1st Ever 40:31 Creations Design Team Post!! And my 1st Ever Imagine Project!!

Hi Everyone!!!

What a crazy day here! Last night we got TONS of Ice!! My car was covered in about 1/4" coat of nothing but ice this morning! We are expected to get 2 more inches of this ice tonight...yikes!  Needless to say, I'm having lots of crafting time!!

Today I wanted to share with you my first project for Lauren's 40:31 Creations Design team showcasing her new Love stamps!!  They are awesome!! High quality clear stamps, they are super thick, so you don't have to worry about accidently ripping them! They come in great packaging and are as cute as can be! I just love them, can't wait to receive my other sets! Here is my project for the Design team post:

The Red heart was cut at 4.5" and flood filled with a pattern from Imagine More cartridge.

The heart is one of the Stock images on the Imagine

I used the Cut only option on my imagine and cut 2 Black hearts at 4.7" to make a card base.

I attached these with a brad that I colored black (it was previously blue)

The people were cut from the Sweethearts cartridge at 3"

 Here is a close up of Lauren's stamp!! They stamp awesome!!

The next card I made VERY quickly. The heart was the first print/cut I made with my Imagine, so I just made a quick card with it!

The heart was printed/cut at 3" and flood filled with a pattern from Imagine More.

Again, the heart is one of the stock images on the Imagine.

The card base measures 4x4 (a 4x8" piece of cardstock)

The base layer was cut at 3.5x3.5 from plain white cardstock that my image was printed on!

Here is another close up of one of Lauren's stamps!! 

Hope you like my projects!! Head on over to the 40:31 Creations Design team post to check out what the other designers made! Go visit everyone and leave them some comments, there are some awesome projects!

Have a great day!

~Sara Kate~



Wedding Joy Fold Card

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately. Life is just kind of busy with school, work, weddings, and other events to attend. Speaking of which, I took Robyn's challenge to "make something cute" made a really cute card the other night for one of my friends from Nursing school who is getting married Saturday! This was my first attempt at making a Joy Fold card, love how it turned out! Ok I will admit, I always love how it turns out!!

For those of you not familiar with the Joy Fold card, the little heart in the corner keeps the card closed.

This is what the card looks like when it's not slid under the heart. The orange part is what actually opens instead of the normal base! So fun!

All opened up! Don't you just love this fold?!?!  Ok, here are the instructions:

1 piece of cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 8 1/2"--score at 5 1/2"

1 piece of cardstock cut at 3" x 8"-- score at 4"

I make all of my layers 1/4" smaller.

So you open the left part of the base (there's like a half flap), Then you center the 3x8 peice of folded cardstock and glue it down! Super super simple!!!

The scallop design on the front was cut from Lacy Labels at 2 1/2"

The heart that keeps it closed was cut from Sweethearts at 1 1/4"

This is such a fun and easy card to make. I always love doing something different that the traditional folds!

Hope you like it!

~Sara Kate~

Wedding Layout using Sweethearts

Hi Everyone!

I made this wedding LO for a friend who is getting married in October. I was a bit sneaky and matched the colors to her wedding invites =P  I used Sweethearts for all of the cuts. "Tying the knot" and "Mr & Mrs" were both cut at 3". The ribbon is cut at 11.55" width wise, I laid this out on my Gypsy and I must say it looked like the ribbon would be much closer to the edges, but I still love how it turned out! I did some stitching with my white Signo gel pen, then added some bling to dress it up a bit!

Hope you are having a great week!  I will be back tomorrow to share a Bachelorette party card, love love love how this one turned out!!!

~Sara Kate~

Gumball Machine Valentine's Day Card

This card I made for one of my Nursing School classmates' 7 year old son. They were having mystery Valentine's day mail, so I wanted to send him a card. I LOVE how this card turned out. I had no idea what to make for a little boy, but as soon as I saw this gumball machine I knew! 

The gumball machine was cut from Sweethearts. I ran the red background through the Cuttlebug using the Spots & Dots embossing folder. The ribbon and stamp have both been in my stash for a while, not sure where they came from! I used Black Diamond Stickles on the machine and Crystal stickles on the gumballs.

I used some Pop Dots on the gumball machine and sentiment for some added dimension.  Did I mention how much I love this card? Hope you do too!