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weekend inspiration: core’dinations

 

Jill van Iperen wanted to take advantage of the subtle texture of the Coredinations cardstock and used it as a base for an inspirational quote.  The subtle textures combined provide an interesting background without overpowering the page.

 

Jane has lightly sanded the fawn mixed dots cardstock from Core’dinations Neutrals pack for the card base, a strip of labels was cut from Cosmo Cricket elements card and added to the card along with a ready set chipboard. Jane then placed sanded stripes of the black school paper Core’dinations to the card for added interest.

 

Jane loves how the Core’dinations card gives a great distressed look when sanded, whether it’s a light sanding to make the letters noticeable or heavy application as shown around the edges of this card.

 

Create a pretty card using the blue woodgrain card from the Neutrals pack, a light sanded is all that is needed, Jane has used Clementine cardstock stickers to decorate this card.

weekend inspiration: core’dinations

 

The subtle details in the Core'dinations cardstocks mean that they make the perfect backgrounds for layouts. Sanding the details in is easy using a Core'dinations Sand It Gadget Tool. The Core'dinations bingo card, sanded to highlight the details, adds another point of interest, and balances the photo, without overwhelming the layout.

 

<3 <3 <3 was Louise’s response when she got to create with the Tim Holtz Kraft-Core!  So much so that she bought the whole pad! In line with Louise's style mantra, 'a little goes a long way' Louise has used one piece of the black Kraft-core, embossed it. sanded it and cut out the shapes so use as embellishments on her layout.

The touches of blue, [clouds and punched out bird strip] are also Core-dinations; from the Tim Holtz Distresses Ink range.

Here is a layout from Tim Holtz showcasing some of the ways you can sand it, tear it, ink it, distress it, emboss it AND KRAFT it!  The creative possibilities are endless….

 

 

 

We would like to thank the very talented Kim Jeffress for sharing this beautiful layout and card.  Kim is on the current Design Team for Core'dinations, and she is an Aussie too. Fabulous creativity Kim, thank you so very much for sharing :)

 

 

We thank Sarah Hodgkinson for allowing us to share her fabulous Core’dinations projects above.  Sarah brings out the amazing texture and makes the colours of the Core’dinations cardstock just pop.

weekend inspiration: core’dinations

 

Before we start off this fabulous Core’dinations post, we are really thrilled to welcome back an old name to our design team – the delightful Christine Millar!  Chris was a stalwart on the team for years until she took a break, but has now happily agreed to become one of our resident cardmakers.  We know that you will be inspired by her techniques and willingness to share.

 

Chris can highly recommend the Core'dinations Cardstock to give card makers an added dimension to their cards without having too much bulk as she has shown with this card here. Chris sanded back the top layer of the Antique Vanity Marabelle cardstock to reveal this gorgeous pattern. She teamed it with some Basic Grey Hello Luscious papers, buttons and some Hero Arts flowers to created this friendship card.

 

 

Chris shows us with this card that the Core'dinations cardstock can also be used by layering to add dimension to a card. She traced 3 different sizes of a basic flower design onto both the Antique Vanity Marabelle cardstock and the In the Pink Dot Line cardstock to create this layered flower. She sanded back the top layer of the cardstock, scrunched them up and then straightened them out a little to get the great dimension.

Chris used the Cherry Cordial Simon cardstock as the main frame for the card and stamped the friendship message onto the Lemonade Sarsparilla cardstock. Buttons and Papers are both Basic Grey Hello Luscious.

 

 

Once Chris had sanded back the Mermaid Simon cardstock she discovered this wonderful flower pattern. She added Zva Creative Crystals to accent the pattern. She used 2 different sized circle punches to punch out pieces from the In the Pink Dot Line cardstock to create simple layered embellishments for her card.

Keeping with the friendship theme she stamped the sentiment from the Hero Arts 'Thank you for being my friend' stamp set as she has used for the 3 cards pictured here.

 

Lisa Dickinson, member of the Jenni Bowlin Design Team has also used the Uncle Jim Ruler cardstock, but in the Butter Churn colour. I think you'll agree that Lisa has used the cardstock in such a terrific way. We love how Lisa has inked the cardstock to make the embossed lines and numbers really stand out. Lisa has put together a brief tutorial about how she created this layout here.  Thank you Lisa for inspiring us!

 

 

Look how fabulous the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions Everyday Hermit Uncle Jim Ruler cardstock looks in this layout by Melinda Thompson. Melinda has sanded more heavily over some sections of the cardstock to create this look and she has also distressed the edges of the cardstock. Melinda has also added a little paint here and there to really create a shabby look. Many thanks to Melinda for sharing her gorgeous layout with us.