A quick thank you to those who donated to my Sister’s Walk Page. All the links have been sent. I greatly appreciate your support, kind words, and thoughts. The crafting community is phenomenal and full of large hearts.
Enjoy!
Chris
Please help me support Cystic Fibrosis and a freebie
Today I am offering a free file and an opportunity for you to get an additional set of files to thank you for donating and helping me support my sister, this cute cute little nephew of hers and those researching Cystic Fibrosis.
My sister has this cutey patootey nephew. He is just wonderful. He has Cystic Fibrosis. My sister is walking to support him. I cannot join her because I have another commitment, but I wanted to help her raise some funds for her Team.
This offer has expired. Thank you to those unbelievable awesome people who donated. and so many who went above and beyond $5.00 as always the crafting community is phenomenal and full of so much heart. You can scroll down and download the single file freebie.
If you visit this link, and donate $5.00 or more. Come back here and fill out the contact form below and I will send you the link to download these files within the next 24 hours of your form email. This set includes files in AI, SVG, KNK, MTC, WPC, DXF and a printable pdf.
This offer expires and will be taken down Saturday, March 29th, 2014. If you have friends who may be interested, please share with them. And yes there is freebie below for those who cannot donate. I totally understand!
Here are the steps:
1)Visit my Sister’s Walk Page… THIS LINK and donate.
– Donate $5.00 or more
– In the Donor name, if you want to be anonymous, please choose the “non anonymous” and post just the first two letters of your email you will use on the contact form below. (This way I can match everything up.)
– And feel free to cheer the team on for that little Micah!
2) Come back here and Fill out the Contact form. Below and send. I will try to get the links all out within 24 hours.
Thank you! Words cannot express my appreciation and gratitude in helping support my sister and this little smile.
CONTACT FORM REMOVED DUE TO EXPIRATION OF OFFER. But you can still download the below file.
If you are not able to donate now, I totally understand. I still have a freebie for you. Below is a digital cut file. I hope you can use it on many projects. I checked every piece and every node for a smooth cut.
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Thank you for helping me to continue to offer freebies on my blog by clicking the share link.
Enjoy!
Chris
Be Kind – Spring Break Fun
My sister came up with an awesome idea. Let’s visit Ben’s Bells and volunteer some time. My friend Heidi came with us. She brought her kids too and it was an awesome day. 3 adults and 5 kids. Easy to manage. The Adults were well behaved this time around. haha.
Can I just say this organization just makes my heart sing. A simple message of “Be Kind” . Kindness. Plain and simple. I see the web/tv/schools lately as filled with so much cut downs, making fun of, blasting others for their thoughts etc etc. It just blows my mind. I wonder what our world will come to in the future where every movement, every thought, every differing opinion is persecuted and cast down. It only takes one person in a group of many to “be kind”. I’ve had those people in my life and they were the sun in a cloudy patch. I hope in the future I can continue to be someone’s sun. And hopefully one of our beads will end up being the sun for someone in of that life.
If you would like to know more about Ben’s Bells, here is the link to their site.
I hope you find someone in your day that you can be “be kind” to.
Enjoy!
Chris
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- Ben’s Bells
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- The “beads” drying between coats
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- Paint Palletes
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- Serious concentration from K
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- One of the gems found in the bead bucket to paint.
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- Bead creation before it landed in our hands to paint.
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- D and my nephew and niece. 🙂
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- some more of our paints
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- what they will end up as.
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- The boys cleaning. I promised E I would take a picture so his Mom would see.
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- D cleaning up. No complaints from either boy.
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- The boys. Fun stuff.
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- All of us. yes tilt your head. I’ll fix this later.
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- Some fired beads after volunteers like us painted them.
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- Love this kid!
Volunteering:
Our experience. We came at about 10 and sat at a table that was out in a courtyard patio near our local University. There was paint in a crate and the table had brushes and water. Wear shirts and pants you are not worried about getting paint on. We sat in the beautiful sun and surrounded by tall trees and enjoyed the conversation and silliness of our children. Then after ate at the close Hot Dog Venue called Mutts. The food was quick, yum, and devoured by our group.
I highly recommend the entire experience and may also recommend it to those who may be visiting. It was only a few hours and yet. Perfect. There were lots of other options for food right in the near vicinity.
Ages. Our youngest was three and he petered out but sat in Mom’s lap. I could see this as being the youngest. Everyone else painted and did fine.
More then 4 people I would say call and let them know you are coming.
clicking and clicking til I find something of awesome
I recently saw a news article about this couple in Minnesota where the husband had had a seizure and the couple found a note in his pocket that said where his car was parked. I loved the positive of this and it connected with me to.
