I've worked for both men and women. They can both be professional open and honest, and they can both be snarky, emotional bitches. At least when working for a woman I (usually) don't catch them looking at a woman's breasts or butt.
It's a really sad comment on society when women don't want to work for each other. I feel sorry for you knowing so many crappy people of your own gender.
It's a really sad comment on society when women don't want to work for each other. I feel sorry for you knowing so many crappy people of your own gender. ----
Yep, absolutely agree. Personally, I don't care either way. As long as the person is a good boss, I don't give a damn what gender they are.
You might want to leave the trailer park every once in awhile. -----
And you might want to live with some civil people. It's only trailer park trash that gets in your face.
I totally resent this comment every time I see it. I happen to have a daughter who lives in a trailer and she isn't trash. She's very smart but this is what she can afford since she is working on a degree and also has lupus. So when you want to call someone trailer trash think before speaking and yes this definitely pushed my buttons because you are ignorant.
#4 - I think it's a fairly common stereotype for a reason. I'm pretty sure everyone knows not EVERYONE in a trailer park is trash.
Just like they know not all women are catty bitches, all men don't get in your face, all women aren't horrible bosses, and all male bosses don't look at tits and asses all day...
You're not helping anyone walking around with that chip on your shoulder.
It's Amanda Heimann and #8 about summed it up. I can't bring myself to shop at SO anymore. Nothing there is really unique enough to justify giving money to a bunch of stuck up bitches. I can buy similar things elsewhere and not feel like I just gave my money to the devil.
The only person I shop at SO is HappyScrapGirl. She's always been good quality and I love her overlays. I've never interacted with her personally, but she appears nice in the forums.
I don't know anything about Amanda being stuck up or not but I am surprised she's going to SO. I guess I shouldn't be since she was there before. I CT for a designer at TDC who has a similar style (but better I think) who releases a lot more regularly who said that she tried to contact SO for a guest spot and they never replied. So I guess I'm just surprised that they would bring Amanda back when she doesn't do a whole lot. We say this all the time but it really is who you know. Sad.
^^^ Really? They had a bunch of guests back when there was all of that mess with SM. Maybe your designer isn't really as good as you think. They still should have responded though.
I'm not surprised SO didn't respond. They're very unprofessional there. Amanda is pretty tight with Kami (one of the owners). Yeah, it's really who you know.
I can only think of Elise's Pieces at TDC who has a similar style. There may be others at TDC I'm just not familiar with them off hand. If she's the one mentioned above, her stuff is 100% better than Amanda's and if I were a store owner, I'd have her guest in a heartbeat.
Why does it matter where designers sell? I could see if you had to drive all over town to pick up your digital supplies, but is it so fricking hard to type in a URL to visit one store, then type in a new URL to visit the next one?
I'm still trying to figure out what constitutes a stuck up bitch, holier than thou etc.
LOL well don't you know that the posters on this blog have personal relationships with the designers and everyone else so that they can call you stuckup and a bitch and many other things that people get called. They can read minds and body language and look at their crystal balls. Oh yeah and they can tell all about you from the comments you post and/or the kits you design. Isn't it nice that they are so informed and so smart.
I wouldn't say people have personal relationships with designers, but some have a fair amount of interaction with them. So many have had poor customer service interactions - or lack of service - that I'm sure that accounts for a lot of slamming. Anyone who is "too busy" to answer a PM or email from a customer or potential customer, yet lives on Facebook all day, certainly doesn't leave a strong impression.
I've seen and heard CT nightmares about demanding, arrogant, and flat out unprofessional designers. I'd say that accounts for most of the stuck up, holier than thou comments about designers. Of course, no one is going to give details about that because they would no longer be anonymous.
Anyone asking what constitutes such behaviors, to me, screams of a designer who has been slammed here. I really don't think most of the offenders even realize they're being bitches. I'm sure Laura Banasiak knows, though, and acts like she doesn't care. But deep down, I bet she does and that makes me sad for her.
I had a couple interactions awhile back with Laura where she was incredibly snotty and downright mean. There was no misunderstanding her meaning. She truly thought her shit didn't stink then. I can't even imagine how full of herself she is now.
