Visual Designs by Chris

QMC poll for a file...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:38:00 +0000

Members of the QMC please skip on over to the forum at the link above (secret forum link) and choose which of these 3 file sets you would like.

I try to put a varied selection of files in the QMC so that means I can't load them all. So please vote away!
Enjoy!

Chris

One of those days...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Ever have one of those days where you just can't get your head in it at all? Well today is that day for me. Not sure what the deal is. So excuse me if I seem a little off.

I have some files in the works, but not completed yet. So that means.. On to life...
So last night it rained and poured. When it rains in the desert then everything gets flooded. They shut down the roads in parts because people will drive through them and then get to a point where they have to do a swift water rescue. Last night my hubby got stuck about 2 miles from our house on one side of the water. after about an hour a few cars tried to go through and made it so he called me. So I got in the big 'ol truck and made way down there. Mind you it is full of trash right now because it is ready to take a load to the dump, but it is a diesel and old and I didn't want to potentially sink my Expedition. So headed on down and there are about 14 cars lined up with people standing all over and this wash (river) is a running. So I put it in 4 wheel drive and made my way through it. It wasn't deep and it was running but not uncontrollably. So we gave another lady a ride home on our way and made it home finally. We got up about 1030 and drove back down there to grab somethings out of the car on the other side because they were computers and we weren't comfortable in leaving them out there in the middle of the dark obviously stranded. So this morning the water is gone and their are cars parked all over the end of the road. It is always interesting.. When we pulled up to the wash my son said... LOOOK MOM. It's a RIVER. We need a BOAT. All the way home after we got Dad he talked about needing to get his fishing pole and go out with the boat. He is cute and gets super excited about things. Makes life fun.

Thank you again for all the emails! I really appreciate all your prayers.
Have a wonderful rest of the day!
Enjoy!
Chris

Organizing the scrap room...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:04:00 +0000

Howdy and Hello.
Well it is Tuesday. My little one is home with me today. I have decided to do house stuff and work on new files for the QMC today and run to town tomorrow and spend all day finishing my long list of errands. Do it in one day and save gas or not. I think in the middle of all the stops we will hit the mall so my little one can play for a bit and get a break. I am looking forward to it.

So I havebeen working on my craft room/office space. I did some last weekend and can't decide what form of organization I want for my things. I have been doing some research and found a very helpful blog (link) Mostly for sewing room organization, but the ideas and links were just awesome. So I will be looking further into it. I really think I will put up a sheet of thin metal and use some form of magnetic tins and pockets. Especially since school is gonna start and alot of the "for your school lockers" products have magnets on them. We shall see. Still working it out. Slowly but surely. I also am purging and pitching and donating items left and right. Today I will be loading up the back of the truck with more goodwill items so I can plan to hit the drop off stop on my way tomorrow. I am ready for it to just be organized so I can get back to scrapping and creating. Right now I crawl over everything and run test cuts and thats it. Will be nice to have it together, but I won't have it done I am sure for a bit.

Also, looking at some track spotlighting. I have an overhead light in my craft room so when standing there everything seems to have a shadow on it and that shadow is me. So I am going to put some tracklight above my head and shine right down where I am working. Something else I am researcing.

Well I better run. Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

Mondays Funday!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:19:00 +0000

Hello to everyone! Made it through the weekend and can I say you guys are awesome. I have gotten some of the nicest emails regarding my upcoming surgery. Truly I am blessed. Thank you.
Did everyone have a great weekend? We did. Not as much accomplished as we would have liked, but still a nice weekend. This weekend we have friends coming over Friday night to play Poker and Saturday night my Sister's birthday is coming up.Should be lots and lots of fun! Sunday I will be organizing organizing for surgery and being unavailable. And this coming weekend I am running a sale. My friend Lori is celebrating Christmas in July. So i thought I would join her in celebrating the downward slide of the year and the need to get to the holidays gifts underway. In the process of moving the craft room around I realized I have alot of things I could use as gifts. I should start taking photos of things and posting and see if your awesome creative minds can help me come up with some things. Lori is also offering coupons and files so check out her blog. You'll be happy.

