Thursday, July 28, 2011

Eyelet Outlet in the News!

Today we're excited to share a peek at an article featuring our product in the current issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine called  Supply Savvy
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As seen in the July/August 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Copyright Creative Crafts Group. Posted with prior permission from the publisher.





Be sure and pick up the July/August  issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine to see the rest of this fabulous tutorial!




Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Even more peeks of new designs!

It's been a busy week already and we're getting ready to hit CKC in Valley Forge this weekend!








Be sure and come see us in the vendor fair!


So today we're excited to share some even more images of our new products!

How about a little Christmas in July?




And for our dog and cat lovers




Caaauuute stuff don't ya think? Head over to our Facebook page and tell us which style of the new brads we've show so far is your fav and we'll pick someone to win a grab bag of our latest styles!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

More peeks of new designs!

We hope you've had a great week so far! We're back sharing some peeks at more new products we're releasing soon! We're sharing an outdoor theme today so enjoy these fun new products!


 
Tell us what you think and we'll pick one lucky person to take home a mix of all our new products!

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Some peeks at some of our new designs!!!

We're creating new product to release later this month and we want to share a few peeks with you today! 


First how about something for your little goblins! The witches hats are perfect for Halloween and other fun  projects!


Next we have some fun retro glasses.
 
and another fun style of glasses in round!
Wouldn't these be adorable paired with the witches hats? 

OK that's it for now but wait! There will be more to come so stay tuned!

Friday, July 15, 2011

Introducing our first Design Team!

Well we did it! We sent out the invite and our inbox filled up fast! We wish we could pick single one of you so if we didn't this time around, please don't give up! We'll offer another call in 6 months so create your hearts out til you see the next call! 

We are pleased to introduce
(in no particular order) 

Kassidy Thomas

Hi, my name is Kassidy and I am so super excited to be a part of the eyelet outlet design team.
I enjoy crafting and sharing my projects with others.  I am addicted to my Cricut cutting machine
as well as my brads and outlets of course :)   I can't wait to show you some fun projects I have
in mind with products for the Eyelet Outlet. 


Kristine Berc

My name is Kristine Berc and I currently live in central Wyoming with my wonderful husband, Dan, our amazing baby girl, Allison, and our two fluffy kitties.  I’m very blessed to have recently gone from being a full-time career girl to a stay-at-home mommy working outside of my home only part-time.  Scrapbooking and card making have been a large part of my life for the past several years.  I find so much happiness in paper crafting!  Very few days go by where I’m not doing something related to this hobby.  I love so many things about it, from having a meaningful creative outlet to gaining so many wonderful friends and experiences along the way.  I’m thrilled to be a part of the team and look forward to lots of inspiration and fun!


Nicole Brenna

My name is Nicole...  I am from California but I live in Norway above the Arctic Circle and travel back to  California as much as possible    I am married to a pilot and we have a beautiful three year old daughter.  Right now I am a stay at home mom and I love it!.  I have a true passion to create... I love scrapbooking, painting and sewing.  I have pretty much been scraping as long as I can remember.  I still have my first scrapbook I made when I was about 8.  It is a book full of trinkets from summer camp and very odd pictures (people's legs, tree trunks, and the ground). My scrapbooking skills have certainly grown since then...  

Creating things and being artistic is just part of me and something that I have to do... I find it so much fun and never plan to stop....  I am really excited to be part of Eyelet Outlet's Design Team and can't wait to share  projects with you!   I would love to have you stop by my personal blog and say hi scrapmethis.blogspot.com



Peral Liu

My name is Pearl , mommy to 2 wonderful kiddos - Deborah, 16 and John Ross ,13,
 living on the sunny little island of Singapore .
I first started scrapbooking after my wedding in 1993 , 
without using any acid free products .
There were very few acid free products available then here . 
Needless to say , that album is now yellow with age !
After the birth of my daughter in 1995, I started cardmaking via punchart and acquired the tools , punches and papers in the hopes that they would be useful for my kids at the right age. 
Well, I’m still the main user of all that product and tools today !

