Graduate Gifts and Centerpiece

So I was going through some blog posts looking for something and found this project from Ava Gavloski that never posted! This is such a gorgeous idea for that special graduate in your life! I have a freind going to a graduation party this week so hoping we aren’t too late for you.

Here’s what Ava has to say about creating this awesome project:

Are you getting ready for that Graduation Party? Plan ahead and check out your Core’dinations Cardstock to see if you have some color tones that will match the school colors.  Try  the de-embossed look to your front card panel, sanding lightly give the card a vintage feel.  To stamp a clear image on the glitter paper, ink your stamp, lay your stamp face up and then lay your paper onto the stamp and gentle rub your glitter cardstock over the inked stamp image.  This technique should give you a clear impression of your image on the glitter cardstock.  This card design allows you to use up small bits and pieces from your core stash with the baner and star embellishments.

Dust off that crimper,  find some embossing folders that speak to you and get creative with a few layers of your favorite Core’dinations cardstock.  Layers are the secret to volume and a feel good texture.  So,  join me and make that gift bag with layers of Core cardstock that will be a wow the gift presentation.

Here are some detail shots on the gift bag:

And the fun centerpiece! Love how that Core Couture shines!

Winners and Design Team Inspiration

We have a bunch of winners for you today! We have the winners of the Core Tags AND May Arts ribbon.

First up we 100’s of comments on the participating blogs from the week  and we are picking TWO winners….

Oh my, another fun week of hopping!!! Off to start…I’m sure it will be amazing!

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Thanks so much for the chance to win! I am never disappointed with your unending and amazing inspiration! Beautiful!

Darlene and Melanie..go to www.mayarts.com and pick out some ribbon and email it to ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com along with your address AND phone number with “May Arts/Core TAgs winner” in the subject line. Please pick a few options of the May Arts ribbon in case anything is out of stock. Please include the name, size and code of the ribbon you choose.

And our Surprise DT blog was Kate Nolan-Denham so we picked a random winner from her blog as well….that winner is….

Angelica Chambers said…

These are sweet! Those bright colors on the card would brighten anyone’s day!

June 6, 2013 at 12:46 PM

And since we had so many comments  and had such a fun week, we decided to pick ONE MORE winner of some Core Tags…sound good?

This hop just gets better and better each day.

Angelica and Iris, email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with your name, address AND phone number with Core Tags winner in the subject line.  Winners have until 6/24/13 to claim their prizes

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Now let’s get some Design Team inspiration going, sound good??? Today we have some cards from Designer Tracy Gruber.

I hope you are ready for some serious cuteness!!!

Supply List:

Antique Vanity WhiteWash

Cellar Door WhiteWash

Sand It Gadget

Dust Buddy

Cuttlebug Seeing Spots folder

Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge

Core’dinations Nightfall, Nostalgia, Snowflake, Love Potion, Tranquil Blue

Sizzix Swirls folder

Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

The Twinery Shore and Blossom twine

Cuttlebug &  Cricut

And how cute is this little deer? I looove how she turned her woodgrain embossing folder on its side for this card. It is the small details like that this that make these cards so great!

Supply List:

Core’dinations Brownie & Olive Core Essentials

Core’dinations Snowflake Core Esssentials

White Assorted Core Tags

Sand It Gadget

Dust Buddy

Paper Smooches Happy Camper stamp set

Copics: E31 and E33

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Cuttlebug Forest Branches folder

Cappuccino twine from The Twinery

Fiskars Grass border punch

Memory Box Talk Bubbles 2 and Puffy Clouds dies

Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Cricut & Cuttlebug

May Arts, Stampendous & Core Day FIVE!

Can you believe today is our last day?

We have been hopping ALL week long with the our friends May Arts & Stampendous! RIBBON, STAMPS & CARDSTOCK all in once place?  It is going to knock your socks off.   You can win on all three manufacture blogs AND we have picked ONE special Design Team Member’s blog for a random winner as well. SO keep commenting all week long for your chance to win. Who doesn’t want some of this ribbon in their stash? So if you do keep reading.

You never know when we give out winners around here….I mean, over the last few weeks we gave away cardstock EVERY DAY! So stay close, have fun and get ready to get inspired.  And if you didn’t email us last week and you are a winner make sureyou check out our winners list HERE.

So now that you got to know  our DT over the last few weeks let’s see what they have done for you today!

Today is our best day yet!

