It’s 2010 and I have a brand new kit! I haven’t had a lot of design time, lately, so it’s not one of usually very big kits but I think the price is great and the kit is very versatile!

Check out 2010 at ScrapDish or here in my shop.

Where did this month go? It’s a little for me to post this, I thought I had already. For the whole month of December I was/am a sponsor at RAKScraps. If you check out the site you can try to get some of my kits for free. Check out the sampler in the newsletter. I also have two challenges. One of them has ended, but I have another one which is suppose to end today but I am going to extend the challenge until the 30th.

Remember that most designers do not allow people to redistribute their kits in any way, even as a freebie. If you look in my TOU you will see…

No commercial use is allowed. You may NOT sell, share, or distribute my products in it’s original or altered form. You may not make copies except for backup purposes. If you share your work online you must give credit. Any other use will be considered infringement on the copyright laws.

People try to use the excuse that it’s free advertising, giving out my products for free is not helping me, but it is helping the person giving it away. Freebies always attract more readers, which is my people give them out. So in reality it’s just stealing to get more traffic but they justify as exposure or free advertising. I do have a VERY VERY strict policy against pirates and that is that I WILL NOT tolerate them no matter what!

Plus I do use some commercial use products that I purchased and some do not allow to be used in web design or in freebies, so if you give out my kit for free, even altered, you are also breaking their TOU.

I post this now because someone who purchased one of my kits decided to make a blog template with it and then give it out for free. I have asked her to remove it and she has to agree to do so although she does not understand why I am so upset about it.

NOTE: I do offer blog and website designing, so her using my products to make a blog template is also infringing on my business. Why would someone want to hire me if they can get a template free using my designs? However this is not the main reason I am against her using my designs. I just do not like it when people steal.

To find out more about piracy check out the blog linked below…

What is Piracy? and Why It’s Not OK To Share Freebies

created by Kim Hill of CGEssentials

December is almost here and I have two new kits to help with you December scrapbooking.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT MY BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!!

Have a Berry Merry Christmas with this pink and green kit. There are a total of 81 papers, elements and alphas. Not all items are shown in preview. Available at ScrapDish and my shop.

The Berry Merry Christmas alpha is also available separately.

These confetti filled alphas will add a festive feel to any layout. Berry Merry Christmas Alpha contains 26 letters. Available at ScrapDish and my shop.

December Frost is great for scappin’ all your winter layouts. This teal and cranberry colored kit, with a touch of glitter, gives a new twist to the winter colors. Available at ScrapDish and my shop.

The alpha from December Frost is also available separately in a different color…

Love snow-globes? Try Snowy Shaker Alpha’s 26 snowy shaker letters on your winter layouts. Available at ScrapDish and my shop.

Don’t have time to scrapbook in December? Try one of these quickpages…

Season’s Greetings Quickpages contain 6 12″x12″ 300 DPI Quickpages. 3 are made from the kit Berry Merry Christmas and 3 are made from December Frost. Available at ScrapDish and my shop.

Now for a freebie…

Includes:  4 pattern papers, 1 ribbon wrap, 1 index card, 2 dotted ribbon pieces.

You can download it here: December Frost Addon (167). The download link expires on December 6, 2009.

Please do not redistribute any of my freebies. If you wish to share it with others send them to the site http://candaceduffyjones.com. DO NOT link directly to the zip file, that is considered stealing!

Copyright Candace Duffy Jones 2009 for personal use only! This is an original design (see tou in zip for credits for brushes, fonts, and actions used). All rights reserved. Please feel free to contact me if you have a questions or comments. You can use my Contact Me form or post a comment on this post as a means of contact me.

If you wish to say “Thank You” with more than just words, check out my Help Support page for info on how to help support me and my freebies with more than just money.

Check out my Black Friday sale on November 27-19 at ScrapDish and at my shop.