From Meme to Card

Last week I (Lauren) saw a very funny meme on the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters' Facebook page, and I immediately wanted to make it into a card featuring my Eyelet Outlet Coffee Brads. So I did, see?

It's quite a simple card, mostly built around the computer generated word art I made, which you can download below, or visit our Eyelet Outlet Freebies Page. I used free fonts called Bohemian Typewriter and Stamp Act. I added a nice rich brown to the word "coffee" as well as a very thin black outline and a small grey drop shadow, to make it stand out more. I lined up all of the text on the righthand side, so that I'd have room for a Coffee Cup Brad and some Coffee Beans. 

I love that the Coffee Brad sets have white cups, red cups and coffee beans, all mixed in together. They pair really nicely with the new Holiday Coffee Cup Brads, as well!

What funny memes or sayings have you seen online? Why not think about making one into a card? I bet there's an Eyelet Outlet brad style to will make it even cooler! ♥

Lauren Bergold

has been known to enjoy

a caffeinated beverage or two...

Time for the Harvest!

Autumn holidays are around the corner!

Check out a few fun ideas here.

First, doctor up a stamp with our Eyeball Brads, Witch Hat Brads,  Mini Spider Brads and Leaf and Mini Leaf brads!   The foil washi tape is makes a nice eye catching border for this spooky squash pile!

Then, have you headed over to the Eyelet Outlet website to harvest

some of our new brads and washi styles?

Here I used our new Profile Cardinal Brad along with Scarecrow Brads.

Sandwiched between are Pumpkin Brads, Mini Ladybug Brads and our popular Sunflower Brads.

Our Paper Flowers are tucked in to fill in spaces and to add interest and color.

And, with the start of fall, there are four more trade shows to harvest

Eyelet Outlet products for your winter time crafting.

Check out our side bar for details for the two in California, one is WA and one in MI!

Coffee and Christmas - the Perfect Blend

I love coffee cards - stamps, brads, you name it. There's just something comforting about a cup of Joe, right?

Add to that my favorite holiday - Christmas! - and I am one happy gal!

Eyelet Outlet Products used:

Coffee Stamp Set (the label on the mug)

Holiday Bling

Holiday Coffee Cup Brad

Merry Christmas Washi Tape

Skinny Washi Tape

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Be sure to check the Tradeshow List 

to see when Eyelet Outlet will be close to you. 

And head over to the online store, too.

Jeanette

If I Only Had a Brain

When I saw Eyelet Outlet's new Scarecrow brad, I immediately thought of that famous scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz and began humming his cute little tune, "If I Only Had a Brain!"  The next thing you know I had a card idea!

I created the border for my card with a corn stalk image from Miss Kate's Cuttables and then added the Eyelet Outlet Tractor brad which pairs so nicely with the scarecrow.  Now I just need to forget someone's birthday and I'm ready with a card!  LOL!

See the new Scarecrow brad and all the newly released products at Eyelet Outlet! Thanks for stopping by today.  

Peace, Love, Joy... and Caffeine!

Ok yes, I (Lauren) suppose that the first Wednesday of October is an odd time to post holiday cards, but for one thing: the 60 days between now and December first will go much faster than any other two month period of the year; and, for another thing: we've got some really cool new Holiday Coffee Cup Brads in the Eyelet Outlet Store and I couldn't wait to use them!

These are some of the fastest and easiest cards I've made all year, and if I mass-produced holiday cards, this might well be the design I'd choose! I stamped the sentiment on patterned paper with a GRAPH design, so I didn't even have to measure, lol! I colored the letters with red and green brush markers, affixed all three styles of Holiday Coffee Cup, plus a couple of Holly Brads, then matted the whole thing on a piece of argyle patterned paper I made myself, by neatly lining up strips of Christmas Pattern Washi Tape on some plain white cardstock. I loved the landscape version so much I decided to try portrait mode, as well. I grabbed two more coffee cups, a holly brad and this time made the mat from Poinsettia Tape. Easy, peasy! 

Is it just me, or would this be an excellent time for a delicious hot drink? Pass the Holiday Coffee Cups, please! :)

Lauren Bergold

enjoys cardmaking, caffeinated beverages, 

and making cards which feature caffeinated beverages!

In the air...

There is a chill in the air...

so it's time to create with some fall flair.

Eyelet Outlet has decorative brads to create and embellish you papercrafting projects!

Supplies:

Pumpkin Brads

Witch Leg Brads

Bat Brads

Foil Washi Tape

Bling

Thanks for flying by! 

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up

Be sure to check out the right side column for updates on where and when we are setting up shop

at area trade shows!!

Heard You Caught a Bug

It's that season - fall harvest hits many people hard. Sneezing. Coughing. What makes a person feel better? Well, homemade chicken noodle soup, for one thing.... but also a fun Get Well card.

Eyelet Outlet Products Used:

Bumble Bee Brads

Stitched Flower Brads

Chevron Washi Tape

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Be sure to check the Tradeshow List 

to see when Eyelet Outlet will be close to you. 

And head over to the online store, too.

Jeanette

Cardinal at the Window

 Eyelet Outlet has a new bird in the flock and he's a beauty!  Now we have a companion cardinal for our original cardinal brad. 