Okay so this was mentioned by Terina (HEY TERINA!!) on one of the groups so I had to go check it out. I am a gizmo girl. And I love Printers! Love them.

So I am wondering how well this works, but I love its portable size. I will be checking into it further to see what it has to offer. I have a portable printer for my digital camera by epson. Which I love, but thought this might be an interesting addition. It is called the Polaroid Pogo. If I get one I'll review it for you. Right now I am saving for Photoshop CS3. It is time to upgrade so I am pinching pennies to get it. But it will be so nice when I have it.

Also Scrapbooking.com is having a Vacation Layout Contest.. Here is the link. We are winding down the summer and I am sure you have some awesome scrapbooking pictures you could put in a layout. This contest ends July 31st. So it is a quick one, but thought I would put it there for those who have a free weekend.

I better run. Still files left to upload for the sale.

Have a wonderful day!
Thank you again!
Enjoy!
Chris

Twisty torture tests.. surgery... ahhh its the weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:24:00 +0000

Well it's Friday. Yeah!! My son is having a couple friends come over to play this evening. He is very excited. He even picked up most of his room because I told him it was the contigency for them to come over. He got it picked up and is happily taking a nap so he can stay up late.

I have been working on files and descriptions. Those winners of the descriptions( and they were all wonderful) will be receiving a copy of the file and I hope to get them all loaded up to the store for the sale. Awesome awesome. So I will get the emails through and I had alot of entries to choose from. Thank you for that!

Next I have uploaded files to the QMC. 2 more. So we are at 7 out of the 20 and I am still working away on it.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I am gonna make this short and run because I have to get a few more things done. Like season the chicken for the grill. hmm.. homemade gourmet seasoning mix the Cilantro Citrus one I think it is. I love it and GLUTEN FREE. Yeahhh! Baby!
Here is the ladies site that I buy from. Yum Yum. I love the Cilantro Lime Chicken Salad. It is so light for summer. Not a heavy taste at all.

Well thats my food rant.

After the 28th I won't be able to eat for 2 weeks. Did I tell you what that was all about. Here goes I have a hiatal hernia. And of course cause I like to do things over the top.. instead of being able to take a pill and make it better. I have officially somehow pushed the majority of my stomach up through my diaphragm muscle and into my chest cavity. To compete with hmm my lungs.. throat etc everything else you have beating in your chest. So because the majority of my stomach is in the wrong spot they have to put it back. Yeah! So the tests to get this done are like torture tests. Let me stick a tube down your nose and see how your esophagus is doing, oh wait better yet lets put a transmittor in your throat you carry around a little pager looking thing for two days and try to choke food down an already constricted throat. Wow I sound bitter. Not really. When I left the place with the tube thing down the nose I told her I was I headed to Disneyland. She did the infamous commercials... Oh heyy.. now that you've had a tube pulled out your nose what are you gonna do?? "I'm going to Disneyland" I said. The people in the waiting room thought I was nutz! But hey I was done with the test and I failed, but passed in a bizarre way in order to prove I need surgery. And when the lady who was putting me under for the ph bravo test (transmitter choke your throat test) told me I couldn't do an MRI for 30 days because the transmitter pops off your throat from its little suction cup thingy and then has to pass through your system and they want to make sure it doesn't get pulled out by an MRI. I smiled at her and said. hmmm.. lets see CT scan with pukey liquid and sick for two days, tube down nose to stomach test, and transmitter in throat test. Yeah I don't think MRI is on my schedule of torture. She laughed and said well at least I had a good attitude. So how is that for some details you don't care to know.
My goals out of all this..
1) To be able to breathe normal
2) to not feel like I am choking all the time
3) to be able to laugh again without worrying about coughing and hurting . I just realized I am doing this the other night. Trying to not laugh because I cough so hard I feel like I might cough up my stomach.
4) to be ableto lay down and sleep withouth worrying if I will gag
5) to make it past the 30 day mark without having to walk by a high powered magnet and have that transmitter pulled right out my skin because it hasn't passed yet. That would be something like the Matrix where they pull something out of the guys stomach. yuck.
6) And to lose some weight because I will be only able to eat slimfast or ensure for two weeks and then very minimal small meals after that. So why not take full use of losing half my stomach.
7) And get it all over.

