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Discover knitting, crochet, scrapbooking and art and craft ideas on this forum.

Discover knitting, crochet, scrapbooking and art and craft ideas on this forum.

Arts and crafts

A&C Newbie .....

19 replies

Crystaltips · 08/02/2006 21:19

This might seem rather silly and trivial .... but how on earth do I make/use eyelets ...

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soapbox · 08/02/2006 22:13

You really need an eyelet kit but you could improvise a little!

Find something to punch a hole in your card with that is the same size as the eyelet hole. Push the eyelet through and turn the card over.

Use a biro pen and pop the point inside the eyelet hole and then with a hammer tap sharply a few times until the eyelet has splayed out on the back of the card. The hammer directly on back of eyelet a few times to smooth it down.

The eyelet kit is a much better idea though

Crystaltips · 08/02/2006 22:24

Thanks .... Got the kit today

Done my FIRST eyelet ...

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Whizzz · 08/02/2006 22:25

OOO eyelets - not tried those either Only just got some cute little brads - have to put them on my 'things to try' list !!

champs · 08/02/2006 23:27

crystaltips - you will be eyeletting everything in sight now

UCM · 09/02/2006 00:03

Ask JM to phone you. She did this for me, bless I was sooooooo pissed by this point. But I know know what a setter is

Crystaltips · 09/02/2006 10:58

DH just came into the room .... "what's that incessent banging ??? "

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champs · 09/02/2006 13:43

me thinks you need a silent setter

Crystaltips · 09/02/2006 18:16

ooooh noooo champs ... what's one of those ?

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Whizzz · 09/02/2006 18:33

scroll down here

Crystaltips · 09/02/2006 18:39

Oh Whizzz ... you meanie .... how can you show me such a yummy site ....

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PeachyClair · 09/02/2006 18:52

Oh dear CrystalTips, if you're susceptible to the sites you've got p[roblems on here love....

Go back a few subjects in the Arts and Crafts topics and you'll see what I mean!

Whizzz · 09/02/2006 18:57

Crystaltips · 09/02/2006 19:29

I've already been to ELC and bought a load of stuff there.
DD was rummaging through the bags and I said "those are for me" ....

Her response ..... "It's good to share"

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 09/02/2006 19:30

thanks for that website - loads of stuff on it i have NO IDEA about... but hey, im sure ill learn!

BRADS.... details please!

EYELETS.... details please!

PeachyClair · 09/02/2006 19:43

Like the split pins we used to use as kids with the bendy back legs for securing, only these are posher now. Eyelets are lijke the metal things on belt button holes iykwim? You should have a set to fix them, really, look on the galleries at my card bubbles for an example

For more infor try here

here

or here here

or here \link{http://www.cannycrafts.com/here}

or this is great too \link{http://www.craftmagicuk.com}

Ooh I am evil

PeachyClair · 09/02/2006 19:45

\link{http://www.cannycrafts.com/\bad link try here)

can't get the craftmagic address to copy, but I am sure you can mange it- it's their paper, esp. the basic grey range, that is so great

Crystaltips · 09/02/2006 20:08

STOP IT

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champs · 10/02/2006 01:05

PeachyClair · 10/02/2006 14:20

pmsl

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