Speaking of Cute Bunnies

Yesterday I was talking about this cute bunny. And today I have the super cute Unity bunny from the Spring kit. I really love the expression in his eyes. I paired him up with some cheery Echo Park paper and some die cutting/punching. The little heart in  his belly and the cloud are paper pieced and it's all finished off with a little Amuse bow. 

I also have a birthday card to share today with the AWESOME banner stamp from the March Kit of the Month. I absolutely adore this banner and can see myself using it over and over. I added some confetti dots to make it a festive party!

Hope you all have a nice Holiday Weekend!

Mojoj Monday with Unity

I knew I wanted to play along with Mojo Monday this week when I saw the sketch, so much fun! I am really enjoying sketches lately, it's a nice starting point and eliminates a lot of brain power, which is a good thing when your brain feels fried after a long day at work! 

This sentiment from Unity's January 2012 Kit of the Month (Heart and Soul) is one of my all time FAVORITES! I think it is so perfect for someone going through a loss, a difficult time at home, etc. etc. etc. And the butterfly is big and beautiful!

Click here if you would like to see my Unity Kit f the Month Sketch Challenge Card.



Supplies:
Stamps~Unity
Paper~Memory Box Viola
Other~Stampin Up Scalloped Border Punch, Marvy Circle and Scallop Circle Punches, Copics, Perfect Pearls Mist, Recollections Bling

Unity Kit of the Month Sketch Challenge

When I saw this sketch, the first thing that popped into my mind was the door image from the March Kit of the Month. The scalloped circle brought an awning to mind. So I searched online and found this tutorial. Easy peasy!
I had so much fun making this card! This image can be used for so many different things! I'm thinking pastel-y colors for a Welcome Home after baby card, patriotic colors to welcome a soldier home, and fall colors with a pumpkin added in would be so pretty too. So many possibilities!

**I have to take a better picture later, it was early this morning with not much light yet!**

Thanks for stopping by today! Click here if you would like to see my Mojo Monday card :)

Friends With Flair

Yay for Friday! I am certainly happy to have the weekend here. It's been a long one and I am looking forward to Luke's first karate tournament tomorrow, and then just hanging at home and hopefully getting some cleaning and crafting done!

I made this card the other night with the fun bicycle and balloon image from my Unity Feb 2011 Kit of the Month. Are you a Kit of the Month member yet?!?! What are you waiting for?!



Visit Rona next for some inspiration or check out the Unity blog for a full list of Friends With Flair!

SUPPLIES:
Stamps~Unity Feb 2011 Kit of the Month

Ink~Memento

Paper~Echo Park Little Girl, Neenah

Other~Button from my stash

Friday Friends With Flair

TGIF! So happy to have a 3-day weekend! Woot woot!
I made this layout for the Throwdown challenge over at Memorable Seasons. This will also be part of a layout workshop coming next month at Paper Wings.

The sentiment stamp is from Unity's November 2010 Kit of the Month. Next up is the talented Karen!

Have a GREAT weekend! I am off to New York City! YAY!

SUPPLIES:
Paper~Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink~Unity Hybrid, Ranger Tea Dye Distress Ink
Stamp~Unity November 2010 Kit of the Month
Other~Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches, Creative Memories Hexagon Punch, Stickles, Recollections Pearls, Embroidery Floss, Needle

Friends WIth Flair

TGIF!

The sentiment on my card is from the Unity October 2010 Kit of the Month. I used some old Cosmo Cricket paper and Love My Tapes Fabric Sheets to die cut the trees. I cut the sentiment panel from my scalloped oval Nestabilities and underlined the sentiment with Recollections pearls.

The next stop on the hop today is Gwen, or stop by the Unity Blog later this morning to see the full list of Friends with Flair!

Happy Friday! I hate the feeling of getting sick right before the weekend, but I think it's happening - blah! I guess it was inevitable since my little guy was sick last week and I could only fight it off for so long.
I just hope I'm not too sick to play with all of my new stamps! Have you seen the new Ippity release?! I have been creating with these all week and having so much fun! I'll be sharing more next week. For today, I thought I would give my Ippity stamps a break and use my Unity November Kit of the Month. So many great images in this kit ~ I can't wait to get them all inky! I followed the Mojo Monday sketch for my card.
Well, before you move on to the next stop, the talented Angie, check out my Ippity blog and see how you can get a FREE ippity past release, Straight From the Heart!
Enjoy your weekend!
xx. nora anne

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

Friday Friends With Flair

I love these chairs from Unity's September Kit of the Month, When I Am With You. So many options for them. This is the first time I inked them up and decided to make a Halloween card, but I have so many different ideas for year round use of this stamp!

