Day Five with Helmar…it’s worth it!

We are here with Helmar this week and couldn’t be more excited! We have gorgeous projects all week long for you.

So are you having fun yet???  We sure are!

Make sure you say “hi” from us over on the Helmar Facebook page AND they have some awesome boards over on Pinterest, too!  And…you know how it goes here… comment here on the Core blog all week long for a chance to WIN some FAB Core’dinations goodies all for yourself. Comment every day for more chances to win!!!

Want to see what you can win this week?

And, of course…check in over at the Helmar Blog for more inspiration!

Working it on Wednesday with Helmar

Happy Wednesday!

We are here with Helmar this week and couldn’t be more excited! We have gorgeous projects all week long for you.

Make sure you say “hi” from us over on the Helmar Facebook page AND they have some awesome boards over on Pinterest, too!  And…you know how it goes here… comment here on the Core blog all week long for a chance to WIN some FAB Core’dinations goodies all for yourself. Comment every day for more chances to win!!! And, of course…check in over at the Helmar Blog for more inspiration.

Today we have Five Easy Cards from Design Team Member Char Dobson! Don’t have a lot of time? With Christmas just around the corner, things seem to just get busier and busier.  Keep reading to see how you can make a few cards in no time at all. Here are the supplies she used:

Core Cards, Core Cut & Emboss Series 4.25″x5.5″ (various)

Helmar: 3D Zapdots, Quickfix Adhesive Runner

Preferred partners: Helmar, May Arts ribbon, Queen&Co. rhinestones

And our Jenni Bowlin  MINI Calendar Cards look so awesome on cards!

Helmar Day Two…It’s Magical Don’t You Think?

Like Black Magical?! Yep, that’s  a real phrase ’round here at Core’dinations.

We are here with Helmar this week and couldn’t be more excited! We have gorgeous projects all week long for you.

Make sure you say “hi” from us over on the Helmar Facebook page AND they have some awesome boards over on Pinterest, too!  And…you know how it goes here… comment here on the Core blog all week long for a chance to WIN some FAB Core’dinations goodies all for yourself. Comment every day for more chances to win!!! And, of course…check in over at the Helmar Blog for more inspiration.

Today we have Designer Shaunte Wadley creating for us using one of our favorites, Black Magic Cardstock. Get out that Sand it Set because sanding Black Magic is F-U-N!

Here is a little bit about  this layout from Shaunte: ” I used Black Magic for everything but the journaling and the Flowers. Those are Whitewash (journaling) and Core Essentials (flowers.) I think it is pretty cool how well the colors matched between collections.
The title letters were a fun technique!  I distressed them–the letters were too narrow for pop-dots–I would have had to cut them down a lot,  so the Liquid Scrap Dots worked great! The end result looks like crumpled chipboard because of the dimension the Scrap Dots gave the letters.
I used the 450 Quick Dry adhesive as a base for glitter to stick to, to give a sort-of custom brad look to my side border on the photo.

Brilliant! Enjoy!

Close up of the liquid Scrap Dots:

And some of the 450 Quick Dry Adhesive:

Terrific Tuesday!

Good Morning Everyone! It is gearing up to be a terrific Tuesday, isn’t it?  We are gearing up for some more snow here on the East Coast. What does the weather look like in your area? I know when we get ready for a snow storm in our household we stock up on hot chocolate, pizza and adhesive!

So today we have a few things to share with you…FIRST is our winner from last week’s Helmar Blog Swap. We hope you guys had fun, we sure did AND rumor has it we will be doing it again.

We had over 400  posts from last week so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Our random winner for the Core’dinations cardstock goodies is from the first day of our the blog swap………….

Tracey says:

January 3, 2011 at 8:25 pm

Beautiful card Cari. It is a good card to start the week. The red envelope is great as well. The Couture cardstock is so pretty.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

With that announcement and the pending snow looming over us here on the East Coast, we have a beautiful card from Melissa Oliveira. Remember Day 8 of the 12 Days of Techniques featuring how to use your label maker?  (Don’t forget to check out the video if you missed it) .  Love the combination of Core Essentials and Whitewash on this card!

And a close-up:

Other supplies:

Embossing by Provocraft, Queen & Co. Pearls.

Are we having fun yet???

