Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow!

The beautiful sound of Sam Cooke's 1961 hit, "Cupid," rang in my head when I created this little Valentine card. 

🎵"Cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go, straight to my lover's heart for me..."🎵

Eyelet Outlet's new little angel brad is carrying a bow and arrow that I cut with my Cricut machine and I added an Eyelet Outlet heart brad to the tip of the arrow.  Our wide grass washi tape is always a favorite of mine and I added one of our daisy brads to the card, too.

Susan Creech loves listening to oldies while crafting!

 

My Gnomie Valentine

Eyelet Outlet Gnome Brads and Girl Gnome Brads are celebrating Valentine's Day at home, and extra-wide Sky Washi and Grass Tape are perfect for making a little scene that also features a Heart Brad, a Mini Ladybug, Mini Leaves, a Sunflower Brad and a Mini Bee.

Gnome Sweet Gnome Shopping List:

Gnome Brads 2

Girl Gnome Brads 

Sky Washi

Grass Tape

Heart Brads

Mini Ladybug Brads

Mini Leaf Brads

Sunflower Brads

Mini Bee Brads

Love is in the air, and the Eyelet Outlet Store has all the brads, tape, bling and sequins you need for Valentine's Day and the rest of the year, as well!

Lauren Bergold

knows there is GNOME place like home!

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Getting Older Is No Prob-Llama!

You can never have enough birthday cards so I make them to be at the ready when they're needed. Today's card was fun to do in part because it's a lot different than all the holiday cards I've done lately. I'm loving the citrus colors of orange, green, and yellow!

The green panel is 4" x 5 1/4". I cut two orange strips of paper at 1 1/2" each and place a strip of Cactus Washi Tape in the middle of each. I glued them at an angle and trimmed off the excess orange paper on each side. Then I cut the blue starburst and the yellow circle. I glued my blue llama on the circle and then put a Cocktail Brad on his back and three green Pearl Bling. I adhered the llama piece on to the green panel and then inserted Piñata Brads and Cactus Brads in the corners. I mounted the green panel on a slightly larger orange panel and put both on a white A2 card base. I wrapped a white and orange baker's twine around the folded edge of the card and tied a bow. Last, I stamped and cut the birthday sentiment strip and glued it to the top orange and washi tape strip.

Shopping List:
Cactus Washi Tape

Pearl Bling - Green

Cocktail Brads

Cactus Brads

Piñata Brads

This is a bright and fun card I will put in my stash for someone that I knows likes a southwestern theme or enjoys tropical drinks. This would be a perfect card for a get together around the pool when it's hot and toasty outside!

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

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You're So Tweet!

 Hello EO fans! I guess I already have Valentine's Day in my thoughts because I decided I just had to make today's card that is full of hearts and "tweet" thoughts. What a bird brain! Ha, ha, ha. This is a 6 x 6 card. I began by stenciling a square piece of white cardstock with three Oxide inks so that the starburst radiates out of the center from dark to light. I colored and cut out the mailbox and the main sentiment and glued it in the center. 

Then came all the embellishments that really gives this card life. First I used Sparkle Gold Glitter Washi Tape for the edges of the card. Then I put the starburst panel on and added Heart Enamel Shapes, Rose Brads, Leaf Brads, Mail Brads, and Bluebird & Robin Brads. Last I added three Heart Brads. Loving how this card is so fresh and makes me think of spring. I can almost smell those roses can't you?

Shopping List:

Rose Brads

Heart Brads

Mail Brads

Leaf Brads

Bluebird and Robin Brads

Heart Enamel Shapes (Pink)

Sparkle Gold Glitter Washi Tape

I'll see you next week but until then please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Pet Sympathy

This is never my favorite type of card to make, but sadly sometimes pet sympathy cards are needed and always appreciated by the recipient.

For this card, I used one of the cats from the Eyelet Outlet Cat Brads set. I also accentuated the corners of the card with some light pink enamel hearts. I added a strip of solid black washi tape across the bottom of the card, and then brought the light pink theme back into play with an organza bow.

Good Advice!

Kicking off the New Year with a fun and colorful card featuring Eyelet Outlet Unicorn and Rainbow Brads with a background of diagonal stripes of Chevron Washi and a mat of super-shiny Pink Foil Tape. BTW, all off these items are currently ON SALE!

