Designer Spotlight-Paul Gilarde

Good Morning!

Since we will be announcing the new Design Team on National Scrapbooking Day, we wanted to showcase each of our outgoing Design Team Members over the next few weeks with some of their favorite Core’dinations Projects!

Next up is Design Team Member Paula Gilarde. Here is a little bit from Paual in her own words:

“I’ve loved being a part of the Core’dinations Design Team for the past two years. I would never have imagined how exciting and fun card-stock could be to work with – every new release has blown me away!”

Here are a few of Paula’s favorite Core Projects. Paula has always had a way with combining different lines of Core’dinations into one, gorgeous cohesive project!

Core used: Core Essentials, Whitewash, Vintage and Chocolate Box.

And how about the cool colors and embossing on this layout from Paula???

Core used: Vintage, Whitewash, and Black Magic

And Paula’s spotlight wouldn’t be complete without one of her cards. Paula’s attention to detail is amazing!

Core used: core Essentials, Whitewash, Vintage, Chocolate Box

AND DON’T FORGET!

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS UNTIL NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY AND

OUR DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT!

WE WILL HAVE FUN STUFF PLANNED FOR THAT DAY, TOO!

Fabulous Friday “Facebook” Finds

Good Morning! Today we have a few layouts to share with you featuring the old school Crumpling technique.  Core’dinations cardstock is just perfect for technique and it is an easy way to add texture and show off that beautiful inner core.

AND today’s post is inspired by one of our FABULOUS Facebook Fans, Mary Pat Siehl! We just love this technique here at Core and when I saw this layout on Facebook, I knew we had to do a post here and Mary Pat was gracious enough to let us use her layout.

You can see her layout here on our Facebook page, too.

Here are a few from our Design Team using the same technique.

First up is a layout from Cari Locken. Love how she mixed the Core Essentials (crumpled) with the Graphic 45 Core Impressions and Whitewash!

And next up is a layout from Char Dobson, again, using a fun mix of product and technique!

How cool does that Whitewash look???

Have a great weekend!

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!

Hello Monday

Wow, does Monday just keep sneaking up on you? It does to me! What better way to celebrate a new week than with some scrappy inspiration?

Today we have a layout from Design Team member Kandis Smith that is just jam packed with techniques. On this layout, Kandis stamped, embossed (with a  Tim Holtz Sizzix embossing folder) sanded, used her Silohuette (for the flower), stitched and added some Maya Road AND
Queen Co. embellishments. Did we miss anything??? Besides the Whitewash and Core Essentials cardstock, of course!

This layout totally has me inspired to get in my scrappy room  and create.

Have a great Monday!

We have Some Winners!

Thanks so much for all the feedback for the T-Shirt give-a-ways! It was fun reading all the comments and we are excited that everyone liked them so much.

And Winners….don’t forget to have someone take a photo of you in your shirt. We would love to see it!!!

Drum roll……………………

The random blog Winner of the Medium T-Shirt is……

GrannyCharlotte says:

Loving the new papers. Can’t wait to work with some of them. Thanks for an opportunity to win a medium T-shirt.

And now for the random Facebook Winner of the Large T-Shirt is…….

Cindy  Miller

would wear it with pride, a large would be great!!

We’ll leave you with a beautiful card from Design Team Member Cari Locken.  A perfect to express how much we love all the support from YOU! Check out the gorgeous stamping on our Whitewash Cardstock using some myStamp Box stamps.  You can stamp on the textured side and the smooth size. Another way to show how Versatile our cardstock is!

Cardstock is Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions (Whitewash). Embellishments from Queen & Co.

Fabulous Friday Finds

Today we wanted to showcase this Snowman Card from Sherry Coogan. This is so perfect for this time of year. I was listening to the news the other day and they said that out of the 50 States, 49 of them has some kind of snow! Can you believe that? So, “Let is Snow, Let is Snow, Let is Snow”!

Sherry used Sizzix Argyle and Lines & Circles for the embossing on this card, along with our Whitewash and Core Essentials collections. How great is the little detail where Sherry tore around her sentiment? Perfect!!! Thanks so much for sharing, Sherry.

We love seeing what you do with Core’dinations Cardstock! You can add photos to our Facebook page or link us up here in the comment section of the blog. Have a GREAT weekend!

Baby it’s Cold Outside!

Today we have some wintery inspiration for you while we are gearing up for CHA! Sneak peaks and projects are flying in, things are getting packed and ready to go and we are gearing up for a TON of new Releases. I hope you are as excited as us!

Today’s inspiration is from Design Team Member Char Dobson.

I know the Holidays are over but this jar would look great for Valentine’s Day with some lollipops, don’t you think? Make sure you check out the amazing scoring on the Core Essentials.

Since we had the 12 Days of Techniques a few weeks ago, I bet you are all experts on scoring by   now, right? Right! Check out the fabulous scoring on this. Again this is just Core Essentials cardstock. Turn your paper on an angle on your scoring tool to get the diagonal lines. For more information on scoring, make sure you check out the video on our website here.  Again, even though this a Holiday themed project you can definitely apply this to any project!

And last but not least Char has the perfect card for the weather we are having here in the states. Lots of snow! Char used Core Essentials, Vintage, Cosmo Cricket Core Impressions AND Whitewash on this card. Don’t be afraid to mix your Core’dinations like Char does.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Terrific Tuesday!

