Visual Designs by Chris

Chris Durnan

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Archives for April 2012

The Fair was in town

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We love the Fair. So much fun. This year we entered a few entries 
and went a few times and really enjoyed ourselves!!
This is me and D with my 1st place Raspberry Mango Jam.

This is my son’s 2nd place for a build your own lego. (the green one.)

And his first place, Mark Shegal (sp?) rendition. So very cool. 


And our Pack’s derby entries. I was so impressed so many Scouts
jumped in and participated in this for our Pack. And So Proud.

This is his first place Derby Entry! 
Pretty awesome and pretty cool. 
Well that’s my pride and brag post!! Have a wonderful week. 
Enjoy!
Chris

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Spring! Card

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Spring Spring Spring.
It’s Spring on the Card A Day Blog and here is my entry.
A card created by Angie of my Creative Team. Well actually a few. These are made with the Circle Top Card File that I have in the store.  Enjoy! Chris

I love this little bee. He is so spring to me. Bees buzzzing bright colors. very nice!

And this card below could be used for spring with flowers on the top and also on the pink card. However, the cupcake makes me think Spring birthday maybe. Hope you enjoy these visual candies! Enjoy! Chris

And here is my cut of the file below.

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Can you see me now?

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We sent out a “can you see us now?” email from VDBC yesterday. I hope you got it. It was filled with recent posts from our designers and top files that have sold in our store for each designer.

Also, my download yesterday had a coupon on the download page. Did you grab it? Just checking!! I am a couponer.. not extreme at all… but just the same I love a few dollars off an order. 

So stop and check the email from yesterday. HERE.  Or join my facebook page and see the updates in your feed. don’t forget yesterdays coupon. Scroll down to see. Woohoo!

Enjoy!
Chris

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Camo Printable… let’s Party!

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Recently we celebrated my son’s birthday party and his choice was a “camo” party. His Aunt gave him this great outfit of camo (He is already growing out of his previous one. yikes!). Ms. Lori from Beloved Keepsakes sent him some  items from her lovely hub. and I printed some camo invites. This picture below is his pre-party pic. First it was a smile. Then it was.. okay Mom I need serious I am in camo!. and I couldn’t stop giggling so then it became a blur of trying to stop smiling and giggling and then a weird. “Yes I will quit smiling somehow my Mom is insane look.”  I so love to have fun with him!!! He is 8 and we are loving every minute of it.

And here is the printabe file. Go here to download. You must be logged in to download. If you are asked for a password it is iagreetou which means You agree this is for your personal use!

And there is a discount code at the download page. Also, don’t forget my birthday is coming in June. I love to give away files on folks wishlists so update yours so you’re ready.

Enjoy!
Chris

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FYI

Things I need to say. 
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. 

lost and found moment…

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I have this super cute little box filled with little vials filled with blingy goodness… also called heatset rhinestones. .. I have plans for my t-shirt for Scout Camp in a few weeks. I tore apart my studio. I vowed to go through the boxes and mess. to get rid of the piles of paper that seem to migrate to my studio from the house. I looked and looked. I leaned back in my chair to close my eyes and think… what did I work on last? my blingy pocket on my jeans. I should know… where did I put them… and I opened my eyes and looked down and there they were on the floor they had slid off the table and landed on the carpet luckily and not spilling everywhere. Wew. all is right again. thank you thank you! Just had to share my relief. And now I should make good on the clean the studio thing… or at least make it a goal for finishing by the end of June.  yes I will get some of it cleaned up… for now I think I need a piece of chocolate…

Hope you’re having a great day!
Enjoy!
Chris

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LO Share: Beach mini album – page 11

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Sometimes I start out a page with an idea to use a specific cutter file; but sometimes, I’m not intending to use one at all.  That was the case on this mini album page.  Then… it just needed a little something.  So I used just a piece of the file “Swimming in the Lake” #CD00748 from Visual Designs by Chris.  I cut the grass – one of them twice.  I pop dotted two of them.  Other materials are netted ribbon, a seashell charm, pearls from Michaels, words from Authentique, ribbon and a designer paper clip.  Love these pics of my girls.  I wanted a nice photo of them at the beach but then Savannah started being silly and one thing led to another.   *smile*  I just kept clicking the shutter button.   
 
