Day SEVEN of our Design Team’s Favorite Things

So how is your weekend?

From now until Christmas Eve we are showcasing our Design Team’s Favorite cardstock. Each designer picked a few of their favorite lines and created some gorgeous projects for you showcasing why they love it so much.

Then, on that day, just by commenting on that post, you have the chance to win! AND some days we might be showcasing more than one line … like today!

Here is how it works:

1.) We post every day. The following day we pick a winner and then start over so keep coming back! (Except for this weekend)

2.) You have all day and night to post. Yes, you heard me! You can win up until the next day when I pick a winner when I get up. We want our international fans to be able to win and they are normally sleeping now

3.) Want additional chances to win?  Comment on Facebook and share the excitement on your blogs! If you share on your blog, come back here and link us up. Remember, you can do it every day for more chances to win!

WE LOVE our FACEBOOK FANS! And we do LOADS of giveaways over there, too. Make sure you like us to be able to win

4.) Please note: we will not be shipping to winners until the January due to the Holidays. And winners from this weekend will be posted Monday Morning.

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So….ready for some inspiration and give-a-ways???? We have TWO for you again today!

Today is all about our Core Impressions Jenni Bowlin Everyday Collection AND Black Magic.

These two lines are so perfect for any paper crafter.  Having some Core Impressions and Black Magic is an essential in your stash.

Let’s start with Design Team Member Char Dobson’s layout. This piece of Whitewash in the classic Country Store design is one of my faves, too! Love how Char sanded it and then inked it. Remember! Use your Dust Buddy after sanding, it will clean up the dust and keep your ink pad clean.

Char also added bits and pieces of the other cardstock in this collection, too. We all {heart} buttons, don’t we??? And that cute little August subtitle above the banner is from the mini pads of the JBS collection.

Next up is some Black Magic. There is something magical about this cardstock, for sure!  You gotta love the outlining technique that Char uses on this cardstock. We have a great video here for more tips!

Welcome to the May Arts and Petaloo Week

We are so excited to be sharing this week of May Arts, Petaloo AND Core’dinations with you!

THREE awesome  companies have come together to inspire you. And our teams have been working hard to create some festive projects for you, too. It’s all about the Holidays. From Halloween to Thanksgiving and even Christmas…you will see festive projects to get those creative juices flowing and hopefully give you some ideas for this time of year.

And of course…there are give-a-ways!!! All three companies will giving away tons and tons of goodies this week so make sure you head over to the Petaloo Blog and May Arts Blog for details and inspirational projects. Don’t forget about Facebook! Join us on our Facebook page here,  the May Arts and Petaloo pages, too, for additional chances to win. Make sure you tell them we sent you!

Did you know that Core’dinations and Petaloo have a color matching program?  We sure do!  We did all the hard work so that you can easily match your favorite Core Colors with favorite Petaloo flowers.   How easy is that???

So are you ready for some projects???

Don’t forget to leave a comment every day this week for a chance to win a Core’dinations prize pack!!!

Today we have some Thanksgiving and Fall Inspired  projects from Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira.

Melissa used her Fiskars Paper Crimper for this tag…

Let’s talk about these flowers and leaves. First off the cluster is awesome. Add some cool vintage buttons from your stash and you have a gorgeous embellishment.  And did you notice the leaves are May Arts ribbon?  Melissa cut them into leaf shapes and then held them near a flame (PLEASE be careful if you try this at home) to melt the edges so they won’t fray. And it just gives is a really cool, rustic look. Add some ink to your Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions after you sand it to help accent the different colors in your layout.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada and we want to wish all of you an amazing day!

We are so thankful here at Core’dinations for so many reasons.

We had such an awesome week last week with Glue Arts!

Between the Glue ARts blog and the wonderful projects here at the Core blog you had to come away with some inspiration. You must have GREAT cardstock AND awesome adhesive for your crafting projects. If you  missed last week, don’t worry. Go to our main site, www.coredinations.com and then click on “Scrapbook Projects” and then you will see “2,4,6,8 Core’dinate”. There you will see all of our preferred partners, including Glue Arts, and the projects that we have created.

Today  our Design Team Member Char Dobson created this layout in celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving using Core’dinations and, of course… GLUE ARTS. We just couldn’t stop! Char also used some Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions and Black Magic.

There are so many great details on this layout and so many things to be thankful for.

AND NOW FOR OUR GLUE ARTS WINNER!

Maggy Tronche (@MaggyTronche) says:

October 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm (Edit)

Beautiful layouts, love them!!! TFS girls! You are so talented and creatives!! Hugs.. Maggy 

Maggie..email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with your address information for your prize!

Happy Fourth of July!

Here in the States we are CeLeBraTiNg the Fourth of July, our Independence Day.

We are kicking off this week with a fabulous layout from April Derrick using the Fabulous Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions. Don’t you love how April used the large scalloped sheet? Fabulous!  And that strip of photos???? Love it!

