Introducing…Shaunte Wadley!

Welcome Back!

Yesterday we began a TWO THREE WEEK event introducing our BRAND NEW Design Team!    Each member created a layout just for their day on the blog so from today, May 13th -May 31st we will  introduce a team member to you. Isn’t that fun??!?!?!

AND TO CELEBRATE THIS EVENT WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PACK OF CARDSTOCK EVERY DAY! Tomorrow morning I will announce today’s random winner…just leave a comment on THIS POST. And then come back and comment the next day. We will be doing this until the end of May so don’t go far!!!

Today’s winner will receive a pack of……

GLITTER SILK!

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.

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So curious to see who is our winner from yesterday??????????

Glitter Silks…oh, how pretty! I would love to play with some that paper. Awesome LO!!

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Today we have another returning Design Team Member…Shaunte Wadley!

I have had the pleasure of getting to know Shaunte over the past few years and she has an eye for design that always blows me away. She adds just the smallest details and I think, “Man! Why didn’t I think of that?!”   Here is a little bit about Shaunte:

Journaling reads:

40 hit me this year like a truckload of bricks. You tend to reflect on life at each decade- what worked, what didn’t. Here is what I know. Sure I have made mistakes, but I have also been pretty stinking lucky.

I married well. Sam and I still love each other- and humor has been the glue to hold this family together. We like to laugh a lot- at ourselves, at each other, and at life.

We have five great kids! They are hitting the teen years, and honestly? I really like these guys! Thanks to Sam’s job, we have had many adventures traveling together as a family. I turned my hobby into a job. Work from home in my pajamas? Yes, please.

Life is good. I am grateful.

Here is the detail of how Shaunte cut the title  with her Cameo. Cutting glitter cardstock, like our Glitter Silk, upside down and in reverse helps save your blade and make a nice, clean cut so your glitter won’t shed.

Supply List:

Tim Holtz Shattered Cardstock, Vintage Cardstock, Tim Holtz Kraft-Core, Glitter Silk (Shaute cut it on her Silhouette by putting the paper in upside down, and printing the title in reverse. ) Queen & Co. washi tape and bling.

All that shimmers is…

Our Fabulous Core Couture and Glitter Silk cardstock lines!

Ooooh….ahhhhhh….Shiney!

Did you know that not all of our cardstock has a sandable surface? I know, I know…can you believe it?  But we do have some lines that have a beautiful shimmer and shine to them.  Same GREAT Core…just a little different that if you sand it, that finish will go away BUT you can still cut it, emboss and do all the other great things you do with Core everyday.

Here are some designs from Design Team Member Debbie Standard:

Core Couture

And our Gorgeous Glitter Silk!!!

You will LOVE this…it barely sheds, cuts like butter…embosses beautifully! Take a close look..Debbie embossed it!

And some more Core Couture…as you can see the glitter picks up all sorts of colors. And is beautiful even in black.

Add some May Arts Ribbon and Queen & Co pearls and you have a gorgeous card.

See how it embosses???  LOVE it!

Happy Thursday!

Man, this week is FLYING BY! I know some of you are on pins and needles waiting for the card team announcement. We were hoping to get an answer this week but I am not sure if that is going to happen. I promise you we are working on it.  I have said this a few times now but you guys did not make it easy for us!

Did you see that we have a new Hard Core Crafter video featuring our Glitter Silk?   There are some really great tips …you can use rubons on it (YES, rubons on glitter paper!!!) emboss it…cut it….

WE LOVE IT!  If you aren’t an HCC member you better hurry up and get on it! You get access to these exclusive videos…giveaways and MORE!  Click here to join.

Here is a card from Design Team member Char Dobson using some of those very techniques!

Keep in mind this is not a sandable cardstock.

Winners, Announcements, etc.

So we need to pick some winners, huh?

We had so much fun last week with Bella Blvd that I have one more card for you! We had so much fun…Design Team Member Lydia Jackson had a party to go last week and created this last minute card for her friend. We just can’t stop! Some fun patterned paper and embellishments and gorgeous cardstock is all you need for THE perfect card.

So anyone ready for some winners???

We have two random winners from last week who are going to be getting some gorgeous Glitter Silk!

