Washi + Flowers + Bling!

Hi folks, it's Lauren here again. Everyone knows how much I love to wrap presents, especially for my nieces and nephews. So when my niece Lindsay Marie turned fifteen (15!!!) last week, I wanted to go big, which meant I needed ALL my favorite Eyelet Outlet embellishment categories: washi, flowers and bling!

I've mentioned before that I'm kind of... well... cheap, lol. So if I can buy plain giftbags inexpensively --or better yet-- if I can re-use a shopping bag, I'm a happy camper. In this case I started with a very pretty oversized bag from the New York Botanical Garden. It was exactly the right size and had that neat fern detail on the front and back. Unfortunately, it had the logo, too; in really large print. I tried putting ordinary washi over top, but the black typeface still showed through. Luckily, I had some glitter tape, which is very sparkly but not at all see-through. It also lets me avoid the wrath of Lindsay's father (my brother, Bill) who has declared glitter giftwrap and ribbon OFF LIMITS in his home, since he's only just now finally gotten all the carpets clean after last xmas' giftwrapping excesses.

I love to personalize presents. It is my belief that *everyone* secretly hopes the fanciest gift is for them, and that most of us totally get a kick from our name being on it! I recently found these beautiful, oversized, silver chipboard letters, and they looked good on top of the glitter tape, but my motto is: NEVER give up a chance to embellish!!! So I added a strip of Zigzag Purple tape and a fun Skinny Foil tape to each letter before adding them to the bag.

Lindsay's favorite color is purple (in case you hadn't guessed, lol!) so I finished off with some Purple Paper Flowers with purple Flower Jewels at their centers. I cut some older green flowers apart to serve as leaves, and finally added most of a package of clear Swirl Bling... cut apart and slightly re-arranged, in order to fit the space better. 

Don't forget to drop by again for designer inspiration, every day! ♥

Lauren Bergold

has rarely met a Sparkly Thing

she didn't love!

Box Full of Sunshine

Good Thursday morning, crafty friends!  Today I'm bringing you a box full of Eyelet Outlet Sunshine!  Our sunshine brad pack also includes some wonderful clouds and are perfect for so many projects.  

My cardboard box is an image from the Cricut Handy Man cartridge.  They Eyelet Outlet swirl bling was just the right touch to create an illusion of sunbeams.  

Eyelet Outlet paper flowers come in so many pretty colors and patterns and we have dozens of options to embellish their centers.  Today I used the stick on Flower Jewels in Champagne.  The orange gingham washi paired with skinny yellow washi was just the finishing touch I needed for this card.  Check out the many wonderful washi tapes designs Eyelet Outlet carries!

Thanks for coming by and I hope your day is full of sunshine!

Bring On the Bling!

I (Lauren) am still mildly obsessed with all the beautiful glittery *BLING* options available in the Eyelet Outlet store! This time, I've combined some of my favorite shapes with stencils and blendy ink!

For my first card, I used a favorite stencil with a mixture of different sized Maltese crosses. I blended several shades of blue and purple ink, over some designer paper with a subtle "resist" pattern built into it. I added Purple Flower Jewels ringed with Clear Bling to the largest; Single Gems to the smallest, and a mix of Blue Pearls and a few Teardrop Jewels (coming soon the the shop!!!) to the rest.

This lacy, floral stencil was a bit of a challenge, because it wasn't quite large enough to cover the entire panel on the front of my A2 card. So I filled as much of the bottom of the card as I could cover; then moved the stencil up to the top... and covered the seam with Pink Foil Tape, Glitter Gold Washi and Long Bling Strips. I scattered a few more Flower Jewels over the design and added bits of a Champagne Bling Swirl that I had snipped apart to make it fit better!

A regular, geometric pattern is often less appealing to me, but as a base for bling, it turned out to be really fun. this time I created my own pattern around the inked diamonds, using Green Flower Jewels, Clear Oval Gems and snippets of a Green Pearl Strip.

I hope you'll be inspired to combine Eyelet Outlet Bling with some of your favorite stencils, I'd love to see what sorts of designs you can come up with!  

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Lauren Bergold

is glad that bling comes in

ALL THE COLORS!

New York, New York

I love drawing inspiration from the world around me ... this week my inspiration comes from ... a Kleenex Box.  Yes, I have been known to buy a box of Kleenex just because of the art on the box ... especially when it is a gorgeous picture of the Statue of Liberty.

