Archives for January 2010

CT creations using CD00651 and CD00653

January 31, 2010 By Chris Durnan

This card is using a file from Chris from Visual Designs By Chris. It is from the latest QMC and is called “Fancy Edges Collection” . I have used the circular design from the file and resized it slightly to fit on my 5X5″ card front. You can still join this membership in the Store and it is a bargain!

This next file is also from the QMC and is to create the Heart Treat bag. This is a gorgeous file specially designed by Chris to fill with treats for your Honey for Valentine’s. I however, decided it made a great card holder for the cards I am currently working on LOL so I have posted both pictures, one with my cards in it, and one without!

Both files cut beautifully!

Thanks for looking,

Cheers, caz

Valentine’s Day Card with Chris’s file

January 30, 2010 By Chris Durnan

Here’s another take on Chris’s Valentine’s Day card from her QMC. I added a liner to the card, a stamped greeting inside, and some ribbon on the spine. If you haven’t checked out Chris’s QMC, it’s a must have. And rumor has it that there’s a new grab bag coming on Monday, and Chris is one of the designers!

Sussann

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

New Classes… a little nervousness .. using sharpies

January 27, 2010 By Chris Durnan

So yesterday was the first day of art class for my kiddo. They only have art class when there is a short day. They do the PE class and the art class. My son loves these days. Well they have an after school program. So I signed him up for 5 classes. And the whole day before there was a discussion about how he didn’t draw well and he wasn’t sure how it was gonna go and how things were gonna be. and did he really want to do? well He has been drawing and coloring like crazy previous to the sign up and this is why I signed him up. We have pictures taped to the walls and signs taped to the walls which I sneak through the house and remove at regular intervals. So on to Art Class. It is an hour and 45 minutes and is open to all the elementary grades. He was one of 2 kindergartners. I walked in right at the beginning of the start which in retrospect was good because I shooshed him in and they began. Here is his first drawing from class.

Soooo.. I asked him about this picture and he was so excited when he got in the truck. He got to use Sharpies! which I never let him use at home. he said “I am so sorry Mom.” my response.. “No Worries when it is in art class. I don’t think you color on the walls in art class” I got a little bit of an eye roll from that. hahah. “I was little” he mumbles under his breathe. Apparently he drew this from a picture they were given. He was excited it was a dog and brought it home to show his puppy Freckles.( I am not sure she understand the importance of it. just why are you not playing with my toy!!! ) I asked him how the “big kids” in the class were. his comment. “Mom.. they just don’t listen and 2 kids got kicked out in the middle. They didn’t even get to finish. ” haha. I asked the question I never know what the response will be since the bus ride home… “well what did you think going back next week”.. He beamed at me.. “Oh yes! I wonder if we will get to use Sharpies again.” and he smiled all the way home. Holding his artwork up to look at. That’s my kid. best smile ever and makes my heart just glow and beat to a happy drum. 🙂 Wonderful Love my life.

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.

Snow Report videos

January 26, 2010 By Chris Durnan

As promised I added my kiddos snow reports. As happens when he gets a little tired we start reporting on what we are doing. I never know when to finish taping so I have to ask.. are you done? anymore? because if I turn it off to quickly I get the MOM. I didn’t say thank you. or reporting from me. AH! hahaha. Well they are cute to me so I thought I would share. I hope they make you smile. I think he has talked about going back to the snow every morning this week. Love him.

So here is

report 1

report 2

report 3

If you would like to subscribe to my Youtube videos, from time to time, I create new ones regarding different software as I am asked for them. Here is my page.

