Fabulous Friday!

Happy Friday everyone!

Today we are here with a little Colour Lover’s Inspiration!  We love colour here at Core and if you do too, you have to check out our Pinterest boards….more specifically the Colour Lover’s Inspiration board here.

Loads of gorgeous colour palettes…

And here is Debbie Standard’s Layout using the gorgeous colors from the BasicGrey Core Impressions line and some Fancy Pants Core Impressions…LOVE the two together!!! Don’ you?? And Debbie used the super fun clouds embossing folder from Darice along with a Spellbinders die.

AND DID YOU SEE???????????? Well, if you signed up to be a Hard Core Crafter than you saw our VERY FIRST sneak peek of our  BRAND NEW Core Cuts line!!!

Make sure you sign up to be HCC NOW!

Tuesday Tutorial with Andrea Amu

Thursday with Authentique = more CARDS!

GOOD Morning! Thursday already??? That means only a few more days 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 have 5936 6035Likes. How cool is that? Thank you, Thank YOU so much for getting us over 6k! We gave away a bunch of cardstock yesterday 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.

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”!

Now I said cards, right???  Let’s get to it! Our Design Team just LOVES this Carefree collection…can’t you tell?!

First up we have a card from Kim Jeffress. Don’t be afraid to sand and emboss that Vintage Cardstock!

Next up is a card from Shaunte Wadley…the sanding on the gray cardstock is gorgeous!

And Debbie Standard. Love how Debbie mounted her card on the darker, brown cardstock. And she used some fun accents with her Spellbinder’s Dies and May Arts ribbon.

See you tomorrow   with some more layouts!

More Layouts with Core and Authentique!

Happy Wednesday!

We are here with a super fun week with Authentique. If you have been here before for our blog swap weeks, you know the drill. Comment ALL WEEK LONG for a chance to win some Core’dinations! If you post every day, that is five chances to WIN!

AND…DID YOU SEE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE RECENTLY????? We have 5936 5946 5988 Likes. How cool is that?  We are less than 70 60 15 away from 6K and we want to make that happen this week. SO PLEASE help us get there!  Shout it from the roof tops, tell you friends…SHARE  this Core & Authentique badge with your friends. 6k or Bust!

We couldn’t be more excited than to do it this week with our friends over at Authentique?!?!?!

We have a some Tim Holtz Kraft Core up for grabs. Who wants some????  If we get to 6k this week will give some away and it COULD BE YOU! Just help us on Facebook ..it’s that easy!

So how can you win this week:

1.) Comment on our blog all week long.

2.) Help us get to 6k of Facebook by sharing with your friends, shouting from the rooftops how much you LOVE Core and Authentique, doing a dance…just kidding  with that last part but we would still love to see it

3.) 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 on Facebook helping us get to 6000 likes, stop by and say “HI!”

YES! Even the Whitewash looks awesome with the Authentique Carefree Collection!!! Love how Kim Jeffress paired it with the Authentique Carefree  elements.

and a close up…loving that black splatter against the Whitewash! Don’t be afraid to get out that Sand It Gadget and really sand that Whitewash to get that color core to come through like Kim did here.

And Melissa Oliveira…the stitching is perfection…and the touch of May Arts ribbon and the Posie Cardstock from Jenni Bowlin is so sweet with this layout!

And Lydia Jackson uses the touch of Graphic45 Core Impressions along with top of this layout…

Check out the awesome details…Lydia used her Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder on this layout and then inked over top of it for a really fabulous distressed feel. The sanded parts of the Core really pick up the inking.  Lydia also used her Spellbinder’s Label Die and printed her journaling directly on it. LOVE the tone on tone…fabulous!  OOOH and some May Arts Ribbon

Easter Photos

I don’t know about you but I don’t get a chance to scrap Easter (or Holiday photos) until after the Holidays.  It seems as if then all they  hype is over and I we have moved on to the next Holiday for inspiration. Well not here!  Today we have some inspo for you to get out those Easter shots from a few weeks ago and scrap them. Don’t wait until next year….if you are like me you will behind schedule

Design Team Member Lydia Jackson created this layout with a beautiful mix  of Core. She used Pink Paislee Core Impressions (honeycomb and dots) and then she used her Spellbinders die to make the impression on the neutral cardstock found in our NEW Neutrals Collection packs.

And here is a detail of that impression with Spellbinder’s die. LOVE it!!

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Please note that the winning emails went out yesterday for our April Grand Prize Giveaway so check those in boxes!!!

It could be YOU! Please use the link provided in the email to enter your name and address information. Prizes will be sent once all the winners have responded.

In the meant time…check out some new videos and tell your friends to sign up! The more members we have the more winners there will be!

So how about a card from none other than our fabulous cardmaker, Design Team Member Debbie Standard!

Love the Black Magic against the Glitter Silk, don’t you? And check out those flowers using a Spellbinders Die…gorgeous!

Monthly Colour Lover’s Inspiration

First up we have some Winners to announce from last week’s Blog Swap with Sweet Stamp Shop! Did you check out their blog? Save it in your faves?  Check out their Facebook page? You will not be disappointed!

