Fabulous Friday Finds

Well, today I decided to do something a little bit different with our Friday Finds and go through our very own Design Team gallery and find some projects the team did for the blog that never made it here. Remember about a year ago when we had that fun product trade with Imaginisce? It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year!

While going through that gallery, I found beautiful layout from Hera Frei. If you check out Hera’s bio here on our Design Team page, you will see that she is originally from New Zealand. Well, if you have been watching the news, you will know that Christschurch was hit hard by the earthquake.  I emailed Hera right away and she reported that her family is okay but as you know, that area suffered major devastation.  I know this week, my thoughts I have been with them.

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Check out the random embossing on Hera’s page in the corners. Hera used her Quickutz tool…it’s such a fun and easy technique!

Papers and embellishments Imaginisce, Core’dinations Cardstock used is Core Essentials.

It’s a Card-a-licious Weekend!

Today we are celebrating our love of cards. The Design Team creates so many gorgeous cards every week. Here are a few…

The colors on this birthday card from Paula Gilarde are just gorgeous. These new Stacy Julian papers are going to brighten up everyone’s day for sure.

And Kandis Smith utilizing some softer colors on this card with some Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions and Imaginisce papers.

And last but not least, Linda Beeson uses soft embossing on Vintage Cardstock for some corner detail on this gorgeous card.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Wonderful Wednesday

Boy did we have fun last week! Thank you, thank you for all of your wonderful comments.  Reading them was a lot of fun and we enjoy your feedback. We will post a winner tomorrow of the wonderful give-a-way so stay tuned for that.

I will leave you with to more projects we spotted in the gallery with some Imaginisce and Core’dinations. These are just bright and summery, just like the weather here today!

Here Frei used a fun mix of Vintage Cardstock and Jenni Bowlin Core Impresions on this layout {and take note how she printed direction on her Core’dinations cardstock}:

And this card by Debbie Standard is just loaded with amazing details! From the layered Spellbinders die-cuts, to the stamping and sanding, you can’t take your eye off of this one!

Free For All Friday!

So we are on our last day of the Imaginisce and Core’dinations blog swap. Did you have fun??? Make sure you tell us how much fun you did to get entered in the give-a-way!

A Card from Linda Beeson:

And check out how Melissa Oliveira sanded just were she was journaling {clever}!

Don’t forget the Imaginisce stamps! Heather Bowser uses them on this fun card with an embossed background:

We are Rockin’ in the Weekend…

Make sure you stop by the Imaginisce blog…they have some awesome ideas and are really working the Core’dinations! And our blog post here for the give-a-way!

Seriously, we are not quite sure that this Live Loud collection could be more fun!

We have another layout from Kim Moreno…how cool are those layered guitars? And the sanded circles from the Cosmo Cricket Core Impression line is a perfect contrast to the lines and shapes of the Live Loud line from Imaginisce.

And Ellen Sosnoski embossed, sanded, tore and printed on her Core Essential cardstock on this layout:

AND the Live Loud line is not just for boys…check out this fun layout from Hera Frei…how clever is that title? Plus, that vertical photo is just awesome. Oh and did you look close? Hera did some faux stitching along the corners of her Core Essentials Cardstock, too.

This post wouldn’t be complete without a cool card from the Live Loud collection. Notice the green showing through on the edges of this card? Sarah Hodgkinson used the Black Magic Cardstock on this cardstock.

Okay…we lied about being done….one more card from Kimber McGray using some Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions and Black Magic cardstock:

It’s Time for some Flower Power

Who doesn’t love flowers? Today we are featuring some layouts with the Lucy Bird line . Our Design Team just loved all the flowers from the Lucy Bird Collection from Imaginisce…it just goes perfectly with Core’dinations.

Don’t forget to check out the Imaginisce Blog for some FAB inspiration!!! And comment here to win over 200 pieces of Core!

Kim Moreno paired the Jenni Bowlin Core Impression Butterfly cardstock with some Lucy Bird on this layout:

And sanding doesn’t have to be intense…check out this subtle sanding by Melissa Oliveira on the edge of the layout. And she randomly embossed the scallops around the circle, too!

Heather Bowser mixed and matched Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions with some Core Essentionals cardstock on this sweet layout:

And one more from Debbie Standard. She used her Spellbinder’s dies on this layout and topped them with all sorts of Lucy Bird flowers and Gemstone Cardstock as her base:

Day Two…

Thank you so much for all of your comments so far! Make sure you keep posting and check out the give-a-way we are doing here this week.   We have loads more to show you including some layouts today featuring Core’dinations and Imaginisce.

Today is all about lines.  You don’t need a fancy embossing machine to emboss with Core’dinations.  For these layouts, all you need is a ruler and a stylus but a Scor It would work fabulously, too.

For this layout, Lydia mimicked the lines from the Live Loud line:

And Ellen scored vertical lines on her page with the Live Loud line, as well:

And Cari framed her layout with a double embossed line:

Don’t forget to check out the Imaginisce blog, too!

Could you Imagine anything better….

than a whole week of Core’dinations AND Imaginisce???  We are blog swapping with the Design Team over on the Imaginisce blog for the whole week! AND we are giving away some goodies, too! Make sure you comment on this post to win over 200 sheets of Core’dinations plus the 2 collections, Lucy Bird and Live Loud, from Imaginisce!!! You can comment all week long to win. We will announce the winner on Monday, May 31st.

First up we have some gorgeous cards from our Design Team that feature the totally fun Sticker Puffs.

For this card Melissa embossed and sanded her Core’dinations Cardstock in the background and she accented the sticker by adhering it to some cardstock and then trimming  around it. Doesn’t it just pop of the card?

Next up is a card from Sarah. The details on this adorable card are amazing! Core’dinations is perfect for paper piecing and Sarah set off her stickers with some paper tearing and Scooter’s Vacation ribbon in addition to the puffy sticker.

And for Linda’s card, she layered the chipboard and stickers from the Lucy Bird collection with some simple and elegant stitching and sanding.

Make sure you check back all week long for posts everyday!!!

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