Wednesday, April 13, 2011

***GIVEAWAY!!!*** Slice Ballpoint Pen Tips

I’m excited to share another layout where I’ve been able to use the Slice Ballpoint Pen Tips. Make sure you leave a comment on this post to be entered to win a set of these tips!

The pen tips fit in your Slice the same way as the blades – just use your wrench tool to take out the blade and put in the pen tip, then make sure you set the cutting mode to embossing / drawing.
This time I used the pen tips to embellish a strip of paper to fit with the overall layout of the page. This is a great way to make your own patterned paper with exactly the shapes you want. A friend snapped this picture of me with my nose in a guidebook as I stood next to one of the Great Pyramids in Egypt. I wanted to make it look like I was lost, so I used the pen tips to create the repeating arrows theme on my paper.

I drew all the shapes at 1” in size which made it easier to line them up when moving the Slice from one to the next. The guide marks on the Slice itself and on the cutting board really help with this. All the arrow shapes come from the Remember This and the Animal Crackers design cards. 
I typed the first part of the title on my computer then ran my patterned paper through my printer.
In order to get the alignment right for the title stickers, I find it helpful to line them up on a ruler which I can then move around until the placement looks good.

I also used my Slice to cut the tab to hold the text about Egypt (which I cut from Making Memories Panorama embellishment paper), then affixed it using Making Memories green staples. The tab shape came from the Basic Elements design card.
All the patterned papers and the fabulous dimensional stickers (I love these!) for ‘pyramid’ are from the Making Memories Panorama collection.



Don’t forget to leave a comment on this post if you’d like to win some of these ballpoint pen tips! Each set contains blue and black pen tips, and they really do open up all sorts of possibilities for using your Slice design cards in new ways on your creations.
For another cool way to use your Slice, be sure to check out Wendy Bretz’s post from yesterday showing how to add hidden journaling to your layout.
Make sure you become a fan of the Slice Facebook page if you’d like to know the latest tips, projects and giveaways!
~ Caroline ~

34 comments:

  1. Those are awesome and I love the page in the post! Too cute!

    Thanks for the chance!

    residentmayor at satx.rr.com

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  2. oh wow! i didn't know the slice could do this!!! i love my machine!! thanks for sharing!! and fingers crossed! carlyann xxx

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  4. Love the layout and would love to be able to draw with the Slice on my layout. What an awesome way to use your Slice!!

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  5. Those are cool ideas for using the Slice. I haven't ever thought about the pen tips to make patterned paper.

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  6. I fell in love with my Slice the first time I saw it! It just makes sense! I love that we can switch it up...so versatile.

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  7. Really looking forward to using my Slice in this new way. Deborah VL

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  8. So cool! I bought the color markers to play with...but was not sure what to so with them after I got them...thanks for the great ideas!

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  9. Those look super cool! I would love to try them out@

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  10. Wow -- I didn't know Slice could do this too. There's so much I need to learn! :) Is there anything this machine can't do? :)

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  11. How cool are the ballpoint pens!!I love what my Slice can do and they keep coming up with great ideas!!

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  12. Awesome ideas! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
    (amanda_n51@hotmail.com)

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  13. I LOVE my Slice and would love to try these

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  14. I've been looking for those pen tips everywhere! They don't sell them in the stores around here! Love your layout!

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  15. iii i love it :D:D thanks for the change! i would love to win it

    Hugs Patricia
    http://xx--patries--xx.blogspot.com

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  16. Great ideas! You're so creative :)

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  17. Once I learned how to align he slice for repeat designs or shadows and embossing; I began using it more. The drawing tips make the slice act like a set of 'stamps' with all the shapes & letters in my sd cards, awesome versatility.

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  18. This would be great for some really cool journaling. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  19. Wow, that would be great I must be behind I did not know that my Slice could do tha.

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  20. Awesome use of different cards! How often we forget that you don't have to stay within the matching design card. Wonderful page! Thank you for sharing!

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  21. Wow! I didn't know my Slice would do this!! Another reason to love my machine!!

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  22. Wow, that looks like great fun to try! It really makes the Slice so versatile. I'd love it!

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  23. Great use of the pen tips! I'd love to have them!!

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  24. This is sooo cool! I did not know my machine could do this. Thanks so much for sharing with us as I see myself using this little machine more and more as I learn news things.

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  25. What a nice Layput. I love my slice but at the moment I don't find the pentips here in Italy.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  26. I love my slice! I've never used the pens. I think it adds a nice touch!
    Thanks! Kim R.

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  27. I love my Slice. My daughter loves her Slice.
    If I win the pens we can both have more fun with our Slices.

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  28. wow, looks fantastic!

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  29. I am waiting for my replacement slice, and what a treat if I was to win :)

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  30. I would love to try this!

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  31. Love these pens! Great inspiration too-thanks!

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  32. Love your LO with slice, I too love mine, have the texta pens but not the ballpoint tips...

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