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Chris Durnan

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Archives for March 2007

QRST…. almost done with the whole set!!

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This is QRST. Same information as the rest of the letters. Well I am off to prepare my room for the new furniture we are getting today! Whole new bedroom set. Woooohooo! Then help my sister move into her new house and hang out with my brother and his wife at my Aunt’s house. It is gonna be a great family day! I look forward to it with my husband and son. Who has shown me every possible john deere or caterpillar tractor he wants for his birthday. We have a tool magazine that had a two page spread of caterpillar tractors. It was good for an hour of staring at and showing mom everyone of them and saying. Can I have this one? He will be 3 and loves his tractors. Password for this file is birthday.
Everyone have a wonderful Saturday!
Enjoy!
Chris
Terms of Use: This file is for personal use only. If you want to read a more detailed terms of use on my files. I included one in the last download because I have been asked. Also it is available at my website under cutter files.
This file is no longer availabe, but you can purchase it here….. Please do not share or alter and claim as your own.
Thank you to everyone who purchased the entire set at the store at Paperthreads!
Enjoy Enjoy!
Chris
Thank you Lori for the wakeup call. Made me smile first thing!
Thank you Linda for the Itsy Bitsy Spider picture which I have added to the blog here!
Also, did anyone see the cute skate party card? There is a picture on the blog here as well from Marianne!
And thank you to everyone with their help with Binding the book. I think I need to check out one of those cropadile things! And scoring the edge for brads is such a great idea tooooo! I have a professional scoring board, but I still use the dashed lines it makes it easy to get it all in one pass when cutting then to pull out the scoring board. thank you for everyones input!

MNOP, Name Book or Word Book

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This download is no longer available, but you may purchase it Here. These are going fast. Everything from the last posts apply to this one. Guaranteed this one will be taken down within 24 hours because I am hitting my download limit within about 12 on these. SO GLAD YOU MADE IT! Wew!
I hope to see lots of projects with them here or in the gallery at Paperthreads. What I am looking for …if anyone can help? Pretty Please is a list here in the comment thread of ways to bind the pages together.
So far we have
Posts like a post bound book
Ribbon through punched holes
Book Binding
Sprial Binding
& Rings
Do you have any great ideas to add to this list?
Thanks for the help!
Enjoy! Have a wonderful Friday!
Chris
Can’t wait for me? Want the whole set plus numbers and the symbols $ ! &, You can purchase it Here at Paperthreads.

IJKL, Name Book

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This link is no longer available, but can be Purchased Here, please do not share or alter and claim as your own. This is for a Name Book. The pages will fit the same length left to right. Some Name books are created with varying length pages in order to read the entire Name on the right. you could use this file for this. However, you would need to do the measurements and adjust the file for your own use. Enjoy!

Chris

PS Thank to you everyone for posting such great comments. They make my Day! Oh and yes the PW is birthday still.

Can’t wait to finish your whole project!!! The whole book can be purchase here.

EFGH… the next set of letters

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Okay so, the details for the file are the same as the first post for the alphabet. Lots of great feedback on this so I am excited to share it with everyone. This link is no longer available, the download limits are going fast on the name book. Here is the link to Purchase this file if you missed it. The PW is birthday. Terms are the same as the previous post and downloading it is an acceptance of these terms.
Enjoy!
Chris
Can’t wait for the whole project??? You can purchase the entire book with Numbers and the $,! and & symbol…. HERE.

ABCD – The first of the Name Book

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Okay here is the first of the letters. the pages are setup with a 5 inch tall by 6 inch long rounded square attached to the letter. But of course you can resize the file how ever it suits your needs best. I measured the letters so that when cut they should all lineup as the as the same length from left to right. Each letter file contains the letter the correct way and in reverse.
I cut the letters out of card stock then cut front and backs in different colors so each spread when opened had the same design on each side. Plus I wanted it to have lots of stability and this way I could embellish the pages and then attach them to the main cardstock piece hiding anything on the back of each page.
I would love to see any samples cut with this when you get all the letters you need. Have fun everyone!
Enjoy!
Chris
This link is no longer available but will be available for purchase through Paperthreads Here. The password is the same as the last posted file. Please do not share and alter then claim as your own. Downloading the file is acceptance of these terms.
Can’t wait for the freebie? Need to finish your project now?? The entire alphabet can be purchased here, include numbers the $,! and & symbol.

