Hang In There!

Today I have a card I made for a friend who had a hard week. I wanted to give her something to let her know she isn't alone and she can count on me for anything she needs. I had told her to hang in there and it occurred to me later that I could repeat that same phrase in this card to her.

It was so easy to make this card! First I layered three washi tapes on white cardstock and cut them with a dress die. The washi tapes made perfect dress patterns! I used Flower Washi Tapes for two of the dresses. For the middle dress, I chose Heart Washi Tape. These made beautiful dresses but just about any patterned or floral tape could give you a very similar effect. It's up to you how you want the dresses to look!

I cut a mat and used oxide inks to highlight the center with blues. I sprayed some blue ink on it and let it dry. Then I arranged the dresses while hanging them on Wooden Hanger Brads. The dresses are so adorable hanging on these brads! All I needed to do was add Pearl Sticky Back Hearts and my sentiment and it was complete. I know this card will bring a smile to my friend's face.

Shopping List:

Wood Hanger Brads
Flower Washi Tape
Heart Washi Tape

Pearl Sticky Back Hearts

Thanks for joining me here today at the EO blog. Please visit the store for all your brads, washi tape, bling and paper flowers!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Wedding Dress Bliss

 

Fall wedding season is upon us. I've been seeing quite a few posts from friends who are attending weddings across the country. It inspired me to use the Wedding Washi Tape I've been hoarding a little (it's just so pretty!). The washi is wide and has six different retro bridal gowns on a white background. I picked two of my favorites to put on this card. 

I cut a wide piece of white cardstock with two lace edge dies and then placed the washi tape in the center. This creates a super border piece for the card. I used a heavily embossed cardstock I've had in my stash for a while for the background. I made a wedding gown die cut and hung it on one of the Wooden Hanger Brads. I often see this brad used for casual clothes but it looks great with this elegant dress too. After attaching the sentiment strip and word, I added Clear Sequins and Pearl Bling from the store. I love how this turned out. I don't have any wedding coming up but this will be awesome to have in my stash for bridal showers that I'm sure will be coming.

SHOPPING LIST

Wooden Hanger Brad

Wedding Washi Tape

Pearl Bling

Sequin Set

Thanks for stopping by today. For those of you in the USA, enjoy the long holiday weekend! See you next week.

Happy Creating Everyone!

 Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother!

Spring is the time to be honoring our precious mothers...and our dear ol' dads! With the snappy decorative brads and a great selection of washi tape from Eyelet Outlet,

you'll have something whipped up in no time!

Here, I added a Cupcake Brad and wooden spoon from the Baking Brads set. (This set comes with muffin tins AND wooden spoons!)  

Our Hanger Brads are a fan favorite.

I prefer the metal looking ones..but we also have a Wooden Hanger brad set.

Use your favorite washi tape...to create the tie! 

Wow...what a great duo.

What fun ideas do you have for Mother's or Father's day this year?

We'd love to hear about them!

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Let's Hang Out

Hi folks, it's Lauren here again with some fun cards featuring Eyelet Outlet Clothing Brads, including Dress, Wood Hanger and Jeans and Tee Shirt Brads!

One of my favorite ways to think outside the cardmaking box is to use what is called "negative space". By which I mean, instead of using the *shape* you get from using a circle punch, why not try using the hole from where the circle has been punched? So that's what I did on the "Hang Out" card. I strategically punched three one-inch circles on a piece of soft lavender paper, then I used that as my template for where to mount the brads on the blue dotty paper below. Since I wanted to show the clothing ON the Hanger Brads, I set the Hangers first, then carefully positioned the Jeans, Tee Shirt and Dress Brads on top.

My favorite way to do a custom sentiment is by formatting it on the computer and printing it out on clear labels made for ink jet printers, because then I can make it exactly the right size and shape for my design. The clear background of the label paper disappears completely on all but the very darkest plain papers, but if I'm not sure, I test it out by sticking a tiny piece of the sticker paper's border to the edge of my paper or cardstock. When I'm going to cut the sentiment into an interesting shape, as I did for all three cards, I cut the sentiment from the sticker paper with a nice wide border all around, peel and stick it to the paper I want to use on my card, then punch or trim the cloud, banner or flag shape. In this way, the edge of the sticker paper doesn't show!

When it came to making a laundry line card, I couldn't decide whether to use a landscape or portrait style format; and then I couldn't decide whether the line should be black or white. So I did BOTH! In each case I traced a dinner plate, verrrrrrrry lightly, in pencil, to get nice smooth curving lines. Then I took the panels to my sewing machine to add the stitching. In the end, I felt like it was a mixed verdict: I prefer the three tiers of the portrait style card... but the black stitching shows up best. I have filed these facts away for future reference, lol!

Thanks for coming along to "hang out" with me today, I hope you'll be inspired to test some of your own cardmaking ideas which feature Eyelet Outlet brads and embellishments! ♥

Lauren Bergold

actually does not hate doing 

laundry all that much!

Say YES to the (Origami) Dress!

A couple of weeks ago, a customer in the Eyelet Outlet Booth* mentioned that she had made some really fun origami dresses to fit our Hanger Brads. And when I (Lauren) hear something like that, of course I have to try it out for myself! Turns out, she was 100% correct!

