WHEELY Happy Birthday!

Ok - Pun Alert!  I think you're WHEELY gonna love Eyelet Outlet's new Driving Brads!  For this card I used some awesome digital paper from The Digi Rainbow's Etsy shop called "Beep Beep."  The little cars on these papers paired so perfectly with Eyelet Outlet's car brads and the wheel patterned paper from the set really told the story and complemented our new tire brad from the Driving Brads set.  

 I used a tire tread from the Cricut image library on the sentiment and what car themed card would be complete without a strip of Eyelet Outlet's Road Washi Tape which tied my two digital papers together.  

See the new Driving Brads as well as our other new brads at Eyelet Outlet!

 

The North Pole Toy Co.

The elves are busy this time of year making toys at the North Pole Toy Company!  I created this little shaped card in Cricut Design Space and embellished it with some of the brads in Eyelet Outlet's "toy department."  

I added the holiday sock monkey brad, train, teddy bear and car brads to my card, but the building blocks, pony brads, bicycle brads, and any of our sports ball brads would be great as well.

Thanks for stopping by today and we'd love for you to share how you've used Eyelet Outlet products on your holiday projects!  Join us at Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook Group!

 

A Friendship Pick-Me-Up!

Hello, Eyelet Outlet fans! I hope you've had a great week! Leslie here, sharing a pick-me-up card using our Truck Stamp Set with matching Truck Brads along with our Car Brads and some Red Jewel Bling. I know I've mentioned before that I love our stamps and matching brads, or our matching brads and washi tape... these products are so much fun to create with! And I think this card would lift anyone's spirits!

I cut a standard A2 size landscape top-folding card base and an oval die cut from white cardstock along with a rectangle die cut from red cardstock which I layered together. Using the Truck Stamp Set, I stamped the sentiment and highway in black ink and added a Truck Brad and two Car Brads. I adhered the panel to the card front and added Red Jewel Bling to complete the front. 

I cut the same rectangle die cut from red cardstock and an oval die cut from white cardstock for the inside which I layered together. Using the Truck Stamp Set, I stamped the sentiment in black ink, added a Truck Brad in the corner, and adhered the panel to the inside of the card base. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time!

Leslie from Love To Scrap 2

Talk of the Town

Happy Thursday, Eyelet Outlet fans!  I've got a super quick and easy birthday card for you today.  This card practically made itself.  

I used one of the cityscapes in the Cricut image library for this project and added some "Happy Birthday" conversation brads from the Saying Bubble Brads set.  The set also includes "Love You," "Hello," and "Thank You."  I also added a couple of the car brads and a summer tree brad to the scene.  

This one was quick, easy, and cute, so I think I'll whip up a few more of them to have on hand!

 

Another Year Races By

I (Lauren) may be slightly obsessed with the new Eyelet Outlet Classic Car Brads, so please forgive me if I overuse them! For today I just have two cards, which seems manageable, right?

A great many of my cards start with a sentiment. In this case, my first idea was inspired by the fact that the Classic Car Brads look pretty sporty, which made me think of racing, and of course the older I get the faster the years race by! I printed my sentiment in a font called Cafe Rojo on a clear inkjet label and stuck it to a little paper flag. I made a fun background from a slightly distressed green patterned paper that I adorned with randomly placed strips of Tire Track Washi Tape, and punched a few 1" circles in the panel. Then I affixed the Car Brads to scraps of vintage map that i had backed with some plain white cardstock and adhered those BEHIND the punched circles, so my cars appeared through the windows.

My second idea was inspired by the Revved Up Gift Set I made this summer. It featured a vintage car illustration cut from an old falling apart book, but it occurred to me that if I scaled everything down to a smaller size, the same basic idea would work with the Classic Car Brads. I diecut some small nested label shapes and set my Car Brads, along with a Compass Brad. Then I set about building a card to hold them!

Nearly everything I used was also featured in the Gift Set, I just made it all a bit smaller to fit an A2 card. I placed artfully torn Brick Tape and strips of Sparkle Copper Foil Tape in a horizontal band across the card. I layered on some blueprint-inspired patterned paper, then added more tape: the Tire Track Washi and some fun Map Tape. I used another computer printed sentiment, this one in my favorite typewriter font, which reads, "You're a Classic"!

I hope you'll be inspired to RACE over to the Eyelet Outlet Store and grab some Classic Car Brads for yourself! ♥

Lauren Bergold

still loves washi tape

very, VERY much!

Take What You Need

It's Kim from Katydid Cards with you today.

