Thankful

 

Now that it's getting cooler here in the Carolinas, my husband and I are starting to go camping on the weekends. This was on my mind when I created my card. The brads on this one are super for the camping theme and all are available while they last at the store. Visit and pick up your nature inspired brads before they slip away forever!

SHOPPING LIST:

Camping Brads

Cooler and Soda Brads

Camper Brads

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your favorites while they last. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on many favorites. All bling is also on clearance and enamels are discounted too so be sure to check it all out. Remember that the online store is closing in December so there's just a few more months left to get great deals on the closeouts at the store.

Happy Creating!

 

Sympathy Card

 

Today I made a card that sadly becomes necessary to make or have on hand from time to time. Sympathy cards can be difficult for me. I love bright colors so my normal go-to color palette is usually not appropriate for such a somber occasion. Today's card still has bold colors but also includes whites and blacks to help balance the color out. 

This card started by creating an alcohol ink background in blue, orange, green and yellow. I added some silver metallic ink to break up the colors a bit and add something neutral. I cut the panel in four quadrants which represents a cross. Then I made a sentiment to go in the intersection area. 

I applied strips of Sparkle Pink Glitter Washi Tape on a pink cardstock panel. Then I added the cut alcohol ink panels on foam tape, leaving borders between the panels. Then I glued the Sympathy sentiment in place and added the rose brads below that in a cluster. To achieve this, I cut off the brad prongs and used hot glue to put them in place. Finally I added one of my favorite embellishments, matte enamel dots.  

SHOPPING LIST:

Rose Brads

Matte Enamel Dots - White

Sparkle Pink Glitter Washi Tape

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your favorites while they last. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on many favorites. All bling is also on clearance and enamels are discounted too so be sure to check it all out. Remember that the online store is closing in December so there's just a few more months left to get great deals on the closeouts at the store.

Happy Creating!

 

Happy Fall Y'all!

 

It's September and that means fall has begun! For many, this is their favorite season. I concur! 

My card celebrates the season with a little gold glimmer, a Gnome Brad, Daisy Brads, and Mini Butterfly Brads. All can be found at the store. Hurry because discounts abound and new discounts are appearing regularly. Don't wait and find your favorites are sold out. After they're gone, they're sadly never coming back. As a reminder EO plans to close their store by the end of year so don't dilly dally or you'll regret it.

SHOPPING LIST:

Gnome Brads

Colored Daisy Brads

Mini Butterfly Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your favorites while they last. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance and enamels are discounted too so be sure to check it all out.

Happy Creating!

  

You're my BFF

Today I have a fun fold card that features some totally cute but brads! When you hear cute you don't think of bugs you say? Well, then you haven't seen EO's brads!

Here I decorated a kind of ho-hum paper flower, bee, and ladybug with EO's Mini Bee Brads, Mini Ladybug Brads and a large 12MM Stippled Jewel Brad. I also used White Daisy Brads on the mechanism that holds the pop-out panel in place with the card is open. Most of these brads can be picked up for a really great price right now at the store. I hope you'll check out the many good deals there. 

SHOPPING LIST:

12MM Stippled Jewel Brads 

Mini Bee Brads

Mini Ladybug Brads

White Daisy Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

  

Talk Birdy to Me!

It's fun to create something handmade with a little humor in it. I couldn't resist using this sentiment with the Tropical Bird Brads. These two tropical love birds are perched in their cage with Heart Brads above them. Mini Butterfly Brads are a perfect accent to the embossed and colored cream background. This card is 5" square.

Shopping List:
Tropical Bird Brads
Mini Butterfly Brads
Heart Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

  

Flocktails Anyone?

Hey everyone. It's a beautiful day out there and it makes me want to spend the afternoon by the pool with some flock, I mean cocktails! This card features two Flamingo Brads, a Sun Brad and a Palm Tree Brad. I added some Pearl Bling to help the clear sequins shine as well. When set with the simple blue, white and black mandala, it just says summer is here and it's time to enjoy it. All of these items are still available at the store until they are out of stock. Don't miss out!

Shopping List:

Flamingo Brads

Sun & Cloud Brads

Palm Tree Brads

Pearl Bling - 100 Ct

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

  

Birthday Party Bakers

 
Today I'm sharing a fun birthday card filled with EO goodies. After stamping and coloring these ladies, I set about adding all the awesomeness with several birthday and celebration themed brads. So easy to customize to make it extra special!

Shopping List:
Candle Brads
Cupcake Swirl Brads
Gift Brads
Balloon Brads
Party Hat Brads
Red Glitter Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

 

Celebrating Witchy Summerween

 

Some in the card world have coined the phrase Summerween to celebrate the Halloween season in the middle of the year. Here's one of my favorite Halloween cards made while on the EO Design Team. This is a pull tab pop-up card. Pull down the tab which cleverly warns, "Do not pull" and a witch pops up from behind the gravestone. Super fun and clever.

