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Chris Durnan

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Anyone crafting?/

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Is anyone taking a few moments to craft this weekend? I got to make a gift for an awesome little boy, family friends. I will post this week. Also working on decals for derby cars tomorrow. And it is cold!!!!

Don’t forget Sunday is the last day for the $9.00 qmc. Thank you to all those who joined already!!! Wohoo. I’ll add you late Sunday.

Back to the football games… Enjoy!

Valentine’s Day Card for boys & freebie

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I am surrounded by my guys and although they appreciate my craftiness … a pink Vday card is just so not “guy”.

So here is my Card a Day post.  I cut this file on my KNKmaxx and then backed it with paper and a complimentary paper for the I heart U. And then I lifted the few hearts that were cut to lift. Giving them a raised look.

If you would like this card, You can purchase the file HERE. 
The file is available in AI, GSD, KNK, WPC, SVG, DXF, MTC
But waittttttt….
If you would rather purchase a better deal the QMC is available for this weekend only for $9.00 for the month of Jan – Feb – March 20 files for $9.00 and this card above is the first file offered and posted. 

Also current QMC members have access to the “perks” section which are downloads from my blog that have expired. Currently over 35 files to add to the 20 new files for $9.00.


I thank those QMC members who put their faith in me and 
come back quarter after quarter. I appreciate it greatly as you help 
me to support my family.
If you would like this card, You can purchase the file HERE. 
Now on to our Friday Freebie!
Woohooo
I hope you will download this file and jump on the sketch challenge in the forum. 
Let’s start now and get an entire scrapbook completed this year. 
Ileana’s Sketch Challenges will help you with this. 
And I will try to post freebies that will help as well. 
This file comes in
AI, GSD, KNK, WPC, SVG, KNK, MTC
Things I need to say about freebies. 
This file can be downloaded HERE. 
When you enter the password it says I agree TOU. it means that you agree to my terms of use that this is a personal use. In order for me to keep creating freebies. Please send folks here to my blog. Another good place to find me is on my facebook page for quick updates. 
Answers to Questions..
Folks ask my why am I loading to the forum and why the password. Well my other option is a site perhaps like 4shared etc. So you would follow the same steps only instead you go to the forum on the VDBC site and download. I am trying to centralize my work and time on the net so I can create create create. (I am having success with this goal as I have been creating like crazy.) So once you have registered at the forum you can continue to download the freebies by using the passwords. They change once a month rather then every time. So sometimes the forum may not even ask you for a password if you already entered it that month. 🙂 And that is the blah blah blah of today’s post.
 

A gift from my little one …

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This is my son’s gift for me this year. My husband helped him make the leather band to hold the charms. It is a beautiful bracelet and I will wear it with pride.
My son was soooo excited on Christmas morning to give his handmade gifts. It was wonderful.
Enjoy!
Chris

Chickens chickens

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We have joined the world of chicken owners. My son is uber excited. We couldn’t decide on which kind. So we have a rhode island red, americuana, barr rock, and cali x leghorn. It should be fun!!

The view: Cody…

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So here is my tough Christmas Puppy a year later. Sleeping with a kitten in the sun. So tough he is. Ha!
Enjoy!
Chris
-the view from my front porch.

First PNC . Goal 2

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My second goal is to push my personal invisible boundaries with my KNKMaxx. I have never done a print and cut. This is my first. I am pretty excited at the possibilities. Definitely had to calibrate my machine. Do you have any personal invisible boundaries in crafting you’d like to bypass this year?

Enjoy!
Chris

Happy New Year!

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Please stay warm and safe on this New Year!

These are our two barn kittens staying warm on the decoration boxes on the front porch. Montelious and Pennzoil.

Enjoy!
Chris

Goal 1: pressure cooker

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As is my norm about this time I start talking about goals. I am not hard and fast to the word “resolution”. And I also set goals that are slightly smaller then some might think are worth setting.

It also helps if I put them out there so here is the first one.

 

Goal 1: Use my pressure cooker. I have one here and for some reason it scares me. I am worried about what it will do, not do, function. The pressure cooker for me is something I remember listening to at my Grandma’s house as it slowly “tick tick ticked” while it was cooking some piece of meat and/or vegetables. I also want to get over my fear of it because I want to can some vegetables this year and/or meat. I start this out today. I have pulled out the pressure cooker and a roast to thaw and hopefully tonight will be my first use of the pressure cooker. Of which I have TWO. I picked one up at a yard sale and need to replace the gasket on it. The lady was definitely a canner because I also got a ton of jars. So hopefully this will come to fruition pretty quickly so I can write it off my list. I come from a family of awesome cooks. My mom and I were just talking about how she prefers to not cook the same meal at the Christmas dinner and mixes it up regularly. I kinda am the same way. This is hard for my traditionalist hubby, but I don’t cook all the time either so it works. J

 

So Goal #1. Use my pressure cooker more up to and including canning in it.

Any tips? Thoughts? Recipes?

 

Enjoy!

Chris

 

 

Angels we have heard – sign

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My Mother in Law has a collection of angels she asked me to make a sign. This is the finished sign. I modge podged the sheet music behind the letters and added some rhinestones randomly. To hang it there is silver hanging wire. Personally I don't like the ribbon on this picture but hung up next to her angels it looked good. Here at the house I would take off the ribbon. All in all I think she liked it. It was hung within an hour of us getting there. I hope she takes the ribbon off if she'd rather.

So some details.  Plank of wood which is 1x 5ish by 24 inches. I painted.it and let it sit for a while to release fumes. Printed out some sheet.music, ripped the edges and modge podged. Then let it dry. Cut vinyl and used blue painters tape to apply the vinyl. Then spray painted with some krylon matte spray. ( still like the modge podge brand better. But I ran out. ) let it dry and then heat fixed some random rhinestones. Pretty fun.

Enjoy!
Chris

Washcloth Toothbrush holder

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A gift for my nieces and nephews. I made these out of washcloths by folding up the side of one and sewing little pockets.  First I placed a ribbon across the back and sewed it in place leaving the ends free for a bow to hold it all together. I cut little pieces of fabric and used Heat Transfer Vinyl to cut each child’s initial and iron it on the little swatch of pink and blue material. I think they came out fun and great for travel and overnight visits. 
Enjoy!
Chris
PS I saw this idea on Pinterest in numerous places. I didn’t use a pattern of course because I hate patterns I have to follow and potentially mess up. So I winged it. 🙂

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