June Color Inspiration

We have been so crazy this month we only got to post twice about our June Colour Lover’s Inspiration from our Pinterest Board.

Summer is crazy, isn’t it?!?!? Before I show you this super cute card …did you hear??!?!?!??!!?!?!??!

Mark your calendars…all you need is CORE!

Here is our June Inspiration piece…

And Debbie Standard’s take. LOVE how she used the tone on tone here. Debbie used the Stacy Julian Core Impressions line. In that pack you get pre-embossed sheets and canvas (plain Core Essentials) sheets that match so you can core’dinate easy projects like this. The different embossed patterns look amazing, too!

Add some May Arts ribbon and you have a gorgeous card!

Happy Monday Morning!

June 11, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog

Hope you had a fantabulous weekend!

We sure did! We are gearing up for some fun summer events here on the Core Blog and Facebook so we hope you will be around for some awesome inspiration this summer!

Speaking of awesome inspo….did you have fun last week with Peachy Keen????  WOW! Is all I can say…stamping and Core = perfection!  Whether it is our Core Foundations smooth cardstock or the Core Essentials textured…you can stamp your heart out.

It was our first time using Rafflecopter and it was cool! We did have a glitch for a bit and got it fixed so thank you for your patience with that.  You are able to manually add entries so I will do that for those of you who posted in the comments section so I need to do that today and we will  post a winner tomorrow. I want to make sure we get everyone!

Today we have a layout featuring some gorgeous Whitewash from Design Team Member Kim Jeffress. Kim took her Sand It Gadget and sanded the entire sheet of Whitewash. Look closely so you can see the beautiful yellow core coming through the white surface.

Here is a close-up…see all that awesome texture? {sigh} LOVE IT! That is no ordinary cardstock…just so unique and can accent any of your paper crafting projects perfectly!

Wonderful Wednesday with Char Dobson

Today we have some wonderful projects from Design Team Member Char Dobson…ENJOY!

Double page layouts=Double the FUN! I think you will agree when you see these fun layouts.

Lots of Pink Paislee Core Impressions….cutting and sanding that honeycomb pattern is too much fun!

Loads of Queen & Co. goodies on here from our friends!  And love how Char worked her Fiskars paper crimper and then sanded the Core Essentials!

OOOOOOH!!!!!

And some BasicGrey Core Impressions. Just love the pink and green combo from the Whimsy pack! :) :):)

Tuesday Tutorial with Andrea Amu

We have a fun tutorial for you today from Design Team Member Andrea Amu!
But first up we need a winner from last week from our week with May Arts!
Judy Webb says:

Cannot get enough Core!!! Loving this week.

Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: March Color Challenge Winner. Also include in the body of the email your name, address, and phone number (only if international). We will send you a confirmation back that we received your email so you know your prize will be on it’s way soon! We ship prizes to our lucky winners twice a month once we receive all prize winner’s information.


