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Chris Durnan

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Archives for September 2007

Crop for a Cause Mini Album

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This is a request! And what a great Request! I cannot wait to seeeeeee the pictures from this event. This is a Mini Album for a Crop-A-Thon requested of me. And now I am sharing it with you. If you use this, please share a picture. I would love to see it. This file is no longer available for download and this is a Terms Restricted File. Meaning I have certain Terms to abide by when using the file and one of them is to not share the file, it is for your own personal use.

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Today is the Pre-Sale for the Super Halloween Value Pack.
Here is the link to the store.

If you are interested in it, the coupon code is in the messages at my group. Thank you in advance to all those who emailed to say they got it! If this pre-sale goes well, I will have more in the future. It is a few extra steps, but worth it.
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Paperthreads has a Creative Team! Did you know?? I have a wonderful Creative Team here with my blog. But the Paperthreads CT member Rosalie chose my Number Jumble File. Exciting! Rosalie, who has sent me pictures of files before, posted this use of the Number file. I thought it was super cute. As for the paper choices, per Vickie’s request…. If Rosalie is visiting my blog, maybe she can post that to the comment section here. (Heather, Vicki also was interested in your paper choices for the star halloween project, if you get a chance to post it in the comments here. )
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Anyways here is the great project. I think it is awesome! But that is just my opinion… I might be biased.

Here is a link to the numbers file in the store. If you are interested.
And it was a sale file for the month of September. So just a few more days for that sale.
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And on to the weekend!!!! So this weekend promises to be a busy one. We are going to roast marshmallows tonight. I am not a graham cracker eater so we will be cramming a M&M in the middle of the marshmallow, roasting and eating it. My son is super excited. Thinking also since some friends are coming over. Maybe we will put up the little tent I have with the air mattress out by us. So my son can hang out in the tent or fall asleep in it and we adults can chat. I haven’t told him yet. But I think once he sees the tent he will just be so excited. Why do kids love Tents? they just do. I do to. Maybe I am still a kid. haha.
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Then the foundation that I am a part of has a booth at one of the local fairs so I need to go visit that and then we are presenting at a Ceremony for a new building at one of the hospitals. So, I will go to that on Sunday. My hubby plans to stay home and work on finishing up the fort for our son. We have a swing set that we planned to build a fort on it in the future. Well the future is here. If he gets it done I will upload a picture here. I think our son will love it.
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And good news last night my sister’s baby will be early according to the doctor. So I will be an Aunt again. Can’t wait. So excited. This will be the only granddaughter my Mom has. Her other four are boys. This little girl will have a lot of pink in her life. Wew!
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Have a wonderful weekend!
And Enjoy!
Chris

Don’t forget if you want it

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Just a reminder….
So Friday, Saturday and Sunday
this whole pack can be purchased for $6.99
by my group members
(you have to have the coupon code sent
out to my group and in the messages at the group)
and then the month of October it is $9.99
After that it is back to $14.99
Tons of files in this pack..
Well I am off to my first Open House for School
for my son who just entered Pre-K.
Wow!
What do you wear to an open house?
is it formal?
It’s hot here I think I am going in shorts.
We’ll see
Enjoy!
Chris
Coming up tomorrow will be a request
Crop for a Cause Mini Album
and I am working on a bunch more requests

Home for the Holidays

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Found this on my hard drive. I can’t even remember what I created it for and then it just sat there. I remember cutting it. hmmm.. well in any case.. my messy hard drive is your luck today.
Use it for the front of a card or any other project. This is a Terms Restricted File. Please do not download unless you understand my TOUs. This download is no longer available, but will be available at Paperthreads soon. The password is available at my group.
Also, I have been reading some awesome blogs that people have sent me that they have linked to me. I am most impressed.
And I hit 800 people on my group today! wewhooo! That to me is impressive. When I talked over what to do with my blog with my friend Lori. I asked her .. do you think I will have more than 500 people because I was entertaining another service then a group. and she laughed at me and said YES! This is a case of Lori was right. And I am so glad she was. Thank you to all the new joiners and welcome. If you have any questions you can email me. Also, if you cannot find the password visit the group on the web (link in the side column) and look in the old messages. Wewhooo!!
I have a ton to do today. So I am off to try and catch up on things.
Enjoy!
Chris

Halloween Files Project…WOW!

