Hi, everyone! I’m excited to announce the winners of Challenge #29!

The random prize winner of the 1 Free Spot in the Scrapmaster’s Paradise Copic Basics 101 Class (Class starts September 15th) is:

 7. Bunny 

Congrats, Bunny!!! Email kelli@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Challenge #29 Winner”.  I’ll forward your email off to Samantha so you can get registered for the class.  Don’t forget that the class starts September 15th, so email us as soon as you can!
You have TWO WEEKS to claim your prize.

The commenting winner of the $10 Gift Certificate is:

Stephani – “Cute box! I’m new to Washi Tape…thanks for sharing this project. I now have another reason to buy more Washi Tape.”

Congrats, Stephani!!! Email us at info@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Commenting Winner #29″.
You have TWO WEEKS to claim your prize.

The Top 3 Picks are:

 1. Crafty Lawyer 

Congrats again everyone! Make sure to grab your brag buttons for your blogs (they are at the bottom of the blog).  See you all back here tomorrow for our next MarkerPOP! Challenge!

Hi, everyone!  We have some really exciting news!  A lot of you have shared with us that you miss iCOPIC because it was a place where many of you loved to shop strictly for Copic products.  Well, we are so happy to announce the relaunch of iCOPIC!

Our loyal fans and customers are extremely important to us and we always want to do our best to make you guys happy.  Thank you so much for all your feedback, we really appreciate it!

As you already know, iCOPIC is a store that gives you quick access to everything Copic.  This will make it so much easier for customers only interested in those items to do their shopping.
To simplify things even further, there is a QUICK ORDER tab on the main page.  This tab makes ordering individual items extremely easy.  Click HERE to check it out!

There is also an iCOPIC GOLD membership that you will earn after you first purchase (no minimum) from the iCOPIC store!
Once you are a member you will be able to enjoy awesome benefits like:
-Free Shipping on single markers, pens or refills on orders over $45.
-Free Shipping on everything else in our store on orders over $55.

Click HERE to see complete details about the iCOPIC GOLD membership.

iCOPIC has a facebook page as well!  Click HERE to pop on over to say, “hey!” and give us a ‘like’!  I’m sure there will be some fun giveaways in the future!

iCOPIC relaunching will in no way affect MarkerPOP!  MarkerPOP! will still carry all your favorite crafty brands like it does now!

If you are strictly a Copic shopper, are you excited for the relaunch of iCOPIC?  We sure are!  Thanks again for all the great feedback, we love hearing from you!  🙂

Hi everyone, Marlena here with a new project to share with all of you suing the Swiss Pixies image, Book Abigail.   This cutie just spoke to me as soon as I saw her in the MarkerPop store.  I have always loved reading, and anything at all to do with books, and right now is the perfect time of year to be using those book images, now that we have just returned Back to School.

The copic marker colors I used on Book Abigail are RV25, R22, R20, R00, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, B99, B97, B95, B93, E11, E21, E01, E000, E0000.  I also used the Cheery Lynn Designs die Olive Branches on my project.

Here’s a little closer look at the colored image.

I hope everyone had a great week and I’m sure we ar all ready to enjoy the weekend.  I know I am running on empty after getting back into a working routine and spending my day hanging out with 20+ kindergartners!

Enjoy the rest of you Friday!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Well it won’t be long now and the little Goblins will be headed your way and beggin for a treat for a small trick.  Yes, Halloween… I know, I know… I hate the thought of Fall coming to soon too but it’s September and you KNOW how fast time flies!!!  This year I am prepared!! Prepared for all the fun pics and little “jokes” I hear that I want to remember from either my kids, or those nephews and nieces coming to the door!  Today I want to share with you MY little “tag” book that I LOVE making for quick and easy books of all kinds.

This begins, believe it or not, with a simple giant manilla tag…

I began by taking the scoring my tag at the 1 3/4″ from hole end of tag and 4 1/2″ from the bottom end of tag.  I added some Distress Ink from Tim Holtz to cover the outer cover after distressing the edges a bit.

Then I decorated the outside of the cover using My Favorite Things, Bitty Banners to create the “banner” and some small images all over the books front and back.

Next I cut my inner card stock to fit just inside my book edges… approx. 8 1/2″ X 4 3/4″ and scored them in the middle at 4 1/4″. When you’re finished, they will nest inside each other to create the pages of your book.

I marked my inside with a pencil and used my paper piercer to puncture the pages AND the cover for my binding.

Before adding my binding, I distressed the edges of the pages and added a bit of color… more Distress Ink to just add a little color.  I don’t usually add much more to the pages until I see what I’m going to add to them… written notes (jokes) and/or photos and the colors I’ll use will come from that. 😉

I used  some bakers twine, linen thread and a bit of Hemp to tie my book together for added texture.

I LOVE these little books and have made them for many different occasions, including as small journals for my son’s (girl) friends at school to small photo books for those ever cute Instax photos.

I hope this fast, easy book gives you a fun way to maybe even finally get some photos into “scrapbooks”.. even if they are small ones.  It’s a fabulous way to keep those events in one compact place.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by today and come back tomorrow for even more inspiration and ideas from the design team!!  *HUGS*