Last but Never Least, Our 3rd February Guest Designer

I have been admiring Beatriz Jennings' work in many magazines through the years and following her blog too.

I adore her exceptionally neat and clean style.

Her talent in layering embellishments in just the perfect way and choosing sentiments for cards that fit so well never cease to amaze me. I'm thrilled she said "yes" to playing with one of our kits this month!

Bety has a wonderful blog at http://iralamija.blogspot.com/

and a kit store at Dream Designs you simply cannot miss!

I've purchased several cards from her Etsy shop but can't bring myself to give them away-they are just too cute!

Here is more about Bety in her own words:

1) Tell us a little about you--where did you grow up, about your

family, how'd you end up where you live now, do you have a career?

I was born in Mexico city, but I grew up in Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico, is a beautiful city, the land of mariachi and tequila, it is the place where I spend most of my life, I went to school there and I finish my Career there I studied Interior Design, I have lots of beautiful memories since that is the place where my family and friends are.
I am married with my husband of 4 years and we have a 3 year old son, Since my husband is American we decided to move to San Jose CA, it was easier for him to work here than in Mexico.

2) When and how did you get into papercrafting?

It was 3 years ago, I went to a store and while I was looking some magazines I found one about scrapbooking I had no idea what scrapbooking was. When I started looking the layouts and projects the first thing that came to my mind was "I want to do this!" since then I can't stop!

3) What inspires you or gets your 'juices" flowing?

Lots of things, I love Patterned paper and ribbon!, I also love to see decoration magazines and browse galleries or blogs of my cyber-friends that do scrapbook. And music is my other passion, in my scraproom I am always listening music!

4) What is the most annoying aspect of our hobby in your opinion?
What is the best part?

The most terrible aspect is: I don't think I will ever use all my stash of supplies! :(
The best part is to create something beautiful, memories and pieces of art from a simple piece of paper. :)

5) If you could go anywhere/do anything and then capture the
memories, where would you go and how would you show off your memories?

I would love to go back in time when I was a child and capture all the beautiful moments in a nice big box with lots of handmade albums of photos of all those beautiful memories. :)

Here are a few shots of Bety's work/inspiration areas: