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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Scoring a card with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder & stylus


Want an easy way to score fold lines??  Look no further!  I used a stylus (I do have these in the Chomas Creations store if you don't already have one) in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to score 110 pound cardstock, which is the thickest I can think of that would be good for cards.  You do NOT need an embossing mat for this, just an original Silhouette mat.
I used the smaller tip of the stylus as shown here.
You can get the file for a 5x7 card for Studio with the score line here... 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 set the pressure all the way at 33.  The line shown in this picture is layered 5 times, so it will run over the line 5 times to really score it.
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!  You may have to click on the picture to see it larger and see the score line.

Fold it in half and use a bone folder to smooth out the edge!  You have a scored card! 
Of course you don't have to just use this with cards, you can do this with any score line!

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Sunday, March 08, 2015

The difference between the pen and marker Chomas Creations adjustable holders

I have so many people asking why both a pen and marker holder?  After asking people if they would want one of both, for the reasons shown, we all decided on both, as people did want both options!  But keep in mind you can always just use the marker holder for holding pens to, you just won't be able to center them like you see below.

This cute bear shape from Lettering Delights has a ring around it as the bonus layer.  I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with a Sakura Souffle gel pen to draw the ring.  The Souffle pens dry puffy, I just love them!  Of course this means you should let them have extra dry time before you touch them or they will smear!

Now I'm often asked what the difference between the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and adjustable marker holder.  The biggest difference of course is the size.  The adjustable pen holder holds pens up to 3/8 inch while the adjustable marker holder goes up to 1/2 inch.  The biggest problem with putting a gel pen in the adjustable marker holder is how far off center the gel pen will end up.


Now, if you were to draw with the gel pen in the adjustable marker holder it is going to be way off center.  If you try to cut a design like I showed above it will end up drawing the ring outside of the design.


Notice how the gel pen is centered inside of the adjustable pen holder.

When you draw and cut with the gel pen inside the adjustable pen holder your ring will be centered inside your design!


I also used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with a Prismacolor Permier to draw the font around my design.  This is the Lettering Delights thin font called Typewriter.





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Sunday, February 22, 2015

They are not that scary! I promise!

I know this is my Chomas Creations blog, but some of you may have noticed that I have another passion (on top of my family, scrapbooking, crafting, photography, eating healthy, working out, and photography, hmmm think I hit them all!)  That passion is essential oils.  I've been using peppermint to help with headaches for over 10 years, why I didn't get deeper into oils then is beyond me!  For those of you that have followed my blog for years, you probably know I have a busy Jackson, like super busy.  Recently he was diagnosed with ADHD & ODD.  Rather then medicate him, I tried to find alternative ways of helping him such as changing his diet, seeking counseling & I found out I could help my son with essential oils.  So off I went on my merry way to fin out  more!  What I did find out amazed me!  There are so many people getting so much help with essential oils, and they are getting more main stream.  I found out that so many of my friends were already getting help with them, but they never shared this knowledge with me.
That is why I'm posting this right now.  I want you all to know there are more ways to help with your health, with pain, with headaches, with sleeping better at night, with feeling better, with not getting sick so much, with pretty much everything.  Think of something you need help with, and I will probably tell you there is an oil for that.  So that is what this is about.  I'm very passionate with health and this was my next step :)  If these were not working for my family this post would not be on my page.  But I just can't help myself.  I love sharing, always have, always will.
If you want to learn more about these little bottles of goodness I have a Facebook class going on Wednesday night.  You can learn in the comfort of your jammies!  You can sit in your recliner, you don't have to leave the house, you don't have to go out in the cold. At all!  Which is nice!  This is all going on Wednesday February 25th at 9 pm eastern.  If you would like an invite send me a Facebook message or shoot me an email amyc222@yahoo.com
No worries!  This blog is still mostly crafty!  But sometimes I can't help myself :)





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Friday, February 13, 2015

Kiddy chalkboard Valentines with the Explore and the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

It is a tradition with my kiddies!  I love helping make Valentine's cards!  Being they are at school I went with a chalkboard look this year :)  My daughter loved the look!  Now drawing with the Explore is fun when you have chalkboard fonts!  There is an awesome blog that has a ton of great chalkboard fonts (and they are free free free!!!) here... I should be mopping the floor
I added the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for the Explore with a white Signo Uniball gel pen in the holder to draw on black card stock!!!
I used the Vintage One fonts and Denne Shuffle Euro Hollow to draw out these Vday cards.