Core:
Debbie Standard: http://debbiestandard.blogspot.com
Kim Moreno: http://www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com
Mary Pat Siehl: http://siehledwithakiss.blogspot.com

May Arts:
Karen Baker http://1alabasterowl.blogspot.com/
Sandy Allnock http://sandyallnock.com/
Virginia Fynes http://www.fynesdesigns.com/

Stampendous:
Cyndi Bundy: http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/
Krissy Fossmeyer:  http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/
Lea Kimmel: http://ink-positive.blogspot.com/
Asia King: http://underacreativespell.blogspot.co.uk/
Kristine Reynolds: http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/
Rhea Weigand: http://passionatepapercreations.blogspot.com/
Jamie Martin: http://stampthis.blogspot.com/
Tenia Nelson: http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com/

Here are a some sneaks of what you might see along the way….

Ohhh….Ahhhh…Silk Crush ribbon….one of my FAVES!

And look at that cuuuute stamp!

So to recap:

Hop along to each DT blog and the company blogs. There are chances to win all over the place! Each manufacturer’s blog has multiple prizes and we have a surprise DT blog that we will be picking a winner from as well.  I will be giving hints all week long as to whose blog it is. Might be here…might be Facebook…

Core’dinations AND May Arts winners will receive a roll of May Arts ribbon of their choice AND some Core Tags (see below)!  (Colors of the tags may vary due to availability) AND Stampendous THREE prize packages that include a Jumbo Butterfuly Trio stamp set, Perfectly Clear Handle, some David Tutera Celebrate cardmaking system goodies, a Sand It Gadget AND some May Arts ribbon…what??!?  All that is up for grabs this week!

May Arts, Stampendous and Core Day FOUR!

Happy Thursday!  We have an ENTIRE week of hopping with ALL THREE of our teams. RIBBON, STAMPS & CARDSTOCK all in once place?  It is going to knock your socks off.   You can win on all three manufacture blogs AND we have picked ONE special Design Team Member’s blog for a random winner as well. SO keep commenting all week long for your chance to win. Who doesn’t want some of this ribbon in their stash? So if you do keep reading.

You never know when we give out winners around here….I mean, over the last few weeks we gave away cardstock EVERY DAY! So stay close, have fun and get ready to get inspired.  And if you didn’t email us last week and you are a winner make sureyou check out our winners list HERE.

May Arts:

Karen Baker http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/

Lalo IK http://naniwale.blogspot.com/

Stampendous

Kristine Reynolds: http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/

Rhea Weigand : http://passionatepapercreations.blogspot.com/

Here are a some sneaks of what you might see along the way…

And how about another clue for a secret DT’s member blog?

This Design Team member’s intro layout that we featured on the blog over the last few weeks featured lots of scoring and arrows.

So to recap:

Hop along to each DT blog and the company blogs. There are chances to win all over the place! Each manufacturer’s blog has multiple prizes and we have a surprise DT blog that we will be picking a winner from as well.  I will be giving hints all week long as to whose blog it is. Might be here…might be Facebook…

Core’dinations AND May Arts winners will receive a roll of May Arts ribbon of their choice AND some Core Tags (see below)!  (Colors of the tags may vary due to availability) AND Stampendous THREE prize packages that include a Jumbo Butterfuly Trio stamp set, Perfectly Clear Handle, some David Tutera Celebrate cardmaking system goodies, a Sand It Gadget AND some May Arts ribbon…what??!?  All that is up for grabs this week!

Stampendous, May Arts & Core’dinations Day THREE!

Having fun yet???  We have an ENTIRE week of hopping with ALL THREE of our teams. RIBBON, STAMPS & CARDSTOCK all in once place?  It is going to knock your socks off.   You can win on all three manufacture blogs AND we have picked ONE special Design Team Member’s blog for a random winner as well. SO keep commenting all week long for your chance to win. Who doesn’t want some of this ribbon in their stash? So if you do keep reading.

You never know when we give out winners around here….I mean, over the last few weeks we gave away cardstock EVERY DAY! So stay close, have fun and get ready to get inspired.  And if you didn’t email us last week and you are a winner make sureyou check out our winners list HERE.

So now that you got to know  our DT over the last few weeks let’s see what they have done for you today!

May Arts:
Gini Williams Cagle http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/
Jen Shears http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Cowles http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Stampendous
Cyndi Bundy: http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/
Krissy Fossmeyer: http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/
Lea Kimmel: http://ink-positive.blogspot.com/
Asia King: http://underacreativespell.blogspot.co.uk/

Here are a some sneaks of what you might see along the way. ….