Lofty goals but I am excited to get it all over with and maybe head to the lake sometime in September. Okay now.. don't you wish you had quit reading? hahah. I am a rambler. I will be fine and you guys are awesome so I know I'll get some emails about taking care of myself. I so appreciate all the positive thoughts and prayers. And I look forward to being on the road to a new adventure without so many twisty weird torture tests involved.

Enjoy your weekend!
Chris

PS I know I said I'd make this short, but yowser.. I am not sure I know what that means.

And why am I telling you all this because I am sure when you read this blog for the next few weeks you will here how I hate the taste of slimfast it is to thick and the gluten free ones taste like chalky and other random items of grossness .. or how about the story of the fighting Berium Xray Techs while I was waiting in the machine... yeah great!! Love you guys.. thanks for stopping by..

3rd post today... and a few more

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Not sure which of these is going to the QMC. but they all need descriptions for the store.. If you don't know what I mean scrol back a few posts from today.
:-) Hope you can help.
Enjoy! Chris
one is A birthday card front that definitely could easily work for the man in the life.
A card front with two titles for more use. and the party one could be used on any project for fun! together or using the elements seperately.

A few more..

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:31:00 +0000

if you need details please scroll down to the previous post.
The "You Make My Heart Sing" fie will be loaded to the QMC. This isn't important to the description. Just wanted those who are part of the QMC to see it and know what is coming.
Email me HERE.. and the winning description gets the file.

These are gonna go quick...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:05:00 +0000

So I can get them up in the store I will be choosing quickly. So don't be disheartened there will be future description challenges. You guys write so much better then I do.

Here are the first ones that I need descriptions for. If I pick your description for the store, I will send you the file.
Light fun, multiple uses and easy read is what I look for. About a paragraph long.

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I will be offering the Challenge files in a whole set. They are an obscure set of files, but I have been asked for them more then once as a set. So I am gonna load them as a set.

This bubble bracket jumble has been added to the qmc already!

New coat of paint was added to the QMC and Paint Diva is on its way to the QMC!

All your help is soooo greatly appreciated!! Thank you in advance for participating! Please email me the descriptions HERE. Enjoy!

Chris

Ready for some description entry challenges?

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:26:00 +0000

I hope to post a bunch of pics tomorrow of files I want to the load in the store over the weekend. And I am looking for the best description and if yours is the picked one you can have the file. These are all files that I have had on my computer for the last couple weeks and just can't write the text files so I am putting it out to you... AND WHY??? Because I need them in the store for next weekend because I will be putting my whole section on sale. So keep an eye out of for the pics tomorrow and let me know what you have for thoughts. AND THE OTHER REASON WHY?? Because you guys have sent in some awesome descriptions in the past. And I love to read them.

I will need them in as soon as I can get 'em because I have to get them all up this weekend. So think quick and send me your thoughts.

Descriptions are for the Paperthreads store so people can read it and find out about the file and give them possible ideas for the use of the file.

For now I need to get some laundry flipped. WOOHOO! Home tomorrow Yeah!! I have plants to plant. Wash to do. Cleaning. Craft room stuff and files. woohoo!!

Have a wonderful evening!
Enjoy!
Chris

Almost time for bed...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:21:00 +0000

The end of a long day... Well here I am my son and hubby are laying on the couch and the latter is snoring. Our tv is off so it is nice and quiet and I am posting finally for today. I have thought about it all day, but kept getting sidetracked. I added two new files to the QMC alot of you have downloaded them already so you know they are there. I am in the midst of working on more. I have surgery at the end of the month so I am trying to pack the membership a little full right now. Thank you for everyone who has joined. I am adding people in the mornings so I keep consistent. So if you aren't added and I missed you let me know with your order number and forum name.