Most days I read and breeze and very seldom do I keep clicking and clicking ’til I find something of awesome. And there it was just a few word hidden on the bottom of an “about page” . Surrounded by that ever fearful word of “cancer” and how we know more and more people who can say. “yep I have or know of someone with, fighting, in chemo with cancer” But just a simple line of perseverance and human nature that I could just get on board with and made me smile. That no matter the big C word there was huge and magnificent fight going on in this couples lives and they were the better and the stronger of their combatant. That they were literally fighting for Aaron’s Life and taking it head on. I was filled with this “RIGHT ON” moment and had a cheshire grin on my face. I had found my end of the “click til I find something awesome this morning” and there it was. On a page about a man and a woman and cancer.
Their testament to their fight and their plan to be awesome!
If you would like to read more about this couple. Their website is here.
Cheers to them. For I cheer for Aaron, their love and life as well!
Freaking awesome!
Enjoy!
Chris
Morning Animal Check-in
Most mornings at our house is animal check-in. Did our electric fence hold out the coyotes and others? Did they make it through the night. This is just a part of life on the edge of open land leading to the mountains. Something we have just learned to live with and do our best with and keep safety of the animals we have here in mind. This morning the smell of skunk is on the breeze, but very faint – thank goodness- …… and we have an additional cat. Huh. Rarely do I think our numbers will go up over night. We shall see how long the puffy stays. Or if we were a safe place on the inside of the fence away from coyotes for the night. In general I’d like him to just wander on because we have a calm set of leisure circumstances here lately. I will have to share some photos of our Cody, the border collie, and his harem of cats. They massage his back, and he just lays there in awe. He gets upset when they don’t come to his porch with him and settle down. No matter how I want to remind him they are here to keep the packrats and in turn the rattlesnakes away. He should know this since he is our snake bit dog. We shall see what happens with the new cat. It is always interesting. Love it.
Enjoy!
Chris
PS I couldn’t resist the flower photo I took a few mornings ago from my front porch pots that need to be planted. I am ready for spring. I will look for my Cody and cat harem photos to share.
Can I have this in Poster size?
Friday Humor: Pinterest
I must tell you I love the Pinterest. Love it. but this really speaks to some days with Pinterest activities. Don’t you think? Well for me anyways… Yes I am blaming my messy studio on Pinterest.
And the addict in me says… If you have some boards you love, please share in the comments below. Or if you have your own, please share and I will look it up.
Enjoy! Chris
Minecraft Cards
I recently was asked for a get well mine craft card on my previous blog. Here is what I came up with to offer.
I, also, tweaked to include an inside for a Birthday. I know it sounds like wahh?? but it works. So if you have a minecraft loving kid who is awesome and healthy and celebrating or possibly sick and needs a pick-me-up and here are your options.
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- Outside of Card
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- Outside of Card
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- Inside of Card
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- Inside of Card
This is for your personal use.
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Thank you for helping me to continue to offer freebies on my blog by clicking the share link.
Enjoy!
Chris
Inverted Corner Frame
Working on a few cards for birthdays coming up and needed a simple frame with an inverted corner. So I looked and looked through my files and couldn’t find one. So created one for me and for you. Hope you can use it!
Enjoy!
Chris
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This file is offered in AI, KNK, WPC, SVG, MTC, DXF
My Files are offered at KNKUSA.com
If you would like to see my additional files for sale, they are at KNKUSA.com. I am adding to my collection at KNKUSA. You can see what I currently have to offer here.
Pink Birthday Card
I have a collaboration Birthday card to share today. I have some Copic Markers and my son really wanted to use them. I had an extra print of some digi-stamps and so he colored in and left it on my color clipboard. It was wonderful because I needed a birthday card for my God Daughter. Perfect time for a collaboration birthday card. Lots of fun and he totally smiled when he saw it finished on my studio table. Love that!
Method:
-My son colored with Copic Markers
-I have no idea where the digi stamp came from. Just found it in my downloads.
-I used a cuttlebug to emboss the Happy Birthday pattern on the pink paper
-Some red and white gingham ribbon, red cardstock and pink cardstock all from my studio.
-Stickles on the heart
– Silver heart (covering a woops) and 3 rhinestones found in drawers in my studio.
-Fiskars scissors for material used on the paper to cut the jagged edge.
-Working with my Son’s Project. Priceless
Although Copic Markers are pricey and it can be stressful the ends will get bent, I find my Son is very respectful of my things when I let him borrow them. I cannot imagine having said no and missing this opportunity to have a collaboration card. This is not how I would have colored this image at all. I love what he did with it and it will be perfect to accompany our gift. If you have little ones around, try inviting them into your space, your craft room, and see how they can inspire you.
Enjoy!
Chris
Hobby Lobby Humor
Ran across this gem at the local Hobby Lobby.
I walked around the corner of an aisle in Hobby Lobby and heard giggling and giggling. I walk around the corner. My two guys smiling.
My son says.. Do you see it? I said yes.
And that is how you entertain men in hobby lobby when you made them stop before dinner and they were hungry. haha.
Enjoy!
Chris