Good morning! We have our newest design team member Sarah Hodgkinson here and in honour of 3T's Tuesday, she has a great little trick to share!
"I hope everyone survived this past calorie-ridden weekend. The Easter Bunny was kind to our waistlines this year and brought more books than chocolate. Perhaps his metabolism has been catching up with him as well. We were also happy to see that spring has finally arrived in our little part of the world. In light of that I wanted to share with you one of my favourite springtime Core’dinations techniques.
Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock has several collections including Core Essentials, Core Impressions, Black Magic, Chocolate Box, Vintage, Glitter Silk, Gemstones and more. WhiteWash, a collection with a whitewash finish and 20 different colour cores, is a perfect match to many seasonal layouts and cards. Using a course grade of sandpaper, you can remove the whitewash coating to reveal the colour hidden inside. When I first saw this cardstock I immediately thought of clouds and have dabbled in all sorts of ways of creating them (shape dies, punches, Cricut machine, etc.). My favourite colours include Cellar Door, Wash Board, Watering Can, Cottage Porch and Weather Vane. For the card below I used Watering Can.
Supplies: Core’dinations cardstocks (WhiteWash, Core Essentials and Core Impressions) and Sand-It Gadget tool, Jillibean Soup kraft card base and twine, My Mind’s Eye patterned paper (Stella Rose Collection), Fiskars heart and grass punches, EK Success flower punches (for clouds), Melissa Frances rubon, Creative Impressions mini-clothes pegs, Helmar layering tape and Cricut onesie cut (New Arrival cartridge).
So, here’s my cloud trick...
You need two matching flower punches of different size (EK Success). You only punch 3/5 of the flower petals from the straight edge of the WhiteWash cardstock. Then grab your sanding tool of choice and reveal the blue core. Finally, some layering tape behind the smaller cloud adds a nice dimension to your card or layout.
Two weekends ago, at ScrapFest in Kitchener, ON, I was inspired by Caroline Lau from Maya Road’s coolio make and take and created this tag with some treats that she gave me for being her bullhorn backup voice. Yes, it’s true. I’m much louder in real life...and taller.
Supplies: Core’dinations cardstocks (WhiteWash and Core Essentials) and Sand-It Gadget tool, My Mind’s Eye patterned papers, Maya Road chipboard tag and wood bingo motif, Jillibean Soup twine, EK Success flower punches (for clouds), Martha Stewart butterfly and cornflower punch, Fiskars grass punch, Hero Arts stamp, Tsukineko ink (VersaFine), Uniball black pen and Helmar layering tape.
Until next time, Happy Spring! ~ Sarah Hodgkinson
What a great idea for clouds! Thanks Sarah!
Posted by: Bobbi-Lynn | April 26, 2011 at 08:55 AM
What a cool tip for clouds. Love the tag.
Posted by: Chelle K | April 26, 2011 at 09:12 AM
Beautiful card and tag! Thanks for the cloud tips!
Posted by: kathy (krolski) | April 26, 2011 at 09:14 AM
What a fun idea! That tag is awesome!
Posted by: Bethany Hardy | April 26, 2011 at 09:17 AM
What a fantastic trick that is! Your card is absolutely adorable, and I love your tag!
Thanks so much Sarah! :o)
Posted by: Nancy | April 26, 2011 at 09:22 AM
Fabulous!!!!!!!
Posted by: Andi Sexton | April 26, 2011 at 09:29 AM
FAB trick! I may need to hunt out a new punch or 2 to add to my stash! LOVE your tag!
Posted by: Cindy S | April 26, 2011 at 09:34 AM
Cool use of a punch to make another type! Awesome! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | April 26, 2011 at 09:46 AM
Great idea! Love hearing about this kind of thing. Also love the tag!!
Posted by: Shawna | April 26, 2011 at 09:49 AM
Just lovely! Thanks for sharing! I love this idea!
Posted by: Melissa Joyes | April 26, 2011 at 09:56 AM
Fabulous idea, definitely going to CASE it - thanks so much, lovely projects!
Posted by: Susi | April 26, 2011 at 09:59 AM
cute Idea. I would never thing of using just part of the punch.
Posted by: Susan | April 26, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Love this!
Posted by: Michelle P | April 26, 2011 at 10:42 AM
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: June | April 26, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Adorable clouds!!! BTW, whenever I meet online friends, they tell me that I'm much taller and much louder in real life, too!!! Hee!
Posted by: Erica Hettwer | April 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM
LOVE the cloud idea - fabulous! The card and tag are sooo cute! TFS!
Posted by: Cathy P in AZ | April 26, 2011 at 12:22 PM
I just love when you can get more usage for certain items!!! Seems like you are getting more for your money then, eh?
Thank you for sharing!!!
Posted by: Jude | April 26, 2011 at 01:09 PM
A great idea for the clouds. Love it!
Posted by: Donna Rawbone | April 26, 2011 at 01:28 PM
this is one of those, why didn't I think of that moments!
Posted by: Kathy | April 26, 2011 at 03:06 PM
Loving the clouds!! Fabulous trick!
Posted by: Tracey | April 26, 2011 at 05:20 PM
I have this punch, why didn't I think of this, lol! Thanks for the inspiration, great card!
Posted by: Shirley N | April 26, 2011 at 05:52 PM
Great job. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Tona | April 26, 2011 at 07:12 PM
great tip~
Posted by: conniemelancon | April 26, 2011 at 07:17 PM
What a great way of making clouds. Great card and tag too. Love the look you get with Core'dination papers.
Posted by: Debbie C | April 26, 2011 at 09:12 PM
Love your tag and all the products used to make it! You inspire me!! TFS!
Posted by: Beverly Jordan | April 27, 2011 at 12:11 AM