HA-PEA BIRTHDAY!

I'm sure by now you've heard the news, that after 25 years of supplying the best brads, bling, enamel shapes, washi and more, Suzanne and Tony, the owners of Eyelet Outlet will be retiring at the end of the year. It's been a huge privilege to have served on the Eyelet Outlet Design Team for over 10 years. I've been reflecting on our years together over the past few weeks and I thought it would be fun to share some blasts from the past as we wrap up this time together.

The wide variety of enamel dots and shapes have always been a favorite product for me. On this card, made in 2017, I used flat top green enamel dots as peas and honestly, I think they look good enough to eat! I added some green swirl bling on the pea pod and card face as well as inside the little diamond shape border. There's a strip of green and white washi tape down the left side of the card. This particular tape has already sold out, but there's still some beautiful tapes available, so be sure and browse through them and fill your carts while supplies last! There's still a great selection of our enamel dots and shapes available at amazing prices, so be sure and stock up, as there's so many ways to use them!

Thanks for stopping by to reminisce with me today!

 
 

Cutest Little Pop-Up Christmas Tree Card

Let’s start off on the front of the card. The red base is embossed in little polka dots with two die cut scalloped-edged cut outs which was the perfect place for the Happy Holidays chipboard sentiment. The cute Christmas tree is embellished with multiple Cut Jewel Bling in red, clear, green, purple, orange, blue and champagne. I also used Red Swirl Bling to add more shine and movement to the card. You will also notice clear Jewel Bling on the front as well.

 

Once you open the card, you will see the most festive 3D Christmas tree that pops up right from the middle of the card. The adorable Christmas tree is dazzled with multiple sizes of Jewel Bling in red, light blue, orange, green and purple. They look like little Christmas bulbs when the light shines on them!  The Christmas tree skirt has Black Bling highlighting its edges.

I used of farmhouse style ribbon in black and white with a Large Black Bumpy Bling in the center of each hand tied bow.  Unfortunately, I think the black bumpy bling sold out when I was making this so I attached a link to the clear bumpy bling which would be just as pretty!

 The Merry Christmas sentiment is bejeweled with Green Jewel Bling. And to top off the card on the left-hand side, I added some beautiful Black Swirl Bling to add extra light and movement. You all have awesome taste because it looks as though the Black Swirl Bling is sold out, as well.  I linked to the Green Swirl Bling as that was my second choice when making this card.  It will look beautiful!

As you can see, using Eyelet Outlets bling’s will always make any card sparkle, shine, and glitter. Make sure you always have enough bling on hand to spruce up any card you are sending. 

I hope you enjoyed this week's card, and I cannot wait for you to see next weeks project.

Shopping List
Cut Jewel Bling
Red Swirl Bling
Jewel Bling Strips - Purple
Jewel Bling Strips - Blue
Jewel Bling - Black
Jewel Bling Strips – 4mm - Green
Jewel Bling Strips – 4mm - Orange
Jewel Multi-Size Bling - Red
Large Black Bumpy Bling
Black Swirl Bling

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

Sweet Sugar Skulls and Bad Mom Jokes

Introducing one of Eyelet Outlet’s BRAND-NEW brads that were just released…. the SUGAR SKULLS!!!! 

As soon as I saw these brads, I HAD to make a card...and I’m not pulling your leg…bone.  All the bright colors and the beautifully intricate details in the flowers just shout CREATE!

 For my card, I looked through my stash and found some cardstock that matched the colors of my new boney brads.  Actually, I found a whole section of cardstock dedicated to sugar skulls that I had put away for just an occasion like this.

I fussy cut the three large sugar skulls out of the cardstock along the all the flowers and heart emblems. After layering all the cut outs in glitter and then white cardstock, I adhered them down to my card front.

 

You know me and bling! It wouldn’t be a Stacy card if it wasn’t rockin’ some bling. I ended up using two different sized jewel bling in purple and green and then cut some little swirls off of the jewel green Swirl Bling for two of the skulls.

