Introducing Jill Lebbin!

Who’s having fun this week???

Today we are welcoming Jill Lebbin!  If you have been with us the last week or so make sure you check out the winner list HERE. You might see your name there and don’t want to miss out on your Core Prize pack.

Here is a little bit about Jill:

Hello! My name is Jill and I share my crafts on my blog Every Day is an Occasion. I am so ecstatic to be on Core’dination’s Design Team! I absolutely LOVE designing and creating projects! Within the last five years I have learned that I am happiest if I am able to carve out a little bit of time to live creatively every day, whether it is by decorating my house, making a card, or working on a scrapbook. I guess I could say, it is in blood…I attribute all my craftiness to my mother.

Most of my time is spent with my loving family. I have a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my endeavors and two sweet and spunky kids whom I get to spend my days with. I am so blessed!! We enjoy traveling together, whether it is to zoos, museums, or lakes…but our very favorite spot to travel to is The Cayman Islands.

When I’m not spending time with the fam or crafting I am working on my fundraiser that I created and direct called Craft for a Cause. We raise money to help buy Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s they help restart a heart).

Here is the inside scoop in Jill’s layout:

I chose a picture of my family as the focal point in my layout because they are my main focus. They are my life. Everything revolves around them and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This is a picture of the four of us at a zoo. My son absolutely LOVES zoos, so we have been to 7 different zoos around the country within the last year.

When crafting, I like to make things fun and interactive. So, I hid the Core Tag behind the photo. If you pull the ribbon, the tag will come out and I wrote where we were and the kids’ ages on the tag.

I love sanding Core’dinations paper! It’s become a serious love! I mean really isn’t it fun?!

Supply List

Main turquoise cardstock piece: Core Impressions: Fancy Pants

White Core’dinations Cardstock: David Tutera -Lace Doily Assortment

Purple Tag: Core’dinations Tags-Brights Assortment

Ribbon: May Arts

Photo Corners: Martha Stewart Crafts

Thickers: American Crafts

Flowers: Paper Studio-Spare Parts

Thanks for stopping by and learning a bit about me!

To find out all the latest with me, we can stay in touch by Blog Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram

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Anyone up for a WINNER from yesterday’s Brights collection pack??????????

The Brights collection have such bright & cheery colors! I’d love to try them!

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And today we have a pack of the gorgeous Neutrals Cardstock! Every single crafter MUST HAVE this in their stash! Same great Core but in a neutral color palette.

Please note we will only be posting Monday through Friday. We will pick a random winner the following morning (or Monday if it is the weekend) to win a pack of Core’dinations Cardstock. The cardstock pack may vary due to availability. Winners must email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com by June 7  to claim their prizes with the cardstock they won in the subject line.  Please include address and phone number in the email.

Mark your Calendars!

Card Design Team call update:  We are still narrowing down entries.  We are HOPING to have a decision by the end of the week.

This is not an easy process and something we don’t take lightly so we appreciate your patience!

It is going to be GREAT! We always have such a GREAT time doing our cross promotions!

So here is a little taste of some of the Petaloo flowers created specifically to match our papers!!! How much do you love the fact that you have everything that will core’dinate at your finger tips?  It makes creating easy AND beautiful!

Melissa used a bunch of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L on this layout, too!  She used the Dodz to adhere the flowers (once these guys go down they aren’t going anywhere!) and some of the 3D foam adhesive for the hand cut flowers that she alternated with the Petaloo flowers. Did you know those hand cut flowers are from our Jillibean Soup Core Impressions pack? Melissa also used some Vintage cardstock (green) and Fancy Pants Core Impressions (yellow) and Core Essentials (pink).

Here is a close up of the Whitewash hearts and the 3d Foam adhesive on the flowers.

Day Four with Bella Blvd

We are here ALL WEEK LONG with Bella Blvd and couldn’t be more excited.  Our team has create some really gorgeous   projects showing off just how great Core’dinations Cardstock goes with the beautiful Bella products. From fabulous patterned papers …to alpha letters …to super fun designer tape…Bella Blvd has  products for every paper crafter.

ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET??!?!

So sit back, relax, and get ready to be inspired. Our Design Teams have worked hard for you!  AND we would LOVE it {and I know they would, too} if you could head over to their Facebook page and give them a great big “HI!” from us and the Bella Blvd blog is looking fabulous, too!  There have been giveaways almost every day between the both blogs so make sure you check out  EVERY day!

And guess what?!  We have ONE MORE Glitter Silk cardstock pack to giveaway so comment on this post to win.

Today Design Team Member Debbie Standard created some gorgeous layouts for you.

For this first layout Debbie created pairing up her Bella goodies with some Fancy Pants Core Impressions.  LOVE the different patterns that Debbie mixed here…

And..yep! You guessed it….Debbie did an album using Bella Blvd products and Core. That’s all you need for one fabulous album.  For this first layout, Debbie used a bit of the Jillibean Soup Core Impressions.