 From 2006, onwards ,there was such a shift in products available in the papercraft industry and I started using more scrapbooking products in my cardmaking. Magazines and on-line galleries were full of inspiration, so by October 2006 I started scrapbooking again and have never looked back since.
At this point in time, I consider myself very much a cardmaking scrapper. 
Cardmaking being my first love in papercrafting.

I'm so looking forward to sharing my Eyelet Outlet creations
 with you in the near future. 
And I'm so thrilled to be designing alongside 
with this fabulously talented group of DT members.

Marcie Morgan

My name is Marcie Morgan and I am a SAHM to three great kids ranging in ages from eleven to seventeen.  I have been married to my dh for twelve years and we live in an older historical home that we also share with six cats and two dogs!  There is never a dull moment at our house, but hey I always have subjects to scrap!  I've been scrapbooking for about eleven years and started out with the idea to make a simple baby book for my daughter and have been addicted ever since. I have been lucky enough to have served on many design teams over the years, including kit clubs, manufacturers, online stores, and challenge sites.  I've also been published in numerous publications, including Paper Crafts, Scrapbooks and Cards Today, Cards, Hobby Lobby magazine, and several online publications. 
Roxann Walker
Hi! I'm Roxann.  I'm a wife of 19 years to Big Daddy and we have 3 boys and a little girl, ages 6 to 15 years old, who keep us very busy! I'm an Oklahoma girl, currently living the dream in Central Ohio.    When you don't find me in the scraproom, you might find me in my garden or possibly watching some movie from the 80's that I've seen a zillion times!   I love to have fun and laugh and I'm super loyal to all those I love.

 I've been a scrapbooker all my life, really.  When as a young girl, I used to make paper scrapbooks and posters with pictures and words and glue and my mom's good pinking shears!  (Eeeek!   Yes, she freaked!)    After my first child was born, I stumbled upon archival scrapbooking at a craft fair and that was it....a full-blow addiction was born!  And I've been scrapbooking, stamping, paper crafting and creating for 14 1/2 years now and I love it so much more than you would think is possible.  (Yes, I even dream about scrapbooking ideas.)    Over the years, I've been afforded many opportunities to create, design and teach for many wonderful manufacturers.  I love sharing my love with others and I love to have fun.

I've had the pleasure of designing for Eyelet Outlet for 1 and 1/2 years and am super excited to now be part of the VERY FIRST DT!  I can't wait to show you fun ideas for using the best brads and eyelets in the industry!  If you haven't had a chance to see the Quicklets, throw out your hammer and check out those clever little puppies out today!  



Ro Philippsen

My name is Rosangela Philippsen, but you can call me just by my nick name Ro.
I live in a beautiful city called Curitiba, in the South of Brazil, with my beloved hubby and my 14 old year son, Rafael.
I´m graduated in Philosophy but 5 years ago I decided to leave behind a boring and stresses profession (I was Manager Account to a great insurance company), in search for something that could make me happier. Today I live among papers, scissors and inks! I scrapbook every day, I give lessons, I travel with my courses in my country and go to fairs too. I am passionate about creating and inspiring different people and I love trying new and interesting materials in my designs.

I'm very honored to be DT at Eyelet Outlet, it's a dream come true.



Susan Pollock

Hi my name is Susan Pollock from itsmesusanp.blogspot.com.

I have always loved crafting. I have been into a little of everything…ceramics, cross stitching, crocheting, fabric painting, wood crafts and now for the past 11+ years…paper crafting.
I have found a community of paper crafters through Facebook and Blogger that are inspirational and have become a true blessing to me.
I live in Indiana where I was born and raised. Married to my high school sweetheart, I have 2 sons and a beautiful little granddaughter.
I am honored to be on the Eyelet Outlets design team. I look forward to creating with their wonderful products and showing you projects that I hope will inspire you.



