Chevron Thank You

I'm back! And I'm sick :( But, as always I had an amazing time with my friends. So much so that I get a little depressed when I have to come home without them. If only we all lived in the same city again!

Enough about that, I wanted to share my birthday "Thank You" cards. I made a big batch of these to send to all the friends & family who made my birthday special.  

I used my Central High card kit and my new chevron die cuts from Papertrey Ink. Which, I'm still determined to keep using despite just having purchased a Silhouette!! I'm so excited to play with it and to take the Studio Calico Cut it Out class.

I purchased the Silhouette Cameo bundle from Amazon rather than, SC and got an extra cutting mat and cutting blade. Which in the long run, will turn out to be a much better deal. Even though I didn't get the second $10 gift card to the online store, I thought it was very well priced. Because lets face it, the cuts are the cheapest part!

Ok, that's my PSA for the day :) Happy to be back and blogging! And hopefully scrapping since my SC goodie box arrived while I was away.

cheers & besos,

TBT: Buckingham Palace

Happy Thursday yall! That means, a Throw Back Thursday post =)

I'm reaching into the not too distant past with these photos. Still, they were taken 5 years ago! I can hardly believe it sometimes.

The photo is the backside of Buckingham Palace. I got to take the tour in late August while the Queen was summering at Windsor Palace. It was one of the first excursions I did when I first moved to London, well worth the £13.50 it cost. And I only remember it cost that much because I unearthed the entry ticket from my folder of ephemera. 

I used my Central High kit for this page and honestly, really struggled with fitting everything together. Especially since I found that ticket after I had picked and cut into the paper. Cutting a slit and tucking it in was the best option I came up with. But I'm sad that you don't get to see the details like the date and price right off the bat.

I like the colors, we were have exceptionally lovely weather that weekend. Love seeing London against the backdrop of blue skies and sunshine!

I miss that place and my friends so much. But I'm excited that I get to go see a few of them this weekend!

Blogging might be scanty due to my travels. I'm off tomorrow and back on Tuesday. Hopefully I'll get to do some blogging in the midst.

cheers & besos,

With Love from Mama

Do you save your birthday cards? I always try to. But not many of them translate to scrapbook status. Unless they're really special...or just down right hilarious!

Allow me to introduce my mother :) She's cute and lil, silly and funny. And also a total space cadet. But I love that about her.

This year, I just had to scrapbook the birthday card she sent to me. While a very straight forward birthday card, she made a few mistakes along the way.

Exhibit A: She wrote the wrong century!! It's been 12 years since we've had to use the "19" prefix. Silly rabbit.

Exhibit B: She forgot to send my birthday present because she forgot she didn't have checks in her purse. Oh mama...

You really can't help but love her! I know I do. This may have been better than an actual present. A memory of one of my mama most endearing traits.

cheers & besos,

Hello 28

I had the best 28th birthday this year. Thank you all so much for celebrating and hopping with me! I'll shortly be announcing the winner of the hop but wanted to quickly share a quick recap page I made about my weekend. 

I used the Central High kit along with the Road Show & Style Guide add-ons. I wanted to make a grid and to play off the idea of a polaroid, so I faked it with instagram photos and strips of the off white cardstock.

I edged all of the white "labels" with different colored ink and wrote a quick snippet about each photo.

Then I added stamped tabs and little bits and pieces from the kits. I LOVE using sequins, especially on this page about my birthday. It gives it a confetti feel.

And just like that, my birthday is over for another year. Until 2013 and the dreaded 2-9....

cheers & besos,

It's my BIRTHDAY

It's my birthday! Today I'm 28. Late late twenties, eek!! But I'm excited! I've decided to not think about getting older, but instead focus on the privilege of reaching this new age.

I scrapped this photo of me blowing out the candle on my cake last year at dinner. It was a nice low key birthday with friends. It was also my golden birthday. You know, 27 on the 27th and all that. 

27 was a great year for me. I settled into my career, I got to reconnect with so many of my amazing friends and I traveled to some new fun places. Nothing major or life changing, but definitely lots of of good times.

For this page, I used my Studio Calico Road Show add-on along with the Central High main kit. And really just went for a primary color scheme. Nothing new or revolutionary, but I like how it turned out! I adored all of the little bits and baubs in this kit and had fun splashing them around the page.

28, I have some plans for you! Starting tomorrow first thing :) Check back to see the 28 Blog Hop!

cheers & besos,

Central High Cards

Did you hear the news? Studio Calico started a Card kit! I decided to subscribe sight unseen to find out what it's all about. 

The kit arrived last week and my initial thoughts are that the kit doesn't have enough stuff! Especially for the price. I briefly subscribed to Simon Says Stamps card kit and those things were bursting with product AND at a lower price point. But I'll give this one a shot for a few more months.

The Central High kit had some great colors and I wanted to embrace as many as I could with this first card. I used the mistable thickers and the Lawn Fawn stamps that came with the kit. Then I wanted to use some of the great yellows and oranges, along with the stamps for the second. I loved how the stamps looked all lined up so I made a little pattern that I repeated in different colored inks. The final card was a patchwork of left overs from the other cards. 

I also have to mention the Martha Stewart "Happy Birthday" punch I used over and over again. It's that good. You should check it out! And it's even on sale at Joann's ;) :)

 cheers & besos,