I have been working on a huge project for Rebekah and Chris to celebrate Lachlan’s first year. I cannot believe that he is almost a year old now. This album started out life as a mini 4″ x 4.5″ and just kept growing.. a bit like Lachlan! The finished item has a cover of 5″ X 10″ and I have gone from 1″ ring to 2″ rings to hold it all together. In this day of iPhones and Facebook  and so on, not many photos are taken with an actual camera and certainly not many are printed out to share. I had to source these pics from phones, Facebook and my little supply I had on my camera. It has been a lot of fun creating this album and I really hope that Chris and Bec love it.

The album is made up of little pockets with tags in and other pockets that just hold pictures. The tags have photos attached or spots for journaling and I have added in extra pockets and journal spots in case they have extra pics I missed or want to add their own thoughts. The whole album was cut on my KNK Maxx, even the covers, which are paper covered cereal boxes. I had to purchase a Crop-a-Dile to punch the holes in the spine, but what a perfect reason to make the buy LOL

As well as my own designs for the album, I used a couple of cutter files from Chris Durnan and Jan Bryson from Visual Designs by Chris and The More Team! . From Chris I used CD00413 – Tab Book and CD00665 – Just a Pocket (can’t find this one in the Store yet) and from Jan, JB00212 – Itty Bitty File Tabs and JB00486 – Joy Fold Card .

Supplies:

DCWV – Cardstock
Little Yellow Bicycle – Snugglebug range  Journal spots and Rub-on
Creative Memories and Xyron – Memorabilia Pockets
Brandcorp – brads and photo tabs
Cre8tiv – paper, word stickers and chipboard Alpha
Dotty’s Craft Shop – Alpha
My Imagination – Ribbons
Kaiser Scrapbook – stamps
Versa Color – stamp pads
Ranger – Archival ink pad
Creative Memories – corner rounder and pens
Xyron – “X” , 2.5″, 5″ and 9″ Sticker Makers
Scotch ATG gun and Magic tape
Glue Glider Pro

and these are just a few pages 🙂  I am so pleased with the way it turned out… what do you think ?

Have a wonderful day wherever you are!

cheers, caz (cut on my KNK Maxx)

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

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Happy Halloween!!

Here are a few pictures from our pumpkin patch adventure. We went with some near and dear friends. We spent time in the corn maze. When my son came out he layed on the ground and thanked the Lord above for getting him out. haha. My husband thought he fell til he realized he was saying thank you thank you thank you!!! haha.

Also we play in the corn tubs. Not sure why these are fun, but they are filled with kids and are just the happiest thing. My son can’t wait to get into them every year. I keep thinking. Horse Feed, Pigs Feed, Cow Feed when I look at the dried corn, but hey who am I to judge. Everyone finds their good time and enjoyment and if it’s animal feed and jumping in without your shoes on. So be it! Good Times Commence.

Have a wonderful and safe Happy Halloween.
Enjoy!
Chris

My hubby’s choice… I know he is up to something. or Maybe he didn’t want to haul pumpkins. He is my man. love him.

Looking for the perfect one!

Two sweetie Cuties

Hay Ride and Mom’s with Camera!

Caught the Corn Thief!

My cild might be exhausted or is blocking the way from Ms. Pretty jumping in again. He didn’t understand why she couldn’t jump in the empty tank. haha. This is training for later in life.

He is super happy grins here. Yes his hat is CSI stolen from Mom. His John Deere hats, Carhart and Caterpillar hats are beat to a pulp. Time to buy some new ones.

She is getting ready to jump in! So fun!

He’s really getting into it. Happy Baby this is…

LOVE MY LIFE!
Thank you to our friends for letting us tag along! It was a fantastic day!

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Today is my day to be on the Card a Day Blog. So I am posting a holiday card for you to enjoy. I recently put out a call for any one who wanted to help me with a special project and that was Holiday Cards. I was not disappointed at all. I was very excited as all the Holiday Cards kept coming in and the requests to join the SPCT. Thank you to everyone who applied!

