First Sewing endeavor...

Okay so I am not a fantastic sewer I would even put myself just below well kinda sewer. I tend to pull it out when I am done looking for something I like that would work for home decor. I can say fabric does not seem cheaper then buying a finished product. so for me it is purely a ... I want this... and don't like that!. haha. I have sewn a cover for a bench, window coverings, pillow coverings and even shown a friend or two how to sew a fancy pillow with fringe. Well in my last "I want this" adventure I was spear headed by my son who wanted camo covering his closet. My son's closet is slightly offsize of a standard set of doors. And it would be a rebuild to use a standard door. I am done looking at the mess of toys. So I decided to buy a shower curtain rod that is brown and some hooks and huge amounts of camo to make the "curtains" for the closet. So we went to the store and looked and looked (Picture of the curtains at another time. Came out quite nice I must say) anyways. my son saw this fabric he just had to have. Very "red baron snoopy-esque" and we brought home a yard of it. after I was done with the curtains. the sewing machine sat on the table with a curiouser and curiouser little boy. So finally he said. can I? I said yep. I sat next to him and worked on some lists and had him run the whole deal in as "straight" a line as possible to make the pillow out of his loved fabric. Which he did and then proclaimed a serious concern... WE SEWED It inside out!!! AGHHHHHH!! Mom Mom. I laughed and said you flip it inside out and stuff it that is why we left a little hole. He stuffed it and helped me sew the little bit more difficult seam to close it and asked when he could go to the fabric store again. Very cute very fun and he thinks it was pretty cool. So yeah! I love it. Had to share. (and yes that is a puppy sleeping underneath it)

Oh and here is a picture of a very cute little terror running through our house. I asked him if he had emptied his food bowl on the floor again and this was the look I got. Ahh yep... he did. totally cute!
Enjoy your day!
Chris

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A Scout Mom gift

My son and his Dad made this for me. Many Mom’s of a cub scout will know what this is. It is a brag ribbon for your scouts accomplishments and will go on my den leader shirt. When they make it through a level they get a badge and the Mom get’s a pin. Pretty darn cool. I had seen these before and sent my hubby the link and told him it would be the perfect handmade gift for me from our son. So I somehow put the supplies in a cup and left them on my craft table. They painted and worked on it and got it done in between my stints in the craft room. The rhinestones were sitting on the bench from another project I was working on so they got used to. pretty awesome. I love that my husband takes the time to create and help my son create. It definitely helps his imagination bloom and when they are “constructing” things like flying ace guns from the snoopy show it really helps to take parts you have like pvc pipe and sticks and see a bigger picture. And my son knows there isn’t much in my craft room that is off limits so he can create all he would like. It’s pretty fantastic  . And I already put the Bobcat pin on it. When I wear my shirt I will have someone take a picture.  Love my guys. Love my life.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Just to big..

We learned while Grandpa was here that those huge campfire doublesize marshmallows are just to big and hard to eat. Grandpa already knew this, but he needed to make sure they were even to big for his grandkid boys. but it was fun!

Enjoy!

Chris

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

We believe....

We believe in Family, Friends, Christmas, Faith, Happiness and the spirit of Christmas in the small gestures and the large.... This was so apparent to me at my Sister's Daughter's Pagaent while my Dad was in town. My sister had called me and asked for a present for my son for "Santa" was coming. I was thankful for such a thoughtful sister, but must admit didn't think much more of it.

We attended the cutest Pagaent ever. So many smiling faces of children all under the age of 4. They sang and danced for four sweet songs. Just wonderful. Then Santa came out and and handed out presents. My son as you can see in the picture below got the honor of being the big kid and being in charge of the camera. He was to do his best to get good pics of my niece and nephew. he worked hard at this, but when Santa came out he just paused. He kept taking pics and then Santa called his name and he jumped up and sat on his lap and came back beaming to us with his present.

