Double Page layouts

Double the fun today!

But before we get stared we have a winner from our week with Peachy Keen! It took us a bit longer to post our winner because we had to manually add some since it was down for a bit. We will definitely use Rafflercopter again…thanks to our friends from Peachy Keen for introducing it to us.

We have another fun week next week!!!!  Any guesses as to who we might be hanging out  with on the blog?  It’s the first time  we worked with their products and our team put together some awesome projects. Just awesome!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners email ellen_sosnoski@coredinations.com with the subject line reading the contest you won, For Example: March Color Challenge 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.

Designer April Derrick created this fun two pager for us today using LOADS of Tim Holtz Kraft Core!

A great tip that a lot of our designers do is sanding your cardstock and then print on it. It really let’s the journaling pop and it helps with the ink not smearing.

More May Arts goodies in here!

As you know we are having some FUN this week!  Check out the May Arts blog here for more chances to win and head over to their Facebook page because there will be some fun stuff going on, too!  You know we always give something away! So comment all week long on ANY blog post (up to five chances to win)  or on our Facebook page! Since we hit 6k likes last week we are in it to win it for 7k!!!!

How’s about we get messy today?  Design Team April Derrick  whipped up some super cool  layouts for you today! The pop of May Arts Glitter ribbon is so perfect on this layout. And look closely, there are some awesome details like the Whitewash under the folder embossed with the Darice Clouds embossing folder….the color matching Petaloo flower….

Have you seen these gorgeous oversized  frayed flowers from May Arts???

They looks so gorgeous cut and used here on layout…and check out the ribbon weaving!

See you tomorrow with MORE MORE MORE!

Core and Authentique

Welcome, Welcome!

We are here with a super fun week with Authentique. If you have been here before for our blog swap weeks, you know the drill. Comment ALL WEEK LONG for a chance to win some Core’dinations! If you post every day, that is five chances to WIN!

AND…DID YOU SEE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE RECENTLY????? We have 5936 Likes. How cool is that?  We are less than 70 away from 6K and we want to make that happen this week. SO PLEASE help us get there!  Shout it from the roof tops, tell you friends…SHARE  this Core & Authentique badge with your friends. 6k or Bust!

We couldn’t be more excited than to do it this week with our friends over at Authentique.

We have a some Tim Holtz Kraft Core up for grabs. Who wants some????  If we get to 6k this week will give some away and it COULD BE YOU! Just help us on Facebook ..it’s that easy!

So how can you win this week:

1.) Comment on our blog all week long.

2.) Help us get to 6k of Facebook by sharing with your friends, shouting from the rooftops how much you LOVE Core and Authentique, doing a dance…just kidding  with that last part but we would still love to see it

3.) Head over to the Authentique blog for chances to win, too! If  you comment over on their blog, you can win some Authentique, too!!!!! Here is a link to their Facebook page, too. While you are on Facebook helping us get to 6000 likes, stop by and say “HI!”

So let’s get started. Today we have layouts from awesome Design Team  using this brand new collection, Carefree, from Authentique! The gorgeous colors of this line look SO SO amazing with Core’dinations!

Shaunte Wadley ..it looks awesome with the Jenni Bowlin Core Amour line and love love how she used the Core Tags. We are all about tags here at Core!!! And see those journal strips…get out that label maker! It is so easy and looks SO  cool with Core..especially the Black Magic. You can see more with it here at our Technique videos.

And a cool layout from April Derrick using some Tim Holtz Kraft Core and Graphic45 Signature series. That pop of blue looks awesome! Love that journaling quote stamp that April used, too. We loooove stamping on our Core!

More Mother’s Day Celebrations

Today we have a beautiful layout from Design Team Member Debbie Standard about her mother. This layout just captures the spirit of the celebration of mothers and all they mean to us.

Debbie used Tim Holtz Kraft-Core and sanded it and then smeared some  ink as her background. Debbie always uses punches and such neat finishing touches to her layouts for amazing details.

Debbie also created a card that would be perfect for anyone in your life. The color combo is gorgeous and the mix of embossing folders rocks! Don’t be afraid to mix geometric patterns like Debbie did on this card …looks fabulous!  Especially the pop of teal in the Vintage cardstock against the Core Essentials and how she matted each piece with red. See…it’s in the details!

Tuesday Tutorial From April Derrick

Monthly Colour Lover’s Inspiration

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:

Lisa Woodward Peeples

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!

She Shoots….

SHE SCORS!

Well…not the scoring you might see at a football game…but the FUN kind of SCORING! We highlighted scoring yesterday on the blog and I just happen to come across a few more amazing examples of how to SCOR with CORE

We love love to scor here at Core. If you haven’t scor’d before than PLEASE check out our Technique Videos here. LOADS of inspiration and REMEMBER to scor from the BACK of your Core so when you sand the front with your Sand It Gadget, that gorgeous core shines through.

First up we have a layout from Design Team Member Lydia Jackson. Lydia created her own design here just by scoring! You can create a patchwork design like this and the outline around the layout to frame it, too. SO easy yet SO much impact.

Lydia used Tim Holtz Kraft Core as her base and some Core Essentials and added some great details from Jillibean Soup.

And design Team Member Melissa Oliveira used this month’s Colour Lover’s Inspiration palette for this layout. See how Melissa used scoring to frame the layers of the layout? Gorgeous gorgeous! I cannot  tell you how easy this technique is and how much impact it can have on your layouts with Core’dinatons Colorcore Cardstock!

Here is a little about scoring from Melissa, “Scoring is my favorite way to add some extra visual interest without added bulk or additional layers.”  I AGREE, do you?

And Melissa used her Petaloo flowers that match Core PERFECTLY!!!!!!!!

And a Spellbinder’s Die for the shape…

We’ve got a fun new toy to share with you!

A few weeks ago we discovered a really cool tool that you can use on your Cricut  and Silouhettes to actually engrave Core’dinations Cardstock. It is so cool!

The Chomas engraving tips allow you to actually engrave on your Core! You can see more over at her blog here and check out her store here.  AND Amy is giving away some KRAFT CORE AND an ENGRAVING TIP on her blog! You only have until Wednesday!

Amy has a layout for us today using the New Engraving tip for the Silouhette.

SO SO COOL!

A few of our Team Members will have these soon so try so we will have more projects like  this for you SOOOOOON!

But we wanted to give you a taste of  the things you can do with them so hurry and get yours now!

Anyone gearing up for St Patty’s Day??

I AM!

We love love Shamrock Shakes from McDonalds and our town St Patty’s Day parade. It’s all about the green here!

And Design Team Member Shaunte Wadley created this super cute layout that is all about being lucky.

Shaunte used Spotted, Tim Hotlz Kraft Core, Core Essentials and Vintage Cardstock on this layout. It is ALL cardstock! And with the help of some Lifestyle Crafts dies…you have a fabulous creation.

Fabulous Cards

Today from Design Team Member Andrea Amu!

Andrea’s cards have more details than my layouts. Anyone would be so blessed to receive one of these. They are amazing!

How about some scoring and Tim Holtz Kraft Core??? Notice the letters cut in the Chocolate Box?  yes please!!!

And this card has a beautiful mix of Tim Holtz Kraft Core and My Mind’s Eye Core Impressions. Don’t be afraid to mix up those collections….they all core’dinate!

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