Our Blog Winner is:

I do so love that little raccoon! Great “tough girl” card too!

And our Facebook Winner is:

Lisa Woodward Peeples

Love the Sugar and Spice layout on the blog!

April 18 at 9:05pm

Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: Sweet Stamp Shop giveaway 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.

So are you ready for some inspo????

Who LOVES Pinterest??? Well make sure you check out our Colour Lover’s Board and the other boards we have are FAB as well  We love spending time on there pinning all the Core we find and the color palettes that inspire our team.

This one from Anthropolgie caught our fancy this month:

And here is what Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira came up with….a gorgeous combination of Tim Holtz Kraft Core and Adirondack lines. Remember…when using Core most of our lines “core’dinate” with each other so we make it easy for you  to mix and match colors!

I also wanted to post about a prize for our Colour Lover’s Monthly Inspiration. For the past few months we have issued a challenge around our Pinterest board called Colour Lover’s. Sorry for the confusion but we are not offering a prize for this challenge at this time due to our GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY going on right now. It’s HUGE…a value of over $700!!!! So make sure you enter today AND tell your friends! {when you enter it will give you the chance to send emails to your friends and  share on Facebook) The MORE we get signed up, the bigger and more frequent we giveaway prizes!

And don’t forget to REFER Your FRIENDS! If they win so do you!

Sweet Stamp Shop Day FIVE!

Gooooood Morning!

We are here this week with some fun projects from Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps. You know the drill…comment here on the blog ALL WEEK long AND over on our FACEBOOK PAGE for the chance to win some Core goodies. Make sure you check out their store for  some CUTE stamps and their blog for a chance to win, too!!

And here is a fun blinkie just for you to use on your blog to let them know how much you love stamping with Sweet Stamp Shop stamps.

Today we have a card from Design Team Member Andrea Amu.  Andrea used her Spellbinder’s die,  a Darice Embossing folder, some May Arts ribbon, the Cricut Just Because Cartridge and Spectrum Noir markers to color in the pie stamp.  If you haven’t seen these makers you MUST! And Crafter’s Companion is having a blog hop right now so check it out, you may just win some!

Close up:

Don’t forget  our GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY going on right now. It’s HUGE…a value of over $700!!!! So make sure you enter today AND tell your friends! {when you enter it will give you the chance to send emails to your friends and  share on Facebook) The MORE we get signed up, the bigger and more frequent we giveaway prizes!

Sweet Stamp Shop

Gooooood Morning!

We are here this week with some fun projects from Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps. You know the drill…comment here on the blog ALL WEEK long AND over on our FACEBOOK PAGE for the chance to win some Core goodies!!! Make sure you check out their store for  some CUTE stamps and their blog for a chance to win, too! {Please note they are on the West Coast so their post might be up a bit later than ours since we are on EST}.

Today we have some cards from Design Team Member Char Dobson!

Char used a Darice embossing folder for the clouds…how much do you love that folder? And she stamped her cute little Sweet Shop Stamp right on some brown Core’dinations Core Essentials. And check out that gorgeous May Arts ribbon!

And who doesn’t love pie???????????? Char used her Spellbinder’s die to cut  the window and some more May Arts ribbon.

I also wanted to post about our Colour Lover’s Monthly Inspiration. For the past few months we have issued a challenge around our Pinterest board called Colour Lover’s. Sorry for the confusion but we are not offering a prize for this challenge at this time due to our GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY going on right now. It’s HUGE…a value of over $700!!!! So make sure you enter today AND tell your friends! {when you enter it will give you the chance to send emails to your friends and  share on Facebook) The MORE we get signed up, the bigger and more frequent we giveaway prizes!

She Shoots….

SHE SCORS!

Well…not the scoring you might see at a football game…but the FUN kind of SCORING! We highlighted scoring yesterday on the blog and I just happen to come across a few more amazing examples of how to SCOR with CORE

We love love to scor here at Core. If you haven’t scor’d before than PLEASE check out our Technique Videos here. LOADS of inspiration and REMEMBER to scor from the BACK of your Core so when you sand the front with your Sand It Gadget, that gorgeous core shines through.

First up we have a layout from Design Team Member Lydia Jackson. Lydia created her own design here just by scoring! You can create a patchwork design like this and the outline around the layout to frame it, too. SO easy yet SO much impact.

Lydia used Tim Holtz Kraft Core as her base and some Core Essentials and added some great details from Jillibean Soup.

And design Team Member Melissa Oliveira used this month’s Colour Lover’s Inspiration palette for this layout. See how Melissa used scoring to frame the layers of the layout? Gorgeous gorgeous! I cannot  tell you how easy this technique is and how much impact it can have on your layouts with Core’dinatons Colorcore Cardstock!

Here is a little about scoring from Melissa, “Scoring is my favorite way to add some extra visual interest without added bulk or additional layers.”  I AGREE, do you?

And Melissa used her Petaloo flowers that match Core PERFECTLY!!!!!!!!

And a Spellbinder’s Die for the shape…

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