Here I am! upcoming download

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Where have I been? Busy Busy. I am working on the letters for a name book. I am going to post a few letters a day here and take them down when I post the next set of letters. So by the time you are done you should have the whole alphabet. I should have the first group up by the end of today! Everyone is talking about them. So I thought it would be a great freebie!
Enjoy!
See ya later
Chris

Strawberry Patch

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Strawberry Patch comes with a background with flowers cut out of it, simple flower shapes, the words: Spring, Strawberry & Patch all setup to cut in one piece. And a strawberry vine with a bottom piece”green” and two flowers and two strawberries to place on top of the vine for color. Lots of different pieces to use the file in many different ways. Hope everyone likes it!
Enjoy!
Chris
This download is no longer available, but will soon be posted for purchase at www.Paperthreads.com Password is birthday. Please do not share, alter or claim as your own.

Skate Party!

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Okay so two downloads today because I probably won’t have much time this weekend! Lots of plans to accomplish lots of things! So little time to create files. This link is no longer available, but can be purchased Here. This file contains the Skate Party card that has a cut out of skate. The outline of the skate (green) will be included in the file for sale at Paperthreads. So when cutting this card you may need to place a piece of colored paper behind the skate cut out (pink). Otherwise you would see the invite on the inside through the front of the card. The password is birthday and all the previous terms set forth in every post apply to this file as well. And the card is setup to fold down to a 4.25×5.5 which some may call an A-2, 5 1/2 Bar, etc. I think Mary posted a gsd on the Paperthreads forum recently to make your own A-2 envelope. I would love to see a picture of this project.

Enjoy!

Chris

Here is a sample sent to me from Marianne in the Netherlands.
Thank you Marianne, this is beautiful!!

Under the Stars, tent, tree and stars

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Wow! My downloads are going fast in a day. That is great! Means people are liking what they are seeing. Here is my version of camping file. The tent is two pieces on top of eachother, the words under the stars are cut in the same size and layered on top of eachother with a slight shift to give them a shadow effect of sorts. Under the Stars cuts all in one piece. This file is no longer available, but will be available for purchase Here. This file is for personal use only. Please do not alter, share or claim as your own. PW is the same as the last post, Summer Party.
I am making my way through all the requests. Trying to jump around in the comments and create them all. Keep an eye out for your request. It should be coming soon…
Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

Summer Party and other News!

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Hello and Happy Thursday! It is almost the weekend my son is acting like a normal child again and is upset that he doesn’t have spots like a dalmation anymore, but glad to be home today to run around and have fun instead of going into the office. Woohoo!! Makes me happy to see him playing.. So I am always the party planner. This file is no longer available for download, but you can Purchase it Here. We usually have a huge squirtgun party in June and it is tons of fun. Mass histeria.. adults running around like maniacs with super soaker water guns and I of course with the actual hose! No dummy here. Last year we rented a water slide, it was taller then the house and there were many adults climbing up in it. Lots and lots of fun. Oh yes there are children to enjoying the moment as well. We all look forward to it every year.
Well back to the file. It is a few pieces, a sun with back layer to make it two color, small flowers, A square for under the square that says Summer Party. The words Summer Party have no little pieces to paste in place because I stenciled the font. I love it when a whole piece cuts out. This file is for personal use only! Please do not alter, share or claim as your own.
Some other excellent news!! This just made my day yesterday. Christina VanGinkel penned an article about GSD files and this site was included in the article! Christina, I know you check this blog regularly, so let me tell you again I am still in happy bouncy mode about this. If anyone wants to read it, the link is here. Paperthreads, where I sell my files exclusively, was also included in the article. Michelle’s site is phenomenal and so if you are new to cutting visit their forum. It is packed with help and tutorials for any level user.
I am also loving reading all the comments posted here. Thank you for everyone’s wonderful input!
Oh I almost forgot in all my rambling… the password is birthday. It has changed because my sons bday is coming up in April. He will be three he reminds me on a regular basis.
Thank you again to everyone visiting my site. Okay and my last ramble… or question is..?? Are these cutline images helping anyone with the file? or is it a waste of my time? It is an added step to the project, but if people like seeing what the cuts look like I can continue with them or skip them. Havent decided myself if they are helpful. Thanks mucho!
Enjoy!
Chris