Sew Awesome

Let your mom know how awesome she is with a handmade card this Mother's Day. I used several Eyelet Outlet products to embellish this one and I love how it turned out.

I used a Cricut image for the pin cushion and I added some of Eyelet Outlet's small yellow enamel dots to the heads of the pins, I used our amazing thread brads on the card. I tucked a piece of white thread in behind the white spool which really added interest and texture. I topped off this little sewing center with a some black enamel hearts.

I SEW appreciate your stopping by today and I hope you'll be making your mom a special card!

Squeeze The Day

I knew I wanted to make a lemonade themed card, but I couldn't decide between a pitcher of lemonade or some glasses, so I made both.

Using my Cricut, I sliced an openings in each card for the pitcher and also for the glasses. I added some acetate to the back to create a window. I added the Eyelet Outlet lemon slice brads to the bottom layer and then used foam tape to adhere the window layer. This created lots of dimension to the card. On the card with the glasses I also added the pitcher of lemonade that is included in this brad set. There's lime and orange slices in this set, too!

Stop by the Eyelet Outlet store today and put some of these refreshing lemonade and fruit brads in your cart! There's a lot of possibilities with this set, in fact, I'm thinking of another idea as I write this! Don't forget to add some enamel hearts to your cart, too! 

 

PUR-FECT Birthday

If you're a cat lover like me, you're definitely going to want to check out all the cat and kitten brads we have at Eyelet Outlet! You'll find them under the Animal Eyelets and Brads section on our website.

For this PUR-FECT birthday card I used these cat brads as well as the cat brads in black and the kitten brads.

I love the way the two cats on the left are peeking and the little kitten brad is playing with the balloon. I hope his sharp little claws don't pop it and scare him!  🤣 And as I often like to do, I added an enamel heart to the mix. The black heart was perfect paired with all my little black cats!

Nuts About You

There's so many possibilities for darling Valentine's Day cards with Eyelet Outlet products! Today I've paired our little squirrel brad with an acorn and  couple of pine tree brads to let a loved one know that I'm "nuts about them!" 

I also added a couple of our enamel hearts to this card, available in many colors. See all of our enamel dots and shapes here.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope all of our Eyelet Outlet fans have been keeping warm in their crafting spaces during the recent winter weather!

Hearts Galore!

Eyelet Outlet has hearts in every size, color and material for your Valentine projects! Here's just a few examples. 

These two cards feature our heart brads (top) and our enamel hearts (bottom). Our heart brads package comes with red, white, and pink hearts of different sizes. I used all pink for this project and in between the dangling hearts I used pink jeweled gems.

Our enamel hearts come in many colors, too. For this project I used just pink and red ones and I used some red and pink enamel dots in varying sizes in between.

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to check back because the designers will be inspiring you with more valentine ideas in the days ahead!

 

Poinsettia Card

Poinsettias are one of my favorite flowers. They take me back to when I was a little girl and I'd get the occasional opportunity to visit my aunt at work at the local greenhouse. At Christmas time there were hundreds of potted poinsettias waiting to be delivered to churches and homes all around the area.

This pretty poinsettia patterned paper really called out to me when I saw it, so I had to pair it with some Eyelet Outlet poinsettia brads. I added some additional greenery that I cut from card stock on my Cricut and then nestled an Eyelet Outlet pinecone brad among the pine branch. The sweet sentiment I used for this card really called for a few hearts, too, so I added a couple of our red enamel hearts as well.

Good Donut

Memes often provide great inspiration for my cardmaking. Such is the case with today's project. These darling ladies are Cricut images.

This fun interactive card base is called a Hide & Seek card. There's a little mechanism involved that causes the sentiment you see on the front to disappear as the card opens.

When the card is fully open the mechanism then reveals another message at the bottom of the card. I embellished the inside of my card with a couple of donut brads and an enamel heart from Eyelet Outlet.

Here's a video of the card in action.

If you are also a Cricut crafter, I've shared the file for this card (and several other versions of Hide & Seek cards) with the Cricut Community on my Cricut Profile.

 

Happy Birthday Texas!

In honor of Texas Independence Day on March 2, I created a Texas themed banner featuring many Eyelet Outlet products. March 2nd is actually my birthday, too, but I'm not quite as old as Texas who will be celebrating 189 years!

I used a white star brad on the first pendant and our sunflower brads on the boots pendant. I was inspired to create this project by our soon-to-be-released yellow roses which I paired with a mini leaf brad, music note brad and yellow enamel heart.

I paired one of our cactus brads with a horse brad for the ranch pendant and added some heart brads for the next one. The great state of Texas is famous for our beautiful wild flowers. The flower washi tape I used on the background of the last pendant reminded me of our state flower, the bluebonnet.

Thanks for stopping by and helping me wish Texas a very happy birthday!

Create Your Own Sunshine

 This week has been so cloudy and gloomy looking at my house. I've been hungry for some sunshine and decided to create my own!

For this card I used images from Cricut Design Space and instead of using card stock for the paint on the palette, I used Eyelet Outlet enamel dots in 6 different colors. We have loads of sizes and colors to choose! I also added a couple of yellow enamel hearts and I'm really happy with how this turned out. I think it will really brighten my recipient's day.

It's National Pie Day, Sweetie Pie!

I've had Valentine's Day projects on my mind lately, and since today is National Pie Day, I thought I'd bring you a pie themed Valentine card!

The pies I used are one of the many pie images in the Cricut image library.  I inked the edges of the crust to give it a golden toasty look and also added a little glitter glue so they'd shine. To the pies I added an Eyelet Outlet cherry brad, a lime slice to the key lime pie and an apple brad for my apple pie. I also embellished with a couple enamel hearts, a rolling pin brad and a fork brad.  

Thanks for stopping by a celebrating National Pie Day with me!

 

Pet Sympathy

This is never my favorite type of card to make, but sadly sometimes pet sympathy cards are needed and always appreciated by the recipient.

For this card, I used one of the cats from the Eyelet Outlet Cat Brads set. I also accentuated the corners of the card with some light pink enamel hearts. I added a strip of solid black washi tape across the bottom of the card, and then brought the light pink theme back into play with an organza bow.

Pocket Full of Posies

 Spring is just around the corner and I'm thinking about flowers!  Eyelet Outlet has paper flowers in every color that will really make your spring projects stand out.  Today I've filled a pocket of my favorite blue jeans with some yellow ones - and a few green ones serve as leaves.  

We have lots of options for adorning the center of your flowers, from jeweled brads, round brads, and stick-on jewels, but today I decided on some enamel dots.  I also added a few enamel hearts to my card. 

More Fun With Puns

When Eyelet Outlet says we have the widest variety of brads on the web, they mean it!  Where else are you going to find waffle brads?!  And we have toast, eggs, and bacon, too!  But today was about the waffle brads since I was making a cute little Valentine for someone I love a "waffle lot!" A large red enamel heart finished this card off perfectly.

Speaking of our amazing variety, sure, you might find apple brads, but you'll only find an apple core brad at Eyelet Outlet!  And how will you tell someone you love them to the core without it?!! Add a few of our mini leaf brads and some more enamel hearts and you're set to go with a unique and fun Valentine card.

We love seeing how you're using Eyelet Outlet products in your creations, so be sure to tag us on Instagram or stop in and share on our Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook Group.

 

You Rock!

Today I've made a valentine that celebrates the rocker. This card is shaped like a vinyl record. The jacket is decorated with Record Brads and Music Note Brads. The patterned background is created with strips of Music Washi and Instrument Washi Tape. 

Inside the decorated record jacket, a record shaped card is decorated with Heart Enamel Shapes. Inside the card, I added an additional strip of Music Washi Tape for some extra interest.

 This card was cut with a pattern from the Silhouette Store. It was easy to make and super cute!

SHOPPING LIST:

Record Brads

Music Note Brads

Music Washi Tape

Instrument Washi Tape

Heart Enamel Dots

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!

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Punny Funny Valentines

 Punny cards are my favorite cards!  I've been creating a few punny Valentine cards this week. I've made similar versions in the past, but these have a bit of a fresh twist to them.

The alien brad is always a good one for conveying that your Valentine is "Out of this World""  I embellished his little space ship with some small white heart brads and red stick on gems.  Our enamel hearts are available in lots of colors and the green one matched my alien perfectly!

Again, enamel hearts are added to give some texture and interest, but the star of the show is our amazing wide grass washi tape!  I love this stuff!

I'll have a few more punny Valentine cards for you next week, so be sure to stop by!

Rum & Cola

Have you seen the new brads from Eyelet Outlet?   Today I've used one of the new Eyelet Outlet soda brads and also a lime wedge from the new fruit brad set to create a fun little love note.

The rum bottle is a Cricut image that I modified a bit.  Rum & Cola is such a popular drink here in Texas, that I thought denim and bandana digital paper would go great with this theme. I used the offset feature in Cricut Design Space to make my sentiment pop with a black shadow.  Black enamel hearts for a final touch.

Thanks for stopping in today!

You're SODA Cute!

 I think you'll agree, Eyelet Outlet's new Soda brads are SODA CUTE, aren't they?! I had fun using these darling stick figures by Heather Roberts, a Cricut Contributing Artist.

As I often do, I added a few enamel hearts in a complementary color . Eyelet Outlet has them in every color you can think of!  

See all the newly released brads here and if you've already used some of them in a project, we'd sure love to see what you've done!  Please share on our Eyelet Outlet Fan's Facebook Group!

Beat the Summer heat!  Stay inside and craft!

You're Import-ANT to are

We're finally starting to have some nice weather and that's turning my attention to picnic season, so today, I've got a little card for you that features the frequent, albeit, uninvited guests, at all picnics, ANTS!

The picnic basket is from the Cricut image library and it's nestled on to a strip of wonderful wide grass washi tape.  I love this tape so much!!  The mini ant brads are forming a trail to investigate what goodies they might find inside the picnic basket.  I used a couple of red and black enamel hearts on the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today!  

 

Prepare to Dye

When I dyed Easter eggs as a little girl, we had those flimsy little wire holders to lower the egg into the dye, but this Pinterest hack of using a whisk is so much better!

I created this fun Easter card with images from Cricut Design Space and I embellished it with white egg brads and enamel hearts from Eyelet Outlet. If you’d like to make it, I’ve shared the file on my Cricut profile.

If you're also a Cricut crafter and you’d like to make this project, I’ve shared the file on my Cricut profile in the Cricut Community within Cricut Design Space.

Wishing all of our Eyelet Outlet fans a happy Easter weekend!

Hogs and Kisses!

 It's a farm fresh day here on the blog. I grew up on farm that didn't look a lot different from this one. I enjoy getting back to my roots by evoking farm life once in a while. Fortunately that's really easy to do with the large selection of farm animal brads that EO carries. 

Here I used a variety of animals and birds. There are many other options available such as Horse & Pony, Cow & Goat, Chick Brads and more. There are also Tractor Brads. There's definitely everything you need to create farm scenes like mine. In fact, there is so much available in the EO store when it comes to animals that Noah himself would be proud! Check out all their animal brads for your card making.

Supply List:

Pig & Sheep Brads

Rooster Brads

Chicken Brads

Heart Enamels-Bright

Green Pearl Bling - Multi

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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