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Wow. This is my favorite part. Showcasing someones projects using my files. This one comes to us from Heather. This is beautiful. I wonder at times if I can ever put something together that looks this classy. How awesome!! Thank you for sharing this with us and also thank you for your many posts to my comments. I appreciate it. These files are sold seperately at Paperthreads or this Fri-Sun in a large pack for the members of my group at a severly reduced rate $6.99 and then next month at a sale rate for everyone and anyone visiting Paperthreads. $9.99. If you missed any. It should be worth it.
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Okay and as for requests. I have a backlog. I have about 72 requests on my request list and I have about 20 of them in the works. So they arent as clean as I like and they need some tweaking and cutting. So if you requested and are wondering if I am ignoring you. I’m not. I will get there. Just sometimes it take a little, but keep the requests coming. I love them. Some of these things I would never have thought about doing, but the challenge keeps me motivated.

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So Paperthreads has the super thick blade for the KNK. Woohoo!! I am interested in this because I would love to cut leather and some other items. Also, offering vinyl and all kinds of new things to the store. If you havent had the chance to check it out. Here is Michelle’s post. Make sure to tell Michelle. Chris sent ya! hahah.

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I had a few emails about the ScrapSavvy. I am not aware of alot of details about this machine. I am understanding the the new Funtime Scrapbooking software is an upgraded version of WinPC this being the case my WPC files should work with it. Like I said. I haven’t alot of details about the machine itself so I am sorry I can’t answer questions. And for those new owners you are welcome to join my group and give me feed back on my WinPC files and if they work for you.

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Boy I am a rambling a rambling today.

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Now…. a tidbit real quick on my son… He is loving Pre-K. In fact I wasn’t walking fast enough to his classroom on Tuesday morning. So he stood in front of me and stopped me and looked up at me and said MOM could you PLEASE walk faster. This is a good sign. So I will be attending an open house with my hubby to get a mini view of his day at Pre-K. I am excited and slightly nostalgic for my little boy and not the “bigger” boy he keeps saying he is. I am fine with him growing up. Just every once in a while it hits me. Wow.
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This weekend we have plans to hit the college football game. We received some tickets from a vendor. Woohoo! I havent been to one of these in forever. Since maybe high school. Not a great team this year I have been told, but secretly I am waiting for half time and watching the cheerleaders and the Press people on the sides. Watching the bands play at half time gives me goosebumps. I also get goosebumps during musicals or operas. Madame Butterfly gave me chills. I smiled so much during The Lion King musical my cheeks hurt afterwards. I could be classified as weird. I prefer unique. ha.
Enjoy!
Chris

Snow Words

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Here are the snow words and some snow flakes. The word Snow can be combined with any of the words and I had to add SNOW ENVY for those of us in the desert.
These are Terms Restricted Files. They are for your own personal use only. The password is a new one and can be found at my group in the messages. By typing it in you agree to my Terms of Use. I took the download down because apparently there are some errors in some of the files. I will get it back up once I get a chance to fix it. Okay… This file is no longer available for download, but will be available at Paperthreads soon. I don’t see a problem. The gsd file has the letters in a gray color maybe it is not showing up on some monitors, but I am showing it as there. Anyone else has any problems, let me know and I will take it down again.
For those who emailed about not getting a new password from the group. Just visit the messages on the web for the group and you will find the presale code and the new password.
I have some more great photo projects to upload for tomorrow made with some of my Halloween files. This whole set is being offered to my group members as a pre-sale price of $6.99. The coupon code has been sent out to my members, please visit the messages if you do not have it and want it. The sale is Friday, Saturday and Sunday only.
Enjoy!
Chris

Tuesday tuesday

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Howdy to everyone. for those just stopping by for a download.. let me say right off. There should be one later today.
For those coming to read… I am at the office today in the morning. Going to be my new routine. Monday-Weds at the office in the a.m.. I like it. Gives me a chance to check on things better here and make sure they are working. Although gotta say. I do not like this keyboard at all. I feel like I have to pound it to work. Probably just needs working in… “working” being the operative word as I post to my blog.
So the picture up top is from TINA HALE. One of our wordbook challengers. This is from one of my Halloween files. I also have another one to post from another awesome blog visitor. Thank you for sending this Tina. It is super cute! and posted on her blog today also. Awesome Awesome!! And thank you for being one of my “stalkers” and posting it on the blog. Very Cute.
Okay I better get some more calls made before I head home to test cut my file!
Enjoy!
Chris

It’s Monday!

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So my son used to go to daycare and things got weird there and he begged me to not make him go after being there for two months. so we took him out. A week of begging me to take him with me for the 45 minute drive was just to much. So my intuition said listen to him. Since then I have been looking for an alternative. So today he started Pre-K I was pretty excited, but also worried about him to. He had a great time and seemed to love it. So that is wonderful! he is going in the mornings. He is exhausted today and Happy and Giggly. I love it.

Also, Dancing with the stars is on tonight I think. I love to dance with the hubby. So I am looking forward to seeing the new series. Woohoo!!

