The 4th thing finally comes . . .

If you remember back in September on the C.C. Designs blog I announced that there was 4 new things happening to ATS.

1 A Design Team

2. Theme of the month contest (this ended in 2007)

3. A Newsletter

4. ???

Number 4 is finally coming to be. It is a monthly card kit. The kits will be priced around $30.00. This includes cardstock, pattern paper, embellishments, brads, ribbon, and a complete instruction sheet with colored pictures.

The stamp set that comes with the kit features the monkey from Monkey Love and his buddy Teddy.

The card kits will be available at the same time as the new stamps each month. The stamps that come in the set can also be purchased seperately, but if you buy the card kit you will be saving $7.00 on the stamp set alone.

I know that we still have about a month till the release but I wanted to get a feel for how many people are going to be interested in the card kit. And are you interested in it being a membership club? thus reserving your kit each month? instead of a free for all come release time? Please let me know what you think!

Here is a little sneak peek-

Comments

[Jennifer Moore]

Oh, nice. I'm interested in this one. As for membership. I like the idea of buying if I like the stamp, but I don't want to get if I don't like the stamp. However, I will probably like.

[Denise G]

I love the idea! I hate the free for all thing at release time, BUT, I like having a choice too! I'm not much help I'm afraid! Maybe an initiation fee that included something and the right to purchase first before released to everyone? I don't know. BUT I like the kit idea!
Thanks for working so hard to make our life to FUN!
Denise G

[Jennifer Love]

I think it is a wonderful idea!

[Blair Landon]

I think the monkey holding the ice cream is possibly the cutest thing I have ever seen. It’s great that you are adding a design team and a newsletter to your site, it looks as though you’re trying to expand. If you’re in need of some advice in ways to successfully expand your business Microsoft can help.
I'm an official Microsoft ambassador and right now we're really trying to scale up our connections with influential bloggers like yourself. I'd love to share with you some of the stuff we've been doing in the last couple months to help women entrepreneurs; we're really committed to providing all the necessary resources to help women start, grow and expand their business.

We just wrapped up a women's entrepreneurial tour across the US called “Vision To Venture;” the response and turn-out was great!
I'd really love your take on these offerings we have right now; I would have contacted you via email but I didn't know which was the best way to reach you.

Thank you so much, I hope I didn't overstep my bounds by directly contacting you. Definitely get back to me if I’ve piqued your interest-- I’d love to share more info with you.

Best,
Blair Landon
Official Microsoft Ambassador
[email protected]

[Rachel]

I love this monkey! so cute!! I would love to be able to purchase kits. although i would like to be able to choose rather than be committed each month. especially with all the awesome new sets you come out with each month.

[Heather Leech]

Aha! You mentioned this on the forum the last release party! I LOVE the idea of the card kit, although I have only 2 reservations. One is that I always worry about the shipping to Canada. And two is about being committed to buy if you happen to not want a particular kit.
But I love your stamps and also love having things put together and coordinated for me!!

[Janet Sisk]

I love the monkey! How adorable. About the kit, I have been a member of several kit clubs before, all for cards. My problem is that I don't always like it or I end up with too much stuff and not enough time to do it. I am afraid that I would rather take a chance on the free-for-all than to sign up for something that I don't need. If you decide to do a membership you may want to consider the option to purchase every other month. That may be more reasonable monetarily and timewise for people. I, personally, will not sign up for a membership. Sorry, but that is my opinion.

[MarilynY]

Having the card kits available is a great idea....But I'm not keen about being committed to purchasing kits that I'm not attracted or interested in. I like your monkey card and am sure I'd be interested in that whole stamp set.

[Vicki]

Love the monkeys! Love the card kit idea! I think I like the idea of monthly "subscriber". Makes it so people who know they want it don't miss...of course, I do think maybe make extra so that others who don't want to subscribe can also just buy when they want to.

[Lisa K in TX]

LOVE this monkey set already...but I agree...I would not want a monthly sub unless you were also given the option to skip kits but I also like to come up with my own designs too, so don't know if I would want to purchase a kit but definitely the stamps!!

[Deb]

Love the monkey set! I would love to buy it in kit form, but would rather be able to choose to buy, rather than subscription.

[tA Carbone]

will the kit include the stamp also?

I would do a free for all first and then maybe going to
signing up before time

[Emm]

I love the monkeys!!!

[Christine in WI]

I love the card kit idea, but like other ladies, would want to choose month to month on which ones I wanted to purchase. I do love the Monkey set though!!

[Kerry]

YES PLEASE!!!! I love the monkey's and it will go perfectly with the one I already have. But I would probably want the choice of whether to buy each month's kit or not.

[Jennifer Brooks]

I would be interested! I was looking for a new card kit as my last one was canceled. I also happen to love your stamps, so I am pretty excited :)

Jennifer

[Jennifer Bradley]

This would be the perfect way for me to start collecting your stamps!!! I think I would be more likely to use the stamps if they came in kits! These would also make great gifts for new stampers.

[Melanie Hayes]

I would be interested, but maybe 1 kit every 2 months and have a choice between 2 kits or something like that. I really like the stamps that CC Designs comes out with, but I think a kit every 2 months would catch my interest.

[Julie F]

Hi Love the idea of the kit/stamp sets. It give us less inspired something to get your teeth into.

Re Membership idea.... like others, sometime you may not feel the need to get the kit, or maybe you fancy something else..... however, how you could work it would be that you would "reserve" a kit for each member, but if the didn't want it they had to let you know by a certain date....... you could almost do it like a preview. As you do now, email a preview of the kit and hold it until the launch night?!?!? Does that make sense, then if someone wanted it, they definately get it, but if not, then they would say no!

Just a thought

Keep up all the great ideas

Julie