Steampunk Valentine

Have you started thinking about Valentine's Day yet? Ok, yes, it's six weeks away, but I (Lauren) am guessing that time will fly by, so I'm working on a few ideas now. This one has a bit of a Steampunk vibe, don't you think?

I cut out a heart nearly big enough to fill my A2 card front, from a scrap of Prima's "Craftsman" collection I found lurking in my paper stash, and put the sentiment on with some sparkly, vintage-looking alphabet stickers. Then I added lots of mechanical themed Eyelet Outlet Brads: Gears, a Compass, large and small Screw Brads and even the valve from the Pipe Brad set! Finally I scattered several sizes of grey Jewel Bling around the spaces in between. I like that the result is a bit elegant, but also quite masculine!

There will be lots more Valentine inspiration here on the Eyelet Outlet Blog, all throughout January, so be sure to stop back often and see what the team is up to! ♥

Lauren Bergold

wishes you a very 

Happy and Healthy New Year!

♥♥♥

Inspire Art Junk Journal w/ Video Tutorial

I wanted to re-create a junk journal a friend and I made about 2 months ago so I used the supplies I had on hand in my stash to make a new one!  A little bit of everything went into this little book from all the companies I work with, for that is what a junk journal is all about anyway pulling things together from what you have!!!

I used a ton of fun embellishments from Eyelet Outlet including Green, Yellow and Pink Flowers, Purple Pearl Strips, Grey Jewels, Pink and Yellow Enamel Dots, Aqua Stickyback Bling Flourishes, Pink and Yellow Oval Gems, and Crystal Bumpy Bling.

Here is a video tutorial where I add in all the embellishments and give a final walk through of the mini book.

I also used Rubbernecker Stamps to help embellish the journal.  I used the stamps below.

Here are a few up close pictures of the journal inside.

I hope I have inspired you to make something fun a cool.  Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies Used

Envelopes - Canvas Corps

Papers - 7 Gypsies

Burlap/Canvas - Canvas Corp

Tags/cards - Canvas Corp

Cardboard - Canvas Corp

Rope - Canvas Corp

Clothespins - Canvas Corp

Metals - 7 Gypsies

Ephemera - 7 Gypsies

Colors Squares - Recollections

Paints/Mists - Tattered Angels

Clay/molds/tools - Makin's Clay

Chipboard - Creative Embellishments

Stamps - Rubbernecker Stamps

Plastic Sheets - Deflecto

Flowers - Eyelet Outlet

Bling/gems/pearls/enamel - Eyelet Outlet

Ink - Prima

Tape Runner - Scotch

Glue - Beacon

Heat gun - Marvy

Enjoy!!