I've interacted with Laura B & Rachael (CV) and they have both been quite unprofessional. Just snotty and snobby (shit doesn't stink is a good way to describe). So now, I avoid them. The interaction you have with potential customers is huge.
I haven't had any issues with Laura. She has always been nice. Now with Captivated Visions, her attitude was crappy. I did not like the way she pretty much ignored a question I had emailed her. I have not bought from her since then.
How does one tell a crappy attitude from a written communique? I guess it must be what they type because one sure can't tell otherwise unless you are contacting these designers by phone and then maybe you can tell by a voice that the attitude is crappy. I know personally I haven't always come across in my typing as I may have thought I did but if one talked to me they would see that I am not the same as I am when I type something. Now if I called you a bitch or a snob or any other descriptive word in my typing then I would think that one's attitude is crappy
#34 You're stupid. or I don't agree with you, but I can understand why you would think that.
I'd say it's fairly easy to determine attitude in a lot written communication. Not all examples are as obvious as above, but majority aren't as vague as you seem to believe.
It's not just one typed sentence or paragraph from these "holier than thou" designers. It's repeated in every way that they choose to communicate. Those that 'need' to be the center of attention either post all the time with flippant remarks, thinking they are so well loved that they can get away with it over and over again; or - they seldom post, but when they do? They EXPECT everyone to respond immediately, and with praise. Lots of praise.
Its difficult for people who are not 'behind the scenes' in a shop to see what really goes on with these diva's. They don't generally post in the public access forums this way, if at all (with the obvious exception of Nicole/Sugarplum Paperie who doesn't care who reads her blather or what they think of it). No - these designers post on their private FB pages (altho many can see it) or in the designers forums . . . thinking their outward 'appearance' is safe. They should check here more often to see what the 'average Joe' REALLY thinks.
How does one tell a crappy attitude from a written communique? ------------------------- When a designer (and/or) their CT lead write, "This isn't rocket science ladies!", how else would you take it? CV and her snotty-ass lead CT (whatever her Cluster Queen name is) have both communicated like this on more than one occasion.
I'm amazed at the designers who shit on the people who market them. But, I'm also amazed at the CTMs who take advantage of the designers who are generous. I can see being firm and direct with your CT, but condescending? That's definitely shitty.
When a designer (and/or) their CT lead write, "This isn't rocket science ladies!", how else would you take it? CV and her snotty-ass lead CT (whatever her Cluster Queen name is) have both communicated like this on more than one occasion.
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Yip, have seen that and have also seen designers being horribly snotty about other designers, just because they don't agree with their style of designing, behind their back, yet in the public forum it's all "oh I SO love your designs". Hate that, hate even more that you can't really say anything either.
I have left (and will continue to do so) CTs where I see people bashing other designers. I was on a CT where a CTM was bashing another designer - who SHE CREATED FOR! I couldn't believe it. I thought it was horrible for it to be allowed, but the designers just jumped right in. Sick.
I've never shopped with them again, either. Never will.
#42, I have seen CTM's bash a designer they CT for behind their back, yet when you see them, they are always up the designers ass. I have also seen it with store CTM's too. Bash the store and owners but stay on the team. Why?
I was commenting on #8's mention of color palettes...and that I think they are becoming over-done on digi-designer blogs. Design Seeds is enough, thanks.
Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out by not having more designer friends .... but then I read about how some designers treat each other and treat their teams and I'm glad I'm fairly insular as a designer. Every member on my creative team is a personal friend and I would never speak to any to them that way.
I was commenting on #8's mention of color palettes...and that I think they are becoming over-done on digi-designer blogs. Design Seeds is enough, thanks.
Color palette blog posts and blogs are popular because there are so many "designers" that don't know how to pull together a bunch of colors and don't have the imagination to put a palette together so they copy what they can grab.
Design seeds is not exactly the epitome of color palette design either. They strike it lucky now and again but it's through chance and not ability.
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Yeah some of those blogs do come up with some crazy pallettes. I do sometimes take a pallette from there, delete a couple of the colors then add my own. Therefore it is really not the same pallete but I use it as inspiration.
#67 - my list would be shorter if you asked who are some of the not so nice designers I've come across.