I smiled at him and said... "Did you get what you wanted?" he said yes... I said" Do you like it?" he says yes all in a gush and rush..." Mom Mom I wished he would call my name to and he Did. he Did. and I got to sit on his lap and he did." And he smiled at me and showed me the wrapper... "And he spelled my Name right!!"  a few extra minutes and my sister thought of my son and it made my heart beam and my cheeks hurt from smiling and my eyes wet with tears. The spirit of Christmas in thinking of others. Thank you to my sister. She is a wonderful Aunt. Such a small gesture, but it meant so much to a little boy who I know may not believe in Santa for much longer, but he does right now and he really just wanted to sit on his lap like the other kids and be a part of it.  So wonderful! I so love my life. These moments take my breath away.

Merry Christmas to you all from Greg and I and our son.

We believe in love, faith, and Happiness.

May today give you a moment to take your breathe away, in

all the hustle and bustle, a moment of glistening Christmas goodwill.

Enjoy!

Chris

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

12 days of Christmas Winner is

Anna Dowdy aka MamawAnn!! Thank you Anna for playing along and participating in the comment posts. Email me your choice below And I will send you your present by email or mail!

 

$10 gift card to either Michael’s or Paper Temptress (your choice) and the first QMC in the year 2012. Lori’s or Mine whichever it is… woohoo… .   I will mail/email the gift card out next week.

 

I took all the comment posts  on my blog and facebook from 12 days of Christmas and numbered them. Then put it through the random and came up with Anna’s number!

 

Yeah! Merry Christmas.

Enjoy!
Chris

Merry christmas puppy!

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Puppy pic 2

My kiddo wouldnt give him up. I know why. Sooo cute!!!

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Puppy pic 1

I should be back at the pc shortly to post, but had to share this pic. Sorry for the delays.

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Day 12: 12 Days of Christmas - Freebie

One more Day til Puppy! wooohooo!
7 week old Border Collie Puppy! Get ready for lots of pictures.

And the last day of the 12 days of Christmas Creativity! This has been so fun.

Thank you Jan for spearheading it and Ileana for her fantastic trivia!

And the last day to get the Monogram 11 at the Creative Deal price.

So many exciting things happening!

 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount. )

Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

And with the end of the 12 days of Christmas I give you the new year! The year of the Dragon!

Wooohoo

This freebie file comes in AI GSD KNK WPC SVG MTC DXF and is for your personal use and governed by my Personal TOUs.

And can be downloaded at the forum. HERE. if you need a password it is iagreetouchristmas . If you have downloaded the previous ones you won't be asked until next month for a new password! You just need to click the link and login to the forum.

If you are here and this file has expired for download... if you are a current 2011 QMC member you can download my files from 2011 that I have offered as freebies in the Perks section.
Thank you for participating in the 12 days with us!! so fun!

No more Blog Entries today to win.
I will be posting the winner later today!!
And posting the prize!

 Thank you to everyone who jumped in!

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Day 10: the 12 days of Christmas

Are you counting down til Christmas??? Not us...

We are counting down to ....

PUPPY!!

More cute pictures to come... but for now... don't miss Jan for 12 days of Christmas. woohoo!

So so excited.

Enjoy!

Chris

 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount. )

Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

Don't forget this set below.....

The Creative Deal price will end with the 12 days of Christmas...

Don't miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.

Love those bonus entries.

(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Day 9: 12 days of Christmas

Hey it is my day for the 12 days of Christmas sooo fun!!!

 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount. )

 

Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

My free download today is a file requested from my sister... She needed something to add a personal touch to her daughter's gift. I can see her zooming around with this sticker on the back.

Offered in MTC, SVG, DXF, KNK, WPC, AI, GSD.. a freebie cutter file offered up for vinyl cutting. But also... you may be interested if you are a digital scrapper to download this file. I believe you can open the AI file in photoshop and if you have elements and get it to work by opening the svg or the ai file I would love your feedback. Enjoy! See below for the download location.

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You can download this file in the forum here. you must be logged in in the forum to download. The password is iagreetouchristmas. However, you may not have to enter a password if you already downloaded this month. This file has been added to the 2011 QMC Perks files. So as a current QMC member you can grab this file as you'd like while you are a QMC member.

Don't forget this set below.....

The Creative Deal price will end with the 12 days of Christmas...

Don't miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.

Love those bonus entries.

