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

Do you love the letter chipboard albums? Well check out this one that I made:

I used my new Spooky Album to make this book. Do you want to make one? Check out my new kit…

Create your own spooktacular Halloween album with this Spooky quickpage hybrid album. Includes front and back of each letter page, spelling out the word spooky. Created at 300 DPI as 8 – 8″x10.5″ png files. Completed album measures 4.25″x10.5″.

Instructions are included on how to make this album.

Chipboard, rings and fibers are not included. You will need other materials to make this album (such as chipboard, rings and embellishments, if desired).

Print quality and color may vary depending on your printer.

Get this album for 25% off (for $4.50) with the coupon below PLUS buy it before October 31, 2009 and get the Black Velvet Alpha FREE!

Coupon Code: CDJ-Blog-SpookyA
Discount: 25% OFF (Save $1.50)
Expires: October 13, 2009

Remember that this coupon is only available to my readers. If you wish to share this coupon with other they must come to my blog to get the code!

Need chipboard? Checkout these chipboard packs from the Scrapbook.com Superstore!

Scrapbook.com – 20 Count – Thin Chipboard Pack for Book Making – 8.5×14 Inch Price: 4.39

Scrapbook.com – 20 Count – Thin Chipboard Pack for Book Making – 12×12 Inch Price: 5.99

This post is getting a bit long for the front page. Continue reading here…

Have you checked out the COLOURlovers website? It is great for finding, creating and sharing colors and palettes. Check out the palettes I have created…

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

Color by COLOURlovers

You may recognize a few from colors from my kits.

I finally got around to scrapping some of the photos from our trip to see Thomas in North Conway (NH). I scanned in a Thomas kit I had to use digitally.

Credits: Thomas and Friends Scrapbooking Theme Pack (I scanned it to my computer for my use only) by Sandylion Sticker Designs, Templates with Attitude Set 21 by Tracey Blankenship, sprinkles from Popsicle Twist by PurpleColourz Designs, Sew Twisty – Summer by Karah Fredricks

Journaling: We took you to see Thomas the Train in North Conway I made you a special shirt just for the trip. You loved seeing Thomas so much, you kept on asking to ride Thomas again. you got a lot of Thomas bootie, including a new cap, t-shirt, and commemorative wooden passenger car, which you always have Thomas pull instead of Annie and Clarabel.

For today only you can get my new kit, Sweet Little Casey, for just $1! I included this large kit in the ScrapDish $1 Friday Specials, there also many other great $1 kits there too.