I love being able to combine various Eyelet Outlet brads to tell a story.  That's what I tried to do with here:

I think this is a great idea for a card.  When I'm having a bad day, I would like nothing more than to come across a bulletin board offering up all sorts of emotional support along with the ads and notices.  I've made several versions of this card, but I really like the dimension created by adding the Car, Binder Clip, Eye Glasses, Thread and Scissor Brads with a Silver Glitter Enamel Dot and a Winter Mix Brad.  Here's a closer look:

Take a look at your collection to see what other brads you could incorporate into a card like this.


Inside, a simple but sincere sentiment.

If you like this idea, there's a template on the Freebies page.  There are many goodies there if you haven't checked recently.

Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Create your own theme with Eyelet Outlet!!

Any card can be a class act, when you add Eyelet Outlet washi, decorative brads and enamels.

There are so many different styles to choose from that you can coordinate to any theme!

Here I used some measuring tape washi tape, which is a fan favorite. It can be used for sewing, carpenter/tool themes, as well as school themed projects!

These Antique Car brads look like they are on their way out of the Eyelet Outlet shop.

Never fear...we have a spring release just around the corner that you make you toot your horns!

Be sure to pick up your favorite brads...and coordinating washi tapes!

Now that April showers are wrapping up...

Michigan crafters know that May brings the Great Lakes MEGA Meet...

Novi, MI

May 10-12, 2018

And, yours truly will be there!

Stop, shop, and say hello to me in the Eyelet Outlet booth!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

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

Travel Card

TGIF crafty friends!  Susie back again with another ATC.

Spring Break!  Road Trip!  So many happy memories created with my family at this time of year - which leads me to the sentiment on today's card:

"It's not where you go that's important...it's who you travel with."  

I stamped the CityScape image and travel sentiment on 2.5" x 3.5" watercolor paper with black Archival Ink and then pulled out my watercolors.  After painting in the buildings and a road, I added a Car Brad.

The Car Brads come in packs of 12.  The mix of red, blue, green and yellow cars have black detail and they are super cute!

Here  is the finished ATC...

...which was matted on black cardstock and mounted on a simple card.  I also added a single strip of Tire Track Washi Tape.  Perfect!

By the way, Eyelet Outlet has a nice selection of car themed washi tapes and they would have been another good alternative on this card.  You can see them HERE.

And yes I stamped out a few extra ATCs again.  If you are interested in receiving one just leave me a comment over on my Facebook or Instagram pages!

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

Susie Bentz:  My Time to Play

Supplies for Travel Card:

Eyelet Outlet - Car Brads
Eyelet Outlet- Tire Track Washi Tape
Clearsnap Wood Mounted Stamp - CityScape
Stampers Anonymous - Wendy Vecchi SCS129
Prima watercolor paints and paper - Decadent Pies
Therm O Web Zots

Boys and their Toys

I had fun creating a card for a little boy this week using a wide assortment of Eyelet Outlet Brads.

The toys include cars, planes, trucks, video games, army men, and a bicycle.

Can you ever have too many toys?

Eyelet Outlet Products:

• Car Brads
• Truck Brads
• Dump Truck Brads
• Travel (Plane) Brads
• Army Men Brads
• Bicycle Brads
• Video Game Brads

Did you know we have a Flickr Gallery to showcase Eyelet Outlet Design Team Creations?

You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling,

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles

March of the Toys

So many of the Eyelet Outlet brads are perfect for realistic cards ... but today, I'm looking at my brad collection through the eye of creating my own Toy Story.

I started with March of the Toys Designer Paper from the Carta Bella Toy Box Collection and then created my own Toy Box Parade.  I started with a few pieces of Building Block Washi Tape to help ground the parade (remember you can click on the pictures to see a larger view).

Next I went through my entire brad stash and pulled out any that I thought would be found in a Toy Box.  

I added a winter sled (one of the new Fall Brads), a fun little convertible car (doing a wheelie for my brother), a motorcycle, cartoon fish, a stuffed giraffe, a fun Monster, a Toy Army Man ... and of course some building blocks.

I finished with a dump truck (one of our favorite toys because we could play in the dirt and rocks), another wheelie car, a stuffed lion and round brads for some bouncing balls.

I had so much fun creating my card, there will likely be more toy-themed designs in my future.

Products used:

• Building Block Washi Tape
• Building Block Brads
• Winter Sled Brads (New in the store)
• Army Men Brads
• Fun Fish Brads
• Monster Brads
• Car Brads
• Baby Animal Brads
• Motorcycle Brads
• Truck Brads
• 8mm Summer Brad Mix

Did you know we have a Pinterest Board to showcase Eyelet Outlet Design Team Creations?

You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling,

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles