Yes, We’ve got more!!!

Mark your calendars for April 4th!  We have a{nother} GrEaT week in store for you! Jenni Bowlin and Core’dinations have teamed up for a few years now and it keeps getting better and better!

We have a fun week planned for the Core’dinations Blog and the Jenni Bowlin Blog featuring loads of designs from both of our teams to inspire you.   It’s going to be a fun week!   Here is a card to get you started from Design Team Member Ellen Sosnoski featuring new cardstock from the Jenni Bowlin Core’dinations Core Impressions 6×6 pad Cardmaker Series.

Tuesday’s Tip….Title Work And Cardstock

Today’s Tip is about different ways you can use cardstock for your title. We love to show you how versatile Core’dinations can be using its color core but you can use it as your “go to” cardstock for any project. Today’s layout from Design Team Member is no exception.   We have a great layout for you today that doesn’t use sanding! GASP! Yes, we said it…you don’t always need to sand your Core’dinations. It looks awesome both ways!

Now on to the tip from Design Team Member Heather Boswer. Heather created her layout using a tone on tone color scheme by using a die cutting machine to cut her title.  It looks awesome! What a gorgeous and easy way to add a unique touch to any layout.

Supplies used: Core Essentials and Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions.

We would love to see how you use your cardstock for titles!

Kicking it Old School

Good Morning!  We hope everyone had a great weekend! It’s Monday and we are ready to go for another week of fun!

But before we get started, we wanted to send out a huge congrats Congrats to all of our winners of the Core Impressions and Tim/Holtz Ranger contests!  The winners have been notified. We appreciate your support and response to the give-a-way and look forward to more of these soon!

Today we are kicking it on school here at Core’dinations. What does that mean exactly? That means we are using some pre CHA 2011 products for you today. Our Design Team is busy working on their new goodies but we still love some of those older releases that have become staples in our scrapbooking supplies.

First us is a Cosmo Cricket  and Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions layout from Kim Moreno. Aren’t these colors gorgeous???

Looks gorgeous anchored with some Core Essentials as the layout base.

And a double page layout from Ellen Sosnoski using some Jillibean Soup Core Impressions and Core Essentials.

And how about some Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions from Paula Gilarde. I know this is a Christmas layout but since it snowed here today, I figured that was okay

We’d love to see your “old school” layouts! Make sure you link us up or email them to ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

Anyone Hungry???

For some Chocolate?  Chocolate Box that is….

Today we are sharing some layouts from our Design Team featuring our Chocolate Box line.

Firs up is a layout from Design Team Member Debbie Standard. Debbie used Chocolate Box as the base of her layout here.  Debbie used Chocolate Box with a blue core and sanded the scored frame to accent the blues throughout the layout.  Also note on both of these layouts the hearts at the bottom of the page!

Other Supplies used: Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions, Core Essentials Cardstocks.

This layout is from Design Team Member Cari Locken.  Brown looks GREAT with everything! The colors on this layout are gorgeous…blues…reds…greens and Cari anchors this layout with some Vintage cardstock as the base and uses the Mint Chocolate Chip Chocolate Box to accent the green. Remember: all of our lines Core’dinate! So the green in the Core of the Chocolate box core’dinates perfectly with the green from the Core Essentials. Isn’t that great? Makes matching colors for your project so easy.

Other Supplies used: myStampBOX stamps; Stacy Julian Core Impressions (red) and Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions.

Black, White and Red

We are celebrating color again today with one of the most classic color combinations:  Black, White and Red.  And it just so happens that some of our lines are just perfect for this combo!

First up is a layout from Design Team Member Kim Moreno featuring some Black Magic and Core Essentials Cardstock.

For this layout Kim tore the edge of each of the “frames” used around the photos and sanded the Core Impressions cardstock to reveal the stars. She also used her Scor-Pal to  score  the lines across the bottom and top,then punched and sanded a border to adhere below the ribbon. Remember to check out our videos here for more information on scoring.

And if you love Black and White you have to check out our NEW Jenni BowlinCore Amour collection. You are going to love this line!!! And if you take a hard look at this card from Design Team Member Debbie Standard, you may be able to figure out who we are doing our next blog swap with next month.

And another project from Design Team Member Debbie Standard. Core Amour Onyx is a staple in Design Team Member Debbie Standard’s work. She always creates such beautiful projects with this line.

We have Some Winners!

Thanks so much for all the feedback for the T-Shirt give-a-ways! It was fun reading all the comments and we are excited that everyone liked them so much.

