Happy Friday

Hey Unity Peeps! Another fabulous Friends with Flair Friday! 

I made this card awhile back for my son to give my brother in law for Father's Day. I made it on the go on my way to the Father's Day celebration. I forgot my Copics so I didn't have anything to color the image with. My niece broke out some old chalk inks and I did the best I could with those! The stamps are from several different Kits of the Month and the paper is Basic Grey Life of the Party and the Kraft Outlet.

Hop on over to the Unity blog for oodles of inspiration!

Wishing You Joy

Were you at the Unity release party last night at Splitcoast Stampers?! If not, you don't know the fun you missed out on! And all of the beautiful new releases!

Simple Stories, Phyllis Harris and some beautiful heartfelt Ippity stamps by Dana Carlson! 

Run on over and check them out if you haven't seen them yet! 

This card is my take on the May Kit of the Month sketch challenge using last month's Kit of the Month, love this flower stamp!!!!  I colored the image with Copics and used some Basic Grey DP, not my usual colors, but I love the way this card turned out. 

Thanks for visiting today. Enjoy your weekend! 

Oink Oink!

I couldn't resist that! So I mentioned last week, I had a secret. Today is the day I am able to reveal it :)

For the next 4 months I will be a proud member of the Hambo Stamps Design Team "aka" a Bacon Bit! Isn't that the cutest name for the Design Team members?!?! If you are familiar with Hambo Stamps you already know they have a lot of cute "piggie" images as well as an array of punny, humorous stamps. They are so much fun to work with and I was lucky to be pigged picked to be on their Rubber Team, so I will be designing with stamps from their rubber collection through September 2011. Be sure to check out the Hambo blog, Talk to the Ham, today for the rest of the new Bacon Bits, rubber and digi team!!!!
I am so excited and would love to share my first card with you using 2 new digi images, Orange and Yam Kids - digi. Aren't they cute?! and they are available now in the digi shop!

Be sure to stop back often to check out my Hambo projects!

Supplies:
Digi Images by Hambo Stamps ~ Orange and Yam kids - digi
Pop-Up A2 Insert Card Base by Creative Cuts & More
Copics
Scallop Scissors
Martha Stewart Punch; Fiskars Scalloped Oval Punch, SU Oval Punch
Cricut Cartridge ~ From My Kitchen
Fork Brad by Eyelet Outlet
AMuse Twinkles
Embroidery Floss WRMK
Creative Cafe Felt Heart Button

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Basic Grey 6x6 Hopscotch Paper Pad

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Merry Christmas

I know, it's only November, but December will be here before we know it! So I have another Christmas card to share today. I just love the "Season Of Joy" set by Ippity and it works perfectly with Nestabilities Labels 13.
I cut the cute little pendants out from Basic Grey 6x6 Wassail pad and layered them over some lace trim.
Well, thanks for stopping by today!
And don't forget, only 11 more days until our next IPPITY RELEASE! YAY!

My First Waltzingmouse Card

As soon as I discovered the Waltzingmouse site, I fell in love with so many of Claire's stamps! Coming from an Irish family with many relatives still in Ireland, the Irish Blessings set appealed to me immediately. I ordered them along with a few other sets and I finally got around to inking them up this past weekend.
I used Basic Grey Origins and my Nestabilities Labels 10 to create this card.
Thanks for stopping by today!
xx, nora anne

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers!

It's Friday, you know what that means!!! Unity's Friends With Flair Blog Hop! My card was made based on Maria's Inspiration Photo Challenge IHHC24.

Here is the Inspiration Photo:

And here is my card:

Supplies: Cut file from the Cutting Cafe, Ippity Now & Always stamps, Unity Kit of the Month sentiment, Basic Grey Green At Heart, Buttons, Stickles, Twine, Donna Salazar DP, Unity Hybrid Ink Noir.

If you'd like to purchase your own Ippity Stamps, click HERE! and click HERE to check out my "yard sale"!!!

Make sure to visit the rest of the blog hop participants. Find the list on the Unity blog! Have a Happy Friday!

xx, Nora Anne

Pat's Saturday Night Challenge

If you are here for the Unity Friends With Flair Blog Hop, please scroll to the next post down! This card here is for Pat's Saturday Night Challenge to make a spring themed card. Make sure to check out her blog to see the butterfly she made from Washi tape, SO pretty!
Here is my card using stamps from my Unity Kit of the Month and Basic Grey's Green At Heart 6x6 paper pad from One Little Spark
I used this sketch for my card that I found on SCS =====>>>> SKETCH!



Thanks for visiting my blog!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
xx, Nora Anne

Happy H{ippity} Hop!

I am just loving all of the fun images that the {ippity} designers have come up with! Here are two cards I made using two of the new Winter release sets.
The first card used Webster's Pages 6 x 6 pad and my favorite sentiment stamp from Where You Should Be.



This next card is made with Basic Grey Nook & Pantry along with Sweet Thoughts of Spring, another of the new Winter release sets.



Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to visit the {ippity} blog to check out the rest of the hop participants!!!

Happy Monday!
xx, Nora Anne

Some New Cards, Kelly Goree and A Weight Loss Update!

I went to a quick crop at the Scrapbook Cafe on Saturday night, I was there from about 5:30-9:30. I made some cards that I've been wanting to make for my cousins and my sister's friend.

Kelly Goree from Basic Grey was there this weekend teaching classes so I had the opportunity to meet her and chat with her. She was so nice and is super talented! I'm bummed that I was unable to take her classes but it was cool to meet her and hear a little about her job with Basic Grey.

I also made two cards for my Etsy shop.

This one was made with 2 digital images from All That Scraps. Isn't she such a cute little bunny?!

And this one was made with a stamp I got from One Little Spark.

I also picked up my kit to make my Design Team projects for the Scrapbook Cafe tonight, so I have to start brainstorming some ideas for that!

On to my weight loss update! It has officially been one week and one day and I have lost 8.5 pounds so far! And that is without even exercising. I am hoping the weather will mellow out so I can start walking at lunch time again. To be honest, I haven't really been following the Flat Belly Diet. I followed it to a "T" for the first 4 days, but haven't really had time to read the whole book so I have just been cutting out carbs, eating a lot of veggies and drinking lots of water. It's unbelievable how much better I feel in such a short time! and my clothes are already fitting better...WOOHOO!!!!! I'll keep you posted :)

xo, Nora Anne