 Janice Kohles

Hi, my name is Janice. I currently live in central Texas. I have 2 wonderful kids Jazlyn and Cannon. I have been married to the Love of my life, Ryan, for almost 13 years.  I am a stay at home mom, and love to craft and create new things. I have taught a few card classes at my daughters school, and the local retirement home. I love sharing my passion with others, when I am able.  I am so excited to be part of the Eyelet Outlet Design Team, this will be my first design team to be on and I am looking forward to a ton of fun and wonderful inspirations.
 
Congratulations Ladies!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

See you at the Puyallup WA Expo!




Hey brad lovers! We're thrilled to be arriving in Washington for tmr's Expo! Please visit our booth at the Vendor Faire!

Here's all the info for those of you coming to the show!

Puyallup Fairgrounds
110 9th Ave SW
Puyallup, WA  98371
 
Friday: early birds 9-6p.m. 
floor opens at 10 a.m. for everyone else

Saturday: 9-5 p.m.
                                                                   

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

We're exhibiting at two events this weekend!


Hey Eyelet friends If you're headed to CKC Houston or Scrapbook Expo we'll see you there! 
 




CKC Houston
Houston, TX
July 8-9


and 

 
Gwinnett Center
6400 Sugarloaf Parkway
Duluth, GA  30097
 
We hope to see you at these events!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Creating your own embellishments with brads

Today we are sharing a quick tutorial using some of our pearl brads to create your own embellishment for cards or layouts but you can also use our rhinestone brads or your favorite design as well. With so many die cutting tools and punches it's really easy to make your own coordinating embellishments from paper. So let's get started
Step One:
Grab the 1" medium lever flower punch from Fiskers and a few of our 12 mm Pearl Brads. I picked this one up @ 40% off at Joann’s.



 Step 2: Grab your favorite pattern paper and punch 5 flowers.



Step 3: Use a pencil to shape the flowers by placed the eraser head in the center of the flower and pinching it around the head of the pencil.



Step 4 : Layer the flowers one on top of each other and use a paper piercer to poke a hole thru all 5 for the brad to fasten thru.



Step 5 : Fasten your brad thru the hole and create as many more of these sweet flowers like you'll like to use on your project.


Now use your embellishments to create a fun card like this one below.



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned paper: The Girl's Paperie; Ribbon: Celebrate It! Whimsey Cottage; Punches: Fiskers medium flower punch, Martha Stewart leaf punch; Die Cuts: Spellbinders Lacey Circles die; Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge from Provo Craft. Stamped Image: Unity Stamp Co.

We hope you will try this technique and use our brads for your flower centers! Be sure and share them with us on our Facebook page. We love to see what you are creating!
Do not forget there is still time to enter our Design team call. Click this link for all the info!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

See you at the Great American Scrapbook Conventon this weekend!


Come see us this Friday and Saturday!


Great American Scrapbook Convention
June 24th-25th
Chantily VA



  COPY AND PRINT THIS COUPON FOR $2 OFF ADMISSION! SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!



Thursday, June 16, 2011

Are you coming to CKC?




Look for us at the Vendor Faire
We hope to see you there!
                                                                                                                      Hours:
Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
(9:00 am early entrance for Show Special attendees)
Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm



Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Eyelet Outlet Sightings and a big thanks!

Hey it's Wednesday and that means it's time for another Eyelet Outlet sighting! This week we spotted some cute cards from Kassidy and Susan at  http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com. 


On your special day


Susan from itsmesusanp.blogspot.com used our clear jewel brads for this card.

For this adorable card, Kassidy used our lady bug brads

These projects are super cute! Keep posting your work with our brads and eyelets to our Facebook page. You never know when we'll spot your designs!

Now before we go we want to say a special thanks to Kassidy for sending SO many fans to our Facebook page. We are so excited to see all our news fans so keep 'em coming!

