Designer Susan's Top 3 Holiday Picks

I've been on the Eyelet Outlet Design Team for quite a few years now and it's a little bit hard to pick my top three holiday projects, but after some deliberation, and without further ado, here they are...

NUMBER THREE

In 2018 I created this card using Cricut brand adhesive foil and bling from Eyelet Outlet, which is the most beautiful bling you will ever find!  I made this card in several different colors that year and the bling possibilities were endless. One trip to our bling section at the Eyelet Outlet store and you will see what I mean. This card was a favorite because even though I made several, they were all uniquely different and they practically made themselves!  

Specific bling used for this card:

12 mm Jewel Bling with Clear Edge

Fancy Long Bling Zig Zag

Snowflake Bling

NUMBER TWO

My gingerbread house gift box had to be included in my top three favs! The recipient thought the box was the gift!  I used a gable box from the Cricut image library for this project.  The roof lifts off to reveal the gift inside.  Can you count the Eyelet Outlet products on this one?  

Red and Green Enamel Dots

Sleigh Brad

Prancing Deer Brad

Wreath Brad

Holly Brads

Candy Cane Brad

Glitter Washi Tape

Lollipop Brad

Peppermint Candy Brads

Gingerbread Brads

NUMBER ONE

The sweet smiling face of my granddaughter when she received this Advent Calendar I made for her last year made Number One an easy pick for me! It's constructed from cardstock and the SVG is from My Scrap Chick.  I embellished the drawers with dozens of Eyelet Outlet products.  

I'm sure you'll notice all of the products used above on the gingerbread box as well as these additional products:  

Santa & Mrs. Claus

Horse Brad

Santa Hat Brad

Snowman Brad

Stick On Bling

Truck Brad

Pine Tree Brad

Nutcracker Brad

Thanks for joining us this week as we reminisce on our favorite holiday projects.

Furry Greetings!

 It's never too late to start those Christmas Greeting Cards!

Here's one for the animal lover featuring our new Feline Brads

from Eyelet Outlet.

Supplies:

Feline Brads

Holly Brads

Santa Hat Brad

Wreath Brad

Christmas Washi Tape

Have a Great summer...dreaming of the holiday season!

Dawn Mercedes, of Sunnyside Up!

Last Minute Mayhem!

What do you do when you discover at the verrrrrrrry last minute that you need FIVE more cards NOW?! Just grab a sheet of journaling cards, your favorite Eyelet Outlet holiday brad styles, and some washi tape and you're all set! 

These cards are just slightly smaller than the classic A2, made to fit a little stack of odd-sized envelopes I (Lauren) came across. All of the backgrounds are made of washi tape and there's a super-skinny mat behind each which could easily be made from Glitter Tape or Foil Tape.

I used the colors and themes of the journal cards to suggest which brads I would add... the car illustration (above) already had a tree on top, but I added a Pine Tree Brad for more dimension and interest. I put Screw Brads on the hubcaps and made a background from Wide Tree Tape. The little elf (below) obviously needed an Ornament Brad and a Star for the top of his tree. The soft sage green in Poinsettia Tape was the perfect color match.

The "Ho Ho Ho" card could easily have incorporated more ornaments, or Holiday Lights, Wreath Brads, Santa and Missus Claus, Snowman or Snowman Couple Brads, even Snowflakes or Poinsettias! But I went with three Santa Hat Brads, affixed to a few of the O's. The background is Ornament Tape, which lines up perfectly in horizontal strips to make full-sized ornaments.

A mat made of Christmas Pattern argyle style tape picks up the colors of the Holiday Coffee Cup and  Candy Cane Brad this cute snowman is holding.

Finally for the sweet elves, I added another candy cane and a Heart Brad, with a background of Tree Washi Tape... another washi selection that can be made into a full sheet, just by working patiently in strips.

I hope you'll be inspired to add Eyelet Outlet holiday brads and tape to your store bought tags, cards and bows this gift-giving season!

Lauren Bergold

wishes you a very 

happy holiday season!

Advent Calendar

My youngest granddaughter is the perfect age for an Advent calendar this year - big enough not to swallow little toys and yet little enough to still like Dollar Store trinkets, so when I saw this amazing Advent calendar file at My Scrap Chick I knew I had to have it!  A shout out to Tracy Rushton who designed it!  It's an engineering marvel in my opinion!  The file includes a PDF version in the event you don't have a die cut machine.  

The most fun was decorating the faces of the 25 boxes using various images from the Cricut image library and many embellishments from Eyelet Outlet.  

I'll do my best to spot all of them and link to them at the end of the page!  