Good Morning Everyone! It is gearing up to be a terrific Tuesday, isn’t it?  We are gearing up for some more snow here on the East Coast. What does the weather look like in your area? I know when we get ready for a snow storm in our household we stock up on hot chocolate, pizza and adhesive!

So today we have a few things to share with you…FIRST is our winner from last week’s Helmar Blog Swap. We hope you guys had fun, we sure did AND rumor has it we will be doing it again.

We had over 400  posts from last week so THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Our random winner for the Core’dinations cardstock goodies is from the first day of our the blog swap………….

Tracey says:

January 3, 2011 at 8:25 pm

Beautiful card Cari. It is a good card to start the week. The red envelope is great as well. The Couture cardstock is so pretty.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

With that announcement and the pending snow looming over us here on the East Coast, we have a beautiful card from Melissa Oliveira. Remember Day 8 of the 12 Days of Techniques featuring how to use your label maker?  (Don’t forget to check out the video if you missed it) .  Love the combination of Core Essentials and Whitewash on this card!

And a close-up:

Other supplies:

Embossing by Provocraft, Queen & Co. Pearls.

Day 10 of the 12 Days of Techniques!

Welcome to our First Ever 12 Days of Techniques. We are excited to share with you some of our favorite techniques using our unique color core cardstock. Each day a Design Team member is going to share a project featuring a technique with Core’dinationscardstock. We have TWELVE unique and amazing days lined up for you leading right into Christmas Eve Day.

In case you are just joining us today here is what we covered so far:

Day One: Sanding

Day Two: Tearing

Day Three: Embossing

Day Four: Debossing

Day Five: Distressing

Day Six: Scoring

Day Seven: Outlining

Day Eight: Label

Day Nine: Antiquing

Each day we will be giving away a great selection of Core’dinations! Each prize will also receive a Dust Buddy and our NEW Sand It Gadget! And today we have one of our favorite sponsors and they have a prize for you in addition to the Core’dinations prize pack!  Make sure you leave a comment here letting us know how much you have been enjoying the 12 Days of Techniques! AND CLICK HERE to check out the video on .

Today we have a special treat from Fiskars!!! AGAIN! Yes, they have been super generous and donated a PAPER CRIMPER for our 10th Day of Techniques Today.  Yes, you guessed it, today’s technique is CORRUGATUNG. We are blowing the dust off these great tools and working some Holiday Magic with them.  Make sure you check out the video here to get some great tips on using your paper crimper.   Again, if you get a chance to give Fiskars a shout out on their Facebook Page for the generosity we would appreciate it!  It might just get you another shot in to win today’s prize!!!!

Today’s inspiration comes from Design Team Member Sarah Hodgkinson. Sarah used her Whitewash Cardstock, ran it through her Crimper,  and cut it so it looks like a landscaped background for her card. Beautiful and easy!!! Thanks Fiskars!  We cannot wait to see what you do with your paper crimper.

So who wants a winner from yesterday? Don’t forget that EVERY DAY we are giving away a Core’dinations paper pack, Sand It Gadget AND a Dust Buddy, too!!!!

Yesterday’s Winner is………………………………….

StampinCathy says:

December 21, 2010 at 8:47 am

All the projects are awesome and so inspiring. I just love this Antiquing technique. Love the look and what a fun way to add add texture to a project.

SEE YOU TOMORROW! ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!

12 Days of Techniques DAY FIVE!

Welcome to our First Ever 12 Days of Techniques. We are excited to share with you some of our favorite techniques using our unique color core cardstock. Each day a Design Team member is going to share a project featuring a technique with Core’dinations cardstock. We have TWELVE unique and amazing days lined up for you leading right into Christmas Eve Day.

In case you are just joining us today here is what we covered so far:

Day One: Sanding

Day Two: Tearing

Day Three: Embossing

Day Four: Debossing

Each day we will be giving away a great selection of Core’dinations ! Each prize will also receive a Dust Buddy and our NEW Sand It Gadget! And today we have one of our favorite sponsors and they have a prize for you in addition to the Core’dinations prize pack!

Todays Winner will also receive this an edge distressor from none other than Mr. Tim Holtz! PLEASE make sure you head over to Tim’s Facebook Page and tell him how much you appreciate his support of the 12 Days of Techniques!  You may be seeing more of him in the next few days….just sayin’     I don’t know about you but I looooove my Tonic Tools. I would recommend the non-stick scissors too  . BUT first you need to watch the Distressing Video here leave us a comment!

Today Paula Gilarde is sharing a card she  created with loads of distressing.   Paula used FOUR, yes, FOUR different Core’dinations Lines! Here they are in order from the cardbase: Black Magic (sanded to show the red core), Core Essentials (Notice the Sizzix by Tim Holtz brick embossing folder????) Jenni Bowlin Vintage Core Impressions and Jenni Bowlin Whitewash Core Impressions (Both from the brown and cream line). Paula added some great details to this card including an SRM Sticker.

SO WE NEED A WINNER, RIGHT?????????

LaRayne S says:

December 16, 2010 at 11:48 am

I took a class that had some debossing projects and it was very easy and looked great. A Cuddlebug would be the ideal thing to pratice this fun technique.

LaRayne….PELASE make sure you contact us through the contact button because I cannot access your contact information via your comment or send us a message on our Facebook page.

Stay tuned tomorrow for some more inspiration!  We are going straight through the weekend so don’t forget to stop by and check us out.

Did you know that Core’dinations has a Facebook Page? Make sure you check us out here. Don’t forget we will not be shipping any prizes until the week of December 27th.

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