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Copic has been around forever, the markers are a must have tool of the trade for artists and architects. There are over 300 colors in all, but they are usually sold in sets that build upon one another. They are a little pricey, so I’ve been coveting them for a couple of months. I had just bought one “skin colored” marker, until CHA!

I already have Bic markers and recently bought the Prismacolor set and my one Copic marker to work on my blog banner. (An artist friend, Alice Trainor, drew it and I colored it in.) I made one mark with the Prismacolor marker and after trying the lone Copic pen I boxed the Prismacolors right back up. Sorry, but there was just no comparison to the way the ink flowed and their brush tip. I decided I’d have to buy the Copic markers a few at a time on sale at Hobby Lobby.

Little did I know they’d be at CHA! They were right by the Ranger booth. My sister Lisa stumbled upon them and came to tell me about them. I was like, “uh-huh I know what they are, you mean you might want some too?! OK, let’s go look!!!!” I was like a kid in the candy store hoping sister-mom wanted some candy too because it would take both of us to make their minimum order.

Marianne Walker, a product specialist for Copic and author of the blog ilikemarkers.blogspot.com, put together some CHA specials. She hand selected the most popular colors and created some collections just for scrapbookers and card makers. First she created three mini-sets of 12 colors each, earth tones/pastels/primaries, which will be great for Christmas wish lists! For those that want to have a cost effective full set of colors, she created a set of 36 which will compete nicely against the Bic and Prismacolor marker sets. And for the color connoisseur, she created a larger set of 72.

This was new color bundling just for CHA, so you have not seen this particular selection of colors yet. If you want to put this on your Christmas list, and your store does not have them, let Lisa know at least by mid October because there is a 6 to 8 week lead time! I can’t wait to get mine!