Magical Unicorn Shopping List:

Unicorn and Rainbow Brads

Chevron Washi 

Pink Foil Tape

The Eyelet Outlet Store has all the vibrant and beautiful tapes, brads, and bling to brighten up your January!

Lauren Bergold

aspires to be a unicorn!

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Barbie's Hat & Shoe Boutiques

 This Christmas gift for my granddaughter has been one of my favorite projects in recent months! I hope she has as much fun playing with it as I've had making it for her.  

I created several felt hats for her Barbie dolls. I was inspired by a similar project I found on YouTube and created the pattern in Cricut Design Space. I cut the felt with my Cricut Maker and rotary blade. The fun really started once the hat was assembled because there is literally no end to the possibilities of embellishing these little cuties!  

Here are a few of them that I embellished with Eyelet Outlet products.

For this one I used a little green organza ribbon and an Eyelet Outlet Stitched Flower.brad.

This red hat became quite fancy when I added Eyelet Outlet Fancy Long Bling in Clear and Pearl.

The black Pearl Bling Strips were a wonderful complement to the little tulle and pearl embellishment that I had in my stash. 

This small blue and silver pearl brad was the perfect center for my felt flower.

I used my Cricut to create a gift box for the hats that also serves as a play prop.

And since I was also gifting a package of Barbie shoes, why not make a box for them as well!

The Eyelet Outlet Shoe & Purse brads were perfect in the window of my Boutique Box!

If you are a Cricut crafter and are interested in creating this project for a little one in your life, stop by my profile in Cricut Design Space for the full file for hat and boxes as well as complete instructions. 

NOTE:  Eyelet Outlet brads are not recommended for children younger than 8 years old.

 

Cheers!

Wishing you a very Happy New Year with hopes that 2025 will be your happiest and most creative year yet! It seems appropriate to start the year with a toast... and Eyelet Outlet definitely has a fine selection of beverage brads, including, from left to right: Lemonade, Beer Brads, Cocktails, Liquor Brads, champagne flutes from the Wedding Set and Wine Brads. With Party Hats and Balloon Brads to decorate the numeral balloons, each diecut from a different shade of Glitter Tape. All on a background of extra wide Calendar Washi. 

Shopping List:

Lemonade and Fruit Brads

Beer Brads

Cocktail Brads

Liquor Brads

Wedding Set

Wine Brads

Party Hat Brads

Balloon Brads

Glitter Tape

 Calendar Washi 

And don't forget the Tea, Coffee and Soda Brads for those who prefer their beverages a little softer. All of these and lots (LOTS!) more in the Eyelet Outlet Online Store!

Lauren Bergold

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

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Bless This Kitchen

The madness of Christmas is past and I feel like it's time to hunker down at home to cocoon a little. In my house, that always means some cleaning and cooking some of our favorite foods! I'm also always in need of some all occasion cards that I can use to send hellos or thank you notes. The card I've made today is perfect for that and it gives you the warm and fuzzies - or at least it does me. 

This is super easy to make with a pre-printed tag and some EO washi tapes and brads. I extended a tag I had in my stash with a few strips of Dot Washi Tape. The extension gave me a place to build my scene with two Canister Brads, a spoon from Baking Brads, and a pot and mitt from the Cooking Brads. The background was made with three other washi tapes as listed below. The blue borders were something I've had in my stash for a long time so I was glad to find a good use for them. Finally, I added a mat behind the tag and the main polka dot panel and boom! Card done! Gotta love it when a simple card comes together.

SHOPPING LIST:

Canister Brads

Cooking Brads

Baking Brads

 Macaron Washi Tape

Cooking Washi Tape

Strawberry Washi Tape

Dot Washi Tape

Thanks for joining me here today to see some of my favorite cards of the past year. I hope you all enjoy a peaceful and restful holiday. Please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Year in Review Susan's Top 5 Favorites

I've enjoyed another wonderful year of creating with Eyelet Outlet products and wanted to show you my top 5 projects for 2024.  Click on the link for each project for the original blog post and links to products used for each.

First up is a meme-inspired "Bar in the Shower" card that had me laughing the whole time I was making it!  Eyelet Outlet's various adult beverage brads brought this card to life!

Next up is a card that unlocks the mystery of getting a "Beach Body!"  It's much easier than you think!

A fun birthday card for the basket ball lover in your life hoping all their "Swishes Come True."

