Fabulous Friday Finds

Today’s FABULOUS Friday Find comes from Maggie Lamarre. The details on this layout are amazing and

it is just perfect for Mother’s Day this weekend!

Here is a little bit about this layout from Maggie in her own words,

As we get ready to celebrate this Mother’s day, I wanted to create a layout of the favorite places my daughter and I love to hang out together. Until this day most of our mother/daughter getaways involve spending time at a theme park or enjoying the many attractions available here in Florida.

I’m Maggie from PassionatelyArtistic.com, I wanted to share a simple way to incorporate glitter very easily into your projects by using Core’dinations Core Couture cardstock. There is no mess… just beautiful glittered cardstock, the best part is the glitter stays in place with no worries about wandering glitter. (We SO agree, Maggie!)

Core Supplies:
Core’dinations Couture Cardstock and Black Magic Cardstock

Designer Spotlight-Paul Gilarde

Good Morning!

Since we will be announcing the new Design Team on National Scrapbooking Day, we wanted to showcase each of our outgoing Design Team Members over the next few weeks with some of their favorite Core’dinations Projects!

Next up is Design Team Member Paula Gilarde. Here is a little bit from Paual in her own words:

“I’ve loved being a part of the Core’dinations Design Team for the past two years. I would never have imagined how exciting and fun card-stock could be to work with – every new release has blown me away!”

Here are a few of Paula’s favorite Core Projects. Paula has always had a way with combining different lines of Core’dinations into one, gorgeous cohesive project!

Core used: Core Essentials, Whitewash, Vintage and Chocolate Box.

And how about the cool colors and embossing on this layout from Paula???

Core used: Vintage, Whitewash, and Black Magic

And Paula’s spotlight wouldn’t be complete without one of her cards. Paula’s attention to detail is amazing!

Core used: core Essentials, Whitewash, Vintage, Chocolate Box

AND DON’T FORGET!

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY AND

OUR DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!

WE WILL HAVE FUN STUFF PLANNED FOR THAT DAY, TOO!

We are Celebrating Mardi Gras Today!

Here on the Core blog! Check out this cool mask Design Team Member Char Dobson created with her Cricut.   Once Char cut the mask from some Black Magic Cardstock, she tore Gemstones Cardstock for the feathers and then embellished with some Queen & Co pearls. Then just finish it off with some ribbon and you are done!

And check out this cute model!  Such a fun and easy project for a party or even a craft project to do with your kids.

Have a great week!!!

Scor….tear…emboss…

Good Morning and happy Wednesday to you! Today we have some fun projects for you featuring our go to techniques with Core’dinations.

Kimber McGray embossed with the Swiss Dots folder, tore, scored and sanded all one one card….Love all the Core Essentials on here!

Ellen Sosnoski embossed with some Provocraft folders, tore and sanded on this card using Core Essentials, Black Magic &

Whitewash.  And printed her sentiment on the cardstock from her computer….

Flower is from Queen & Co.

And check out the amazing techniques on this card from Debbie Standard. Punching, stamping with some myStampBOX stamps, embossing, die cutting…GORGEOUS!

CoLoR

Happy Thursday!

One quick thing before we get started we want to make sure you head back here tomorrow because we have a give-a-way ready to go for Friday and it lasts all weekend long so make sure you check back tomorrow!

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Here on the East Coast it’s been cooooold.  But just because it’s cold doesn’t mean that we can’t celebrate a little bit of life and color around there! And if you know us here at Core’dinations…we LOVE color.

So let’s start with the primary colors…or at least two of them. Hera Frei created this layout using blue and yellow and a few neutrals.  Core Essentials is the perfect cardstock to use when you are searching for color. And our paper packs make it easy for you! And make sure you check out that totally cool random embossing!   Your Quickutz handles, rolling pins and hammers make it easy for you to do this fun technique.

And a colorful card from Sarah Hodgkinson. On this card Sarah uses color blocking that is really striking and simple. And take notice NO sanding! GASP! yes, we do that around here, too!  Don’t be afraid to use your Core’dinations “as is”. It’s beautiful and effective.

