Life's a Beach!

Summer is on its way and even if you can't get to the beach, you can create a tiny sandscape of your own in card form! This one features Eyelet Outlet Shell Brads, Sea Shore Brads, Sun and Clouds, Sandcastles, Tall Palm Trees, Seagulls and Sunglass Brads. The postage trend is awesome for combining a bunch of related items and Shell Washi Tape makes the perfect backdrop.

Sunny Sea Shore Shopping List:

Shell Brads

Sea Shore Brads

Sun and Cloud Brads

Sandcastle Brads

Tall Palm Tree Brads

Seagull Brads

Sunglass Brads

Shell Washi Tape

Whether your perfect summer day is at the beach, on a camping trip, in the garden, or baking up some yummy treats, the Eyelet Outlet Online Store has all the brads, tapes and bling you could possibly need!

MM17: Collage +

Collage elements plus paint pens plus Letter It Fineliners plus Dina Wakley Kraft Journal equals... Mandala Monday #17 of 2025!

Round and Round

My Aunt Judie recently took home a huge stack of pretty flowers and birds to cut out for me to use in collages. And obviously, as soon as she brought back all of those glorious goodies, I HAD TO immediately make a collage in my Dina Wakley Ledger Journal. Guess how many of those beautiful, cutouts I used? Hint: NONE! How did that even happen?! Apparently, I went off on a tangent. So obviously, I need to go back and make another collage, ASAP!

In the meantime, I still have to show off all those beauties:

Stay tuned for a collage with more flowers and less circles. Coming soon. (Probably!)

JB2509: Ornamental Color Challenge

It's time for a festive color challenge at Jingle Belles and thus we present a lovely and inspiring palette. This fortnight we'd like to see cards which incorporate at least three of these five colors:

Your card can be of any style, shape or holiday theme, you just need to work with some... (or all, if you're feeling brave?!) ...of these shades! Here's what I made:

As I was puzzling over what I wanted to make, it suddenly occurred to me that one of the things I liked in the inspiration pic is the sidebar with the colors stacked together. I was pretty sure I had scraps of cardstock in all of those colors, and sure enough I did! I found the sentiment on a mini journal card and diecut a Hero Arts Snowflake Cluster from glossy white cardstock to emphasize the winter/holiday aspect.

Be sure to visit Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's beautiful card and check out the little prize that one lucky random cardmaker will score this fortnight. JB2509: Ornamental Color Challenge runs until the evening of Wednesday, May 7th.

Liquid Pearls Mother's Day Card

Ranger's Liquid Pearls come in thirty-six beautiful shimmery shades, coordinate well with the Archival Ink range, and can be used to paint with, to "resist" other media, and to create dimensional effects. Having recently discovered that dried Liquid Pearls act as a fabulous "resist" for painting with diluted Liquid Pearls, I wondered if stenciling with White Opal Liquid Pearls on white cardstock would create an interesting and shimmery effect as well as highlighting the "negative" space of the stencil. Spoiler Alert: It totally does!!! Check out the full tutorial for this soft and shimmery Mother's Day Card on the Ranger Project Tutorials Page!

A Bouquet for Mom

Mother's Day is just a few weeks away, and what could be more appropriate for our favorite lady than a huge bouquet of beautiful original Eyelet Outlet Rose Brads (in reds and pinks) plus some gorgeous new Yellow Roses. These are flanked by green Leaf Brads; arranged in a vase made from Green Pattern Washi Tape; and have attracted the attention of a trio of adorable Mini Butterfly Brads.

Bloomin' Beautiful Shopping List:

Rose Brads

Yellow Rose Brads

Leaf Brads

Mini Butterfly Brads

 Green Pattern Washi Tape

All of these embellishments (and a whole lot more!) are available in the Eyelet Outlet Online Store; why not visit today?

SOS546: Outta This World

This fortnight at Shopping Our Stash we've gone absolutely universal and thus we'd like to see cards featuring Aliens (or Monsters), Stars, Moon or Planets. Here's my card:

I've raided my happily hoarded stash of classic Basic Grey papers, including Oh Baby Boy (from which I've fussycut the fab retro rockets and small stars) and Color Me Silly (used to diecut the large stars). Most of the other items in my space-themed collage card came from an equally ancient set of October Afternoon's Rocket Age ephemera and papers. The tiny blue star brads are from... ok, I have to confess those are so old I have no idea whence they came but they were perfect for this. The sentiment is computer generated in a free font called Dear Sunshine.

Be sure to check out the rest of the SOS Crew's cards, which really are "Outta This World". This challenge (Sos546) runs at Shopping Our Stash until the evening of Monday, May 5th.