I Treasure You Father's Day Card

Do you like pirates? My husband loves the pirate theme so I decided to make him a card fit for the best pirate I know! Arghh!

I'll admit, this took some time because of the stamping and coloring but I know he'll love it so it's all good! The fancy fold base card is not hard and very quick to make so you can always simplify it and still get a great card.

The card base is a fancy fold style called Dutch Door because of the two flaps at the bottom that meet in the middle and the flap for the top section. When displayed, the card front rests on the flaps and it turns into a sweet easel card. This is digressing a little but I was a child in the 70's and I thought Dutch doors were the bomb back then! It was fun to think of that while I was making this one.

I used three brad sets in this card. They were perfect pieces to enhance and make this card extra special!

Funky Fish Brads

Sea Shore Brads

Compass Brads

The base of my card is made with teal card stock. You can't go wrong with teal for a nautical card because navy, gold, brown, pink and coral looks great with it and they happen to be common colors for nautical images.

The pieces needed for these cards are:

Solid Card Stock:
Main card base - 4 1/8" x 10" Score at 5 7/8"
Flap for the doors - 2" x 8 1/2" Score on each end 2 1/8"

Designer Paper: Front Flap - 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" Inside of Card - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8" 2 pieces for the door fronts - 1 3/4" x 1 7/8"

You'll also need several pieces of white card stock for mats.
Front flap mat - 4" x 4"
Inside mat - 5 3/4" x 4"
For outside and inside door mats: 1 7/8" x 2"
Front image and sentiment - approximately 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" (cut with a steel stitched rectangle die) Inside image and sentiment - approximate 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" (cut with a steel stitched rectangle die)

Attach the smaller teal card stock piece to the back of the larger piece with glue so you can close the door flaps at the bottom of the card. Glue the mats and designer paper to the outside and the inside of the card.

Next I stamped and colored me matey, his fish and the treasure chest sea bottom image. You'll see in the photos that I used yellow initially to make the sentiment glow but I didn't like it. Shall we say it reminded me of small children in a pool doing what kids do in a pool? Not good! I used a light turquoise marker and went over it. That's why the finished pictures show turquoise around the sentiment instead. The yellow was light so it was no problem going over it.

I cut the fish out using my Brother ScanNCut and trimmed the chest scene with my scissors. You can easily fussy cut all the pieces but I'm lazy! Haha! I glued these to the inside of the card and prepared the Funky Fish Brads to go into the scene. I was so busy constructing the card, I forgot to put the brads in before I glued the mats down. Since I didn't want the brad prongs to show, I just cut off the prongs and used glue dots to adhere the decorative part of the brad to the card. Problem solved!

Then I stamped and colored the interior lady pirate and stamped the Father's Day message. I adhered everything inside the card and also added a strip of Fancy Pearl and Jewels Bling in blue from the store. It reminded me of air bubbles and was a perfect touch the vibe I was going for! Here you can see how I placed the Funky Fish in the watery scene.

To finish the front of the card, I attached the male pirate image to a gold mat cut from fine gold glitter card stock at approximately 3" x 4 1/4". I embellished the mat with a Compass Brad. I think you'll agree that gold on the mat and the brad is gorgeous on teal! The matted image was then glued so the bottom is about an 3/4" below the flap. This creates the notch that holds the doors open when you display it. The front flaps are decorated with sand dollars and starfish from the Sea Shore Brad Set. The pirate stamps are from Jessica Lynn Originals called Pirate Brentwood Owl. The fish & treasure chest scene is from a Stampendous set called Nautical Treasure.

As you can see, this card folds flat for mailing or giving. I found the brads were perfect to tuck the flap shut before mailing and it makes a pretty presentation before they open the flap and get the full effect of the design.

This card can be adapted to any occasion, season or reason! Use your imagination, grab your nautical themed stamps and brads and get creative! Thanks for stopping by.

Janet - SugarShine Designs

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It's All Abbout the Washi Tape!

Today's card isn't a card!  It's a project that's fun to make, it lets creativity shine and it's useful!  Today, it's all about the Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape, Brads, and bookmarks.

 

This is a fun technique of blending two coordinating (or not) Eyelet Outlet Washi Tapes and making a bookmark.  It requires a bit of creativity, a bit of measuring, and lot of fun!