What makes this card really pop are the many EO brads of the season. Pumpkins, witch hats, black cats, bats and more make this one a lot of fun. Hope you enjoyed a flash into both the past and the future to celebrate the Halloween season!

Shopping List:

Witch Hat Brads
Pumpkin Brads
Sun & Cloud Brads
Cat Brads - Black
Bat Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

 

Beachy Throwback

It's time for a throwback and since we have been experiencing a heatwave almost everywhere in the US, I though this little beach number would be very fitting!

This card was originally published in 2022. It's a lady on the beach relaxing with some wine and her flip flops. Shells also grace the beach. These items are all EO brads and make this card absolutely perfect!

Shopping List:
Flip Flop Brads
Sea Shore Brads
Wine Brads

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

 

Happy Birthday America!

 

Happy Birthday America! From all of us at Eyelet Outlet we hope you are celebrating our country's 250 year anniversary this weekend.

This card features lots of patriotic brads and red and white bling to give it some extra shine.

Shopping List:
Boat & Lighthouse Brads
Eagle Brads
Star Brads - Red, White & Blue
Heart Jewel Bling
Jewel Bling - 100 Ct

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads  while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

You Melt My Heart

Today's card celebrates summer with ice cream treats, lemonade, and hearts. What a perfect way to tell that someone special that they melt your heart!

I love the fresh yellow and bold red colors in this card. EO brads and bling really bring it to life.The Heart Brad is the perfect pop of white on the popsicle. The Lemonade & Fruit Brads are another reminder of the perfect summer drink. Red Jewel Bling adds another perfect pop of red on the white mat. 

 The finished card with all it's EO embellishments really sings of warm summer days, sweet treats, and the tart taste of summer lemonade.

Shopping List:
Heart Brads
Lemonade & Fruit Brads
Jewel Bling - 100 Count

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites. All bling is also on clearance so be sure to check it out.

Happy Creating!

 

Happy Father's Day

 It's soon Father's Day so I decided to get a few weeks ahead and get a card done for my husband. Masculine cards can be a little challenging but with EO products, it's easy breezy!

This card features Mustache, Eyeglass, and Star Brads. Black Glitter Enamel Dots help to balance the other elements. I placed them on the card but also on the vellum sentiment. The layered look is a nice effect. 

Shopping List
Mustache Brads
Eyeglass Brads

Star Brads

Glitter Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by today. Please make a visit to the Eyelet Outlet store to stock up on your brads, bling, washi tape, and paper flowers. Check out the clearance brads while you're there. You'll find some great deals on a HUGE variety of EO favorites

Happy Creating!

 

Go Jump in the Lake!

Here's hoping that some of you are enjoying the lake scene this Memorial Day weekend. My card celebrates jumping in the lake as something that's lots of fun - not an insult. I love this idea because jumping in a lake is one of the joys a lot of us have experienced in our lives, at many different ages.

This card starts with a pre-printed tag that I matted and then put on a torn mat before putting it on a teal card. Then I added the brads and enamel brads to make it extra fun. It's a perfect way to celebrate the lake life. 

SHOPPING LIST:
Trout & Bass Brads 

Fishing Pole Brads

Fishing Lure Brads

Green Glitter Enamel Dots

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

Happy Creating!

 

Floral Reverse Double Z Card

Welcome to a card that can't help you feel like a warm summer afternoon. This is a reverse double-z card. The card style features a horizontal strip of cardstock that spans across the card when it's open. The strip was a perfect place to add a strip of pink Fancy Long Bling from the store. I layered three paper flowers in white red and yellow and used a clear Bumpy Bling as the center.

I placed a centered strip of Fancy Strip Bling across the entire strip. I used the flower as the focal point by gluing it to the middle of the strip on top of the bling. Then I added a Bee Brad on the strip and also on the right side of the card. I used Pearl Strip Bling to create bee trails. Finally I added three Mini Butterfly Brads on the left side of the card.

I loved how this card turned out. EO products made it easy to make this card special. The products I used are below.

SHOPPING LIST:
Bumble Bee Brads

Mini Butterfly Brads

Fancy Strip Bling

Pearl Strip Bling

Pearl Bling - Multi Size Lt. Pink

Paper Flowers

Bumpy Bling

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

Happy Creating!

 

Happy Mother's Day!

