Bloom!

Eyelet Outlet Flower Brads are ALWAYS a good idea for adding color and charm to a card, plus they pair really well with stamped or diecut vases, jars and planters! Here we have a vase full of Rose Brads and one of White Daisy Brads which have attracted the attention of a Mini Bee Brad. The background is Wide Sky Washi; the sentiment is diecut from Grass Tape; and the base of the planter is a single strip of Wood Tape. A scatter of white Round Sequins completes the design. 

Shopping List:

Rose Brads

White Daisy Brads

Mini Bee Brad

Wide Sky Washi

Grass Tape

Wood Tape

Round Sequins

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store to see ALL of the amazing brads, washi tape, bling, sequins, enamels and more! 

Lauren Bergold

especially loves that Flower Brads are hypoallergenic!

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Happy Halloween

 I know it's a little early for Halloween, but it will be here before you know it, so let's get started!

By now I hope you've stopped by Eyelet Outlet and had a look at all of our new brads.  Among them are these awesome candy corn brads.  I created this card in Cricut Design Space using a jar from the Cricut image library. Using the slice tools and a bit of acetate for the window, I created a shaker card.  In addition to the candy corn brads which I fastened to the back layer, I added some of our amazing sequins.

How about these lack-o-lantern sequins!  Don't you just love them?!  I also added a few round white and yellow ones to the mix inside my shaker. The ghost brads are a favorite of mine, and I thought it was a perfect addition to the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  We'd love to see how you're using Eyelet Outlet products in your projects and hope you'll share with us on our Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group.  

Lauren's 2023 Favorites

 It's that time again, the Eyelet Outlet Design Team is picking our favorite projects of 2023; and at the same time, we're getting ready to make brand new inspiring creations for 2024! Here are five of my (Lauren's) personal picks... in more or less chronological order. Click the bolded text to visit the original posts for additional description and direct product links.

It's impossible (imo) to Flamin-Go wrong with EO Flamingo and Beachy Brads. When a friend sent me this hilarious pun, I literally couldn't get to my supplies fast enough!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and this vertical Girls Tape not only captures that vibe perfectly, it pairs seamlessly with pretty much any combination of Brads and Tapes that appeal to your favorite gal.

The new Sugar Skull Brads arrived at the end of the summer, and were instant faves. This Viva la Vida card, posted on Dia de los Muertos, turned out exactly like the picture that was in my head.

Eyelet Outlet Pinata Brads were also brand new this year and my first thought was to make a Smashing Shaker Card with EO Sequins inside. I stand by that decision.

The new Driving Brads pair brilliantly with Classic Car Brads, Compass Brads, and loads of tape styles; for instant Masculine Card perfection.

Lauren Bergold

is looking forward to another year of brads, tapes and diabolical puns!

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Hope Your Birthday...

...is A SMASH! The brand new Eyelet Outlet Pinata Brads are as cute as can be AND extremely pun-friendly, what could be better? This shaker card, filled with coordinating EO Round Sequins and surrounded by a mat of green, orange and blue Zig Zag Washi, captures the color and movement of an actual pinata, with no mess to clean up afterwards!

The other new Fall 2023 Eyelet Outlet Brads include the adorable fall-friendly Acorn and Squirrel set as well as beautiful Sugar Skull Brads, just in time for Dia de los Muertos!

Lauren Bergold

loves making shaker cards!

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New Squirrel Brads! Come See!

The Design Team and I get so excited when new brads arrive in the store at Eyelet Outlet!  Today I'm bringing you a fun shaker card that features our new Squirrel Brads - and a LOT of them!

Sometimes life gets crazy and we feel like we just can't keep our "ducks in a row," so this card takes a humorous look at those crazy times and is sure to put a smile on the recipients face.

I created this shaker card in Cricut Design Space and if you're a Cricut crafter, too, I've made the file available to the Cricut Community on my Cricut Profile. The file includes detailed instructions for assembly.  

Below is a link to all the Eyelet Outlet products I used to embellish the card. 

Squirrel Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

Enamel Heart

Round Sequins

Mini Stitched Flowers

Grass Washi Tape

Thanks for stopping by and hurry back because the Design Team will be presenting inspiration for all the new products at Eyelet Outlet in the coming days and you won't want to miss it!

 

Popping By to Say Hello

Good Thursday morning crafters! Today I'm "popping by" with a little shaker card embellished with a couple of Eyelet Outlet popcorn brads!  

Eyelet Outlet carries some of the best sequins I've seen anywhere.  There's lots of different shapes and colors to choose from.  Today I'm simulating popcorn with the yellow and white round sequins.  I've also nestled one of our little bluebird brads into the shrubbery.  I'm sure he's hoping for a piece of popcorn to fall his direction!

I created this card with Cricut Design Space and if you're a Cricut crafter and would like to make this card, too, I've shared the file and detailed instructions on my Cricut profile.  Just follow the links in my post to order your brads and sequins from Eyelet Outlet and then search for my name, Susan Creech, in the Cricut Community or follow the link beneath my photo below.  

Susan's Cricut Profile

It's a Soda, Pop!

