Here Kitty Kitty

Upcycling a birthday card that was way too cute to chuck in the recycling bin with an adorable frame of Eyelet Outlet Kitten, Cat, Star and 1/8" Round Brads for a design that's PURR-fectly delightful!

PURR-fectly Adorable Shopping List:

Kitten Brads

Cat Brads

Star Brads

1/8" Round Brads

Check out allllllllll the different styles of Animal Brads in the Eyelet Outlet Store! 

More Make-It Americana

Here's another card I made with Ranger's new Americana collection, part of their Make-It line of affordable, practical, absolutely fabulous stamps, stencils and accessories.

This card has a background made with Old Glory Blue Archival Ink and the Stars half of the Stars and Stripes Stencil. I diecut a heart on which there are multiple layers of the Fireworks Stencil: Old Glory Blue, Old Glory Red and Beachcruiser to be precise. 

I added dots of the appropriately named Firecracker, White Opal and Blue Velvet Liquid Pearls to the centers of the fireworks and adorned it with stamped balloons and sentiment from the Americana Stamp Set.

All of these new red, white and blue products are in the Ranger Store now, just waiting for you to try them out in your next papercrafting project!

New! Make-It Americana-Inspired Collection from Ranger

The newest collection from Ranger's Make-It line of stencils, stamps and accessories is quite literally celebrating the Red, White and Blue! There are two gorgeous stencils (Stars & Stripes and Fireworks); a perfectly patriotic stamp set called Americana; brand new Freedom Stickles (packed as a trio with old favorites Christmas Red and True Blue called Liberty); plus two brand new Archival Ink shades (Old Glory Blue and Old Glory Red) packed in a set of mini ink pads with Shadow Grey and Jet Black called American Made; and finally the ultimate set of coordinating Liquid Pearls: Old Glory which includes Firecracker, White Opal and Blue Velvet. 

For my first card, I've used a little bit of everything except the Liquid Pearls. A diecut heart filled in with the Stars stencil and some Old Glory Blue sits atop a small panel of the Stripes stencil in Old Glory Red. I stamped the hat twice: one in Old Glory Blue and Once in Old Glory Red, then cut the red part out and mounted it on top of the blue. The hat is worn by the handsome eagle who is stamped in Dark Roast Archival. The sentiment was placed directly on the stripes, and the whole thing is backed by a panel of Fireworks stenciled half in OG Blue and half in OG Red, then painted with Christmas Red and True Blue Stickles.

Lightly inked edges, colored pencil detailing, machine stitching and an A6 kraft cardbase complete the design.

All of these new Make-It products are available in the Ranger Store... you should probably check them out, ASAP!

Stick Around

More Stationery Zen goodness from Ranger: I fell in love with these Mind Wave Quilt Atelier sticker sheets, they come in several designs, but this one is called House Near the Lake and I couldn't wait to use it in a Mandala.

I traced and cut a large circle, then punched several sizes of hearts from Dina Wakley MEdia Typed Ledgers, so I could make a little sticker scene at the center... which travels outward at a few key points, to fit even more stickers! At the very end I added some circles around the the rest of this page of my Ledger Journal, using my current favorite paint color, Mineral.

JB2618: Stuck on You

Stephanie and I are celebrating STICKERS this fortnight at Jingle Belles, a crafty must-have that we both still absolutely adore; and we're guessing that, like us, you have a little stash of holiday stickers you could raid for this challenge.

Probably my most hoarded stickers are the Basic Grey alphabet sheets that came with all of their holiday collection packs back in the day. It's not that I didn't use them at the time, or in the meantime; but nevertheless I've amassed a bit of a collection... though admittedly not all of them still have any vowels left. So this week I decided to mix and match several colorways to make a fun texty background for my card. Then I added some nice big ornament stickers from BG's Figgy collection, a mat of red, and some machine stitching around the edges et voila!

JB2618: Stuck on You runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, September 9th. Head on over to Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's card and start planning what you will make with STICKERS!

Yeti to Party?

 

Holiday Jumpstart: Yeti to Party is Paper Anthology's newest holiday card kit, which features a handsome yeti in a snowy wonderland. It's available exclusively in our Paper Anthology Design Etsy Shop.

Paper Anthology’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit is our pre-packaged kit that includes everything you need (except adhesive, optional white ink, and coloring tools) to complete FIVE copies of this new original holiday card design. This edition is called “Yeti to Party” because of the aforementioned yeti, who's ready to make your holiday even more festive!

We all love the IDEA of making holiday cards throughout the year, instead being overloaded in November and December; but sometimes it’s hard to be inspired during the “off-season”. That issue is solved by this pre-packaged kit, which features everything you need (except adhesive, optional white ink, and coloring tools) to complete five copies of this original design. Also included are complete written instructions (not pictured, but included!) and a nice big photo for reference.

Please note that the yeti images are stamped in Archival Ink, making water-based markers or colored pencils the best choice for coloring!

This kit contains:

Five Cable Knit embossed panels, with rounded corners
Five 4 x 1.5" border strips with icicle punched edge
Five deep blue squares, embossed with Snow Flurries and decorative corners
Five white square mats with decorative corners
Ten pale green patterned paper diecut trees
Five Yetis stamped with Archival Jet Black Ink, ready to color
Five "Yeti to Party?" stamped sentiments (not pictured, but included!)
Five small punched snowflakes
Five medium punched snowflakes
Five large punched snowflakes
Five white A2 cards

CLICK HERE to go to the Yeti to Party page of the Paper Anthology Design Etsy Shop and check out our other Holiday Jumpstart Kits while you're there.

There's GNOME Place Like Home

Eyelet Outlet Gnome 2 Brads and Girl Gnome Brads were literally made for each other; which might be why they add exponential levels of cuteness to any project. These gnomes are showing off their beautiful mushroom home, surrounded by Sun and Cloud Brads, a White Daisy Brad, a green Leaf Brad and a Mini Bee.

Gnome Home Shopping List:

Gnome 2 Brads

Girl Gnome Brads

Sun and Cloud Brads

White Daisy Brads

Leaf Brads

Mini Bee Brads

Just a reminder that at the end of December 2026 Suzanne, Tony and the Eyelet Outlet Website will all be taking a well-deserved retirement; be sure to stock up on all your favorite brads, bling, eyelets and embellishments before they're gone!