Engraving acrylic with the Chomas Creations Scan N Cut engraving tip

Here's a project I did using the new Scan N Cut engraver by Chomas Creations.  The regular engraving tip available now is awesome for filling in lines like I'm showing on my bulldog engraving.  

When you have details like this you have to send the project as a draw file, not a cut file.  You will lose all the little lines that make up all the details.  I also set the machine to draw and used a pressure of 9 and speed of 5.  You can find the new Chomas Creations engraving tip here...  engraving tip

Always remember to either use double sided adhesive or painters tape to secure your piece.

I got these acrylic pieces and the LED light bases from Craft Chameleon.

Here is the finished project!

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New Brother Scan N Cut engraving tip

By request I've started carrying the original engraving tip for the Brother Scan N Cut machines.  It will work in the entire line of Scan N Cut machines.

I like the engraver better on acrylic when you are filling in areas of a design, as seen in the photo.  

I've had requests to engrave on leather which you would need this original engraving tip to do.  

So yes this is different then the precision tip.  It isn't as sharp and has other uses.  It will engrave as well, I just find the precision tip works better for finer details and the engraving tip works better to fill in designs. They both have a use :)  The Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Scan N Cut is available here now... new engraving tip

Here is a comparison of the 2 tips.

As you can see the precision tip on the right comes to a much finer, sharper point and the engraver on the left is still sharp but less of a point.  I do offer these for other die cut machines such as the Cricut and Silhouette and wanted to offer them to my Scan N Cut users as well.

Here is a design I filled in today with the new Scan N Cut engraving tip.  I've got it on an LED light base here with the red light.

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Etching on acrylic with the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Silhouette!!!

After the last post I did on my blog (look below :) ) I had to learn how to do the photo etching myself!  I did buy Kay's at Cleversomeday's ebook to get a better idea.  You can find it in Facebook group of Kay's for the Silhouette here... https://www.facebook.com/groups/silhphotoetch/

The group is filled with amazing people that are so helpful and a lot of awesome ideas as well!  You can do this with your Silhouette and Cricut machines with the Chomas Creations engraving tip :)

Chomas Creations store

Here is the picture I started with.

I used a program online called remove.bg to get rid of the background.

And then I used a sketch program on my iPhone to change the file to a sketch.  You don't need to do this step buy I wanted more contrast because of her light hair.

The rest you have to learn in the ebook! I just wanted to show my starting points.  Her tail was a bit cut off in the pic so I lined that up with the end of my engraved design.

Make sure when you add you acrylic piece to the mat  you use double sided adhesive or painters tape to hold your item in place. It is so important that it doesn't wiggle on the mat!

I did this with the Silhouette as I am waiting for my Explore to arrive and wanted to see how it would turn out. I was impatient and I wasn't let down at all!  I set the software to sketch, pen, and then put the pressure at 30 and the speed at 10.  

Here is my finished design!!!!  EEEEEEK!  

I did try to add a black piece of cardstock behind the acrylic piece here so you could see even more details Let me tell you how HARD it is to take a pic of acrylic LOL!  It is HARD!  You can see it so much better in real life and you can even see the detail in her eyes!

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Chomas Creations engraving tip on a plastic craft mirror

Just finishing switching to my Christmas decorations and needed a cute mirror to put up on one of my cabinets.  I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip on this plastic mirror I got at a local craft store.  

I did fill in the design that I got from Silhouette studio. You can see a tutorial for filling a design here.

I used a speed of 10 and a pressure of 30 with a multicut of 3.  I do like to use the engraving tip when I'm filling a design because it comes to a bit less of a sharp point then the precision tip and fills a design more.

Again I'm going to say how HARD it is to take a pic of a mirror!  LOL!

This will work in the entire line of Silhouette machines!  

You can find the engraver for the Cameo 4 here

You can find the engraver for the rest of the Chomas Creations machines here.

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Acrylic LED birthday decoration with Chomas Creations precision tip

Birthday party decoration I made for this weekend! I used the Chomas Creations precision tip on acrylic to etch the design with my Silhouette machine. I used a pressure of 30, speed of 10 and multi cut of 3. The designs are sketches from the Silhouette store.
The acrylic piece and stand are from 143 vinyl.

You can find the precision tip for the Silhouette here...  http://amychomas.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_2

And the precision tip for the Cameo 4 here....  http://amychomas.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_18

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Chomas Creations tools for the Silhouette Cameo 4 are up for preorder now!

Ask and you shall receive!  After requests for tools for the new Silhouette Cameo 4 Chomas Creations has designed all new tools to fit!  The machine was redesigned so these are all new and will not fit in any machines but the Cameo 4.  Here is the link for the preorder and stay tuned for more projects with this new amazing machine :)
And for a preorder special get all 4 of the new tools at 15% off!  Find all the tools here... Cameo 4

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Chomas Creations precision tip in the Silhouette Cameo 3

Another acrylic light this time with the Chomas Creations precision tip in the Silhouette Cameo 3 on a piece of acrylic from Craft Chameleon as well as the light. The Silhouette tools will work in the entire line of Silhouette machines and if you already own them they will work in the Cameo 4 with the blue adapter that came with it.  If you don't yet own the tip for your Cameo 4 just wait as one is being released soon:)

You can find the Chomas Creations precision tip here http://amychomas.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_2
The light and acrylic are both available at Craft Chameleon.

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Chomas Creations precision tip in the Brother Scan N Cut

Playing around again on acrylic with the Chomas Creations precision tip in the Scan N cut to etch this design.  My daughter answered this question correctly when she was learning to spell, that's for sure!
I added the acrylic coaster from Craft Chameleon to the Scan N Cut mat and sent it through the machine.  The text is Sketch Serif a chalkboard font.  I set the sofware to draw as well as the machine and put the pressure to 3.  By the way taking a pic of acrylic is not an easy task!
You can still preorder the Chomas Creations precision tip here...  preorder

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Chomas Creations engraving tip on acrylic coasters

Getting some Christmas gifts made! I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip on these acrylic coasters from Chameleon Crafts! They even come with the rubber feet. Coasters The font is a chalkboard from called KG Second Chances. I put the settings to sketch and pressure to 30 speed to 8 and did a multi cut of 3.

I did the etching in reverse so its on the bottom and you can see it through the other side. So excited how they turned out.

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Chomas Creations precision tip on acrylic

Playing again with the Chomas Creations precision tip in the Silhouette on acrylic today! 

You can find the precision tip here... Chomas Creations precision tip

The details once again are absolutely amazing as this little baby is only 1 1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch.  I actually zoomed in on the design so you could see each of these tiny circles that I used.  The small box on the left of the design is the template I cut out of cardstock to put that big design on!

Here is how it turned out!  I used a speed of 6, a pressure of 20 and a multi cut of 2.

 Here's another one I did with even more tiny details.

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