Eyelets, Charms and Brads.

Little metal embellishments can either be used as a decorative way of attaching other design elements to your pages, or then can be used on their own for their own beauty.

Eyelets are pretty metal rings with a shaft or tube that you put through a hole of your pages and is then flattened out on the back side with a punch or pliers.

You will need a small hammer, a hole punch, and an eyelet punch in the appropriate size to flatten out the shaft of the eyelet.

Brads are decorative split pins that also come in a variety of styles and metal types. They have sharp points that you can push through your paper or cardstock. You then open the two prongs of the split pin in opposite directions to secure the brad to you cards or pages.

Nailheads can be used in the same way as eyelets but have a flat head without a hole and look somewhat like a gold or silver stud. They come in a variety of styles and metal types like gold, silver, copper etc.

Then there are metal charms which can be glued on with acid-free liquid adhesive. They come in a huge variety of shapes and size from wedding bells, anchors to simple shapes such as stars, moon shapes, circles etc.