PRESALE NOTICE

A notice on my pre-sale for the group. It is actually next Friday, Saturday & Sunday. I screwed up and listed it as just two days, but it is more then that. It’s all three. Thank you for the positive feedback and emails I have received from everyone lately. They are awesome.

I had someone ask me again of my files for sale at Paperthreads were all inclusive. And they are. You pay one price and get all the file types for that file design. I currently offer in AI for Illustrator Bridge users on the Craft ROBO or you can open this in KNK as well, GSD, KNK for Klik N Kut Studio, and WPC for WinPc.. which should work with the new talked about funtime and any versions of WiinPC. Hope that makes sense.

I think Lori has her new KNK Element for sale still and a whole CD of her files to go with it. I just can’t imagine because I love the detail in Lori’s Files! They are awesome. Here is the link to her blog.

I am trying to cook more dinners instead of the usuals. So if anyone has any quick food ideas. Remember I can’t eat flour or bread, but I love to cook casseroles. Any recommendations from anyone on a recipe or recipe book. I search on the internet and print a bunch of recipes and never seem to use them. It’s Weird.!! But I like to cook and like to cook fresh, but need some new ideas. Anyones thoughts are appreciated. Whatever your favorite standby is.. I made a chicken divan gluten free style last night. Gluten free cheddar cheese potato soup mix (dry) and water, with chopped up chicken breast, some onion, broccoli chopped up and a bit of sour cream and shredded cheese in it. I baked it for a while and it was good. Needed a little extra onion in it. My hubby ate it and so did my son. have to tweak it some and try again in a couple weeks.

Well I thought I would post to my blog and am still working on some layouts and ideas for files and have to cut them. So hopefully more later.. if I can get it all to work out..But in the meantime…

Enjoy!
Chris

Presale for group Members next weekend.

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Okay so here is my answer to the lots of emails of people that have missed parts, all of, or some of the Halloween files… Or just want the three that I didn’t offer at my blog… you can buy the whole set next weekend for cheaper then the sale price in October. The coupon code will be sent out in my group. I hope this is amicable to some. And if you buy it for $6.99 you get the three files that weren’t offered here, plus lots more of them. So something to think about for those interested. The whole set, if you purchase each individual file, would be $26.50.

The coupon code will be coming out to the group this week with the new password.
Also, if you have my link on your blog or website… let me know… email
I am working on some things for my downloaders.
Thanks!
Enjoy!
Chris

Gooood Day!!

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So today plans to be a busy one with lots of stops. So if you don’t see me again today. Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Enjoy!
Chris

Halloween Jumble of Words. Downloaders Pick.

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UPDATE AT BOTTOM!

From everything I received this file was the winner. For those who were disappointed, please don’t hurry over to the store to buy the files you wanted just yet. I am working out the details of all the Halloween files being sold at a drastically reduced price next weekend for the members of my group. You will be getting a coupon code in your email to use to receive this discount at Paperthreads. More details to come on that.

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THis file is no longer availabelf for download, but may be purchased at Paperthreads. Thank you. this is a Terms Restricted File. Please do not share or alter and claim as your own. Once these files are removed from here they are for purchase at Paperthreads.

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Please Read… Okay I am getting alot of emails about missing downloads. When you joined the group you received a .txt file that said Welcome and gave the specifics of how my blog is run. If you read this most of your questions will be answered. If you do not have this file still it can be found in the Files section of the group with my TOUs as well. I am sorry if you are missing downloads. I have to set some limits as to how many file I can give away. I have already been advised by fellow designers that I should consider giving them up altogether and just create files for sale. I enjoy my blog and offering the files. By posting my files at Paperthreads or sale, I can recoup a little bit of compensation for my work. If you miss one, please conside purchasing it at Paperthreads. Here is the link to my section in the store. I rarely email the files to people when they are missed because if I started doing that I would be sitting for hours emailing all the different files. In the last few days I have received 172 requests for missed files and I didn’t count the requests from this morning alone. I am not trying to be rude or mean or unfeeling, but I have to draw some line on limits of what I can and can’t do or I will never spend time with my kiddo. I hope this makes sense to most.

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Now back to the fun stuff.. creating files. Thank you to everyone for joining my group and visiting my blog. And thank you for the positive comments.

Enjoy!

Chris

Update.. I forgot to mention. My friend Lori is selling her KNK Element. She has a whopping deal going over there with lots of added extras. She is trying to get a larger one. I wish I had recorded the conversation where I told her to get her big one. So I could say Told You So!. Anyways. She has barely used it and needs a bigger one for her offline job. So take advantage of the… Chris was right Situation. hahaha. Enjoy! Click Here.