Red, Teal and Yellow make a striking color combination from Melissa Oliveira especially against the black background. AND if you use some Black Magic, you can accent one of the main colors by choosing a “core’dinating” core color with your Black Magic. Melissa created this layout last year but when looking through the gallery, this color combo really jumped out at me.  There are so many great details, too…the stamping with myStampBox stamps, the sanding with the Black Magic under the title in the upper left corner,  the Jenni Bowlin Core Impression title,  the embossing…so fun!

HAVE A COLORFUL WEEKEND!!!

Happy New Year!

And don’t forget starting MONDAY….HUGE Give-a-Ways and TONS of inspiration!!! See you then.

Day 12 Winner and Some Updates

Hi Everyone!!!

Just wanted to get a post off for the 12 Day Winner of the 12 Days of Techniques! Thank you again for your support. We had so much fun sharing our favorite techniques with you and we hope you enjoyed our Videos, too.

Make sure you check out Sarah’s project here. She created the coolest mini lantern using basic supplies you can get from your local craft store AND some Black Magic of course

Day 12 Winner is……….

Su C. says:

December 24, 2010 at 10:07 am

I enjoyed the 12 Days of Techniques, so many great ideas! Thank you! Today’s cards are awesome! I love the punched tree! I have to look for the Fiskars embossed border punches! Merry Christmas!

I will be sending out emails to the Winners I haven’t heard from yet. Everyone has until  January 3rd to get back to me (Ellen_Sosnoski@coredinations.com) so we can get everything shipped and ready for our next event.

Which is…..

Make sure you show us your inspiration with us!!! We LOVE to see it and use it here on our blog.

Merry Christmas From Core’dinations

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CORE’DINATIONS CARDSTOCK!

Sarah Hodgkinson has a wonderful tutorial for us today. It’s perfect for this time of year.

Here’s a project that can be used each year as part of your festive giving and/or decorating. Create a take-out box which can be filled with Hershey Kisses or other wrapped candy and then used as a night time decoration to hang on a tree, sit on a mantel or perch at a foyer table.

Supplies Needed:

- Abracadabra Black Magic cardstock (Core’dinations)

- Sanding block (Core’dinations)

- Kraft or white take-out box (i.e., Michael’s)

- White rubon letters (e.g., Maya Road)

- Mini-chipboard houses (Maya Road)

- Snowflake embossing folder or texture plate (Sizzix/Basic Grey) and diecutting machine (e.g., Big Shot by Sizzix)

- Paint (Making Memories)

- White pen (Uniball)

- Vellum- Layering tape (Helmar)

- Closet LED light with batteries (any dollar store)

- Paper trimmer

- Ruler- Pin or thumb tack

- Pencil

Here are some images of the supplies for you:

 

 

 

Now let’s get started:

1. Take apart the take away box so that you can easily work with it. Using the white side of the Abracadabra cardstock, trace the shape of one side of the take away box. Cut it out using a paper trimmer. Using a ruler, measure ¼” in from each of the four sides and cut again using your paper trimmer.
2. Emboss Abracadabra using a snowflake embossing folder. I used the new Basic Grey/Sizzix one for this project. Sand to reveal the white core.
3. Paint three Maya Road mini-chipboard houses and allow to dry. Once dry, use a white pen to add “snow” to the roof and window of each house. Cut a small amount of vellum paper and adhere to the backside of each house to cover the windows.
4. Cut small holes from the Abracadabra where the windows will be to allow the light through. Using a pin or thumb tack, poke holes into the embossed snowflakes to allow more light through.
5. Attach the houses to the Abracadabra with layering tape. Rub the white letters for “Joy” onto the Abracadabra or another festive word.
6. Glue Abracadabra to the kraft box. Reassemble the box. Place LED light in the bottom of the box. Fill with wrapped treats!

Stay tuned for the final Winner of the 12 Days of Techniques this week! We will be back after a few days “vacation” and some more inspiration. Don’t forget to leave a comment here to win the goodies from the last day and share your projects with us on Facebook. We would looove to see if you were inspired from our 12 Days of Techniques!

