Good advice is always welcome, and these sweet mini cards definitely deliver. There are eighteen garden-themed Eyelet Outlet Brads used here, from ten different sets; all of which are listed and linked below.
Journal cards are a fantastic shortcut for cardmakers and Eyelet Outlet Brads make them even more beautiful. This card has twelve brads from six different sets... can you spot them all? (Hint: there are examples below the card to help you!) Check out the Handy Shopping List, below, to see if you're right.
Spring has emphatically sprung in the Northeastern United States, so luckily there are Eyelet Outlet Brads (& Washi Tape!) to celebrate all of the best aspects of this bloomin' beautiful season!
Flower Brads are never out of season, and Eyelet Outlet Rose Brads make any card a bit more elegant. These are mixed with Mini Leaf Brads and climbing up a fancy diecut greenhouse, which is layered on foam tape over a panel of Garden Mushroom Washi Tape to give the illusion of depth. Near the sentiment are some Garden Tool Brads and hovering just above, a beautiful Butterfly Brad.
Time to plant and grow for this little rabbit
image from the Colorado Craft Company.
Looks like he has a big harvest growing too.
I used two rows of the tulip washi tape from Eyelet Outlet
for the base of the card and also a few tulips above the sentiment.
The butterfly brads and the gardening tools from
Eyelet Outlet were perfect additions to this
gardening card.
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Tulip Washi Tape
Butterfly Brads
Garden Tool Brads
See you next Monday!
Elizabeth - Blog
Love these flower and garden tool brads from the Eyelet Outlet. Plus, I had
to add a few butterflies to this cute scene.
The garden tool brads come in two colors - shiny and tarnished. The
flower brads come in multiple colors as do the butterflies. The image
was colored with Copic Markers and I drew in the grass
Finally, I added a cute sentiment and washi tape from Eyelet Outlet.
There is a large selection of washi tapes and so many
for the Spring.
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Butterfly Brads
Colored Daisy Brads
Garden Tool Brads
Chevron Washi Tape
Have fun creating!
Elizabeth - Blog
Would this be a good time for more Artist Trading Cards with Eyelet Outlet Brads in alphabetical order? Here are the next five cards, featuring the letters F, G, H, I, J and K.
The brads on these cards are as follows:
F: Felines, Fire Truck from the First Responders set, a fabulous Fairy Brad, Flip Flops, Film (technically the Movie Brads) and a cool (in every sense, lol) vintage Fan from the Telephone and Fan set.
G: Super-cute Gingerbread couple, a Graduation Cap, Grapes (and a glass of red from our Wine Brads), Gardening consists of Garden Tool Brads and a White Daisy, plus a pair of handsome Giraffes from the Jungle Mix.
H: One of two styles of Hanger Brad, a Heifer (technically a Cow from the Cow and Goat set), Holly, Headphones from the Computer and Headphones set, Hand Sanitizer from the CoVid-inspired Mask, Hand Sanitizer and Soap set, and Hearts in the form of one Heart Brad and one Playing Card in the suit of hearts.
I and J: I-Phone from the Selfie set, Insects (technically a Ladybug and a Mini Ladybug) and Ice Cream; Java (one of several styles of Coffee Brads), Jeans from the Jeans and Tee Shirt set (which is on sale!), and Jogging is represented by our Sneaker Brads.
K: Kitchenware is actually some Baking Brads and some Cooking Brads, Kris Kringle from the Santa and Mrs. Claus set, and sweet white Kittens who are naturally after the Knitting Brads, which are on sale.
Since I was thinking of spring, I figured I'd whip up a little gardening inspiration. I don't garden anymore but it's fun to reminisce. On this card I used a Darice embossing folder to create a mason jar background. I colored and cut the man and woman gardener and added a few brads. Can you spot them? The Mustache Brad fits this fella just perfectly. So cute right? The lady is holding two of the Garden Tools Brads. In the sky we have a Funky Bee Brad and a Butterfly Brad. And as the card says, I got so excited I wet my plants! Ha ha!
...Feed a Bunny!" is yet another sentiment that I (Lauren) saw on a t-shirt, and immediately had an entire card idea, featuring my Eyelet Outlet Rabbits and some other garden-related brads. Since it was just before Valentine's Day, and I had heart-y cards that made more sense, I sketched it on a piece of scrap paper and set it aside. I'll show you that sketch in a minute, but first, let's see the card:
My diecut circles are cut from a piece of watercolor paper on which I had painted green grass and blue sky and then... for some reason... abandoned. I adhered a piece of picket fence diecut to the largest (2") circle and added the Rabbit Brads and a Heart. The upper of my two 1.5" circles holds a Sun and Cloud Brad as well as a rainbow from the Unicorn and Rainbow set; the lower has a Gnome Brad (they're on sale!); a trowel from the Garden Tools set and a Mini Butterfly, which I hadn't realized was discontinued, but you could swap a full-sized Butterfly, or a Mini Bee. The two 1" circles feature a Sunflower and Mini Ladybug; and the carrot and broccoli from the Vegetable Brad Set (which is also on sale) respectively.
With a change of sentiment, this design could easily translate into an Easter card, a fun birthday greeting for a gardener, or maybe even an anniversary card? That's the great thing about creativity, when you plant an idea, you never know what you might harvest later!
Hello Eyelet Outlet Fans! Today, I thought I'd join in on the Gnome craze and make a card featuring Eyelet Outlet products.
Now, we do have a Gnome Brad Set that is super cute too but I don't have them at this time. They would have been adorable as a third or fourth gnome on the card and I plan to add them to my collection for that reason. The good news is that there are so many fun brad sets that are just the right size to coordinate with the gnome character stamps out there right now. Hooray!
I created the background using a cloud stencil and Broken China Distress Oxide ink. The grass was made with a die set. Once I had the background together, I die cut it using a rectangle stitched die. I colored and cut out the two gnome characters and also cut out a polaroid die cut. I aranged these on the card and placed the gnome characters in and around the polaroid die cut. Then the fun began! I used the Garden Tool Brad Set and put the garden shovel in the gnome's hand and the garden fork below the sentiment. Mushrooms and gnomes go together so I added three of them from our Mushroom Brad Set. The Funky Bee Brads go great with this cartoonish-style card and I added a green butterfly from the Butterfly Brad Set. Finally, I used the always versatile Sun and Clouds Brad Set to add some interest in the top right corner of the card. Honestly, you really need this set because it can be used so often and it really accents a sky background so well. Can you make out the last brad set I used? Look closely. I used one orange mini leaf from the Mini Leaf Brad Set on the larger gnome's hat. I love it! One of the Mini Ladybugs would also be cute on his hat as an alternative.
Once all the brads were in place, I put a single row of the new Color Wheel Washi Tape around all 4 edges of my white card base. This creates a rainbow border around all four corners of the card to finish it off.
I hope you enjoyed this little voyage into gnome-ville. I know I did. They are just so darn cute! Have a great week!
