Q & A with Chomas Creations embossing/scoring kit

I've had a few people ask questions about the embossing kit, so I thought I would answer them here!

Do I need another one of your holders to hold the embossing tip?

No, the embossing tip fits into your Cricut machine where you would normally put the blade holder & needs no adaptor.


Why isn't the mat sticky?

We tried samples of mats with adhesive on them, but the embossing just didn't work as good on the adhesive mats, as when it was just using adhesive on the sides of your embossing surface. Embossing works better when the embossing surface has some give. And the other side of the mat isn't sticky because it will easily stick to any of your existing Cricut mats, this helped keep our costs down and we could send the savings on to you!

What about other sized tips for embossing?

We tried tons of different sized tips, and this size works the best. There was not enough difference in the outcome of the different sized tips to make more then one size.

Why can't I emboss on thick cardstock?

The Cricut machine just does not have the power to emboss on really thick cardstock. But as I have shown it does work on thinner, non textured cardstocks very well & does a fantastic job on metal sheets & vellum!

What is the embossing tip made of?

The embossing tip is made of light weight aluminum!

OUCH is right! After one of the 1st practices of the season, Cam got nailed in the eye with a pop fly!! I picked him up after it happened, and WOW was I in for a suprise! He told me he didn't cry, or whine or anything! Good boy! The coaches iced him up, and he was back in the practice shortly after.
For this one I embossed some of the Quickutz metal sheets with the embossing kit for the Cricut & the Robotz cartridge for the gears. OUCH was designed with Don Juan. The embossing kits are available for purchase on the right hand side of my blog and are in stock and shipping!

Here is a layout I did for Custom Crops using the embossing kit and the Batman cartridge. You can see more close ups, get directions and the cutting file here... Batman Layout
The embossing kits are in stock and shipping!
Don't forget that the mini gel pen & mini Sharpie holders are on sale and shipping as well.

**SALE** I'm having a sale on all of my holders for the Cricut and Silhouette!!! I love a good sale!
All Cricut holders are $21!!!
All PINK Cricut holders are $24, or both for $47!
All Silhouette holders are on sale for $21!
All these prices include shipping, and all are in stock and ready!!!

An online friend that gives me some AWESOME ideas, Kay over at Clever Someday told me about some thin paper that had a white core to it to use for embossing. So I am cleaning out my stash yesterday and found some old patterned paper that was the same way, but with color on one side. So I tried out the embossing kit using multi cut 3, and max pressure, and sanded the top of it, and this is what I got! Keep in mind that this is the really thin paper, it works best with this method. Let me know what you think!
The embossing kits are in stock and shipping on the right side of my blog!!!

When I saw this blue aluminum, I knew I had to have it for a Detroit Tiger's page! Look how cool it looks embossed and sanded! I used the embossing kit for the Cricut to do this. The blue side of the aluminum was facing down on my embossing mat, I then embossed the design, flipped it over, and sanded the debossed side. It gives an old time feel, like a tin sign, too cool!
The baseball borders were done with the mini gel pens and holder, then cut around them in black out.

A friend of mine recently had her 2nd baby boy and I wanted to send her a special card! I embossed the baby and special delivery on vellum using the embossing kit that is available for purchase on the right hand side of my blog.
I also used Create A Critter for "special delivery" and Stretch Your Imagination for the baby. I flipped the design in Design Studio as the "debossed" side shows up in white on the colored vellum! Very cool!
Click on the picture to see it even closer up!

Hope you like Spiderman, as Jack does, so that is a big part of our everday lives! I got my hands on these colored foil sheets by Spellbinders and thought of how cool they would look embossed. Well then I told my hubby I was going to buy a burnishing tool to kinda sand off the top layer of color, and he told me he had some Scotchbrite that would do the same thing, so I got to play. Look how awesome this stuff looks sanded! Another "tool" Spidey layout for my little guy!!!
The embossing kits are in stock and ready to ship!!! You can order them on the right hand side of my blog!

If the crown fits with Chomas Creations embossing kit

I've been waiting forever for the my pre-order of Once Upon A Princess, and finally got my hands on it! And ooooh my, it is even more fitting to my daughter Ella then I could have ever imagined! When I saw the title, If the crown fits, I knew that was my first page for this cartridge!
Notice the princess crown border? That was done with the embossing kit on pink vellum! I'm liking how the embossing does on the colored vellums, very cool, and really shows up great. Click on the picture to see it even better!
The embossing kits are in stock and shipping!