I've been in digi since around 2005 and have never come across a 'nasty' designer. Even some of the designers that others here complain about have been really nice.
I will not ever post what someone really says if they choose to delete it, but I will back up what Jen said.
She did post about color palettes, although the verbiage was slightly different. ;)
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Well... you just did say what she said. To truly keep a confidence means to pretend you don't know what was said. With eveyone's IPs at your finger tips you're holding a position of trust. You're showing immaturity by even writing what you did.
I agree with 84, because none of us wants to think that someone out there (blog owner ahem) is sitting back and watching our comments as they come in, with IP addresses attached. It's much nicer to think that whoever manages this blog is paying very little if any attention to any of it, like the last owner. But obviously the new owner is a frequent and active participant.
As for you Jen, you'd be wise to go away and stop posting as yourself. You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're making the rest of us want to start giving you some real shit. Nothing good ever comes from posting as yourself on this blog. You've been warned.
I realize there's a lot of designers and scrappers that post here but the fact your name is now attached to a smack blog will smash your reputation into smithereens. It won't be 'guilt by association' but more 'snide and two faced by association' if you know what I mean?
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What is going on at Funky Playground? It seems like everyone is abandoning ship. Any inside scoop?
I've worked for both men and women. They can both be professional open and honest, and they can both be snarky, emotional bitches. At least when working for a woman I (usually) don't catch them looking at a woman's breasts or butt.
It's a really sad comment on society when women don't want to work for each other. I feel sorry for you knowing so many crappy people of your own gender.
It's a really sad comment on society when women don't want to work for each other. I feel sorry for you knowing so many crappy people of your own gender.
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Yep, absolutely agree. Personally, I don't care either way. As long as the person is a good boss, I don't give a damn what gender they are.
Getting in your face simply means that men confront the problem head on not behind your back.
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I know what it means and I continue to disagree. Some men do and some don't.
How do you guys feel about men scrapbooking or designing?
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Good for them. How should I feel? Seems an odd question.
You might want to leave the trailer park every once in awhile.
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And you might want to live with some civil people. It's only trailer park trash that gets in your face.
I totally resent this comment every time I see it. I happen to have a daughter who lives in a trailer and she isn't trash. She's very smart but this is what she can afford since she is working on a degree and also has lupus. So when you want to call someone trailer trash think before speaking and yes this definitely pushed my buttons because you are ignorant.
#4 - I think it's a fairly common stereotype for a reason. I'm pretty sure everyone knows not EVERYONE in a trailer park is trash.
Just like they know not all women are catty bitches, all men don't get in your face, all women aren't horrible bosses, and all male bosses don't look at tits and asses all day...
You're not helping anyone walking around with that chip on your shoulder.
I see SO advertising a 'New Designer' for iNDSD.
Any ideas on who they have now?
Amanda Hieneman from the digichick. she used to sell there. she is going back.
HaHaHa! Amanda H. is a holier than thou bitch - she will fit right in with the crew at SO.
In other news: HappyTits is now giving out handpicked color swatches on her blog daily. Can you say - horrid?
http://designsbyalydemoraes.com/
I'm not sure I know who Amanda is?
Judging from the preview of the new designer at SO, it doesn't look all that good.
It's Amanda Heimann and #8 about summed it up. I can't bring myself to shop at SO anymore. Nothing there is really unique enough to justify giving money to a bunch of stuck up bitches. I can buy similar things elsewhere and not feel like I just gave my money to the devil.
The only person I shop at SO is HappyScrapGirl. She's always been good quality and I love her overlays. I've never interacted with her personally, but she appears nice in the forums.
And the SO haters have entered the building...
Why is everyone SO haters if they don't like the people there?
Which designers do you want to see at SO? If you want someone different you need to tell them or they will think everything is great as it is.
I would love for them or any store really to do a public vote on which designers to bring on.
I would just like to see something different over there. It seems like that store is filled with doodled kits. Way to many of them.
I'm still trying to figure out what constitutes a stuck up bitch, holier than thou etc.
