Hooray! Fall is almost here, which means it’s time to start thinking about Croptoberfest! This is one of our biggest events of the year with catered meals, exclusive products, layout classes and goody bags!

In order to accomodate everyone I run two identical sessions, so choose the weekend that works best for your schedule:

October 9-11 or October 16-18 • $110.00 event fee
Thursday 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm (dinner from Lawler’s)
Friday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (sandwich bar lunch, dinner from Taco Mama)
Saturday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (salad bar lunch, dinner from Tellini’s)

For details and the link to register please see my website:
Croptoberfest 2025

For those who are not close enough to attend my in-person event, I will be offering a Zoom class to put together the Customer Bundle and the Project Recipe. This event is FREE to anyone who purchases the products from my website or through me for pickup in Madison.

Yahoo! It’s the best promo of the year - because you can’t sell out of free shipping!! As has become a pattern with CM, in conjunction with the release of the Croptoberfest products (see the next section) you can get free shipping on any retail order of $100+ (even if you don’t order any of the Croptoberfest stuff!! Starts Monday, August 25th at noon CT and ends at noon on Friday, September 5th. They only do this promo twice a year - the rest of the time you need to spend $500+ to get free shipping! :)

In the “before times,” the only way to get your hands on the Croptoberfest products was to attend an in-person event. Times have changed, of course, and now thanks to the internet everyone can get their hands on these beautiful products, starting Monday at noon!

IF YOU ARE ATTENDING CROPTOBERFEST (with me or with another Advisor) PLEASE make sure you know what products may be included with your Croptoberfest registration before you order more so you don’t end up with duplicates!!

Customer Bundle (Accessory Paper Pack, Cardstock Sampler Pack, Layered Embellishments, Embossed Embellishments, Mat Pack, Project Guidebook) makes 10 pages (five double page spreads) with almost no leftovers. The only way to get the embellishments and mat pack are in this bundle - they are not being sold separately. $36.50

Project Recipe Kit (six designer papers, cardstock, stickers and instructions) makes 4 pages (two double page spreads). The papers in this kit are different from the papers in the Customer Bundle. $14.00

Cardstock Sampler Pack (two sheets each of Plum, Canary, Avocado, Caramel and Pumpkin). $10.00

Croptobefest Album Cover (Terra Cotta bookcloth with foiled chrysanthemum design). $40.00

Chrysanthemums Punch (Three separate floral shapes that layer beautifully to make a dimensional embellishment). $25.00

See flyer at the end of this email or the linked info page for photos!

Just in time for the cooler temps (which ARE coming, right?) we have our beautiful new Fall collection, Grateful Harvest. This collection includes Designer Paper, Tone-on-Tone Paper, Stickers, Mats, Laser Cut Borders and THREE Embellishment Packs: Harvesting, Hunting and Tailgating. (I know some of you especially NEED that last one!)

There is also a beautiful Chocolate bookcloth album cover with copper foiled leaves, and THREE punches: the Wooden Fence Border Punch (which may look familar but is completely new), Wooden Wagon Punch, and the Acorns & Leaf Chain BMC.

As always, if you love it all, your best bet is the Buy-it-All Bundle which not only saves you 10% over buying the products individually, but you also get the Project Playbook which will kick-start your creativity with directions for six pages using the collection. AND if you order on Monday or Tuesday you’ll be entered to win a “year’s supply” of Tape Runner Refills! (Year’s supply in CM’s opinion is 24 refills. So cute.) Note that the Album Cover is not included in the buy-it-all bundle, just the tools and the consumable products.

I am NOT an “inker” (I am way too messy!) and don’t love the look of stenciled ink designs.

But… apparently over 70% of CM Advisors voted YES, and so starting Monday you can purchase the first set of inks, coordinating brushes and stencil, plus a 13x13 craft mat to do your ink blending on. Also my friend Noreen Smith (who many of you “know”) absolutely loves inking and multi-media stuff, and I’m sure she is going to be teaching us lots of fun things to do with these!!

The ink colors coordinate with our CM cardstock and are Lilac Posies, Potter’s Clay and Rich Cocoa. The 5x5 stencil features leaves and flowers. The only way to get the coordinating brushes is in the bundle with the inks and stencil, but the craft mat is available separately. (Be aware that the inks are not exclusive to CM - they are Memento brand inks, but that’s a good, trustworthy and PHOTO-SAFE brand!)

If you ARE an inker, or you are excited about this, PLEASE share with me! This is the first time in a really long time I’ve had trouble getting on board with a CM product release — I WANT to love this and find a way to use it in my scrapbooks - and I do love the look of inked edges sometimes (although I’m afraid I’m too lazy to do much of that!!)

So I am counting on YOU to sell this to me! Who’s up for the challenge??

CM is telling us to expect more ink colors with coordinating brushes and stencils as we wrap up 2025, so they obviously know something I don’t!