Happy November

Wow I can't believe it's November.....the second week of November already! Man, time sure does fly when you get older doesn't it? I remember when I was little how it seemed like it took Christmas forever to get here and now it comes WAY too quickly, each year getting here faster and faster.

Anyway onto today's post. I haven't posted anything scrappy in ages, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working on scrappy things! I have a whole new style going with my card making and I am happy to say I think I've finally found my style with card making and stamping. I spent the entire weekend working away on a set of party invitations and plan to get some pictures of the finished set tonight to share with you all here. I would have done it last night but I finished up so late my eyes couldn't take one more minute of anything....so sleepy! So hang tight I'm going to try to get some pictures posted tonight of the card set.

It's Official

It's official, Firebug Beads is up and going! I'm very excited about this new endevour and I hope you will join me. Stop on by and check out my embarassing first beads and a much improved set in my first post!

A Confession

So....it's been awhile since I posted huh? Well that's because I have a confession to make....I've found a new passion.  For our annivsersary this year my husband got me a certificate to take private lampworking classes and I fell in love.

Everything else came to a screeching hault, scrapbooking, altered art, stamping, card making, all of it. I became instantly addicted to making glass beads.  You know the funny thing is I can't say I ever bought a glass bead when I made jewelry....I don't think I even realized, outside of the few glass beads you can find at the local craftstore, they existed and could be so gorgeous! So for a few months now I've been playing around on my torch learning the ropes to the art of flameworking.

With that all being said I've obviously gotten VERY sidetracked from scrapbooking so......  Lumpy Page Designs isn't going away.....I'm just on a bit of a hiatus. I will definitley be posting anything I make related to scrapbooking so I hope you stop by once in awhile, I know there are a few followers :) (love ya girls!). If you are interested in seeing what I'm doing now there will be a new blog called Firebug Beads very soon - almost done getting set up!

Thank you to everyone that visits!! I love your visits! Hope you stop by the new place :)

Nicole

New Kit! Snorkle - Cosmo Cricket

I know I always say the kits from morethanscrapbooking.com are fantastic and I'm going to have to say it again - FANTASTIC new kit at MTS!! I had so much fun with this, how can you not? Look at how happy the papers and embellishments are. It makes you smile. The alterable frame was a lot of fun to me and the chipboard stickers made creating great things easy!




























Here's some more pictures from my trip. I did so many things but I think my favorite thing from the trip was getting to feed the little chipmunks right out of my hand. They aren't quite chipmunks..their tails are much longer than any chipmunks I've seen where I live. They were still adorable and very friendly. The ground around me was covered with sunflower seed shells, fruit loops, crackers.






































Here's a picture from the Garden of Gods - a must go see if ever in Colorado. Very beautiful. I believe this rock is called Balance(d) Rock .
















A beautiful sunset

My husband did a 14,000 ft climb while we were there (I wasn't feeling crazy, so I didn't go, lol) and near the top he came across these ladybugs in the middle of the snow!

Colorado

Hi all!! I'm still on vacation but I woke up pretty early today and thought I'd post a few pictures of my trip so far. We've done a ton of things (it has been an action packed vacation) and I have a ton of pictures to go along with everything! Colorado is simply amazing! I've enjoyed every second of this gorgeous state so much that I'd love to move here. The Rocky Mountains are a sight to behold and there is wildlife everywhere to see.

One of the first things I got to do was actually scrap related. The owners Penny and Heather from MoreThanScrapbooking live right here in Colorado and they are not far at all from where my sister lives. They invited me over to their fourth of July picnic and of course I had to go meet them! I had such a fun time with them and I also got to meet a few other people from the MoreThanScrapbooking website. Paul (he's the man behind it all) and Jen, she's on the Design Team. Everyone was just so sweet to us and really made us feel comfortable and welcomed. Thank you so much Heather and Penny for inviting me over (hopefully we'll get to do it again!)Starting from the left: Heather, Me and Penny.














On Sunday we went to visit Estes Park and along the way we stopped at the Stanley Hotel. Remember the movie the Shining?? This is the famous hotel that of the Shining movi were filmed. I didn't see a ghost, BUT I'll tell you that it creeped me out a little when I put new batteries in my camera right before coming here only to have my camera batteries read low as soon as I turned in on to start taking pictures of the hotel (spooky!!). Luckily I did manage to snap a few before my camera died entirely. The hotel is beautiful and big! There is an amazing view from where it is located (but then again I don't think there is such a thing as a bad view anywhere in Colorado). It was overcast this day so my pictures are a bit ominous here but I think it just added to the allure of this place.


























That's all I'm going to share today, otherwise my post will be five pages long! I can't wait to start posting the pictures of all the wildlife we've seen. Yesterday I got to go feed some chipmunks (whooptie-do right?) except they eat right out of your HAND! I'll try to post more before I leave on Saturday but if not I will be posting when I get home. Thanks for stopping!!

Thank you card and things

From the BG card kit comes another little card! This card kit is great, I really like the results of each card so far. This one is pretty simple but with such gorgeous papers who needs more?