And Winners….don’t forget to have someone take a photo of you in your shirt. We would love to see it!!!

Drum roll……………………

The random blog Winner of the Medium T-Shirt is……

GrannyCharlotte says:

Loving the new papers. Can’t wait to work with some of them. Thanks for an opportunity to win a medium T-shirt.

And now for the random Facebook Winner of the Large T-Shirt is…….

Cindy  Miller

would wear it with pride, a large would be great!!

We’ll leave you with a beautiful card from Design Team Member Cari Locken.  A perfect to express how much we love all the support from YOU! Check out the gorgeous stamping on our Whitewash Cardstock using some myStamp Box stamps.  You can stamp on the textured side and the smooth size. Another way to show how Versatile our cardstock is!

Cardstock is Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions (Whitewash). Embellishments from Queen & Co.

Happy Valentine’s day!

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a great day yesterday. Due to technical difficulties, this post didn’t make it to the blog yesterday in case you missed the Facebook page.

Check out these adorable Valentine’s day cards Design Team Member Sarah Hodgkinson made with her daughter this weekend using only one sheet of Snowflake white (Core Essentials) and one sheet of Poinsettia Posies (Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions) for 36 of them!!! She also added some kraft cardstock from Jillibean Soup and used some Fiskars punches (hearts).

We love being able to partner with some of our favorite companies to create great projects for your inspiration!

Fabulous Friday Finds

Happy Friday Everyone! We are back on track with our Fabulous Friday Finds.  About a month or so ago, Jolene Johnston linked our Facebook Page with some amazing cards. I sent her a message asking if we could feature them here on the blog and she said, yes! Well, it gets better….she created a BRAND  new project for us!   So, if you want to see those gorgeous cards click here to go our Facebook Page and check them out. And if you want to see more of her work, click here for Jolene’s blog.

Now let’s check out the amazing details on this layout!

1.) The inking of the embossed dots on the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions.

2.)  How she mixed the different lines together (Core Essentials, Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions, Black Magic and Chocolate Box)

3.) All the different techniques…punching, embossing, sanding, tearing (see close up below)

4.) AND, yes there’s more if you look closely…Jolene used a neutral piece of Core Essentials as her base for this layout. Remember, Core’dinations Cardstock can be your go to cardstock for all of your needs!

5.) AND Jolene used some awesome stamps (one of my favorites) from our preferred partner myStamp Box!

6.)  Those great photos of that handsome boy

close up:

And another gorgeous layout. The monochromatic feel is gorgeous, especially with embossed patterns.

Love the two embossed patterns together!!!

Make sure you tell Jolene how much you enjoyed her work!  We sure did! Have a great weekend.

Cardmaker Series

Happy Monday Everyone! Today we are sharing some MORE of our new releases with you.  These Mini Core Impression Paper Pads were designed with our cardmakers in mind. They are the perfect size for cards! But, if you are a layout gal, no worries. They look great on layouts, too! Make sure you check out the Cardmaker Series on our Website!

Here is a short video for you that shows how versatile and cool these papers really are! {Click on the Link to take you to  YouTube}

Cardmaker Series

And some photos…

Here is a  sample of the My Mind’s Eye 4″x6″ paper pad:

Here is a sample of the Jenni Bowlin 4″x6″ paper pad:

Here is a sample of the Jenni Bowlin 6″x6″ paper pad:

Make sure you tell your favorite retailers to get some of these! you won’t be disappointed!

More Jenni Bowlin NEW Releases

Today we are showcasing one of our new and very unique lines with Jenni Bowlin.  Do you love Jenni Bowlin’s red and black lines? Than you are going to LOVE this cardstock. It is our Core Amour Onyx line with RED!

But first just a quick note to check out Sarah Hodginkson’s Tutorial over at Scrapbook and Cards Today! You are going to love her tips with the Sand It Gadge and Dust Buddy!!! We will be back with our tips and techniques after our CHA releases.

Here are a few of the sheets:

Here are a few projects our Design Team member Debbie Standard created using these exclusive colors papers and other Jenni Bowlin goodies:

Look at these gorgeous colors and patterns! You are going to LOVE this line!

And don’t forget, we have ANOTHER chance for you to win some more of our BRAND NEW never seen before Cardstock.

Do you like to tear, rip, sand, crinkle AND Ink??? You have come to the right place.

This time we have teamed up with Tim Holtz for exclusive cardstock packs that core’dinate with the Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress and Adirondack collections!

(Click  on the image to take you to the contest. Contest runs until January 28th, 2011)

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