Cider mill with Chomas Creations embossing kit

One of our favorite family fall traditions is a trip to the cider mill!  Nothing like a cold cider and warm doughnuts!  And then of course you have to walk it off hehe! 
I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit for the Cricut to emboss the border title for this page using From the Kitchen and Lyrical Letters.  You can get the border to use for download here... cider mill

I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the journaling circle.  You can the tutorial and download for that here... journaling circles

Here is the 2 page layout using Imaginesce papers.  The little apples were also done with the Chomas Creations embossing kit! 

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Birthday cards with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

Here are a bunch of cards I  made with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder.  By adding a bunch of different tags to draw out, then adding another layer to cut them, I made a ton of tags in no time, with very minimal work!

You can get the file for this design to use with Lyrical Letters here... birthday page
I start with the page to draw and add the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder to the Cricut machine and draw the birthday sentiments.

Then without removing the mat from the machine, I carefully remove the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder and add the blade and cut the next page.  Notice the square around the bracket shapes.  It was easier for me to just leave them, and they don't get in the way.  Sometimes easy is good!

You are left with 12 birthday sentiments to add to cards!  While these were drawing, I was working on adding paper and ribbon to all my cards!  This was quite a quick way to get that many cards done!
I had a bunch of birthday decorations that I added to these cards. 

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Embossed card set with Chomas Creations embossing kit

I'm trying to get a bunch of cards done for the craft show I'll be doing this weekend!  I would love to have your opinions on how to package these, or if I should sell them seperate?  Let me know what you think!
I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit with Lyrical Letters to emboss all the sentiments on these cards.  You can get the Design Studio file to do a bunch at the same time here... DS file
The papers and chipboard stickers are all Basic Grey.

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Custom Crops trick or treat layout with Chomas Creations embossing kit

I have another layout up at Custom Crops!  Just in time for Halloween, here is a page for all your little trick or treaters!  You can get step by step instructions on how I did this layout as well as the file for it using Happy Hauntings here...  trick or treat layout

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Christmas frame

Another Christmas frame I got done for the craft show coming up this weekend!  Eeeek!  Running out of time, hope I have enough things to put out!  The papers and felt embellies are all Basic Grey.

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Princess frames with Chomas Creations embossing kit

OOoh nothing like some girly pretty princess frames!!!  I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit on Ten Seconds Studios metal sheets to make these designs! 
Perfect for my pink sale in the Chomas Creations store!  Use the code pink10 to save 10% off your purchase at checkout.  And to see the pink cards I did for the Link Up for Pink party click here...  pink post

I used Design Studio with Once Upon A Princess for the designs, which you can download here...  princess crowns  Notice when you download that if you want the words made by single letters (I used the font from Once Upon A Princess to make the word princess) in Design Studio to face the right way, you have to write the word backwards, then click on it and use the flip feature. 
Here is a close up of the princess crown!

I added some circles with an embossed outer edge so you could see the stickers better.

And here are the frames!  The paper, ribbon and stickers are all Imaginesce.

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Square1 printable vinyl

Recently I was given some Square1 printable vinyl to give a try.  Let me first tell you that it is like no other printable vinyl I have seen.  First off it is textured, and for those that know me, you know I love my texture (ok so I've been referred to as a texture snob, hehe).  2nd, it is nice and thick!  And 3rd it is removable and replacable.  2 and 3 go together because you can move it over and over again! 
I did use mine with some cute print and cut images from Silhouette.  My printer worked awesome with it, and as you can see the close up, the colors are nice and bright!  (I did start to take the top sticker off and realized I should take a pic first, so I had to stick it back on, that is why it has that lump!)

My idea was to cover up this old sticker that won't come off the glass on my window from the 1950's but I didn't make it quite big enough!  I thought as the kids walked out of the door everyday they could see these cute messages!

So if you are looking for some awesome printable vinyl to use with your Silhouette or even your Imagine, Square1 is the place to go for sure.  I think I may just have to order more as I had more ideas I didn't get to use!  You can also check out the Square1 facebook page here for more ideas...  facebook page

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Detroit Tigers with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder & embossing kit

OOoh today is game 4 for the Tigers, and I'm ready for the win!  So I thought I would scrap a page of the Tigers game we went to with all 4 of my kids this summer.  While I would love to say it went smoothly, it kinda didn't as my youngest was too young to deal with baseball, especially at 8:30 pm, eeeek!  But we did have fun, and the Tigers did smoke 'em!  18-2!  WOW!
Don't forget to use the coupon code pink10 at checkout to save 10% off your entire order in the Chomas Creations store!
So here is my page hehe!  And if you want the baseball border for Make-the-Cut to use with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder, you can download it here... baseball border
First I drew the baseball border with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder & the black metallic mini gel pen.  As you can see you can get very fine details!

Then I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit to make the "D" designs as well.  I flipped the blue metal sheet face down and then sanded the raised image.  Make-the-Cut now has a dashed line feature and I used it on this image!

Here is the finished page!  We got lucky to go to such an action packed game where the Tigers won 18-2!  There were lots of hits and home runs and waves and junk food and fun!  Well for the adults, the 2 littlest didn't much care for it hehe!

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Boy frame with Chomas Creations embossing kit

A few more boy frames for you to see!  I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit to make the stars for these frames.  You can download the DS file here to use... striped stars

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Diva frames with Chomas Creations embossing kit

Ok, I had a ton of fun with these frames (minus the burns on my finger tips from the hot glue gun, eeek!  Turning your head to see what your daughter is trying to show you while using hot glue is a BAD idea!)
 My fav things to craft with are bling, glitter, this feather boa, and metal! 
I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit with Make-the-Cut to make the diva titles for these frames. You can download the file here... diva

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Christmas frames with Chomas Creations engraving tip

Hey believe it or not, here are even more frames hehe!  I don't usually like to do anything Christmas before Halloween, but I made an exception this year hehe!
I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip on Shimmer Sheetz for all the sentiments.  The sheets go right on a regular Cricut mat, so you can use a blade to cut around this material when you are done engraving them.  Loving me some tinsel!! 
This frame used the Lyrical Letters cartridge.  The papers are October Afternoon.  The tinsel is Melissa Frances.

The cartidge on this one is also Lyrical Letters.  The papers are all Imaginesce.  The ribbon is Making Memories.

I used the Winter Woodland cart on this one.  The papers are October Afternoon.

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Halloween frames with Chomas Creations embossing kit & engraving tip

I like to show the difference between the Chomas Creations embossing kit & the Chomas Crations engraving tip from time to time using the same image, so you can get a better idea of what they each do!  With the Chomas Creations embossing kit you get a raised image on things such as metal or vellum.  Here I used it on a metal sheet to make the spooky title and the embossed cirlce image.  I sanded the raised image to give it this look.

I used the Chomas Creations engraving tips with Core'dinations cardstock on these frames to do the spooky title and circles. 

I decided to try something a bit different this time and added some Mod Podge to the engraved cardstock to see what would happen, and I really like how it glossied it up just a bit.

Notice the difference?  One is more for embossing (leaving a raised surface with the Chomas Creations embossing kit), and the other for engraving, or etching (scratching into the material with the Chomas Creations engraving tip). 
If you have ever looked at the tips together, they do have different tips to them.  The Chomas Creations embossing tip is an aluminum tip, which the Chomas Creations engraving tip has a tip made of carbide. 
Here are all 4 of the finished Halloween frames I did!  The papers and goodies are all Making Memories.

You can get both the Chomas Creations embossing kit or engraving tip on sale this week in the Chomas Creations store when you use the coupon code pink10 at checkout for 10% off your entire order!

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