I don't know anything about Amanda being stuck up or not but I am surprised she's going to SO. I guess I shouldn't be since she was there before. I CT for a designer at TDC who has a similar style (but better I think) who releases a lot more regularly who said that she tried to contact SO for a guest spot and they never replied. So I guess I'm just surprised that they would bring Amanda back when she doesn't do a whole lot. We say this all the time but it really is who you know. Sad.
As if a public vote would prove anything. Have you not seen what happens when people need votes on something?
SO doesn't have guests anymore, so it's not surprising that they didn't invite her to guest there.
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Really? They had a bunch of guests back when there was all of that mess with SM. Maybe your designer isn't really as good as you think. They still should have responded though.
Public voting is nothing more than a popularity contest.
I'm not surprised SO didn't respond. They're very unprofessional there. Amanda is pretty tight with Kami (one of the owners). Yeah, it's really who you know.
I can only think of Elise's Pieces at TDC who has a similar style. There may be others at TDC I'm just not familiar with them off hand. If she's the one mentioned above, her stuff is 100% better than Amanda's and if I were a store owner, I'd have her guest in a heartbeat.
Public voting is nothing more than a popularity contest.
Apr 28, 2012 6:29:00 PM
Exactly what in digi ISN'T a popularity contest?
Why does it matter where designers sell? I could see if you had to drive all over town to pick up your digital supplies, but is it so fricking hard to type in a URL to visit one store, then type in a new URL to visit the next one?
It matters to the designer where they sell.
Exactly what in digi ISN'T a popularity contest?
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My scrapping for a start, lots of other things.
I'm still trying to figure out what constitutes a stuck up bitch, holier than thou etc.
LOL well don't you know that the posters on this blog have personal relationships with the designers and everyone else so that they can call you stuckup and a bitch and many other things that people get called. They can read minds and body language and look at their crystal balls. Oh yeah and they can tell all about you from the comments you post and/or the kits you design. Isn't it nice that they are so informed and so smart.
I wouldn't say people have personal relationships with designers, but some have a fair amount of interaction with them. So many have had poor customer service interactions - or lack of service - that I'm sure that accounts for a lot of slamming. Anyone who is "too busy" to answer a PM or email from a customer or potential customer, yet lives on Facebook all day, certainly doesn't leave a strong impression.
I've seen and heard CT nightmares about demanding, arrogant, and flat out unprofessional designers. I'd say that accounts for most of the stuck up, holier than thou comments about designers. Of course, no one is going to give details about that because they would no longer be anonymous.
Anyone asking what constitutes such behaviors, to me, screams of a designer who has been slammed here. I really don't think most of the offenders even realize they're being bitches. I'm sure Laura Banasiak knows, though, and acts like she doesn't care. But deep down, I bet she does and that makes me sad for her.
I had a couple interactions awhile back with Laura where she was incredibly snotty and downright mean. There was no misunderstanding her meaning. She truly thought her shit didn't stink then. I can't even imagine how full of herself she is now.
I've interacted with Laura B & Rachael (CV) and they have both been quite unprofessional. Just snotty and snobby (shit doesn't stink is a good way to describe). So now, I avoid them. The interaction you have with potential customers is huge.
I haven't had any issues with Laura. She has always been nice. Now with Captivated Visions, her attitude was crappy. I did not like the way she pretty much ignored a question I had emailed her. I have not bought from her since then.
I've known Laura for quite awhile, and she's never seemed mean or snotty to me.
How does one tell a crappy attitude from a written communique? I guess it must be what they type because one sure can't tell otherwise unless you are contacting these designers by phone and then maybe you can tell by a voice that the attitude is crappy. I know personally I haven't always come across in my typing as I may have thought I did but if one talked to me they would see that I am not the same as I am when I type something. Now if I called you a bitch or a snob or any other descriptive word in my typing then I would think that one's attitude is crappy
#34
You're stupid.
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I don't agree with you, but I can understand why you would think that.
I'd say it's fairly easy to determine attitude in a lot written communication. Not all examples are as obvious as above, but majority aren't as vague as you seem to believe.
It's not just one typed sentence or paragraph from these "holier than thou" designers. It's repeated in every way that they choose to communicate. Those that 'need' to be the center of attention either post all the time with flippant remarks, thinking they are so well loved that they can get away with it over and over again; or - they seldom post, but when they do? They EXPECT everyone to respond immediately, and with praise. Lots of praise.