On to life..
So my little one is going to the same school during the summer, but they call it summer camp. I went in to pick him up yesterday and he said "I need to learn spanish". I smiled and said awesome. I am all for learning. Well I went in to pick him up today and there he sits with a little boy and girl that I know only speak spanish. He is trying hard to repeat what they are saying. And they are smiling at him puzzled as he answers there questions in his own version of spanish. All his teachers speak spanish and so there are some children over summer who visit that speak spanish only. I like his school because they teach everything in Spanish, English and Technology. In preschool they didn't do it so much, but I have sat in on a Pre-K class and they ran through the days of the week in spanish and english and read a book also both ways. Excellent for his brain to capture on to. We have participated in the technology part. We have donated some computers so there are extras in each room for the children to work on. I am just rambling because my son just came up to me and said a bunch of ramblings and smiled and walked away saying thats spanish for I am not ready for bed yet. If you have any suggestions on a childs learning spanish dvd let me know, please. I'd like to know what he is saying so I will listen in to. I have a hand at spanish and can understand bits and pieces. However, my husbands spanish gets better with Corona and lime. haha.
Well I better get everyone to bed.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Enjoy!
Chris

Our Trip Pictures and Challenge Slide Show

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Here is a slideshow of our pictures from the trip with family. We first went to Prescott and then to San Clemente where we hit Disneyland while in California and spent lots of time on the beach.

And here is the slideshow for all the challenge entries I have thus far.

Also, I have added everyone to the QMC that has joined. If you can't get into this link HERE. and have joined, please email me your order number & forum name and I will get it handled.

I will pick some of my favorite moments this week from the pictures and post about them. So many great moments and tales. So I am sure you will see more of the photos if you don't have time to sit through the slides.

Have a wonderful rest of the day!
Enjoy!
Chris

I am home...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:05:00 +0000

I am here working on catching up on emails, downloading great trip pictures, adding members to the membership, uploading challenge file pictures. Keep them coming!! The ones I have so far are just awesome! And I had a ph bravo test so I have this little pager looking thing traveling along with me in my journeys. Apparently I keep walking to far away from it so it beeps at me. woops! As you can tell I couldn't get the mobile blogger to work. I kept trying to send pics from the ocean, but they didn't come through. I will have to try and play with that again. So if I get a chance I will upload more pictures for everyone to see and the challenge pictures as well.

Have a wonderful day!!!!
Thank you to those who joined the QMC while I was away. You won't be unhappy I have more files in the works already!

Enjoy!
Chris

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:14:00 +0000

test blog

Countdown to departure

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:00 +0000

Well folks I am packing and getting everything together. I have a long list of to completes before the end of the day. One of those is finish adding all new members to the forum I have so far. So after today I won't probably be back 'til Friday. I might try to stop in and see if I can't figure out this google mobile blogger thing to send in pictures.

Everyone have a wonderful and safe fourth of July!
Enjoy!
Chris

PS one of my todos is to setup the mobile blogger so if you see some test posts that is what they are.

:-)

WOW ... WOW .... WOW ....

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:36:00 +0000

Really I don't have many other words today then WOW. Look at these Challenge Submissions. Everyone has really outdone themselves. These are the submissions I have gotten so far. Remember I moved the date back to the 11th so you have plenty of time to get them in.

WOW!

WOW!

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Sorry Guys I cannot get my font to go back to normal. This is Huge!
Scrapbook Pages, Card Fronts, Embossing, Stamping, You name it we got it!! Woohoo!!
I think you can make comments on the layouts at this link.
Or if it is your layout you can add your own personal notes to it.

I always get asked what kind of paper, stamp, "how'd they do that"

Feel Free to add a note.

http://picasaweb.google.com/cdurnan1234/ChallengeJune08

And if you can't. My apologies. I am just learning Picasa, but am liking it so far.

Enjoy!

Chris

PS Links have been sent out to join the challenge and no additional links will be sent the deadline to get the link was July 1st. I have to have time to pack or we will be headed to the beach with no clean clothes. Yikes! Keep an eye out for the next challenge.

