Challenge #350 at Shopping Our Stash is ~~~ YO DUDE!!!

Chris's turn to pick the challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash!!! Yo Dude ~~ make a masculine card!!! I need to ramp up my making of some dude cards so here is a start.

I had lots of ideas but I wanted to use the mustache brads from the Eyelet Outlet,  The stash items are the brads, and the patterned paper that is a pack from the dollar store that is a couple of years old.  I also haven't used that 3/4 inch scalloped punch for years. Happy Birthday isn't so old and I've used it a couple times, I think it's the perfect masculine one. 

Close up of the stars of the show~~the mustache brads.

Finished the inside with a bit of patterned paper that was leftover and a favourite sentiment from Stampworks.

Thanks for joining me here today and head over to the main blog and check out the rules and all the Dude cards the rest of the design team have made. 

Celebrating Christmas in July at the Eyelet Outlet Blog ~~ week 4

How much fun is Christmas in July? I think it's awesome!!! So head over to the Eyelet Outlet blog and see what fun some of the other design team members have made.  I love making Christmas cards all year as when its time to get them in the mail I have enough for all my friends and family as well as a couple of swaps.

I love this super cute image from Sami Stamps  and it works perfectly to use the  cute ornament brads from the Eyelet Outlet Store, I  must say that the image is  a valentine one and has hearts hanging also she is holding a heart but now she is holding a super cute candy cane from the Eyelet Outlet 

Close-up of the ornaments and candy cane.

Finished inside of the card.

Eyelet Outlet Brads I used

Ornament Brads

Candy Cane Brad

There is a whole section dedicated to HOLIDAY BRADS have  a look.

Don't forget to come back again next Saturday for the final installment of .

Christmas in July at the Eyelet Outlet Blog.

How Much is that Kitty in the Window?

Good afternoon and a beautiful afternoon it is too.  Today on the Eyelet Outlet Blog I have  a super cute window card featuring brads from the Eyelet Outlet and Brads store. 

I had this idea a while ago and I had to wait until I has some flower brads, they are mini flowers from the Eyelet Outlet Store. Since I was using the flower box I thought the garden tools (also from the eyelet outlet store) would look cute and peeking out of the window are two black kitties dreaming about the beautiful sunshine.

Here is a closer look at the super cute brads 

Finished inside of the card.

Brads I used today:

Cat Brads (12 per pack black & white)

Garden tools (12 per pack fork & shovel)

Mini flower brads (minis also come in lady bugs, bees, leaves and mini birds)

Thanks for joining me today and have a wonderful week.

See you again next Tuesday at 3.01 EDT

A Girly Monster Card!!!

Guess what time it is? 3.01 p.m. Tuesday!! and my time to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog!! Let me tell you it's so great when you can use a few brads, a bit of bling and some paper flowers ( all from the Eyelet Outlet Store) to make a card because I left my markers at home this weekend.

Since most guys (no matter what age) don't like flowers I decided to make this a blingy, girly monster card.  Those monster paper flowers from the Eyelet Outlet Store are so cute and are a perfect match for the Eyelet Outlet monster brads  The two smaller flowers are flat attached and the center one is popped up, when I finished I knew it needed some bling so I grabbed the Jewel Strips you can find them in all colours and in pearls too at the Eyelet Outlet store.  and added them to the edges of the blue layer and dotted a few inside the circles of the embossing. 

close up of two of the monster brads and the flowers 

check out how awesome those rhinestones are.

Eyelet Outlet items I used

Jewel Bling Strips 500 count

Paper Flowers - Monsters  

there are many, many designs and solid colours too.

Monster Brads

You really need to check out all the fabulous products the Eyelet Outlet has to offer.

That's all for now, see you again next Tuesday at 3.01 p.m. EDT.

U Rock!!!

Another Tuesday has rolled around,  and my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog.  Today I have a totally "boy" card for you to see. I'm really on the 5 1/4 square card band wagon lately and this one is just that. First I took a tip from Stephanie (check out her blog below mine on the EO blog) I covered a 5 X 5 piece of cardstock with silver star washi tape from the Eyelet Outlet Store, popped the rock star boy (bugaboo) up in the corner and added the U ROCK letters.

As you see it isn't the easiest card to get a picture of but it looks so awesome.  I added the gold stars  from a enamel dots & stars package from the Eyelet Outlet Store.  What would a music card be without music notes? Well I added the music note brads also from the Eyelet Outlet Store. Check them out for all your embellishment needs you will be amazed at the selection of brads, enamel dots and washi tape.

See the awesome music brads and enamel stars. 

