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Chris Durnan

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Freebie: Football

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It’s Friday!! Woohooo. Here is today’s freebie. I love to watch football.. well I tend to listen in the background.

Here is a file for you to use together or apart. Cuts easy and I love easy.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Enjoy!
Chris

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My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

 


Things I need to say about freebies. 
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. 
So now run on over and grab that file. And just remember…. 
if you are  a”current QMC member” I load all my downloads from my blog to the QMC perks section for your download at any time. 

You can download this freebie here. 

Color Inpsiration: Bellagio Arboretum Flowers

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This photo comes from my beautiful Aunt’s Facebook page. 
I saw it and thought Color Inspiration Immediately. I love how nature just pulls it all together.
This photo was taken at the Bellagio Arboretum. Just beautiful.. the place and the colors. 
Here are some color swatches I came up with from the photo. Hope you can use them… 
And they inspire you. 
Enjoy!

Chris

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Family: Nanas and Cousins

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Hello Monday!! Busy Busy here.
Here is a family post for my “journaling blog”.

My Mom retired from a long career recently. It was a retirement that maybe she didn’t feel ready for her, but me being the optimist. I am excited for her. I am excited to see her take a few moments every day to breathe and do as she wishes. My Mom used to sew wedding dresses, taught me how to sew my first apron, loves to decorate, loves to cook with her grandkids,  loves the ocean, loves to do many many things. She used to can vegetables with my grandmother in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin we had this crazy huge garden, I can remember working in it alot and pulling weeds. Here my mom has a beautiful garden in the middle of the desert with beds and flying ornamental flamingos spinning their wings. It is wonderful. So I am excited that she can enjoy all of these things and live life in a different way, but hopefully very fulfilling for her. Congrats to my Mom!

We went to dinner and this was pretty close to her birthday. So here is my kiddo with a Seahorse we got for her. (It took everything in me not to glitter it, paint it, glue it, vinyl it.) But I knew at my Mom’s house it would fit in perfect with her love of the ocean.

And here is my gorgeous niece “Pea”. I love her personality as it comes out. My son loves to spend time with her and play and be silly. He is always asking when when when will he see his cousin. Good times with family and a wonderful evening!

Love the smirk on that kid of mines face. And can I say my niece reminds me so much of my sister at that age. Love it.

Enjoy! Chris

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Hate it When….

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First.. this is the last day to purchase Catherine’s Monogram at $3.99. you can do so HERE. Then at work end today it goes up to the retail price. You can see more photos of it by scrolling down to my older posts.

Now to our posted for today Post….. 🙂 
Hope you don’t like spiders…. Yikes.
 well at least Black Widows. 

I hate it when you see a spider in your studio and think yes I can squish that. It’s a baby black widow. And so you put down your foot in the web and you ::gulp:::. How little was that spider? I am wearing my Merrells which I love but they are a cross hiking shoe and so have deeper divets on the bottom. Oh man. So now I am hopping around in my studio with one foot twisted up so I can see the bottom of my shoe. I am sure making a face that would have scared any living creature away. Bouncing up and down. You know when I was younger I used to be able to at a stand lift one leg and put my foot over my neck. The good ol days when some would call me pretzel. That flexibility would have come in handy at this point when I need to see the bottom of the shoe as I bounce like a pogo stick. Ahh.. yes okay i see it.. oh man half dead half moving between the grooves. I throw my leg down .and run out of the studio. And grind my foot on the rocks. Now i slide the shoe off and hold it at arms length and look. Its gone, but of course I look back at the studio and think. Man I hope that half alive part doesnt have the black widow bite part and I hope its not on the floor.of my studio. Hmmmm… Maybe I’ll clean the house today.

Here is a file for you!!! And.it is justly so … A pretzel… Enjoy! -Chris

Don’t forget the Newsletter will be out today from VDBC. Keep an eye out in your e-mailbox.If you haven’t signed up for it yet… You can do so .. here. 

 You can download this freebie. HERE. 


Things I need to say about freebies. 
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. 
So now run on over and grab that file. And just remember…. 
if you are  a”current QMC member” I load all my downloads from my blog to the QMC perks section for your download at any time. 

To get quick fun updates of things going on, you can join my facebook page.

My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

Color Inspiration: Sparkling Enope Squid

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So this really made me smile. The Sparkling Enope Squid. Just beautiful array of color on a dark beach.

This photo I found on the “Science Alert” page again. They gave this information to find out more details. More info: http://bit.ly/Nfgph2, Image: http://bit.ly/PuVkOa viaThe Earth Story Again I couldn’t find an actual photographers name as I clicked through in search. but Thank you! For the inspiration.