12 Days of Techniques Day 9!

Welcome to our First Ever 12 Days of Techniques. We are excited to share with you some of our favorite techniques using our unique color core cardstock. Each day a Design Team member is going to share a project featuring a technique with Core’dinationscardstock. We have TWELVE unique and amazing days lined up for you leading right into Christmas Eve Day.

In case you are just joining us today here is what we covered so far:

Day One: Sanding

Day Two: Tearing

Day Three: Embossing

Day Four: Debossing

Day Five: Distressing

Day Six: Scoring

Day Seven: Outlining

Today –> Antiquing

Each day we will be giving away a great selection of Core’dinations! Each prize will also receive a Dust Buddy and our NEW Sand It Gadget! And today we have one of our favorite sponsors and they have a prize for you in addition to the Core’dinations prize pack!  Make sure you leave a comment here letting us know how much you have been enjoying the 12 Days of Techniques! AND CLICK HERE to check out the video.

Today Char Dobson has a wonderful technique for our 9th day….Antiquing!

First, cut your image and then crinkle it.

And Sand. Char sands in this dish because it helps catch some of the dust (such a great idea!):

Embellish it….

And Voila!!! You have a gorgeous project:

Here are a few more examples Char created for us today. See how antiquing looks great as the background?

And these gorgeous wine bottles!!! How cool does that Black Magic look???

So are you ready for yesterdays winner???????

Larissa Heskett says:

December 20, 2010 at 8:11 pm

WOW!! Like a spin on yesterdays technique only for the titles and journaling!! =) I have never owned on of these, but I have always thought it would be a fun thing to have!! I THANK YOU for the NEW TECHNIQUE, just like yesterday’s I would have never thought of this on my own!! THANKS SO MUCH, and I am having so much fun with my new paper and trying all of the techniques thus far!! I can’t wait to see what you have for us next!! =)
Have a FABULOUS DAY!! =)

SEE YOU TOMORROW WITH ANOTHER FABULOUS SPONSOR!

12 Days of Techniques DAY FIVE!

Welcome to our First Ever 12 Days of Techniques. We are excited to share with you some of our favorite techniques using our unique color core cardstock. Each day a Design Team member is going to share a project featuring a technique with Core’dinations cardstock. We have TWELVE unique and amazing days lined up for you leading right into Christmas Eve Day.

In case you are just joining us today here is what we covered so far:

Day One: Sanding

Day Two: Tearing

Day Three: Embossing

Day Four: Debossing

Each day we will be giving away a great selection of Core’dinations ! Each prize will also receive a Dust Buddy and our NEW Sand It Gadget! And today we have one of our favorite sponsors and they have a prize for you in addition to the Core’dinations prize pack!

Todays Winner will also receive this an edge distressor from none other than Mr. Tim Holtz! PLEASE make sure you head over to Tim’s Facebook Page and tell him how much you appreciate his support of the 12 Days of Techniques!  You may be seeing more of him in the next few days….just sayin’     I don’t know about you but I looooove my Tonic Tools. I would recommend the non-stick scissors too  . BUT first you need to watch the Distressing Video here leave us a comment!

Today Paula Gilarde is sharing a card she  created with loads of distressing.   Paula used FOUR, yes, FOUR different Core’dinations Lines! Here they are in order from the cardbase: Black Magic (sanded to show the red core), Core Essentials (Notice the Sizzix by Tim Holtz brick embossing folder????) Jenni Bowlin Vintage Core Impressions and Jenni Bowlin Whitewash Core Impressions (Both from the brown and cream line). Paula added some great details to this card including an SRM Sticker.

SO WE NEED A WINNER, RIGHT?????????

LaRayne S says:

December 16, 2010 at 11:48 am

I took a class that had some debossing projects and it was very easy and looked great. A Cuddlebug would be the ideal thing to pratice this fun technique.

LaRayne….PELASE make sure you contact us through the contact button because I cannot access your contact information via your comment or send us a message on our Facebook page.

Stay tuned tomorrow for some more inspiration!  We are going straight through the weekend so don’t forget to stop by and check us out.

Did you know that Core’dinations has a Facebook Page? Make sure you check us out here. Don’t forget we will not be shipping any prizes until the week of December 27th.

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