 

I added some cute dancing skeletons on the bottom.  They are so happy they finally got to go to the dance.  Usually, they have “no-body” to go with.  Don’t worry about them though, they don’t let anything get under their skin (and you’re welcome 😊).

The final and best touches to the card, of course, are the three amazing sugar skull brads I placed on top of the heart emblems.

 

No bones about it, I love how these new brads inspired me.  Super easy. Super fun. Super cute! Inspiration brought to you by Eyelet Outlet. Bad mom jokes brought to you by yours truly. 

Shopping List
SUGAR SKULLS
jewel bling
Swirl Bling

 

Have a wonderful week and always be STRATE-UP CRAFTY!

💗Stacy

I've Fallen In and I Can't Get Out!

Hello crafty friends!  Happy Friday!  As much as I love fall, it is so hard for me to come to terms with the fact that Halloween is nearly here.  It is still 80 degrees here in the Pacific Northwest, which is just bizarre!  

Anyhow, I made a fun Halloween card and couldn't wait to share it with you!  I started by making a cauldron using my Cricut and set it aside.  

I stuck with the black and orange layers, as I really wanted the brad and cauldron colors to stand out.  I used the Witch Leg Brads upside down to make it appear that the witch fell in the cauldron and added a Witch Hat Brad at the base of the cauldron.  Lastly, I pulled apart one of the Jewel Green Swirl Bling Embellishments so that I could use the jewels individually and scattered them on the card front. 

Shopping List

Witch Leg Brads

Witch Hat Brads

Jewel Green Swirl Bling

Thanks so much for spending a few minutes with me!  I would love to know if you make and send Halloween cards or not!  Please make sure to leave us a comment and share!  

Xoxo, Kim

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Happy October!

 

October...

the month when we humorously remind our friends to "check the girls!"

Supplies:

Colored Daisy Brads

Swirl Bling

Thin Glitter Washi Tape

How about piling on a few of your favorite pink, decorative brads!!

You can't do anything but smile over the combination of a flamingo, donut and dragon 

mixed in between sequins.

Supplies:

Flamingo Brads

Donut Brads

Pig & Sheep Brads

Dragon Brads

Stitched Flower Brads Bright

Sequins

Glitter Washi Tape

Tickled Pink you came by today!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Kick Up Your Heels for Halloween!

I made Halloween treats for the kiddos in my life this week and it was so much fun!

The shoe is from Cricut's Princess Party image set and I cut it as large as would fit on a 12 x 12 piece of card stock and this allowed for the width of the Oreo cookies.  It was quite easy to assemble, too.

The fun part was creating the embellishment for the front of the shoe and the tags I tied to the cookie bags.  Eyelet Outlet has AMAZING brads for Halloween and they added such super touch to my shoes!

Here I've added an Eyelet Outlet Mini Spider Brad to the cobweb on the front.

Our little Ghost Brads are so adorable!

My granddaughter is not a fan of chocolate so she's getting socks in her shoe!  

Our Witch Leg Brads really kept with my theme! I also added a little purple stick on bling bubbling from my cauldron!  

  

Our Pumpkin Brads are always popular!  Here I've added some Eyelet Outlet green swirl bling.

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Fairy Great Birthday Wishes!

My very own birthday is right around the corner!

You can never have enough birthday cards for friends and family members.

Here I used our new Fairy Brads to adorn the stamped cake image.  A bit of enamels and swirl bling decorate our Paper Flowers.

Remember...here are are our upcoming trade show destinations!

More details in the right column of our blog.

Lancaster, PA

 Schamburg, IL

August 16-17, 2019

Winderful Birthday

Good Morning crafters!  I'm so excited to show you a few of Eyelet Outlet's newest brad, the beautiful grapes and wine bottle brads!  

For this card I used the wine barrel from Cricut's "Oktoberfest Printables" image set and the sentiment from "Let's Eat Some Cake" image set.    This was a quick card to make because the brads did all the work and it's perfect for the wine lovers in my life.

