Happy Holidays cards with Chomas Creations embossing kit

I'm making some Christmas cards for a craft show I'm doing! I figure if they don't sell, then I can mail them out hehe! 
Just a reminder that the Veteran's Day sale is still going on in the Chomas Creations store!  Use the coupon code veteran10 to save 10% off your entire order!
For these cards I used the Chomas Creations embossing kit with the new Expression 2 to emboss my sentiment. 

Believe it or not, these were kinda a mistake!  I always say when you use the Chomas Creations embossing kit to emboss words with the Cricut, you need to flip the images.  Well I FORGOT!!!  And the worst part was this was the Ten Seconds Studio metal sheets that are adhesive on one side!  Of course that left the sticky side up!  So I though, what if I take some glitter and add it to the raised image.  So I did, and then I sanded some off the raised image so you could see it better, and it looks soooo cool!  Ok, I will admit, it was MESSY!  Very MESSY!  And glitter was on everyone in the room after awhile hehe!  But look how cool...

I'm sure if you can't find adhesive metal sheets you could always use adhesive spray to do the same thing!

The sentiment is from Lyrical Letters, I used Cricut Craftroom to do these.

And I added some rectangles to Cricut Craftroom to cut all the rectangles for these cards to make it a quick process!   Click on the image to enlarge it!

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Tickled Pink layout with Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder

Aaaah the color pink, I love it!  And you will love this idea hehe!  The Sharpie paint markers will not bleed into cardstock!  So you can use them with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holders for both the Silhouette/Cameo and Cricut to hold the Sharpie paint markers and draw on cardstock!

Here is the Sharpie paint marker in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder in the Cameo.  Notice I used a popcycle stick to adjust for height.

For this layout I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder for the SIlhouette/Cameo to draw the title and journaling right on the 12x12 background paper in the Cameo.  I used my speed around 7 and my thickness around 9. 

Here is my mom with my kids, supporting her flamingo habit with some funny dollar store sunglasses! I'm sure some of these flamingo pics will be on her Christmas cards this year hehe!

Of couse this page called for pink buttons and pink ribbon!

And here are a few other markers and goodies I have found that fit in the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder so far!  What else do you have that you think will fit??

And don't forget there is a sale in the Chomas Creations store!  Use the coupon code november10 at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase!

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Captain Jack with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder

I'm really loving the white gel pen on black cardstock!  I drew all of these awesome skulls with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Cricut Expression 2. To find out more about the new holders, click here... Chomas Creations adjustable holders.
I love being able to fit any length pen or marker (there is also an adjustable marker holder for the Cricut), which means white gel pens! 
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I used Indie Art for the skull shapes on black cardstock with the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder & a white gel pen.  Using multi-cut of 2 makes the white gel pen pop even more!

I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the journaling circles as well.  Of course these could be done with the adjustable pen holder as well.  To see how I made these go here... journaling circles

The title was cut with Plantin.

Here is my Captain Jack at the field museum playing pirate.

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Embossing with the new Chomas Creations adjustable holder

So I have a stylus sitting around here, and I wanted to see what it could do with the new Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette/Cameo.  I put it into the machine, and it embossed beautifully!  I'm very impressed!  Of course this still means you will need an embossing mat, but if you are buying the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder, you can use a stylus you have setting around to emboss with!

I used Ten Second Studios metal sheets to emboss on.  While it turned out fantastic on metal sheets and vellum, the Cameo still does not have enough power to emboss on paper. 

Here is the vellum embossed, you may need to click on this picture to enlarge it to get the details.

For more info on the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder, head here... pen holder  The pen holder & marker holder are available for pre-order in the Chomas Creations store and will be shipping on or before November 23.

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Family layout with Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder for the Silhouette

Do you see that white gel pen on black paper?  Are you wondering how in the world I did it??  hehe!  Well Chomas Creations is now offering an adjustable pen holder that can hold any pen you have just sitting around!  In this case I used the white Uniball gel pen with the Cameo.
Here is the Chomas Creations adjustable holder for the Silhouette/Cameo in the machine, you can pre-order them here...  Chomas Creations store.  As you can see I used a popcycle stick to adjust the height, this also protects the paper from getting drawn on. 

And here is the adjustable holder in the Cameo drawing with the gel pen.

Here is how pretty the design looks close up, I did use a double cut to get the bright white lines here...

Here is the title I cut with the Cameo, that machine cuts through paper like butta!!  Look how thin those lines are!

I kept this page fairly simple as I wanted the focus to be on my family!!  Here is the finished page...