We are LOVING the Houndstooth May Arts ribbon!

And for our daily hint for our secret DT blog offering ANOTHER chance to win with a random comment is…

This designer used some Chocolate Box cardstock on a Mother’s Day card on her blog in May.

So to recap:

Hop along to each DT blog and the company blogs. There are chances to win all over the place! Each manufacturer’s blog has multiple prizes and we have a surprise DT blog that we will be picking a winner from as well.  I will be giving hints all week long as to whose blog it is. Might be here…might be Facebook…

Core’dinations AND May Arts winners will receive a roll of May Arts ribbon of their choice AND some Core Tags (see below)!  (Colors of the tags may vary due to availability) AND Stampendous THREE prize packages that include a Jumbo Butterfuly Trio stamp set, Perfectly Clear Handle, some David Tutera Celebrate cardmaking system goodies, a Sand It Gadget AND some May Arts ribbon…what??!?  All that is up for grabs this week!

May Arts & Stampendous Day Two!

We are here with DAY TWO!  We have an ENTIRE week of hopping with ALL THREE of our teams. RIBBON, STAMPS & CARDSTOCK all in once place?  It is going to knock your socks off.   You can win on all three manufacture blogs AND we have picked ONE special Design Team Member’s blog for a random winner as well. SO keep commenting all week long for your chance to win. Who doesn’t want some of this ribbon in their stash? So if you do keep reading.

You never know when we give out winners around here….I mean, over the last few weeks we gave away cardstock EVERY DAY! So stay close, have fun and get ready to get inspired.  And if you didn’t email us last week and you are a winner make sureyou check out our winners list HERE.

And with all the excitement I forgot to post our winner of the Tillie Cardstock pack from Friday ….

Love the spots, looks like it could be fun working with this paper.

Winners must email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com by June 7  to claim their prizes with the cardstock they won in the subject line.  Please include address and phone number in the email.

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And Today’s line up is another good one!

Core’dinations (where you are now )

Jennifer Edwardson: http://www.3dfoamandasandingblock.blogspot.com
Jill Lebbin: http://everydayisanoccasion.com
Tracy Gruber: http://www.owlbecraftin.blogspot.com

May Arts:
Emily Lanham http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/
Erin Theim http://www.homemadecardsbyerin.blogspot.com/

Stampendous:
Jamie Martin:  http://stampthis.blogspot.com/
Tenia Nelson: http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com/

And here is a sneak of something you might see along the way….

Hmmm…so are you looking for some hints for the secret DT blog?

So to recap:

Hop along to each DT blog and the company blogs. There are chances to win all over the place! Each manufacturer’s blog has multiple prizes and we have a surprise DT blog that we will be picking a winner from as well.  I will be giving hints all week long as to whose blog it is. Might be here…might be Facebook…

Core’dinations AND May Arts winners will receive a roll of May Arts ribbon of their choice AND some Core Tags (see below)!  (Colors of the tags may vary due to availability) AND Stampendous THREE prize packages that include a Jumbo Butterfuly Trio stamp set, Perfectly Clear Handle, some David Tutera Celebrate cardmaking system goodies, a Sand It Gadget AND some May Arts ribbon…what??!?  All that is up for grabs this week!

May Arts, Stampendous AND Core!

Are you kidding?!  How cool is this?  We have an ENTIRE week of hopping with ALL THREE of our teams. RIBBON, STAMPS & CARDSTOCK all in once place?  It is going to knock your socks off.   You can win on all three manufacture blogs AND we have picked ONE special Design Team Member’s blog for a random winner as well. SO keep commenting all week long for your chance to win. Who doesn’t want some of this ribbon in their stash? So if you do keep reading.

You never know when we give out winners around here….I mean, over the last few weeks we gave away cardstock EVERY DAY! So stay close, have fun and get ready to get inspired.  And if you didn’t email us last week and you are a winner make sureyou check out our winners list HERE.

So now that you got to know  our DT over the last few weeks let’s see what they have done for you today!

May Arts:
Charlene Driggs http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/
Christina Colón http://www.thetwistedmuse.com/
DeeDee Catron http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/

Stampendous
Kristine Reynolds:  http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/

Here are a some sneaks of what you might see along the way. Dry AND heat embossing…sanding…ribbon..what more can you ask for?

Oh …I spy some May Arts chevron ribbon…loooooove that stuff!