And Debbie Standard created this gorgeous card using stamps and Core’dinations. The Woodgrain Embossing folder from Tim Holtz is perfect for the background for the cute little birdhouse.

Beautiful!

Have a wonderful Holiday and be safe!

Happy Thursday!

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Today’s layout comes from Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira.

It is amazing that this layout is all cardstock!!! Who needs patterned paper? The cut out butterfly from the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions Vintage Brights line is the perfect accent to the punched butterflies along the page.  Just a great example of how you can use your Core’dinations cardstock as is and sanded in one, beautiful layout.

Tuesday’s Tip

Good Morning! And Happy Father’s Day week here at the Core blog! We are celebrating family here this week and today Kim Jeffress is sharing a fun and easy tip for you. AND it is her first time on the Core’dinations blog, too!

For this layout Kim used the full sheet of a Jenni Bowlin’ 4×6 calendar cardstock sheet from the mini collection on her layout.  These mini cardstock pads are so perfect for layouts and if you are a Jenni Bowling fan, you will love these. They have the Jenni Bowlin Studios signature calendar and bingo designs that will core’dinate with all of her gorgeous products and patterned papers as you can see on Kim’s layout.

Each pack consists of four embossed patterns in five colors totally 20 unique sheets in the 4×6″ size.

It looks great with the Black Magic cardstock, doesn’t it?!?! And look at that sweet, sweet photo….

And a detail shot of that sanding. Don’t be afraid to layer your embellishments and even your journaling like Kim did for her layout here. A GREAT IDEA for our journaling challenge!!!! If you didn’t see it, check it out here!

Inspiration Thursday

Good Morning!

Today we have some fun cards for your inspiration by Design Team Member Kim Moreno. Kim created these gorgeous card using some Jenni Bowlin Auntie Grace papers and our very own Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions. Check out all the amazing details Kim adds to just one card. AmaZing!

And how about all the cool layers on this card…the torn layers of the Core Impressions and the layered Jenni Bowlin Labels:

And one of my favorites about this collection is the gorgeous YELLOW!

{sigh} It just makes me think of spring and summer.

More Spring Inspiration

Today we have some more Spring and Easter Inspiration for you from the Design Team.

First we have a beautiful layout from Design Team Member Lydia Jackson. Check out all these amazing details! That flower look like a real Daffodil!!! It is amazing what you can do with a little scoring and cutting. And Lydia uses such a great mix of Core on this layout: Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions, Whitewash, and Core Essentials.

Don’t forget to check out our video on scoring here if you need some ideas or help learning how to do it.

Next up is a card from Design Team Member Ellen Sosnoski using Core Essentials and Whitewash. Paper piecing is so fun, especially with Core’dinations. You can find so many great patterns out there. This one is from Scrapbooks, etc.

Have a Great Week!

Jenni Bowlin Winner AND…………

ONE MORE PROJECT!

Yes, we are not done yet with our Jenni Bowlin Inspiration. Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira made this beautiful mini album using some Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions from the Red & Black collection. This is such a versatile collection and should be a staple in every paper crafters supplies. The black and red color combo is a classic.

So many amazing details ….

Just some simple sanding….

Love love the look of the inked edges! The texture of the embossed cardstock really looks amazing.

Such a GREAT idea to use the fun die cut shape as its own page.

Even the back is beautiful!

So are you ready for our Jenni Bowlin Studios winner?  We had hundreds of comments…thank you so much! We love hearing your feedback and the Design Team did an amazing job, too!!!

Without further ado…..the random winner is…….

GRIFFIN!

April 4, 2011 at 9:20 pm

SuperCute projects! This is going to be a great week with Coordiantions and Jenni Bowlin!!!

Email us at ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with your address and phone number so we can get that prize package out to you.

REMEMBER!  This Friday is the last day to get in your Design Team Application. Click here for more details.

F-F-Finale Friday!

First off we wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for a wonderful week this week.  WE couldn’t be more excited to Team up with Jenni Bowlin this week for tons of inspiration.  Make sure you head on over to the Jenni Bowlin Studios blog because Jenni & Team have had some awesome projects and tips on their blog all week long.

And you know it!!! We’ve got a give-a-way for you!!! (p.s. I heard there might be one over at the JBS blog, too they are always so generous over there).  Make sure you comment, comment, comment all week long for a chance to win a Core’dinations prize package. And don’t forget about our Facebook page we have a special give-a-way going on over there this weekend dedicated to Jenni Bowlin Studios and Core’dinations !!!

We like to go out with a bang on our Friday Finales ’round here so sit back with your coffee and enjoy some amazing projects from the Design Team.

Paula Gilarde:

Debbie Standard:

Melissa Oliveira:

Hera Frei:

Don’t be afraid to pair this collection with some color like Design Team Member Cari Locken did on this layout:

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!! AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK.

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