Unlock Your Potential

Send the kids in your life off to school with a little encouraging card. Eyelet Outlet has all the embellishments you need to make it fun!

For this locker card, I embellished with our popular book brad, a basketball brad, a water bottle brad, and some star brads. 

 

Unlock Your Potential

 School bells are starting to ring and it's time to unlock those lockers and so I thought I'd share a back-to-school card with you today that I'll be sending to my granddaughter.

For this card I found an image of some lockers from CreativeClipCloud on Etsy and imported it into Cricut Design Space. I specifically wanted at least one locker door to be open so I could fill it with some Eyelet Outlet brads. I chose the books brad and a basketball brad since my granddaughter plays on her school's basketball team.  I also added a water bottle brad and a few gold stars to my sentiment.

Eyelet Outlet will be at the Scrapbook Expo this weekend at Edison New Jersey, so if you're in the area, stop by our booth and see us!

May All Your SWISHES Come True

Here's a birthday card perfect for your basketball fan and ideal for a "March Madness" birthday.  

For this card I used a strip of Silver Foil Star Washi Tape on either side of the card base.  The basketball nets and the sentiment are Cricut images and I used a couple of our basketball brads and some white star brads to finish it off.  

I'm disappointed that I didn't come up with this design in time for my granddaughter's December birthday because she'd have loved this.  Now if I can remember I have it when her birthday rolls around again!  

 

Hoop It Up!

In honor of March Madness, I thought I'd share a basketball themed birthday card with you today.  I've really been having so much fun making motion cards lately.  This one is called a Wiper Card since the interactive mechanism sort of swipes up like a windshield washer as the card opens.  I learned this cool card fold from Janet at Sugar Shine Designs. It just so happens that you'll soon be meeting Janet, because she has recently joined the Eyelet Outlet Design Team!

Here's what the card looks like when closed. The sentiment on the front is an SVG from Miss Kate's Cuttables and the fabulous basketball brads from Eyelet Outlet make it really pop!!

Here's what the card looks like when it's opened. The paper and basketball player I used for this card comes from a digital paper pack from DG Express on Etsy.  The basket is from Cricut's "Boys Will Be Boys" image set.  

Here's a little video of the card in motion!

Thanks for being with us today!  Enjoy the rest of the day doing something you love!

Juggling It All

Today's make is a tribute to my amazing daughters who manage their busy lives like professional jugglers!

I chose a juggling animal (in high heels no less!) from Cricut's Birthday Bash image set, but instead of balls, I substituted several different Eyelet Outlet brads to represent just a few of the things these two gals successfully juggle in their daily lives, from diapers to dinner and everything in between!

It was honestly hard to narrow down the brads to use in this card, because there are so many in the Eyelet Outlet store that would have been perfect, but for the sake of space, I decided on the diaper pin, books, soccer ball, vacuum cleaner and saucepan.  I substituted the original party hat on the image with an Eyelet Outlet party hat and used our enamel dots for buttons.

Tell someone you love that's juggling it all how much you admire them today!  

Baseball!

Hello everyone!  It's Kim from Katydid Cards.

It's Spring and that means it's time for Baseball!  Here's a diamond-fold card to help celebrate the season.

The "field" is made from a diamond covered in Green Glitter Washi Tape.  The bases and home plate are plain white cardstock.

The bunny image is attached with an action wobble spring so he moves when he makes this incredible catch of the Baseball Brad. His cap is covered with Blue and Red Skinny Washi Tape.

Here's a picture of the diamond-fold a bit opened.  The side panels are adorned with Fan Hand Brads in two of the five colors.

And here's the back of the card with a sentiment I got at the Silhouette store.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Curve Ball!

TGIF crafty friends!  Susie here with another ATC*.

Baseball fan?  You betcha! My kids are all grown now, but over the years I spent plenty of time at little league games.  Yes it was fun, but the best thing about team sports was the lessons they learned about life.  Time to play...

This card came together really fast!  I stamped the (excellent) sentiment on a watercolor paper ATC with Archival Ink, painted in a blue sky, drew in a dashed line and added a baseball brad.

The brad came from the Balls Brad set which contains a mix of basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls and baseballs.  (total of 12 brads)

Oh and here's a quick tip!  I used the inside of a roll of tape to draw in that nice curve!

Here's the finished ATC...

...which easily becomes a card when placed on a simple background.

I stamped out a few extra ATC's that I would love to share!  If you are interested head over to my Facebook or Instagram page and leave me a comment.  I will send them out next week.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to play today!  Susie

Susie Bentz:  My Time to Play

Materials for  Curve Ball Card:

Eyelet Outlet Ball Brads
Inkadinkado Stamps - Friendly Advice
Prima watercolor paper and paint

*Artist Trading Card - 2.5" x 3.5" piece of original art made in any medium and intended to be traded with other artists.

Grab It Quick!

I have often been captivated by the people who use those "claw-grasping" machines to try to win a prize. I've never tried it myself, but I can't seem to pull my eyes away when someone else is playing... wondering if they will be able to maintain control of the prize or if it will slip from their grasp. Some of the prizes can be quite adorable - I always celebrate when a child wins the toy or stuffed animal of his/her dreams.

To create this card I used a variety of Eyelet Outlet brads for the toys and stuffed animals in the machine. And look... I think the Sock Monkey is going home with someone today.

I also used a red Matte Finish Enamel Dot for the handle and added three blue Enamel Dots to the card for some more fun.

Eyelet Outlet Products used:

Baby Animal Brads (Giraffe and Hippo)

Ball Brad

Car Brad

Pony Brad

Sock Monkey Brad

Turtle Brad

Blue Enamel Dots

Red Matte Finish Enamel Dots

I hope you have a CLAW-Some day, even if it isn't your birthday! And I know what would make it an even more CLAW-some day... if you'd head over to Eyelet Outlet and check out the great products there.

Jeanette Cloyd