Faux Eyelets!
 

Emily created a new technique and I just gotta show it off! :)

FAUX eyelets! They come in all 48 colors and then some! :)

Examples:
http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...cat=500&page=1
http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...cat=500&page=1

How to do it?

Punch a hole using the 1/4" hole punch. Attach to card. Punch a hole using 1/8" or 1/16" hole punch. Voila.... faux eyelet! So freakishly simple.

I'm sure this is not truly something she invented but we were so proud of our bad selves when we realized they looked like eyelets! :) No hammering! :)

Kimberly

How cool!! You could even clear emboss to give a little more pop!


I'll be trying this at home!!

That's really cool....I may have to give it a try!! The cats hate it when I pound eyelets...so does dh...

Now I LIKE that!

Yeah Emily the inventor- way cute job!

I love this. I can't wait until 12:30 when I can go home and try it. Thanks for sharing.

Lisa

That's pretty cool! One of those things--hmmm, why didn't I think of that?!?

Love, love, love it! I saw the "eyelet" on the knit happens card yesterday and totally didn't give it another thought as to if it was real. I love the idea that now we can have "eyelets" that match all of the SU colors. TFS! You two are always coming up with brilliant ideas!

Great idea!! You two are brilliant!!! Maybe it's the hair color. . .:)

and now we can do "eyelets" during nap time!!! It was so easy and quick and QUIET!!

Wow! I'm thinking to myself "now why didn't I think of that?"! You are just too clever!

Wow...you are too clever Emily! Thanks for sharing!

Very cool idea!

This is too cool! Now if they'd only let me off work so I could go home and do some! I think I'm feeling feverish.... :)

we did this at my upline's house about a month ago and used not only the circle punch but the 1/4 inch square punch that matches the alphabits. We found if you punch the 1/8" part first and then go around it with the 1/4" punch it is easier than trying to get the little piece punched.

Cute examples you posted!:)

oh duh! just reread and saw it was a bit different than yours-the ones we did were adhered over the paper, not on the cs itself. ;)

Duh Britta ..... ;) (jk)

Great samples you posted using faux eyelets!

I am so lucky I got to stamp with these two AMAZING girls!!!:)

Ahhh, so you mean they were just faux eyelets placed on the cardstock.... not for the purpose of actually having a hole? That's cool though, gonna have to do that too! Yeah, I can't imagine holding a 1/4" and trying to punch it! LOL!

thank you I will use this technique alot, punches go on my next quarter wish list! :) :) :) :)

yup-they were like decorative accents-not real holes.
Love the new method you showed as well-very clever!

Wahoo!

Which punch is better? I don't have either but I was thinking about ordering one anyway.

Those are NEAT! It reminds me of the little gizmo that used to be on small manila envelopes [we used them for the bank or for Sunday School]. There was one little circle on the envelope flap and one on the envelope itself, with a string attached that you would wind round and round. Is there anyone else out there as OLD as I am who remembers those?

Way cool, Emily! I've done the 1/2" punch with the 2-hole punch to make faux buttons, but never thought about trying to do faux eyelets! Good thinkin'!!!

Actually, our envelopes at church are just like that :-)

Janice

This is great.. you two are so smart!

Faux eyelets
 

Great idea! I just got the 1/4" punch! What adhesive seems to work best for that small a circle?

Okay this wasn�t making sense to me until after I read what Britta wrote on her second post. I couldn�t figure out why you would punch the big hole first and try to hold it in a punch. Thanks Britta for helping to clear my head! So your mistake was a plus for me, DUH on my part too. Great idea girls, you�re so clever and since I don�t pound eyelets this look will work great for me! I�ve done the same procedure with frames for a cut out using the Coluzzle or circle cutter but this never crossed my mind. Thanks!

Rox

Amazing Insight!
THanks for sharing!

How simple...I've made my own reinforcers....now why couldn't I stretch my mind...well maybe shrink it to think of this! Thanks for shrinking yours...it's a great idea!!!

Oooo, good idea.....or maybe even Crystal Effects.

Ahhh, gotta go try this....

This is a great idea too! I'll do this instead of buying them today, I saw this post just in time. Thanks for the idea!
Rox

Or one could use Crystal Effects for more pop!!!

Ahh! So Young-Yet so Wise Grasshopper!!

Cool Trick!

love the samples!

I tried this today and it's SUPER COOL!!! I don't think that I'll ever buy colored eyelets again, not when I can make one that perfectly matches the cardstock I'm using!!! I might have to break down and keep buying eyelets in metal colors but that's it :)


Has anyone tried putting the CE on them yet?

P.S. - Here's the card I made today using "faux eyelets"

http://gallery.splitcoaststampers.co...cat=500&page=1

You can make them with glossy paper that's been colored first. They are a little stiffer and really work well.

You can also use the little square punch. It looks pretty cool with a circle in the middle.

I want to try the silver metallic paper too.

how about the glue dots? would those work?

I have used mono and it works fine. Just put it on the back of the "eyelet" and put it where you want it.

faux eyelets
 

Bless you! I never had an eyelet turn out right, so I had given up trying to use them. This works so great! Thanks!!