Wishing all of our Eyelet Outlet fans a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Enamel Dots

Santa and Mrs. Claus Brads

Sleigh Brads

Horse Brad

Peppermint Candy Brads

Lollipop Brads

Santa Hats Brads

Gingerbread Brads

Snowman Brad

Sticky Back Jewel Bling

Holly Brad

Pine Tree Brad

Truck Brad

Nutcracker Brads

Winter Wishes

Thinking back over time, I've experienced many holiday traditions repeated year over year.  At my grandma's house were the hard candies and the nutcrackers while my aunt's house had the most beautiful silver tree with stunning ornaments.   It was the time of year to also see a red pickup truck with a fresh cut tree navigating through the snow.

Today's card entitled 'Winter Wishes' creates reminders of those holiday traditions.

The Eyelet Outlet brads are beautifully detailed and are perfect for creating this holiday card.  The brads and other materials used include:

Ornaments

Candy

Santa Hat

Snow Couple

Tree

Santa Suit

Red Pick Up Truck

Holiday Coffee

Nutcrackers

Enamel Dots

Think about making this card about the holiday / winter traditions you may have.  Head on over to the Eyelet Outlet online shop and find the brads, washi, and bling that will make your card come alive!

Happy Crafting!

Advent Calendar

Today I'm bringing you a Pinterest inspired project that I've wanted to make for several years now and finally got around to it this week!  I created an Advent Calendar for my granddaughter out of a muffin pan!

I began by cutting out circles from magnetic paper on my Cricut Maker.  The magnetic paper sticks to the muffin pan to cover the openings.  

Next the fun started!  Creating fun little designs to embellish the magnetic circles! Most, if not all, of my designs were elements found in Cricut Design Space.  

What really added to the project were the many Eyelet Outlet products I used!  The brad, bling, and enamel dots really jazzed this project up! Most came from our Holiday Collection.  

I used vinyl to apply the "Merry Christmas, Love Grandma & Grandpa."  Just a little FYI to save you some grief if you should decide to make one - spray paint doesn't stick to Teflon! I found that out the hard way!  :(   Look for a pan that isn't coated with a non-stick surface if you want to spray paint it.

Each day from December 1st through Christmas Eve, she will get to open up a little prize of candy, small toy, or money.  I can't wait to give this to her!

We Wish You a YETI Christmas

Have you started building your holiday card stash?  I make holiday cards all year long, so I never have to put my favorite products away.

An Eyelet Outlet Santa Hat Brad can turn almost anything into a holiday card ... even one of my favorites ... a Yeti (this guy is from Frantic Stamper).  I die cut him twice from both sides of a piece of Core'dinations Cardstock & then layered them with a bit of a shadow.

I used the same paper for my sentiment from Hero Arts Clearly Kelly's Fa La La La La and tore the edges, so you could see both colors.  

This Yeti does look rather jolly to me ... he's the creature I'd like to have with me when I go to cut down my Christmas Tree (mostly because he could help me carry it back to the car).

Those fun Peppermint Candy Brads look good enough to fill my Grandma's Candy dish that was always filled with delicious hard candies for the holidays.

Make sure you get your Eyelet Outlet Christmas order now, so you have plenty of time to finish those holiday designs.

Did you know we have a Flickr Gallery to showcase Eyelet Outlet Design Team Creations?

You can visit me in blogland at Ingenious Inkling,

and you can find Lauren & I making holiday cards

all year long at Jingle Belles

Christmas in July

Those of you who follow my blog know that I make Christmas cards all year long.

I love that I never have to put away my favorite Christmas products ... and I love that when November comes to a close, I have lots of one-of-a-kind Christmas cards to send across the miles.

I also love that a Santa Hat can turn almost any creature into a Christmas icon ... even a skunk.

For my focal image, I combined the cute little skunk from the Woodland Animal Brads with a Santa Hat Brad ... isn't he adorable.

I used Green Glitter Washi Tape on Holiday paper to create the starburst for this week's Retro Sketch.  I added multi-size black pearls to accent my little skunk and a sentiment sticker from SRM Stickers.

Here's a close-up of this cute little Christmas Critter.

Of course I couldn't stop with the Skunk ... I had to make a card featuring his friend the Raccoon.

This layout is from The Paper Players and features more SRM Stickers and multi-sized Adhesive Pearls.

Here's another view of this cute little guy.

Remember, it's never too late to start taking back your December one holiday card at a time.


Products used

• Woodland Animal Brads
• Santa Hat Brads
• Glitter Green Washi Tape
• Pearl Bling - Multi-Size - 100 Count

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