Monthly Colour Lover’s Inspiration
April 23, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Colour Lover's Inspiration, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection
First up we have some Winners to announce from last week’s Blog Swap with Sweet Stamp Shop! Did you check out their blog? Save it in your faves? Check out their Facebook page? You will not be disappointed!
Our Blog Winner is:
I do so love that little raccoon! Great “tough girl” card too!
And our Facebook Winner is:
Love the Sugar and Spice layout on the blog!
April 18 at 9:05pm
Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: Sweet Stamp Shop giveaway 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.
So are you ready for some inspo????
Who LOVES Pinterest??? Well make sure you check out our Colour Lover’s Board and the other boards we have are FAB as well 
We love spending time on there pinning all the Core we find and the color palettes that inspire our team.
This one from Anthropolgie caught our fancy this month:
And here is what Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira came up with….a gorgeous combination of Tim Holtz Kraft Core and Adirondack lines. Remember…when using Core most of our lines “core’dinate” with each other so we make it easy for you to mix and match colors!
I also wanted to post about a prize for our Colour Lover’s Monthly Inspiration. For the past few months we have issued a challenge around our Pinterest board called Colour Lover’s. Sorry for the confusion but we are not offering a prize for this challenge at this time due to 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!
And don’t forget to REFER Your FRIENDS! If they win so do you!
Sweet Stamp Shop Day FIVE!
April 20, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Provocraft, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Gooooood Morning!
We are here this week with some fun projects from Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps. You know the drill…comment here on the blog ALL WEEK long AND over on our FACEBOOK PAGE for the chance to win some Core goodies. Make sure you check out their store for some CUTE stamps and their blog for a chance to win, too!!
And here is a fun blinkie just for you to use on your blog to let them know how much you love stamping with Sweet Stamp Shop stamps.
Today we have a card from Design Team Member Andrea Amu. Andrea used her Spellbinder’s die, a Darice Embossing folder, some May Arts ribbon, the Cricut Just Because Cartridge and Spectrum Noir markers to color in the pie stamp. If you haven’t seen these makers you MUST! And Crafter’s Companion is having a blog hop right now so check it out, you may just win some!
Close up:
Don’t forget 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!
Pinterest Colour Inspiration
April 10, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Sizzix, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress collection
Do you LOVE Pinterest?
We sure do! And our Tuesday Tip is to head over there when you are needing some inspiration AND make sure you follow us here and check out our Color Lover’s board. We just love color here at Core. AND, for the second part of our Tuesday Tip, we make it easy by core’dinating our different lines so color matching is easy for you.
This month’s inspiration piece is from the gorgeous pottery from Anthropolgy (who doesn’t love these??!?!?!)
And here is Design Team Member Kim Jeffress’s take on the inspiration piece. Kim used the BRAND NEW and SHIPPING NOW 12″ Cut and Emboss strips in the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Distress and Adirondack on her layout with a very cool 12″ embossing folder from Darice. And see that fun tag in the upper right hand corner from our Core Tags collection? It Core’dinates perfectly with the 12″ strip so your colour matching is easy!
YUMMMMMMMM….Chocolate!
April 5, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog
Since it is Easter week, we all have chocolate on our brains…or at least I do
So what better way to celebrate our love of Easter candy than with some Chocolate Box cards!
If you haven’t tried Core’dinations Chocolate Box cardstock, you don’t know what you are missing. AND DON’T FORGET! We have all of your favorite specialty Core Collections available in our Cut and Emboss series so you can make cards like these in a flash.
Here are a few designs from our fabulous and always inspiring Design Team!
Char Dobson using her magic on the Cricut!
Leica Forrest …loooooving all of those hearts!
One Last Colour Inspiration
March 28, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Colour Lover's Inspiration, Jenni Bowlin, Petaloo, Scrapbook Blog
Layout for you!
Design Team Member Char Dobson created this layout using some Jenni Bowlin Everyday Core Impressions. This Whitewash in Butter Churn has a gorgeous yellow core so Char inked it a bit to bring in some of those cool distress tones to this layout. And don’t forget about those Petaloo Flowers made to match Core perfectly! Check out the Color Matching Series here.
In case you missed it…here is the Colour Lover’s Palette for March:
Details here.
Kids Crafts and Core!
March 27, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Hot Topics, Scrapbook Blog, Scrapbook Projects
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:
Taking Core off the page..
March 26, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Cosmo Cricket, Scrapbook Blog
And onto the Wall!
Yes, you heard us right…today we have a fun project for you that takes Core’dinations off the page and will help you stay organized. It doesn’t get any better than that, does it?
Design Team Member Char Dobson created this wipe board using loads of Core, including one of my favorites, the Cosmo Cricket neutrals collection pack. The teal in this collection is such a gorgeous color and you can never have too many circles!
Don’t forget your Sand It Gadget to get that perfect sanded look. We hope you are inspired to take your Core off the page!
What a great way to stay organized AND it looks awesome, too!
Black Magic, Scoring,
March 22, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Ask you will receive!!! We try and give you as many ideas and inspiration as we possibly can here on our blog so make sure you let us know if there is something you would like to see.
Yesterday on Facebook we asked what you wanted to see on the blog today and we got a response for Scoring…Black Magic…
Design Team Member Leica Forrest created this layout that has all of the above and then some!!!
See the scored lines on the Black Magic cardstock base? You can create ANY design you want! And if you need some tips on how to scor, check out our Technique Videos here. AND we have our Hard Core Crafter videos, too!!! Make sure you sign up to be a member to get exclusive videos, win prizes and more!
Leica also used some Spellbinders Dies to create the gorgeous scalloped circles. They look great with the different embossed designs! And Leica turned her Black Magic over and journaled (with journaling strips) to make sure the colors core’dinate perfectly!
Colour Lover’s Inspiration Palette
March 21, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Colour Lover's Inspiration, Scrapbook Blog
We have some more inspiration for you for the March’s Colour Lover’s Challenge! It is all about SPRING here and our Design Team LOOOOOVES this palette so much they are cranking the projects out! Make sure you follow us on Pinterest to see more of these amazing colour palettes.
{photo credit Pinterest}
Today we have a card from Design Team Member Kim Jeffress. Kim embossed on herVintage Cardstock and sanded it just a touch. If you haven’t used our Vintage Cardstock you MUST!!!! It has texture and color…all the things that make Core so fabulous!
Colour Lover’s Challenge Palette
March 20, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Colour Lover's Inspiration, Jillibean Soup, Petaloo, Queen & Co., Scrapbook Blog
We have some more inspiration for you for the March’s Colour Lover’s Challenge! It’s got a little bit of green for St Patty’s Day and some other gorgeous accent colors that scream SPRING! Make sure you follow us on Pinterest to see more of these amazing colour palettes.
{photo credit Pinterest}
Today we have a layout from Design Team Member Lydia Jackson using oooooodles of embossing on her Core Essentials!
So many amazing things about this layout…the photo! And the little Queen & Co accents {did you know that Queen & Co. and Core have a color matching program?!} Speaking of color matching……see those gorgeous Petaloo flowers that match perfectly??? We make it easy for you, don’t we? Also, Lydia used her label maker on the Whitewash for her journaling! If you haven’t seen this technique yet make sure you check out our Technique videos HERE.
