Decorative Brads Giveaway!

Up for grabs this week to one lucky winner is a large assortment of American Crafts decorative brads!

To win an assortment of beautiful brads, leave a comment on this post by Friday July 15th letting us know a fun and creative way to use brads! Can't wait to read your responses, good luck, and the winner will be announced with the Friday morning post!

Comments

[Tina m]

Ohhhh, what a fabulous giveaway! My sister and I would have so much fun sharing all these brads! Thanks for the great product and the chance to win some yummy prizes! I so hope I am the lucky winner.

[Tracy Dayett]

WOW!!!! I can think of so many different ways to use these brads on my scrapbook pages, especially on my journaling blocks....funny thing I just told my sister that I really needed to get some brads because I didn't have very many and then WOOOOOW here was your blog post! I would love to share these with my sis. Thank you for the chance to win!!!!

[jan m]

Eyes, robot parts, flower centers, wheels, headlights, jewels for a crown, nail heads or tacks, fasteners for butterfly wings or tags, Xmas tree or wreath decorations, holly berries, a row to make a caterpillar, buttons on clothing......

[Viki]

My heart stopped a moment when I saw this giveaway! I will cross my fingers. Thanks for the chance to win this giveaway.

[Kate aka stinkydudette]

I love love love brads!! Nothing is complete without a brad or ten! lol..

[Mpls Betty, Minneapolis, MN]

What a fabulous giveaway! My favorite way to use brads is for the center of handmade flowers...they can really make the flower...wheels on a baby buggy..pearl brads to make a necklace on a dress form.

[Lynn]

Oh I am rubbing my hands together ... would love the chance to win this!

[Nikki R]

I love using brads for the center of flowers, butterly antennas, and randomly all over the cards I make. I love them, they add such a nice touch to my cards. I love the 3d look it gives =)

[Brenna C]

What an amazing giveaway!! I love to use brads to dot lower case I or j in titles.

[KellyG]

Great stuff, love all the different brads! I have had brads come to the rescue for everyday things for my son, including the center of a game spinner that fell apart! As for my craft projects, I love the dimension a brad gives and you can use them to create different shapes, spell things, wheels, flower centers, the list goes on and on!!

[Amy Durkin]

I recently read a tutorial on dressing up old shoes for kids with brads. This would be the perfect thing to get me startes (plus I would love to scrap with them!)

[Angela Fehr]

I love layering brads with other embellishments - maybe not the most creative but it always looks good!

[Lisa S.]

I have to put brads on every page I make. From the center of flowers to three in the corner of the page. A page is never complete until brads have been added.

[Amanda J]

I love using brads as fun little accents either just randomly around the page, or in flower centers, butterflies...whatever strikes me at the time! Thanks for the chance!

[Emma]

But seriously what couldn't you do with these??

First I would probably use them as adornments on the outside of little "happy day" bags I make for friends (:

[Sav O'G]

I love using brads as accent embellies....and I've seen some brads used to decorate bracelets! Just cut the backs and glue dot them down! GORGEOUS:) Thanks for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

[Selina L. P.]

What a wonderful giveaway! I love to use brads when scrapbooking and also when making creative cards. They are also great to enhance 3D embellishments.

[Sandra M.]

Those brads are amazing! They would be fantastic embellishments for any layout or card! Thanks for the giveaway!

[Deanna M]

I'm using brads as a center accent to some paper bow ties I'm making! ;)

[CindyJ]

I make them into magnets for my daughter's school locker.

[Holly]

I like to use brads to make a bow-like embellishment. Instead of actually looping ribbon or twine into a bow, I take two pieces of ribbon (scraps really), layer them one on top of the other and then use a brad in the center to hold them together like its the center of the "bow". What a generous giveaway!

[Cher K.]

What beautiful brads. I love to put them in the center of snowflakes butterflys and flowers. They are so cool!
-Cher

[Ashly]

I used some brads to decorate my pumpkin last year!! :) Then I cleaned them off and used them again on the scrapbook page I made with photos of my pumpkin. LOVE LOVE LOVE all your brads. Thanks for the chance to win

[kym]

I sometimes use brads to act as a "bullet" in my list. These brads are so cute, would love to win some.

[Christa Allgood]

I bought bright pink curtains for my daughter and we decorated them with flower brads!! They are so cute and perfect for a pre-teen room AND it was a project that we did together!

[Stephanie McGregor]

I love to use them to circle around something in a picture to showcase it! love them!

[Kirsten W]

These are awesome! I'd love to use them in a jewelry project or to make barrettes for my daughter. Thanks for the giveaway!

[wendi r]

oh wow these are soooo fun!!!! I'd use them to decorate flower centers and banners on my LOs and cards

[Cilla]

I use brads for flower centers all the time. This looks like a super assortment!

[Katey]

i like to attach things to the page with a brad. especially if there is something that is heavy or thick and will have trouble staying on the page with glue alone!