I have to say I think our Spotted Collection goes amazingly with Bella Blvd. AND it comes in 6×6 and 12×12!!!

Take a close look at the scallops going down the left-hand side of the layout. Debbie punched circles (you could easily cut them with a die-cut machine as well) embossed them and then lined them up to look like scallops!

Just add sanding and a monkey

Gosh the Bella  Blvd chipboard shapes are the CUTEST!

And this Darice embossing folder with the clouds just awesome. You will love it…I know our Design Team has been using it 24/7 since they got their hands on it.

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!

Last Day of April!

Can you believe it?

It is! So here is one more layout using our April Colour Inspiration piece from Anthroplogy. If you love Pinterest…make sure you find us and follow us. We will follow you back, too!

Today we have a layout from Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira using this gorgeous colour palette. We hope we inspire you!

Melissa used loads of Core Impressions and some fabulous May Arts Ribbon.

Here is the inspiration piece:

DON”T FORGET> TODAY IS THE VERY LAST DAY TO ENTER TO WIN!!!!

Make sure you check out 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!

Winner Wednesday!

Good Morning!

We have some winners to announce!!!

First up we have our random Fancy Pants Core Impressions winner….We just loved reading everyone’s thoughts on Spring!!!

My favorite thing about Spring is the longer days, working in the yard and watching my grandson play baseball.

And next up we have our March Colour Lover’s Challenge winner………..

Louise! You can see her project here. We just love how Louise worked her Copics on the Core!  No bleeding, either! Looks gorgeous, don’t you think?  And the fabulous embossing on the Graphic 45 Signature Series.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Please Note:  We have some changes regarding shipping of our prizes packages. We will now be shipping twice a month.  This will enable a much smoother process for us and our customer service department.  AND this will allow us to throw in other smaller goodies that can’t necessarily be picked in the warehouse  You won’t be disappointed!!!

Winners will still email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: March Color Challenge Winner, 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!

Looking for another chance to win?????

CHECK OUT OUR APRIL GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY HERE!

Easy Easter Inspiration and a FANCY giveaway!

Today we have beautiful, soft and just gorgeous layout that screams Spring, Easter and all the things that come with this time of year.

Design Team Member Leica Forrest created this beautiful layout using some Fancy Pants Core Impressions. Leica placed the photo perfectly in the pre-embossed shape on the Label cardstock.

Doesn’t this cardstock just scream Spring???

And here is the layout from Leica…

AND GUESS WHAT!?  Since we love Spring around here and it’s been a bit since we did a giveaway on the blog…LEAVE A COMMENT HERE ON THE BLOG…telling us what your favorite thing about Spring is before midnight Monday, April 9th for a chance to win your very own Fancy Pants Core Impressions pack of cardstock!

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 Debbie Standard.  Here is a little bit about Debbie in her own words:

My name is Debbie Standard and I have been scrapping for about 10 years now. I have been a Critical Care Nurse for 16 years. I am now employed as head of the Trauma Case Managers at a Level 1 Trauma Center. I work full time and still put in about 5 hours a week charging in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit. I am also a mother to four, three daughters and a son. Between my husband and myself we have a total of six children, eleven grandchildren and one great-greatchild (by his oldest granddaughter), three cats. I love scrapping – it’s my therapy. Once I started submitting for publishing I’ve been addicted. So much fun to see what I have created in a magazine – I never get over the thrill! I have been published in several magazines and am on several card DTs as well as Core’dinations.  I have met some wonderful people through design teams and boards. I am so excited to be a part of Core’dinations Design Team for another year. This cardstock is such an exciting product and I am so looking forward with working with this impressive group of Design Team members!

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

Supplies used for this layout:

Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions, Basic Grey Core Impressions
Core Essentials, Fancy Pants Core Impressions

Next up is Kim Jeffress.  Here is a little bit about Kim in her own words:

Hi my name is Kim Jeffress and I hail from beautiful sunny Brisbane Australia. I started my creative journey into scrapbooking about 8 years ago when I met my husband, then boyfriend, who worked out of town and I needed something to keep me busy during the week. A former kindergarten teacher now SAHM, my biggest inspiration for my scrapping are my two active little boys. I like to scrap the good and the not so good aspects of their little lives…the things that they say and do, and the little everyday things that I don’t want to forget. I am very fortunate to be on the design team for Australian Scrapbooking Memories magazine as well as several online shops and manufacturers so I get to work with many different products. I love the feel of embossed, roughed up or textured cardstock as it adds a fabulous rustic feel to my boys pages. I would describe my style as clean, fresh and vibrant with a touch of whimsy! I am soooo very excited to be joining the fabulous team at CORE!!

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

How cool is this large, elongated  photo of Kim? SO COOL!

And a close up of that awesome Basic Grey Core Impressions!!!!