What could be more appropriate for Father's Day than an absolutely diabolical "Dad Joke"?! Especially one created specifically to show off our brand new, super-fun Eyelet Outlet Cooler and Soda Brads! The first part of the sentiment is computer generated (this free font is called Modern Typewriter) and the second part is diecut, then adorned with brads. A mat of Multicolored Dot Tape and some white Round Sequins emphasize the bubbly aspect of carbonation, and finish off the design.

Have you seen the rest of the new 2023 Eyelet Outlet Brads? The Lemonade & Fruit Set and Driving Brads have also joined our Rose, Cactus and Cruise Brads from earlier this year and all of those (plus LOTS more) are available in the EO Online Store.

Lauren Bergold

can literally NEVER resist a diabolical pun!

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Let's Flamin-GO!

Where do card ideas come from? EVERYWHERE! In this case, a friend sent me (Lauren) a funny meme that I realized would make a very fast and easy card featuring an Eyelet Outlet Flamingo Brad, a Sandcastle, Tall Palm and our Sun and Cloud Brads with an accent of Sequins and a mat of Pink and White Dot Tape: 

The sentiment is formatted in a font called In Your Face Joffrey, which was free at DaFont.com; all I had to do was print it out, add brads and embellies et voila! Whatever joke, quote, saying or motto YOU would like to re-create in card form, I'm pretty confident that the Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the Brads and Washi you'll need to make it work!

Lauren Bergold

can literally never resist a Dad Joke, lol!

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NOT Just for Cards!

Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape, Paper Flowers and Brads, that is. You can also use them to make customized gift bags, like this one. Just cover plain white cardstock with neat strips of tape (this variety is Happy Birthday Foil Washi)... print out an initial in your favorite font (this one's called Chicken Pie and was free on dafont.com)... trace and cut. Embellish with a few shades and sizes of Solid Color Paper Flowers held on with Candle, Party Hat and Cupcake or Cupcake Swirl Brads. For even more color and pizazz, diecut hearts from a coordinating tape, like Pink Checked Washi and use one repeat of the Birthday Tape to create your sentiment strip. Scatter a few Round Sequins and you're good to go. And yes, all of the above looks pretty good on a matching birthday card, as well!  

There are brads, tapes, flowers, sequins, bling and more for every style, theme or occasion you can possibly imagine in the EO Store... you should probably check that out!

Lauren Bergold

now only buys plain gift bags!

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Cheers!

Did you know that some Eyelet Outlet Brads have coordinating Washi Tape? Case in point, Beer Brads and Beer Tape were quite literally made for each other (there are Beer Stamps, too!) and thus work perfectly for the fastest ever card... just add a few diecut letters, some Round Sequins et voila! 

Cheers to Beers! And cheers to the Eyelet Outlet Online Store which is open 24/7 for crafty shopping joy!

Lauren Bergold

does not enjoy actual beer, but loves EO Beer Brads!

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Sending A Big Fall Hello!

Hello Ai fans! It's late August and we're starting to get a glimpse of fall in most parts. Fall is one of my favorite themes and this is my first true fall card of the season. There are so many fall related EO brads and washi tape. It's really hard to choose what to use for fall themed projects! 

Here's a close up of the leaf, sunflower, scarecrow and lawn brads. The colors are so rich and perfect for all the fall cardstocks you may have in your stash. I also used Pumpkin Washi Tape and orange sequins from the store.

SHOPPING LIST:

Mini Leaf Brads

Sunflower Brads

Scarecrow Brads

Lawn Mower & Rake Brads

Pumpkin Washi Tape

Sequins - Set of 12 - Orange

Thanks for stopping by today. Please visit the store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating Everyone!

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Witch Shaker Card

Shaker cards are a lot of fun to make and Eyelet Outlet's awesome sequin collection makes filling them even more fun!

Today my witch has gone head first into a cauldron of beautiful purple round sequins and our purple stick on gems are bubbling up around her.  Aren't these witch leg brads just the cutest things ever?  I've also added a witch's hat and a broom brad to this card.

I created this card on my Cricut and if you've got a Cricut and would like to make it, too, I've shared the file for it on my Cricut Profile.  

Thanks for stopping by today and if you're in the San Marcos, Texas are this weekend, stop by the vender fair at the Creating Keepsakes Convention and pick up all the brads, gems, and sequins for this card.  

Susan Creech loves creating with Eyelet Outlet products!

You Nailed It!

 If you're in to shaker cards, you need to check out Eyelet Outlet's sequin selection!  We have every shape and color you can image to fill your shakers.  It's fun to mix them up, too, like I did in the shaker card I have for you today.

My nail polish bottle is filled with all three colors of our heart sequins and round sequins in white and, pink.  I've also added some of our white paper flowers and I used a colored daisy brad in the center and a leaf brad as well.  

I hope you'll stop by and see us in person at a Trade Show soon..  See where and when we'll be in a town near you on our web site under the Trade Show tab.  

Susan Creech

Beating the brutal Texas heat wave 

in an air conditioned craft room

Going Green!