Tack Room fixes, QMC opens today... due date delay for challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:00 +0000

My husband impresses me all the time. This was his latest fix for our revamped tack room. He needed a blanket rack for the horse blankets and so he threw out some ideas here and there for the last week and then came in and said I got it. He welded a piece of rod iron fencing to some rebar and horse shoes and then anchored it to the wall. My hubby is a jack of all trades. Welds and is always working on improving things it is awesome. I know we are in for a change when I hear... "I've Been Thinking" Usually if it's in concrete I know it's secure, but if it isn't well .... it's up for debate. Here are pics of his saddle blanket rack.
And I found this appropriate for the Tack Room refrigerator. An ode to John Wayne, a Luckenback Texas sticker from our honeymoon and a magnetized bottle opener. I must say that Luckenback stick brings back found memories of the prettiest dance floor I have ever seen in my life. We pulled in to this little place where the sign was and looked at this falling down barn thinking what are we doing. And when we opened the door we just sat there and smiled my husband gave me a little spin on the dance floor and it was the shiniest gleamiest (is that word?) smooth wood with a ton of coating floor. It was beautiful. I yearn to kick up my boots on it again.

And then of course something I think every tack room needs. A cute cowboy. but I might be a little but biased. And that rack on the back is a rack for more tack that he welded. Second hand horseshoes. We have buckets of them. Now for my oohing and ahhing on to the rest...

Today is July 1st that means the new QMC is open and as most may know it got opened a few hours early yesterday so I could catch any misses asap. I am adding members quick as possible. I have emailed the yahoo group and posted in the membership. So I hope you got all your files down and are looking forward to another quarter. If you purchase your QMC after the 2nd there will be some delay because I will be walking the beach with my cute cowboy! and will be back after the tenth. Here is the link to get you to the membership....

http://www.paperthreads.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=154

If you purchased and can't get in. Please email me your forum name, and your order number. I know there are a few out there I couldn't add because I didn't have enough info. IT SUPER SUPER helps if you input your forum name at the very very bottom of the order page.

If you want to purchase you can go HERE

Thank you thank you to all the participants.

I better get some things done. Like upload all these great submissions and get you the slideshow! They are phenomenal. Karen from the creative team posted hers already on the Creative Teams Blog. AWESOME

Enjoy!

Chris

PS I realized when I looked at the calendar I wouldnt be back til the 10th. So why I set the 7th for the final date. I have no idea. So you will have until the 10th for the challenge because I won't be able to check email until then.

Orange Sherbert.... white chocolate lipstick. Temptations.

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:15:00 +0000

So my orange wall has a few pictures on it and I thought I would share them with you. A few people asked to see a picture. So here it is. I wasn't aware of how much orange is in my collection of paintings. Kinda cool. Everytime I look at the wall tho' I think.... ORANGE SHERBERT!! hmmm. I love Sherbert.

So I gave up Pepsi on Friday the 20th. I went to docs appt and we had a long discussion about upcoming surgery (more on that later) and Carbonated Drinks. Seems I won't be able to drink them ever again. I was a Pepsi phene. But I came home and drank the last one over ice. It was the last can in the house actually. I enjoyed and was done with it. I thought headaches would come and I wouldn't be able to get up in the morning. It hasn't been so. This is awesome. I am super happy about it. But after the doc visit I went to meet my in-laws at the book store where they had my little one. He was please as punch he got breakfast, a new book, a new toy and grandma was buying him a cookie and a milk when we got there. {rolling eyes} This is what grandparents are for. My son is grinning from ear to ear. My hubby went to take him to the car and what did I do?? I ran up to the counter and grabbbbbbeddd.......

tada...

The latest Janet Evanovich book. Fearless Fourteen. I love the Stephanie Plum character. I love the whole crew actually. Grandma Majur makes me giggle so much I have to get up at night and read on the couch and not in bed because I keep my hubby up.

I read it the next day in completion and will be handing it on to the family. It will get passed with lightening speed around through many hands. I love the family book system. We are all readers.

Anyways it was good book and now I am back to my library books. I pretty much have started library booking it completely with the exception of a few. I have to have space in my house and I read about a book every three days sometimes. This can be a twenty buck a week habit. Wow. Can be alot of dough. So I am a library bookee and my son is loving the trips to the library to see all the books. Sometimes I plop right down on the floor and quietly read him the one he just grabbed if it looks short. He sits in my lap and we just enjoy the moment.

My other purchase that day at the bookstore were two Lindor White Chocolate Truffles. I threw them in my purse. In the little zipper pouch... Do you know where this is heading? This is the pouch I only relegate my lipstick to in case it comes open. Well I found those truffles yesterday. Thank goodness they were in the lipstick pouch. It was quite a goopy mess. But since I am trying to lose 10 lbs in the next couple weeks with a vacation scheduled in there. It probably is a good thing they melted, but lipstick has a hint of white chocolate when I open it. Wew. The world is full of tempations. Just don't leave 'em in your purse in 112 degree weather for a few days they tend to dissolve away.

