Silhouette Cameo 4 adjustable pen holder

The Cameo 4 adjustable pen holder is coming soon to the Chomas Creations store!  It adjusts to center most gel pens (the ones with the squishy grips won't fit you will need the adjustalble marker holder).  I got these Gelly Roll gel pens at either Michaels, Joanns or Hobby Lobby and of course you can find them online.  If you ever want to center a gel pen and cut in shadow this is your way to go.
For gel pens I slow down the speed to 3-5 and lower the pressure to around 10.
I love the look of the chalky gel pens on Kraft cardstock.  You can preorder the Cameo 4 tools here... Chomas Creations

Football with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Well I'm off to a good start on my son's high school sports album (being I haven't done them since he has been in high school and he graduates in less then a month, EEEK!)  I used the white Signo Uniball gel pen in the Chomas Creations marker holder to draw the football lines on the kraft cardstock.  It was a download from the Studio store.

I am keeping these simple so they focus on the pictures.  Being my son played a lot of sports there will be a lot more to come!

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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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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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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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Mazie layout with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette

How could I resist doing a page with my new puppy Mazie?  And of course what puppy page would be complete without puppy paws??  You can download the puppy paws file for Silhouette Studio here... puppy paws
I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette to draw the puppy paws as my background page. I just love the look of the black metallic mini gel pen on kraft paper! Aren't they super cute?

I also used the paws with the Chomas Creations embossing kit for the Silhouette to emboss on a metal sheet.

I found this yorkie download in the Silhouette store and played with it a bit for the title!  I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette to draw the design, then the Copic markers to color it in!  Look no smearing!

Did some quick journaling on one of the journaling circles I have lying around that I made with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the SIlhouette as well!  You can see a tutorial and a download for that here... journaling circles for Silhouette

Here is the page all put together!  Gotta love the new puppy cuteness, it just adds to the page.  Now to get her to go potty outside...

And don't forget right now I have a sale going on in the Chomas Creations store!  Save 10% off your entire order when you use the coupon code back10 at checkout!

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gosh you're awesome with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette

Kids are amazing creatures!  They never stop amazing you!  My youngest daughter came home from school with this picture she had done.  I looked at her little person she colored to figure out what the shirt said and found out she had written the words backwards, thing was, if she was looking down at the shirt, that is what she saw!  Her shirt said Champion Talker (sooo true), and she copied it letter for letter, just backwards hehe!
Some of you may know that I love my journaling circles and shapes.  Let me let you in on a little secret, I used to spend a ton of time using the computer to do my journaling, now I just use these, and it is a bazillion times faster!  And with the lines it really helps keep things neater looking. 
I made this file for Studio with 6 journaling circles inside.  It is actually quite easy to use with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette!  You can download the Studio journaling circle file here... journaling circles
To start, you  need to click on the outside circles for each journaling circle (1), then click on the cut option on the top tool bar (2), then click no cut as we want to draw the lines first.
Add your Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette in place of the blade. Set your pressure around 10, speed of 10. I do double cut for these lines so they are nice and dark. 

Now select all of your circles (1) and click on no cut (2).

Next click just outside of each circle to select it (1) and click on cut (2).  Now you can cut your circles with the Silhouette.  Without removing your mat, carefully remove the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder and replace it with the blade.

I like to do a bunch of these at a time to have on hand whenever I need them.

I used the gosh you're awesome title from the Silhouette downloads.

The papers for this page are all Echo Park.  The ribbon and flowers are Making Memories.  The daughter is mine hehe!

Don't forget the sale is still on in the Chomas Creations store!  You can save 10% off your purchase of $30 or more using the coupon code august10 at checkout.

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You layout with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette

So some of us may look at a photo like this and be like "UGH"!  Why can't I get one good pic of my kid and me... Well I thought that while we were trying to get the photos at his preschool graduation, and I will admit I was bummed at the time, but when I got home and started going though my pictures (there are about 10 just like this that my hubby took, trying to get a "good" one), and saw these, I started cracking up!  Why?  Because that is just my son.  That is how he is, every day, he cracks me up, he is goofy, and he keeps us all on our toes.  So here it is!
There are these cool subway art titles for download in Silhouette Studio, I drew this one with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette.  Then I used Studio with the knife tool to cut out a few of the words and put them in bright colors to make them pop!  Look how easy the mini gel pen holder made it to line them up!

 I have a bunch of these oval journaling blocks I keep on hand to do some quick journaling.  You can download the file for this one for use with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette for Studio here... oval journal

Here is the awesome pic I was telling you about hehe!  The papers are all Echo Park Little Boy collection, love the bright colors! 

Don't forget there is still a sale going on in the Chomas Creations store!  Save 10% off your purchase of $30 or more using the coupon code august10 !

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Make-the-Cut's newest update & what is means for using your Chomas Creations mini gel pens!

Oh boy!  You all know I love Make-the-Cut, and I love all the new updates that are free that come my way!  But of all the updates I've gotten over the year, this is by far my fav!  Wait till you see why!
Now, my Cricut friends that own MTC already, you will love this!  You can update to MTC 3.3.2 right here and see all of the new updates (like linking to your Lettering Delights account!) and it will NOT, I repeat, will NOT get rid of your Cricut drivers!  And for all the Silhouette fans out there, the Silhouette drivers are in the download that make it super easy to cut or draw to your Silhouette!
Now here is my fav part, hehe!  Start by picking a font you want to use and type what you want it to say.  Now right click on your typed out words, click on shape magic, advanced, and click on thin paths!  (do this all while it is grouped together, do not ungroup and try this as it doesn't work right!)

I found this cute bunny on the internet and traced it like normal.  Notice how on the before it is double lined, but by using thin paths, your bunny and text all go to single line! 

You can get the free MTC bunny file here!  I included both the before and after!

Now, I used the Cricut and the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut to draw the before and after!

Of course I wanted to give the Silhouette a try with MTC as well!  That little machine makes a lot of noise but really does a fantastic job with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette!

I also had a cool palm tree I had embossed awhile back, and I wanted to try that with thin paths.  Here is the embossed palm tree with the Chomas Creations embossing kit BEFORE thin paths...

Which of course looks really cool for embossing, but I wanted to try and see the thin paths with the palm tree.  Here is what it looks like in MTC...

You can download the file for the palm tree here!

Here is the palm tree drawn with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut...

And here is the same file to draw with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette...

So just think, all your fonts with that single line you have always wanted to draw with...

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