Welcome 2014...

Wow so sorry I haven't posted since December of 2013 and here it is almost the end of February 2014.  Holy smokes where is the time going????  I've been busy crafting and working at my "day job" so that means I needed to get organized if I was ever going to be able to find time to update my blog. While reading an email the other day I saw a video on a planner system that one of the ladies that I follow uses. That planner system looked great but it starts at $50 per year and it doesn't include a business records section. Needless to say once I found out the cost I thought I don't need a planner I have my smartphone and all my appointments are in there and they are well except for time for me to create my Skybow Creations which means that I had not scheduled time for blogging updates either. Long story short I put together a planner and business binder all in one for around $20 and now I have time 4 days a week to be creative. I even scheduled into my planner time to update my blog each month!!!  So now on with the update....
In January the gals in my Cricut Club met and they all made 8 all occasion cards, everything from Get well to Happy Birthday.  So today I will be sharing some of these with you.  In February I made a few Valentine's cards and the Cricut Club gals made canvasses with vinyl for home decor.  Next month the Cricut Club gals will be making a "Risen" banner in pastel spring colors. I bet I haven't mentioned that I am so ready for winter to be done, alas we have another month of it here in Eastern Idaho and while the weather has been mild today, well except for the wind, it snowed on Saturday and I an positive that old man winter is not done with us yet. Anyway here are the pictures of the cards and my canvas. The first three cards are from the January Cricut club meeting. The hippo is on a homemade action wobble. The cupcake card is a matchbook fold. The Get well card is a center step card. The party hat card is an interactive slider card made for a special friends son's 30th birthday. The next 3 are the cards I made for Valentines day and they are block cards. The last picture is the project that my Cricut Club gals made for the February club meeting and everyone had their own verse on their canvas.

                                                      

So now you've seen all  the pictures I hope you enjoyed your time here. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web.  Please leave me a comment so I know you were here.

God Bless

Vickie

Summertime...

Hi there blogger friends and followers.  I can't believe it's almost the end of July... I love summer!!!!  I have been able to enjoy some time away with some of my friends, my family (my youngest son is home for a few weeks before he heads off to Law School in Nebraska) and the warm days of summer here in Eastern Idaho. We don't get many of these days, so I have found that I am grateful for each and every one of them. I have been going to Physical Therapy and working a few days each week which is nice. Especially since it's a job that doesn't involve nights, weekends, holidays or being on call anymore. Well enough about me, after all you are here to see something crafty.
Today I have a couple more pages of my Cricut Club's perpetual calendar project to share.  I will be linking at the Pink Cricut "Link up Party" and entering in the Cardz TV "Back to School" challenge.  After I get the project mailed to a very special lady I will share all the pages with you.  As this is a Cricut Club project I used my Cricut for all the cuts but there are too many cartridges to list here.

Hope you enjoy your summer. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web.  Leave a comment so I will know you've been by.

God Bless,
Vickie

Goodbye summer, hello fall???

Hi there blogger friends and followers...  Sorry it's been awhile since my last post August was a busy month for me.  I got to go camping twice last month and just got back from one of those camping trips. Camping over Labor day is a first for me and my darling husband but we wanted to see our family in Utah and thought it would be a great to do two things we enjoy at once. The campgrounds were we stayed was pretty busy.  I think a lot of people see Labor day as the "End of Summer."  This puzzles me because it does not end until around the 20th of September and I can't understand wanting to rush into cooler shorter days and longer nights, I guess the kids going back to school has something to do with it.  Since moving to Eastern Idaho almost 18 years ago, I've learned you enjoy the summer here as long as possible because winter can be really dark, cold and long. Besides I'm just not ready to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall yet. My Cricut Club will start meeting again on September 15th so maybe by then I'll be ready for fall. I am looking forward to crafting with these very special ladies once again. I have 3 special home decor projects planned for them and will be sharing those with you all soon.  
Today though I thought I'd share with you a few items I did managed to get made this past month. The first is another one of those decorated bird houses only this one is for my new kitchen. The other items are cards for friends and a candy bar wrapper for a co-workers birthday. All the supplies used to make these items where found in my stash. 

I hope you have enjoyed your time here in my little corner of the web. I will be linking these items up at Sarah Hamer Design's "Link up Tuesday" so please take a minute to check out all the craftiness going on at Sarah's blog.
Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment so I know you were here.
Take care and enjoy the rest of your summer.
God Bless,
Vickie
Hi there Blogger friends and followers.  Sorry that it's been awhile since my last post but August was a busy month here in Eastern Idaho.  I was finally able to get away for some camping, actually I just got back from camping over Labor day.  As we all know Labor day is pretty much the unofficial end of summer with the kids going back to schoolHi there Blogger friends and followers.  Sorry that it's been awhile since my last post but August was a busy month here in Eastern Idaho.  I was finally able to get away for some camping, actually I just got back from camping over Labor day.  As we all know Labor day is pretty much the unofficial end of summer with the kids going back to schooldocument.write

Babies and Birthdays...

 I've been busy making cards this past week, so I thought I'd share a couple with you.  The pink bear card is for a friends new granddaughter and the eagle card was made for my husband's birthday this coming Thursday.

Happy Birthday to the most amazing man I know!!!

  

Hope this inspires you all. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web.
God Bless,
Vickie

The holidays are just around the corner....

In just about a month "The Holidays" will be here for 2011. This year has been busy and seems to be flying by!!!  Soon it will be time for the Calvary Chapel Rexburg Women's Holiday Conference, which is being held this year on November 4th at 7pm. If you are near to this area of Idaho, I would encourage you to get a ticket and plan to attend. The cost of each ticket is $5.  It will be a night to remember!!!!

I have been busy lately with a wonderful group of ladies that I have had the opportunity to teach how to make Cricut calendars for 2012.  I have already posted some pictures of them at one of the classes,but since the last class is coming up soon, I thought I'd post some pictures of the calendar I made as a model.  (Thanks too all of the ladies for your willingness to be my guinea pigs.)

I will be taking prepaid orders for either an unassembled kit or a completed calendar at the Calvary Chapel Women's Conference and I will gladly take prepaid orders for either a kit or a completed calendar from any of my followers.  Just leave me a comment with your contact information and I will be in touch with the cost and other details.

Enjoy & thanks for stopping by my corner of the web.

God Bless,

Vickie