Hi everyone! For all the Mom's out there, I hope you have a fantastic mother's day. In honor of the day, I'm showing off a Mother's Day card. It features a mommy bunny with her brood. She is surrounded with coordinating Eyelet Outlet brads of rabbits, birds, and dragonflies. Heart Enamels and a red Heart Jewel Bling heart.

This card is a perfect way to tell a Mom that she's loved. I hope that you have a great day, whether you are a Mom, a grandmother, a caregiver, a friend, an Aunt, or anyone who provides love and support to others. Today is your day!

SHOPPING LIST:
Dragonfly Brads
Bluebird & Robin Brads
Rabbit Brads
Heart Enamels
Heart Jewel Bling Clear Edge

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

Happy Creating!

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!

Love & Donuts!

Hi everyone! Today my card theme is love and donuts. I'm a donut lover and this card makes me both happy and hungry!

I made this card with backgrounds made of washi tapes. The Heart Washi Tape perfectly fit my theme and I love the cheery red background with pink hearts. The yellow mat is made with Glitter Gold Washi Tape. It's the perfect backdrop to the Coffee Brads, Donut Brads and the hearts from the Card Suit Brads. The best part are the small Pearl Bling accents on the donut. Pink, blue, white, and purple pearls are perfect as donut sprinkles! 

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I've inspired you to make a food inspired card. What's your favorite treat? Likely there's a brad for that!

Find all your bling and brads now at the store. All bling is on clearance for only $1 each. This is a sell out so once it's gone, it's gone! Many brads are also on sale so take a trip to the store and shop for all of your own treasures! 

 Shopping List:

Coffee Brads

Donut Brads

Card Suit Brads

Glitter Gold Washi Tape

Heart Washi Tape
Pearl Bling - Multi-Pink, Blue, Purple, & White

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!

Butterfly Flight

One thing I've always enjoyed about Eyelet Outlet is that they sell bling in many colors, styles and shapes. Who loves lots of color, sparkle, and glamour? Me!

To make this card, I chose first a square of pretty marbled cardstock with touches of aqua blue, lavender, and ivory. On top of this, I placed sections of Blue Jewel Swirl Bling. The bling makes me think of butterfly flight and so I made 4 layered butterflies out of vellum with glitter embossing powders in complementary colors to the bling and background. I added two sizes of purple Jewel Bling on the bodies and antenna of the butterflies.

I also made a Thinking of You sentiment strip on blue cardstock with white embossing powder. I layered 2 layers of each butterfly and placed them on the card. I added the final touches of clear 12mm Cut Bling and purple Jewel Bling. I matted the card panel on ivory cardstock and then on top of purple glimmer cardstock.

The final card is a sparkling thinking of you card with glittery butterflies and bling. I'm loving the pretty combination of marble and jewels and how it is the perfect setting for the soft, glittered butterflies.

Shopping List:
Swirl Bling - Blue Jewels
Jewel Bling - Multi - Purple
8mm Cut Bling - Clear

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!

Musical Thanks

 
Hello and Happy Easter! My card today is a musical themed thank you card. I play flute at my church and the church pianist helps me pick music and practices with me, mostly out of the goodness of her heart and love of music. I’m always looking for a musical themed card to thank her after each time I play. This one works perfectly and the EO brads and bling make it extra special.

By the way, be sure to visit the EO store. ALL bling is now $1 until it’s gone. Take advantage of great deals and get your bling now!

So back to the card. This is on an A2 metallic gold card base. I cut a grand piano and a piano keyboard with dies. I made a strip border with white cardstock and added Instrument Washi Tape as an accent. I embossed a white panel with a thanks themed folder, then placed the washi tape accent on top. The keyboard and piano die are placed and then I add the accents. First are the Music Note Brads. Then I added yellow rose brads. The finishing touches are the 12mm Clear Jewels and White Pearl Bling. 

I love how this one turned out and I know my pianist will really appreciate this and will display it in her home. I can’t wait to give it to her! 

Shopping List:

Music Note Brads
Yellow Rose Brads

12mm Bling Jewels - Clear
Instrument Washi Tape

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!

Three Spring Mini Cards

 Hi everyone! Today I have three mini note cards to share with you. These are 3 x 3 but they pack an overload of cute. 

I stamped and colored these little images with pencils. Then I drew in stems to add Tulip and Rose Brads to the vases. At the base of each image, I added either a White Daisy Brad or Fresh Flower-Bright Brads. Finally, I added an adhesive clear Jewel to each of them  

I adore these little cards that can be used for so many different occasions. From saying I'm thinking of you, I care, hello, thank you, get well, etc. these cards work with charm and grace.

SHOPPING LIST:
Fresh Flowers-Bright Brads

Tulip Brads

Rose Brads

White Daisy Brads

Jewel Bling - Clear 100 Ct.

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!