Its difficult for people who are not 'behind the scenes' in a shop to see what really goes on with these diva's. They don't generally post in the public access forums this way, if at all (with the obvious exception of Nicole/Sugarplum Paperie who doesn't care who reads her blather or what they think of it). No - these designers post on their private FB pages (altho many can see it) or in the designers forums . . . thinking their outward 'appearance' is safe. They should check here more often to see what the 'average Joe' REALLY thinks.
How does one tell a crappy attitude from a written communique?
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When a designer (and/or) their CT lead write, "This isn't rocket science ladies!", how else would you take it? CV and her snotty-ass lead CT (whatever her Cluster Queen name is) have both communicated like this on more than one occasion.
I'm amazed at the designers who shit on the people who market them. But, I'm also amazed at the CTMs who take advantage of the designers who are generous. I can see being firm and direct with your CT, but condescending? That's definitely shitty.
#37, I can see Melissa saying that. CV has some of the most outrageous CT requirements I have ever heard of.
When a designer (and/or) their CT lead write, "This isn't rocket science ladies!", how else would you take it? CV and her snotty-ass lead CT (whatever her Cluster Queen name is) have both communicated like this on more than one occasion.
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Yip, have seen that and have also seen designers being horribly snotty about other designers, just because they don't agree with their style of designing, behind their back, yet in the public forum it's all "oh I SO love your designs". Hate that, hate even more that you can't really say anything either.
CV has some of the most outrageous CT requirements I have ever heard of.
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Such as?
I have left (and will continue to do so) CTs where I see people bashing other designers. I was on a CT where a CTM was bashing another designer - who SHE CREATED FOR! I couldn't believe it. I thought it was horrible for it to be allowed, but the designers just jumped right in. Sick.
I've never shopped with them again, either. Never will.
#42, I have seen CTM's bash a designer they CT for behind their back, yet when you see them, they are always up the designers ass.
I have also seen it with store CTM's too. Bash the store and owners but stay on the team. Why?
Anyone asking what constitutes such behaviors, to me, screams of a designer who has been slammed here.
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or someone who doesn't use those words or thinks them. Sorry.
I totally resent this comment every time I see it. I happen to have a daughter who lives in a trailer and she isn't trash.
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No one said that everyone who lived in a trailer park was trash. Maybe you are the one being judgmental, and not the rest of us.
opps! :-)
Would love to know what you said Jen.
Nah...lol.
I was commenting on #8's mention of color palettes...and that I think they are becoming over-done on digi-designer blogs. Design Seeds is enough, thanks.
Agreed!
I'm now going to go bury my head in the sand for being such a silly and commenting as myself on this smack blog.
(You guys are crazy mean, BTW! LOL)
*waves to Jen* oh wait. I'm anonymous. love your blog, tho!
Hi, Jen! Love your blog as well. I'm also super paranoid that I'll do exactly what you just did.
I, too, would love to hear CV's requirements. Not that I'd EVER want to create for that bitch.
Sometimes I feel like I'm missing out by not having more designer friends .... but then I read about how some designers treat each other and treat their teams and I'm glad I'm fairly insular as a designer. Every member on my creative team is a personal friend and I would never speak to any to them that way.
#39 like what exactly? you mention it but dont say whats so heavy about the requirements?
#53 what got to you?
Does anyone else get the newsletter from DHD? Ownership change, has it been discussed?
Jen Yurko is opening a new shop. They're having a designer call.
I was commenting on #8's mention of color palettes...and that I think they are becoming over-done on digi-designer blogs. Design Seeds is enough, thanks.
Color palette blog posts and blogs are popular because there are so many "designers" that don't know how to pull together a bunch of colors and don't have the imagination to put a palette together so they copy what they can grab.
Design seeds is not exactly the epitome of color palette design either. They strike it lucky now and again but it's through chance and not ability.
