Chief layout with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette/Cameo

My Gramps is an amazing man.  He has some amazing pictures from serving in World War II as well as a very sharp memory that he can give you dates, locations and such.  I wanted to honor him in a special page for Veteran's Day, and here it is!    My Gramps was honorably discharged from the army in 1944 when he was hit in the leg with shrapnel in Germany.  He went to a veteran's lunch last week, and people were amazed that this 96 year old man was there.  My Gramps is an amazing man, like no one you've ever met before, so kind hearted, easy going, and he never complains!  I love that man!
A special thanks to all of our veterans out there, you have done so much for all of us!

I started with a collage of some of the best pictures he has from the time he served, as well as a picture of him on his 92nd birthday.  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette/Cameo with the Chomas Creations mini gel pens, yes they work in the adjustable holders!

I drew the title and the journaling lines with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and the black metallic mini gel pen from the Chomas Creations assorted pack of mini gel pens.  You can download the journaling file for Studio here... rectangle journal

If you would like to read the journaling on this page, click on the photo to enlarge it.

And here is the full page!

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Back to school with Chomas Creations mini Sharpie holder

It is that time of year again!  Time for my favorite commercial... It's the most wonderful time of the year, they're going back... back to school!  Where the dad is dancing down the aisles... hehe  They should really use a mom in that commercial! 

Being I have 4 kids that go to school each year, I get a bit behind on these back to school layouts!  So this is from last year, my daughter on her way to kindergarten.  You can get the Design Studio file for this page here... back to school
I used the Chomas Creations mini Sharpie holder to do the border and accents on this page on cork board.  Yes corkboard!!  There are so many surfaces out there that the mini Sharpies will write on that normal markers just can't handle!  This corkboard is by Quickutz.  They are 4x12 self adhesive sheets.

I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder to make my own lined paper!  I used the file here for the horizontal lines, that I usually use for my journaling circles....  journaling circles  I drew all the lines in the Chomas Creations light blue glitter mini gel pen.

The back to school file has the vertical lines, I used the Chomas Creations red glitter mini gel pen for these.

This also made for some easy journaling on the page!

I designed the title with a shadow and cut it out of red and green paper.  The title is also on the back to school download.

Here is the completed layout!  The ribbon is Imaginesce.  And of course the patterned paper was made by me hehe!

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Berry Sweet card scoring with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

One of my favorite parts of the end of June and beginning of July is Michigan strawberries!  And the best part is my mother in law has a TON in her garden!  So that marks the season of fresh strawberries, strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie, and a lot of strawberries left to freeze for fruit smoothies!  I saw this berry sweet file and knew this would be the perfect thank you card for the mother in law! 
Did you know you can use the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with the stylus to score cards???  Why yes you can!  This is a super easy way to make sure your cards line up and easy to do!  You do NOT need the embossing mat for scoring cards, just the stylus.  Add the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder in place of your blade, add the stylus, set the height with the popcycle stick, and set your pressure to 33 (thicker cardstocks may need a double cut).  You can download the file for the 5x7 card here... Studio 5x7 card

All parts of files are set up to cut when you send them to the Silhouette Cameo.  But I don't want to cut the middle score line for the card, I want to score it.  So first I click on the cut style icon on the top menu of Studio (1) to get my options, which are located at the right side of Studio.  I need to turn off the large rectangle that will be my card, so I click on that, then click on no cut (2).

Now add the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with the stylus to the Silhouette Cameo and use double cut with the pressure all the way at 33.

Next we want to cut the card out.  To do this we need to switch our options in cut style.  This time we select the line we scored and select the no cut option.  Now select the large rectangle for the card and select cut.  Without removing your mat from the Silhouette, carefully switch out the stylus for the blade.  Now cut the rectangle.

You will have a scored line right down the middle of your card!  Fold it in half and use a bone folder to smooth out the edge!

I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette Cameo with the green metallic mini gel pen to draw the berry sweet sentiment, which was a download from Silhouette Studio.  I then colored it in with the Copic markers.  While the mini gel pen didn't bleed, I think I used the wrong paper for this one as the Copics did bleed a bit!  Whooops!

The paper is Imaginesce.  The ribbon is little Yellow bicycle. 

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Bucket filler with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

One of the cute little lessons at my daughter's school was being a bucket filler (someone who is kind to others, helpful to others and makes the right choices) as opposed to a bucket dipper.  So I used the Cricut with some heat transfer vinyl to make her this cute little shirt!  Then I used the same Design Studio file to make this scrapbook page for her!  I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut with a black metallic mini gel pen to draw the title and then colored it in with Copic markers.  I used my pressure on medium.  You can get this file for DS here... bucket filler

I did my journaling on one of my journaling circles I keep on hand made with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut!  You can get more details and the file for that download right here...  journaling circles

I then added some of the Silhouette fuzzy vinyl that I sprayed with Shimmer Mist in blue to the page, some ribbon, and a vinyl sunshine along with my little bucket filler picture!

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Welcome little one with Chomas Creations embossing kit

Lucky me, just over 2 weeks ago I got a new nephew!  This is Drew!  Of course I can't resist a cute boy layout, or cute baby Drew!  I actually used this welcome little one file before to make a page for my boy, and I was looking through old files and wanted to use it again!  You can get the file and see the other page here... welcome little one
I used the Chomas Creations embossing/scoring kit to emboss the little circles on the vellum as my background.  I did use a multi-cut of 2 to get them to really stand out. 