My daughter loved them!  I backed them up with some pink and red cardstock and my daughter wrote messages on the backs of them.


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Monday, January 26, 2015

Magnet board with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Well wouldn't you know it?  I made magnet boards for all of my nieces and totally forgot to take pictures of them!  I had to wait till after Christmas to post this so they wouldn't see their gifts, and then I totally forgot, and they are all handed out now (and they love them!)  I do still have my daughter's magnet board to share though.  And I added a special treat to the back of it!  Some chalk paint!
I did use Make-the-Cut to do these metal boards as it has an option for single line fonts and I wanted that with the Sharpie oil markers.  I used one in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder to draw Ella's name and the scrolls.  Both are from Lettering Delights thin fonts.  The name is Swirls and the flourish is dainty swirls.  I used a speed of 1 and a thickness of 1 to draw with the Sharpie marker.  I did tape my metal board to my Silhouette mat with painters tape.
Here is the front done!  The buttons are from My Friendship Bracelet maker, they are the My Image Button Maker.  I had my kids help with that part!
Here is Ella's name close up!  I love the oil based Sharpies for this as they stay on the metal!  I'm sure you could use dry erase markers on these boards for kids as well!  I just made this side to hang things on.
I also made a board for my son Jack.  His was big enough to fit under the rollers in the Silhouette so I didn't bother adding it to a mat, I just put it in the machine and wrote on it!  Again I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with a black oil based Sharpie.
Here is Jack's board all done!  More chalk board paint and more magnets!  Jack's is in a frame as the edges were sharp.  Boys and sharp don't mix! 
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Essential oils and my life!

I've had a lot of questions and comment on the essential oils that I added to my change is good scrapbook page so figured I would add a post about them here.  Hope this helps some of your questions!  And if you are only here for my crafty ideas, feel free to skip this post!
All of the journaling on this page was done with the Silhouette adjustable pen holder in the Cameo! 


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Saturday, January 03, 2015

Ok let me start by saying me and vinyl are not the best of friends... I need a better weeding tool for sure as the tip on mine broke off and I ended up weeding with a bent safety pin!!!  But I wanted it done lol!  This is my diffuser and I wanted something extra on it, so I found this saying and loved the way it looked, so retro, to go with my retro looking diffuser!  Now I'm sitting here diffusing stress away to calm my nerves after the vinyl incident! 
And maybe getting up the energy to unpack my office as getting crafty felt so good today and I want to get back into it after this busy year!
If you want to learn more about my love for essential oils and how they are helping me and my family (and my friends hehe!) feel free to drop by my oily blog... getting oily



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Monday, December 15, 2014

Have you heard of Crafts by Two?

If you have not they are 2 super funny guys that did some fun things with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen and adjustable marker holder in the Explore!  They did a video with the holders in the Explore machine.  Stop on by their blog to check it out  Crafts by Two!
Thanks guys!  I to love that our holders have always been made in the USA!!

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Friday, November 07, 2014

Ken's Kreations review of the Cricut Explore tools


Ken at Ken's Kreations did a review with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder, adjustable pen holder and engraver all for the Cricut Explore!  He made a very informative video as well!  You can see it on his blog at Ken's Kreations.
Can't wait to see what you do next Ken!!!

You can find the new tools for the Cricut Explore in my store here... Chomas Creations store.