Spiderman with Chomas Creations embossing kit and Make-the-Cut

Oh wow! Can I just say how excited I am about how this page turned out? hehe! My Jack is crazy crazy crazy about Spiderman, and I thought, how cool would it look if I embossed Spidey? Well the answer, according to Jack, is "so tool"! If something is tool to Jack, you know it is good! Then I thought I would try to do some spidey webs as well for this page, and they turned out tool as well! I used the embossing kit for the Cricut (which is in stock and shipping now on the right hand side of my blog) and some of the Ten Second Studios metal sheets. I just cut around my design after it was done, it was easy to do with this aluminum!

Even though Denise over at Paper Pastimes is super duper busy, she had time to put together this super cute cookie tower for a birthday party using the mini gel pen holder.





You can see more pictures of this cookie tower, and more cute projects by Denise here... Paper Pastime

Here is another layout I did for Custom Crops using the mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette!!! You can see the layout and directions on how to do it here... So Tweet
The Silhouette has sooo many cool designs you can download in their online library, and a lot of them are made specifically for using drawing tools in the Silhouette machine!

We have a winner!!! Lucky #14, Christina!!! Congrats!
Contact me at amyc222@yahoo.com with your info and I will ship your gel pens! You have a week to contact me, until 5-2.
christina said...
Thanks for another fab candy!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:48:00 PM PDT

I think I may have a new obsession!! Heat transfer vinyl! I'm so glad I haven't done all of my kids' T-shirt shopping this year, because I want to do a bunch for them, as they are easy to do!!! The favorite so far I did for Ella, at school you are known as a bucket filler or a bucket dipper. Ella loves being a bucket filler, someone who is kind and giving to others (I found out later there is a book about this, going to have to get it for my house to show Jack hehe). She got to wear it to school and show her teachers and she was so proud!


For directions and to see another T I did for Ella, visit Custom Crops here... heat transfer vinyl T's You can also find the heat transfer vinyl on Custom Crop's site here, just scroll down to the Silhouette heat transfer, it is also available in flock! Which I will soon be getting to make even more T's, hehe! Silhouette Heat Transfer

And while I was at it, I had to do one for Jack as well! Of course he loves his to!

Ooooh I couldn't wait to post this layout for all to see! I do like how it turned out of course, by the main reason I couldn't wait is cause of how much I love this photo of my niece that I took! Look at those cheeks! This is one of my favs I have of the little peanut!
I used the new Cricut Create A Critter on this one, I just love the lil critters on there and have sooo many ideas with it, hehe! I also did the journaling lines with the mini gel pen holder we sell! Makes it easy to do that journaling!



Also don't forget my blog giveaway is still in progress here... pink holder giveaway

Well I have a big suprise!!! My first 30 pre-orders for the embossing kit shipped TODAY!!! The others will ship tomorrow! So if you ordered by 4-19 pre-order of the embossing kit, it will be shipped, and way before the end of the month!!! SUPRISE! Didn't want to overwhelm the post office, so I broke it up into 2 shipments hehe!!!
And while I'm sharing, here is another embossed layout! First I cut the vellum paper using Kay's file here... Clever Someday Then I drew the clouds with my Wacom tablet, then using the embossing kit, I added my cut vellum to my rubber mat, and embossed the clouds onto vellum!

No limits with Chomas Creations embossing kit

Somehow this weekend I got to SCRAP! Don't ask me how, as I juggled it between running errands, cleaning the basement, and being a mom! I just couldn't wait to show this, and knew everyone would enjoy it!
Silhouette makes a fuzzy vinyl that you can EMBOSS!!! It looks sooo cool! The first pic doesn't do it justice, so I took a close up! You can see the texture in the fuzzy vinyl! For more info on the embossing kit, looky here... embossing kit
Let me know what you think!

Fruit Smoothie with Chomas Creations micro Sharpie holder

A new layout using Preserves! For this fruit loving family I knew I needed this one! Not that I do any canning, or pie baking, or jam making, but hey I make a mean fruit smoothie lol!!
For this layout I used the ultra fine point Sharpie to draw all of the words on Quickutz clear adhesive sheets (love them, need more!), and to draw the title. I just cut the fruits out of cardstock and layered them.
As you can see, Jack really enjoys a fruit smoothie!!!