70 Ways to use eyelets

Aug 20, 2006 11 Replies

Here are 70 different ways to use eyelets on your pages....enjoy! Connectors on paper piecing for moveable parts (be sure to use a washer when doing this, it helps the paper move more freely)



Attaching vellum



Accents on journal blocks



To "hang" things from



Center of flowers



Center of letters



Spell out words (outline the letters)



Corners of picture mat



Eyes of paper dolls



Nails in a fence



Earrings for a paper doll



Belly button jewel for a paper doll



"Stone" in a ring



Buttons on a snowman



Decoration on a child's ball



Stepping stones in a garden layout



Attach a fiber to make a yo-yo



Attach elements on a page by wrapping wire or fiber



To form "bullets" for a list of things



As an accent on the tail of a letter



In the hole of a tag



White-as stars on a black or navy blue sky



White-as dropping snowflakes



Light blue-as falling raindrops



Orange-as pumpkins



White-as moonbeams



Jeweled belt on a paper doll



Brown-as chocolate chips on a cookie



Toppings on a pizza



M & Ms



Buttons on a shirt



Decorations on an Easter Egg



Decorations on a Christmas Tree



Purple-grapes in a cornucopia



Lights on top of a police car or fire truck



Center of a pinwheel



Center of tires



Tires on a toy car



End of antenna on a bug



Center of fiber spider web



Hair ornament on a girl paper doll



The "dot" on an i or j



Attach handle to a basket



To attach fibers or lacing something together



Attach a sign to a post



Rocks



Center of propeller on an airplane



On Serendipity squares



Sesame seeds on a bun



Jeweled skirt on a paper doll



Use as a spider and paint a face on it with the legs behind it or use wire for its legs



Dots on a ladybug



As fillers



Use as nails on wood (like haunted house windows)



Christmas bulbs on a tree paper piecing



Eye on a frog



Use to embellish the corner of tags or



Borders or



Titles



Attach fabric, twistel, or lace to paper



Use stars to replicate a night sky



Ends of a hammock



Use on butterfly wings



Ovals as Easter Eggs



Buttons on a dress



Shoe buckle



Dots on a clown suit doll or paper piecing



Sprinkles on an ice cream cone



Sprinkles on a cupcake



Use seashells on paper torn to create a beach look


I got this from a great website:


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If you check about 1/2 way down the page they have Scrapbook Tutorials - great ideas and instructions.



Sandy


Wow Sandy! I'm saving this mail :))) Thanks!

Judy, SA

Cool Sandy thanks for sharing I've bookmarked it for later use

kate

I missed the link, please resend. thanks.

Thanks for this Sandy and the link to the site :o) Some real nice stuff to browse through in the Tutorials section.

Thank you very much, Sandy, I have bookmarked this page for later use. Some great ideas there.

Klara

thanks for sharing those tips Sandy! those are some creative ideas! I bookmarked that site for future use! Linda

Thank you so much Sandy! Some of these things never occurred to me. I guess I'm just lacking imagination. I'm gonna keep this list for future reference.

MIchelle P.

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