There are more, but I am not sure my hubby would appreciate video of him flipping over on the “sled”.

hope you enjoy!
Chris

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

Our day in the snow…

January 25, 2010 By Chris Durnan

Well my kiddo got his wish. Saturday morning. there was snow.. Woohoo!! Mom and Dad were tired, but still we had a little boy running around to the windows in the morning and he came back and poked me in the shoulder. MOM THERE IS NOOOO Snow. Drats! he was major unhappy. I said with one eye open ” Sweets, it was tooo wet to stick. Go back to the window and look at the mountains. We’ll drive to the mountains if there is snow”. So I hear the little feet run down the hall. My husband is giggling with his eyes closed. as am I. Then I hear… WOOHOO!! and little feet running down the hall back to the room then a side detour.. for who knows what.. then quiet… then my ears are perking by my eyes are still closed. I think it is about 6 a.m. on Saturday. I was hoping for a little sleep. ha! And soo.. I am waiting and I feel poke poke on the shoulder and I open my eyes to black and white checkered flag waving from the nascar race and my kiddo whispers to a loud excited voice. WE HAVE VICTORY!!! There is snow on the mountain. Let’s go. … I explain to him that Mom & Dad are just not ready to go yet, but there are some things we need to do.. Like have breakfast, find your beanie/stocking cap, gloves, jeans, put two shirts on, find jacket, brush teeth… Okay … and he runs off down the hall. Needless to say he was ready to go before we were. haha. So here are some pictures of our adventure and if I have time I will upload the video of the snow fight and the explanation of snow from an arizona boy! haha.

So do you see this picture. Really do these boys think I was born yesterday??? or didn’t live a good portion of my life in Wisconsin. Really? come on…

Yep.. concentration on that snowball…

And the giggles are taking over.. will he make it as close to Mom as possible…

hahaha.>> Yes here he comes after a round about run at me.. hahaha. Love that grin.

Okay no lectures. and yes we used a storage lid for a sled. I don’t have a sled I live in the desert. however in a few weekends we will be at a cabin so we may need to invest in one. This did the trick for us.. however.. it cracked and won’t make it as a storage container. But I think we got our full use out of it…

And here is our improvised sled/snow shield. He is giggling so hard he can’t get any snowballs thrown…

Now using the shield and hand method…

Well forget it… Let’s just use the whole thing as a shield… You could still hear giggles behind it.

And that is of course the Yoda Snowman that the boys made because we are never far from star wars. haha. We had hot cocoa on the side of the road which my hubby thought to bring and played for a few hours. lots of fun.

See this deer in the distance.. It was a way off, but we were suprised to see it because we had passed quite a few hunters on the way.

And this is the snowball we road with on the truck to Uncle Bryan’s, our neighbor, we saw him just as we were passing his house. so we stopped in his drive and my kiddo got to pelt him with the snowball. Uncle Bryan is from Michigan and cannot stand the cold. he starts to wear bib overalls three shirts and lots of under clothes if it is below 80 degrees. He dealt with it when it comes to a 5 year old throwin’ a snowball. It made it most of the way home and then started to melt fast. Lots of plans for that snowball on the way home.

Anyways… It was such a great day! We had so much fun. If I can get that video up I will load it. It just made me giggle. All in all it was just so wonderful. Love my Guys. Love my life.

Enjoy!

Chris

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

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

January Challenge

January 24, 2010 By Chris Durnan

Here it is… my January Challenge layout. Of course I’m working on Christmas pictures. Those are the only ones I keep up with (and vacation and school but I’m officially behind on those). I’m really a traditional Christmas color person but stepped out of that box this time. I love Hot Pink and these pictures screamed …. “USE PINK” – lol. Sorry about the lousy picture. My scanner isn’t working and I don’t have a good place to take a picture. Still haven’t decided if I’m going to leave the Pink word paper on the layout or not. May change it to a solid pink like the top piece or to all word paper.

Files used:
VDC January Challenge file;
VDC Paint Diva (CD00350), I cut the Paint part off.;
Sam and Hailey Designs “Itty Bitty Christmas” (JB00241) found at PaperThreads.com

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

It’s Cold….My Son is so happy

January 22, 2010 By Chris Durnan

So the wind is bone chilling cold, but my son is glued to the tv watching the snow pictures in Northern Arizona. He is ready to learn to drive to get there. luckily for me… they are predicting snow at our house tomorrow night. Yeah! I wont have to drive to far. But yikes. I will be worried about the horses. Unfortunately, my hubby had to come home early and screw done roofing pieces that were coming off and other things. While I was out helping the ladder fell down and wacked my foot on the ankle. Can I just say IT Hurts. Luckily I don’t need my foot to type or create files. haha. However, my paper is out in the craft room so that will take some interesting hobbling. ugh. first casualty of the weather…. and… …