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First of all I just want to say that I want you all to have fun!! Scrapping is fun!! And so is being part of a team and working together. Captivated Visions is my business and I take my CT very seriously, and I expect you to do the same, so whilst this post is long, it covers different positions in the team and let's you know exactly what I'm looking for so we all know from day one what is expected, let me know by PM/e-mail or in the Chat forum if you have any questions
- Put your best work into your CT layouts and use 100% of my products in your LO (SO templates are okay)
Please only use elements and papers, alphas etc from the Kit you are scrapping with, I won't be able to promote my products with your pages if they contain elements etc from other CV Kits.
- IF using a non Scrap Orchard Template, and you get the permission from the template designer, that they are happy with you using their templates in conjunction with CT Duties, and they understand that the layout will be used by me for advertising purposes (which includes but is not limited to additional images within the product description in the store, posting in advertisements, Facebook Albums and even possibly being printed) and that credits can only be given by you when posting in galleries then we are good.
So that I can deal with any enquiries that are thrown at me, when posting a CT page in my forum that has used an outside template, please mention this when dropping off your page by stating who the template designer is and that the template was used with permission.
It's your responsibility to approach the template designers you are working for, or who you have purchased products from before you double them up as CT layouts and create the pages and drop your pages off. Technically it's commercial use and you must get permission from them so that I have permission to use them in my store and for other marketing.
- Respect a No Digital Piracy Rule, if you are caught sharing my products you will be dismissed from the team immediately.
- Represent Captivated Visions in a positive manner. This includes, but is not limited to, being mindful of what you say on other boards while wearing my blinkie in your signature. When you have that blinkie in your signature, you are a representative and your views and opinions inadvertently are reflected onto my branding.
- Respect the only download what you will use policy. All CT Members will receive a coupon for open access to my store. When working with assignments you should only order the kit and or template you are scrapping with and not order another product until your page/s with your current downloads has been dropped off in the forum. Between assignments, as long as you are meeting your CT Requirements you can use your coupon to download extra products to scrap with. Again please don't abuse the coupon and just download what you are scrapping with, and drop your pages off in my designer gallery.
- Regrettably due to the past abuse of downloads within the CT I feel it now necessary to make you aware that if you download products and subsequently disappear from the team with no contact, you will be billed for the $ value of the products via a Paypal Invoice.
- Keep in communication with me and the team, be active in the CT Forum and check in on a regular basis including monthly check ins. Notify us if you are taking leave or are going to be absent so we can ensure CT work is covered.
- Be active at Scrap Orchard (leaving meaningful comments in the gallery and my designer gallery, be vocal and helpful at the forums, ensure you take part in one SO challenge using my products, and help to promote me wherever you can) I am not enforcing a post count, I am trusting in you to take responsibility and just dive into the community, if I have a concern with anyone's post count or involvement I'll let you know, so jump in and have fun!
- Note that both Melissa and I have moderator rights at ScrapOrchard and can monitor your CT Post count separate to your main forum posts, you must be active in the main ScrapOrchard forum aswell as the private CT forum.
- Allow the use of your CTM Layouts to be used for promotional enabling by the Promo Team and used by me for promotional and advertising work. This may involve your layouts being printed in example albums.
- All products received from me are for your personal use only, no S4H/S4O is allowed, you must purchase the kit/products for any S4H use. Raks for family and friends is okay :)
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- Your CT coupon will not work on Scrap Orchard Collabs due to a different way they are loaded to the store, contact me if you require a product that isn't working with your coupon.
Extra requirements for Layout Artists
- Work with at least two new releases per month creating one page per product worked with, minimum two pages per month
- Upload pages on Wednesdays or as soon as possible thereafter to Scrap Orchard Designer Gallery, DST & a 3rd open gallery of your choice, crediting products used and linking to product/s at Scrap Orchard in your description, SKU codes of all products scrapped with must be included in your keywords at the ScrapOrchard gallery, see the Handbook for more info on this.
- Complete one Scrap Orchard or One Captivated Visions Blog Challenge Per Month using my Products (in addition to your two mandatory layout requirement) (see rota to check if you are assigned a forum challenge or CV Blog challenge)
- If you are working with a New Release CV Template for promo prior to release date, any layouts created for me must use Captivated Visions products. Pages turned in with another designers kits will not count towards your two New Release requirement count for that month.