I chose this holiday card as they were made for me by Kelly. Kelly is going through a rough lot in life as she has just recently lost her husband. She has a young son. and the two of them are on their way in life surrounded by family and friends and all of us on the VDBC forum as we cheer her on whenever she can craft or come by the forum to “see us”. Such a quick loss and at a young age is so devastating and I know we are all saying prayers for her. (If you have any kind words to send her, I am quite sure she could use them. I know we crafters are a supportive bunch!)
Kelly whipped up this card and many more for me when I put out the Special Projects CT request. and here they are. Just beautiful!!! Thank you Kelly!!!!!! I post them with honor and gratitude! Also, I am in awe of Kelly’s strength and courage to tackle life and continue forward. We are thinking of you every day! May love and memories surround her and keep her warm.

I have lots of holiday cards to share. So come back and see the inspiration over the next two months! Just beautiful.

Enjoy!
Chris

This card features 2 files from Chris, Milk & Cookies Santa (CD00381) and Better Watch Out (CDStamp001). For the background I used a piece of printed vellum I found at my local dollar store on top of a piece of green cardstock. The 2 layers are attached using snowflake and tree brads. I added Glossy Accents to Santa’s boots and Sparkly Fluff to the hat and mitten cuffs. I added pen stitching around Santa’s body and drew in a belt for him. I used 2 blue gems for him eyes. The digital stamp was printed out on plain white paper and then I added 2 layers of glittery clear embossing powder. It didn’t photograph as well as I hoped, but it looks really cool in person.

The files in the store…. I am running a special if you buy the Milk  & Cookies Santa below. you will also get the digistamp below that for free. Load them both into the cart in the store and login to the store it will show you in the cart that the stamp is free. Thank you!

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This project was a year in the making. I bought these fake pumpkins at Michael’s last year when they went on clearance. I bought the light (the kind that goes in the Christmas village houses) after Christmas at Hobby Lobby. And the “G”, well it came from Chris of course!

The “G” is from Chris’s file set – Pack Collection. You can find it here. I cut the G out of cheap drawer liner material and put it on the pumpkin. Then I used a craft knife, a dremel tool, and a metal finger nail file to first trace, cut and smooth the G. I cut a hole in the bottom and put the light in. Reusable jackolantern!

Sussann

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So a few weekends ago I came out to the living room after a leisurely wake up. My son and hubby were on the couch and heard this  below…

and then I got to listen to this song quiet a bit (the next day to)

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And then we got to watch the real red baron version. Maybe not hisotrically correct but the version without the dog and the cartoon effects.
So it was over and they went about their day in their plans for building and working on things around the house which we love to do on the weekends.

Then I saw a smiling kid walk through with pvc pipe and then I heard spray paint can outside the window. I started mentally ticking off things that were on the list of to do’s for the day. I couldn’t remember what needed spray painted hmmm… on I went to do the dishes.

A smiling little boy and his Dad came in the house to show me. Yes the “Red Baron” gun fashioned in case of need and attached to the fort. Upcycled into a Man Craft from pvc pipe, plastic little kid gulf clubs, black spray paint and some bolts and glue. Love my husband Love my kid. Love my life. (Pictures below)
Enjoy!
Chris

Happy Boy!

Adjustments needed made

And accurate alignment will bring them down. haha

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As many may know now that you have seen the Team KNK post a week or so ago. I am a Lego Robotics Mom. and this year I am a Lego Robotics Assistant Coach. We work on alot of fundraising efforts because those little Lego motors can be expensive and other costs build. Our Lego-ers spend alot of time building with Legos and talking about Simple Machines. and figuring out how to make them function. just awesome to see them grow with it. And prepare for competitions. My son is in the younger version of it after 3rd grade if he sticks with it. He will move into a more technical version.

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