Have A Koala-TY Birthday!

 
Today I've made a birthday card full of Koala-ty cuteness! I made this arch shaped A2 sized card with a birthday background stamp, starred vellum, and a Koala themed stamp set. I elevated it with all the fun brads that are birthday and koala themed. As a finishing touch, I added matte enamel dots in blue to the background. 

Shopping List:
Candle Brads

Cupcake Swirl Brads

Gift Brads

Sloth & Koala Brads

Matte Finish Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by today. Please stop by the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers.

Happy Creating!

KOALA-tee Reading Time

 Here is my (Lauren's) ideal day off scenario, in card form: I'm reading, surrounded by books, with a friend or two for company! In this case the books are Eyelet Outlet Book Brads and Book Tape, the friends are a Koala Brad and a Mini Ladybug, there's a Telephone Brad in case I feel like chatting, and some Rose Brads for extra color and inspiration. I've also used Wood Washi to construct the bookshelves and Text Tape as a background.

What does YOUR ideal day off look like? Because whatever it is, I bet Eyelet Outlet has brad and tape styles that would help you recreate it in card form!

Lauren Bergold

is almost always thinking about what to read next!

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Thank You Teacher!

 Hi everyone! Janet here with a cute little teacher appreciation card. In my area, next week is the official time to thank all the teachers in the District and that inspired me to make this card today.

Eyelet Outlet has so many animal brads. I have this bus stamp and die in my stash and I was delighted to find that the EO animals are sized to fit perfectly in the windows. I know that none of the teachers are going to get a card as fun and cute as this one! 

Have you noticed the great wide road, train track, water and sky washi tapes in the EO store? I have found so many great uses for them. They make it so easy to set a scene like I did here.

SHOPPING LIST:

Road Washi Tape

Jungle Mix Brads

Puppy Brads

Sloth & Koala Brads

Pig & Sheep Brads

Tropical Bird Brads

Balloon Brads-Bright

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

Happy Creating Everyone!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Love You A Sloth!

I've been working on Valentine's Day cards lately and I couldn't wait to bring out the sloths from the Sloth and Koala brad set for this card. The koalas are perfectly sized for the small branches I have in my stamp and die stash. In this case, I decided to use dies for the branches and leaves. Pastel Leaf brads and pink and red Heart Enamels were also used as embellishments. The sky background was created by using two pieces of Sky Washi tape on a small piece of cardstock. I placed it under the scalloped window so that the seam is mostly behind the lower branch. It disguises it very well. Although not much is seen of the cute pattern, I used a border of Sloth Washi tape on the card edges. It gives a nice black border to the bright green paper and I like that there are little flowers peaking out as well. You can get all of these items and more at the EO store.

SHOPPING LIST:
Sloth & Koala Brad Set

Leaf Brads - Pastel
Heart Enamel - Pink
Sky Washi Tape - Wide
Sloth Washi Tape

Happy Creating Everyone!

                                     Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Highly Koala-fied!

If you're looking for KOALA-tee embellishments, you'll definitely want to check out the adorable new Eyelet Outlet Koala (and Sloth) Brads! Here are a couple of cards that I (Lauren) made, complete with especially diabolical puns!

But first, the Diabolical Puns, which I made myself, using a variety of free fonts. I've made them into jpgs, so that anyone as silly as I am can right-click, save and print them out. They'll also be on the Freebies Page. 

For my first card, I swapped out part of the sentiment for alphabet stickers and a white Heart Brad, that I placed below the diecut window holding a foliage forest in which my Koala Brad is climbing. 

For my second card, I wanted to convey the idea of the two Koalas being apart, so I used nested dies to cut a bunch of different sized stars from an abstract leafy paper, then scattered them across the front of the card. I placed each little dude inside his own star, climbing up a few wavily handcut stalks of bamboo.

Like everyone else who's been sidelined for over a month, I miss spending KOALA-tee time in the outside world! But if I have to be stuck at home, it's awesome to have lots of cute and inspiring Eyelet Outlet Brads to play with!

Lauren Bergold

changes from pj's to real clothes 

every single day!

(...as far as you know...)