(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Back to it... 12 days of Christmas

Well my Dad has flown back to Wisconsin to get ready for ice fishing. I am back at it.
I missed yesterday when you should have visited Jan’s and today is Ileana’s day and tomorrow is me. So I am off to wrap up my offering to give to you on Tuesday! Don’t forget to peruse Jan and Ileana’s blog as well. Have a wonderful Monday!

Enjoy!
Chris

Day 6 : 12 days of Christmas

Here is my treat for you today! A file to create and cut. You can visit the forum to download at this link.

The password if asked is iagreetouchristmas  (It may not ask you if you downloaded the previous freebie this month.)

 

To see how is on tomorrow’s list scroll down to yesterdays thread and check out all the details.

 

And I have to rush back to the family! Wishing you happy family time to.

Enjoy!
Chris

Day 5: 12 days of Christmas

Hello again! Hope your holiday season is going well. Today is Friday and my Dad flew in last night from Wisconsin. So my siblings and their families are here with us. This year is my year to host the holidays with my Dad and I am sooo excited to have everyone here. I have been thinking about it all week. Trying to get everything ready for the cousins to play together and the adults to hang out and chat. My hubby is the best as he deals with my crazy preparing. As always there were about 100 things on my list to try and get done and I chocked off about 20 of them as this is not gonna happen!. I love to see my family for the holidays. We enjoy eachothers company so much.

So here is a card of inspiration today. .. it comes to you from.. Kelly.  This is an older one of my files but I love it what Kelly has done with it. Below the card is Kelly's "recipe" for the card.

Here is a Christmas card I made for the holiday season. The background paper is from my scrap bin (maybe DCWV?). I used a wonderful cut file from Visual Designs by Chris (Poinsettia Happy Holidays - CD00137). All of the non-patterned paper is from The Paper Temptress (from the mica/metallic line - love that paper!). I used my Scor-Pal to score lines in the leaves of the poinsettias. Then I used my i-rock (my new favorite tool) to attach various gems to the centers of the poinsettias. I also added 3 red gems to the lower left corner.
- Kelly

 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount. The file used to create Kelly's card is on sale. You can see it here )

It is still the 12 days of Christmas and today is Ileana's day  at IScrap Designs so hop on over there to see what she has to offer. And don't forget to enter a comment here!! I will be adding them all up at the end and handing out a "present" :)


Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

Don't miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.

Love those bonus entries.

(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Day 4 : 12 Days of Christmas & Super Deal

Today is Day 4 of the 12 days. I have some inspiration to show you. Don't forget I still have my newest Monogram 11 file set on sale for $3.99 for just a day or so more and also, the quarterly membership club is available also for just a few more days and then closes its doors. Now is a great time to get it. 

Here is the card I am showcasing today. This card was created by Angie. I really like this card. It stands out to me so much. It just makes me happy.  Here is Angie's Recipe for the card:

A pretty simple card here...  Cut #CD00187 in different colors.  The background is embossed with a spots and dots folder using my Cuttlebug.  I used a border punch by Fiskars along the bottom and backed it with a strip of purple.  Pulled the purple into the bling as well. 

 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount. The file used to create Angie's card is on sale. You can see it here )

It is still the 12 days of Christmas and today is Jan at Sam & Hailey Designs so hop on over there to see what she has to offer. And don't forget to enter a comment here!! I will be adding them all up at the end and handing out a "present" :)


Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

Don't miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.

Love those bonus entries.

(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Day 3: 12 Days of Christmas Creativity

Today is my day on the 12 days of Christmas. I have something fun for you, but first as promised I have another Creative Team Holiday Card. This one is by Angie .... and the file she used was All Wrapped Up With A Bow   (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the "Special offer" label, put it in the cart and see your discount)

Here are her words on the card...

I used only the title to create this card but that was enough with the shiny ribbons and paper.  I used a Fiskars border punch at the bottom of the card and then backed it with a strip of gold paper.  Carried the theme through with the gold ribbons.  Added a little red bling to spice it up and fast easy card is created. 

Thank You Angie!!

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 Today I am revealing my next Monogram 11 set. I will have it in the store for a limited few days for $3.99. If you are a QMC member you can download it from the QMC. If you are not a QMC member, you can purchase the QMC here and get the Monogram 11 plus the Roadway Monogram and all the files listed below and there are more to come.