Now let’s get to the this cool tutorial on how to make this!
Here is a little bit from Andrea herself:
Today I wanted to share with you a technique for making a pretty textural ribbon flower that can be used on a variety of projects.
I created my ribbon flower by covering panels of cardstock with rows of adhesive backed ribbon and then die cut and layering a variety of different sized floral shapes from the ribbon panels.
Here’s a list of supplies needed:
Choice of Core’dinations Cardstock (I used Jillian Spotted Cardstock)
Choice of coordinating ribbon  (I used May Arts Silky Crush ribbon in brown and teal)
Choice of metal dies (I used Spellbinder’s Nestabilities dies, Classic Scalloped Circles)
Die cutting/Embossing machine (I used my Cuttlebug)
Xyron 15 Adhesive and Applicator
Core’dinations Sand It Gadget
Decorative Brad
Okay, to get started you will want to cut various scraps of light colored cardstock into panels and then cut several strips of the ribbon.
You will want to add adhesive to the backs of the ribbons strips.  I have found that the easiest method of doing this is to run ribbon strips through a Xyron Adhesive Applicator.
Once you apply the adhesive to the ribbon, you can begin to cover the surface of the cardstock scrap panels, alternating strips of color as I have done, or  you can cover a panel using strips of one color.
Once all the panels are covered entirely with the ribbon strips you can now die cut your desired shapes from the panels using various sizes of dies.  To create my layered flower, I have die cut my shapes using scalloped circles dies from Spellbinder’s Nestabilities dies.  To give more visual contrast and texture, I have also die cut some embossed cardstock shapes to be layered into my flower as well.  I used a Sand It Gadget, which is a sanding block by Core’dinations, to sand over the embossed dots of the cardstock.
For the next step, you will want to take each die cut shape and crinkle it up in your hands… don’t be afraid to crinkle them up tightly… the more crinkle the better!   Now take each piece and flatten them back out, and  you’ve just created even more lovely texture and dimension to the pieces.
To form the flower, simply layer each shape center to center forming a stack from largest to smallest.  You will want to punch a hole in the centers of each and then attach the stack together using a decorative brad.  Before attaching my brad here I also rolled up a small piece of extra ribbon and coiled it around the center punched hole.  Once you attach the brad fluff up the layers to give dimension.
Now you can have fun embellishing your projects with beautiful ribbon flowers that you’ve made on your own!

Fab-u-lous Friday with May Arts!

May 25, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under Cosmo Cricket, May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog

Please note: I just wanted to let everyone know that has won a prize from us within the last few weeks (NSD, our 6k FB giveaway..etc), that prizes will ship next week. We were busy getting out the 40 Tim Holtz Adirondack packs we gave away and our grand prize goodies to the winner. Now that those are shipping we can get everything else out, too!  Just wanted to keep you posted in case you were on the look out ;)

So we are here with our last day with May Arts Ribbon….did you have fun?!?!?!?

Again, make sure you check out the May Arts blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Winner will be posted next Tuesday.

Today we have a bunch of projects for you that we just love and really sum up how much we LOVE May Arts!!!!

Some cards from Debbie Standard…Love how she picked up all the pink tones in the ribbon and accented them with the Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions.

And another card from Debbie…loving how she uses the big ribbon on cards!

And more of the gorgeous flowers that April used yesterday but this time on a card from Shaunte Wadley….so soft and pretty! Love the pink Whitewash against the Tim Holtz Kraft Core.

More May Arts goodies in here!

As you know we are having some FUN this week!  Check out the May Arts blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Since we hit 6k likes last week we are in it to win it for 7k!!!!

How’s about we get messy today?  Design Team April Derrick  whipped up some super cool  layouts for you today! The pop of May Arts Glitter ribbon is so perfect on this layout. And look closely, there are some awesome details like the Whitewash under the folder embossed with the Darice Clouds embossing folder….the color matching Petaloo flower….

Have you seen these gorgeous oversized  frayed flowers from May Arts???

They looks so gorgeous cut and used here on layout…and check out the ribbon weaving!

See you tomorrow with MORE MORE MORE!

Happy Hump Day!

May 23, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under Jenni Bowlin, May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog

That means we are half way through our week with May Arts Ribbon. But don’t be sad! Design Team Members Kim Jeffress and Lydia Jackson have some awesome stuff or you today!!!

We are here May Arts this week! So make sure you check out all the posts from the entire week.  Check out the May Arts blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Since we hit 6k likes last week we are in it to win it for 7k!!!!

So how about some layouts??? Our team sure loves the May Arts Striped twill ribbon! It is available in 11 colors and they are ALL gorgeous gorgeous!

Kim used a mix of Whitewash and Core Essentials on this layout…

And a detail shot…{sigh} why is sanding so much FUN!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

And a super cool layout from Lydia Jackson using Core Essentials as well. Remember you can get your Core Essentials individually or in collection packs!

Lydia used tons of different folders on here and then cut them into circles.

LOVE it!

Ribbon Week with May Arts Day TWO!