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***NEW! Chomas Creations adjustable holders for the Cricut & Silhouette/Cameo

I'm so excited to make this announcement!  We are now going to offer some adjustable holders for the Cricut & Silhouette/Cameo in the Chomas Creations store!  Keep in mind these are a pre-order & will ship on or before November 23, 2011.
The concept is simple, for the adjustable holders there is no top to them to hold the marker in place.  Instead there will be a screw that you tighten around the object you want to put in the holder.
The Cricut holders will be pink, this is my prototype made by hand by my hubby!  The Silhouette/Cameo holders will be silver and are shown further below, but work along the same lines as these shown.
This is the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Cricut Expression 2 & Cricut Mini.  Figuring out the height is easy!  I used a popcycle stick under the pen to adjust the height.  And it also protects the paper from getting drawn on!  Then you simple tighten (but don't over tighten) the screw in front!  We made the screw nice and long so you won't have a hard time reaching it!

And do you see what I see?  Yes that is a WHITE gel pen on black paper!  Think of all the possibilities!  Or how about I take a picture of a few for you with the gel pen holder!

See that glue stick pen?  Oh boy did I want to try it out, but mine has been sitting so long it was all dried out hehe!  I also fit in full sized gel pens, ball point pens, and of course the Chomas Creations mini gel pens (for more color variety and of course glitter!) and Staples mini gel pens.

But wait, there is MORE!  More you say???

How about a marker holder as well?  It will use the same concept as the gel pen holder to fit in the machine.  And look at all of the wonderful goodies I found that fit in it!  I'm sure you can find even more as these are just what I have lying around!

And for those of you that own the Cricut, Create, Expression and Imagine, these will fit in the machine, you just have to find gel pens or markers short enough to fit under the lip where the keyboard is. 

The Silhouette/Cameo holders work the same way as Cricut holders shown above if you would like to read more about them.  Here is the Chomas Creations adjustable holder for the Silhouette/Cameo in the machine, you can pre-order them here... Chomas Creations store.   As you can see I used a popcycle stick to adjust the height, this also protects the paper from getting drawn on.

Here is the gel pen holder for the Silhouette/Cameo with a wide variety of goodies I found to fit in it!

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And here is the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with lots of goodies I found that will fit in it!

All of these are available for pre-order in my store... Chomas Creations store

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Engraving tip for Silhouette/Cameo now in stock!

The Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette/Cameo is now in stock and shipping! 
Now you can engrave or etch anything you would normally cut with the Silhouette/Cameo!  Works on plastic, acrylic, metal sheets, Core'dinations cardstock, or any other surface you can think of! 
Visit the Chomas Creations store today thru November 5th and use the coupon code 10fall at checkout to save 10% off your entire purchase!
Chomas Creations engraving tip on Core'dinations cardstock with the Cameo, full 12x12 inches!

Chomas Creations engraving tip on metal sheet.

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Rhinestone T time!

Oh boy, did I have fun yesterday making some rhinestone T's for my daughter! 
For this one I used the thin paths feature in Make-the-Cut to thin my alphabet, then I used the rhinestone feature to make all the little circles. 

Last year she was a bumble bee so I made her a bumble bee T, this year a butterfly, so I made a butterfly T for her to wear!  Look at all the bling!  This one and the rest were done with files I downloaded for Silhouette Studio.

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Spidey layout with Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette

More Halloween pages!  Got to get last years done before this Halloween rolls around hehe!
My son is in LOVE with Spiderman, so he knew that is what he had to be for Halloween!  And being he was Spidey, I wanted a Halloween page with spiderwebs and spiders!  Being I used the Cameo, I got to make a full 12x12 sheet of background paper!   I used the Chomas Creations engraving tip for the Silhouette to etch these spiderwebs into Core'dinations cardstock.  They were the free download for the week with Studio.  The engraving tip is available for pre-order in the Chomas Creation's store now!

The title was done with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder for the Silhouette.  I then cut around it with the blade, that new click blade in the Cameo is AMAZING!  If you are just keeping your Silhouette or Silhouette SD and want better cutting, it will fit in those machines to.

And here is my little web slinger!

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Beary cute layout with Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder

My daughter had her eyes on this bear for a long time, but being it is HUGE, I refused to get it for her, thinking of how many stuffed animals we have in our house.  Well along comes Auntie Kristie, and all bets are off!  She had to get this for her birthday, and now the HUGE bear resides in our house!
Don't forget there is a sale going on in the Chomas Creations store when you enter the coupon code 10fall at checkout!
I used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder & pink glitter gel pen to draw all the bears on the background paper with the Cricut & Create A Critter.  You can get the file for this page here... beary cute

Being my title letters are small and would be hard to cut and adhere, I instead drew them with the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder!

I also used the Chomas Creations mini gel pen holder to draw the journaling lines to write my journaling on.  You can see how to do this here... journaling tutorial

Here is my completed page, along with the HUGE bear!

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