I thought they'd look so lovely together on this window card from Anna's Window Ledge Cards. 

This is a close up of our new cardinal (left facing).

And here's our original cardinal (right facing).

If you're in the Denver, Colorado area, stop in and see us at the Scrapbook Expo this weekend!

It's Fall, Y'all!

I'm not sure that's possible, but my (Lauren's) calendar indicates we are into the LAST week of September somehow? This seems like a good time for some fall cards, especially since the new Scarecrow Brads have just made their debut in the Eyelet Outlet Store!

Here's a shocking true confession: I don't actually like scarecrows!!! But these Scarecrow Brads are so adorable, they've even won me over! Something else I realized as I sat down to make my first card... I had never used the Tractor Brads that came out in the spring release. So this seemed like a good time to remedy that. I like the way the Pumpkin Brad looks super huge when it's placed on the trailer. Just goes to show you what a good job those scarecrows did over the summer! I found some plaid patterned paper with exactly the right colors and diecut the word "FALL" from cardstock I had covered with this awesome Sparkle Copper Tape.

My second card features handcut letters from scraps of that plaid paper. But of course you could use stickers, diecuts or computer-generated text. The oversized text gave me so much extra room I was able to include all the brads from the first card PLUS a trio of Sunflower Brads! Oh and you'll notice that there are two color variations in the Tractor Brads!

My third card shows off the Sunflower Brads again, as well as another pumpkin, two varieties of Paper Flowers and some fun Hardwood Floor Tape; not to mention letters diecut from Script Washi.

Remember that there are lots of brand new projects from the Design Team each and every week. Stop by the EO Blog often to be inspired! ♥

Lauren Bergold

loves Fall, except when she remembers 

Winter is just around the corner...

A Snowy Night

Snowy scenes are some of my favorites - on cards and even looking out my window in the wintertime. But please don't ask me to spend very much time outside in the cold. I'm a fair-weather gal - not too cold, not too hot either.

Creating snowy scenes in the comfort of my home is entirely acceptable, though.

I love LOVE that Eyelet Outlet now has two different coordinating Cardinal brads! The Cardinal Profile (the one on the right) is one of the brand new brads in the Eyelet Outlet store. The other Cardinal brad has been in the store for a while already.

Did you notice I included Snowflake brads and Rabbit brads to my card as well?

Eyelet Outlet has the best selection of brads!

Cardinal Brads

Cardinal Profile Brads

Rabbit Brads

Snowflake Brads

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Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Be sure to check the Tradeshow List 

to see when Eyelet Outlet will be close to you. 

And head over to the online store, too.

Jeanette

Do Not Enter!

Good morning crafters!  Today I've got another Halloween card for you featuring Eyelet Outlet Cat Brads.

The moon scene is from printable background from Cricut's Halloween Night image set and the "Do Not Enter" gate is from the Mini Monster's image set. Then I topped the gate with 3 of the black cats from the Cat Brad set.  

The package contains both black and white cats in three different poses.  This card was so quick and easy and I love the way the brads give it so much extra interest.

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It's a CARD-inal!!! :)

The new Fall 2019 brads, bling and tapes are making their way into the Eyelet Outlet Store, and one of my (Lauren's) favorite new brads are the Profile Cardinals which are beautiful on their own but even nicer with the original Cardinal Brads. See?

I am a really big fan of the EO Paper Flowers, and the green ones have a special place in my heart because the petals make such beautiful leaves when you cut them apart! I used one small and one medium flower to augment my diecut branches. 

I had so much fun making the first card that I decided to do a landscape version featuring the Bluebird and Robin Brads, just so they wouldn't feel left out!

I hope you'll have a chance to get outside today and see some birds in real life, but if not, the EO Store is here for you! ♥

Lauren Bergold

is an avid

backyard birdwatcher!

YUM! What a duo!

Our Brads are a delight for the eyes!

We also have all sorts of coordinating washi tape.

Here I used our popular donuts with matching washi.

We also sell a duo in the barn yard, wine, beer, tools, cardinal,

and sunflower themes.  More are just around the corner.

You won't want to miss them at the Eyelet Outlet website.

Next stop...

Denver, CO!!

Sept. 27-28, 2019

Coffee and Then the World

Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus has the energy to travel the world in a single night? 

Coffee!

Eyelet Outlet Products:

BRAND NEW - Holiday Coffee Cup Brads

Ho Ho Ho Washi Tape

White Glitter Enamel Dots

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Be sure to check the Tradeshow List 

to see when Eyelet Outlet will be close to you. 

And head over to the online store, too.

Jeanette

Three Eyed Monster

I decided to play around a little with a shaped card today.  They are really pretty simple to make with Cricut Design Space!  For this monster shaped card I used a monster from the Autumn Celebrations image set.  I used Eyelet Outlet Small Eye Brads to really add some EYE POPPING interest to the font of my card!

To create the card base, I ungrouped the layers in the image and duplicated the bottom shadow layer.  I flipped the duplicated image vertically, then lined the two up until they just touched one another.  

Then I selected both images and used the weld function to join them together. 

 

I couldn't resist embellishing the inside of my card with a couple cute Eyelet Outlet Monster Brads!

I also used a drawn image from Cricut's Monster Icons & Printables image set to add my greeting.  

Thanks for stopping in today!