"I Fought the Lights" was a fan favorite on our social media pages! I think we can all relate!

I always love a vintage Christmas vibe and the gold foil washi tape added to these book spines and the retro Santa and deer on this project made "Old Fashioned Christmas" one of my favorites for the year.  

Thank you for your patronage this past year and the Eyelet Outlet Design Team wishes you and yours a joyous holiday season!  See you next year!

Lauren's Five Faves of 2024

 It's time to pick my (Lauren's) five favorite cards of 2024 featuring fabulous Eyelet Outlet Brads, Tapes and Bling; so here they are, in no particular order. Click the bolded italic text in each description to visit the original posts, which contain all the details and direct links you need!

I've made A LOT of cards with Book Tape + Book Brads and loved them all; but Books, Cats from August is currently my favorite!

Unicorn Sanity might be the silliest EO card I've ever made (ok, possibly tied with last year's Put My Foot Down, lol) but I couldn't resist... and I love how it came out.

I saw the idea for One Door Closes on one of the humorous "Sign Guys" social media sites and instantly thought, "I have the PERFECT brads and tapes for that!!!" :)

Despite being quite recent, this Angelic card from the beginning of December had to make the list!

Another card made from a funny meme on Instagram, the Unsuccessful Chameleon still makes me chuckle.

♥♥♥

Wishing you the happiest of holiday seasons, 

followed by your most creative year yet in 2025!

Lauren Bergold

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

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Janet's Five Faves of 2024

  It's been quite a year at the Eyelet Outlet blog. We've had some great projects in 2024. This week, the team is taking a look back and showing us their five favorite cards and projects of 2024. I've picked mine but it's always hard to look through over 50 projects and choose your favorites. If you would like to be reminded of how to make these or if you wonder what products were EO's, just clink on the post links and it'll take you to the original posts. So - without further delay, here are my top five favorites of 2024!

This goofy looking snowman is tricked out with many holiday themed brads included a hat, wreath, ornament, and much more!

Skating Snowman

Everyone needs a little encouragement from time to time. This card has a lot of color and patterns for the dresses made with washi tape, hanger brads, and heart pearls.

Hang In There

There are two things I love from the EO store and that's the Girl Gnome Brads and the many Flower Brads. This thank you card also has added color from washi tapes.

Thank You With Girl Gnomes

These mittens are so cute on this card. They're decorated with Retro Christmas Tree Brads, Snowflake Brads, and Holly Brads. Snowflake bling adds a fun touch to the cuffs.

Mitten Magic

This card features many food brads and washi tapes. Looks good enough to eat!

Have an Egg-Cellent Birthday

Thanks for joining me here today to see some of my favorite cards of the past year. I hope you all enjoy a peaceful and restful holiday. Please visit the EO store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Presents from Santa!

Santa's bag is brimming with goodies and they're spilling out for you to enjoy! This little variation of a buckle card is created in Cricut Design Space and the buckle portion of the card is held in place when the card is closed by a little circle embellished with an Eyelet Outlet Candy Cane brad.  

Spilling out of Santa's bag I used one of the gingerbread kids, a nutcracker brad, a sweet little sock monkey brad and a gift brad. 

Here's what the card looks like when it's opened.

Thanks for stopping in today!

 

Holiday Sampler

Nothing says, "Warm Holiday Wishes" quite as well as a Nordic Knit cover stamp studded with Eyelet Outlet Brads! This card has thirty-seven (37!) brads from eight different brad styles... can you spot them all? Scroll down for a hint!

Working from top to bottom: 1/16" Round Brads (Brown Mix); Poinsettia Brads; more 1/16" Round Brads (Brown Mix) as reindeer eyes; Heart Brads; Pine Cone Brads; 1/16" Round Brads (Red Mix); Cardinal, Cardinal Profile and Female Cardinal Brads; Snowy Trees and finally 1/16" Round Brads (White). And in case you're wondering, "Did you really pierce a hole, place the brad, and secure the prongs for every single one?" Check out the photo below, which shows the back of the design panel.

Shopping List:

Poinsettia Brads

Heart Brads

Pine Cone Brads

Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Profile Brads

Female Cardinal Brads

Snowy Tree Brads

1/16" Round Brads (in multiple colorways)

Check out the Eyelet Outlet Store for all the holiday embellishments you could possibly need!

Lauren Bergold

sends you warm holiday wishes!

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