Ok, on to something fun! The other day I was given the award "Your Blog Makes Me Smile" and now I want to pass it around to eight great girls and their blogs that make me smile everytime I visit - truly inspiring work from each and everyone of them! Grab your award and wear it proudly. Thank you for the inspiring work you do.












LG - My Scrapbook World

Mel - Melz Scrappy Junk

Angie - My Scraptastic World

Heather - Rhymes with Magic

Linda - Card Challenges and More

Ginger - Paw Prints and Paper Crafts

Julia - Belle Paper

Darlene - Darlene's Scrapbooking

Thanks for visiting!
Nicole

It's Friday!!

What a long week!! I'm so glad it's Friday.


I wanted to let everyone know that next week starting on July 3rd I will be on vacation visiting family (super excited). I will be gone until the 11th of July. I am going to take my laptop with me but I'm not sure how much time I'll actually get to post anything. I'm hoping to at least post some pictures while I'm there visiting because we're going to Colorado and I hear it's simply gorgeous!! I've never been there but most of my family now lives there. I kept promising my sister I would come visit her but it never seems to work out and this year I just had to make it happen. I can't wait!! We are going to go white water rafting and we're going to do the Skycoaster at the Royal Gorge (yeah crazy!!!). I keep watching videos of this skycoaster thing and I really should stop because I'm not so sure I won't chicken out once we get there but I do know I'm taking TONS of pictures. I need new pictures to scrap so I'm also very excited that I will have lotd of new pictures to scrap.


On another note check this sweet little award out that my pal Jean Marie so generously gave to me. Thank you Jean! You're too sweet and I'm honored to be on your list, cause I know you're on mine. Now I think the idea is that I too need to pick eight ladies that are deserving of this award (not that everyone isn't deserving, which makes it even harder to choose!).,.....so I'm going to take some time to pick out the eight ladies and I'll post who I picked here so check back - you might be on the list!! If

BG card kit

I really don't do card kits often and I don't know why because they are really a lot of fun and a great thing for scrapping slumps. I think I did a BG card kit waaaayyy back for Valentine's and I LOVED that kit! All the cards turned out so great. You don't have to make your cards exactly as they show you in the instructions because they always seem to give you enough elements to put your own flair on them.

A few months back I got this great little Basic Grey card kit in the mail from my friends Heather and Penny (cause they know I LOVE BG!!) to enjoy. I finally had the chance to open it up and start working on them. This kit is just as gorgeous as the last BG kit I worked with.

Here's the first card I did from this kit. I believe there are six or more cards that can be made so I will be posting more as I get them done.

Zinnia Kit Cards

Hi all! I have a few cards to share. We were having some of the worse weather here....rain, rain and more rain...weeks of rain....it was making the air in the house very damp. I made these cards one of those damp nights and came down the next day to find them curling! I guess I should have laid them flat or even better yet maybe I need a dehumidifier. The pictures and cards aren't looking the best and I'm blaming it on the sticky damp air! I am happy to announce that the sun has finally made an appearance this week, but I bet the super hot sticky air is now on the way....the kind that hits your chest hard when you walk outside because its so thick. ugh.

Ok, enough of that.

I really did love this kit. The papers and elements are so fun to play with. There's a few kits left so if you haven't had the chance to stop by morethanscrapbooking then you better get movin' before they're all gone! Zinnia by Little Yellow Bicycle.

Zinnia by Little Yellow Bicycle

OoOowee! Check it out! A new rockin' kit at Morethanscrapbooking! This kit was a ton of fun to work with. The papers are double-sided and filled with lots of summery colors and patterns. You get a pack of alpha letter stickers, but wait....they are not only sticker letters (don't pass out, I almost did) they are double-sided sticky. Oh yeah you heard right, double sided sticky letters....do you know how cool this is? Makes adding glitter, flock, gems, even covering them with paper a snap! No need to get the glue out and you get awesome results. What a great idea -I love these alphas. Hang on though there's more. Check out what else is included:

1 - Green Floral Ledger Paper
2 - Sheets Zinnia Orange Dots/ Purple Paisley
2 - Sheets Zinnia Bloom/Orange Lace
2 - Sheets Zinnia Little Garden Stripe/Pink Tulip
1 - Pansy Bazzill Cardstock
1 - Hillary Bazzill Cardstock
1 - Zinnia Flower Embellishment Kit
1 - Zinnia Clear Cuts Shapes
1 - Zinnia Chipboard Stickers
1 - Bottle Stampendous Pearl Glitter-Lavender
1 - Package Doodlebug Design Stick With It Adhesive Transfers

For this kit I actually made a layout! Holy cow, it's been at least a year since I've done a 12x12 paper layout (I hope I haven't lost my touch), but I was so inspired by the cool clear cut shapes that I had to use them on a layout, plus I love this picture of my daughter.



















Thanks for stopping by! Check back tomorrow for the cards I made with this kit! Don't forget to stop by MTS and see all great projects the Design Team did with this kit!
Nicole