WE ARE!!!!!!    Welcome to Day Four of Helmar and Core’dinations Teaming up for some fabulous inspiration.  Make sure you comment here to win AND you can comment everyday for more chances to win! Also, if you could head over to Helmar’s Facebook Page and tell them thanks for a fabulous day we would appreciate that!  And check out their blog for some fabulous inspiration from their Design Team, as well.

Today we have some more layouts from our Design Team using Helmar Adhesives.

First up how about this sweeeeeet layout from Heather Bowser using the Stacy Julian Core Impression line? She used 450 quick Dry Adhesive for the felt flowers and the Tape Runner for the remainder of the layout.

Next us is a layout from Char Dobson. LOVE these bright colors from the Stacy Julian Core Impressions line! Char added dimension to the stars with Helmar Zap dots.

And another layout from Hera Frei using the Helmar Tape Runner…your go to adhesive for all your paper crafting needs! Such a great color palette with the Jillibean Soup Core Impressions Cardstock.

See you tomorrow for the Grande Finale of our wonderful week of Helmar!!!!!

We’ve got some Fabulous Projects Today….

Welcome to day THREE of Helmar and Core’dinations Teaming up for some fabulous inspiration.  Make sure you leave a comment here to win some of our cardstock. You can leave a comment every day for more chances to win.

Also, you can head over to Helmar’s Facebook Page and tell them thanks for a fabulous day!

Today Sarah Hodgkinson has a beautiful frame she made for her daughter’s bedroom us Helmar Zap Dots and Tape Runner. Beautiful use of Core Essentials in a soft color palette along with the vintage branch.

And super cute layout from Lydia Jackson using her Helmar Tape Runner as well. We love the tape runner because it’s perfect for any project! Altered frames…layouts…cards…it’s the perfect go to adhesive for all your scrapbooking needs.

Check out this great detail from Lydia. Love the great details  on here along with the fabulous Jillibean Soup papers!

See you tomorrow!!!

Welcome to Day TWO….

Welcome to day TWO of Helmar and Core’dinations Teaming up for some fabulous inspiration!  Make sure you leave a comment to win some our Wonderful Cardstock! Comment every day for more chances to win. We will draw one lucky winner this weekend.

Wasn’t yesterday’s inspiration awesome?  We’ve got more lined up for you today! Today’s theme is CARDS….

Here is a wintery themed card using Helmar Adhesives from Char Dobson. Love the combination of Black Magic and Whitewash on here and the use of Helmar Adhesives, too!

Linda Beeson is gearing up for Valentine’s Day with this card. Linda used the Acid Free Glue and Zap Dots.

And a very sweet Baby Card from Paula Gilarde. Paula printed off the sentiment onto Core Essentials and cut around the edges. The sentiment bock is mounted onto the Whitewash card base using Helmar Zap Dots.

Make sure you head over to Helmar’s Facebook Page and tell them thanks for a fabulous day!

Welcome!

To day ONE of Helmar and Core’dinations Teaming up for some fabulous inspiration.  Make sure you leave us a comment today and every day for more chances to win some of our unique cardstock.

The first of today’s projects comes from Cari Locken. This Happy New Year card is too perfect to start this week off, don’t you think? Cari used Core Essentials and Vintage Cardstock  on this card. She turned the textured side over to the backside of the cardstock for some smooth stamping with her myStampBOX Stamps.  And, OF COURSE, Helmar Zap dots!

Here is a close up of the Zap Dots:

This next project is from Hera Frei. Hera made festive Chinese New year envelopes.  Hera shares some background on this project with us today, “An ancient custom which has an important role in Chinese New Year is Hong Bao. This involves gifting small red envelopes filled with “lucky money”. These envelopes are given to children and unmarried adults by the married couples. The red color is considered to bring good fortune, and the money inside the envelope is used by them to buy holiday treats”.

These envelopes looks so amazing in the Couture cardstock, don’t they? And Hera embossed them, too! Love the look of the glittery cardstock embossed.

Hera made the basic envelope using a template and red Core Couture Cardstock and sealed it with Quick Dry Adhesive. Then punched some stars using a Fiskars punch and then used Zap Dots to layer them.  She also used the Zap Dots to seal the gemstone  to the top star and then finished them off with a SRM Sticker.

Do us a favor and make sure you head over to Helmar’s Facebook Page and tell them thanks for a fabulous day!

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.

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