In the picture above, the unicorn bookmark was made using the Eyelet Outlet Unicorn Washi Tape and the Skinny Dotted Silver Washi Tape.  Here's how it's done:

1.  Cut a bookmark base at 2" x 5.25"
2.  Measure down on the left side .75" and place a light pencil mark.  Do the same for the right side.
3. At the top, measure in .75" from each side  
4. Create the bookmark angles.  On the left side of the bookmark cut from the mark .75" down to the mark .75" across the top.  Do the same on the right side.
5.  Select a backing paper if desired and cut larger(as desired) than the bookmark base.  Adhere the bookmark base to the backing paper.
6.  Select two coordinating Eyelet Outlet Washi Tapes.
7. Place the first tape at the bottom of the bookmark leaving extra on both sides (this will be taken care of later) and tear off the roll.
8.  Add the second tape above the first tape leaving no space between them and tear off the roll.
9.  Continue steps 7 & 8 until the bookmark is covered.
10.  Now even the edges either by cutting them off or by folding the excess tape to the back of the bookmark (folding is easier, trust me on this one)
11. Punch a hole at the center top of bookmark about .5" down and add string, twine or ribbon as desired.
12.  Now decorate:  add a message with lettering, stamping, or stickers.  Be Creative!
13.  Add a coordinating Eyelet Outlet Brad.  Both brads in the picture above are mounted on a 1"x1" square edged with one of the Eyelet Outlet Washi Tapes.  It is mounted on the bookmark with foam squares.  

This is a great project for kids 8+.  These bookmarks can be made to keep, trade with friends, or given as gifts.  Please note:  supervision is a good thing to ensure safety with the scissors and/or paper trimmer with younger children.  You may want to create the bookmark bases ahead of time and have them begin with Step 6.

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Unicorn Washi Tape

Skinny Dotted Silver Tape

Unicorn Brad

Classic Cards Washi Tape

Road Washi Tape

Classic Car Brad

Be safe.  Be well.  Happy Crafting!

You Rock!

I'm excited to show you a project today that features Eyelet Outlet's newest brad!  We now have records in the Eyelet Outlet store - both LP's and 45's, so let's get ready to ROCK!

My Cricut machine was instrumental in creating this card.  I started out with two sound wave image from Cricut's Sound Wave image set and two 5" x 3 1/2" rectangles on my design canvas.  First, I centered then sliced a sound wave image into one of the rectangles. I added my sentiment to this rectangle, omitting the "O" in "Rock," since my record brad was going to serve that purpose.  On the second rectangle, I centered and attached the sound wave image, setting the image to draw rather than cut, ending up with two rectangles looking like this:

Next it was time for the skinny washi tape!  Eyelet Outlet has oodles of colors and patterns, but I stuck to the solids in a rainbow of colors.

Using the drawn lines of the sound wave, I was able to apply my washi tape exactly where it needed to be and then I adhered the two rectangles together and applied my record brad as well as some Eyelet Outlet music note brads for a finishing touch!

Thanks for stopping in and enjoy the day with those you love!

Flock Stars!

Everyone knows that I (Lauren) cannot resist a diabolical pun, so when my friend and Eyelet Outlet Design Team Alumnus Stephanie Severin showed me a fun bird illustration with the phrase "Party Like a Flock Star" of course my first thought was, that it make a great card... especially  if Eyelet Outlet Flamingo Brads were the flock in question!

I had two different ideas for making this concept visual, so rather than spend time deciding between them, I just made both! For my first card, I used an ink-blended panel in bright sea and sky colors, and added a few torn strips of Glitter Gold Tape to be sand and a few torn strips of Cloud Tape up in the sky. I added a Sun and Cloud Brad, plus a Rainbow to the top right and my *flock* of Flamingo Brads at the lower left, with my sticker sentiment occupying the space between.

My second idea was much more minimal, so I even pared down the sentiment, making it into a thank you card instead of a birthday greeting. I blended a very small area of the same ink colors and used one of my nested star dies to draw a star just a bit bigger than a Flamingo Brad. Then I paired the smaller alphabet stickers with my trusty old school Dymo Labelmaker, and finally added a few Star Brads from the Red, White and Blue set.

I hope you'll fly on over to the Eyelet Outlet Store and treat yourself to some fun embellishments and then use them to make cards for your "flock" of friends! ♥

Lauren Bergold

loves flamingos and all other

hot pink birds! :)

Eyelet Outlet at the GLMM VOLUME SHOW on 5/9/20

While we could not get to the Great Lakes Mega Meet this month,

we are looking forward to meeting up with all of your in October 2020.

In case you missed our segment,

here is Designer Janet.

She is showing our product lines, inspiring card samples and showing off new brad styles!

We hope you ordered during the sale this weekend.

If not, sign up for our newsletter and you'll get the first notice for new styles of washi,

brads and sales!!

Cruising to the summer!

Oooh, did you guys see the fun new Record brad that was released this weekend at the Great Lakes Mega Meet VOLUME show? This was a digital show as the MegaMeet was postponed to the virus.

What a great turn out!

Designer Janet showcased design team cards of our latest brads.

 Hope you all got in on the 20% discount. THANK YOU for your orders!

If not, sign up for our newsletter. 

