Flower card with Chomas Creations engraving tip

Ooooh don't you just love when someone sends you an idea and it pans out??  Take this flower for instance...

Pretty neat huh?  It is a piece of rustic cardstock that I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip in the Silhouette on to engrave the flower design.  Now I have tried to rub chalks across paper that I've engraved on, but why did I never think to use inks??  This is the dried marigold distress ink.  It really picks up the etched part of the flower!  Of course you could use the brown colors for a burned wood look as well! 

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Thin fonts and the Chomas Creations adjustable holders

Thin fonts are here and I just had to play!!!  Lettering Delights now has a whole bunch of thin fonts and sketches to and you can find out more about them on Jin's Under a Cherry Tree!
I made this cute little design with LDT Funky & Farm Animals.  Here is how they look in Make-the-Cut, they are single line!!

I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with the Flair pens in the Silhouette Cameo to draw the design! 

Super quick but super cute!  And don't forget to use the coupon code april10 at checkout in the Chomas Creations store to save 10% off your entire order.

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Woohoo! LD just released a bunch of single line fonts!

It is a moment we have all been waiting for!  Super cute single lined fonts!  I sent Jin Yong of Under A Cherry Tree some of my Chomas Creations adjustable pen and marker holders for the Silhouette Cameo to give a go with these new single line fonts, and she has done an awesome post about them!  There is a link on her blog on ordering these new fonts from Lettering Delights, and if you order today you can save even more!  Head on over to Under A Cherry Tree to find out more! I already ordered the whole kit and kaboodle, but have no time to play as it is swim lessons time!  Jin used MTC for the example below, which can use open type fonts.

I finally got some time to play and heard you can download the TTF file of these same fonts to use in Silhouette Studio or any other program that uses TTF fonts!  Here are some quick samples I did with the Cameo and Studio.  The first set is using the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with the Sakura Glaze gel pens.  I had my speed set to 2, so these look a bit thicker as it lets more of the gel pen ink flow.

These are all drawn between 1 inch and 1 1/4 inch, so they are a good size!  I also tried them out with the Chomas Creations mini gel pens, which you can kinda tell these are not single line fonts, but very very close to it!

So great news, you can use these new fonts with Silhouette Studio!  Which opens up even more possibilities!

If you are ready to order your own Chomas Creations adjustable holders, use the coupon code april10 at checkout to save 10% off your entire order in the Chomas Creations store!

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Sears Tower with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

Two years ago when we took our family to Chicago one of our stops was the Sears Tower (I am one of the 92% that refuses to call it the Willis Tower!)  It was amazing how small everything looked from way up there, and how much you could see miles and miles out!
I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette Cameo with the glitter silver mini gel pen to draw the Sears Tower.

After I had put my pictures on, I decided I wanted to add some journaling lines.  So I added the entire layout to the mat, and did just that again with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder.  This made for easier journaling!

Last I added some silver vinyl along the bottom by copying my rectangle windows and cutting them out.

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Fun & games with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Sometimes coming up with boy scrapbook page ideas is tough, so I decided to make my own background paper here!  This shiny metallic paper is from Colorbok, I got a pack of 2 for just $1 at Target!  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for the Silhouette Cameo to hold the Bic Mark-It and draw the grid background.  If you want to save on the holder, use the coupon code april10 at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase in the Chomas Creations store!

Because the Bic Mark-It is permanent, it doesn't smear on this glossy surface.

I also used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder to hold the white Signo Uniball gel pen (now available in the Chomas Creations store!) to do the journaling with the Cameo.  The font I used was Altera.

The title is from Studio called phrase: fun & games, and the controller is called game controller.  The boy is all mine in the photos, he just cracks me up!

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Winner of the Chomas Creations engraving tip and Core'dinations cardstock

I had to repick the winner for the Chomas Creations engraving tip and Core'dinations cardstock as I never heard from the previous winner.  And the winner is...
MzLavr2 said...

You do such beautiful work! I love your products!!! I posted a link to your store in a group that I am in and I know at least one person has since ordered... Once I can I plan to order also. I would continue to create the things I do now, but with a little more flair and style if I had your marker or pen holder!
~ <3 Pam

Pam!  Congrats!  I just need your address!
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Easter Traditions with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Hoppy Easter!!  I almost made it to this Easter with not a single scrapbook page for the season, eeeek!  That is so unlike me.  Speaking of Easter, use the coupon code hoppyeaster at checkout in the Chomas Creations store to save 15% off your purchase of $35 or more!  Sale goes through Monday.
I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with the white Signo Uniball gel pen (these are now available in the Chomas Creations store!) to draw the Easter egg border at the bottom of the page. 

The title and eggs are both Studio downloads.

I then added my journaling and pictures to the page!

Now I'm off to color more Easter eggs with the kiddies!  Hoppy Easter everyone!

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One with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

Well now, some of you may think I have it all together (muwaaahahah!  I make myself laugh) but truth is, I am waaay behind on my scrapbooking.  This is my son that will be 6 in just 2 months on his 1st birthday.  I never got around to these photos, and look how cute they are!  I really suggest some of you try this collage type scrapbooking, it is making pages so much easier for me!  Look how many pics I got on this page!