Have a wonderful day!

Enjoy!
Chris

PS Challenge Submission came in like crazy this weekend. I will post them in the next couple days. They are all soooooooo awesome!

QMC preview.

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:30:00 +0000

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR CHALLENGE INFO! Or visit the right handside of my blog or HERE. Thank you!
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So if you are interested in joining in on the QMC or just can't decide here are few things that might make you want to jump in. Files in the QMC come in SCUT, GSD, AI, KNK & WPC

Here are a few files I am loading to the QMC for July 1st. And I am working on these now because I will be out of town for a week over the 4th.

The first one is California Dreaming. Lots of pieces to this file that you can use on their own or use seperately.

The next one is a saying to adorn any of those pages you have with your friends and family and loved ones. I feel truly blessed more so lately with everyone around me so this file speaks to me. I hope you can use it to.

And the next is a group of star jumbles. Lots of shapes, swirlsof stars. 4th of July is here so great for that. Or your superstar in your life.
Well if that doesn't do it for you there are 17 more possibilities to be added to the QMC. These files will be added to the store after I get back for those interested in just the file.

Thanks for looking and stopping by.

On to life... Does anyone have a list of must haves for the beach? Do you know how long it has been since I have been to the ocean? I am so excited to go. Another thing that will be fun.. I was talking to my son about going to the beach and said we should buy a sandcastle bucket so we can build sandcastles. And he says "MOM but what will it stick together with?" I said "the water". And He says to me with his head cocked to the side.... "Are we taking water to the beach with us??" In my mind I think.. This is going to be soooo much fun. I can't wait to walk the beach in the morning with my hubby and collect seashells and see everything again for the first time through 4 year old eyes. I can't wait!

I am going to see what I can do about getting mobile blogging setup. To post from my phone. I think it would be fun to send some of the images. Anyone do that? is it easy? Well I better run. lots to get together.

Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

New Challenge Entries... Last Date for challenge entries etc...

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:09:00 +0000

There are some new entries for the Challenge... They are awesome. Everyone interprets their files for their own use and I find this the most interesting. From embossing an image on tin to working with their daughter on the items. You can see the submissions in this slideshow!

I want to thank everyone for joining in. I also wanted to say is July 1st is the last day I will be sending out the link. I will be going out of town for a few days and before I go I need to cleanup some things. So let anyone you know who'd like to join in July 1st is the last day to receive the link. All submissions are due in by July 7th. Thank you thank you for everyone joining in!

For more info, Visit Here.

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On to life.. So lots going on here in preplanning for our trip to Disneyland. I checked out the website for their daily schedule I can already see some things my little one and hubby will love to do. Probably the Jedi training thing and I think my son would love the Pirates of the Carribean ride. What are your tips and what are your favs? I would love to hear them.

Enjoy! Chris

Coupon Code... Create Create Create ....

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:01:00 +0000

Here I am .... It's Tuesday. I missed Monday posting can ya imagine?? Totally nutzo of me. I am on a creative swing and want to do nothing else, but create create.

Here is the Terrific Tuesday file that I sent the Coupon Code to my Yahoo Group for today. So if you are interested in the file you can get it at 50% off until tomorrow.

Have you stopped by the creative teams blog? Wow you Should Angie's new layout. Love it! Visit HERE.

I will post more tomorrow. Just lots on the mind.

If you are a current QMC member don't forget to download download download.

Enjoy!

Chris

Friday Finally Friday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:27:00 +0000

So it is late and I am working away. Trying to get some new things out of my thoughts and on to the screen. Sometimes I get so many going I can't catch up with them all. Thanks to those with positive emails about my grandfather and life. I am blessed by all of you reading my ramblings.

IHere is a slideshow for the current Challenge. These are the entries I already I have. Awesome awesome!
Thank you for everyones hard work. I can't wait to see the rest. You can see a larger version of the slideshow. HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Enjoy!
Chris

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:36:00 +0000

Woohoo! We have moved everything in and are on the downward side of this hill called the office move. Next we work on the space for my hubby's at home office which I am sure will be awesome. My husband has great taste and I look forward to helping him put it all together.

