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Chris Durnan

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Archives for March 2009

Kindy Daze!

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These are some photos of my son when he was in Kindy. He was four in these pictures, and now is thirteen. He was so cute!

I have used Chris’s Alpha Jumble as a mat behind the photos in this layout. I love the way I can use all those letters without having to put in each letter separately, what a time saver. I have created this layout in PSCS3 and have applied a colour and a couple of styles to the Alpha Jumble to make it stand out within the layout.

Nicholas always seems as though he is in a world of his own, even now! Hence the “Daze” in the title! LOL

cheers, caz

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

Card Challenge

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

Here’s my version of this month’s sketch. There is still time to join the March card sketch Challenge and the swaps. See the forum for more details. Rosalie

Frilly Cupcake Wrappers.. and the Wabbit Hunter.

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First let me show you the cupcake wrappers I have been working on. I wanted some very ornate ones. Looking at these pictures they look like chocolate. Okay I might be having a sweet tooth moment. And not the blue one. I don’t eat blue chocolate. well maybe right now I would, but not normally. Wonder if I have any of those Cadbury mini chocolate hard shell things around anywhere. hmm. Okay sorry I digress. These will be coming to the store soon. Though these might be nice for a wedding or tea or a maybe the lattice one for a garden party. Just pretty. Working on some others.

On to life..

This is one of the moments of ingenuity in our household this week. My son decided he needed to have a rabbit. Umm. Mom said No. We just got a puppy. He begged. I kept saying no. So He asked Dad. Dad said well here ya go. Here is a trap. The old box trap. It was cute. My son told my hubby “Don’t take a picture of me” He said I have to take pictures of you on your first hunting trip. “Oh okay” was my sons response. haha. To cute. Will be documenting this one in a scrapbook somewhere. I am wondering if my hubby saw this on one of those Roadrunner and the Coyote Cartoons. haha. This was out by our horse pens as the rabbits love when the horses get fed.

Well that’s it for me. Have a wonderful weekend! And when I get back next week I will update the slide show with the missing pics and the additions that have come in for the challenge!

And this is the last weekend to get the early bird files with your 2nd Quarter QMC for 2009. So get in by Sunday to grab those three extra files.

Enjoy!

Chris

Chris Durnan, designer
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!
www.visualdesignsbychris.com

The last of the files for the Current QMC…. Thank you!!

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So here are the last of the QMC files for this quarter. A few previews and below is a list of all the files you received this quarter for your $10.00. If you didn’t make it in for this quarter all these files will soon be in the store. 🙂
I have to thank you again to everyone for their continued support!!
Enjoy!
Chris


Grandma Frame

1. Tree Thank You Card Front — CD00430
2.Tree Ovals — CD00432
3. Party Hats & Balloons Borders — CD00434
7. Love and Strength Chinese Character Card Fronts — CD00439
8. See You Later Alligator — CD00441
10. Swirly Heart Card — CD00443
11. Piano Recital & Lessons — CD00447
14. Tidbits of Shapes 1 — CD00467
15. Your Love Brings Me Peace — CD00451
16. Chandeliers — CD474
17. Borders Made From Circles — CD00476
19. Queen for a Day — CD00477
21. St. Pat Card — CD00484
22. May Your Blessings — CD00482
23. Grandma’s Doilies — CD00490
24. Burgers & Fries — CD00481
25. Grandma Curly Frame —
26. Packing the Cooler — CD00493
27. Little Bit of Camping Luxury —
28. Hearts Cupcake Wrapper —
29. Friends & Family Brag Book Covers – CD00445

The future belongs to those who believe in
the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Chris Durnan, designer
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!
www.visualdesignsbychris.com

BINGO… Challenge pics.. Bday Card… Lori.. Ty Murray.. yada yada.

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Hello to all!! How are you doing? keeping busy? We sure are at the forum. And I sure am still sifting through all those challenge photos. Wonderful Wonderful.

At the forum. Karen is charging up for Spring Bingo!!!

Get in their and sign up quick as we give away prizes galore and even give the Biggest Bingo Loser a few prizes! Lots of fun.

