Introducing Clare Buswell!
May 29, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Provocraft, Scrapbook Blog, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress collection
So I would make sure you are an HCC member so you don’t miss out on anything. So don’t waste anymore time and sign up HERE!
Hi! My name is Clare Buswell. I live in the south-west of Ireland in the countryside with Niall and our lovely 5 year old daughter Isabelle.
I’ve always been creative in some form or another, I studied graphic design at art college. I only discovered the whole world of paper-crafting after the birth of my daughter when I had little time but longed to be creative again. Card-making was the perfect answer for me and is now my passion. I also really love to make 3D paper projects. I love stamping, quilling and making my own embellishments, especially paper flowers! I love trying out different techniques and coming up with my own. I also love to paint with acrylics and watercolors.
I’ve been lucky enough to have my work published in Paper Crafts, CARDS and CardMaker magazines in the US and I design regularly for Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine in the UK.
When I’m not paper-crafting I love to spend my time gardening, baking and with my family.
I’m really excited to be part of the Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock design team!
Cute layout – those little arrows get to the point!
love the spotted cardstock- would love to have some to try~
Spring has almost Sprung!
April 4, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
As you may have noticed…we, okay me, LOL….have been really ready for Spring around here. My daffodils are almost ready to bloom which means it won’t be long now.
Today we have Designer Andrea Amu with an “Upcycled Spring Basket” using Core Pastels collection. This project also features product from our friends over at May Arts ribbon and Spellbinders.
And nothing screams Spring like birds! This monogram door hanger was featured in August 2012 Cricut Magazine…isn’t it gorgeous??!?!?!?!? Andrea works that Cricut for sure!
On here you will see some Vintage Core and Core Essentials and May Arts ribbon.
Love love all the glittery accents!
Are you a Hard Core Crafter?
May 2, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
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!
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!
Good Friday Morning!
January 6, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Colour Lover's Inspiration, Maya Road, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Before we do some inspiration…we have an update for you:
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.
Please note this is only a Facebook giveaway so make sure you Like us over here!
We wish everyone a safe and prosperous New Year from here at Core! Hope it is off to a good one so far.
How about some inspiration to get that New Year kicked off in the right direction?
Today we have a layout from Design Team Member Debbie Standard using our January Color Lover’s Challenge as inspiration.
Debbie die cut, embossed, sanded, embossed some more You get the idea of how much detail is on this layout. And she used some goodies from one of our preferred partners, Maya Road. Looks gorgeous, don’t you think?
Fabulous Friday with May Arts and Petaloo
October 21, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Basic Grey, May Arts Ribbon, Petaloo, Pink Paislee, SRM Stickers, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
We are so excited to be sharing this week of May Arts, Petaloo AND Core’dinations with you!
It is over already? That is how time flies around here especially when you are having fun and being inspired. We love Fridays around here, too! Why is that? Well, it’s ANOTHER day to comment to win win win!
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!
Don’t forget to comment all week long for a chance win a Core’dinations prize pack! And head over to our Facebook page…you never know when we offer up another chance to win.
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???
Today we have a variety of projects for you.
First up Design Team Member Kim Jeffress with a gorgeous wall hanging. There is nothing like some warm fall colors to brighten up any room.
This project is the perfect example of the Core’dinations and Petaloo color matching program.
And how much do you love the colors of this card from Design Team Member Char Dobson??? Gorgeous gorgeous! I just love Core. You know why? Because you can emboss it on your own or use the Core Impressions like Char did on this card. She embossed a piece of Core Essentials in orange and then used a piece of BasicGrey in Mantis on the bottom. Again…the flowers match perfectly!
And Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira has another fun Fall project for us. She altered a bucket she had lying around the house with some beautiful details. Melissa used her Spellbinders dies in addtion to May Arts Ribbon and Petaloo flowers. The great thing about these flowers is that you can color them! Melissa used Tim Holtz Distress ink on the flowers because they were a little bright for the fall color scheme. Again, just perfect for ANY project.
And Design Team Member Leica Forrest created this soft and feminine layout for us today. Nothing screams little girl like pink , flowers and ribbon! The base is Pink Paislee Core Impressions.
Welcome to day FOUR of the Core’dinations and Spellbinders Blog Swap!
September 29, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Welcome to our week long inspirational blog swap with Spellbinders! We are super excited and both teams have been working diligently to inspire you.
Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook, Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!
AND Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock will be giving away FOUR paper packs in total!!!
Here is how you can win:
1. Visit the Core’dinations blog and leave a comment every day, Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th. We will give away two packs to TWO lucky winners.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment to win a paper pack.
3. Visit the Core’dinations Designer’s blogs and leave a comment. We will be linking them up on the Core’dinations blog throughout the week and will choose one random designer’s blog to pick a winner.
Make sure you visit the Spellbinders blog for more details on how to win some of their awesome dies AND for some amazing projects from their Design Team.
Remember for additional chances to win and additional projects and close-ups make sure you visit our designers blogs and leave comment.
Design Team Member Brianne Neville went to town on this awesome awesome project! She has a LOT more close ups on her blog you must go check them out!!!
EVERYONE needs Witches Laboratory for their Halloween celebration! Brianne used Glitter Silk & Core Essentials Core’dinations Cardstock and Spellbinders (Labels One Small – S4-308)
A Card from Debbie Standard using…
Want to see some masking with Spellbinders Impression plates???
