Shaped cards are so much fun, I think so anyway! and the Lifestyle Crafts nesting dies from Paper Wings make it so easy to do in many different sizes and shapes! This is one of the medium size dies, but the large one is awesome for BIG cards and also for matting photos for layouts.

That's all for now! Have a great night...

Spring Is Blooming

Or at least I thought it was last week! But the cold weather has made it's way back, I'm just hoping it doesn't stick around for too long. I am more than ready for Spring.

I took advantage of one of Unity's awesome sales earlier this month and purchased the Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup kit (along with some other goodies!) I made this to share today for Friends With Flair and also the Ippity Flower Challenge. 

The fun chevron washi tape is from my sister's store, Paper Wings. She has it in several different colors, check it out if you are in New Jersey!

I won't keep you any longer, you have a lot of friends to see over at the Unity blog today!

Don't forget to check out the Unity Sale! On til Sunday at Midnight!

Supplies:
Stamps~Unity Jillibean Soup Blossom Soup
Ink~Unity Hybrid Ink
Paper~Neenah, Echo Park
Other~Nestabilities Lacy Circles, Random Buttons, Divine Twine, Copics, Making Memories Brad, Queen & Co Washi Tape

Little Darlings

I just love Graphic 45's new Little Darlings paper line! My sister has it in stock at Paper Wings and One Little Spark is carrying the stamps.
When I saw the little tag that says "Sent From Heaven" I knew I wanted to use these pictures of Luke as a little angel! He's just 5 now, so he still likes these pictures. He thinks it's cool that he has wings! I'm not sure how he'll feel in a few years ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Nora Anne

Sunday Picnic and a Broken Heart

Hi there,
I made a layout of Luke flying his Batman kite, who says you can't make boy layouts flowery?! I love this Sunday Picnic line by Websters Pages. If you are in New Jersey, you can get the full line of paper at Paper Wings.

I am going to get very personal and serious now, if you choose to move on, now is your chance.

Recently I shared some Project Life pages and the news that we were expecting. Yesterday I had an ultrasound and was devastated to learn there was no longer a heartbeat and my baby stopped growing. After my last appointment my doctor thought I was "out of the woods" so we started sharing our happy news with everyone.
This is my third pregnancy loss and this one seems to be hitting me the hardest. Maybe because deep down I know I can't bear to go through this again, so the hope of a sweet little baby to hold in my arms, love, smell, and snuggle has been lost.
For the past 6 weeks since I found out, I have dreamed of kissing little fingers and toes, nursing my baby and spending hours watching him/her sleep. My sweet little Luke has been overjoyed with the prospect of a brother or sister and his little heart was broken when we explained to him that our baby went to Heaven. (I found this book to read to him, it had good reviews for children his age.)

For those of you blessed with healthy babies, remember how precious every moment is with them and for those of you that share a similar experience, I grieve along with you and the loss of your angel babies.

"An Angel in the book of life wrote down our babies birth, and whispered as she closed the book....."Too beautiful for earth." -Author Unknown

Friday is Friends With Flair!

Hi :) I'm back with a Unity card for Friends with Flair. This is another card I'm doing in my Backgrounds Workshop at Paper Wings on October 9th. This stamp, Tea Time Toile, is so gorgeous, you don't really need to add much more to this beauty! It will be available for purchase at Paper Wings the day of my workshop!

If you didn't start at the Unity blog, make sure to go back and see all the links of participants, you won't be sorry! Friday's are never lacking in inspiration with Unity! And you don't want to miss out on the new Holiday releases that went up yesterday!!!!!  CUUUUUTTTTEEEE!!!!!!!!!! and they are also having a Pre-Holiday preparation sale! Who does THAT?!! Unity does! :)

Unity Friends With Flair

I am sharing a layout today for Friends With Flair, finally I have gotten a bit of my scrappy mojo back....or at least the desire to scrapbook back!

This was an old tyme photo day at my son's daycare last year. He looks so funny in that ruffly shirt, he is such a "boy" and the ruffled satin shirt is just not him! LOL! He looks quite happy wearing it though!

The paper I used is Bo Bunny Etc. and is available at Paper Wings, for those of you that are in New Jersey, you should visit there for some shopping, just sayin! The journaling stamp is by Unity (sorry I can't find the link for it on the website, it might have been part of an old kit of the month!)

