Con-GRAD-ulations!

This month, in my (Lauren's) family, we have two nieces graduating from college, and a nephew graduating from high school. Which called for a single flexible design that could be customized for three different personalities. As it turns out, I have *NO* graduation stamps or dies. (HOW is that possible?!) But... large numeral dies and colorful alphabet stickers on notebook paper make an excellent base, and I personalized each version with lots of Eyelet Outlet Brads. Since there are 42 brads from 18 different sets across the three designs, I'm going to just mention them below in the Shopping List section!

Big Bad Grad Brad Shopping List:

Graduation Hat Brads

Sunglass Brads

School Bus Brads

Computer and Headphone Brads

Heart Brads

Book Brads

Unicorn and Rainbow Brads

Ice Cream Brads

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Dinosaur Brads

Flamingo Brads

Beach Umbrella Brads

Compass Brads

Reptile Brads

Popcorn and Ticket Brads

Mini Bee Brads

Fairy Brads

Cactus Brads

All the embellishments you need to customize YOUR next card are available at Eyelet Outlet!

Lauren Bergold

cannot believe how QUICKLY her nieces and nephews have grown up!

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Surfin' Santa

Santa's taking a break from all the holiday prep to enjoy a bit of surfing, and maybe a few treats, too.  Santa's tropical island has am Eyelet Outlet Tall Palm Tree Brad behind a Sandcastle; and Santa's brought a Candy Cane Brad along, just in case he needs extra energy. The background features Gingerbread Washi and Ho Ho Ho Tape, adorned with Gingerbread and Peppermint Candy Brads. Surf's up!

Surfin' Santa's Shopping List:

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Sandcastle Brads

Candy Cane Brads

Gingerbread Brads

Peppermint Candy Brads

Gingerbread Washi

Ho Ho Ho Tape

The Eyelet Outlet Store has all the embellishments you (and Santa!) need for fabulous holiday cards and decor!

Lauren Bergold

has never been surfing; but does enjoy the occasional candy cane!

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#FLAMINGOALS

Eyelet Outlet Flamingo Brads are flocking together for this fun and colorful all-occasion card. They're paired with Sun and Cloud Brads, a Tall Palm Tree and a bright and bouncy background of Pink Dot Washi Tape. The perfect card to welcome Summer!

Shopping List:

Flamingo Brads

Sun and Cloud Brads

Tall Palm Tree 

Pink Dot Washi Tape.

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store for all the best brads, tapes, flowers and bling... in every season!

Lauren Bergold

loves flamingos... and cardmaking... and cards with flamingos!

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Life's a Beach!

Summer is on its way and even if you can't get to the beach, you can create a tiny sandscape of your own in card form! This one features Eyelet Outlet Shell Brads, Sea Shore Brads, Sun and Clouds, Sandcastles, Tall Palm Trees, Seagulls and Sunglass Brads. The postage trend is awesome for combining a bunch of related items and Shell Washi Tape makes the perfect backdrop.

Sunny Sea Shore Shopping List:

Shell Brads

Sea Shore Brads

Sun and Cloud Brads

Sandcastle Brads

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Seagull Brads

Sunglass Brads

Shell Washi Tape

Whether your perfect summer day is at the beach, on a camping trip, in the garden, or baking up some yummy treats, the Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the brads, tapes and bling you could possibly need!

Lauren Bergold

wishes you a summer full of sunny days!

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Ahoy, Matey!

Pirates LOVE a good party, especially when it comes to birthdays! This pirate has brought along a treasure chest full of gold (aka Eyelet Outlet Glitter Enamels) as well as his trusty Compass Brad and a Parrot pal (from our Tropical Birds set). Setting the scene, Sun and Cloud Brads, a Tall Palm Tree and the Crab from our Crab and Lobster set; while Wood Washi and Map Tape make great accents.

Pirate-Friendly Shopping List:

Compass Brad

Tropical Bird Brads

Sun and Cloud Brads

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Crab and Lobster Brads

Wood Washi

Map Tape 

Glitter Gold Enamels

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store to find the perfect embellishments to enhance your favorite stamps and dies!

Lauren Bergold

is secretly pronouncing it, "pir-AHH-tees"!!

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Unsuccessful Chameleon?

Eyelet Outlet Reptile Brads feature both chameleons and geckos, and it would be a shame if one COULDN'T see them, since they're very handsome indeed. This chameleon is proud to be the star of a "Dad Joke" style card; he's joined by a Tall Palm Brad, and backed up with Grass Tape, Wood Washi and Wide Cactus and Flamingo Tape.

Shopping List:

Reptile Brads

Tall Palm Brads

Grass Tape

Wood Washi

Cactus and Flamingo Tape

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store where there are creatures and critters galore!

Lauren Bergold

can NEVER resist a Dad Joke! :)

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Life is Better at the Beach

Life IS better at the beach, but the next best thing is a beautiful beachy card, bedecked with Eyelet Outlet Brads. Shell Brads, Shell Corners, Sea Shore, flying and standing Seagulls and Tall Palm Brads add coastal flavor to faux polaroids matted with Sparkle Gold Glitter Tape add glamor. A Wide Wood Washi background with a twine border is set off with colorful, old-school 1/8" Round Eyelets and a scattering of Multi-sized Pearls completes the design.