So we have two submissions for the June 08 Challenge already in. I have sent out the link almost 50 times. And I have to say these are awesome! I will be adding a page to my mainsite to load them all in. If you want to see the ones from last time. Here is the link. Anything goes for this challenge you can scrap anything! Cards, books, atc, altered pieces, Anything you can come up with. Thanks for playing!

So the first one is from Karine. The Skateboarder is from the challenge and one other file as well... Do you see it? Came out great and I love the fun colors.

Then our next entry is from Ginny Using the Apple File for a super cute Get Well Card. Love it.

If you are still interested in participating in the challenge, you can email me for the link. Two requirements for the Challenge. You follow through with a submission and you do not share the files with others or the link. 'Tis it. I have had lots of people say this has pushed them to use their cutter and get them over the hump of not cutting. Hopefully it is fun.

So A BIG THANK YOU! to those who have joined the QMC and participated in the Sale. It made my day to see how many people signed up for the new QMC. I have sketches drawn for files already and am going to start putting them together. The current QMC members need to download download download. Get them all down as quick as you can the end of the month is coming!

On to life and my ramblings....

So last night the men in my life decided they needed to have pizza. I like to have one of my "gluten free" pizzas to, but it takes time and effort to cook and eat. So I hit Trader joes's on the way home and got some munchies. I love Trader Joe's. I have to say their gluten free items are becoming less of selection then my local Fry's. However, I still love to visit there. I bought my hubby a bunch of different red wines. He likes to have a glass in the evening while we sit on the porch and relax. I am a woman with ample frontload, sideload, and backload, but I get along. I know I could stand to lose some load, but when a teeny tiny person (so teeny you can look through their arm and see the food on the shelf on the other side) looks me up and down in trader Joe's and looks in my cart and just looks me up and down again and walks away with her fat free tofu bites with her nose in the air. I gotta just roll my eyes. Give me a break. Life would be so boring if we are all of the same size and measurements. Don't throw your nose at me. Please. Sorry about that I had to vent for a moment.

In my basket of atrocities were dried apple rings which I bought to see what my little one thought. He tried one this morning asked me what they were again. And then tried another. Wrinkled his nose up and said. Are you sure these aren't Horse treats? Great my child thinks I am feeding him horse food. We'll see if he finishes the bag or they sit there for a while. hmm.. if they sit there maybe I will see if the horses like them. haha. Then he really won't trust me when I say. Just try it.. would I feed you dog or horse food? Just try it. We shall see.

So yesterday getting out of the house was a back and forth journey. I keep running back in the house for one more thing. Even got out the front gate and had to come back to get keys to the trailer with all our things in it for moving. My son pipes up from the backseat. MOM Do you think we will ever get to summer camp? I shoulda just said No! I don't think so. But I said Yes of course we will. Mom will get it all together. Didn't matter anyways when I picked him up he was happy to see me, but mad at the teachers because two called in sick and they didn't have enough teachers plus lifeguard per student ratio to go swimming. I am glad they dealt with a bunch of 4-6 year olds in swimsuits mad as could be because they can't go swimming. I so appreciate there attention to my child and the other childrens safety.

I am still rambling... But I haven't posted in a while so I have lots on my mind...