It's the day before Saint Patrick's Day, so this seems like a good time to "Go Green" with two styles of Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape (Green Pattern Tape and Green Dot Washi) and a scattering of Round Sequins; not to mention a green Paper Flower that's been cut apart into two-petal sections and pieced back together into the shape of a four leaf clover! 

Wishing you a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day, and good luck all year long!

Lauren Bergold's

maiden name was

Gallagher! 

Fun With Felt

I've been having quite a lot of fun with felt lately and have found new ways to incorporate Eyelet Outlet brads into my felt projects.  A few weeks ago and shared my a fall themed banner and today I've got some Christmas ornaments to show you.

I iron fusible webbing to the back of the felt that I use in the designs.  I peel off the backing and then cut the shapes with my Cricut Maker and rotary blade.  Once I have them layered like I want them on one of the round pieces of felt,  I cover the design with a damp pressing cloth and iron.  The fusible webbing adheres everything together perfectly.  Then I embellish the ornaments with Eyelet Outlet brads and sequins and blanket stitch the rounds together adding a little bit of batting before taking the last few stitches.

Eyelet Outlet sequins are amazing for this project and they are available in lots of shapes and colors.  I stitched round ones on the Christmas tree and wreath and the pretty star shaped ones surround the angel.  

I used a round jeweled brad in the center of my snowflake.  There's dozens to choose from at Eyelet Outlet.

In addition to the multi-colored round sequins, I added a gold star brad to the top of the tree and a few of our brand new gift brads underneath.

I have several more ornament designs on the drawing board, so check back in and see how I'll be using even more Eyelet Outlet products on them!

Cupcakes for Everyone!

New Brad Alert! We've got four new styles making their Eyelet Outlet debut today: Female Cardinals, Gift Boxes, Iced Coffee and... my (Lauren's) personal favorite... Swirl Cupcakes!

Three flavors of Swirl Cupcakes come in each package, so of course I had to make three slightly smaller than A2 cards. It also made sense to add in other birthday-themed and/or pink brads, such as a Birthday Candle, Lollipop Brad (they're on sale!) a Flamingo, Colored Daisy, Birthday Sock Monkey (also on sale!) and a Heart Brad. A scattering of white Round Sequins, some torn patterned paper and a little machine stitching completes the design.

Stay tuned for more New Brad inspiration from the design team, right here on the Eyelet Outlet Blog.

Lauren Bergold

has been known to

enjoy a cupcake! 

Autum Blessings Shaker Card

 I really like making shaker cards and especially like adding Eyelet Outlet brads to the mix!  Today I've created a window scene and have an Eyelet Outlet rake brad leaned against the tree.

I've used Eyelet Outlet round sequins in orange, yellow and copper to simulate the leaves falling from the tree.  Below the window I added an Eyelet Outlet leaf brad near the sentiment.

We'd love to see how you've used Eyelet Outlet sequins in your projects!  Pay us a visit on our Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook Group and show us your creativity!

Let's Make Tape Squares

I (Lauren) never get tired of playing with my Eyelet Outlet Washi collection, I'm always excited to come up with new ideas. This birthday card has background made entirely of Chevron Tape strips, which is so fun and colorful that it only needed a few brads... (a Party Hat, a Birthday Sock Monkey and a Birthday Cake, to be precise) ...plus some EO Sequins to finish it off!

Here's how I made that quilt-like background; note that I switched to Pencil Tape for the second sample. I neatly applied strips of tape to plain white cardstock, cut them apart with my guillotine trimmer, then cut the lengths so they were all exactly the same size, in this case, about 3". I affixed them to another piece of plain cardstock, starting at the center and working outward, as you can see in the photos below. 

To answer the obvious question: Yes, you could apply strips of tape directly to your background and skip the step of backing them with cardstock; but I found it hard to get the cuts on the short ends absolutely straight, and also it was more challenging to line them up precisely.  

 

When all the strips were applied to the background, I trimmed up the ends and matted the whole panel on some red cardstock, added a Paper Flower stack and a Heart Brad and called it good to go!

Now I want to try this with ALL of my EO Tapes, including the wide ones, the skinny ones and the glitter ones!

Lauren Bergold

loooooooves washi tape! 

Happy Birdie(s)

Flamingos are not the only beautiful and vivid bird featured on Eyelet Outlet Funky Birds Washi, but they are my (Lauren's) favorite (who doesn't love a bright pink bird with really long legs?!) and since I also had a pack of Flamingo Brads, I decided to make them the stars of my cards.

I lined up a few strips of Funky Birds Tape on some plain white cardstock and used my Altenew Bold Alphabet Dies to cut out the keyword. I added the rest of my sentiment in stickers and then embellished with Flamingo Brads, Tall Palms and White Round Sequins.

For my second card I added the tape directly to my graph paper background, on top of some Pink and Green ZigZag Washi. Another sticker sentiment, Flamingo Brad and a few Sequins complete the design.

Prefer your flamingo tape a little less funky? We've got five other varieties, I'm pretty sure you'll find at least one to love!

Lauren Bergold

owns three of those five 

styles of Flamingo Tape!