It's a week before Thanksgiving, but there's still time to send out some quick, easy cards! This super-simple CAS design features Eyelet Outlet Leaf and Mini Leaf Brads layered over stenciled leaves in fall colors. The background and diecut sentiment are made from beautifully neutral Nature Washi Tape. Change up the greeting and this design could be used for literally ANY autumnal occasion.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Give Thanks
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Pop Up Christmas Cards
Today I’m sharing two pop-up cards with a Christmas theme. The stamp and die sets I used are from Diamond Press. In the first, Santa is peaking out of the chimney on a house roof. When the tab is pulled, he pops out.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Christmas Decorating
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Hello, Pumpkin
Celebrating autumn with a sweet and simple card featuring Eyelet Outlet Pumpkin Brads, a Squirrel from the Acorn and Squirrel set and a scattering of tiny, perfect Mini Leaf Brads.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Thanksgiving Wine Tag
Hello EO fans! This year my family have been invited for Thanksgiving dinner at a friend's house. I was thinking about how to thank them for this and it came to me that I could dress up a bottle of wine nicely with a wine tag decorated with EO brads and bling. So - that's just what I did!
I made the hangtag using a stitched slimline die. It turns out that this is the perfect size to make a wine tag. I scored the top of metallic rose gold piece and applied two pieces of fall patterned papers to the top of the scored piece and to the bigger bottom piece. I cut these to leave a 1/8" border on all side. I used a punch to make the hole for the wine bottle neck.
To decorate this, I stamped and cut a Thankful sentiment, made a twine bow and added a leaf and Pilgrim Hat pre-printed die cuts. Then I added all the EO goodness. I tucked a Rooster Brad in near the top of the hat. I also added Leaf Brads, Sunflower, and Squirrel Brads around the hat. At the top of the tag, I added an Acorn Brad. As a final touch, I added clear bling and small white pearls.
I am so pleased with this tag, I am definitely going to make some Christmas wine tags. I think they'll turn out beautifully.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Fall Days Scrapbook Page
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Pumpkin Spice...
...and Everything Nice can be found at Eyelet Outlet, in the form of Pumpkin and Leaf Brads, as well as Mini Leaves and Sunflower Brads. Making the design even more autumnal are background panels made of Nature Tape, Wide Sunflower Washi and Brick Tape as well as white and green Paper Flowers.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Joyous Wreath
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Winter Cardinals
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Happy Halloween
'Tis the day before Halloween and all through the blog, Jack-o-lanterns, Witches and Bats are a-stirring! On this card, they take the form of Eyelet Outlet Witch Hat and Witch Leg Brads, as well as Bat and Pumpkin Brads; with a background (and diecut letters) made from Pumpkin Washi and Spider Tape.
The Eyelet Outlet Store also has fabulous embellies for Thanksgiving, Autumn, Christmas, Birthdays and pretty much any other occasion you might like to celebrate in card form; plus the Idea Gallery is full of examples to inspire you! (Just sayin'...)
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Just a Note For A Friend
Hello friends! It may be October but here in the southern states, it's just the beginning of fall. The temps are still nice and warm and perfect for relaxing on the porch. It's a perfect time of year to be lazy and maybe even sneak in a little nap. That's what this gentleman is taking advantage of. He's got a cocktail and some wine, a stack of books, and is surrounded by plants including cacti in pots. He's got a hat covering his eyes while chilling out in a hammock. He appears to be enjoying life!
It's a lot of fun to use stamps in my stash to create scenes like this one. EO's brads always add a touch that just can't be gotten any other way. There's nothing like colorful EO embellishments to make a card unusual and unexpected.
Book Brads
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Autumn Wreath
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Boo and Stuff
It's a BOO-tiful day to go a-haunting! Eyelet Outlet Ghost Brads have found the perfect house, and they've brought along a Black Cat Brad (for luck, of course) as well as a Pumpkin Brad, a Witch Hat and a couple of high-flying Bats. Mats of Spider Web Washi and Glitter Black Tape complete the design.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Wickedly Ghoulish Cake
This cake and table were made with dies from Cottage Cutz. It's a black forest cake with green glowing slime, I mean, frosting on top. I added several spooky brads from Eyelet Outlet to make it even more perfect for the occasion. After putting the dies together, I added some green glitter to the frosting. Then I cut an orange mat and a larger nested mat out of patterned paper. The purple mat was made by cutting a rectangle out of cardstock using a border scissor. Remember those? They definitely still are useful for quick mats and by rediscovering them I'm making some old tools new again!
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Deck The Halls
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Dia de los Muertos
The Day of the Dead (November 1st) is a remembrance and celebration of friends and family who have passed away and Sugar Skulls are one of the day's most beautiful symbols. This card features Eyelet Outlet Sugar Skull Brads, as well as Rose Brads, a Sunflower Brad and some Mini Bees; with Skull and Bones Washi Tape serving as the perfect background.
The Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the brads, tapes, bling and enamels you could possibly wish for, whether you celebrate Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, Thanksgiving or all of the above!
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Take Me To Your Cake
Recently I was going through some older stamp sets I have and I came across the Beam Me Up set from Lawn Fawn. I thought it would be good fun to have the aliens try to beam up farm animals. Looking around, I came across the farm background stamp so decided to combine the two sets together with several EO brads to make this humorous take on an alien abduction.
After stamping the farming scene, I colored it with markers. Then I colored and cut out the UFO and beam. I also stamped and used white embossing powder for the sentiment strips. Next I cut the background with a stitched slimline die and cut a slightly larger mat in silver. I placed the UFO pieces in the scene and then added all the monster and farm animal brads. I also added a cupcake swirl brad. Then I glued the two slimline pieces together and glued it on to the front of a slimline card base.
Cow & Goat Brads