Decades Minibook

Don't you just love it, when you have an idea in your head and you get so excited about it?! And then you actually sit down and do it. 

For me, the ideas come quick and fast. So many ideas and not enough time is my consistent problem. I get really excited about something and some times start (or not even start) and then I lose my momentum. I think this is why I'm so proud of this mini book. I made a whole friggin MINI BOOK on a Sunday!

I'm calling it the Decades mini book. It's all about me, my mom, my aunt and my cousin. Four ladies, all related, all roughly 10 years apart in age. We have 50, 40, 30 and 20's represented here. To any marketing overlords, if you're interested in product testing for a diverse age range of Hispanic women, we're your girls! ;)

I blogged about this mini over on the Scrapbook Circle blog. I even included a slideshow to show you how this came together, how I worked on it bit by bit and page by page.

cheers & besos,

Me & U

Do you get inspiration from mood boards? I definitely do! I blogged about the September Scrapbook Circle mood board over on their blog. Head over there to see what inspired this page!

I LOVE how this turned out and I think a lot of it has to do with the story here. Also, those wee chipboard birdies are rocking my socks today. I don't often use printed chipboard but these two were just too cute to pass up.

I also love any layout where I mix lots of patterns. They seem to pack a bigger punch! And the papers in the Hello Hello kit were just so luscious! Usually my go-to neutrals are black and white. But there was a lot of brown in this kit and I completely embraced it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! And if you're in the USA, I hope you're having a relaxing Labour Day!

ALSO, I almost forgot to mention that it's the last day to get 30% off of your next Scrapbook Circle order. Use this link and enter  the code TAKE30 at check out. Happy shopping!

cheers & besos,

Favorite Podcasts

The latest Scrapbook Circle kit, Hello Hello, is available and I totally loved creating with it! The colors are just so good, you guys. Like soooo good! I love good black and whites paired with teals, yellows and grays. In true Jamie fashion, I pulled out all of the stuff in just those colors and here's what I came up with:

Tessa challenged me to create a layout with speech bubbles. I couldn't think of a better icon to use on a page about my favorite podcasts. Lately I'm loving Being Boss & Art for your Ear. And of course I love any podcast that let's me get in on the action. I'm looking at you Paperclipping Roundtable! The screenshot for PRT is from one of the episodes I was on.

The page design is based off of the SBC sketch from last month. I loved it so much but didn't get the chance to use it. So happy it made it work this month.

Head over to the Scrapbook Circle to see more ideas using the Hello Hello kit. Be sure to snap it up if you haven't already. The add-on this month is already sold out!

cheers & besos,

End of my Twenties

I scrapbooked!! And I'm so excited to share a new page with y'all. You have no idea. I've missed scrapbooking and creative play, even blogging!

I wanted to play with the June Simple Scrappers sketches before the end of the month. This layout is based off of one. I loved all the hearts.

I've been wanting to do a "my favorites" page for awhile now. And knew I just wanted to use a cute picture of me. This photo of me and Mama at my cousin's wedding was the last one I took.

The theme of the page is my favorites at the end of my twenties. Just a few random things that I'm loving right now.

I ended up buying the Studio Calico Hello Hello scrapbook kit last month. It's the first scrapbook kit I've bought in awhile. I just loved the colors. It was fun to play with a kit for this page. Good prep for my new design team =)

 I used the SC Project Life stamps on this page. I waned more black and white elements on the page.

And that's all she wrote….about this page. I'm happy to be back guys! Can't wait to play & share more!

cheers & besos,