Surf's Up

Just another 8.5 x 11 layout I made during my recent Scrappin' in the Woods weekend! We stayed at a hunting lodge off the beaten path, sleeping in a bunk room with 7 sets of bunk beds. It was so laid back and lots of fun! 

This photo is one of Luke from 2 summers ago (I think)! I have to look up the date on my computer and add it to the page so I will remember in years to come. Since I can't remember already, that would be helpful down the road! 

The paper is Rusted Sun, one of last year's summer lines by Fancy Pants. *Notice my washi tape in the upper left hand side! I can't seem to make anything these days without adding at least a little touch of washi!*

Thanks for looking! 

A Layout, A Washi Addiction and a Peek at My Punch Storage

Here's a layout I made of my sweet niece on the beach with some fun Summer Soul papers from Fancy Pants. Along with a bit of washi tape, which is my current OBSESSION!!!

I am taking the Washi Workshop at Studio Calico and although I haven't finished any of the assignments yet, I am loving it! I am almost done with one of the assignments and will post it soon!

So, since I mentioned my "washi addiction" I thought I would share a few pictures of a part of my collection. It is growing on a regular basis due to this recent addiction *wink wink*!

I'm always looking for some new and different ways to organize my supplies. Another addiction I have is punches. As you know, they are not always easy to store. So here are a few of the different ways I store them.

This first picture is a shoe rack and a spice rack.

Next up, some organizer bars of some sort that I found at Target. They were in the college dorm section on clearance. Unfortunately they only had 3 left. Ikea is too far for me to go on a whim so I was happy to find these in lieu of the Ikea Bygel Rails. We need to get more anchors to hang the 3rd one. 

Next is one of the drawers in my cubes dedicated to some of the slim EK Success punches. 

I also have another wicker basket full of all kinds of different style punches. I forgot to take a picture of that. Oh well, it wouldn't be a very exciting picture anyway!

Thanks for coming by today! 

Friends With Flair

Hey Everyone! I'm so excited to be off for the next four days! YAY! We plan on spending LOTS of time at the beach. So I thought I'd share my little swimsuit magnet today to go along with my beach plans!

This swimsuit stamp and sentiment is just too cute, it's one of Unity's newer Itty Bitty's and I just LOVE it! So, I decided to make a magnet out of it to hang on my fridge!

I hope you have some fun plan for the 4th of July weekend. In your spare time, be sure to swing by the Unity blog to check out all the Friends With Flair inspiration!

Friends With Flair~A Little Summer, A Little Winter

I did a summer layout of my little surfer dude for week 1 of The Throwdown Challenge at Memorable Seasons...here is the result~

In the bottom right corner you will see a little "Unity Goodness!" in the form of Beach Days & Sun Rays, one of my FAVORITE Unity sets, since I am a beach girl!

And then we move on to a little Winter Wonderland! The first layout, or the "Winter" portion is a sketch from "valerie salmon, got sketch"?  I love working with sketches when I am feeling crafty but not very clever! So this first LO does not have any Unity (shame on me!)

But, NEVER FEAR! As we move on to the "Wonderland" page, I made up for it with these two cute as pie SNOWMEN from the January 2011 Kit of the Month! C'mon, does it really get any cuter than this?!?!?!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I really appreciate each and every comment and visit, it really makes my day! 

Have a great weekend, I am ENJOYING my day off today in honor of the late, great Abraham Lincoln! Gearing up for a BIG girls night out tomorrow night. It would have been my mom's 71st birthday and is also the anniversary of my aunt's death, so my sisters and my cousins (and I) will be having dinner in Atlantic City and spending the night in order to be together and keep ourselves from getting too sad :(

I really believe they would want us to be celebrating and spending time TOGETHER instead of being sad.  

Enjoy whatever the weekend has in store for you!




P.S. if  you are NOT a Unity Kit of the Month member, WHAT are you waiting for?!?! Seriously?!

Another Waltzingmouse Card

Here is Waltzingmouse Card #2! I really love these stamps and it's so great that she offers free shipping over £50GBP even to the U.S.!

I see more Waltzingmouse stamps in my future!

Friday

You know what that means, it's the Unity Friends with Flair Blog Hop! I have two cards to share today, one using the cutest owl EVER and another peculiar card I made using one of the Suzi Blu stamps for Unity.

Card 1: DP~K&Co; Stamps~Unity Lollipop Tree You & Me and Owl from past KOM. Other~Unity Hybrid Ink, Copics, Embroidery Floss, Fancy Pants Flower Overlay.

Card 2: DP~K&Co; Stamp~Suzi Blu for Unity; Ink~Unity Hybrid; Other~Tulle, Trim, Prima Bling, Doily, Acrylic Paint, Gesso, Stickles, Copics

Happy Friday! Next stop on the Hop is the lovely Rachel (unless her baby decides to come today! in which case you can check the Unity blog for the next in line!

xx, nora anne

Today I have a mini book to share that still needs a few finishing touches and photos, of course!

The base of the mini book is a Sizzix die and the holly is die cut from Tim Holtz grungeboard paper, then sprayed with Smooch Spritz and stickled a bit with copper Stickles. I used Fancy Pants Tradition throughout my project, love this line!

Do you recognize this Christmas tree?! This is one of Unity's new Itty Bitty's, if you haven't checked these out yet, they are so cool! Great size stamp for a great price!

Another Unity stamp from one of my Kits of the Month (hmmm, can't remember which month it is!)

I made the flower from crepe paper and a Martha Stewart button punch, and finished off with some stickles and twine.

Some more crepe paper and Martha Stewart glitter, with a few Martha Stewart snowflakes punched and layered.

Fabric tape from Love My Tapes!

Another CUTE Itty Bitty by Unity! Gotta check em out at the new Unity website HERE! And if you didn't start out at the Unity blog, go -------->>> HERE to see a full list of Friends With Flair!
Happy Weekend!
xx, nora anne

Friends With Flair Blog Hop

I have the hardest time getting a good picture of my layouts no matter the conditions outside-sunny, overcast, etc! And I don't have Photoshop, so please excuse the mediocre photo!

I love the Wishful Thinking line by Fancy Pants, so pretty and feminine. And of course, when I saw the banner paper, I knew I had to cut some out and my niece's 1st birthday was the perfect occasion for this line.

Even though I love the soft, feminine, pastel colors of this paper, I decided to grunge it up a bit with some chalk ink and Walnut ink. I used the birthday cake from Unity's July KOM and some goodies from Elle's Studio to journal on. I added some pleated crepe paper and Prima flowers to the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to post my vintage sheet music flower tutorial tomorrow if you'd like to check it out.

Have a great weekend.
xx, nora anne