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Chris Durnan

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Archives for August 2010

Tag Swap Pictures

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Here are the photos from the swap for tags we had in the forum. There were many categories. Thank you to everyone who participated and the fantastic tags everyone sent me! I took pictures in bunches so if you see one of yours it is the group you were in. I am adding the pictures and then headed off to the post office right now.
Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

These guys below had multiple faces so I had to take a picture of all of them. Cute Cute!

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com GSD KNK WPC AI SVGfiles for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!


My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on….. Enjoy!


And our cutter file “freebies” are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

Chess Card

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Remember the Birthday card I made last month using Chris’ (CD00707) Chess file?  I’ve included a picture of it again.  Here’s another card I made. This time using the negative from cutting the chess pieces. I used the same Happy Birthday from Shelly’s Art Sentiments Variety (SS00007) at www.PaperThreads.com . Don’t forget your negativesJ.

 

Sandra from NC

“Art Work” Layout

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Here is my layout for the August Sketch Challenge.  I didn’t follow the sketch exactly but it’s still recognizable – lol.  I used Chris’s file “Artwork created by” (CD00636) for my title, KAndrews’ free school file that came with the challenge (will add my journaling to it later after I decide what to put). And all the circles are from Shelly’s Art (at paperthreads) “Playful Flowers” file (SS00037). That includes the scallop on top.  I was too lazy to make my own and I remembered her file first.  I also used an Earth charm and paint palette charm from www.acharmingplace.com.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Sandra from NC   

 

 

La Cucaracha ….

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Well my hubby picked up this little guy last time we were at the auction. Random whimsical things come in to the auction during the tack. They usually are cheap. This little cucaracha has a purpose. He is a boot jack for pulling off my hubbies boots after being outside. He is also my tormentor. I soooo want to paint him something like this below. But I am quite sure it will not be well rec’d or at least followed with a grimace maybe an eye roll. My hubby deals well with my need for color in the desert. So for now he sits on the patio boring and black while I envision different color schemes for his wings. haha. Hey I didn’t say glitter or sequins just color. At least I am self controlling a little… but I do have really nice microbeads by Martha Stewart in many colors. oohhhhh… Self Control. Have a wonderful day! Enjoy! Chris

PS I did this touchup in photoshop to my hubby in case he is reading this.

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!


My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on….. Enjoy!


And our cutter file “freebies” are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

layout with Chris Durnan’s Silhouette Bunnies with Sparkle

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Lately we’ve noticed some new friends in our neighborhood. A family of bunnies has moved in. I used Chris’s Silhouette Bunnies with Sparkle file found here. You can’t tell from the pictures, but I cut them on sparkle paper. I added two prisma flowers with rhinestones in the center. Added a title, some journaling, and some clover background paper.


Sussann

Digi-Cutter Files offered in SCUT, GSD, KNK, WPC & AI (SVG) at www.visualdesignsbychris.com

Valentine LO using CD00286

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I enjoyed making the card so much that I decided to use the same fancy swirl accent #CD00286 from Visual Designs by Chris to make a layout.
 
Isn’t this pup just the cutest?  This is my grand puppy.  She is 7 1/2 pounds of pure love!  The sweetest dog I have ever met.  No one will ever replace our Abby girl  but this pup sure makes me smile.  I pop dotted the photo.  Scrap papers from my table.  Sometimes it pays NOT TO clean up the mess, eh?  Pearl, pearl swirl and brads all from Hobby Lobby.  Heart pins from Heidi Grace.  Mix of flowers… some were Prima and some were freebies from something.  I think maybe pulled off of a silk flower stalk.    The epoxy sticker says My Valentine Baby and was from a package in the $1 bin at Michaels. 
 
Another example of how you can use your other product with a VDBC file!

~Angie~
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(all images are cut using the Blue Wishblade)

Why is it?

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Why is it.. When I eat frozen bananas I am fine? When I ate barely ripe bananas I am fine?When I eat bananas that are ripe. I take a bit I chew. i think wow this is such a sweet fruit yum. I swallow and work on something and then GAG. This is the only food that does that to me. I like it. I can eat  firm bananas but the ripe ones. Well the ripe ones don’t agree with me. Weird. Just weird.

Why is it … That my fancy Copic markers in the seperate bin are not as fun as the 100 markers in the drawer that say Crayola? hmm.. they appear to color the same to me, but apparently not for my son. Well the obvious reason is the obvious reason why I have them seperated. but mostly that is because I don’t think you should color the tips with each other to see which color you get. That technique is definitely for Crayola. Love Mom.

Why is it … My son prefers fruit rollups to fruit gummies? I don’t get the difference? One day I will take a rolling pin and roll a gummy flat and show him. But I know he will roll his eyes at me and walk away with it.

Why is it .. the school my child goes to had the children waiting for pickup standing outside when it had been raining, but was still lightening very visibly and very close. so close that you could feel the electric charge in the air.  There most be a better way. This was a puzzler for me.