The colors in the art were perfect to embellish with all sorts of Eyelet Outlet goodies.  I started with Jewel Purple Swirl Bling to frame the left side and top (I love cutting apart my swirls and reassembling them to get the shapes I want ... it gives you so much design flexibility).

Next I added some New York Washi Tape along the bottom and embellished it with the larger (5mm) Green Jewel Strips to pull out the green in the background of the design (because the strips are attached with bits of glue between the gems, it makes it so easy to trim to the length you want & attach them straight).

I thought I was done with my card, but then I saw my the gorgeous paper flowers in my stash, and decided a few layers of those would be the perfect finishing touch.  I combined three different colors & topped my blooms with a gorgeous flower jewel.

Products Used:

• Swirl Bling - Jewel Purple
• New York Washi Tape
• Jewel Strips - 5mm - Green
• Checked Paper Flowers - Blue/Orange
• Paper Flowers - Dark Purple, Dusty Purple, & Blue
• Flower Jewels - Blue/Purple

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Winter Wonderland Gift Bag

I found this pretty green gift bag on my recent travels, and I knew I could make it into something special with my Eyelet Outlet Brads & Bling.

I started with the gorgeous jewel blue swirl bling and then added coordinating flower jewels.

And since it's going to hold a Christmas gift, I finished with lovely snowflake brads.

Products used:

• Swirl Bling - Jewel Blue
• Flower Jewels - Blue/Purple
• Snowflake Brads

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Grateful for Bling!

Eyelet Outlet Bling will give you a bit of pizzazz on your creations.

Here it is used on a card with a whimsical style...

Eclectic and colorful!

These Flower Shaped Sticky Backed Bling shimmer in light!

Eyelet Outlet sells various sizes of pearls and bling (in the same packaging) so you have options!

I hope your day is shiny and bright!

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Sunnyside Up!

Lots (and Lots!) of Layers

There's nothing more impressive to me (Lauren) than really well-done miminalist design, but sometimes it's fun to go a little crazy and really pile on the layers... and the Eyelet Outlet goodies! For this card I started with a vintage dictionary page and added layers of stenciling, stamping and doodling. The focal point is a Solid Color Paper Flower, to which I've added a little ink and even more doodling. Since the flower packets contain three sizes, they look even better when you layer them; and a Pink Flower Jewel makes the perfect center.

To anchor the flower and direct the eye to it even more quickly, I decided to add a diecut flourish made from Glitter Black Washi. Since Glitter Washi comes in a bunch of gorgeous, sparkly shades, and some patterned varieties, as well, it's great for making all sorts of accents. For this flourish, I covered a scrap of medium weight cardstock with neat strips of tape, then diecut as usual.

One of my stenciled patterns had some little circles that were exactly the same size as the smallest Black Enamel Dots in the packet, so of course I had to add a few of those. Inked edges and a folded glossy black cardbase later, my maximalist masterpiece was complete.

I hope you'll be inspired to experiment with a few extra layers in your next card creation!

Hey, I'm Lauren, and yeah... 

I have a thing about LAYERS!

Come see more of my creations, when you have time.

Box for chocolate by Marina Gridasova

Hello ladies! It's Marina here today and I want to share my box for chocolate

 a few close-ups:

box like this is an easy way to make your little presents unique. And every chocolate will be better with the package like this! )))) And of course Eyelet Outlet products are perfect to add accents to your work! Enamel dots are my favs, but brads and different jewels make your project shine!

Eyelet Outlet products:
Coloring book butterfly brads 
Oval Jewels - Clear
Enamel dots - Purple
Flower Flatback Resin 
Flower Jewels - green/pink 

 Marina

Intresting Things

Here Comes the Bride

I love making wedding cakes ... out of paper, flowers & gems

I start by cutting three equal strips of textured paper (for this card, they are 2" tall).  I then round the corners on one side and attach the layers of my cake. 

Next comes the fun part ... decorating.

I started by layering three paper flowers (don't you love that the Eyelet Outlet flower sets include multiple coordinating sizes) and adding an adhesive flower jewel to the center.  I like to use 3-D glue dots for a bit more dimension.

Next I performed what I call *swirl surgery*.  I start cutting apart the gorgeous adhesive swirl bling flourishes to decorate my cake.

I finished with another two-layer flower and lots of purple flower jewels.

These paper cakes make such elegant wedding cards and you can customize to match the colors of the wedding.

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Products used:

• Flower Jewels - Blue/Purple
• Swirl Bling - Jewel Purple
• Paper Flowers - Solid Colors - Dark Purple

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