I hope to get all these awesome pictures into a slideshow for tomorrow. So check back to see all the entries. Thanks everyone for participating. It truly is inspiring!!
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Okay so here is something I made for my brother for his birthday that I thought I would share.
My first attempt at a card using a transparency. I used Staz-on Ink and attached some of the paper to the back. I don’t think my brother was impressed with my crafty attempts, but I thought it was fun and different to try. Oh and I was itching to use the stickles So knowing he wouldn’t be ooohing and ahhing over it. I through some on the bottom to play with it. Was fun!. I need to find thicker transparency paper to use.

And for those of you who read Lori’s Blog every day!! I didn’t realize I was stating something that would cause Lori a revelation. I thought it was more like. Okay Mrs. Obvious Whatever. hahaha. Love ya Lori.

And can I say I love Ty Murray on Dancing with the Stars. love it love it.

Enjoy!

Chris

Etched Pan

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This pan sat on my counter for 6 weeks waiting to try my hand at this. I hope to make a few gifts over the next year using this technique. I will be checking the dollar stores for glass pans with lids. I used the etching cream and cut a design on Contact Paper using my Wishblade. The etching cream said to leave it on for 5 minutes. I left it on about 8 and when I wiped it off, it was very light – so I reapplied and left it on for 30 minutes.. The bottle says that some Pyrex may not etch. This pan was Pyrex and leaving it on longer worked fine.

I used a design from Chris’ file challenge due March 7th. You may not recognize it because I just used the outline – all of the swirlies would have been difficult with the thin contact paper and cutting it so small. I may try it with the swirlies when I have a sharp blade. I was being lazy and didn’t want to sharpen it first. *smile* If I’d had to sharpen the blade first, it may have set there another 6 weeks. LOL

~Angie / memrybug~ i am blessed!
Digi-Cutter Files offered in SCUT, GSD, KNK, WPC & AI (SVG) at www.visualdesignsbychris.com

Using latest addition to QMC files

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Here’s another great file that Chris has just added to this quarter of the QMC. It is called Grandma and is a beautiful frame incorporating the word “Grandma” with lots of gorgeous scrolls.

I had to create the perfect picture for this one. Recently my mother went to Japan to visit my youngest sister, her husband and their new, or not quite so new, baby boy, Luke. Mum had taken lots of scenery photos whilst being shown around Japan, but the best photo of her and her new grandson was taken in the kitchen which was a terrible background. So I cleaned up the pic of Mum, Chris and Luke and then placed it on the gorgeous scenery of a Japanese temple. Then I topped it off with this gorgeous frame! I am very pleased with the finished result!

Thanks for looking,

cheers, caz

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

Mar09 Sketch Challenge and more

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The new Sketch Challenge for this month has been posted, scroll down for more info, and this is my submission for it. This months sketch is in card format and so I have created the front of a card digitally using some of the free files available for signing up in the challenge. I have also used some files from a digital scrap kit I designed and some graphics from digiwebstudios.

I am really pleased with the way this turned out. I love the colours and the files that Chris provided (heart, scalloped paper and paper strip) were easy to use.

The next layout I have created includes photos of my son at his 9th Birthday party at McDonalds. How could I resist using Chris’s “Party Hardy” file and one of the latest files added to last quarters QMC, “Burgers and Fries”. If you didn’t join this Club, then make sure you don’t miss out on this quarter, it has just been uploaded to the Store. This layout was also created in Photoshop digitally.

Have a great day wherever you are! Thanks for looking!

cheers, caz

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

New QMC is up in the store…with early bird files for a limited time.

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The new QMC is up in the store for April through June. You can get to it from the image on the right or here. There are three early bird files that if you purchase the membership early (in the first week it is n the store) you will get those early files as well.

And next… If you are interested in Cards and like to take on a Challenge. Rosalie is running a new sketch challenge in the forum. And I think Sarah is going to run a Card Swap that goes with it. So much fun. Lots of inspiration in last months sketch challenge. The files to create are still loaded to the forum if you want to try the last few months.

As for me I am off to setup more files for the current QMC.

Have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend!

Enjoy!

Chris

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