Wednesday, April 6, 2011

More Core'dinations Fun!

This week you've seen some of Jenni's tips on making the most of your Core'dinations embossed cardstock. I wanted to share a quick tip as well and all you need is an ink pad and your cardstock! I created this page using the Uncle Jim pattern in Butter Churn (from the Jenni Bowlin Everyday Collection):

To make the embossed portion of the cardstock more evident, I used the Lemon Drops ink pad and lightly rubbed it over the sheet of cardstock:

I love how easily a swipe of ink pulls out the wonderful details! Then I used my trusty clear ruler and knife to cut the sheet into ruler strips:


I trimmed the strips a bit and staggered them on the page, creating a background for my photos. I snuck in a few other colors by adding scallop-punched strips of cardstock in pink, aqua and green (the aqua and green are from the Core'dinations Jenni Bowlin Vintage Brights Collection.)

For my title, I combined some Cardstock Alpha Stickers with a die-cut title. The flower was made from tissue paper, ribbon and a button, all from this month's project kit. The butterfly was cut from the Aquarium Butterfly Core (also in the Vintage Brights Collection.)

We'd love to see how you use the Jenni Bowlin Core'dinations, so post your creations in the JBS Gallery! And don't forget about our Core'dinations Giveaway for your chance to win the newest collection. Happy Scrapping!
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26 comments:

  1. OMG! That is so cool, Lisa!! Thanks for showing that!!!

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  2. Awesome! I love the way you highlighted the paper. It is very inspiring to see how someone else does something and then you can thing take that idea for a jumping off point for your own project. Thank you!

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  3. Simply beautiful!!!!! I love the flower, do you think maybe you could do a video showing how to make them? I love to make the flowers for my los more than use ready made flowers.

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  4. What a wonderful layout - can't wait to get me some of this!

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  5. Oh!!! I love that inking touch!! Just perfect & beautiful layout too!! ;)

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  6. Loved the way you rubbed the ink on the page and then cut it up in strips to make it really fun!

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  7. Love this layout and all the neat tips for using this wonderful cardstock. Can't wait to try the ink.

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  8. I love todays technique and layout, just beautiful!

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  9. Love this Uncle Jim pattern, and I especially love how you've used it as a background for these photos! Adorable page - thanks for sharing!

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  10. Very cute page. I like how you sanded the paper and used the strips for the background and the title goes well with the paper too.

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  11. This is wonderfully gorgeous Lisa!!!!

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  12. AWESOME!! Love lemon Drops and I love this idea!! THANKS and have a FABULOUS DAY!! =)

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  13. Super tip, love that embossed ruler sheet and LOVE your layout!!

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  14. can you tell me how big you printed your pictures? i love how they are in strips like that!

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  15. Love the ruler strips! Very cute layout with some neat accents.

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  16. Great layout...the coloured scallops pop on the page and are a great addition. Thanks for the tips and techniques.

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  17. I love the embossing and inking. I am going to try this. Thanks for sharing :)

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  18. @acat2blue We will definitely try to do a flower tutorial in the near future! Thanks for the input! :)

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  19. @julie Hi Julie! My photos are each approx. 1.25 x 2. I set up the strips in Photoshop and printed them on 8.5 x 11 photo paper and then trimmed them out!

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  20. I love the bright colors you used...such a pretty LO with that tissue flower and all the textures!
    craft-tastrophe

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  21. Love this tip! I'm totally trying it out when I have the JBS inks in my hands.

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