And another one….yes…that is heat embossing on Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Shattered cardstock!

So to recap:

Hop along to each DT blog and the company blogs. There are chances to win all over the place! Each manufacturer’s blog has multiple prizes and we have a surprise DT blog that we will be picking a winner from as well.  I will be giving hints all week long as to whose blog it is. Might be here…might be Facebook…

Core’dinations AND May Arts winners will receive a roll of May Arts ribbon of their choice AND some Core Tags (see below)!  (Colors of the tags may vary due to availability) AND Stampendous THREE prize packages that include a Jumbo Butterfuly Trio stamp set, Perfectly Clear Handle, some David Tutera Celebrate cardmaking system goodies, a Sand It Gadget AND some May Arts ribbon…what??!?  All that is up for grabs this week!

Introducing Jill Lebbin!

Who’s having fun this week???

Today we are welcoming Jill Lebbin!  If you have been with us the last week or so make sure you check out the winner list HERE. You might see your name there and don’t want to miss out on your Core Prize pack.

Here is a little bit about Jill:

Hello! My name is Jill and I share my crafts on my blog Every Day is an Occasion. I am so ecstatic to be on Core’dination’s Design Team! I absolutely LOVE designing and creating projects! Within the last five years I have learned that I am happiest if I am able to carve out a little bit of time to live creatively every day, whether it is by decorating my house, making a card, or working on a scrapbook. I guess I could say, it is in blood…I attribute all my craftiness to my mother.

Most of my time is spent with my loving family. I have a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my endeavors and two sweet and spunky kids whom I get to spend my days with. I am so blessed!! We enjoy traveling together, whether it is to zoos, museums, or lakes…but our very favorite spot to travel to is The Cayman Islands.

When I’m not spending time with the fam or crafting I am working on my fundraiser that I created and direct called Craft for a Cause. We raise money to help buy Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s they help restart a heart).

Here is the inside scoop in Jill’s layout:

I chose a picture of my family as the focal point in my layout because they are my main focus. They are my life. Everything revolves around them and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This is a picture of the four of us at a zoo. My son absolutely LOVES zoos, so we have been to 7 different zoos around the country within the last year.

When crafting, I like to make things fun and interactive. So, I hid the Core Tag behind the photo. If you pull the ribbon, the tag will come out and I wrote where we were and the kids’ ages on the tag.

I love sanding Core’dinations paper! It’s become a serious love! I mean really isn’t it fun?!

Supply List

Main turquoise cardstock piece: Core Impressions: Fancy Pants

White Core’dinations Cardstock: David Tutera -Lace Doily Assortment

Purple Tag: Core’dinations Tags-Brights Assortment

Ribbon: May Arts

Photo Corners: Martha Stewart Crafts

Thickers: American Crafts

Flowers: Paper Studio-Spare Parts

Thanks for stopping by and learning a bit about me!

To find out all the latest with me, we can stay in touch by Blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram

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Anyone up for a WINNER from yesterday’s Brights collection pack??????????

The Brights collection have such bright & cheery colors! I’d love to try them!

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And today we have a pack of the gorgeous Neutrals Cardstock! Every single crafter MUST HAVE this in their stash! Same great Core but in a neutral color palette.

Please note we will only be posting Monday through Friday. We will pick a random winner the following morning (or Monday if it is the weekend) to win a pack of Core’dinations Cardstock. The cardstock pack may vary due to availability. Winners must email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com by June 7  to claim their prizes with the cardstock they won in the subject line.  Please include address and phone number in the email.

Altered Spring Home Decor

Love May Arts Ribbon?

Love Whitewash Cardstock?

Love all things Core especially cute little door hangers?

EEEK! I love the little touch of burlap on this, too!

Designer Andrea Amu created this layout for us today featuring all these goodies and more!  ENJOY!

Spring has almost Sprung!

As you may have noticed…we, okay me, LOL….have been really ready for Spring around here. My daffodils are almost ready to bloom which means it won’t be long now.

Today we have Designer Andrea Amu with an “Upcycled Spring Basket” using Core Pastels collection. This project also features  product  from  our friends over at May Arts ribbon and Spellbinders.

And nothing screams Spring like birds! This monogram door hanger was featured in August 2012 Cricut Magazine…isn’t it gorgeous??!?!?!?!?  Andrea works that Cricut for sure!

On here you will see some Vintage Core and Core Essentials and May Arts ribbon.

Love love all the glittery accents!

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