If you're looking for some more inspiration today, stop by the Unity blog to see who else is hopping today!

Supplies:

Paper~Bo Bunny Etc., Black Shimmer cardstock from Paper Wings (i forget the brand)

Stamp~Unity Journaling Block

Ink~Memento Tuxedo Black

Ribbon~Maya Road from Paper Wings

Other~Martha Stewart Border Punch, Liquid Pearls, vintage buttons from my stash, handmade flower using scallop punches and Maya Road trim, Making Memories felt alphas, Cosmo Cricket alphas, Divine Twine, Recollections resin flower, Elle's studio journaling tag, Ranger Distress Ink Tea Dye

Die Cut Divas

Come over and see me today at Die Cut Diva! I am sharing this layout using the Scallop Circle in kraft, love this die cut background, you can use it in so many fun ways! and Terry has EVERY color you could imagine! I stamped the background with Gurnsey Gingaham by Ippity (which was an afterthought which is why it's so messy!)
I used a variety of Unity stamps on this layout as well, the bunny up in the left hand corner is from the January 2010 Kit of the Month and the egg in the lower right hand corner is from the February 2009 Kit of the Month. The Memories journaling stamp is from the January 2011 Kit of the Month.
The flowers and birds are cut from My Little Shoebox Home Tweet Home, in stock at Paper Wings right now! The striped paper behind the Scallop Circle is also MLS Home Tweet Home!

Go With The Flow

Happy Monday!

For today's H{ippity} Hop I decided to finally ink up my Fishy Philosophy set that I've been wanting to use for some time now. After stamping and coloring the fish with Copics, I cut them out and popped them up on to the background. The background was stamped with Color Box and the new release Ranger Distress Inks on watercolor paper and the edges inked with Distress Inks as well. Paper Wings carries all of the new distress inks in every color and you can get the Color Box mini ink pads at One Little Spark.

If you would like to purchase Fishy Philosophy for $14.00, visit my Ippity Sales Blog while supplies last!

Thanks for visiting, click HERE for the Ippity blog to see the rest of the hop participants.

Have a great week! Nora Anne

Saturday Night Challenge

My friend Pat over at One Little Spark has been hosting the Saturday Night Challenge for as long as I remember now! I always have good intentions of participating but the week always flies by and before I know it, I've missed the deadline.
So this week, I finally completed the challenge on time and I am even getting in under the deadline!
The challenge was to make a card featuring a cutout. I kept it very simple as you can see! I used my circle punch to cut a sun out of a Memory Box 6 x 6 paper from One Little Spark.
The sailboat and seashells stamp was my newest purchase from Pat's shop. I just love this stamp and when I saw the card Pat made with it, I had to have it!
I punched the edge of the patterned paper that I used for the "water", which is another Memory Box 6 x 6 paper that I bought at One Little Spark, along with the Copic Markers I used to color the image. I finished off with a little bit of stickles from Paper Wings on the sailboat and the shells.
I had fun with this challenge and hopefully I will make it next week too! (don't hold your breath, LOL!)

Don't forget to check out my {ippity} blog for a sale on the Fall and Winter releases! I am making room for the Spring 2010 release that is set to debut on May 13, 2010!

See you soon! Have a lovely weekend!
xx, Nora Anne

Rainy Friday, A New Baby and A Layout to Share!

TGIF! It's raining here at the shore in New Jersey and we are in for a full weekend of it. Kind of a bummer since we are heading down to West Virginia tomorrow night to meet my new niece! I am so excited to have another little baby to love! Although it would be nice to have some nice weather for the ride and to be able to let the boys run outside and play once we get there. Oh well, can't change Mother Nature's mind I suppose!



I made this layout for this past Sunday's Layout of the Month at Paper Wing's. I had so much fun making the flowers! The small one is made with newspaper and decoupage and the bigger one is made with sparkle decoupage and some Vintage Sheet Music that I scored at a local antique store. What a great find!
Don't you just love this new Estate Sale line from Bella Blvd?! It's one of my recent favorites!




Thanks for looking. Hope it's sunny in your neck of the woods!
Have a great weekend!
xx, Nora Anne