The difference between the pen and marker Chomas Creations adjustable holders

I have so many people asking why both a pen and marker holder?  After asking people if they would want one of both, for the reasons shown, we all decided on both, as people did want both options!  But keep in mind you can always just use the marker holder for holding pens to, you just won't be able to center them like you see below.

This cute bear shape from Lettering Delights has a ring around it as the bonus layer.  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with a Sakura Souffle gel pen to draw the ring.  The Souffle pens dry puffy, I just love them!  Of course this means you should let them have extra dry time before you touch them or they will smear!

Now I'm often asked what the difference between the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and adjustable marker holder.  The biggest difference of course is the size.  The adjustable pen holder holds pens up to 3/8 inch while the adjustable marker holder goes up to 1/2 inch.  The biggest problem with putting a gel pen in the adjustable marker holder is how far off center the gel pen will end up.

Now, if you were to draw with the gel pen in the adjustable marker holder it is going to be way off center.  If you try to cut a design like I showed above it will end up drawing the ring outside of the design.

Notice how the gel pen is centered inside of the adjustable pen holder.

When you draw and cut with the gel pen inside the adjustable pen holder your ring will be centered inside your design!

I also used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with a Prismacolor Permier to draw the font around my design.  This is the Lettering Delights thin font called Typewriter.





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Chalks, a glue pen & the Chomas Creations adjustable holders

So I had this idea to try out something new today.  I just love when I get a little bit of creative time!  So I got out the chalks (oooh you know if you have been crafting long that you still have them!) and the Sakura Quickie Glue glue pen to see what I could do.
I added the glue pen to the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder in the Cameo.  The key with the glue pen is to go sloooooow...  So I turned the speed all the way down to 1, and the thickness down to 1 as well as the glue pen is a very wet pen.  Notice how I am keeping the design to the left of the main rollers in my machine *2 (you will see the rollers when you click on send to Silhouette *1).  You may also need to move over the rubber rollers on the bar in the Cameo as they can smear wet pens like the glue pen.

 

The glue comes out a light blue shade when it is wet, and turns clear when dry.  Make sure it is dry when you chalk it up!  I made mine into a card.  The flower design was a studio download.  The title I used a thin font from Lettering Delights called LDT sparkle.  I didn't get the best picture as this is a light green chalk, but it looks really pretty in real life! 

 

 

 

Want to know how I got the card to fold like that?  Simple!  Cut 2 of the shape you are going to use.  On 1 of the shapes add a straight line like shown in the picture below.  Make sure to turn on and off your cut settings when you do this.  I added a stylus to the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to score the solid line.  I did copy and paste in place the line 3 times, so it was scored 4 times with a thickness of 33 and a speed of 3.

 

 

Now you fold along your score line, use a bone folder to smooth the crease and a double sided sticky tape to glue the small part onto the back of your card!

 

Want to try out all the goodies above?  Use the coupon code cozy10 at checkout in the Chomas Creations store to save 10% off your purchase of $30 or more.  Good until the end of March 2013.

 

 

 

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Cozy and warm with Chomas Creations engraving tip

One of the favorite gathering spots in our house in winter is around the fireplace!  There are often fights for who gets this prime spot!  You are lucky if no one else is around when the fire is burning in the fireplace! 
I wanted a cozy feel to this layout, so I used warm brown tones.  I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip (thickness of 33, speed of 4, double cut) on Core'dinations kraft core cardstock to etch the herringbone design.  A light sanding later and this is what you get!

I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with a Staedtler pen (thickness 2, speed 3) to draw the journaling and then cut it with the Cameo.  The font is a Lettering Delights thin font.

The title is from the Studio store.

Here is the finished page!  I also added some arrows and brads to the page for a little extra!

If you want to give the Chomas Creations tools a try use the coupon code cozy10 at checkout in the Chomas Creations store to save 10% off your purchase of $30 or more!  Good until the end of March!

 

 

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Color your own cards with the Chomas Creations adjustable holders

My daughter had a birthday party to go to which means we needed to make a card for her friend!  I thought it would be fun to involve her so I used the Studio, the Cameo and the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to make this card.  Blue is my daughter's friends favorite color so I used the Lettering Delights thin fonts to draw the sentiment.  I also used a stylus in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to score this card, you maybe able to see it if you enlarge the card.

The card before...

The card after...

Of course you could always let the recipient color it as well! 



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Day 7- 1 design different looks with the Chomas Creations tools

Sorry a day late, but you may have noticed I was doing another project at the same time!  Engraving with the Cameo!  You can see more about that here.. Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Cameo

I was looking through some old scrapbook pages a few days ago and realized how much I missed it!  So I snuch this one in on my challenge of taking 1 design and changing it up a bit for different looks!
For this scrapbook page I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with a Zig Ball marker.  I changed the chevron design into a sketch with Designers Edition for this look.

I also used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for my journaling, which I added in a thought bubble.  The font is a thin font from Lettering Delights.

The metal heart accent in the upper right corner was also embossed with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and a stylus on a metal sheet.

I went through all my goodies (and there are a lot, I'm going to have to do that more often!) looking for hearts to add to the page!  This is my oldest son and my nephew.  My son has the biggest heart!  

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