(Link is on eyeletoutlet.com) We'll send you updates the next time we have a sale!

PLUS...new washi tape was loaded to our site a couple of days ago!!

Supplies:

Classic Car Brads

Record Brads

Womens Eyeglasses

Washi Tape

I hope you are cruising through May too! 

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Reminder!

Pumping out one last reminder!

Come on over and see our newest brads...

along with Designer Janet! 

We are missing you oodles!

But we'll see you in the fall!

Be sure to be on the Volume FB page at

4:30pm eastern time today.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/volume.glse

And....

get 20% off your order with 20megameet code.

Heros

NOTE:  There's a missing embellishment from this card, but where is it?  You'll find it at the Eyelet Outlet live presentation on Facebook at VOLUME - Virtual Online Learning Mega Event on Saturday, May 9th at 4:30 PM (EST).  We'll present timely card ideas and reveal our latest eyelet brad set.  Use coupon 20megameet for 20% off all orders.  Come join us and find the missing embellishment!

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Today's card entitled 'HEROS' is a thank you to all of the people in our daily lives that have risen to the challenge needed to move us through this difficult time.

The card has sparkle and shine, but the message is mighty to all the front line workers.  THANK YOU!

The flag is composed of seven red and six white stripes (1/4") with the blue section beginning at the top down to the bottom of the fourth red stripe; it's about 1/3 the way across the width of the flag.

The Eyelet Outlet Star Sequins are perfect for the flag.  The lettering is about 1.25" and is adorned with Eyelet Outlet Sequins.  An alcohol marker the same color as the sequins fills in any gaps on the letters while a deep navy blue cardstock outlines the letters for depth.  To add dimension, the lettering is popped up off of the card with foam squares.

Take a moment to create a card acknowledging the HEROS in your life.

Eyelet Outlet supplies used:

Star Sequins

Sequins

Be Safe.  Be Well.  Happy Crafting!

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!

Remember, come check us out on VOLUME:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/volume.glse/

4:30 pm on Sturday 5/9/2020

This is a LIVE event...since the Great Lakes Mega Meet has been postponed.

Come, join in...and get 20% off your order with the code: 20megameet!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Highly Koala-fied!

If you're looking for KOALA-tee embellishments, you'll definitely want to check out the adorable new Eyelet Outlet Koala (and Sloth) Brads! Here are a couple of cards that I (Lauren) made, complete with especially diabolical puns!

But first, the Diabolical Puns, which I made myself, using a variety of free fonts. I've made them into jpgs, so that anyone as silly as I am can right-click, save and print them out. They'll also be on the Freebies Page. 

For my first card, I swapped out part of the sentiment for alphabet stickers and a white Heart Brad, that I placed below the diecut window holding a foliage forest in which my Koala Brad is climbing. 

For my second card, I wanted to convey the idea of the two Koalas being apart, so I used nested dies to cut a bunch of different sized stars from an abstract leafy paper, then scattered them across the front of the card. I placed each little dude inside his own star, climbing up a few wavily handcut stalks of bamboo.

Like everyone else who's been sidelined for over a month, I miss spending KOALA-tee time in the outside world! But if I have to be stuck at home, it's awesome to have lots of cute and inspiring Eyelet Outlet Brads to play with!

Lauren Bergold

changes from pj's to real clothes 

every single day!

(...as far as you know...)

First Responder Brads

A bit of stripe washi...and our First Responder Brads...

Makes for a heartfelt thank you card to an essential worker you know!

Be sure to show you gratitude!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

So Glad You're Part Of My Flock!

Hello crafty friends! I have a few friends that I miss seeing in person. I wanted to create cards I could send to them to brighten their day and to remind them that I value and miss their friendship.

My card for you today does that and features the picture perfect Flamingo Brads from Eyelet Outlet. I wanted to create a water and flower theme to stage the flamingos. To achieve that, I used a background piece of blue watercolor designer paper and used a background die with a tropical flower border in a dark pink shimmer card stock. I used Eyelet Outlet Enamel Dots in a color that matched my accent color in the spinner medallion. The medallion is a die cut from double-sided card stock so I could get the two-tone look. I printed the sentiment and cut it into the flag shape, punched a hole in the end and tied a bow of pink and white baker's twine.

I love these flamingos and there are so many fun cards you can make with them! You have a lot of sentiment options when you print your own using your home printer. If you are ever stuck, just Google the subject and you'll find lots of good ideas.

I hope I've given you an idea for cards you make for your flock! Before I go, I hope you have liked the Eyelet Outlet Facebook Group. If you haven't, head over there so you can see additional ideas, keep up with what's new, and learn about any sales promotions. 

Janet - Sugarshine Designs

A Little Bundle

Today's card entitled "A Little Bundle" gives the feeling of joy upon the birth of a new baby.