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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Blessings pail with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Explore

I had the amazing opportunity to work with Michelle from Michelle my Belle Creations.  She is the design team leader at ScrappyDew and truly the most sweetest person ever!  You can see Michelle's blog here... Michelle my Belle
Michelle made this pail with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder in the Explore!  I love the fall theme, and who doesn't love chocolates!  hehe 


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Thursday, October 30, 2014

ScrappyDew webinar with MOI!

I feel so special!  I must have behaved the first time around as I was invited back to talk about the Cricut Explore Chomas Creations tools!  Thursday 10-30 at 9:30 eastern!  Stop on by and say hi!
Webinar Link

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Monday, October 20, 2014

Silhouette School pen holder tutorial


How about a tutorial on the pen Chomas Creations adjustable holder by Melissa over at Silhouette School???  Head on over to learn here... Silhouette School
Thanks Melissa!!
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Silhouette Schools tips to using the Chomas Creations engraving tip!


I was so excited when Melissa at Silhouette School wanted to do a tutorial on using the Chomas Creations engraving tip!  Head on over and check out her 7 tips for perfect engraving!

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Monday, September 08, 2014

Essential oils class!! Feel free to join!

Some of you may have noticed that I'm into health & living healthy.  I love learning new things!  So I'm going to share this here!  I try not to take over my Chomas Creations page with healthy things, but it is something I love and want to share with you.  I have a facebook group dedicated to learning and sharing about essential oils.  If anyone wants in let me know!  amyc222@yahoo.com  Or you can comment here to!
Wednesday September 10th we are having an online oily class and I would love for you to join us!  There will be videos, testimonials, learning, and giveaways! 


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Sparkle card with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Oh boy, look what I ran across while shopping at Target the other day, NEON!  My daughter was so excited!  They also had these Sharpies all separate on an end cap to buy. 
These original size fine tip Sharpies fit perfectly (& centered) in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for the Silhouette.
Now Sharpies will work wonderful on glossy surfaces such as transparency, vinyl, clear cardstock, glossy cardstock and more, but Sharpies may bleed into some papers.  This is a special cardstock I really like from Papertrey Ink.  It works great with Sharpies and also if you are a Copic user it is fantastic paper for that.  The Sharpies will not bleed on this cardstock. 
Now being that I wanted to use 4 different colors on this card, I figured I would show you how I do that.  You need to click on cut line settings (1) in Studio and select you entire project (2) and then click on no cut (3).  This is going to turn off all the lines that the Silhouette would normally cut. 
Now click on the first image you want to draw, I'm choosing the word Sparkle (1) and click on cut (2).
Now you can draw your image.  Add the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder and your first colored Sharpie to your Silhouette machine.  I used a thickness of 1 (keep in mind you can crush the tip of a Sharpie marker if you use too high of a thickness, so make sure to check that you are on between 1-5) and a speed of 5. 
Do not remove your mat from the machine for this next step.  Take out your first colored Sharpie and add another different colored Sharpie.  Now go back in Studio, the word Sparkle is still selected, so click on no cut.  This will turn off that image.  Click on your next image, which is the shadow of sparkle (1) and click on cut (2).  Now draw this image using the same settings as above.
 
Now you have 2 different colors that you have drawn with.  Being that the Sharpie is centered in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder you can see the the shadow of Sparkle is lined up perfectly!
Again without removing your mat from your machine, keep going until all of you images are drawn.  This only took me a few minutes as it is pretty quick to change out the markers in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder.
 
I also added a stylus to the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder to score my card lines for easier folding.  You can get the file for the card (not for the Sparkle design, that is a Studio paid download) here... scored 5x7 card.
Then I swapped out the adjustable holder for a blade and cut out the card.  I know it may sound like a lot, but it is easy once you get the hang of it!  This took me less then 10 minutes once my design was set to go.  I'm just loving these bright fluorescent colors, they are perfect for my niece's sparkly personality!
Ready to try out some of the Chomas Creations tools?  Use the coupon code september14 at checkout in the Chomas Creations store to save 10% off your purchase!

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