[sarah]

no special creative ways...i just love to use them! thanks for the chance to win a fun assortment of them.

[Annette A.]

I love to use Bradshaw on gift bags...they add a little sweetness to them..
Thanks for the eye popping giveaway...

[Carol B]

I have a gum ball machine stamp and I used brads to make the gumballs, it turned out so cute!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

[Aimee K]

All of these are great for the centers of flowers! Thanks for the chance to win them!!

[daphnie]

Omgosh i am a HUGE LOVER OF BRADS! I sometimes use brads to hold my ribbons on my page instead of using glue tape! helps to create ripples effect too!

[Lesley]

I really like to use them when I can't get something to stick to heavy glitter paper. I just punch a hole and stick the brad through both and wah-lah....I don't have glue everywhere and the brad is a decorative way to "adhere" paper together! :)
Loved Ashly's idea of decorating a pumpkin!

[Avital]

I would create a sun-burst-esque layout and fill up one of the 'rays' with an assortment of brads to add texture, probably make them dense at the root and sparse at the ends, as if the rays are disappearing in the air...

[sandee]

I love using decorative brads as bag closures for gift bags! great assortment of brads for the giveaway! Awesome!

[Jodi R]

I love, love, love AC brads! Each one is like a mini work of art. I use brads on almost every layout I make. I have used them as accents, flowers, eyes, wheels and even to replace an alpha in a title. LOVE them!

[April W]

Look at all that yumminess!! One of my favorite ways to use brads is as the center of flowers. Not all that original but it works just great! ;)
- April W

[Ann Cicilie]

I love using brands together with handstitched borders :) Flower centers are also a classic way of using brads.

Before I use them, I love to display them on my scrapbooking table and just admire them and let them give me inspiration :)

[Kari D]

I use Brads for eyes, noses, centers of flowers, wheels, buttons and photo corners on my layouts. I also use them to attach flowers to my tshirts and I do t care if they make a hole! Love this give away!

[Jessica G]

ohhh, I love these! I love using brads on banners, so cute!

[Amber W.]

I love to use brads wherever I can, but especially on LO's I replace circles with brads...wheels on a car get replaced with brads, buttons on a onesie are brads, etc...and those flower brads will definitely make their way onto my refrigerator as magnets!!

[Rosie N.]

Umm, I'm too overwhelmed by the great prize to say anything but "pick me!!!!!!!" :)

[Veeruliiru]

Don't no about creative, i just HAVE TO use them in almost every page i make! Brads just finish off the hole thing!

[Laura Stewart]

I like to use them on cards and jewelry

[johanna]

Thanks for the opportunity to win!! I love to use brads to attach tags or journaling cards on my work. They would come in handy for my summer travel journal :)

[Junia]

I used brads to decorate my silicone cell phone cover. It looks fantastic!

[Jeannie L]

Gosh, they are just so lovely!

I'll love to do some magnets out of them besides using them on cards and scrapbook layouts.

[Cheryl Leong]

Brads for flower centers is my favourite! Fingers crossed. Super like this giveaway... I'm a BRAD-der

[Marcia Dehn-Nix]

Ooooh, I would love to win your brads. I use brads a lot for flower centers, to hold pinwheels together, to attach vellum journaling blocks, to attach ribbon, as the eyes of an animal, or the hub of a wheel, etc.... and I am not even talking yet about decorative brads!

[Mandyb]

ok so we have to use these brads!!!! but they look so pretty all piled up in a glass jar!!!!
well ummmm i would put them on cards, layouts...and im sure some of my kindergarten children would love to see them on wall displays too!!!

thanks for a fun giveaway!!!

[Sami]

Oh!!! the eye candy!!! deliciousness x I love to use brads in so many ways....one favourite is holding a banner across a page.

[Nina]

They're great for just about anything - they make great accents on cards and they work great instead of eyelets for the popular eyelet closure! I love the dimension they give <3

[Ashley Nguyen Newell]

Ohhh, how fabulous! I would love to put these in the center of flowers and make a couple headbands!

[Pam DelaTorre]

And I thought I had a good array of brads, but these are awesome! I've used them for corner accents, borders, flower centers, centers of bows, and all over accents. I've got hearts, swirlies, musical notes, glitters, flowers, snow flakes, & gemstones. I especially like the roses and holly in this set tho. TFS!

[Melissa]

Gorgeous! I love to use these! A cool way to use them would be for pinwheels or as mini album bindings!

[torrita]

Beautiful collection, would love to win! I usually use brads as the centre in flowers, or to emphasise a word set on it's own in title, sort of a 'brad bracket' :) Love reading the other ideas.

[Tran Polizzi]

Well....

To be fun: I stick it every around the house... randomly

To be mean: Stick it on a chair for my Hubby to accidentally sit on... too mean

To be funny: Stick them on every single holes on my Husband's belt :-P

To accessorize: Stick them on the sides of my glasses... where the frame and lens meet

To accessorize my doggies: Stick them on their collar

If I can: stick them in my ears and use them as earrings... probably won't do that

[Felicia Young]

What an awesome giveaway! I use brads for a few things, one of them is for borders, another is banners, and the last is for the center of flowers.