This next card is also using two stamps from the September KOM. I never use navy blue so this is something a little different for me. I decided to get a little trendy with the "frame" *LOL*

I wasn't crazy about the outcome at first but it's starting to grow on me!

Thanks for stopping by today.

If you didn't start from the beginning, go to the Unity blog to check out the rest of the FWF hop participants. You don't want to miss all of the eye candy!

xx, nora anne

For Fun

Just for fun I thought I'd share the first card I ever made using Unity stamps. Bought this KOM and I was instantly hooked!

listening: I'm A Believer, on the radio

eating: nothing, full from pizza at lunch

drinking: water

wearing: black pants, long sleeved Vera Wang shirt

feeling: trapped in my office at work

weather: perfect fall day

wanting: for this day to end

needing: tylenol for this wicked developing headache

thinking: about attanding Back to School night for the very 1st time tonight!

enjoying: a picture of my little man smiling at me

wondering: if I will ever have the opportunity to leave this job

xx, nora anne

Getting a Little Shabby!

Hey there, friends! I got down and dirty with my card today, ending up with something a little shabby inspired by the "Fresh Living" image on the Shabby Tea Room blog! Nice and messy with distress inks, glimmer mist, stickles and some liquid glue.

I started out with some Amuse off white cardstock and then distressed with Ranger tea dye distress ink. The background was distressed then ran through a Sizzix embossing folder that was sprayed with olive green glimmer mist first.

The doily stamp from Unity's KOM was stamped with Ranger Embossing ink and then I sprinkled it with Tattered Rose Distress Embossing powder and heat set it, then cut it out. I distressed it with tea dye distress ink, then stamped the sentiment from {ippity's} So This Is Love, in stock HERE and ready to ship!

The flower was a bit of experiment. I used the rolled flower die from MFT and cut some off white felt. I rolled the flower, then sprayed it with a few different colors of glimmer mist, then stickled on top of that. Topped it off with some pink glitter! I hand cut the leaves from the off white felt and sprayed with olive green glimmer mist.

Thanks for stopping by today! I enjoyed sharing my card with you :) You can find today's full list of "Friends with Flair" on the Unity blog!

Have a great weekend :) xx, nora anne

Growing In Unity~Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of Growing In Unity! My card today is made with Basic Grey Pyrus DP. I just love this particular pattern, it reminds me of vintage wallpaper and the gold couch we had growing up that was covered in plastic and we were never allowed to sit on! Oh, the good 'ol days! Back then, that couch was the ugliest thing ever, and we used to tease my mom about it all the time, but it's funny that now I think it was really cool!
Anyway, very simple card here starting with PTI kraft cardstock, a layer of BG Pyrus and then some very pretty trims that I picked up in Orlando at the Scrappy Boutique. The lighter brown crocheted trim is by Prima, the flowers are by BoBunny and the darker brown is (I think) May Arts. Finished off with a Maya Road stick pin and some coordinating Recollections pearls. The sentiment is from my Unity August 2010 Kit of the Month, {all you need}. Love this one! So much fun :)

Thanks for stopping by today to see me for my second day of Growing In Unity! Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win a prize at the end of the week! (and of course because they make my day!)

We are off to Pre-School orientation later this morning, so I'm sure I will be an emotional wreck today ;)

Enjoy YOUR day!
xx, nora anne

Unity & Teresa Collins

Happy Friday! I have two projects to share with you today for Unity's Friends With Flair blog hop and they are both using Teresa Collins. The first is a layout using her new Celebrate line that was just released, LOVE THIS collection! The little "tickets" are from Unity's November 2009 KOM, Simply Magical.

Next is my card using stamps from Donna Downey's "She" set, available for purchase at Paper Wings in Brant Beach, NJ! When I saw this set I fell in love with the image, there is just something about it! The DP for this card is Teresa Collins Chic Bebe Girl line.

