Merry Christmas....

Hi there blogger friends and followers.  WOW just one short week away from the big day!!!  Are you done with your shopping, wrapping, baking, crafting & etc???  This year has just flown by and I decided not to stress myself out during the last month of the year, I just wanted to enjoy this season where we celebrate the birth of Jesus the only begotten Son of GOD, I mean that is what Christmas is all about after all.  So this year I did not make handmade Christmas cards or write my annual Christmas letter, and I have not yet baked a single cookie, I know shocking right!!!   I did host a Cricut Club open house and the ladies came and crafted or just finished up this years club projects while they enjoyed some fellowship and fun before all the Christmas craziness started.  Today I thought I'd share the 3D ornament I designed for the ladies to make for the November Cricut Club meeting.  It's a little bit Steampunk and a little bit traditional. I am going to be entering it in a couple link ups. 

 I used several Cricut cartridges... Winter Wonderland, Everyday Pop up cards & Elegant edges to name but a few. The paper is from Hobby Lobby, Michael's and JoAnn's. The metal embellishments are from Tim Holtz and Bead Findings. The buttons are from my favorite things. I also used chipboard to give it a thicker rigid base. I used glitter ribbon for the bow from Michael's and a gold leaf pen to finish the edge and for the date on the back. Each of my Cricut Club ladies made 2 so they could keep one and give one away.    If you live in Idaho Falls or in one of the many nearby areas and are interested in joining my Cricut Club you can leave a message here with your contact information or you can message me on Facebook, there is a link button on the right side of my blog. Cricut club starts again in January 2014.

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I pray you all have a very Merry Christmas and that your New Year is blessed.

God Bless,
Vickie

Long overdue post of Cricut club calendars

Hi there all my followers.  I know that I promised I'd share my Cricut club perpetual calendars with you many times and I just realized that I have not done that.  My Mom in Law has received it and thinks it great so as she has had time to enjoy it I thought I'd share all the pictures with you all.  Sorry there are so many pictures but as there are 12 months in a year so there are 24 pictures. Just so you know it took the club members 6 months to make these calendars and all the cuts are made using a Cricut with loads of different cartridges.

Whew... that's alot of pictures hope you enjoyed seeing each of the months. The ladies had a great time making this calendar.  When they finished all their pages we bound it with my Zutter bind it all.  Now all they have to do each year is buy a package of vellum and print that years calendar pages and then they are good to go for another year.
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God Bless,
Vickie

Happy New Year...

Hi there all my blogger friends.  Happy New Year!!!  So sorry that I haven't updated my blog recently, but blogger was causing issues and then I've been very busy with my new job and the holidays.  My husband and I traveled to his mother's in southern California for Christmas.  It was wonderful to get away for a few days. I'm back at work already and very busy again.  I did manage to get a few Christmas gifts made and thought I'd share those with all of you as well as one of  the thank you cards I made for all the wonderful gifts I got for Christmas. The gifts are shadow boxes for my wonderful mother in law and sisters in laws. Each one was different and yet the same just tweaked for each of their home decors. I didn't post them before Christmas as I want the gifts to be a surprise for each of them.  They all seems happy to get them so I think they were a hit.

 I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and have been enjoying the new year. It's a negative 16 degrees here in eastern Idaho with 6 inches of snow on the ground...brrrrr!!!  A perfect day to complete my Cricut Club project for next Sunday. I hope to be able to post those pictures soon.
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God Bless,
Vickie

Cricut Club coming soon...

Hi there blogger friends and followers...  As I mentioned in my last post I have a Cricut club that will be meeting for 3 months and I have just completed the September club project and I also made a cute little pumpkin gift box for the little prize I have for one of the 5 ladies to win. I will be linking these projects to Cardz TV today and at Sarah Hamer Designs on Link Up Tuesday. The frame 3-D home decor item was hard to photograph because of the glass. It looks really good in person and I am hoping that the ladies in my club will like it. They will all get personalized this project by selecting their own initial and then the placement of the accent items. I think it turned out pretty nice. I am not revealing the instructions until after the ladies in my club get them as they have paid for this privilege. I just love how the cute little pumpkin box turned out. I used TBB&M 2 cartridge and some DCWV patterned paper. I can't wait until next Saturday to see what the ladies think.  Anyway here are the pictures.

Thanks for stopping for a visit. I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my little corner of the web. Make sure you leave me a comment as I love comments and then I will know you where here.

God Bless,
Vickie

Birthdays & Thank yous....

 Hi there blogger friends and family.  Just wanted to take a minute to share with you a couple of Thank you cards I made yesterday.  Last week I turned 55 and was totally blessed by my family, friends and the folks at my new job too.  I got a Pop up card from one of those friends and it was so cute that I thought I'd make a Pop up Thank you cards to send out to all the people who helped to make my birthday special. These cards are super easy to make and all you need is 1 sheet of 8.5 x 11 cardstock and some scraps of patterned paper, a bit of ribbon and a 3D embellishment, I chose a flower but anything would work.  They fit in a standard A2 card envelope too.  All the  supplies are from my stash.  I think they turned out pretty cute!

I will be linking them at Sarah Hamer Designs Tuesday Link up Party.

I hope you have enjoyed your time here. Thanks for stopping by and spending time at my little corner of the web.
God Bless,
Vickie

Just a little something quick...

Hi there blogger friends & family.  I have been cleaning up a lot of stuff around here including my blog.  I hope you like the new look it was just getting a bit cluttered so I deleted a few things like that silly Ad sense because after a year I'd made a whopping 41 cents letting them advertise on my blog. I also got a new blinkie thanks to my dear friend JoAnn and I want to say Thanks JoAnn for all your help.

Anyway just want to share a couple little birdhouse I've decorated to give as gifts recently.  No die cutting this time but paper crafting anyway.

I bought the paper and the little wooden birdhouses at Joann's the rest of the supplies are from my stash.  I think they turned out pretty cute. I hope the ladies who will be receiving them like them.  If I get time later this week I will be linking them up on Sarah Hamer Designs "Link up Tuesday." I have been featured on the "Pink link up party" and I have a link button on the right side of my blog, so if you have time please go to her blog and check out all the other crafty peoples creations.

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the web. Please leave me a comment so I know you've been by, I just love comments.

God Bless,
Vickie