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Eyelets
Legs shiksaoy@aol.com
setting eyelets...............I cheat and draw a grid on the back of my cardstock..if you used vellum on top, you can center the vellum on top of the cardstock and tape in down on all four edges using that magic Scotch removable tape.....
Use a needle or an awl and punch a hole where you want any one of the eyelets to be....now turn the cardstock over and use a ruler to measure in from all four edges so that you end up drawing a line right thru the hole.......now you have four intersecting lines on the back and where the lines cross will be where to set the eyelet....you mat have to adjust for odd dimensions, but this is still a workable solution......draw a little circle at each of the crossed line intersections....now punch right thru the circles and the eyelets should be pretty even.
setting eyelets...............I cheat and draw a grid on the back of my cardstock..if you used vellum on top, you can center the vellum on top of the cardstock and tape in down on all four edges using that magic Scotch removable tape.....
Use a needle or an awl and punch a hole where you want any one of the eyelets to be....now turn the cardstock over and use a ruler to measure in from all four edges so that you end up drawing a line right thru the hole.......now you have four intersecting lines on the back and where the lines cross will be where to set the eyelet....you mat have to adjust for odd dimensions, but this is still a workable solution......draw a little circle at each of the crossed line intersections....now punch right thru the circles and the eyelets should be pretty even.
Shelly WEBE34HIM@aol.com
When attaching several layers of cardstock or paper together with eyelets put a small piece of tape between each layer. This keeps the layers aligned properly while you are punching the holes for the eyelets.
When attaching several layers of cardstock or paper together with eyelets put a small piece of tape between each layer. This keeps the layers aligned properly while you are punching the holes for the eyelets.
Barbara babs1234@BELLSOUTH.NET
Eyelets are the best. I have found using Bonnie Boyle's Japanese screw punch a wonderful thing for making the holes for the eyelets to go in. There are several bit sizes and with one little push, there is your perfect hole for the eyelet. I don't like the pounding of the hammer and when you have lots of holes to make this makes it a breeze and no headache from the hammer. Plus you have better control on where you want your eyelet hole to be. Then a quick tap or two with the hammer and you are done. There are several good idea books out there. One shows about making moveable cards and one is for scrapbook pages. They both come with templates to make projects. I have used eyelets for the center of the Paper Shaper letters, to attach vellum to cards and another thing I like is to take a stamp that has small flowers and then put the eyelets where the flowers are on the stamp. Really looks neat. and now that they have the scalloped eyelets they even look like flowers. You can make little wheels that go around by not making the eyelet really tight. What you do is use a small punch to make about a 1" circle in the top card and then put stamps on the bottom card and then they can turn the top part of the card around to see the different stamps and then take like a little Hero Arts small greetings...say "Happy Birthday" and stamp that and it gives you a creative birthday card. Just a few ideas of what I have tried. You can use them for spots in a butterfly's wing, black ones for spots on a lady bug...some many things to use them for!! I have one example where they have a bee flying off and the eyelets mark it's trail...very cute.
Eyelets are the best. I have found using Bonnie Boyle's Japanese screw punch a wonderful thing for making the holes for the eyelets to go in. There are several bit sizes and with one little push, there is your perfect hole for the eyelet. I don't like the pounding of the hammer and when you have lots of holes to make this makes it a breeze and no headache from the hammer. Plus you have better control on where you want your eyelet hole to be. Then a quick tap or two with the hammer and you are done. There are several good idea books out there. One shows about making moveable cards and one is for scrapbook pages. They both come with templates to make projects. I have used eyelets for the center of the Paper Shaper letters, to attach vellum to cards and another thing I like is to take a stamp that has small flowers and then put the eyelets where the flowers are on the stamp. Really looks neat. and now that they have the scalloped eyelets they even look like flowers. You can make little wheels that go around by not making the eyelet really tight. What you do is use a small punch to make about a 1" circle in the top card and then put stamps on the bottom card and then they can turn the top part of the card around to see the different stamps and then take like a little Hero Arts small greetings...say "Happy Birthday" and stamp that and it gives you a creative birthday card. Just a few ideas of what I have tried. You can use them for spots in a butterfly's wing, black ones for spots on a lady bug...some many things to use them for!! I have one example where they have a bee flying off and the eyelets mark it's trail...very cute.
Janis Janstamps91@AOL.COM
I love eyelets. I am no expert but here's what I do. You punch a hole with a hole punch in the place where you want the eyelet (in my case, the 1/8" hole was the right size). You stick the eyelet in the hole. The pretty part is on the front of the card so you turn the card over because you do the work on the back of the eyelet. You take the pointy eyelet tool thingy and stick the pointy end in the back of the eyelet. You whack the eyelet tool (on the flat end) with a hammer twice. Do this on a wooden cutting board (like from your kitchen) so you don't ruin your tabletop. Then remove the tool. Your eyelet will now be kind of curved outward. Whack the eyelet itself twice with the hammer to fully flatten out the eyelet. That's all there is to it. They look cool in the centers of flowers. Oh, once I used it to attach vellum to the front of the card and I punched both holes first. Don't do this. Punch one hole and finish that eyelet and then punch the second hole. Somehow, my vellum didn't end up laying perfectly flat when I did both holes first.
I love eyelets. I am no expert but here's what I do. You punch a hole with a hole punch in the place where you want the eyelet (in my case, the 1/8" hole was the right size). You stick the eyelet in the hole. The pretty part is on the front of the card so you turn the card over because you do the work on the back of the eyelet. You take the pointy eyelet tool thingy and stick the pointy end in the back of the eyelet. You whack the eyelet tool (on the flat end) with a hammer twice. Do this on a wooden cutting board (like from your kitchen) so you don't ruin your tabletop. Then remove the tool. Your eyelet will now be kind of curved outward. Whack the eyelet itself twice with the hammer to fully flatten out the eyelet. That's all there is to it. They look cool in the centers of flowers. Oh, once I used it to attach vellum to the front of the card and I punched both holes first. Don't do this. Punch one hole and finish that eyelet and then punch the second hole. Somehow, my vellum didn't end up laying perfectly flat when I did both holes first.