And one last thing. We're running our first every design team call! To get all the details on how you can apply click here.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Eyelet Outlet Design Team Call

Do you love creating with eyelets and brads? Can you create projects that are fun, inspiring and creative?  Then this is the Design Team call for you!

We are pleased to announce that we will be accepting applications for our new Design Team from June 10th thru July 1st.  All interested designers should submit the following information to eyeletoutlet@gmail.com with Design Team Call in the subject line:
  1. Name
  2. Contact info (address, phone, and e-mail)
  3. 3 cards and/or projects representing your best design work.
    (Please, JPG files should be no larger than 500kb each.) Sizing your cards 600x600 works best. You can use Picnik.com to edit and it’s free.
  4. Let us know if your strength is card making, tags, goodie boxes or packaging, layouts or altered art.
  5. List of current design teams and/or your resume
  6. Link to your online blog and one online gallery.
  7. List of message boards in which you actively participate
    (3x or more per week)
  8. Share why you wish to join the Eyelet Outlet design team.  
SPECIAL NOTES: Use of Eyelet Outlet products is not required. However, if available, please include submissions including Eyelet Outlet product.

Submission deadline is July 1st, 2011.
We hope to announce our new team Friday, July 15, 2011.
Design Team term/contract will run from July 15, 2011 thru January 31, 2012.


 International applicants are encouraged to apply as well!

You will receive:
- Your layouts, cards, tags and projects posted on our website gallery and blog
- Tons of Eyelet Outlet products to work with!
- A  link on our blog to yours
- Ability to request items for projects you have in mind



General duties of an Eyelet Outlet Design Team member include: You will be required to create at least 4 projects per month and email them by the due date for our design blog. Promote Eyelet Outlet on your personal blog and post your designs created with our product linking to our blog and Facebook page.  Post 2 of your required Eyelet Outlet projects per month to a private message board like Two Peas or Scrapbook.com. You may also be asked to create a post for the Eyelet Outlet blog highlighting a project(s) or technique(s) with the focus on Eyelet Outlet product.  Creating sample layouts or cards with new release prototypes to be displayed at CHA or various expos. 


To learn more about Eyelet Outlet visit http://www.eyeletoutlet.com

Questions may be directed to DT Coordinator and Social Media contact Shemaine Smith @eyeletoutlet@gmail.com

Thank you and good luck!


Suzanne

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Product spotlight: Pearl Brads

Boy cards can be tricky but with all the die cutting machines on the market, you can whip up out of this world projects in no time. We spotted these fun cards from Melinda Spinks over at the My Little Shoebox blog using pearl brads in a unique way.







Melinda shows us that pearl brads don't have to be limited to feminine cards only.







We've got plenty of colors, sizes and styles of pearl brads for your next project at our website Eyelet Outlet.



We'd like to say a special thanks to Melinda for letting us share her fun projects with you today on our blog.

Have you been showing us your eyelet Outlet creations on our Facebook page? You could be spotted for our blog!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Eyelet Outlet sightings

We love seeing you at the shows in our booth but we really love to see what you are creating with our products. That's why every week on Wednesdays we'll be featuring a different artist's work with Eyelet Outlet products right here on our blog.

 If you'd like your work to be considered for our sightings posts here's what we're looking for
  • creative uses of our brads and eyelets on cards, layouts or anything you can dream up
  • clear photos taken in natural light on a white background
  • posted to our Facebook wall or links to whereever your work is posted that you would like considered
When photographing your work for consideration please remember to use natural light so you don't have a glare or blurry photos and take them on a white background. You can pick up white poster board at most craft stores.
By sending us your link or posting your project to our Facebook wall you are allowing us to show your work on our blog. Please include a link to your blog if you have one and we will post it along with your project if it's chosen and promote you on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
That's it!
If you have any questions feel free to email us at eyeletoutlet@gmail.com.
We can't wait to see what you send in!

Today we spotted this card with our Dove brads by Shemaine Smith

Love
Other supplies: We R Memory Keepers Be My Valentine collection


Have a great day!