Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Explore Air 2

Want to know something awesome all of you Cricut Explore owners out there?  YES you can ENGRAVE with an Explore!  I have been doing it for years with the Chomas Creations engraving tip!  I see it out there all the time that you can not, but I'm here to blow you away with what Nancy Puleo shared on the Facebook page Cricut Engraving with Cleversomeday.  And she was nice enough to let me share it with all of you!  You can find the engraving tip for the Explore here... Chomas Creations

Yes she did this with the Chomas Creations engraving tip and she did it in the Cricut Explore Air 2!  I'm guessing you are all as amazed as I am and now I'm finding more fun stuff to do with the Chomas Creations engraving tips!  This is on a piece of acrylic.  There is so much you can learn in the Facebook group Cricut Engraving with Cleversomeday so head on over as I'm still learning how to do it!  Kay of Cleversomeday offers an ebook for a very reasonable price to get you started as well as a very informative group.  There is also another group called Engraving Metals with the Cricut Maker (which of course you can use your Explore instead) that has a lot of good info and ideas as well.  Can you tell I'm giddy with excitement?  

Here is another project that Nancy engraved with the engraving tip in the Explore, she also mentioned that the photo doesn't do the project justice as it was a bit blurry.  But WOW!  Can you even imagine it in person?

Thanks so much Nancy for letting me post this on my blog as I'm sure my Explore users are going to be absolutely thrilled with these ideas!  And more!

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Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Explore!! Yes Explore machines!

Great news YES the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Maker & Explore will work in the entire line of Explore machines!  And you can engrave with the Explore machine!  The key is to use double sided adhesive so your tag doesn't wiggle around and use the highest pressure and use a multi cut. I multi cut even 5 times to get a good look to my tags.  You can find the Chomas Creations engraver in my store here...  Explore tools
And right now using the coupon code getcrafty to save 10% off your order!

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Mirror design with Chomas Creations precision tip for the Cricut

I just love how this turned out to add to my Christmas decorations.  I used the Chomas Creations precision tip in the Cricut Maker to etch this design on a plastic mirror I found at Joanns.  I used a chalkboard font and it looks like it is filled in, the font is called KG Second Chances.  I did use a multi cut of 2 on this design.  You can find the Chomas Creations tool here... precision tip
You can do this with the entire Explore line as well for all my Cricut fans!

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Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Maker

I found this Arc Crafts wood and needed to see if I could engrave on it. I got it at Michaels and have seen it at Joanns. After I engraved it with the Chomas Creations engraving tip I colored on it with Sharpie marker. I wish I had some dye ink, that would have been so much easier! As you can see in the one pic you can't see much without some sort of dye or color on it that well. Of course my lightning is icky!!! So yes you can engrave on wood if you find some thin enough to fit under the rollers! Great news! And more great news this will work in the Explore as well.
You can find the Chomas Creations engraving tip in my store here
And don't forget to use the coupon code nov2019 at checkout until 11-26-2019

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Engraving with the Cricut Explore **new instructions included

***Keep in mind that these tools have been updated to fit in place of the blade on the right side of the machine.  

Ooooh wait till you see what the Cricut Explore can do!  How about etch or engrave aluminum tags!!?  I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip to make these tags.  I did use a multi cut of 2 and the highest pressure in the software.  I'm still trying to figure out the software for the Explore, so I don't have a tutorial just yet.  If anyone has ideas on making this easy, please share!
I used some of the chalkboard fonts for these.  You can see more about these here... chalkboard fonts
These dog tags and other aluminum shapes and sizes can be found at Ohax Industries!
Keep in mind these tools have been updated and now fit in the right side of the machine in place of the blade.

Here is another tag I did as well!  I love these chalkboard fonts as they show up really well over any open font.

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Engraving glass with the Chomas Creations engraving tip

A HUGE thanks goes out to Terrie Wytosick for sharing this tutorial and letting me add it to my blog!  Terrie, I am in AWE here! 
Terrie did tell me she added a mat under the machine to catch any glass pieces, and note how she took it to the sink to rinse off the glass shavings, I would NOT brush this off with your hands for sure :) 
Again Terrie thanks so much for sharing! 
This is with the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Explore.  You could do the same with the other machines, just make sure to use a light pressure so as not to crack the glass.

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