Seriously doubtful that Jen Conlon was really only commenting on color palettes. If that were true, she wouldn't have had to erase her comment. Duh.
^^meh. I'd freak out if my profile showed up no matter what I posted.
#59 I was thinking the same thing.
^^agree
Any scoop on any NSD stuff? SO had mentioned something about a big announcement. Any ideas?
I will not ever post what someone really says if they choose to delete it, but I will back up what Jen said.
She did post about color palettes, although the verbiage was slightly different. ;)
I can't find anything on the DHD site, and I don't subscribe. Who's the new owner? Anyone we know?
Yeah some of those blogs do come up with some crazy pallettes. I do sometimes take a pallette from there, delete a couple of the colors then add my own. Therefore it is really not the same pallete but I use it as inspiration.
OK, who are some of the nicer designers you've come across?
#67 - my list would be shorter if you asked who are some of the not so nice designers I've come across.
I've been in digi since around 2005 and have never come across a 'nasty' designer. Even some of the designers that others here complain about have been really nice.
68 - I figured we'd been discussing the not so nice designers already, so it was time for a change.
You DO know you can't mention anyone's name here or you will be accused of being said "nice designer" yourself. ;)
Any scoop on any NSD stuff? SO had mentioned something about a big announcement. Any ideas?
Apr 30, 2012 12:52:00 PM
The big announcement is that Amanda Heimann is joining the design team. We've already discussed that.
Thank you DigiSmacker for posting here to back me up!
I deleted the post because I freaked out when I saw my actual identity show up on a board where 99.9% of the people post anonymously.
And, yes, my language may have been a bit more colorful...cuz I thought I was anonymous!
#69 - just pointing that out that I've come across mostly nice designers.
I do find it interesting that almost all the designers that keep coming up here as being nasty are the new generation.
$73 here - I meant new generation of designers, not their actual age.
When you apply to a store, how big is your "sample" normally? I always think mine is too big.
If they don't ask for specifics, I include
- 1 patterned paper
- 1 plain paper
- 3/4 original elements
- 3/4 recolors
That's about it. Just enough so they can see the quality.
#56 - Yes, DHD is chnging hands, The Digichick just changed hands and also DSP has a new co owner.
Instead of talking about who is naughty and who is nice, let's start saying where the early NSD sales will be.
What is DSP?
#77 - Check out DST. That's what it's there for!
Thanks, 76. Yeah, I include way more!! Guess I'll trim it down before I apply.
#80 - best just to give a sample and make it really interesting, than give a whole lot and have it be just normal, KWIM?
#78 - if you don't know, you don't hang around much and also, it's not important.
Haven't been overly impressed with the kits I've worked with from the CT's I'm on for iNSD. Everything just seems like the same old stuff.
The only thing that really caught my eye was the May 555 at After 5, it's really gorgeous. Circus theme.
I will not ever post what someone really says if they choose to delete it, but I will back up what Jen said.
She did post about color palettes, although the verbiage was slightly different. ;)
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Well... you just did say what she said. To truly keep a confidence means to pretend you don't know what was said. With eveyone's IPs at your finger tips you're holding a position of trust. You're showing immaturity by even writing what you did.
#84 You wrong. DigiSmacker didn't betray my confidence because she (she?) just confirmed what *I* said I wrote.
Yes, she added a bit about the verbiage being different...but so what?
And she's not showing immaturity at all by deflecting a nonsense disagreement.
This entire blog is immature so don't throw stones, anonymous.
I agree with 84, because none of us wants to think that someone out there (blog owner ahem) is sitting back and watching our comments as they come in, with IP addresses attached. It's much nicer to think that whoever manages this blog is paying very little if any attention to any of it, like the last owner. But obviously the new owner is a frequent and active participant.
As for you Jen, you'd be wise to go away and stop posting as yourself. You're not doing yourself any favors, and you're making the rest of us want to start giving you some real shit. Nothing good ever comes from posting as yourself on this blog. You've been warned.
I agree with #86 on the latter part.
I realize there's a lot of designers and scrappers that post here but the fact your name is now attached to a smack blog will smash your reputation into smithereens. It won't be 'guilt by association' but more 'snide and two faced by association' if you know what I mean?
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