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Chris Durnan

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Archives for December 2011

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Sooo much is going on in our home. How about yours? We are workin away on so many projects.

I am test cutting the last of the qmc files.
My son is pretending to clean his room.
My hubby is working on the lights.
My son is somewhat pretending to clean his room.
I am washing laundry in between everything.
My son has moved a bit and is now pretending to stare off in space or clean his room. Not sure which.
My hubby is helping me with countdown to Grandpa's visit prep work.
My son is putting on his shoes probably going to go "help"Dad.
I am converting all of the Monogram files for the new sets coming out this week.
My son has now snuck out of the house.
I have three custom tiles to cut and one I've proofed so waiting for feedback.
My son is now back and pretending to eat while he watches tv.
I am thinking through my chrsitmas gift list as I go. I have become fond of clipboards lately to keep me straight in my to do.
My son has layed his head on the table when I aksed how his room is coming.
My hubby wants to go for a horseback ride later when it's warmer outside.
My son will want to go because Mom will have taken over his room with the trashbag and goodwill basket.

Yeah!!! All in a Sundays family work. And this picture is from my D's first reconcilliation. His first real tie. Thank you Nanna!! He loves it. He is so handsome but I might be biased.  He very much reminds me of his Dad.  Oh I love my life.

Enjoy!
Chris

Ps tomorrow starts 12 days of Christmas!

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Playing games

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My son, like many kids, loves to play games. I must admit I like to to.  Right after dinner seems to be our easiest time to fit one in. I usually put out a bowl filled with cards and things when we have company over. There are many times a good card game starts up and some play and some watch and many chat. My hubby loves trivia so a few of those cards to are a good brain storm.  This last time I put it out I left it on the table. If we sit down to dinner, we seem to clear the table and play a quick game of uno or go fish. (The dishes can wait.) The book is all about card games and the rules for them. This works well when we have a discussion about the rules or if we want a new game to try. I highly recommend a bowl of cards as a table centerpiece. Yes a nice candle is pretty,but no fun unless you are a pyro. But a bowl full of card games really can make life slow down for a moment and make my son smile the biggest smile when he yells UNO!!   My hubby's family plays a card game called Nerts. It is a lot of fun, fast paced and tons of folks can play. Have you ever heard of it? What card games do you play? Here is to more fun and playing in the new year and lots of smiles!
Enjoy!
Chris

LO: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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This layout got a bit busy but Alice in Wonderland sort of makes my head spin so it is fitting, I suppose.  I used a 5×7 of my girl with her friend wearing the Mad Hatter hat.  One of her friends took some sideways photos so I turned them the way they were taken and that sort of set the tone for the bottom of the layout.
 
Supplies:
“A” & “W” Chipboard letters
“dventures” are old rub ons
“IN” was Making Memories letter stickers
I made all of the other word bars to mimic the “IN” using Benderville font.  I inked the edges after trimming with black
Tickets:  from a drawing from a tea party at church.  I always keep everything.  Ya just never know.  *smile*
Patterned paper and the floral border were leftovers from a retreat kit.  I had wanted some red roses (painting the roses red) but didn’t have any
Black bling: Prima
Red bling:  Paper Studios
The leaf shaped bling and the bling used in the centers of the flowers and on the chipboard letters were a K & Co. collage bling that I cut apart. 
Cards from a deck when the girls were little and they lost some of them.  Kept them for a rainy day.  It was raining yesterday when I did this layout! *smile*  I knew I wanted to use the King and Queen of Hearts and some Jacks (Knaves) for the layout. 
A bit of black lace
A pocket watch charm
Folk heart brad
And the creme de la creme:  A white rabbit cut from Visual Designs by Chris #CD00581 Silhouette Bunneis with Sparkle.  I just took out the sparkle and then stamped it with red ink using a time themed stamp from Just for Fun. 
 

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)

Another QMC file

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I uploaded another QMC file today that is a subway art. I have cut this file at 7.25 and later today will try cutting it at a 5 inch wide cut.  I offered this at a craft fair this weekend and it met with great smiles and great review. I was very pleased with the outcome.

 

If you would like to be a part of the QMC. This is the last week. I am still uploading files to the QMC for your use. And you can join here.

 

Or this file will be loaded to the store later this week.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Floating Santa

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Card A Day Blog Entrant for Dec 4th. Woohoo! Here is a project for today. Two projects. One is the file used with a cutter machine and the other is a digital project. These were created by Caz a long time member of my Creative Team and just inspiring with her versatility between cutter and digital world.
Here are Caz’s notes about the non digital version:
Digital Cutter File – Visual Designs by Chris
Cardstock – DCWV and Cre8tiv Premium Textured
Adhesive Paper Prints – DCWV
Christmas Scrapbooking Kit – Maker unknown
Cuttlebug – D’Vine Swirl embossing folder
Kindy Glitz

Cotton Wool
Sanding Sponge
Adhesives – CM Precision Point GLue Pen; Xyron; Scotch ATG 700; Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro
cut on my KNK Maxx 15″

Here is the inside of the card.

And here is Caz’s digital version.. Same file yeah!
Here are her notes: Card has been created in Photoshop CS3. I have added textures, styles and patterns to each layer of the card in order to give my card dimension.  Font used Tempus Sans ITC . These text layers also had styles added to them.

What a great couple projects. Thank you Caz! I love your style!

Enjoy!
Chris

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LO: Things that make you say Hmmm…

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This was such a fun layout!  Savannah has such a quirky sense of humor and these photos reflect that humor.  Photos from her Freshman year.  Title is “Things that make you say Hmmm…”  The border is cut from Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00811 Groovy.  I used scrap strips of paper from a We R Memory Keepers scrap pad.  The sticker letters, arrows and corners are from that pad as well.  All brads are Spare Parts from Hobby Lobby.  The border below the photos is Fiskars.  Added details with a chocolate Zig Writer.

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)