I'd Like to Be... Under the Sea

It's an Octopus' Garden collage card to celebrate a sunny 49F Sunday in central New Jersey. Hope you're having fun today!

Midnight Clear (Week 2)

It's the second week of making cards with transparent elements at Jingle Belles and this time I have a two-fer of shaker cards. See?

Technically these are ordinary cards with shaker tags on them, but you get the idea. I love Sunny Studio's Build a Tag #2 Die Set and that's what I used to make the tags and reinforcers. Then I punched square windows into each tag, backed them with scraps of clear acetate, and made a little winter scene with Eyelet Outlet Glitter Tree Tape, Sparkle White Glitter Tape hills and Snowflake Sequins. I finished off with Snowflake Brads and Penguins or Snowy Trees; then added tag-shaped mats and panels adorned with Glitter Tall Tree Tape, sticker sentiments and a few more sequins. 

Visit the reminder post at Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's second card; then scroll down to the original Midnight Clear post to link up your own CLEARLY awesome creation(s)!

It Was TENSE

Eyelet Outlet Liquor Brads are always up for a celebration, even if it is in the form of a diabolical pun! Here they're paired with Cocktail Brads as well as Beer Brads and Grape Brads on an all-occasion card that's full of good spirits!

Shopping List:

Liquor Brads

Cocktail Brads

Beer Brads

Grape Brads

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Store and our Idea Gallery to drink in all of the cardmaking inspiration!

Liquid Pearls Winter Bluebird Card

Did you know that dry Liquid Pearls will act as a resist for diluted colors? It's a similar technique to using a heat embossed design as a resist for watercolor, and is currently one of my very favorite things to do with my growing collection of shimmery colors. Head over to the Ranger Project Tutorials Page to see, step-by-step, how I created this shimmery winter bluebird card, featuring Dina Wakley's adorable Scribbly Birdie Stamps and Simon Hurley's beautiful Stained Glass Stencil.

MM07: Paint Pens on Kraft Cardstock

It's a wild and whimsical Mandala Monday featuring pink, white and pale orange Posca Pens as well as my trusty Letter it Fineliners in my 6x6 Dina Wakley MEdia Kraft Journal.*

*This particular item is out of print, but if you're looking for a journal that's cool and super sturdy, anything from the Dina Wakley MEdia range will not disappoint!!!

JB2504: It Came Upon a Midnight CLEAR

This fortnight at Jingle Belles we're asking you to make a holiday card that contains at least one see-through element. It can be a glass embellishment, an acrylic transparency, some vellum, acetate or "ghost" shapes, clear stickers, lucite buttons, shrink plastic... whatever you like. If you can see through it (AND figure out how to attach it to your card!) put it on there and link it up!

Here's how I was CLEAR-ly inspired this week:

I still have a fun little stash of the late great Hambly Screen Prints transparencies, which are so thick and sturdy you actually can make a card base out of them and build your entire design on top. Fair warning: however well a transparency card comes out IRL, it will be VERY hard to photograph (as you can see) but other than that, I'm pleased with this one. I used nearly an entire sheet of Hero Arts' Holiday Messages Rub-on Transfers and three out of four ancient dimensional snowman stickers from the big box store. I added a diecut panel inside the card (see below) for writing on, but realized belatedly that the front is so transparent, I might add another panel to the back of the card and add my personal greeting that way. 

Head on over to Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's beautiful card and start planning what you'll link up with us this time. JB2504: It Came Upon a Midnight CLEAR runs until 6pm (EST) on Wednesday, February 26th.

Hoppy Valentine's Day

Don't FROG-et to wish your besties a very HOPPY Valentine's Day! The Eyelet Outlet Frog Brad Set has frogs, cattails and two colors of water lilies; pair them with Cloud Tape and Grass Washi and it's easy to make a scene... in a good way, lol! 

TOAD-ally Awesome Shopping List:

Frog Brad Set

Cloud Tape

Grass Washi 

Visit the Eyelet Outlet Online Store to check out all of the birds, bees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish today!