May 22, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog

We are here May Arts this week! So make sure you check out the gorgeous projects from Shaunte Wadely. She worked the Core and ribbon for sure!  Check out the May Arts blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Since we hit 6k likes last week we are in it to win it for 7k!!!!

We need to announce a winner from our week with Authentique!

And our Random Winner from over 225 comments was………

Shelley Scarbro says:
May 14, 2012 at 8:06 pm

Love the layouts!! Thanks for the chance to win!!

Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: March Color Challenge Winner. Also include in the body of the email your name, address, and phone number (only if international). We will send you a confirmation back that we received your email so you know your prize will be on it’s way soon! We ship prizes to our lucky winners twice a month once we receive all prize winner’s information.

Now…are we ready for some May Arts love???

First up we have a super cool double page layout from Design Team Member Char Dobson! Check out ALL THAT RIBBON!

She used the twill stripes…cotton stripes…mesh ribbon and it all core’dinates beautifully with our cardstock. Char used carstock from the Darks Collection pack, Vintage and Spotted collections.

And Char also created this gorgeous card….LOVE the ribbon on cards and check out the fun loopty loops along the bottom!

FUN!!!

Ribbon Week with May Arts

May 21, 2012 by Ellen  
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog

We sure hope you had a great week last week with Authentique. We sure did! We will post a winner tomorrow so make sure you come back and see  if your name is here! And if you haven’t checked out our Facebook page yet, you should! We gave away a bunch of cardstock last week  so please stick with us while we get those prizes out. We are still shipping some Tim Holtz Adirondack packs from our April Grand Prize giveaway,  too!

Soooooooooooooooo speaking of giveaways and fun stuff…..

Are here with May Arts this week!  Check out their blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Since we hit 6k likes last week we are in it to win it for 7k!!!!


So let’s get started!  Today Design Team Member Shaunte Wadley worked the May Arts Ribbon and some Spotted Cardstock here on this layout. What a great way to use up all  of those scraps!

And Shaunte made some cards for us, too!

Have you seen our Core Cards?  They come pre folded with an envelope…ready to embellish and go! Check out our entire Cardmaker Series on the website here.  This striped twill ribbon is gorgeous, don’t you think???

Shaunte just mixes and  matches ribbon beautifully! Pair it with some Core Tags and you have a GREAT card!

Happy Friday!

GOOD Morning! Friday here…and our last day of Authentique.

If you haven’t seen their new Carefree Collection you are missing out! It is goooorgeous AND it looks FAB with Core!

AND…DID YOU SEE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE RECENTLY????? We hit the 6k+ mark and we Thank you, Thank YOU so much for getting us there! We gave away a bunch of cardstock this week to celebrate!  I wasn’t kidding when I said we would give some good stuff away! Stay close to our FB page so that when you have more chances to win. Sometimes we just do random giveaways over there!

Now lets get to the good stuff! We couldn’t be more excited than to do it this week with our friends over at Authentique and today is the last day!  All good things must come to an end, I guess.

So how can you STILL win this week:

1.) Comment on our blog all week long. So if you comment every day than it’s up to FIVE chances to win. We choose a random winner and post it the following Monday.

2.) Head over to the Authentique blog for chances to win, too! If  you comment over on their blog, you can win some Authentique, too!!!!! Here is a link to their Facebook page, too. While you are over there make sure you tell them we said “HI”!

Who is read for some more amazing projects from our team?

First up we have a layout from Debbie Standard using some gorgeous embellishments and circles on this layout to showcase the Authentique Carefree collection and the embossing. Debbie embossed her own Core Essentials with a Tim Holtz Sizzix folder (bricks) and she used a piece of pre embossed Core Impressions from Graphic45 to anchor her layout as well (damask). OH…and don’t forget the Petaloo Flowers that match our Cardstock perfectly with the Color Matching Series where Petaloo flowers are died to match our cardstock perfectly!

And Andrea Amu made a gorgeous altered candle box using our Spotted Collection and load of gorgeous Authentique goodies.  Then, she topped it off with some beautiful May Arts ribbon.

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