All of you that purchased the September Birthday/Thank You kits and the special edition Halloween kits should have them by now.  Hopefully everyone is happily assembling their cards.  If you have any questions, please let me know!  I heard back from several of you that got them Thursday and Friday and want to thank you for the positive feedback.  We had A LOT of kits go out this past month and I’m sure my mail carrier was excited to see my porch covered with kit packages… not.  LOL. 

October kit registration is now open.  The October kits will ship with a free gift from me!  I’ll be including a spool of American Crafts ribbon in all orders that are reserved and paid for by the 10th.  Just a little gift from me to you.  The October kit is a general kit and will include things like Get Well, Sympathy, Friend, Missing You and Thanksgiving, just to name a few.  If you care to register now, the information is below and you’ll also find it from now until the 15th posted along the side of the blog.

I’ll be posting a new sample tomorrow and sending out the information to the Card Kit Mailing List.  So if you aren’t on the list and want to get the info, you can sign up via the “mailing list” button located across the top of the page.

October Card Kit Sample – General Theme
12 cards come in each kit, including envelopes
Price: 25.00
including Shipping within the US


I took a class last night at our local Archivers in Sterling Heights.  It was called Copic Christmas Card Workshop and advertised basic Copic Skills.  I was really looking forward to it and learning a bit more about my markers.  Sadly, it was a real dissapointment.  The gal “teaching” was nice and did a good job, but there was NO educational content at all regarding the markers!  We did four cards, one of which didn’t involve any coloring.  The extent of the Copic skills was just pick up a marker and color in the lines.  Seriously?  I’m pretty sure my kids could have gotten that far on their own.  I wanted some information regarding blending, etc.  So, if anyone has an Copic tips they would like to share, please do.  I’ve seen a lot of tutorials on YouTube and it seems everyone has their own technique, so please share!!

As always, I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

~j