Eyelet Outlet products used on this card

Music Note Brads

Silver Star Washi Tape

Gold enamel stars.

I would like to enter this in:

Catch the Bug Saturday challenge: fast and furious 

Naughty or Nice Challenge Anything goes.

It's been great having you visit this afternoon I hope to see you next Tuesday at 3.01 p.m. EDT.

Garden Helper

It's Tuesday and my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog.  As the title says it's all about the garden and I have a cute little helper to showcase the  gardening brads from the Eyelet Outlet & Brad Store. 

Sorry for the "overcast" picture but there isn't a good way to take the picture with the rainy, overcast weather the last few days. First I added some  Coloring Book Washi Tape, leaf pattern to the blue cardstock, then stitched on it,  The cute image is from Stitchy stamps, 

I wanted to make a cute scene but I didn't have any flower brads so I used lollipop brads from the Eyelet Outlet and added some cardstock flowers behind them and coloured the stick with a copic marker.  I also added a couple of colourful butterflies also from the Eyelet Outlet.

What would a gardening card be without the super cute garden tool brads and the straw hat brad both are from the Eyelet Outlet Store.

Eyelet Outlet supplies used:

Wide Washi Tape

Garden Tool Brads

Colorful butterfly brads

on sale are

Lollipop brads

Straw hat brads

Thanks for stopping by today see you again next Tuesday at 3.01 EDT

Go Graduate!!!

Hello there, it's Tuesday and my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet blog. Along with Weddings in June there are also graduations so since I had some graduation caps from Eyelet Outlet Store in my stash and I designed  a card around them. My inspiration for the card was a sketch at Mojo Monday.

I used a couple designs of washi tape, the black with gold stars and the narrow arrow along the bottom, Of course I used the graduation hats and black bead strips, they come in all colours and there are 500 in a package.

Close up of the beads and hats.

Eyelet Outlet products I used

Graduation Hats

Black & Gold star washi tape

Skinny arrow washi tape

Black pearl beads.

Here is the finished inside of the cards with a sentiment from Stampenous.

I would like to enter this in the Sketch Challenge at Mojo Monday #496 

Thanks for visiting today 

Have you checked the Eyelet Outlet Pinterest page? you can find it HERE!!

Sandcastle, pail and shovel, loader ~~~ where am I?

Tuesday and my time to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog, as soon as I saw the new spring collection of brads I knew I wanted to make a Seaside scene using the Sandcastle, they are so cute and in the Eyelet Outlet Store now!!!

We spent time camping when our boys were young and I know playtime at the beach includes big trucks, bucket and shovel and seashells and the latter would have been picked up to throw at the brother. I did use a strip of skinny washi tape on a flat spot where the embossing folder didn't quite reach.  Have you heard that there are no mistakes in crafting only opportunities to embellish.

The bucket and shovels are in primary colours and the work trucks are three different designs.

Sandcastle and seashell close-up.

Every beach comes complete with seagulls and these are just adorable and they come in two different designs, flying and standing.

Summer will soon be upon us and what great beach brads to add to any of your summer holiday scrapbook pages. 

Sandcastle brads

Seashell brads

Bucket & shovel brads

Skinny washi tape

Thanks for visiting today and happy crafting.

Fly Me to the Moon ~~~

Tuesday ~ my day to post on the Eyelet Outlet Blog and I was so excited to get some monster brads and I had a plan and it's always nice when a plan works out.

Along with the super cute Monster Brads from the Eyelet Outlet I used Enamel Stars, Arrow Birthday Brads,  Red Swirl Jewels and awesome Washi Tape.

I knew that the washi tape would make an awesome background for the rocket ship and the red swirls would work for the flames 

These little guys look so happy to be traveling in space.

love those arrow brads, everything I've used is available in the Eyelet Outlet Store and there is so much more it's worth the "virtual trip" to check out the store, don't forget to check out the daily specials too.

Finished inside of the card,  

When I showed my card to Hubby he loved it, he asked who it was for and then said he would even love to receive it. 

Making My Own Sunshine!!!

Welcome to my second post for the Eyelet Outlet and Brads blog, since I'm looking forward to Spring and we haven't had a lot of sunshine lately I needed to make a bright and happy card and I used two fabulous products.

I decided to make a 5 inch square card, when I saw this image I immediately thought those bumpy jewels would be perfect for the centers of the flowers, and what could be cuter than bumble bees.

Closer look at the center jewels and those adorable bees.

Another angle.

Here are the products from the Eyelet Outlet and Brads that I used on my card

the Bees     Clear Bumpy Jewels

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the great products offered by the Eyelet Outlet and Brads Store. Check out the store and the daily deals.