Be sure and check back soon for more of Eyelet Outlet's spring release!  There is something for everyone!

March Pocket Page (And A Card)

Happy weekend, and welcome to Saturday!!  This is Rebecca, and I have two projects to show today.

Are you currently living through rapids season cycling like we are? We've seen rain, snow, ice, warm sun, cold sun, and every combination in between, all within the last week.  Yesterday was bright and chilly. Today? Freezing rain. How do I forget this unpredictable weather every year?!

I am working on some scrapbook catch up, and I decided to do a page for this time last year. It was a reminder that the sunshine and warmer days WILL eventually come!



You'll find a little Eyelet Outlet in each piece of this quick, spring pocket page. I am in love with this roll of flower washi, and I tried to use it in multiple spots around the page. Filled in with a few other brads, Quicklets and enamel dots....easy peasy!



My favorite is in the top right picture above. I put pieces of washi on some scrap white cardstock and then cut the numbers (1, 2 and 3) out of the flower washi. I love how easy it was to coordinate the pieces in each pocket with just a few moments and scraps.



Bonus, I used some of that same flower washi (and some leftover swirly bling) for a springy hello card, too.

May your sunshine get warmer and more springy each day!!

Eyelet Outlet Supplies Used
Flower Washi Tape
Yellow Thin Washi Tape (check out all the washi options!)
Heart Enamel Multi Color
Daisy Flower Brads
Green Swirly Bling
Dog Quicklets
Corner Quicklets


Chicken Brads
Chicken Washi Tape
Flower Washi Tape
Yellow Thin Washi Tape
Green Swirly Bling

Washi Tape Die Cuts

Now that I've taught you how to make Washi Tape backgrounds, you can have even more fun by die cutting those backgrounds into fun shapes.

I created three different Washi Tape Backgrounds and Die Cut them with the Sizzix Top Note Die Cut for three different looks.

For the first one I combined three different green Washi Tapes with some Bling Swirls for a fun birthday card for my Gran.

For the first card, I lined up the tape at an angle before die cutting and then added sticker sentiments and a fun Party Hat Brad on the head of the roundest owl for some birthday fun before attaching to a gold metallic card base.

This photo angle shoes you just how shimmery/reflective the gold in the washi tape is ... and how stinkin' cute is that owl in the party hat.

For this card, I combined Wide America Washi Tape with NYC Washi Tape attached horizontally using this week's TGIF Sketch.

The Flatback Resin Super Hero Shield was the perfect accent together with some sticker sentiments to celebrate my annual trek to NYC (can't wait to go again this year).

The final card combines Wide Bike Washi Tape with some girly flowers at another angle using this week's My Time to Craft Challenge Blog Sketch.

I accented with Glittery Enamel Dots and Sticker sentiments ... don't you just love those pretty bicycles.

Products Used:

• Foil Washi Tape - Green Gold Stripe
• Foil Washi Tape - Green / Gold Dots
• Green Owl Washi Tape
• Party Hat Brad
• Wide America Washi Tape
• New York City Washi Tape
• Flat Back Resin Super Hero Shield
• Bike Washi Tape - Wide
• Flower Washi Tape
• Glitter Enamel - Red

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Retro Glamour!

Hello again!  Happy Sunday!  It's Deb here with a very pink, very girlie card!  It makes me think of girls getting ready for prom, or a bride and her bridesmaids having their hair and nails done for a wedding!

Our newest release included these cute little brush and hair dryer brads...aren't they fun?! When I first saw them, I immediately thought of this retro beauty and how great they would go together.  As I looked through my stash for some coordinating papers, I was thrilled to discover that a last minute, impulse paper purchase from the local stamp shop had this "definition of style" card on the flip side of the print that had originally caught my eye.  How perfect!  

Since this theme made me think of corsages, boutonnieres, and special occasions,  I wanted to include a flower (colored to match with a Copic re-inker), some greenery, a pearl and lots of bling!  This card was a lot of fun to make.  I hope you like it!

Have a great week!  Happy stamping!