3.31.2011

Embellish: Color Trends, Masculine Challenge


I decided to do a challenge for Embellish this week. I needed to make a masculine Thank You card anyway and this seems to be the perfect color combination!!


All of my embellishments came from my stash of things I've been hoarding! Yay for using that stuff! All of the buttons are SU and the flair is by American Crafts. The rest...I'm not quite sure as I don't have the packaging!



This little "thanks {so much}" stamp came from Stampin Up's stamp set, Tiny Tags.


Hope you enjoyed my card! I had fun making it and I hope the person who receives it likes it just as much!

I also used Clean & Simple's card sketch #134. So cute!

3.30.2011

More Cards

The color combo on this card is one of my go-to favorites for male cards: Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive. Other favorite things on this card: folding DSP to add texture to the card and "A Word for You" stamp set. I love that cursive font!

Fun color combo of: Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, and Early Espresso. This card is a great way to use up those ribbon scraps! Don't you have so many that just aren't long enough to tie in a knot or bow?!! I know I do!


This last card is pretty simple but still so cute. I love the stamp set in the mini catalog called "Eat Chocolate". And that Pompom trim is one of my favorite things too! I use it alot! In fact you will see a scrapbook page this week that we did last night for club that also includes Pompom trim!


Hope you all have a great day! Anyone hoping to craft today like I am??

3.29.2011

Recent Cards

I just realized that I never shared my cards that I made for my card event in February. So here are the first two...


I love the color combo of Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry. I also love the Circle Circus stamp set...it can be used for so many things: Birthdays, Generic Cards, Christmas, boys of girls...Love it!

My mom loaned me her Artistic Etchings stamp set so that I could use it for this card. I love how this circle image looks when stamped in Shimmer Paint. So pretty! I also got to use one of my favorite DSP packs on this card: Love Letter.


More cards coming in my next post! Stay tuned!

3.27.2011

Make it with Crumb Cake Monday

**Accidentally posted a bit early...enjoy!!!**

Here's another layout I made for "Make it with Crumb Cake Monday". I just love this flower paper that came with 2010 Project Life Kit. These are no longer sold but you can get a 2011 kit here or here.


This layout all started with my favorite feather pillow. I think I've had this pillow since high school...maybe longer. Anyway, on April 19th, 2009, my dog peed on it. So I threw it in the washer and headed to church. When we got home there was a hug mess. My favorite pillow had exploded in the washer. I was so MAD! I still miss that pillow today. Grrr...Chloe!

Love the simplicity of this layout and the pictures just crack me up!

What you are making with Crumb Cake lately??

Sale-a-Bration: Only 4 more days!

Well I've been a very bad blogger lately! I promise to be better this week! And tonight I have a layout for you made with one of Stampin Up's Sale-a-Bration items...Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack - Ice Cream Parlor. It's free when you spend $50 with me at my website: http://www.kimryden.stampinup.net


These pictures I took are a little blurry. My pictures have been turning out that way lately. Maybe my camera needs a check up. Hmmm...

Anyway, this paper pack comes with 3 different double-sided papers and you get 3 of each design. That's a total of 9 pieces of DSP. Then you get two 12x12 quick accent sticker sheets. Ther eare a lot of options here!


I love this litle jumble of quick accents. I added a cute Old Olive button and some white thread. So cute!


If you want to read more of the journaling, you can see all of the information on my family blog in this post. Thanks for stopping by!

3.21.2011

Make it with Crumb Cake Monday

Do you ever have pictures that are from a few years back that you have had sitting in your stack since you took them, you just aren't too motivated to scrap them. Well these are pictures from June 6, 2008! Almost 3 years ago and I finally got them down on paper.

My in-laws got a trampoline in the summer of 2008 and we all had so much fun jumping on it! They normally scare me so much when other people are jumping so I waited until everyone else was tired and jumped all alone!

This designer paper came from the Target $1 spot a few years ago. I love this paper and I'm so happy that I saved it for this layout!


I love Thickers! But I normally have a problem when I use them...I never have the right letters to spell what I want to spell. So for this layout I used multiple fonts in one color and I think it turned out GREAT!


I also am so in love with buttons these days. They just look so cute inside of circles!


Well I hope you enjoyed this Crumb Cake Monday! As you can see, this color goes with pretty much everything!!! More Crumb Cake creations next week!


3.17.2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I am a slacker! I haven't even made my St. Patty's Day cards yet...don't know if I will get around to it this year. Oh well. But we did get a few in the mail this week...

Cute little 3x3 card for Brooke from my mom and dad. I just love it and so does Brooke. I had to wait until she was napping before getting a picture of it today! She loves a 3x3 card!


This one was made by my Mother-in-law and also signed by Brooke's granpda. I love it! She worked hard on this...there are so many elements!


Thanks for the cards ladies! Sorry you probably won't get one in your mailbox this year.

3.14.2011

Make it with Crumb Cake Monday

Crumb Cake makes really good cards too! Check out this card that I created for my last card event. I love the Eat Chocolate stamp set that my mom let me borrow for this card class! The stamp I used says, "I would give up chocolate, but I'm no quitter!" Ha ha!


A few other of my favorite Stampin Up things are on this card too! The Decorative Label Punch and Melon Mambo Pompom Trim! Love them!


All of these items are currently available in the Occasions Mini Catalog!

3.08.2011

19 Months

Here's another layout for you. The pictures aren't the best but that's ok! This layout was what we made at club in January!

We used the Brights Collection DSP and Brights Glimmer Brads...love those things! And a little bit of Melon Mambo pom pom trim!


I added a lot of writing to my layout because it was all about what my daughter was doing at 19 months. If you want to read the journaling better you can see it on my family blog here.


Thanks for stopping by...more tomorrow!

3.07.2011

Make it with Crumb Cake Monday

Since Crumb Cake (also called Kraft) is my favorite color to use EVER...I decided to start a new Monday tradition...Make it with Crumb Cake Monday! Every Monday I will show you a fun project that I have made using the color and that should NOT be hard because I use this color ALL THE TIME!

My first Crumb Cake creation is a layout of my Hubby. I took this picture back in 2009 on a family vacation and I recently discovered it again and changed it to Sepia. Instant love and I had to scrapbook it!

This layout was actually very simple but I just love it!


My favorite part are the cute little tickets by Tim Holtz! You have also seen them here.


Pray that my Hubby has a great flight today. He's on his way to California for business. Hopefully he's only gone 8 days, but it may end up being 11...Boo!