Introducing Heather Kaesgen
May 20, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress collection, Xyron
Happy Monday! Did you have a great weekend? We sure did!
Make sure you check out the full list of winners HERE. We are back for another fun week of intros and giveaways!
First up we have our winner from Friday of the Tim Holtz Kraft Core….
Very cute L/O. I love the added layers and the feather. Thanks for the chance to win. tfs Tami
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Today we are introducing Heather Kaesgen!
My name is Heather Kaesgen; I am a proud stay at home mom of 2 boys Parker (13) & Hayden (8). They keep me very busy with all of their activities. You can find us at a baseball field 6 nights a week from April – August. Thank God I love baseball! I have been married almost 15 years to the greatest husband and father I could have ever of wished for. I am very blessed to be able to stay at home and play in my craft room daily. I am always making something. Whether it is for a party, a card, for the house or scrapbooking, I always have a project in the works. My passion is scrapbooking; there is nothing more precious than to see your family on a beautifully decorated page. We LOVE to travel as a family. We spent 3 weeks in Europe last summer – can you imagine those pictures!? My favorite place in the world is Paris (and the Outer Banks and Disney and Out West, get it LOVE to travel). We are starting a lofty goal of visiting every Major League Ballpark, all 32 of them, in the next 5 years! Did I mention we LOVE baseball. I can’t wait to start that scrapbook!
And about Heather’s layout…she is passionate about traveling so that is what she created for you today! A layout about her travels:
Today we are giving away some Pastel Cardstock! The colors in this pack are gorgeous, don’t you think?
Tuesday Tutorial with Andrea Amu
May 29, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under May Arts Ribbon, Provocraft, Scrapbook Blog, Spellbinders, Xyron
Cannot get enough Core!!! Loving this week.
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.
April Grand Prize Giveaway!
April 6, 2012 by Ellen
Filed under Hot Topics, Scrapbook Blog
{Make sure you scroll down to the post below for our weekend Giveaway. Chance to win a pack of Fancy Pants Core Impressions}
CHECK out this! HURRY, you only have through April! Winners will be chosen April 30th.
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!
Welcome to day ONE of the Core’dinations and Spellbinders Blog Swap
September 26, 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 Andrea Amu created this beautiful card using the Spellbinders Impressabilities Pebbles template.
Design Team Member Ellen Sosnoski Created this card using some Vintage Cardstock and the Large Scalloped circles to create the window.
AND…..
Design Team Member Lydia Jackson created these cute cute cute cute bags for us today. WANT TO SEE MORE?
She has another sneak of it on her blog. There are so many awesome details to this fun project.
Besides some Core Essentials , Melissa used the Nested Lacey Pennants s5-028.
DON’T FORGET TO COME BACK TOMORROW!
Tuesday Tutorial: Xyron
April 26, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Xyron
Good Tuesday Morning!
We have the CoolEst Tutorial for you today from Design Team Member Lydia Jackson. She created these awesome corrugated alphas for her layout. If you have been to our blog before you know how much we love our Fiskars Paper Crimper! And pair it with the Xyron and you have the perfect match.
This is a great technique for any papercrafting project…cards…layouts…mini albums… you name it!
Check out this Texture!!!
And here is the layout! Make sure you check out the additional details on this layout. There is so much to look at like all the additional scoring along the edge of the layout and the punched strip along the top. Lydia used FIVE different colors of Core Essentials, too!
Have a GREAT week. Again, the Team is working on the Design Team Call as we speak. Stay tuned this
week for some more details. Thanks for your patience!
Easter Tutorial Tuesday
April 19, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scor Pal, Scrapbook Blog
Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Today’s Tutorial comes from Design Team Member Char Dobson. Char made the cutest Easter Treat Bags using Core’dinations Vintage Cardstock and is sharing them with us today.
Step 1: Cut a 4” x 12” piece of Core’dinations cardstock. Using the back side of your cardstock; score at 4.5”, 6.5” and 11”.
Step 2: Using your scoring tool, make a grid line pattern on the 4” x 4.5” section.
Step 3: Fold along 4.5”, 6.5” and 11” scored lines. Turn cardstock over and sand with your Sand It Gadet.
Step 4: Cut a window into the grid section using your Nestabilities, Coluzzle or other cutting tool. The window should be slightly closer to the fold line.
Step 5: If desired, add an alternate piece of 2” x 4” cardstock on the 1” end flap. This is what your treat bag should look like so far:
Step 6: Line up cardstock and punch holes through the 4” x 4.5” grid section and 2” flap. Embellish. I used my Cricut to cut out tiny egg shapes, and ran them through my Xyron sticker maker.
Step 7: Place treats in a small plastic or cellophane bag. Staple on to the inside of the 4” x 6.5” section.
Step 8: Fold treat bag together and place the flap over top. Run a cute ribbon through and you’re finished!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Trying to Keep all Your Eggs in One Basket?
April 13, 2011 by Ellen
Filed under Scrapbook Blog, Xyron
Well we have a solution for you! XYRON adhesive! Nothing’s falling out of this basket with this great adhesive.
Not sure how to you use your Xyron products? Well, check out these great videos on their site for tips and project ideas.
AND they have a great Facebook Page where they post ideas, projects AND tons of give-a-ways.
For this super cute Easter project, Design Team Member Hera Frei used her Xyron Mounting tape, Core Couture Cardstock (the eggs) and NEW Pearls cardstock (card base). Perfect for all of your Easter projects!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!! WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR EASTER PROJECTS.
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