Getting Nostalgic…

Happy Monday!

We are here with some more Tim Holtz Kraft-Core projects for you today from the Nostalgic Kraft-Core cardstock.

Have you heard about the give-a-way here?

HURRY HURRY and sign up now. This give-a-way won’t last forever  so don’t hesitate!

Today we have a layout for you from Design Team Member Debbie Standard.  How much do you LOVE that purple Kraft Core background?  This paper pack is PERFECT for any project!   Debbie paired the bright blues and purples of this pack with other fabulous Tim Holtz embellishments and Ranger Distress inks.

Fall Bliss

Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Tutorial

HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEWS?

We are at it again. YES, we are giving away more Core’dinations Cardstock!

WE ARE GIVING AWAY 50 OF THESE! Plus three lucky winners will get a signed copy from Tim himself!

CLICK HERE to enter to win.

Curious what to do with your Kraft Core? We have tons and tons of inspiration coming for you and we are kicking it off with a great tutorial for you from Designer April Derrick. April is our in house Tim Holtz guru. She uses color washes and distress inks beautifully and  this layout is no exception. We hope you can find some cool techniques to use on your craft projects from this tutorial today.

Supply List:
- Cardstock: Core’dinations / Tim Holtz Craft Core Nostalgic Collection
- Patterned Paper: 7gypsies
- Color Wash: Ranger Adirondack in Red Pepper
- Pens: Staedtler Triplus Fineliners
- Film Strip Tape, Tissue Tape, Mini Staples: Tim Holtz
– Metal Clip: 7gypsies
- Sparkly Brad: Paper Studio
- Distress Ink: Ranger
- Other: White Office Tag, Black Sewing Thread

Step 1 – Spray 3 to 4 squirts of Color Wash on a craft mat.

Step 2 – Dip a paintbrush into water and then swirl your color wash around with your paintbrush creating a small puddle of paint.

Step 3 – Start painting your cardstock. You can paint as little or as much as you like, depending on how much of the cardstock you want to cover.

Step 4 – With every layer of color wash paint you add, the colors will get deeper and darker. If you think it’s too dark you can swipe a paper towel across it while it’s still wet. You will probably need to add more color mist and water during the painting process depending on how much paint you use.

* Note}: I always like to leave the “Logo strip” along the bottom of the cardstock on until I have finished the painting process! Then I cut it off right before I get ready to sand and set it aside to use later.

Step 5-Grab your Core’dinations Sand it Gadget and sand away! On this particular layout, I chose to sand the edges of the cardstock sheet and also various areas towards the top of the sheet where my paint was a little lighter. This resulted in a really cool texture effect!

Step 6 – Grab your color wash and spray a couple of mists onto your cardstock. (I personally like to choose 2-3 areas to mist. I don’t want it to overwhelm my page and it also helps if you have an idea of where your picture is going to be placed so you can spray the areas you know will not be covered up.)

Step 7 – Hold the cap of the color wash bottle and squeeze. Large drops will fall out of the bottom of the tube. I like to call this Cap Dropping. It’s an easy way to get big drops, if you don’t want larger drops than simply skip this step.

Now remember how I said I save my “Logo Strips” to use later? Well here’s what I did with my leftover strip!

I cut the strip in different sections and sizes. This way I ended up with some of the painted portion without words, and the others I just flipped over to use the kraft core side without writing.

Then I simply adhered the small strips of cardstock along the top portion of my layout in a collage like fashion. I even turned up a couple of the edges of the kraft strips so that a little of the red painted side would show. I completed this look by sewing over my paper strips, but you could also create a faux stitch using pens!

Here is what it looks like almost done. You just need to embellish and you are read to go!

Tim Holtz Kraft-Core

Looking for ways to use our Tim Holtz Kraft-Core collection?

Tim Holtz and Core’dinations collaborate once again and introduced this rustic blend of colors on natural kraft cardstock.

This pack is available in a 24 assorted pack  and individual 12×12 sheets.  It looks beautiful sanded, distressed or leave it as is.

Here are some designs to help inspire you.

Designer Shaunte Wadley

Designer Debbie Standard

Core’dinations and Glue Arts … Celebrate Your Thanksgiving

Goooood Saturday Morning!

We are are here bringing you some Core’dinations and Glue Arts projects again today and this is IT! So leave so make sure you leave comments for your chance to win win win!

Make sure you head over to the Glue Arts blog for some awesome projects from their Design Team. They are also introducing a new product, Glue Glider Pro PLUS and they are doing 10 days of give-a-ways over there!!! And they have a GrEaT Facebook page, too, make sure you head over there as well for daily inspiration.

And, YES, we are giving away ANOTHER pack of Core for one lucky winner that posts here on the blog this week!!!

Today we have a Thanksgiving Day wreath from Designer Ellen Sosnoski.

There are only a few easy steps for this easy project. First,  wrap burlap (from MME) around a wooden base. I am using an old “O”  that I bought to alter for my son’s room. The intention was for us to do it together but he didn’t find it as exciting as I did so we are using it for a Fall Wreath today with some Tim Holtz Kraft-Core and Sizzix dies.

You may need to play with it a bit to make sure the end is on the back. Use your Glue Arts Square Adhesives to attach. They worked perfectly!