And I came up with the swatches of color below. Wow. just beautiful.

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My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

Mom Pride: Karate

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Last night went to Karate with D. He was so excited he was vibrating.  They were on a 2 week break. Talked to the Sensei and he is being bumped a class “because of his focus” and adding sparring… now he was vibrating and jabbering all the way home. His excitement makes me laugh I just love it. He got home and Greg asked .. what did you do? .. his response… “nothing. I don’t remember”. haha. what is that nothing word? a 35 minute drive home and he can’t remember. Thank goodness we get emails from the teacher every day with what he did or I would wonder what they did at school every day.
This photo is of Dr. D and his buddy when they earned their new belts and jumped a bunch of belts in between. My  friend Julie and I were freaking out when they didn’t get the next belt because we know how they both are soo into it. We were remaining calm. So calm. But finally after they made it through three sets of belts and we realized that they had jumped all those belts in the middle. We were pretty proud of them. But what a way to add the drama and anticipation. Wew. We could see our boys with their heads dropped thinking they hadn’t passed their testing. And then they were beaming! Yeahooodie.
I couldn’t be more proud of our son. This is “his” thing. I drive him back and forth. It is something I step back and fully let  him decide where he wants to be in it. I provide the ride and the $ for the class. He practices regularly without my prompting and asks if we are going on the weeks we have off. I love it and his “focus” on it.
Well that is my mom Pride post today.  Filled with a lot of “nothing” haha. What is it with that word.
I just love my life. It is “everything”.  
Enjoy!
Chris

1st QMC file for Sept-Nov 2012. Last day for $9.00

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I loaded the first QMC file to the forum. And it is a piece of Subway Art you can cut in vinyl or open in your graphics program and print on a card for a gift. Use all the pieces together in one tall sign for a bedroom. Or use it in pieces to emphasize that little boy you love.
Today, Tuesday the 4th is the last day you can join the QMC for $9.00.  This Membership club is full of all new files to be cut by you. $10.00 for 20 files and they have many possibilities and cuts and come in many formats. If you have multiple machines, you can use them with my files. (And it would be nice to know I am not the only one with ahhh… a few machines.. we’ll just say a few. hah) AND don’t forget the perks section.. currently there are 29 files there in various forms and topics for the current QMC members to enjoy!
Chris

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 I bought this necklace a couple of weeks ago when we were in Green Bay. It’s very nice, but I wanted to do something to make it more personal.

I decided to make a charm to go on the necklace. I printed a picture of us at the practice field and cropped it to 1″x1″. I picked up the charm holder at Wal-Mart of all places.

For the other side, I cut Chris’s “G” file from her Green Bay Packers collection and put it on a piece of yellow cardstock. I added a lobster clasp and a green bead.

I added the charm to the ring with the other charms, and now I have a personalized necklace with a photo from our trip.

You can find Chris and all her wonderful files here. And guess what I saw in her store tonight – the newest QMC! Go check it out!!

Sussann

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

https://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/2981/

Early Bird Sales x2 and a winner!

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The winner for yesterdays drawing for the “Catherine’s Monogram” is…..

Michele Prohask!! Congratulations.

THank you for playing!! SO much fun. Thanks for all the wonderful comments here and on my facebook page.

So for those who didn’t win. Here is the link to purchase for $3.99 until Sept. 7th. Wooohoo!
So there are 7 files types at 26 letters a piece. which makes 7 huge zips to download containing 182 files all together. It’s taken me a bit to get the whole set together but here it is for you for an early bird price. 

And for those who love the QMC…. through Labor Day weekend I am reducing the cost to  $9.00 instead of the usual $10.00 also for the early birds.  You can jump in quick here. 

Thank you as always to those phenomenal comment-ers on my fbook and here on my blog. So appreciate the positive feedback. Here are some more photos of the Catherine’s Monogram that I took after cutting it teeny tiny. So fun!
Have a safe holiday weekend and Enjoy!
-Chris

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My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

How Small can you go??

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The Question is when cutting a monogram for a tile… how small can you go!! 2×2 from 10×10 not to bad. Some easy cutting for great holiday gifts. ..   I had to do the "Quarter Shot" Everyone does the quarter shot. haha. My son said I was weird.  Why would you take a photo of a quarter on top of a cut?  I love how I make his eyes roll.

 

If you scroll down you can see the cut on a tile in big size.

 

How small have you cut a big impossible looking file?

 

Enjoy!
Chris