I have done a few simple origami projects in the past, but I'm definitely no expert. Luckily, there is an excellent post with great photos and a step-by-step video on Red Ted's Art Blog. The folds are quite easy and straightforward, and there was only one section (making the skirt dimensional) that I had to watch more than once before I "got it". Here are a few tips I discovered as I went along: you don't necessarily need to use real origami paper, but you do want nice thin copier-weight paper; cardstock will NOT be your friend in this context. To fit the scale of the Hanger Brad I started with a square that was 3.5". And the most important thing I learned is, attach ONLY the bodice of the dress to your card, leaving the skirt section loose... otherwise it looks very flat and slightly odd. (Ask me how I know!)

I made my first dress from thin patterned paper and embellished the bodice with a snippet of clear Fancy Bling, with some pieces of Jewel Bling Strip at the edge of the skirt.

For my second card, I wanted to see if I could make a dress from some of the gorgeous new spring Flower Washi Tape we just got in to the EO Store. I lined strips of tape up neatly on a piece of thin printer paper, trimmed it into a 3.5" square and made a dress in exactly the same way as the first one. It took a little more patience to crease the folds, and I admit that I cheated and tacked the tiny collars and sleeves with a gluedot in the back, so they would stay folded... but otherwise it worked quite well! (But I highly recommend making one or two dresses from plain paper first!)

Once my dress was finished I added a Heart Brad to the bodice (this not only looks adorable, it also makes sure your folds will stay flat... just sayin'...) and attached it just under a Hanger Brad on a fun faux polaroid. I think this is the first time I've scattered one style of brad all over my background to make a sort of pastel Sunglass Brad patterned paper, but it definitely won't be the last!

I hope you'll be inspired to try some simple origami shapes, then pair them with your favorite Eyelet Outlet Brads and Bling! ♥

*Eyelet Outlet visits more than *thirty* US cities each year with Scrapbook Expo, CKC and various rubber stamp shows! Check the tradeshow schedule on the sidebar of the EO Blog or click here for a list of all the locations. Chances are we'll be somewhere near you, sometime soon!

Lauren Bergold 

has had a blast at Scrapbook Expo 

in Edison, NJ the last two years!

♥

Laundry

There are so many possibilities for Eyelet Outlet's Jeans and Tee Brads.  For me, the first thing that came to mind was laundry.  Though I try not to think about laundry any more than I have to!  If I have to do laundry, this is the kind I prefer:

The washing machine and accessories are included in Lawn Fawn's Loads of Fun set.  I stamped it and scanned it into my computer to make a few strategic cuts in my Silhouette.  The card is layered.  The top layer is cut to reveal the entire washer.  This allowed me to wrap this piece with Blue Tile Washi.

The second layer has the washing machine with the circle cut out.  This is the piece I colored and accented with Light and Dark Blue Glitter Washi Tape and Silver Glitter Enamel Dots.  This layer was attached directly to the top and a piece of acetate was attached directly to the back.

The bottom layer contains the full image and that is where I strategically placed the Jeans and Tee Brads as well as the Stocking Brads.  The empty spaces were crying out for attention, so I filled them with bubbles made with Pearl Bling.  Using Copic markers, I dotted color in the background so it appears as though there are clothes behind the brads as well.  I attached the top layers to this with mounting tape.

Now back to the front so I can chat with you a bit about how I finished decorating the laundry room.  I made the shelf by just welding various rectangles together.  The dryer sheets and detergent are from the stamp set.  The Water Bottle was added as were the Hangers.

The greeting was added to a mat I made specifically so I could add the two Pearls on either end.  And that's it!

I left the inside blank to use as a notecard.  After the greeting on the front, what sort of sentiment could I have put inside anyway?

I made another card using acetate and a recess well for the brads.  If you missed it, here it is.  I think it's Claw-some!

 Kim from Katydid Cards

Who provided the inspiration for these cards?  Katy did!

Fun with ATC's!

I don't know about you, but I (Lauren) make more greeting cards than anything else. And let's face it, they are by far the most practical paper-crafting project, aren't they? But sometimes I need to shake things up, and another format I really love is the Artist Trading Card. Like these:

The "official" size for ATC's is 2.5 x 3.5" which is exactly the size of a standard playing card... which is what I use as a base to build my designs. I covered my cards with patterned paper trimmed to size and then got to work on the FUN part: adding the little brad scenes and punny sayings! My first card features the new adorable and realistic Jungle Mix Brads, which miiiiiiiiiiight be my favorite item from the May 2018 Release.

My next card has nothing from the new release, but the Typewriter and Hand Brad sets are still faves of mine, and they inspired me to type all of the sentiments on one of my real vintage typewriters. Plus, it's hard to beat typewriters in love, don't you think? Because if you attach a pair of any brads and add a Heart Brad you've got instant cuteness off the charts, imo!

Our Summer Tree Brads are beautifully realistic deciduous trees in two different shapes (a bit like an ash and an oak tree, I'd say) and they go really well with the Pine Tree Brads from last year. I am secretly hoping that we'll see Autumn Tree Brads at some point, with beautifully colored foliage... just sayin'...

Finally, the Wooden Hanger Brads, Jeans and Tee Shirts and Dress Brads are also from the newest release and they work wonderfully in all sorts of ways, together or separate. The Jeans and Tee Shirts come with lighter and darker jeans, plus five colors of shirt in each packet; the dresses are a mix of four beautiful pastel shades, plus black.

I hope you'll be inspired to try the Artist Trading Card format with some of *YOUR* favorite Eyelet Outlet Brads! ♥

Lauren Bergold

comes from a family that LOVES puns...

...you can tell, can't you? ;)