Did you all get a chance to check out {ippity's} new release?! It's AWESOME, isn't it?! I can't pick which is my favorite and the DT and ippity chicks that were hopping yesterday shared so many inspiring projects, it was incredible!

If you are looking for some of the past releases at incredible prices, click HERE! to check it out!

Have a great weekend, next stop on the hop is the talented Jo, who is also hosting Growing In Unity on her blog this week, make sure to check it out!

Or if you didn't start at the beginning go back to the Unity blog to see the whole list of participants today!

xx, nora anne

Feeling Crafty!

I have been really inspired to create lately, but alas, NO TIME! I really want to get my loft organized, I have been looking at all of the blogs that participated in the "Where Bloggers Create" blog party hosted by Karen at My Desert Cottage on June 19th. There are tons of very inspiring studios and craft rooms that make my jaw drop over and over again! When I go into my loft I can't imagine it EVER being organized again, it is so far gone.

Anyway, I did manage to make some pretty mod podged flowers from vintage sheet music that I scored a few months ago at a local antique consignment shop and a keychain too for my Etsy shop.

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back Friday for a Unity Friends With Flair post!

xx, nora anne

Sending You A Little Happy for Friday's Friends With Flair

TGIF!

Even though it was a short week due to the holiday, it seemed to be a LONG week! And I'm happy it's Friday!

The card I made to share for this week's Friends with Flair Blog Hop is made with October Afternoon DP and the image is from February's Kit of the Month. I also used Ippity's A Bit of Burlap on the orange Bazzill. LOVE this stamp! The sketch is from the May issue of SNR Magazine.

My ippity/Unity supply is growing and I am sorry to say I don't know right now which set the sentiment came from as I have some organizing to do.

Thanks for stopping by! The next stop on the hop is Maria, or you can go back to the Unity blog for the full list of hop participants~you don't want to miss out on any eye candy!

Have a great weekend! xx, Nora Anne

Self-Imposed Intervention

Welcome To My Unity Friends With Flair Post!

My card today ALMOST had October Afternoon Thrift Shop or Fly a Kite, BUT I forced myself to take a break from it as I was getting highly addicted! I kept staring at it, picking it up, touching it, but finally I told myself "STEP AWAY FROM THE OCTOBER AFTERNOON PAPER!" and grudgingly I listened!

I guess it wasn't so hard since I had a fresh new 6x6 pad of Cosmo Cricket Delovely to play with, so that softened the blow a bit!

I used my April Unity Kit of the Month and paper pieced the strawberry, then covered it with Alene's Paper Glaze. The little brown strip is from Bella Blvd and I used my Fiskar's Apron Lace punch for the decorative edge. I also used the pink gingham fabric tape from Love My Tapes (another new addiction-eep!) I had fun with this one and it was good to (temporarily) break my addiction with October Afternoon. Make sure to check out the list of everyone on the hop over at the Unity blog!

And if you would like to purchase some Ippity, click HERE for a big sale!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone! Thanks for stopping by!
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

Unity Friends With Flair Blog Hop!!!!

There is so much excitement going on over at Unity this week with their 2 year anniversary party and new releases to go along with the celebration! And today is the weekly Friends with Flair blog hop, so thanks for stopping by! Make sure to check out the Unity blog to see a list of all the participants! Without any further ado, here is my card for the hop using stamps from April's Kit of the Month, inspired by Nina's FWF22 card HERE.
Happy Friday!
xx, Nora Anne


****And make sure to check out the {ippity} blog for sneak peeks of the new release on May 13th, sneak peeks will be starting soon!!!) Want some of your very own {ippity}?! Visit my blog for a sale on the current sets! ****

Now HOP ON OVER TO Heather's Blog for the next stop on the hop! ! !

With Sympathy

I got this adorable Amuse cloud paper today at One Little Spark. I came home and remembered I hadn't checked the mail yesterday. So there was my April Kit of the Month from Unity. I needed a sympathy card for a co-worker and decided to make it a little cheerier than a typical sympathy card.It's plain and simple, but I like the way it turned out.



Supplies used: Unity Stamps, A Muse Cloud paper, Neenah Cardstock, Memento Ink, Original Copics B00,
B05, YG95, R35, W4, Spica Pens, Pop Dots