Enough of my rambling, hehe!  For this page I wanted some cute birthday accents, so I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette Cameo with a stylus (which I now carry in the Chomas Creations store just for you all!) and the Chomas Creations embossing mat to emboss the birthday presents on a metal sheet.  Here is a pic of the stylus in the adjustable pen holder.  As you can see I used the popcycle stick to adjust the height.  I set my pressure to 33 and my speed to 6.  Metal sheets are easy to cut with regular scissors after you have embossed!  And I sanded the raised image on these.

I used one of the journaling circles I have done with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and the black metallic mini gel pen.

I added some bakers twine to the page as well as some brads and of course my cute pics!

Ready to try this?  Use the coupon code april10 to save 10% off your entire purchase in the Chomas Creations store!!

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Core'dinations and blog hop winners!!

Wheeeewh!  For 2 days now I have tried to use random.org to pick a winner of these give aways, and I kept getting errors, so my apologizes for taking so long!  I had someone pick the numbers for me, as it seems everyone but me can use random.org right now lol!

So the winner of the Core'dinations cardstock and Chomas Creations engraving tip is...
Annette Riebe said...

I’m ordering my Cameo TONIGHT! Now I’m anxious to test it out and see what all I can do with it!

Congrats Annette!  You have 1 week to get in contact with me, or I have to pick another winner!
You can see the random.org drawing for this one here.

And the winner of either a Chomas Creations adjustable pen or adjustable marker holder for the Gettin' Crafty with the Cameo blog hop is...
Wunder's Creations said...

Love your creations! I'm definitely adding these to my must have list! I love how you are able to emboss your own designs on the paper ~ making it truly your style and unique. Thanks for the inspiring creations =)

Congrats Wunder's Creations,  you have one week to contact me or I have to pick another winner, let me know which one you would like!  The random.org for this one is here.
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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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Card and layout with Chomas Creations holders

 

Yesterday my daughter turned 18 (shocking I know!) I wanted to make a page while the thoughts of this day were fresh in my head. And oh boy do I have some thoughts on it...
I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip to etch the circles into the Core'dinations kraft-core cardstock. I had my speed set at 7, my pressure at 33, and I used double cut.  Then I used a brillo pad to give a light sanding to the surface to clean it up.

The eighteen title was a download from the Studio store called eighteen.  I added it on one of the bracket designs.

I had a lot of journaling to do on this layout, so I did it on the computer and printed it on kraft cardstock, then added ribbon to it.

Then I added one of my daughter's senior pictures (taken by me!) and some chipboard hearts (I'm bringing chipboard back!) and buttons.

I also did a birthday card for my son that is 14 today!  Yes my kids are born 4 years and 1 day apart!  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with the Paper Mate flair pens.  They are like felt tip pens, but don't squish down when you use them in the Cameo, and they don't bleed into cardstock!  You can download the happy birthday background for your card that I designed here... happy birthday.  The font I used was altera (looks like a single lined font!)  I used my speed at 5 and thickness at 7 to draw the background.  I inked this chipboard star red (see I told you I was bringing chipboard back!) and attached it to my page with some ribbon.  Super quick card that doesn't look it!

Welcome to the Getting’ Crafty with the Cameo blog hop. We’re all so happy to have you hopping along with us, so grab a drink and sit back and enjoy. There is a great line up with some amazingly talented ladies that are super excited to share their projects with you using their Silhouette Cameo (if you get lost anywhere in the hop, the list of the ladies is at the bottom of this post).

I don't know if you know this about me, but I LOVE blog hops! I was sooo glad to be included in this one and I can't wait to see what everyone does hehe! I just love learning all these new things to do with the Cameo, and this is an easy way to find out!
If you have come from Nancy's blog Always a Story Creations by Nancy you are in the right place! If you just stopped by my blog today to see what I was up to, you really should start at the beginning of the hop at Kristy's blog Scraptastical Kreations.

 

Thanks so much for hopping by!  If you get lost along the way, here is the list of everyone on the hop!

Kristy - http://​scraptasticalkreations.blogspot​.com
Jessica - http://​craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://scrappinwithmybug.com
 Nancy -  http://​alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.bl​ogspot.com/
Amy - http://amychomas.blogspot.com/  **You are here!
Jennifer http://​wunderscreations.blogspot.com/  **Next stop on the hop!
Rebekah http://​craftyteachermom.blogspot.com
Gabrielle - http://​gabyspapery.blogspot.com
Candace http://​papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.c​om
Sandra http://​365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://​lisabarrie.blogspot.com/
Chris - http://​chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/
Lezlye - http://lezlyes.blogspot.com
Alma - http://​almabrooksblog.blogspot.com/

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Eighteen card using the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Well can I just say wow?  My oldest turns 18 today.  I'm not doing too good here, I think I'm in shock?  That makes me OLD!  hehe
As always, I had to make a card for her!  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for the Silhouette Cameo with the Signo Uniball WHITE gel pen, which you can now find in the Chomas Creations store!  Woohooo!!  That's right, my fav gel pen! 
I altered this candle sketch design that I downloaded from Silhouette Studio and added the 18 which was drawn with the Simply Glamorous font.

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow as I'm going to be part of the Gettin Crafty with the Cameo Blog Hop!  There are going to be some great give aways!!!  More info right here... blog hop

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