A Little Bundle

Today's card entitled "A Little Bundle" gives the feeling of joy upon the birth of a new baby.

Whether this card is used as a congratulations to the family or as a baby announcement, it is sure to bring smiles.  Designed as a wall in the nursery, the stuffed animals hold the birth announcement while the Eyelet Outlet Animal Brads are framed and placed on the wall above the chair rail.  The Chick Brad, Koala Bear Brad, and Sloth Brad make the perfect nursery room decoration!

NOTE:  Even though this is a card, if all of the Eyelet Outlet Animal Brads are used to make an actual home décor picture for the nursery, it would be lovely!

Eyelet Outlet Supplies Used:

Chick Brad

Koala Bear Brad

Sloth Brad

Other supplies include the Lawn Fawn animal stamps and dies along with the sentiment.  The diaper pins and pacifier are Crafter's Companion dies.

This card is easy to re-create:  if you don't have the animal stamps/dies, swap them out for any animals you may have or use animal stickers!  Let your creativity reign!

Head on over to the Eyelet Outlet site to get your animal brads, washi, bling, and more.  

Be Safe, Be Well, and Happy Crafting!

Let's Snuggle!

Simply loving these new Sloth & Koala brads from Eyelet Outlet!

Just perfect for sweet cards such as this.

I added our Sequins and Enamel Hearts for a little added interest and to guide your eye through the card.  That Thin Glitter washi tape makes a great base line.

Love it!  

Supplies:

Sloth & Koala Brads

Sequins

Thin Glitter Washi

Heart Enamels

Air hugs from Sunnyside Up!

Feeling Sloth?

If you're like me, it feels like the two biggest tools to get through the day is my coffee and a sweet treat. That unfortunately ends up making me feel a little slothy! And that's the inspiration for today's card. This one features a cute sloth from the new Sloth and Koala Brads Set hanging on my coffee stir stick along with my treat. But it's a hole food right? No problem! Ha, ha!

Along with the sloth brad, I used a piece of the super cute Sloth Washi Tape which I matted on green cardstock. This is a great way to get a smooth washi tape result on a "bumpy" card like this with a die cut as the background. I also included three black pearls from the Black Pearls Multi Pack. I happen to be out of the Donut Brads at the moment but that would really be awesome on this card.

Here's a little closer look at the sloth, tape and pearls.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today for a little slothy fun!

 Janet Axtman - SugarShine Designs

Sloths

Today's card is a card of encouragement and is all about the Sloths.  Did you know that sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down in trees of the tropical rain forest and live in the jungles of South America and Central America?

The Eyelet Outlet Sloths are magical and fun to work with.  They made me smile and no doubt the recipient of this card will also smile.   

Head on over to the Eyelet Outlet site to pick up some Sloth Brads and other animals.  Don't forget the cloud brads and sun brads along with the leaf brads.  See what kind of jungle scene you can create!

Eyelet Outlet Supplies

Sloth Brads

Green Bling

Be safe.  Be well.  Happy Crafting!

You Have the KOALIFICATIONS!

I know you're going to love the brand new Koala brads at Eyelet Outlet as much as I do!  They "Koalafy" as one of our cutest animal brads yet!

Today I've paired the Koala brad with one of the darling koala patterned digital papers from DG Express Etsy Shop.  I also used some Eyelet Outlet mini leaf brads and our sun and cloud brads. Then I topped it off with a couple of green enamel hearts.

I hope you are all having a KOALATY day!

Just Hanging Out!

...with the brand new Eyelet Outlet Sloth Brads. Ok, technically, this item is called Sloth and Koala Brads, and the packs come with six of each; but in today's post I (Lauren) am only featuring the sloths. But don't be insulted, koalas, you'll get your turn, I promise!

My very first thought when I saw the adorable sloths was the "Sloth Mail" sentiment! (No, I don't really think like other people, lol!) It was one of those times when had the whole picture of the card inside my head, from the Sloth holding an envelope from the Mail Brad set, down to what font I'd use for the sentiment (Bohemian Typewriter!) and the fact that I'd line up strips of Mail Washi on the diagonal to make my own patterned paper. Of course, I hadn't realized that this particular tape is out of stock at the moment, and I'm hoping it will come back in soon; but meanwhile, the idea would work perfectly well with any of our other Mail Tapes or Postage Tapes or with postal-themed patterned paper, or REAL postage, or... well, you get the idea, it's pretty flexible!