[Karen Williams]

I would love the flower brads as earrings- if you can take the metal back off and replace it with a post- these look like a beautiful assortment- would love to win them all - the large brads would give me loads of options!

[Jen stock]

I can't even imagine winning such a fun prize! Love all of them.

[Mariaje]

Para cualquier otra cosa que no sea scrap, para un broche, una banda para el pelo o para lo que se te ocurra. Buena suerte!!!!

[Rebecca]

These are gorgeous!!! I would love them! I like to use brads as the center of a pinwheel!!

[Kendra Klincker]

Mixing them with buttons and putting them in a frame in the shape of a letter.

[Sophia Allison]

Ooh please pick me, I am in desperate need of brads...thanks for awesome prizes as always!!!

[Sophia Allison]

Forgot to say what I will use them for...perhaps to secure a flap on a secret message on a page...

[Jenny]

I like to use them as an embellishment to the flower punch

[Dulcinea Silva]

I love brads, it's one of my favorite things for embelishment for my pages!

[Annette Madsen]

LOVE brads. They can make some beautiful home made flowers. And som nice detals in between a lot of flowers. I also have them in my home made hair-clips, with som flowers.

[hueisei]

Thanks for the chance to win it..
The color is so lovely and sweet.
I will used it to decorate little pouch or mini pincushion :D

[Chloe Western]

I love to use brads for creating fun closures on pockets and envelopes. PLEASE pick me to win this amazing array of American Crafts brads!

[Romy]

Wow, what a huge and yummy giveaway! Love all these brads! I'd love to use them to make earrings with. I guess that especially those rose brads will look fabulous in my ears:)

[arjanne]

I can't say I've done really creative things with brads, but I use them a lot and I love the look of them!

[Be(e)]

Oh, how I love all these brads! I'm planning on making a pennant soon for my little girl, with some of these brads!! Thanks for this chance to win!

[Laura S.]

I use brads to fill empty spots in my cards. :)
Lovely giveaway!

[Petra Offrell]

What a fab giveaway love the AC elements decos

[Laure]

I love brads & I'd loooove to win this fabulous giveaway !! Thanks for giving a chance of winning !

[Felice]

I can give my old flat shoes a great new look by using those gorgeous brads!!
Thank you for the chance to win.

[Spardha]

WOW!!.. I love brads!.. I love to use them as flower centres.. quick and easy!.. But they are fantastic for clipping together 2 sheets so the other one can just slide { i do this with a bunch of photographs! }
thanks for a chance to win!
hugs!

[Maria]

Oh my.. so many brads!! I love to use brads on my layouts and cards, I just like to have these little details as eyecatcher!! :) Thanks for the chance to win!!

[Kirsteen]

I love to use brads to make 'hidden Mickey' mouse heads on my WDW pages :) Thanks for the chance to win :)

[sol'ka]

It can be used to decorate for the head band with beautiful ribbons and buttons! I'd love to make it for me if i'll win this fantastic brads!

[lory]

really love all kinds of brads, at first I remember that I didn't like them but once I've used them I could't create without them.
I have used the brads like the balls of a christmas tree, or for a list, or like the center of a flower, or to make a circle qith different kinds of brads.I love them in every color and kind!

[Adriana]

I love to use it for the center of the flowers!!!

[Brandi]

I love to use a series of brads to make shapes or borders around something on a page to make it stand out. They are also a great way to attach ribbon to a project. They are the perfect accent to any design and gosh! there are just a plethora of different ways to use them!

[Pearl]

Pearl or metallic brads would make a great embellishment on masculine cards - as parts on a rocket , helicopter ,aircraft etc .

[Julie Koets]

I love these! I usually use brads as centers for my flowers. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Lilith]

Love using them with handmade flowers. I put them every where.

[Jennifer Chapin]

I love brads! I use them to make my own handmade embellishments for my pages. Thanks for the chance to win!

[June Goh]

Wow that's a huge lot of brads. I like using them for paper flower centers.

[Claire]

Always great on a layout but they make good bead substitutes for jewellery.

[Megan LaBelle]

I love using brads as flower centers - so cute!

[Karina]

I love to use brads as a center flowers...
Thanks so much for the chance !!!
Karina

[Lauren]

I LOVE brads...especially these super cute and not-your-typical brads! I've used mine on several canvases after I've painted them. You just pierce the brad through the canvas for a little unexpected bling. :)

[mj]

ooooo ahhhh! i like to use them to hold looped ribbon in place and another fun way is to add a little dimension to letters (like i's and j's) and other stamped images.

[Lara Carson]

I love to layer elements like flowers together and attach with brads!

[Jessica Farris]

I really like using brads to outline a circe and for the centers of flower.

[Regan]

I love them as a flower centre!