eyelet Outlet has the brads and tapes you need for any of your cardmaking occasions, all year long! ♥

Lauren Bergold

congratulates all the grads... of any age!

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Congratulations Graduate!

 It's graduation season! Do you know someone graduating this year? Here is a fun, money envelope card to make and give to congratulate and honor the graduate!

I started with a free printable money envelope template and layered my washi tape to create a background. After adding my stamped and colored image, I stamped and fussy cut graduation caps and a present to add to my card front. Lastly, I embellished with the adorable camera brads!

For the inside, I added the "Congratulations" greeting with more washi tape! This is a easy and fun card you can create today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to shop at Eyelet Outlet for your crafting needs!

 SHOPPING LIST:

Dots Washi Tape Black/White

Glitter Black Washi Tape

Film Strip Washi Tape

Travel Brads

Happy Crafting!

Michelle ~ The Craft Market SC Facebook Instagram

"The Future's So Bright...

...You Gotta Wear Shades"! If there's a better sentiment to put on a graduation card I (Lauren) do not know it, especially when the "shades" in question are Eyelet Outlet Sunglass Brads!

I used a free font called Mom's Typewriter to make my sentiment strips and Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rainbow Dies with LOTS of colorful cardstock scraps to create a background of rainbows and clouds. I adorned one of the clouds with a Graduation Hat and the aforesaid Sunglass Brads, and couldn't resist adding Sun and Cloud Brads, as well as a few Heart Brads. Since I have not one but two beautiful nieces graduating from high school this month, I made two versions of this card, then kitted out a pair of envelopes with their names, as well as more Graduation Hats and Sunglass Brads; all on a background of Rainbow Washi.

Whether your family are celebrating graduations this June, weddings or anniversaries, Father's Day, birthdays or any other milestone, I'm pretty sure the Eyelet Outlet Store has brads and tape that will make your beautiful handmade cards even more fabulous!

Lauren Bergold

especially loves making cards

for nieces and nephews!

A Graduation Toast

Not enough graduation toasts include ACTUAL toast, imo; a fact I (Lauren) have set out to correct, in card form.

I saw a cartoon somewhere with kawaii toast wearing a graduation cap and of course being a good Eyelet Outlet gal, I realized it would be even better with our Graduation Hat Brads and the Toast from the Bacon, Egg and Toast set. 

If you prefer your toasts a little less punny, the champagne glasses in the Eyelet Outlet Wedding Brad set might be more to your liking. Because YES, we do literally have a brad for EVERYTHING!!! :) 

Lauren Bergold

prefers bagels to toast IRL,

but agrees that toast is better 

as a brad and as a pun.

Mascot Grad!

Graduation parties have been popping up here in Michigan.

Personalize a grad card with Eyelet Outlet's Graduation cap brads.

Simply add a cap to a stamped mascot image.

Go Dragons!!

Add glitter washi tape for added interest when you stagger it with regular washi.

Eyelet Outlet enamel dots add a bit of fun with out the shiny bling!

This weekend, we are setting up the Eyelet Outlet booth in

Lancaster, PA at Creating Keepsakes Convention.

Come check out our brads and enamels....

and our inspiration boards!

Thanks for celebrating with us today.

Have a great 4th of the July Holiday this week!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Graduation!

While you maybe creating valentines this week, 

graduation time is going to get here quick.

Create amazing layouts to display at graduation parties.

Using Eyelet Outlet products will allow you to bring the grad's personality to life!

Got a musical/theater grad? 

Add Music Note brads to the page!

Other supplies used:

Paper Flowers

Enamel Dots..remember to choose school colors too!

And if you want the traditional Graduation Cap Brad...we have it!

Graduation Year laser cut from EZ Laser Designs 

Remember to plan ahead for all holidays and celebrations!!

Thanks for visiting today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Graduation Centerpiece w/ Video Tutorials

I needed a fun centerpiece for my husbands graduation party for getting his Masters.  So i set of to make something different and fun, a little faux cake made of clay, paper, and bling!! 

I started out making the graduation cap from clay.

I then set out to create all the embellishments and assembling/painting/adding paper to the base of the cake with boxes, the little paper mortarboard for the sides from EZ Laser Designs using the Eyelet Outlet Brad in the center to hold in the tassel, some more clay, and painting chipboard numbers.  Here is a video tutorial on how I created all the steps above.

The last step is to combine all the parts together including the amazing Eyelet Outlet bling and pearls.  Check out my video tutorial below!!

Here are the Eyelet Outlet products on this project - Clear Bumpy Bling, White and Black Round Jewels, 1/16 Mini black round brads, Black Stickyback Pearls Pearls.

My little faux cake looks amazing as the centerpiece for our food table!!

Here are some other pics of the faux cake.

Have fun at your next party!!!

PS - We are teaming up with EZ Laser Designs this month, take a look at some ofthe products they have in this video - I used the graduation cap banner in the project above!!

Supplies Used
Clay - Makin's Clay
Clay Tools - Makin's Clay
Papers - Canvas Corp Brands
Paint/Mists - Tattered Angels
Chipboard - Creative Embellishments
Bling/Pearls - Eyelet Outlet
Brads - Eyelet Outlet
String
Ink - Prima
Boxes
Heat gun - Marvy
Scissors/Trimmer - Fiskars
Glue - Beacon

Enjoy!!

Graduation Dessert Stand w/ video Tutorial

My husband is about to graduate with his Masters in business and we are throwing him a party.  I have a friend that makes the prettiest cookies and I wanted a dessert stand to display them all.  I have been dying to decorate my Deflecto dessert stand and I now have the perfect occasion to use it!!  

I went with a black an white theme on this stand, and just used the year of graduation as the topper and then added all kinds of fun bling all around the edges.  Here is a full video tutorial on how I made the stand with the electrifying Chibitronic lights I added in on all 3 tiers and the top.

I used 2 types of sticky back gems on the project, Bumpy Bling and Round Jewels Black and White.

Here are some up close shots of the stand.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my fun dessert stand all lit up for graduation.


Supplies Used
Stand - Deflecto
Holder - Deflecto
Light Kit - Chibitronics
Papers - DCWV
Flowers - Prima
Washi Tape - Scotch
Gems - Eyelet Outlet
Punch - EK Success
Circle Cutter - Kreaxtions
Alpha Stickers - American Crafts
Tape Runner - Scotch
Glue - Beacon

Enjoy!!