But not everybody wants to get as silly as I do, so I also made up a more "mainstream" sentiment, as well. This one uses a free font called Stamp Act. Both of these sentiments will be on the freebies page as jpg files you can right click and save or print if you'd like to use them to make your own cards!

This card is also designed around a specific tape, in this case it's the adorable Sloth Washi. Again, I made a background panel from the tape, but this time instead of insetting my sentiment, I've added it on top. I used a pencil to very lightly draw "vines" for the Sloth Brads to frolic on, and then I machine stitched to add some fun texture, but you could draw them, instead, or stamp some foliage!

I hope you'll be inspired to create your own sentiments to go with our Eyelet Outlet Brads, and if you do, please share them on the EO FaceBook page because we'd love to see them!

Lauren Bergold

...consistently 

cracks herself up!!!

Attention!!

Eyelet Outlet is having a 3 DAY ONLY 79 cent Flash Sale on select brads!

You won't want to be slothful or slow. Jump on over...pick up new brads for your craft room before they sell out.

And...while you are there, be sure to check out our new Sloth & Koala Brad set. B/c we "koala" lot about YOU! Happy Shopping!!

https://www.eyeletoutlet.com/69centsale.html

Can't Wait To Hang Out Again Soon!

Have you seen the new Sloth & Koala Brads brads this month? OMG! They are so cute and there are so many good ideas that the Design Team has come up with. Love it all!

My card features the koalas. I covered a mint A2 card base using a designer paper panel that reminds me of Eucalyptus with shades of minty green. Inside each circle, I put a portion of a tree branch and a Koala brad. The sentiments are embossed with white heat embossing. I accented it with two white flowers that I colored using my Copic markers to match my color scheme. I love that I can customize flowers from Eyelet Outlet with Copics, watercolor or just about anything you want to use. I used white enamel dots as accents and as the flower center.

As is often the case with my cards, I put the punchline on the inside. It extends the fun a little longer. Today's card says, "Can't Wait To Hang Out Again Soon!" If I don't have the sentiment I want in my supplies, I print the message on a piece of white copier paper and attach it only on the left side of the card. I really like finishing my cards this way. It's very similar to the interior of quality purchased cards. As a bonus, it also hides the back sides of the brads! I've made templates in Word so that it's super quick and easy to make the card interiors for both A2 sized and 5 x 7 cards.

Have a wonderful Sunday! Hope you're "Hanging With Your Homies" and staying safe.

Hugs,

Janet - SugarShine Designs

Koalas!

Hang on!! The Koala are here!

They are a party of the new Sloth & Koala Brad set.

Love this new brad...pairs well with Balloon Brads too!

Also used:

bling

sequins

thin washi

Cute as a koala..at least in my head.

That's me!  Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Sloth To Do List

Happy Thursday, crafters! Eyelet Outlet has some new brads in the store!  Sloths and Koala brads are available now and they are so cute a life-like, I know you're going to want to add some to your shopping carts right away!

Today I'm bringing you a card I made with the sloth. I started out with a To-Do List from Cricut's Witty Wisdom image set, but I needed to make a few modifications to the list for items that a sloth would probably have on it's list, so I added "hang out" and "take a nap."  Since being on my state's "stay at home" orders for so many weeks now, I am beginning to feel like this sloth!  

I chose a branch from the Cricut image library for my sloth to hang from and then added a few Eyelet Outlet mini leaf brads.  The background is a few strips of our beautiful cloud patterned washi tape.

Thanks for being with us today and be sure and check back next week and see how I've used the Koala brad from the Sloths & Koala brad set.  

New Brads!!

Happy New Brad Day!! Sloth & Koala Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

Also, green Paper Flower petals and mat green enamel dots were used to create the foilage.

Mini Butterfly brads are a sweet touch!

Not being sloth like this month,

DawnMercedes, of Sunnyside Up