Winner from the first Glitter Silk Giveaway is…

Beautiful projects. I love the giraffe and the quilt style background is lovely.

And the second is….

Oh, precious LOs and projects! All are adorable.

Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: March Color Challenge 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. Winners chosen randomly using random.org.

Have you seen our Hard Core Crafter videos?  Check them out here for an all access pass to EXCLUSIVE videos, Sneak Peeks AND TONS of giveaways!

See you tomorrow with more inspiration!

Are you a Hard Core Crafter?

Do you want sneak peeks of BRAND NEW releases?

View EXCLUSIVE videos?

Be automatically signed up for CONTESTS to win loads of CORE?

Then sign up HERE!

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!

Kids Crafts and Core!

Welcome to our Kids Crafts  and Core Series!

Our awesome design team has put together a few tutorials that you will be seeing here on the blog that are designed JUST for you and your family. We had our first series from Design Team Member Char Dobson over Valentines Day here with some great Cricut tips.

Today we have Design Team Member Kim Jeffress and her son with a fun tutorial using Core’dinations cardstock, punches and other found items around the house. Here is a little bit about this project from Kim herself and a sneak peek of what they created together:

Beat those Monday Blues

With some Glitter Silk….in the GoRgEoUs Regal Royal Blue!

Not sure if you noticed or not but we have been showing off how much we love this great cardstock over the last few weeks.  Glitter Silk has a SMOOTH surface (unlike a lot of other glitter based cardstocks) so your adhesive sticks better,  it barely sheds AND it folds without cracking with a white back! So it is perfect for cardmakers AND embossing.

Design Team Member April Derrick paired her Glitter Silk with some beautiful patterned papers in white and black. And if the glitter wasn’t enough…how about a gorgeous strip of sequins? Just love how it plays off the ruffles on April’s dress in that beautiful photo. Go {big} BLUE or go home, right?!?!?!?

All that Glitters is…

Blue, green, red, yellow, pink…

You get the idea!  We have some more Glitter Silk projects for you today this fine Thursday!

And if you weren’t here yesterday, make sure you check out this awesome Lip Balm Holder tutorial from Design Team Member Shaunte Wadley! It is so fun and easy for some quick gift ideas.

So today we have some cards from Design Team Member Debbie Standard. Doesn’t Glitter Silk look gorgeous embossed????

It looks great mounted on some Core Essentials, too. Mixing and matching Core’dinations is so much fun!

Signed Tim Holtz Kraft Core giveaway

We would like to extend our sincerest apologies to the winners of our Tim Holtz Kraft Core giveaway. We had a programming glitch which prevented the shipping addresses of the winners from being collected. The good news is that we’ve found the problem, it is fixed, and all future giveaways will work very smoothly.

To show how much we appreciate everyone’s patience, we are doing ANOTHER giveaway! We have THREE SIGNED Tim Holtz Kraft Core packs ready to give away to our Facebook fans. So if you aren’t a Facebook fan, LIKE US NOW! Tell your friends and hurry!!! We’ll be picking our 3 random winners on January 10th.

So who is in the Valentine’s Day mode yet?  Anyone?  Well, we wanted to give you some inspiration so when you are ready it’s here.

There is nothing better than some Glitter Silk for Valentine’s Day projects!

Design Team Member April Derrick created this beautiful card using Glitter Silk and Pink Paislee Core Impressions. April sanded the Core Impressions and then used her Ranger Inks. Don’t forget to use a Dust Buddy before you do this so the ink blends better. So many great details on one card!

Happy New Year’s Eve Eve

Can you believe the next time we post on the blog will be 2012!?!?!?!?!?!!?

They year goes so quickly and we want to thank all of you for continued support of Core’dinations.  It has been an amazing year! We have a lot of exciting things happening right now for next year…it’s going to be GREAT!

Today we leave you with a fun page that is all about winter and glitter. What could be better than that for New Year’s Eve Eve?

Design Team member Andrea Amu created this layout for us today using our Glitter Silk, Vintage, Core Essentials, and WhiteWash.  Also Basic Grey Nordic Holiday and May Arts Ribbon from some of our favorite partners! How gorgeous are those blues…

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