Abstract: A device for carrying an article such as a pen, pencil, eyeliner, nail file, flashlight, and the like, includes a flat, rigid base sized and configured to fit within a credit card slot of a wallet or purse so that a peripheral edge zone remains exposed exteriorly of the slot, and a receptacle formed along the peripheral edge zone of the base for releasably capturing the article thereon and defining a handle to facilitate removal of the device from the card slot.