Spring Has Sprung!

How much do you love gardening?

I know I do and getting seed packets with the boys every spring is so much fun.

Design Team Member Char Dobson created these cute seed packets using loads of Core’dinations and her Cricut. She can work her magic on that thing! And Core cuts beautifully.   AND don’t forget to emboss those images after you cut them.

Don’t you love how the cabbage looks embossed with Tim Holtz Sizzix brick embossing folder???  It looks so realistic. The  base of the packets are Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions found here.

OH AND P.S. WE WILL HAVE PART TWO OF CHAR’S SEED PAPER UP OVER AT OUR HOT TOPICS SECTION HERE!

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!

Irish Eyes are Smiling

Happy St Patty’s Day!

We have been gearing up for it this week if you haven’t noticed!!!!

Here is another altered item from Design Team Member Andrea Amu using her Cricut, May Arts Ribbon, Petaloo Flowers with our Color Matching program, and Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

And some close ups of that fabulous detail:

And another….

Fabulous Cards

Today from Design Team Member Andrea Amu!

Andrea’s cards have more details than my layouts. Anyone would be so blessed to receive one of these. They are amazing!

How about some scoring and Tim Holtz Kraft Core??? Notice the letters cut in the Chocolate Box?  yes please!!!

And this card has a beautiful mix of Tim Holtz Kraft Core and My Mind’s Eye Core Impressions. Don’t be afraid to mix up those collections….they all core’dinate!

BOOOOOOOOOO!

Scared you, didn’t I?

Well, before we have some Halloween inspiration for you from Design Team Member Char Dobson we anted to let you know that Monday we are at it again with Graphic 45! We have one of these up for grabs, too! Our Signature Series Cardstock…it’s FabUlous!

Now we are ready for some SUPER CUTE monsters from Design Team Member Char Dobson.

Core Essentials, Vintage, Whitewash, Black Magic

Other supplies: Cricut Mini Monsters, various embossing folders, googly eyes

Some more…cute cute cute cute!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Have you seen September’s Core Colour Challenge???

CLICK here for more details if you didn’t

Well, we have some more inspiration for you!!!

Today Design Team Member Char Dobson made this super fun and just perfect project for Back to School for us today. This is so fun and just perfect for a teacher gift.

And Char’s Tuesday tip is to not be afraid to pair those gorgeous primary colors with an accent color like purple. How awesome is this color combo???  Char used our September Colour Lover’s piece as her inspiration for this layout. You don’t have to use every color…just pick and choose the ones that work for YOU!

Core: Essentials (brights), Core tags (brights)

Other supplies: Cuttlebug Measure by Measure and Number Collage embossing folders, Scor-pal, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook (stars), unknown button brads, buttons, hemp cord, alphabet beads, pop dots, pencils, sticky notes

Summertime Cards

Happy Wednesday!

First up we want to remind you today is  THE LAST day to get those Peachy Keen entries in for our July Colour Challenge!!!

Today we are sharing a bunch of cards from the Design Team that are all about summer!

First up we have a FUN & Festive card from Kim Jeffress. Who says it’s winter in Australia???

Love the use of the Jenni Bowlin Calendar card from the 4×6 paper pad.

And next up we have a card from Andrea Amu using  a great mix of Gemstones , Vintage and Core Essentials and

beautiful cuts from her Cricut:

And a close-up…

Introducing

This week we have a fun week in store for you….we are introducing our NEW 2011 Design Team.  For this special week, each Design Team member created a layout all about themselves.  We will be updating galleries daily with new projects from the team so make sure you check their galleries often!

First up is Lecia Forrest.  Here is a little bit about Lecia in her own words:

I have been creative and passionate about art since I was able to hold a crayon. Constantly drawing on walls and signing my little sisters name to the artwork, I’ve embraced all the creativeness that scrapbooking brings. I first discovered it when I started traveling all over the world and realized I wanted to remember my experiences forever. Then I married the man of my dreams, and we had 2 boys (Riley:7, Jager:5) and a little girl (Ireland: almost 3). Now you will find me embracing the life of a mommy while still teaching locally and traveling internationally teaching scrapbooking and altered art classes where you are sure to have a good time laughing and learning. I have been published in U.S. & Canadian magazines, international websites and blogs. I have also worked on design/educator teams for many of the industry’s leading manufacturers. Currently I am an endorsed educator for Tattered Angels, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L ,Vintage Street Market, Urban Swank and Core’dinations.

To visit her gallery, click here. To visit my blog, click here.

Check out the cool details Lecia did with the doilies!  And the black accents on the edge of the cut out, shaped Basic Grey Core Impressions and My Mind’s Eye Core Impressions! Mixing and matching Core is  SO much FUN!

Next up is Lydia Jackson.  Here is a little bit about Lydia in her own words:

My name is Lydia Jackson and I live on the beautiful west coast of Canada, I am a SAHM, with two little boys who are my whole world. I am married to an adoring husband, who loves me, keeps me grounded and supports my addiction to paper. I love life and all it’s imperfections, and I live by and struggle with my motto, believe and anything is possible. I have been formally scrapbooking for 11 years, but I have been a crafter my whole life. I am incredibly excited to be a part of the Core-dinations design team, for me, it is a dream come true.

To visit her gallery, click here. To visit my blog, click here.

Check out that embossing over the photo! So cool Lydia!!!

Fabulous Friday!

It sure is!

We are looking forward to the weekend here, are you???

Don’t forget about the Write.Click.Scrapbook give-a-way here and on Facebook!!! We are giving away some Glitter Silk and Tim Holtz/Ranger cardstock!!!

Today we have a fabulous find from our very own Design Team Member Andrea Amu! Andrea is a whiz on the Cricut and you can see that on this double page layout featuring Core Essentials. Here are the cartridges she used:

Paper Lace cartridge (floral lace background); Lyrical Letters cartridge (birdhouse); Cindy Loo cartridge (font letters); Straight From the Nestcartridge (heart flourish).

Here are the individual pages. Check out how Andrea used  the negative image from the large, floral, lace background on the first page. Such a great idea and a great way to use every inch of that Core!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!

What is Halloween without Monsters???

Charlotte created THE cutest monsters! Aren’t these guys adorable? They are colorful, full of texture and down right festive!  Char used her Cricut and the Mini Monster cartridge to create these little guys.  Next, she ran them through her Cuttlebug with various embossing folders to create the cool textures.   Just add a little sanding and some googley eyes and you have the perfect project for Halloween. (P.S. Make sure you scroll down for our Facebook contest we announced today)

Here they are individually. SO CUTE!

Core’dinations used: Vintage Cardstock, Core Essentials and Black Magic

TRICK OR TREAT!!!!

AND MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE! WE ARE DOING A HUUUUUUUGE GIVE-A-WAY FOR HALLOWEEN.

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