The Quarterly Membership Club files already loaded are....


1 - CD00882 - Floating Santa
2 - CD00888 - Godchildren, Grandkids
3 - CD00884 - Roadway Monogram
4 - CD00890 - 365 Days of Thanks with pdf
5 - CD00891 - Menu Board
6 - CD00895 - Cookie Decorating Apron Invite
7 - CD00896 - Salt Scrub
8 - CD00898 - Fancy Paper Bag Decorations
9 - CD00897 - Squeals of Happy
10 - CD00899 - Wood Block Letters
11 - CD00900 - Please excuse the mess
12 - CD00901 - Angel
13 - CD00902 - Family Subway Art
14 - CD00905 - Family Subway Art with spot for Name and "God is Good" and "Pray"
15 - CD00903 - Monogram 11
16 - Holiday Swirl Embellishments.

So Grab the Monogram 11 set with

MTC, AI, SVG, GSD, KNK, WPC, DXF for $3.99

for a limited time or join the QMC

& get the Monogram 11 set

& the files listed above for $10.00

Whatever we can do to get those

holiday gifts underway and created!!

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Here is my offerng for the day for the 12 days of Christmas.

This is another piece of the Round Vine Monogram Set. I have been sharing this set over the last few months. If you are a QMC member and missed any of the pieces they can be found in the "perks" section of the QMC. This is available to all current QMC members and includes the files I have added to my blog and newletter over the last few months.  Here is the link where you can download it in the forum. And the password is iagreetouchristmas. You will need to be logged in to the forum to download.

Don't forget to stop by the rest of the 12 days. You should have lots of entries and funs!
And don't forget your entry and double entry possibilities. Scroll down below for entry details.


Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.

Love those bonus entries.

(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

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!

Ornament Card and Day 2 of 12 days.

There is alot to see today on my blog and coming up over the next 12 days. So don't foget to stop by. :-)
Enjoy!
Chris

It's my day to be the Card A Day postee. Here are two cards using the same file of mine. and created in different ways. I love the versatility of this file and I love how these ladies always make me shine.  The first is by Kelly. Here are a few words on how she created this beautiful card.


I used the Ornament Card Front (CD00625) file from Chris to create this Christmas card. I love this file because there are only 2 cuts to make, one for each layer. And you could just stop there and have a beautiful card. I decided to add some extra details to mine. The background was embossed with the Large Snowflake Cuttlebug folder. I used a gold paint marker to add pen stitching around the outside and to color the tops of each ornament. Using my i-rock, I attached some red, green and gold gems to one of the ornaments. I added green, red and gold Stickles to a couple of the other ornaments. I also added a clear rhinestone that I colored with the gold paint marker to the other ornament. I just love all the sparkle!

And this version below is from Angie. and her notes on the card and how she created it.

What a fun card!  I used #CD00625 cut from red and green cardstock.  I used the ornament topper from #CD00627 cut from gold.   I cut the ribbon and string off of the topper and mounted over the red.  I used a gold leaf pen to add some dimension to the strings.  I decorated the ornaments using punches:  holly from fiskars and snowflake from Emaginations.  One of the holly leaves was punched from the green paper that was clear embossed to make it a little dark to create some shading.  Added some purple bling and tiny red bling for the holly berries.  I pop dotted the snowflake.  Added some green ribbon and stamped the greeting (unknown/unmounted stamp) using white Staz-on. 

Wow just fantastic. I love to see these cards created with my files. It is like Christmas.

I have alot more to share so I plan to post them every day during the "12 days of Christmas Creativity"

What is that? Well Jan, Ileana and I are posting creativity and gifts and alot of creativity over the next 12 days. You can bounce between all our sites and hopefully be inspired.

Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

If you made it this far in todays post...

I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It's like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren't sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!

Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.

BONUS ENTRY!

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12 days of Christmas here we go!!

I know it is a busy busy couple of weeks ahead. But you might want to add this to your list of things to check off... 12 days of Christmas Creativity.

I am happy to say that Jan and Ileana have decided to pool together our creativity and come up with  "12 days of Christmas" fun. Here is the list of where to be on which day.

