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Chris Durnan

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Archives for June 22, 2009

Father’s Day Card 2009 using #CD00546

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This is theFather’s Day card I made for Jeff this year. The girls have always enjoyed his stories… not just fishing, but all sorts of stories that supposedly have happened in his life. There may be a “thread” of truth. I had each of them write something about how they enjoy his stories. It was pretty touching. Sierra (age 17) wrote that she’ll never be too old for a bedtime story and Savannah (age 14) wrote that she likes that he talks smack. LOL

This is a Visual DeSigns by Chris file #CD00546. Cut with my Wishblade. I added a close-up photo hoping you can see the detail. Love details!! I masked off the fish to grunge up the words using a Van Dyke charteuse ink and a water mister. Inked the edges with a little Van Dyke brown. Painted the ‘frame” part of the image with a bit of gold Pearls. Unmasked the fish and painted it with two colors of Twinkling H2Os. Added a little pole, a rhinestone for the eye and a few stitch marks. Pretty easy and it really didn’t take too long. Oh, yeah, Jeff had just restrung a reel that Friday night so I dug the fishing line out of the trash and used it as ribbon. It didn’t want to tie well but a few glue dots did the trick.

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

Blue Bird

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OK, so I had the other half of that funky border from the challenge file to use and this is where it wound up. “A Little Bird Told Me” is a file by Beloved Keepsakes a good friend of Chris. My next door neighbors have blue bird houses in their back yard and every year they have several families use the houses. I found the feather on the card this year in my driveway and picked it up to give to them. When I saw Lori’s file I knew I had to use it for a card for my neighbors. And when I made the envelope the same pink as my funky border, well, it was destiny – lol. I just love that funky border!!!

Oh, on the inside I wrote “What great neighbors I have.” 🙂

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