What was the most popular product at HOTP's CHA-Summer booth? Brand-new Brad Dress-Ups™! These colorful, lightweight metal embellishments are perfect for scrapbookers, card makers and paper crafters alike. Available in 15 different themes, each pack includes two each of three different shapes, plus all the decorative brads you need to attach them.

So just what is it that makes these cool new embellishments such a hit with paper crafters? I love them for their versatility. The size and weight of each Brad Dress-Up™ makes them perfect for any project: Mount one on a square piece of paper and add it to the front of a card for a unique, colorful focal, or cluster two together on a page to accent photos, journaling, slide mounts and page titles.

I also love them for their ease. Each metal Dress-Up™ comes with holes, perfectly placed for adding the brads. Just lay the Dress-Up™ on your project (you can secure it lightly with a Zot™ to make it easier as you add the brads), then add the brad prongs to the holes, poking them through the paper and flattening the prongs on the back to secure the Dress-Up™ in place. Working with cardstock or multiple layers of paper that will be too thick to poke a brad through? No worries! Just lay the Dress-Up™ in place and use a pencil to lightly mark the location of the holes. Lift the Dress-Up™, then use an X-acto® knife or 1/16" hole punch to create holes over the pencil marks. Place the Dress-Up™ back on the project, lining up the holes, then add the brads to the holes to hold it in place.

And not only are Brad Dress-Ups™ versatile and easy to use, there's even room for customization! While each set of Dress-Ups™ comes with all the brads you need to complete the adorable designs and attach them to your projects, you can also try mixing and matching the brads with other brads in the pack or with brads you already have in your supply.

While Brad Dress-Ups™ come painted in vibrant, shiny colors, you can mute the colors to coordinate with lighter papers or projects with a shabby chic, vintage feel. How? Just run and emery board or fine grade sandpaper over the edges and the surface of the Dress-Ups™ and the brads to give them a muted, well-worn look.

So check out all 15 themes of Brad Dress-Ups™ right now by clicking here, and keep an eye out for new themes to come!