School time layout with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

So I've been scrapbooking for 15 years now, and something that happens when you have been doing any craft that long is you get a lot of "stuff".  I have overwhelming amounts of "stuff" here so I'm trying to use some of it up on my layouts, that or I give it to the kids to make things with!
And another thing, I got in trouble by my daughter for scrapbooking last years' school pictures this year and I was told I HAD to make this years scrapbook page this year.  So late into school, but here is a back to school layout!
This corkboard has been sitting around for years.  I found out you can draw on it with Sharpies, so that is how I did my title! I added the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder to the Silhouette and used a full sized fine point Sharpie.  Hey if it fits under the Silhouette rollers, I'll give it a try!

The embossed start was done with a stylus in the Chomas Creations adjustable holder.  I made a bunch a long time ago so I could just grab one as needed!

The journaling was done on one of my thought bubbles and the Chomas Creations adjustable holder.  You can find the share and tutorial for these here... thought bubbles  The star here was an old chipboard star that was glitter pink.  I just removed the first few layers of the chipboard and drew on it with the Sharpie.

Here is my layout with 3 of my 4 heading back to school!  My 2 youngest are holding up their signs I made with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder and white gel pen on black cardstock!  

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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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Have a sweet birthday card with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

I couldn't wait to try these Sakura Moonlight gel pens I found on black paper, the front of the package said "paint like effect writes on dark paper".  So I gave them a shot in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder in the Silhouette.

These gel pens are a bit wetter then most, so I slowed my speed to 3, and used a pressure of 10.  The sentiment was a paid download from Studio store.  The cupcakes were from a free font called MTF Sweet Dings.  She has a lot of free fonts and ding bats, so that site is worth checking out!  I also used a stylus in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to score this card.  There is a tutorial for scoring with the Silhouette here... scoring cards

Here is the completed card.  I love how this bright blue and turquoise showed up on the card! 

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Back to school sign with adjustable holder for the Cricut Explore.

I love making these signs for the kids to hold up on the 1st day of school!  Easy way to show off all the info when you look back!   Explore tools

This is with a Gelly Roll gel pen in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder.

This is the adjustable pen holder for the Explore.  You can center most gel pens to draw then cut.  My favorite gel pens for this are the Gelly Roll gel pens that are found in a lot of different styles and colors.  You can find them at pretty much any craft store or online.

This is the adjustable marker holder for the Cricut Explore.  It will hold up to 1/2 inch or the size of a fine point original Sharpie.  Some markers may not be centered in the marker holder.  This does mean you won't be able to draw then cut a shadow around the image you draw.  There will be ways to work around this ( I usually cut around in a circle or square, and there will be even more).

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