Here is a cool layout from Design Team Member April Derrick using some NEW Graphic 45 Signature Series, Black Magic and Core Essentials.
SpellBinder Dies S4-308 (Labels One Small)
Spell Binders Impressabilities Diamond & Stars 12-1007, Pebbles 12-1010
And Design Team Member Leica Forrest used her Impressabilities a mask with some mists and inks, too. Again, check out her blog for some more details and another chance to win! Don’t you love how Leica sanded the impressions on the hearts and then accented them on the page.
Looks GREAT with some scoring details, too! Love it on the Whitewash.
And last but not least…Design Team Member Debbie Standard up again with a gorgeous gorgeous
card using some NEW Pink Paislee Core Impressions and Spellbinders Shapeablitlies Fancy Tags S5-031.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the LAST day of inspiration!!!
Welcome to day THREE of the Core’dinations and Spellbinder’s Blog Swap
September 28, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Welcome to our week long inspirational blog swap with Spellbinders! We are super excited and both teams have been working diligently to inspire you.
Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook, Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!
AND Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock will be giving away FOUR paper packs in total!!!
Here is how you can win:
1. Visit the Core’dinations blog and leave a comment every day, Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th. We will give away two packs to TWO lucky winners.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment to win a paper pack.
3. Visit the Core’dinations Designer’s blogs and leave a comment. We will be linking them up on the Core’dinations blog throughout the week and will choose one random designer’s blog to pick a winner.
Make sure you visit the Spellbinders blog for more details on how to win some of their awesome dies AND for some amazing projects from their Design Team.
Now are you ready for some inspiration!? Remember…make sure you check out the DT blogs linked here…they might just have additional projects OR close ups posted on their blogs in addition to the chance to win
Remember for additional chances to win, visit our designers blog and leave comment.
Design Team Member Shaunte Wadley created this beautiful layout for us today with tons of delicious details!
Here are the products Shaunte used:
Spelbinders
Labels Twenty-Three SKU: S4-347
Butterflies Two SKU: S3-146
Nested Ice Cream Cones SKU: S4-275
Core’dinations:
Core Impressions BasicGrey Whimsy Collection , Core Essentials,
Vintage
Hint Hint….There might be another special treat on Shaunte’s blog
Design Team Member Melissa Oliveira created this layout using Spellbinders nested maple leaves s4-228. Melissa used Core Essentials for this layout as well.
How cool is that Maple Leaf? The idea of using impressions on a layout is brilliant!
Make SURE you head over to Melissa’s blog for some sneaks and tips on how she did it. HINT HINT…Spellbinders die as an Impression Plate+Core = AwEsOmE!!! They have a HOW TO section site here if you need a reference on which plates to use when.
AND we have one more for you today…
Design Team Member Brianne Nevill created this gorgeous card. Love love how she cut along where she made the impression and sanded the Core. Isn’t that a GREAT look?!?!?!? This one card has tons and tons of technique. Gorgeous!
Core’dinations cardstock used: Core Essentials, Vintage , Jillibean Soup Core Impressions.
Spellbinders Labels Nineteen – S4-311, Impressabilities – Pebbles
Welcome to day TWO of the Core’dinations and Spellbinders Blog Swap!
September 27, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
Welcome to our week long inspirational blog swap with Spellbinders! We are super excited and both teams have been working diligently to inspire you.
Sophistication, value and maximum versatility make Spellbinders™ die templates #1. Beautiful Details Inspiring Creativity…Spellbinders unique triple function die templates allow you to cut, emboss, and then stencil through the die template for unlimited possibilities. The Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine and Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities™ die templates cut and emboss up to 11¾”, taking die cutting to grand proportions. Follow Spellbinders on Facebook, Twitter and the Spellbinders Blog!
AND Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock will be giving away FOUR paper packs in total!!!
Here is how you can win:
1. Visit the Core’dinations blog and leave a comment every day, Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th. We will give away two packs to TWO lucky winners.
2. Like us on Facebook and comment to win a paper pack.
3. Visit the Core’dinations Designer’s blogs and leave a comment. We will be linking them up on the Core’dinations blog throughout the week and will choose one random designer’s blog to pick a winner.
Make sure you visit the Spellbinders blog for more details on how to win some of their awesome dies AND for some amazing projects from their Design Team.
Remember for additional chances to win, visit our designers blog and leave comment.
Now are you ready for some inspiration!? OH..one quick thing…make sure you check out the DT blogs linked here…they might just have additional projects posted on their blogs in addition to the chance to win
First up we have some fabulous cards…
Design Team Member Debbie Standard created this beautiful Birthday card using the Spellbinders Impressabilities in Paisley and the Blossom Nestabilities SF-192.
Design Team Member Kim Jefress created this beautiful card as well. Kim used Spellbinders Grand Labels along with some NEW Pink Paislee Core Impressions.
AND…..
Design Team Member Lydia Jackson created these cute cute cute cute bags for us today. WANT TO SEE MORE?
She has a fun little tutorial over on her blog today just for this Spellbinders Blog swap.
Besides some Core Essentials and Core Impressions Graphic45, Lydia used the Spellbinders dies Grand Labels One LF-161 and Nested Pennants s5-028 (for the cute little feeties!)
DON’T FORGET TO COME BACK TOMORROW!
We interrupt this Thursday post…
September 22, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders
with an important announcement….
It’s going to be GREAT!!!
