I just read the thread posted in DST about closing the blog down. Here's my official statement.
I'm not going anywhere.
I have been talked about here, people I know have been talked about here, and people I don't know have been talked about here.
Unfortunately, we are in a business prevalent with people who should not be doing it. If your quality is bad, it will be talked about. If your manner is unprofessional, you will be talked about. And, sometimes, if you're just plain awesome, you will be talked about. (That's my category, for the record.)
Keep on keepin' on.
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Whoa, so Digismacker you have been talked about here?
LOL #1, I was just about to ask that.
Okay back to the paper smacking blog, I thought digital and paper really didn't like each other? Well more or less that paper scrappers didn't respect the work digital scrappers do.
#4 - your point?
Hmm, is Keep on Keeping on a uniquely Australian expression, or not?
Yes, I've been talked about here. I wasn't really smacked, and it was [mostly] true. ;)
1: Comment 2601 on the May thread quoted a post from it. The first post from the DST thread (titled "Someone needs to"), for those who don't have access:
"...close the smack blogs. Some of what goes on there fits in with cyberbullying/cyberstalking. It needs to stop. What's been said about me there isn't anywhere near as bad as what's been said about some people. I'm just extra sensitive right now. I don't have any idea what beef someone has with me as I pointedly try to stay low profile but somehow I must have pissed someone off. I have always tried to stay nice in the digital world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbullying
Whoever runs the smack blogs please, please close them. It never fails even if you don't read it someone will tell you if you are mentioned. Some might think of it as advertising but I'd rather stay unknown than at the expense of my feelings."
And the link, for those who do: http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=303608
4 - I'm involved with the paper industry, too, so I like to keep track of things on both smack blogs.
I dunno know why designers whine in the DCR, do they think that makes it alright or that they are safe from the oh so scary evil customers?
#8 - ah, okay.
#5- My point is, I was asking if that is true.
#6- I think I remember seeing somewhere that Digismacker was a store owner, but I could be wrong.
#11 - I'm #6 and I was asking about an Australian expression, what does that have to do with being a store owner?
#12- I thought you were trying to figure out who they might be. Why post about it being an Australian expression?
I've heard that expression from Americans, too.
I'm Canadian and I say that all the time - keep on keeping on.
#13 - coz I was wondering, that's why.
#14 - thanks.
Someone linked this - http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=303593
What's the back story?
Ah but is it June in Canada yet? ;)
Oh hell, like I care. I am not interested in playing detective to find out who DigiSmacker is.
You keep on keeping on. And LOL @ being smacked for your awesomeness.
LOL there's more than one time zone in Canada!
It's June here already and has been all day, well, it's now almost 5.00 in the afternoon, so, most of the day.
I wasn't trying to find out who DigiSmacker is - I don't give a flying fruit.
Just curious about the expression, that is all.
I'm in 20's time zone.
You don't give a flying fruit? I haven't heard that one. :)
*I have heard fig, which is usually said to censor oneself.
#22 - I'm always making up expressions and words - it keeps people on their toes.
So... can anyone share the little preview from the June Digi Files?
Want to see if they're worth buying this month
What's the point of the whole debate between digi and paper scrapping anyway? I mean paper scrapping all is created or planned digitally in the first place. Whether you are digitally creating or getting your hands dirty, why argue about it right?
And a new CU store pops up http://www.digitalscrapbookinghill.com/custore/
All the fuss about Crap Take Out. Can't say I'm all warm and fuzzy about their design team, nope...NEXT!
Which digital designers do you think consistently make over $2000US/month selling their digital designs?? (I'm sure there are many designers & knowledgeable customers here that could make an educated guess about this based on their experience at their favorite digi-stores).
Also, what do you think makes these particular designers so successful?? ie. talent, the store that they sell at, their marketing, their creative team, selling CU, all of the above, etc...
I thought this could be an interesting discussion for the start of the new month. :)
Kristen Aagard
Kay Miller
I think they both must make at least $2000 a month.
someone posted in may an ultimate store and Im betting that most of that list make over $2k a month, these designers are professionals, talented and have created a market for their products with creativity and quality. They have great CT's and employ good business principals.
Thats why they are at the top of the tree.
Anna aspnes
sahlin studios
paisley press
one little bird
shabby princess
tangie baxter
kate hadfield
kirstin aagard
jofia designs
viva artistry
ali edwards
jessica sprague
I think Flergs is close to that amount too.