This summer the Eyelet Outlet Booth is probably visiting a town near you, check out our Tradeshow Schedule to find out where and when!

Lauren Bergold

is longing to go "down the shore"!

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Drive-In Theater - Baby You Can Drive My Car

Are you nostalgic about drive-in movie theaters like I am? I am a child of the 80s and movie drive-ins were still alive and well, barely, when I was a teenager. I sure had fun going to many late night movies and staying for the dusk to dawn movie run. Usually there were three movies but I can’t say I made it to the third too often although I tried! 

Today I’m celebrating that by-gone experience with a pre-printed card from my computer. I printed the image twice and cut out extra pieces of the car and sign and layered them up with foam tape to give it a handmade and dimensional touch. I have used many Eyelet Outlet products to decorate my card which celebrates all things to do with drive-in movie theaters and the cars we turned into the best seats in the house!

Hopefully, you recognize the song title in my card. Since it is a song, I needed to add some Music Note Brads. I also use the brand new Driving Brads. The steering wheel shape is a lot of fun. I couldn’t resist also using the Palm Tree Brads to accentuate the setting sun. The movie sign was decorated with EO Popcorn Ticket Brads, and Movie Brads. 

Here’s a list of all the brads I used for this card:

Driving Brads

Music Note Brads

Palm Tree Brads

Popcorn Ticket Brads

Movie Ticket Brads

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

Happy Creating Everyone!

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Let's Flamin-GO!

Where do card ideas come from? EVERYWHERE! In this case, a friend sent me (Lauren) a funny meme that I realized would make a very fast and easy card featuring an Eyelet Outlet Flamingo Brad, a Sandcastle, Tall Palm and our Sun and Cloud Brads with an accent of Sequins and a mat of Pink and White Dot Tape: 

The sentiment is formatted in a font called In Your Face Joffrey, which was free at DaFont.com; all I had to do was print it out, add brads and embellies et voila! Whatever joke, quote, saying or motto YOU would like to re-create in card form, I'm pretty confident that the Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the Brads and Washi you'll need to make it work!

Lauren Bergold

can literally never resist a Dad Joke, lol!

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Dino-Mite!

Eyelet Outlet Dinosaur Brads make any day both DINO-mite and REX-cellent, as this pair of adorable minicards will attest. Small shapes like these two inch circles are brilliant for building little scenes at brad scale, with just enough room for a Dino, a Tall Palm and Sun and Cloud Brads and yes, a stamped and paper-pieced volcano!

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store for more brads, tapes and embellies to Make a Scene of your own; and check out our Tradeshow Schedule to find out when the Eyelet Outlet Booth will be coming your way!

Lauren Bergold

can never resist a cute brad or a diabolical pun!

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The Future's So Bright...

...You Gotta Wear Shades! Here's a bright and cheerful card, featuring some beachy Eyelet Outlet Brads, including a handsome Flamingo, a stately Palm Tree, a Sandcastle, and our Sun and Cloud Brads; all arranged on Penny Black's Glasses die with Cloud Washi lenses, on a background of Rainbow Tape.

While I was experimenting with combinations of tapes I came up with another version I really liked: Love Tape glasses with the Cloud Washi again for the lenses. I added Colored Daisies and a Mini Ladybug to the tiny garden and made a tiny glasses-shaped card base from a piece of window plastic.

Whatever the calendar might say, when it comes to papercrafting, it can always be any season you want, as long as you have a few appropriate Eyelet Outlet embellies!

Lauren Bergold

loves the beach at any time of year!

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Flamingo Fun by Janet

 

Hi everyone! The 4th of July is tomorrow. Along with remembering why we celebrate, the 4th always brings thoughts of fun, sun and mayyyyybe a few cocktails. Today I've created a card celebrating flocktail time with the EO Flamingo, Tall Palm Tree and Sun & Cloud brads. I also used clear sequins and blue pearl bling.

Here's a closeup of the brads on a mandala stamped background.

SHOPPING LIST:

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Flamingo Brads

Sun & Cloud Brads

Sequins

Pearl Bling Multi-Blue

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

Happy Creating Everyone!

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Fun Card for That RVing Beach-Loving Friend!

Hey everybody! Leslie here sharing a super cute card which is perfect for that RVing beach-loving friend! Everybody has a few of those, right?! This was a fun scene to create and features our Water Washi Tape, Sky Washi Tape Wide, Tall Palm Tree Brads, Sun & Cloud Brads, BBQ Brads and Flip Flop Brads. I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base from white cardstock along with a layering panel from 80# white cardstock which I covered with a strip of Water Washi Tape and a strip of wide Sky Washi Tape. I tore a strip of kraft paper and adhered it to the bottom of the panel. I hand-cut a sand bar from brown cardstock, adhered it to the washi tape seam, and added two Tall Palm Tree Brads. I added a die cut and embossed camper, a BBQ Brad and Flip Flop Brads. I stamped the sentiment in StazOn ink, added a sun brad from the Sun & Cloud Brads, and adhered the panel to the card base. 

I cut the inside panel from 80# white cardstock and embellished the bottom with the leftover piece of torn kraft paper used on the front. I stamped the sentiment in blue ink and layered the panel on blue cardstock.

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

Leslie Turner
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