We did have a Wizard of Oz moment however. I kept hearing some banging. I told my son to go look at this fort out the window. So he went to look and I was walking behind him and we both look out the window and there goes the roof by the window from his fort. My sons fort is up in the air off the ground by a few feet and then it is 8×12. So when the roof flew. it flew! My son was super upset about it. but I told him he and Dad could do some building together on the weekend to fix it. And he wouldn’t have to sweep the fort and the pack rat vermin that seems to have decided to steal his plastic fruit probably won’t find it a very nice grocery store anymore without a roof. He has a work bench and a kitchen with a bbq on one side. They are all still in there. But just no roof. haha. However, he is super happy he gets to build with Dad. what a day. Should be interesting.

My little one is super happy because he is signed up for an after school art class starting next week. it goes for five weeks. He is thrilled. He keeps jabbering about it. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with. I have a lot of Clone wars star wars drawings on the fridge. So we shall see if we can branch out a little in art class. Although the “inside of a tiger showing it’s veins” was the last art class project from special classes day at school. so we shall see. haha. We shall see what he comes up with. I am excited for him. Wonder if they will need help? hmm. I better not but it sounds like fun.

Well cross your fingers for me that there is snow tomorrow. The critical weather survival toolkit for us Arizonians is Sunblock and ice. So this wind and snow stuff has us thrown for a loop. So hopefully it won’t stick for to long, but just long enough to get some fantastic happy smiley giggly pictures.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Enjoy!
Chris

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

Poll for QMC & Birthday Card Swap

January 21, 2010 By Chris Durnan

I have been asked to create some files for vinyl to be places on tiles. The files are created for smooth cutting. Usually I go for easy cutting, but with the purpose of vinyl the letters are not as connected as I normally do. So here are some of those files the square background is representative of the tile. I posted this in the forum under the QMC for voting. 2 of these will go to the QMC and the other two to the store. So make your thoughts known.

Also, we are taking sign ups for a Birthday Card swap in the forum. Birthday Cards are due postmarked by April 1st. You make 4 you get 4 different ones back. We are taking signs up for Female, male & kids theme. Size is 4.25×5.5, no envelope needed Here is the thread for more info.

That’s it for me. Have a wonderful day!

Enjoy!

Chris

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

2 peas in a bucket cutter Challenge

January 18, 2010 By Chris Durnan

I was browsing the 2 peas website the other day, and found a digital cutter challenge. “Wow, right up my alley” The sample layout was pretty cute and I actually learned a couple things from the corresponding videos. If you want to give it a try, you can find it here: 2 peas cutter class. I was able to easily find files that Chris had designed to help me complete this page. I used Snow Envy Words and Baroque Background 461 . I don’t usually make my pages with this many layer and embellishments, but it was really fun and I think it turned out pretty cute. If I can just brag a little. Did you notice that I used a negative snowflake cut-out on the striped notebook paper? I rarely do that either. Challenges are great for getting you to think outside your box. Are you feeling uncreative? Try a challenge to get yourself going, It really does help. There are several challenges over in the forum at VDBC as well. Thanks Rosalie

Other supplies used:
2 peas Cutter Challenge January 2010
Imagination Project – Patterned Paper
Colormates Cardstock
Chris Durnan Cutter files
Baroque Background 461
Snow Words
Mamawslegacy – tabs
Shelly’s art – notebook edge
Stampin up date stamp
Stampendeous – Winter Stamp
Studio G – Happy Stamp
Digi-Cutter Files offered in SCUT, GSD, KNK, WPC & AI (SVG) at www.visualdesignsbychris.com

Tis Monday!

January 18, 2010 By Chris Durnan

My son has school off today. So I will be in and out all day. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. More tomorrow … Have a wonderful day! Enjoy! Chris
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