This is page 11.  The previous page 11 was page 12.  *wink*

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

LO Share: Beach mini album page 3 – using #CD00869

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Another page in the beach mini album.  Patterned Paper is old Studio K from a K & Co pad.  Words are from Authentique.  Fiskars scallop border punch.  Pearls and crochet border were recently purchased from Michaels.  A few buttons from my stash threaded with a yellow thread.  All about those little details!  The cool summer scene is cut using #CD00869 from Visual Designs by Chris found here: 

Beach Mini album

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I am creating a mini album for our family vacation to Gulf Shores, Alabama, in 2009. I used some Accu-cut dies at my local scrapbook store to cut the pages placing a piece of chipboard between the cardstock to give it some bulk.  I think the pages are about 8 1/2 x 5 1/2.  The cardstock I used is textured with a white core so I sanded the edges and the entire surface of the paper. Many of the images are mounted with foam squares to add dimension and texture to the album. 
 
On the cover page, I used a seahorse and seashell from Packet of Seashells from VDBC #CD00284 that can be found here:
 
I am doing the pages out of order but on page 11, I used two different seashells and a star fish from that same file.  There are several images in this file so I will be able to use it throughout the album. 
 
Cover page:  I used a netty kind of ribbon, a beach coaster that I have had for ages, a shell charm, a “family” sticker that is old old old.  Remember slide mounts!  I stamped this one with a sand stamp then printed the word Vacation on my printer.  Wrapped some white jute rope that will be able to be used on the page on other side as well.  I used a pink heart mini brad on the seahorse and to get a visual triange of hearts and pink, I added two Heidi Grace heart stick pins.  They are stuck in the foam square that is attaching the coaster to the page.  Behind the coaster is some cardboard with the backing torn off and barn white acrylic paint dry brushed onto it.  To include the theory of threes, I also dry brushed the shell and the seahorse. 
 
Page 11:  used the netty ribbon again.  The PP throughout will be some ancient K&Co. paper from a pad that I bought maybe a decade ago.  It will help pull the album together to use papers from the same line.  A few mini brads, some word stickers, a little bling from the $1 bin at Michaels but it happened to be half off.  Bargain! 
 
Will share more as I get them finished. 
 
~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Scout – Fish Match

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If you follow my blog you know I am a Scout Den leader. I like to post my projects here because it is hard sometimes to figure out something that is easy and active for a bunch of kids who are there because they want to learn about something new.

I created a fish match game. I cut 4.25×5.5 cards to put information about fish on each card and the Scouts would need to match the fish with their description. I put these on a binder ring so they would hold together.
At our next den meeting, I plan to set the clock for 2 minutes and hand out a card to each Scout and they will have to find their match. This will be their buddy for the den meeting. As we are trying to work on the buddy system before camp and make it something natural and a reflex to not go anywhere without a buddy. 


And luckily when we went fishing the Arizona Game and Fish was there so I could grab a couple of their regulations for our meeting and in the back they had sketches of fish and their descriptions. So Awesome. 
I cut up some and put

And of course because after our den meeting this is going in my “game box” I added the key on the back so I would remember. My kids are whips if I put the the letter A on each one that match eachother they would figure it out and just match letters. so I did A and 1. so a letter and number. but in case I am not the only one digging in the game box for something for the kids to do. I added it to the back of the cards. 

I hope you enjoy my little projects. 

This project is good for the Wolf Elective fishing in helping kids recognize different fish. 
As well as the fishing belt loop for cub scouts. 
Enjoy!
Chris

Love those flowers.

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I just had to share these beautiful flowers my hubby got for me. Arent they just gorgeous they make me swoon. 🙂 so beautiful. Love the color in our brown desert world. And look at the screen door. I still loveeee the screen door. Hubby is the best!!!
Enjoy!
Chris