Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Valentine's Day card using Chris Durnan's file

This great file is part of a file set in the Quarterly Membership Club. I love how cute this is. I cut it, matted it on a piece of black paper, and layered it on a piece of patterned paper with pink birds with tiny little hearts on each one. I stamped the greeting inside and instant Valentine's Day card. Here is the link to the newest QMC.

Thanks for looking,
Sussann

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Christmas gift with Chris Durnan's Angel File

I used Chris's angel file - part of her "The Gift" QMC club - to make this Christmas gift. I cut the angel out of gold vinyl and put it on this ruffled red charger. The Gift QMC is still available, but hurry - you can find it here.

Sussann

Christmas card with Chris Durnan's file


Here's a quick and elegant Christmas card I created using Chris Durnan's file - Side Cut Ornaments. You can find the cut file here. I cut the ornament from red cardstock and adhered it to a gold patterned paper. I added some green glitter glue and rhinestones - instant Christmas card!

Sussann

Sunday, November 27, 2011

thank you card with Chris Durnan's file

How elegant is this thank you card? It cut like a dream. It's so pretty on it's own, all I did was layer it over a patterned piece of card stock. Instant thank you card. This file is a great value, because it comes with two other card fronts - a congrats and I miss you card front - and an underneath layer with tiny stars! You can find it here.

Sussann

Thursday, October 27, 2011



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!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

layout with Chris Durnan's SVG cutting file


Hubby and I went to Cumberland Gap over the Fourth of July holiday. I saw Chris's file of letters that look like pieces of road and knew it would be perfect for a Road Trip layout. As always, you can find Chris and all her fantastic files here. Another Quarterly Membership Club is getting ready to gear up, don't miss out!

Sussann

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Retirement card with Chris Durnan's file

I needed a retirement card for a co-worker. I knew immediately that I had to make this card with Chris's retirement file. You can find it here. It cut like a dream! And my co-worker loved it. Thanks, Chris!

Sussann

Sunday, July 17, 2011

thank you card with Chris Durnan's file


Aren't Chris's files great? I made these two thank you cards with Chris's files. The Thanks is from her Thankful Titles 2 file. You can find that file here. The sun is from her Lazy Summer file which was a part of her Quarterly Membership Club. I inked the edges of the suns with an orange ink. Then I used black ink on the edges of the patterned paper. Instant Thank you Cards!

Sussann

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

recipe card with Chris's file


I just love using Chris Durnan's files on my recipe pages. For this recipe, I used her file, Chili Pepper. You can find it here. I cut the star off the top of it. I also cut the peppers in half, down the middle and placed it on the edge of the page. I'll use the other half of the peppers on another recipe card later.

Thanks for looking!
Sussann

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Graduation Cards with Chris Durnan's files

Here are two graduation cards I made with Chris's Graduation borders. These are two of the borders she included in May's Grab Bag. You can find the Grab Bag here. I sized each page border down and layered it on top of a graduation themed piece of paper, matted on black. I also cut a small graduation cap out of black and placed it on each corner. I searched high and low for tiny tassels, but I couldn't find what I wanted. Next time I need a graduation card, I'm going to make my own tassel out of embroidery floss, but I need to start working on them more than a week before I need them. LOLAS!

thanks for looking!
Sussann

Sunday, May 01, 2011

recipe card with Chris Durnan's file

I love adding new recipe cards to my recipe book. When I got this awesome chicken salad recipe, I knew I had to include it in my book. And I knew Chris had the perfect chicken I could use to accent it. You can find Henny Hen here. Thanks, Chris!

Sussann

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

layout with Chris Durnan's cupcake file


Chris made some darling football themed cupcake wrappers for her Quarterly Membership Club. I used one to layer on top of the G for the title for this layout about our Super Bowl munchies. You can find Chris and all her fabulous cutter files here. I just love how versatile her files are!

Sussann

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

thank you card with Chris Durnan's file

Here's a thank you card with another of Chris's great files. You can find the cutter file here. I cut it once in green, then again in red. I cut the thank you out of the red and layered it on the green. So quick, so easy, yet I love the look.

Sussann

Monday, January 31, 2011

Card with Chris Durnan's Love Bird Card Set file


This lovely file is part of Chris's Quarterly Membership Club files. The QMC is still available in Chris's store. You can find the membership here. I used the gatecard option with this file. I inked the base card with pink before attaching the Love Birds. I used a rubber stamp to stamp the love definition on the heart, then inked it with purple to make it stand out a little. Another beautiful file from Chris!

Sussann

Monday, December 20, 2010

Two new projects for Christmas! with Chris Durnan's files





I wanted a way to dress up a gift card so I thought why not make an explosion box? So I made the box, but it was a little plain. Chris's Santa from her QMC was the perfect addition to spruce up the box. I loved him on the card, but he's even cuter in miniature on the top of the box.

The other project uses Chris's Winter Cupcake Wrappers. That file collection can be found here. This set includes four great wrappers. I cut the tree wrapper and backed the trees with green. I rolled up a pair of fuzzy socks and fastened them with a rubber band. To make it look more like a cupcake, I put a small pompom on the top.

Sussann

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Christmas Card with Chris's file


I just loved this snowman that is part of Chris's QMC. I cut him and layered him on a white decorative mat with inked edges. Then I put him on a gate fold card. i used a rubber stamp to stamp a greeting inside the card. I just love how cute he is! As always, you can find Chris here. And as I've said before, the QMC is such a steal!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

layout using Chris Durnan's files





In September, hubby and I had the chance to ride the Trail of Tears, ending up at the Trail of Tears rally in Florence, AL. We took some pictures along the way, and at the park. I thought Chris's file - Native American collection - would be perfect. You can find it here. I cut the head out of gray cardstock and layered the title on the edge of it. Each corner has an embellishment, one is a brave on a horse and the other is an ax. I'm sorry the picture quality isn't better, but I lost my good camera, and this one doesn't have a macro setting on it.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

recipe


I made this recipe page with Chris's Silverware Jumble file. You can find it here. I put a piece of patterned paper (grill utensils) over the base cardstock and then layered the silverware cut over that. The recipe is of my favorite homemade BBQ sauce.

thanks for looking!

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Sharon Mobley has a wonderful 3D file. I used one of the flower files from her collection to

make these flowers in a vase. The stems for the flowers are made of curled wire for a whim

sical effect. I inked the centers of each flower and each color represents a different thought - peace, love, dreams, happiness..

..I also used her 3D butterfly and put one on the edge of the v

ase. You can find S

haron's files here.


Tuesday, August 24, 2010

layout with Chris Durnan's Silhouette Bunnies with Sparkle

Lately we've noticed some new friends in our neighborhood. A family of bunnies has moved in. I used Chris's Silhouette Bunnies with Sparkle file found here. You can't tell from the pictures, but I cut them on sparkle paper. I added two prisma flowers with rhinestones in the center. Added a title, some journaling, and some clover background paper.