28# look at your favourite designers, study with
a open mind, how they do previews, how often they do new releases, colour schemes, balance of papers to ellies ratio et. Compare them to other designers you dont like, you can learn from them what NOT to do.
Making $ in this business is hard slog.
I'm a store owner, and about 1/3 of the designers at my store make over $2K per month consistently. I agree with what #30 listed as the reasons why people do make that.
#26 Have heard of maybe 2 designers don't know of the others. Obviously it's like CU4CU-same kinds of previews.
I don't understand the fascination with those styles of "Realistic" elements in kits. One or two elements I can get on the board with, but most of the time they just look like a bunch of extracted items, thrown together with matching papers.
Anyone care to enlighten me?
I'm still curious where they find the pictures to extract. I don't think they have loads of colored teacups in their cupboards, loads of stuffed animals, and knitted hats to photograph themself. I don't know, and now I'm making an assumption so I'll probably will be bashed for it, but I think a couple of those "designers" (extractors) use © stockphotos with or without agreement.
Please tell me there is no ugly blog train this month.
37: There are plenty of ugly blog trains every month. Which one in particular are you referring to?
#36 I wonder the same thing!
Ah #39 so I'm not alone in this LOL. Looks like they're screaming stockpictures to me. Nothing wrong with that ofcourse, only if they're used without the photographers ok to use.
#40 I have wondered that for a long time, where on earth to the fantasy style designers get their elements from, especially those that sell them as CU. They can't seriously have that stuff lying around the house!
The usual one we smack here. I think it's a DST one? The one Trish always picked the colors for.
#41- I know. Unless you live in a magical world, half that stuff isn't lying around your house.
Here #36 and #40 again. I agree #41, I'm asking myself that for a long time too. Did ask around a bit, but no one seems to want to talk about that. Kinda shady world, for me one to stay away from it, cause I think lots of those kits can't be used, cause of no no items. Sorry, to step on toes maybe, but that's my gut feeling.
LOL @ #43
#44 word .. creative fun stuff they create - but shady indeed.
I really do love the look of some of those kits, but I can't work with it, it's not my style. It's more picture modification than scrapping IMO.
Go to antique store, take picture of item, go home and extract, create kit, sell kit. Next day, substitute Wal-Mart or Michael's or Whatever for "antique", repeat other steps. Everything is not a conspiracy to commit a crime. I don't care for those realistic or fantasy kits either but I don't think they are all stolen. Granted, some probably are, but some probably aren't - just like anything else in digiland.
I would think Connie Prince would be in that $2K/month range too simply because of the number of stores she's at.
I'm #35, but I'm also wondering how they are able to create layouts with these kits?? I can do maybe one layout in that fantasy style or whatever it is they call it but ugh...it screams ugly to me.
#44 That does seem a bit shady, kind of reminds me of the discussion about "mickey ears" and such in big named places. Why do they allow that but the lesser known people get shut down by owners? Elitist at it's best, I'd say.
Who said all is stolen?
I bet a load of CU designers make a killing. Probably a good number of designers at Sugarhillco.
Whoa, Amy Stoffel is at STO? That surprises me.
Actually I don't think CU is that profitable anymore, cause it's not exclusive CU. I think designers don't want their kits to look like all the others (excluding the designers who are making the kits all upon CU) which aren't designers but recolorists.
That was a whoa for me too #53
so all the stink and secrets about designers and grand opening over at scrap take out is today and they have a whopping 12 designers! what a flop!
what's STO
and the most hilarious thing... Marie H Designs. That's a weird duck in the list.
If you had the unfortunate surname of Poos, would you use it as a design name? I'm sorry...but it was one of those LOL moments.... "She said poo"!
what's STO
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http://scraptakeout.com/shoppe
If you had the unfortunate surname of Poos, would you use it as a design name? I'm sorry...but it was one of those LOL moments.... "She said poo"!
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There's a hyphen between Anna and Poos, so it looks like it's not her last name....
If you look at her blog Anna was Scrap-a-holic designs before.
Anna-Poos?
SERIOUSLY?
http://scraptakeout.com/shoppe/Anna-Poos/
Yes, I think that Tiina and her Sugarhillco army are raking it in and I don't see that stopping any time soon. Tiina is very shrewd and very talented. She did not invent CU but she has perfected it. As long as the Digital Scrapbooking world is saturated with an over abundance of "designers", people like Tiina will profit from it. Designers will continue to buy CU products, whereas, on the other hand, personal use kits for the average digital scrapper, are a dime a dozen. The supply outweighs the demand, and then some.