I used about the Adhesive Squares to attached the leaves…

I just love this piece of Kraft-Core. It is so soft and subtle and it just looked perfect on the spool. Again, use an adhesive Glue Square here….

And a close up of the leaves. They were embossed, then spritzed with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and then sanded. To get them to stand up, I used the 3D UCut it squares.

We cannot wait to see what you create with Core’dinations Color Core Cardstock and Glue Arts!

Thank you Thank you for  a fantastic week. Please make sure you stop over at Glue Arts and give them a big shout out.

Come back Monday for some Canadian Thanksgiving ideas and some winners!

Core’dinations and Glue Arts Day THREE

Goooood Wednesday Morning!

We are are here bringing you some Core’dinations and Glue Arts projects again today and all week long!

Make sure you head over to the Glue Arts blog for some awesome projects from their Design Team. They are also introducing a new product, Glue Glider Pro PLUS and they are doing 10 days of give-a-ways over there!!! And they have a GrEaT Facebook page, too, make sure you head over there as well for daily inspiration.

And, YES, we are giving away ANOTHER pack of Core for one lucky winner that posts here on the blog this week!!!

AND we want you to shout out how much you love Glue Arts & Core!!! Head over to the Glue Arts Facebook page and tell them what your FAVORITE Glue Arts Adhesive is and ONE lucky winner will win some Core goodies in addition to what we are giving away on the blog!!!

First up we have a layout from Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira featuring tons of Tim Holtz Adirondack, Pink Paislee core Impressions, Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions, Jenni Bowlin Whitewash along with Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, Raisen’s, U Cut It  3D Adhesive foam.

See the torn/ruffled cardstock?  You need a really great adhesive to make sure the Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions (pink ) will adhere to that ruffle and Glue Arts is perfect.

Next up we have a Design Team Member Debbie Standard with another layout. That Cosmo Cricket Woodgrain looks amazing as a background. Who needs patterned paper??   Debbie used the Glider Pro and the Adhesive Squares from Glue Arts. Must haves for any crafter!

Paper Trunk Winner!

We had so much fun last month working with Paper Trunk.

We picked a random winner from this post……

AND it was…….

Villa Steeves says:

August 29, 2011 at 5:46 pm

Great layout! I love the flowers!

Design Team Member Brianne Nevill created this  deliciously fun layout using lots of embossing.  And how fun is that paper piecing??  AND the great thing about Tim Holtz Kraft-Core is that if you want to have a solid kraft layout base, you can just flip it over!

Again, thank you so much for coming here and commenting and checking out the

FABULOUS things our Design Team has been working hard on. We love hearing your feedback!!!!

Don’t forget about September’s Colour Challenge!!! Details here.

Paper Trunk Tuesday

We are kicking off the last few days of August with Paper Trunk projects.

We have had so much fun working with them this month!!! Check out their blog for some more inspiration and DON’T FORGET!!!

YOU HAVE UNTIL TONIGHT FOR OUR COLOUR CHALLENGE FOR AUGUST!

Today we have a layout from  Design Team Member Lydia Jackson. Lydia shares some GREAT tips with this layout using Paper Trunk papers and some BRAND NEW Tim Holtz Kraft-Core.

With the Kraft-Core, the kraft IS the Core! It’s so cool! So, one tip that Lydia shares is that you are going to want to sand your Tim Holtz  Kraft-Core first before you print on it with your computer.  This will allow the cardstock to absorb the ink faster.

AND how fun is that sand castle out of the Tim Holtz Kraft-Core?!??!?!?!  Such a great layout. Lydia really shows off how you can use the blues and greens in this Paper Trunk line.

OH OH OH. And did you see those TAGS???  YES, we have tag! They are part of our Cardmaker Series and come with these gorgeous silver grommets.

Cheery Lynn and Core’dinations Day FOUR!

Cheery Lynn and Core have teamed up for some great inspiration for you this week!

We hope you have been having as much fun as we are.

Make sure you check out the Cheery Lynn site for some awesome dies and videos (such an awesome resource to know what sandwich to use for different embossing machines) and some SUPER cool NEW releases!!!

AND, their blog of course!!!

You know the drill…leave a comment ALL WEEK long for a chance to win some Core goodies.

Today we have a card from Ellen Sosnoski using one of the Grunge Series Embossing folders.

Keep scrolling down because there are some great close up shots of white Core Essentials Cardstock once it’s been lightly sponged with some Tim Holtz Distress inks. Inks work brilliantly with these plates!

Core and Cheery Lynn Day TWO!

Cheery Lynn and Core have teamed up for some great inspiration for you this week!

Make sure you check out the Cheery Lynn site for some awesome dies and videos (such an awesome resource to know what sandwich to use for different embossing machines) and some SUPER cool NEW releases!!!

AND, their blog of course!!!

You know the drill…leave a comment ALL WEEK long for a chance to win some Core goodies.

Today we have some layouts for you! Make sure you head over to each individual designer’s blog for more details on each of these projects.

Design Team Member Lydia Jackson made this cool layout using the Stitcher Plate. Such a great way to add texture to some white space.

And here is a close-up:

And Design Team Member April Derrick used FOUR plates on this layout!!!

They are Circle, Classic Silver Stacker Layers, Silver Oval Stitching Tool, & Butterfly Bundles

Core’dinations Cardstock is from the Tim Holtz Distressed and Adirondack collections.

Check out how April journaled on the stitched circle!

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