Whether this card is used as a congratulations to the family or as a baby announcement, it is sure to bring smiles.  Designed as a wall in the nursery, the stuffed animals hold the birth announcement while the Eyelet Outlet Animal Brads are framed and placed on the wall above the chair rail.  The Chick Brad, Koala Bear Brad, and Sloth Brad make the perfect nursery room decoration!

NOTE:  Even though this is a card, if all of the Eyelet Outlet Animal Brads are used to make an actual home décor picture for the nursery, it would be lovely!

Eyelet Outlet Supplies Used:

Chick Brad

Koala Bear Brad

Sloth Brad

Other supplies include the Lawn Fawn animal stamps and dies along with the sentiment.  The diaper pins and pacifier are Crafter's Companion dies.

This card is easy to re-create:  if you don't have the animal stamps/dies, swap them out for any animals you may have or use animal stickers!  Let your creativity reign!

Head on over to the Eyelet Outlet site to get your animal brads, washi, bling, and more.  

Be Safe, Be Well, and Happy Crafting!

Thinking of You

This time of social distancing can get very lonely for some, especially our friends who live alone or are confined to a nursing home without visitors, so a cheery note is a great way to brighten their day!

I made this with Eyelet Outlet paper flowers.  For the centers of each flower I used one of the rolled flowers from the Cricut Flower Shoppe image set in a coordinating paper.  Then I added a few Eyelet Outlet leaf brads, some skinny orange washi tape and another pop of color from an Eyelet Outlet enamel heart.  

I hope all of you are well and thank you for stopping in today!

Timely ATCs

Here's a very Lauren-y story: I saw Taylored Expressions' set of funny Covid19 digital sentiments and especially loved the one about jeans. Eyelet Outlet make a fab set of Jeans and Tee Shirt Brads, so I decided to make a fast card combining them. As it turns out, I have EVERY color of Tee Shirt Brad, but... (can you see where this is going?!) ...not even one pair of jeans left! Argh! As it turned out, I did have brads that worked with three of the other sentiments, so the day was saved!

Before I talk about the ATCs I'll just mention that the sentiments are a free download from the Taylored Expressions Website, you just have to make a (FREE!) account, sign in, add the Big Grumpy Covid19 Sentiments to your cart, and check out. You'll get an email with a link to the download; easy-peasy, not even a credit card required! They're in a pdf format, which you can then print out on the paper or cardstock of your choice. My first ATC uses the "Stay Home" sentiment, which I printed on white cardstock and just trimmed down to fit in the patterned paper frame. I added a Computer and Headphones at opposite corners, and made my 2.5 x 3.5" Artist Trading Card based from patterned paper in coordinating colors... one piece even has little houses on it!

The "Messy House" sentiment seemed perfect to pair with our Vacuum and Broom Brads. This time I only framed up the brads, and set them above the sentiment, which I had printed on clear ink jet labels and stuck to this fun ledger-print paper. Again I found a sweet pattern of little houses, this time as a background. 

 

I'm sort of excited about the third ATC, which uses the "Shampoo" sentiment, because I don't think I've ever before used the EO Brush and Hair Dryer Brads! But they really are just right for this. Again I put one at each corner, so that the sentiment takes center stage.

Thank you Taylored Expressions for the inspiration and the fun sentiments! And thank you Eyelet Outlet for literally having a brad for EVERY occasion! 

Lauren Bergold

is grateful to be safe at home 

in a house FULL of art supplies!

Let's Snuggle!

Simply loving these new Sloth & Koala brads from Eyelet Outlet!

Just perfect for sweet cards such as this.

I added our Sequins and Enamel Hearts for a little added interest and to guide your eye through the card.  That Thin Glitter washi tape makes a great base line.

Love it!  

Supplies:

Sloth & Koala Brads

Sequins

Thin Glitter Washi

Heart Enamels

Air hugs from Sunnyside Up!

Feeling Sloth?

If you're like me, it feels like the two biggest tools to get through the day is my coffee and a sweet treat. That unfortunately ends up making me feel a little slothy! And that's the inspiration for today's card. This one features a cute sloth from the new Sloth and Koala Brads Set hanging on my coffee stir stick along with my treat. But it's a hole food right? No problem! Ha, ha!

Along with the sloth brad, I used a piece of the super cute Sloth Washi Tape which I matted on green cardstock. This is a great way to get a smooth washi tape result on a "bumpy" card like this with a die cut as the background. I also included three black pearls from the Black Pearls Multi Pack. I happen to be out of the Donut Brads at the moment but that would really be awesome on this card.

Here's a little closer look at the sloth, tape and pearls.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today for a little slothy fun!

 Janet Axtman - SugarShine Designs