Day 1 - December 12th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 - December 13th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 3 - December 14th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 - December 15th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 - December 16th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 6 - December 17th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 - December 18th - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 - December 19th - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 9 - December 20th - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 - December 21st - Jan - Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 - December 22nd - Ileana - I Scrap Designs
Day 12 - December 23rd - Chris - Visual Designs by Chris

Stop by tomorrow and I will be the designer for Card-A-Day Blog to!

Enjoy!
Chris

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Sooo much is going on in our home. How about yours? We are workin away on so many projects.

I am test cutting the last of the qmc files.
My son is pretending to clean his room.
My hubby is working on the lights.
My son is somewhat pretending to clean his room.
I am washing laundry in between everything.
My son has moved a bit and is now pretending to stare off in space or clean his room. Not sure which.
My hubby is helping me with countdown to Grandpa's visit prep work.
My son is putting on his shoes probably going to go "help"Dad.
I am converting all of the Monogram files for the new sets coming out this week.
My son has now snuck out of the house.
I have three custom tiles to cut and one I've proofed so waiting for feedback.
My son is now back and pretending to eat while he watches tv.
I am thinking through my chrsitmas gift list as I go. I have become fond of clipboards lately to keep me straight in my to do.
My son has layed his head on the table when I aksed how his room is coming.
My hubby wants to go for a horseback ride later when it's warmer outside.
My son will want to go because Mom will have taken over his room with the trashbag and goodwill basket.


Yeah!!! All in a Sundays family work. And this picture is from my D's first reconcilliation. His first real tie. Thank you Nanna!! He loves it. He is so handsome but I might be biased.  He very much reminds me of his Dad.  Oh I love my life.

Enjoy!
Chris

Ps tomorrow starts 12 days of Christmas!

Playing games

My son, like many kids, loves to play games. I must admit I like to to.  Right after dinner seems to be our easiest time to fit one in. I usually put out a bowl filled with cards and things when we have company over. There are many times a good card game starts up and some play and some watch and many chat. My hubby loves trivia so a few of those cards to are a good brain storm.  This last time I put it out I left it on the table. If we sit down to dinner, we seem to clear the table and play a quick game of uno or go fish. (The dishes can wait.) The book is all about card games and the rules for them. This works well when we have a discussion about the rules or if we want a new game to try. I highly recommend a bowl of cards as a table centerpiece. Yes a nice candle is pretty,but no fun unless you are a pyro. But a bowl full of card games really can make life slow down for a moment and make my son smile the biggest smile when he yells UNO!!   My hubby's family plays a card game called Nerts. It is a lot of fun, fast paced and tons of folks can play. Have you ever heard of it? What card games do you play? Here is to more fun and playing in the new year and lots of smiles!
Enjoy!
Chris

Another QMC file

I uploaded another QMC file today that is a subway art. I have cut this file at 7.25 and later today will try cutting it at a 5 inch wide cut.  I offered this at a craft fair this weekend and it met with great smiles and great review. I was very pleased with the outcome.

 

If you would like to be a part of the QMC. This is the last week. I am still uploading files to the QMC for your use. And you can join here.

 

Or this file will be loaded to the store later this week.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Floating Santa

Card A Day Blog Entrant for Dec 4th. Woohoo! Here is a project for today. Two projects. One is the file used with a cutter machine and the other is a digital project. These were created by Caz a long time member of my Creative Team and just inspiring with her versatility between cutter and digital world.

Here are Caz's notes about the non digital version:
Digital Cutter File - Visual Designs by Chris

Cardstock - DCWV and Cre8tiv Premium Textured

Adhesive Paper Prints - DCWV

Christmas Scrapbooking Kit - Maker unknown

Cuttlebug - D'Vine Swirl embossing folder

Kindy Glitz

Cotton Wool
Sanding Sponge
Adhesives - CM Precision Point GLue Pen; Xyron; Scotch ATG 700; Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro
cut on my KNK Maxx 15"

Here is the inside of the card.

And here is Caz's digital version.. Same file yeah!
Here are her notes: Card has been created in Photoshop CS3. I have added textures, styles and patterns to each layer of the card in order to give my card dimension.  Font used Tempus Sans ITC . These text layers also had styles added to them.

What a great couple projects. Thank you Caz! I love your style!

Enjoy!

Chris

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