Halloween treat toppers and the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Woohoo!  My Chomas Creations adjustable holders are being featured this week on Crafaholics Anonymous!  Linda made some Halloween treat toppers with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder.  You can get more details on her blog here... Craftaholics Anonymous

Thanks Linda!  Those turned out super cute!  There is a few suprises on her blog as well!  Just sayin...

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Drew layout with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

This is my super duper cute new nephew Drew!  Don't you just love his hair blowing in the breeze!?! 
One of my favorite things to do with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Cameo is to make my own background paper!  You can download the graph paper file for Studio here...graph paper  I used the Chomas Creations black metallic gel pen in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with a speed of 3 and a pressure of 10 to draw these lines.

I also used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to draw the journaling lines in this thought bubble.  You can get the file and tutorial for that here... thought bubble

The title was using the Lettering Delights Remington Portable. 

 

And here is the cutie patootie I was talking about, my Drew!  My daughter asked me to please please please put some buttons on this layout and picked them all out for me! 

 

 

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Halloween layout with Chomas Creations engraving tip

I just love when others give me ideas to try out, and this one was a lot of fun!  Of course next time I would probably choose a simpler pattern as this weeding took quite a long time! 
This is the Core'dinations Black Magic cardstock.  The front side is black, the back side is orange, and they have a bunch of different colors with the black.  When you etch into the black with the Chomas Creations engraving tip, the orange shows through.  I used the pressure at 33, the speed at 4, and a double cut.  Now you have seen me do that before, but someone gave me the idea to use a paper piercing tool to weed out the pieces of black to see the orange behind!  Like I said this was a lot of work, and I would probably choose a simpler pattern next time, but I do love how it came out!  I did get some longer pieces to come out of the design though.

The title is from the Studio software.  I did cut it 3 times and layered it, then added some Stickles for bling!

The journaling is on one of my thought bubbles, made using the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and a gel pen.  You can get that download and more details here...  thought bubbles

And here is my little girl all dressed up! I actually made the rhinestone shirt with a Studio download and Silhouette rhinestones!  I so love all that I can do with the Cameo!  And yes my sweet little doggie is dressed up as a little devil!  She may look all sweet on the outside, but she is a bit of a stinker!

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Update on metal clay and Chomas Creations engraving tip

If you remember seeing this amazing ring I posted on Saturday by Wanaree and you missed out on watching how she used the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Cameo to make it, now is your chance!  The Craftcast is up with details by Wanaree on youtube here...  metal clay  It is at the end of part 1 and beginning of part 2.  Thanks again Wanaree, I just love that ring!

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Flower embossed card with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

I was informed that the Papermate Eraser Mate ball point pens work very well with embossing powders!  And guess what?  They fit in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder perfectly!  And I should mention I bought the 5 pack for just $1 on Amazon!

Silhouette Studio has tons of sketches right now for download, this is one of them that I drew with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and the Papermate pen.  I added black embossing powder to the design then heat set it with my embossing gun.  Pretty nifty!

I think I need some practice on the wet embossing though, I may have heated it too long hehe!

 

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Palm tree card with Chomas Creations engraving tip

I have a wedding to go to this weekend and the invites had a tropical feel to them, so I decided to go with a palm tree card!  I was just thinking how neat it would be to go with a distressed feel and etching these palm trees, so I gave it a go!
These palm trees are a download from the Silhouette Studio store, as well as the congratulations file.  I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Cameo to etch the palm tree design onto Core'dinations kraft core cardstock.  Being the engraving tip was already in the Cameo, I also used it to score my card.  I recommend only doing the cut line once for scoring as too many times can make the card rip apart when you fold it.

Look at how easy the scoring by the Chomas Creations engraving tip makes folding this card!

 

 

The back of the kraft core cardstock is kraft, so I cut the sentiment out of that and added it to the front of the card.  One thing is for sure, the Cameo can sure cut small details!  This is also nice as the inside of my card is kraft as well, so easier to see the writing on.
The Core'dinations looks even more distressed with a light sanding! 

 

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Metal clay & the Chomas Creations engraving tip

This is a very exciting post for me!  I got a few messages on facebook from the group MCSILies about women using the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Cameo with metal clay to make jewerly.  I was just amazed at what is being done!  This post is by Wanaree from A Work in Progress.  Read to the end to find out how you can learn more about this process, and be prepared to be amazed!

Metal clay is a malleable form of metal that can be formed much like ceramic clay, but once it's fired it's completely 100%, solid metal, with all the qualities that come with that metal. Before it's fired, it's soft enough to sculpt, impress textures into, and wonderful to engrave. The texture plates, or hard sided stamps was created from an original design drafted on the Silhouette designer software, then cut and engraved using the Chomas Creations engraving tip.

  Those stamps were pressed into two flat slabs of the Sterling clay and allowed to air dry until it reached a leather hard state. The clay was run thought the Silhouette, and the Tibetan "OM" symbol was engraved into the ring's front panel, and "om mani padme hum" engraved into the ring back. The silver clay was then fired to 1500F and cooled. Now it's completely solid sterling silver! The ring was hammered into shape and then soldered together, with the engravings facing in.

**Want to hear more? On September 12th, 8PM EST, you can join in for the free, live, online event "More I Love Tools" through www.CRAFTCAST.com. Craftcast specializes in providing, online, project oriented workshops, featuring some of the top names in their craft fields. During the event you'll hear more about this process, get the chance to win some great giveaway prizes, and receive discount codes for some of the fabulous tools that will be featured. Don't miss out! Sign up here: http://t.co/KzhUqFhH

**The videos of the Craftcast are now up on youtube for you to watch here... metal clay ring  The ring is shown at the end of part 1 and beginning of part 2 in the video list.

 

Thanks so much Wanaree for sharing your talent with us all! 

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Flower card with Chomas Creations engraving tip

There are a bunch of awesome sketches for download in the Silhouette Studio store which of course work great with the Chomas Creations adjustable holders.  But I thought to myself, wonder how these sketches would work with the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Cameo.  See for yourself!  I used the pressure on 33, speed on 4 and double cut.  This was with Core'dinations kraft core cardstock.

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