Hello everyone!! If you are blog hopping today, you should be arriving from Donna’s Blog. Welcome to your next stop on the Kickin’ Off Christmas Blog Hop. If for any reason you get lost on the blog hop, all of the blogs are listed in order at the blog hop facebook page by clicking here.

iCopic is so glad to be a part of the Kickin’ Off Christmas Blog Hop and really hope that you will check out our Design Team Call that was posted yesterday (Click here!). iCopic is the #1 internet retailer of Copic markers and has a great variety of stamping products also. We will be announcing our very own design team January 1st and we hope that you will check back regularly to see what we have to offer you.

Here is a lovely project made by our design team leader, Samantha. She is also the owner of SP and Company and is your last stop on the blog hop. This adorable card and cocoa gift box would be a great gift for co-workers or children’s teachers. It is just a little happy gift!

The dog on the card is from the SP & Company – Christmas Emma Stamp Set.
 It was colored in with Copic markers in the following colors: C1, C3, C7, R27, R29, E31, and B02. The E31 was used for airbrushing the background (more on airbrushing coming very soon!)

The sentiment is from the SP & Company – Ultimate Sentiments I Stamp Set.

And the Merry Christmas pattern was made using the Chomas Creations Gel Pen holder and the Cricut Expression. The shape drawn is from the Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge.

The directions for this goody bag will be available this weekend from Samantha. The template she designed holds 4 packs of hot cocoa mix perfectly in a cello bag.

I hope you enjoyed our project for you! To show our appreciation for you stopping by, we have a special giveaway!!

One lucky blog hopper will receive a little Copic Marker variety pack! In order to be eligible for the prize, please become a follower here and leave a comment below!  This giveaway will end on Wednesday at midnight EST.
(the ones shown below are not necessarily the colors in the prize pack, it is just a sampling of Copics.).

Thank you for stopping by! The next stop on your hop is Maria’s blog.

Hey everyone!! Samantha here and I am soooooo glad that Ashley finally gave me the go ahead for something we have been working on behind the scenes: THE FIRST EVER iCOPIC design team call!! That is right, fellow Copic lovers, we want YOU to try out for our first ever design team! I look forward to seeing your best work! Full details are below and please click on the image to zoom in.

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2 post in one day, what happening over here? A lot of changes!

Our holiday season is a bit more chaotic then normal as we must let you in on a little secret; we’ve started demolition for a retail/showroom in Fountain Valley, CA! Over the years, we’ve received so many requests from our local customers inquiring about our so many items from our extensive line of Copic products as well as the newer additions to our product line. We’re very excited at the progress thus far and will keep everyone up to date as we get closer to a Grand Opening, which will be very soon hopefully!

I, Ashley, attended my first stamping party last night which was hosted by Arlene Stokes (Irvine, CA). Arlene was fabulous and extremely talented and I can’t wait to do this again next month. Hopefully I won’t be to addicted to Stampin’ Up as I have seen the damage it does to people wallet..haha. Also, a big Thanks to Cindy for inviting me to such a fun event and lending a hand to this beginner.

In a few short days Thanksgiving will come and the madness of shopping for the holidays will follow. Somewhere in between I always make time for one of my favorite parts of the holiday season, DECORATING! Sure, untangling lights, unwrapping ornaments and assembling a tree is time consuming and hard work, but the end result has always been worth it. So for our next Color Challenge, include a Christmas Ornament in your creation with our color combination. We hope this won’t be too much of a challenge and hope you find inspiration all around as the variations of ornaments are almost unlimited!

Now on to our challenge 7th, I was a bit sad to see so little submissions but it is getting near to Thanksgiving & Xmas and I guess everyone is over there head with planning. Either way we want to thank everyone who submitted an entry to our challenge. We wish we could make everyone a winner, so in the spirit of giving, we decided to do just that. In appreciation of your time and support of our Blog challenges, all other entries to challenge 7 will receive a small gift towards your next purchase at our iCopic.com store.
Congratulations to our Challenge 7 winner Michelle #1!

To enter, follow these easy steps:
1. Become a follower of our blog, if you aren’t already.
2. Post your original creation with your entry and the link back to iCopic’s Color Challenge on your blog. You can make ANY type of project that includes the use of Copics: greeting card, scrapbook page, altered art, 3D project, illustration, etc. Anything goes as long as Copics are used!
3. The colors need to be as close to the challenge’s color theme as possible.
The challenge starts Friday, November 19th 2010 and will end on Tuesday, November 30th 2010. The winner will be chosen by the True Random Number Generator.