I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder with a glitter silver mini gel pen to draw the title, then without removing my mat from the Cricut machine, I took out the mini gel pen holder, replaced the blade, and cut the shadow around the shapes.

I also used the Chomas Creations  mini gel pen holder to draw the journaling circles.  You can get a tutorial and the download for the design here... journaling circles

I added my super cute pictures of Drew, some ribbon and buttons to the page to finish it.

And did I mention that you can get the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder and embossing kit at lower prices in the Chomas Creations store? 
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Detroit Tigers with Chomas Creations embossing kit

One of my favorite things to do in the summer is to head to a Detroit Tiger's baseball game!  This year was tons of fun as it was an earlier game and we got to celebrate after in Detroit, and even headed to dinner downtown. 

I used SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) for this layout.  You can download images from the internet and then trace them in SCAL.   As you can see from the image, I added a dashed border around the outside, a feature I just love in SCAL.  I then used the Chomas Creations embossing kit and the Ten Seconds Studios metal sheets (colored side down) to emboss the images.  After they were done, I sanded the raised side to make the images pop, reminds me of the old fashioned signs!

For the background paper for this page, I downloaded a fence image, then used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder with the black metallic mini gel pen on kraft cardstock.  You can download the fence image here... fence image

I did the journaling on one of my journaling circles I have tons of, then added to the metal sheet and just cut around it...

You know how sometimes someone hops into your pictures, and you really just don't want them there?  Well that explains the clever placing of buttons on my photo! 

A heads up that by clicking the shop button at the top of my blog, you will be brought to my online store.  While it doesn't look pretty yet, it does work, and I can now take credit cards, as well as paypal.  Prettiness to come later, as soon as I get this zen cart thing figured out, UGH!

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Birthday card with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

Look at this beautiful card Yolanda of Just Yolie did with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut!!!  You can find out more details on the card she used made... Just Yolie
So pretty, thanks so much for sharing!

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Frosty the Snowman card with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

Someone on facebook had posted a link about making cards for a boy that is going through a battle with leukemia after already having battled cancer twice.  This card is for Joey, and if you would like to send him a card, here is the link....  Joey cards  I love how at this time of year, everyone joins together and they do good things like this, may Joey's mailbox be overfull!

I made this file in Make-the-Cut, you can download the file here... Frosty file  The file does not include the snowman as that was a Lettering Delights file, but you could add your own!  The font is called Play Date.
I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder in the Cricut with a silver glitter Chomas Creations mini gel pen to draw the Frosty lyrics as well as the snowman.  I then added some fuzzy vinyl snowflakes and a bit to the snowman to cute him up a bit!

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Spidey layout with Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette

More Halloween pages!  Got to get last years done before this Halloween rolls around hehe!
My son is in LOVE with Spiderman, so he knew that is what he had to be for Halloween!  And being he was Spidey, I wanted a Halloween page with spiderwebs and spiders!  Being I used the Cameo, I got to make a full 12x12 sheet of background paper!   I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette to etch these spiderwebs into Core'dinations cardstock.  They were the free download for the week with Studio.  The engraving tip is available for pre-order in the Chomas Creation's store now!

The title was done with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette.  I then cut around it with the blade, that new click blade in the Cameo is AMAZING!  If you are just keeping your Silhouette or Silhouette SD and want better cutting, it will fit in those machines to.

And here is my little web slinger!

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Beary cute layout with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

My daughter had her eyes on this bear for a long time, but being it is HUGE, I refused to get it for her, thinking of how many stuffed animals we have in our house.  Well along comes Auntie Kristie, and all bets are off!  She had to get this for her birthday, and now the HUGE bear resides in our house!
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I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder & pink glitter gel pen to draw all the bears on the background paper with the Cricut & Create A Critter.  You can get the file for this page here... beary cute

Being my title letters are small and would be hard to cut and adhere, I instead drew them with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder!

I also used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder to draw the journaling lines to write my journaling on.  You can see how to do this here... journaling tutorial

Here is my completed page, along with the HUGE bear!

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Enjoy every moment with Chomas Creations engraving tip for the SIlhouette

Did you know there is now a pre-order going on for the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette?  You can read more about that here... Silhouette engraving tip
Here is a page I did using the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette with Core'dinations cardstock on the bottom half.

Using the exact same file I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette to draw the top half of this layout.

I also used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder to draw the lines for this journaling circle.  You can get the free file for that here... journaling Silhouette

Here is the finished layout!  It is my oldest daughter's senior year of high school, so these are some words of advice I had for her!

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Kalahari layout with Chomas Creations engraving tip

Last year for my mom's 60th birthday all of her kids, spouses and their kids took her to the Kalahari in Ohio to celebrate!  We had an AMAZING time!  I highly recommend it there, tons of fun things to do!
I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip with MTC and Core'dinations cardstock to make the title and leaves on this page.  You use the engraving tip with a regular Cricut mat, I like to use a multi cut of 2, and then give my designs a light sanding.

I also used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder with MTC to add journaling lines right on my page!  I actually did it when the pictures and ribbon and paper were already on my page as a last minute thing!  It worked awesome, and I'll be trying it again!  And look how much easier it is to keep everything in line!  Lots of room for journaling! 

I made this a 2 page layout as I had a ton of pictures I needed to add! 

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