My hubby got me a digital picture frame for my bday. I have been researching them left and right for about 4 months now waiting for the best deal and my hubby decided this one and enough searching. We have this relationship where I look at something for forever and then when I decide to get it my hubby says YES PLEASE GET IT. Tis how I got my craft robo. I researched it for about a year. Started out looking for a Wishblade. When I had the funds saved and had decided to make the plunge my husband was happy to have it here. Then I think he thought I was crazy as my sister and I cut a bunch of the files I had downloaded in preparation. And said look It's a cowboy hat. Look it's a paper purse. Look It's a paper alligator. I have burned in my memory the smile of pure puzzlement as he agreed with me it was cool. But anyways. I love the digital frame. I popped in a card from my camera about a year ago. (I keep the cards because for me it is another form of backup. Computer, Card and Online Backup. I would hate to lose my family pictures.) The slideshow of pictures of a year ago are full of smiles and happiness and some of them tear my heart out. I realize whenever I see a pic of my grandfather that my heart is in my throat and my eyes are "spilling" as my little one calls it. I just miss him so. I miss not sitting with him at family functions. I miss listening to my hubby chat business with him. I have lost many people in life and yet I haven't felt this dull thud like this in my heart when I think about him. He gave me my first job at his business. When we were little and here from Wisconsin he would come in from work and sit down in the middle of the couch so we could crawl all around him, my brother sister and I. On the weekends we would walk out in the mornings, hair all over the place and in our pjs and he would sing.. "Here she is miss america" . He would take us all to 31 flavors. We went to see Annie in a "real theatre" when he visited us in Wisconsin. In fact, he pushed me to continue to date my boyfriend at the time which is now my awesome husband. And the list goes on. Well I just had to get it out a little. I still miss him so. I have scrapped a page for him, but haven't finished it as I would like to show more of him and not so much heart ache. So I will continue to notate all these thoughts I have about him and add a page in the future.

So have you made it this far??? Wow just ful of emotion and ramblings today. I better run. Tomorrow I have some stories about our auction trip this time around and my deals I purchased. (No new horses wew) I just better run now and get the house picked up some since we haven't been here.

Thank you to everyone. Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!

Chris

Moving day

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:36:00 +0000

So today the carpet is supposed to be in. My hubby and I finished the painting last night. Got hay for the horses. Came home and just sat here in an exhausted state. Then poured ourselves a glass of red wine and sat on the front porch and watched the horses be crazy in a zoned and exhausted state. Well no rest for the weary or the wicked however you prefer the saying. Today is moving day. So I am posting quickly and then heading in to take the kiddo to school. Hit the library probably and then go to the new office and pray for carpeting. If it's there we'll start the mass move and hopefully make it home in time to breathe and then next week I should have some time to get back to designing. I have a sketch pad in my purse with a bunch of ideas in it. And now that sketch pad has paint on it. wew. I better run so I can get everyone dressed and ready to go. Thank you to everyone who posted me so many Happy Birthdays in the last few days! Thank you. Also, if you didn't get a challenge link and want it. Email me again. I think I have sent them all out. But I might have missed one with all the painting and paint fumes floating around. Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

It's my Birthday It's My Birthday!!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:39:00 +0000

So today is my birthday and I am trying to take it easy this afternoon. I'm almost finished painting at the new office which I did all morning. And now I am going to sit down and try to send out all the links for the challenge. So if you don't have it yet. You should today or tomorrow. And don't forget to stop by the sale and check out watch you need or just join the QMC for next quarter. Thank you to everyone for their well wishes! You have made my day.
Enjoy!
Chris

I found this on YouTube and it made me smile but it really made my little one roll on the floor and giggle which was even better because it just made me giggle to see him enjoy it so. He has such an infectious laugh.

Almost Father's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:09:00 +0000

Okay so I don't want to interrupt the flow of the challenge so if you are here for that scroll down and see the previous post for details.

If you are here because I ramble and tell crazy stories about my life with a 4 year old, hubby and a heard of animals, then tune in on Monday. We are headed all over this weekend and I plan to spend as much as possible with the awesome men in my life.

For those checking the dates of the sale... Here is some other good news... There are a few sales going on by many designers. So hit mine and then see the other ones to. My Section is HERE

My Friend Lori is celebrating my Bday with me. So don't forget her section.

Then there is Jan my closest designer neighbor who is celebrating Father's Day!

And Ileana who is also celebrating her birthday and her daughters I believe.

And with all these great files on sale. Don't forget my section as well.. :-)

KEEP SCROLLING DOWN if you are trying to get to the challenge info...

Okay so now I gotta run to get working n the Father's Day gift!!

Have a wonderful weekend. I'll be responding to emails on Monday probably to spend time with the hubby for Father's Day!

Enjoy!

Chris

PS CHECK OUT THE CREATIVE TEAMS BLOG. They are all Awesome!!! There are new posts from Vicki and Karen and Sussann... Did you see did you see???