Why is it… Well mostly probably … JUST BECAUSE.. Have a great day! Enjoy! Chris

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com GSD KNK WPC AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!


My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on….. Enjoy!


And our cutter file “freebies” are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

Sundays food blessing…

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One of my Sunday blessings I do is sit down and figure out what to eat during the week. It’s a blessing for me because so many I know are struggling right now. We have these wonderful things to eat. Therefore it is a blessing.  So rather then cleaning out the fridge, trimming up the veggies, shopping for groceries, cooking up dinner, cleaning up dishes, tables, spills and thinking of it as some form of chore or tedium. I try to keep it in mind that it is a blessing. For a long time I thought planning our meals was a boring thing to do. Why not be impulsive and just go with it every day. But now I relish it and it means we eat soooo much better. It means during the week I don’t have to concentrate on food. I just look at my list. take out the food that should thaw for that evening and go about my day. When dinner time comes I don’t stand in front of the fridge and stare at what I should have thawed or prethrown in the crop pot and then I call the hubby and say let’s do pickup. This picture below is what I try to incorporate in my week. Here is my $15.00 haul from Bountiful Baskets this week (what you don’t see is the buried grapefruit bag and the romaine lettuce.) We are looking at red peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, champagne grapes, english cucumber, peaches, cauliflower, mangos, sweet corn ( I am sure I am missing something.) Now to make a plan….

In this picture I see these things I can fit into our meals.

Corn on the cob, Grilled peaches, mango salsa or mango smoothies, cucumber and tomato salad, and cauliflower. (oh I am determined to figure something out for this veggie I generally ignore).
What do you see that I could make with my veggies and fruits?
So I think…
Monday – Burgers, Corn on the cob grilled, and peaches grilled in tin foil with brown sugar and cinnamon (my son will probably want to pour this over some vanilla ice cream)
Tuesday .. Chicken and some Cauliflower recipe (have to look something up) with mango & banana Smoothies for desert
Wednesday …  Make your own Gluten Free Pizza Crust Pizza ( I use the personal kinnick crusts. They are square and cook the most even and we can make our own). I think the toppings offered will be cheese, chicken leftovers from the grill, red pepper slices, Tomatoes sliced, Corn (from the extra ears I will cut off and put in the fridge) My favorite is Tomato, Green onion (not in the basket bummer), pesto sauce.. no red, and chicken chunks.
Thursday .. Sandwich and leftover night. with Cucumber, Tomato, Feta Cheese and Olives tossed with EVOO and seasoning to go with…. It’s cub scouts night. Minimal cooking on my part and the salad will be an excellent leftover for Friday lunch for me.
Friday night…  ??? This is the night we decide what we want right then. This last weekend we were at Grandma’s. Usually we grab something out to celebrate the end of another great week. Or just have munchies while we watch a movie or enjoy a campfire. (Think Roasted hot dogs over the campfire)
So these are my thoughts for the week. Do you have any other thoughts.. Anyone have a great use for grapefruits other then using them like softballs for the border collie to chase? Huge bag of them under all that other good stuff and my hubby likes them, but I am not sure how many he can eat that quickly.
Well on to the next Sunday Mission. The Champagne Grapes are mostly missing already. My son who had never had them.. Nor had my hubby and I.. my son thought they were just sooooo cute and when he took a bite. just soooo delish. Yeah for another new try in the produce dep’t.
Enjoy!
Chris

Chris Durnan, designer at www.visualdesignsbychris.com GSD KNK WPC SVG AI SCUT files for your personal digital cutters for use with scrapbooking, cardmaking and other hobbies. Whatever your creative mind can come up with!


My files work on many machines. Some of them are: Klik-n-kut, Pazzle, Wishblade, Silhouette, Cricut, Craft Robo. Some of the software involved with these machines are: Funtime, Scrapbooking, WinPC/Signlab, Inkscape, Create & Cut, Illustrator, KNK Studio, Robomaster, DesignMaster and the list goes on….. Enjoy!


And our cutter file “freebies” are kept in the forum. We add to them as we can.

Voting in the QMC

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We have some voting going on in the QMC for  a couple of files. Here is a picture of some of them cut and used. If you are a qmc member, head over to the forum to vote. And if you are not a QMC member yet… Jump on in!

Enjoy!
Chris

Layout using CD00737

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This layout uses digital personal cutter files CD00737 – Parrot  that is a file available in the QMC that Chris runs in her Store on a quarterly basis.
 
I have used styles and textures to add dimension to the Cutter files and created this layout using Photoshop CS3. The photos are of a Cockatoo that we found injured in our yard. He was so friendly, took water out of a bottle that we fed him. However, turned out this was a symptom of something far more nasty (he was a wild bird) and unfortunately he died whilst waiting to see the Vet.
 
Designed to show that cutter (Cricut, Pazzles, Klic N Kut etc) files can be used digitally!
 
Thanks for looking,
 
cheers, caz