Brads are such a great way to embellish your projects - from cards to scrapbooks to other paper crafts!
Those were some samples of brads in flowers, as basket hinges, as eyes, or as embellishments on a card! Some of these I made and some were shared by others or given to me in a swap. You can click on the picture for a larger image.
There are 5 main styles of brads in the current 2012-13 Annual Catalog.
- 3/16" brads
- 4mm head; 7.5mm shank
- Available in Gold, Silver, Metallic, and the various color collections
- Gold and Silver brads have about 200 brads per container
- Metallic brads: about 120 brads (30 each of 4 colors - Gold, Silver, Antique Brass, Pewter)
- Color Collection brads: about 120 brads (20 each of 6 colors):
- Brights - Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, and Tempting Turquoise
- Neutrals - Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White
- Regals - Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, More Mustard, and Night of Navy
- Subtles - Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and So Saffron
- Antique Brads
- Look like vintage metal buttons
- 20 brads per container (4 each of 5 designs)
- Sized range 1/3" - 3/4" diameter
- Glimmer Brads
- Includes 40 brads (8 each in 5 colors)
- Basics - Basic Black, Basic Gray, Champagne, Gold, and Silver
- Brights - Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, and Tempting Turquoise
- Approximately 3/8" in diameter
- Mini Brads
- Cute, tiny size
- 1/8" in diameter
- Available only in silver
- 200 brads per container
- Printed Designer Brads
- 3/8" brads with printed polka-dot design
- Assortment includes 2011-2013 In Colors: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder
- 40 brads (8 each of 5 colors above)
Stampin' Up Tip!
Don't like the look of your 3/16" brad? You can easily change the color by heat embossing it! Just dip the head of the brad into a VersaMark Pad, dip it into Stampin' Emboss powder, and then - holding the brad with tweezers - heat it with the heat tool until the powder melts. Once it cools, you have a custom-colored brad!
How do you use the brad?
If you have never used a brad before you need to
- Determine where you want to place your brad(s)
- Using a 1/16" punch or the Paper-Piercing tool make a hole in your paper
- Insert the legs of your brad through the hole
- Separate the legs of the brad to secure brad to your project.
If you use the Paper-Piercing tool (my favorite!) you may want to also use the Stampin' Pierce Mat to protect your work surface from the Paper-Piercing tool.
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