If designers are smart, they will offer quality CU products that can be used by all types of crafters. That is where the money is. Brush up on your Illustrator skills, ladies.
My only gripe with CU designers is that they are worried about someone actually using their products and write TOU that limit the usage way too much. IMO, If you are going to sell CU, I think you should be ready to see it used for all types of products and be okay with that. Photography, card makers, invitations, printables, web design, and of course, scrapbooking. Why not? You were paid for the design. If you think it is not enough, charge more.
And NO MORE NEW STORES. Do you really think that your new store is going to make any money in this market? Please make it stop.
49-Connie Prince is one of the designers that I love. I love how her previews look. Her kits are always packed with goodies. I love that her colors are cheerful and kid friendly. I usually like her themes, but most are versatile enough to go off theme. The one thing that I love is that she is nice. She doesn't treat the customer as some parasite, but as an equal. She plays in the forums by doing chats, and she comments in the galleries also.
64-It does seem that like for every new store that opens, another one bites the dust. So I don't think the quantity of stores is actually changing much.
Sweet Digi Scraps - haven't seen her in a while. I used to really like her stuff. Other than that, I saw nothing there that would cause me to ever go back.
Marie H at STO dumbed it down about 95%.
Someone in the May thread asked about Scrap Girls. I've purchased some CU stuff from them and it's been good quality. Lately though, I've noticed that the freebies they include in the daily newsletter don't seem to have been quality-checked (jaggies, stray pixels, lack of texture on black or white items, etc.). That has definitely made me more hesitant than ever to shell out my hard-earned money on their products.
And I agree--their previews and storefront need an overhaul. They look dated.
Never heard of STO, checked it out not impressed
http://scraptakeout.com/shoppe/So-Sprecial-by-Sweet-Digi-Scraps.html
Oh the irony of the "quality approved" banner! At least it was spelled right in the actual kit!
68-Not sure what you have against Marie H. Her products are at least cute.
I dont know anything about Marie. But, I am willing to bet she makes good money because her kits are always at the top of the best sellers list at My Memories. I am not a "top' designer and I do very well there. I imagine she does close to 1k a month there.
What idiot put Studio Jen D in the Digi-Files? Her templates and products are TERRIBLE.
http://scraptakeout.com/shoppe/So-Sprecial-by-Sweet-Digi-Scraps.html
Oh the irony of the "quality approved" banner! At least it was spelled right in the actual kit!
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It's supposed to be spelled like that. You know, like how a little child might talk - you're so sprecial Mommy. Geez, get a grip. English is not my main language and even I could figure that out.
72-I'm sure she does fairly well.
#74 than why isn't the word art misspelled?
I see FPD took on a new designer - taking them up to a massive 7 permanent designers - what the hell happened there ?
#77- An idiot took over. That's what happened.
#76 - Perhaps so that the kit would be more versatile and not only for "kid" layouts. I'm just speculating.
Amy at STO? Are you really that shocked she is in yet another store? It seems like every few month, she is in yet another store.
#70- I would not buy a kit that had it written "sprecial" in it. Seems really odd to me.
Maybe she wanted to do a word trick combining special and precious?
I don't think they have loads of colored teacups in their cupboards, loads of stuffed animals, and knitted hats to photograph themself.
^^ even if they did have them in their house they still don't own the copyright on them unless they made them - so it's still wrong.
Go to antique store, take picture of item, go home and extract, create kit, sell kit. Next day, substitute Wal-Mart or Michael's or Whatever for "antique", repeat other steps. Everything is not a conspiracy to commit a crime.
^^That actually *would* be a crime, except maybe some of the antique stuff if it was old enough to pass into creative commons.
that too #83.
CC or public domain?
CC or public domain?
^^
Sorry I did meant Public Domain.
An interesting things about CC is that a photographer may put their photo there -but it doesn't mean the item being photographed can be used commercially unless the photographer created it. The copyright on the item belongs to whomever created it. So even if there's a photo of a bunch of colored teacups in CC, you can't extract the teacups and use them digitally.
I've heard lots of fantasy designers make that argument though: 'I got the photos form CC'
Ok maybe I'm dragging this to much. For Public Domain the item has to be older than 70 years I thought. What if you have an item that is that old, and you make a picture of it. Is it still Public Domain, or will it be the time you've taken the picture of that item? Will the item be PB or the picture?
I used to really like sugarhill, but to be honest, I find them stingy and quality lacking lately. I don't know if they have dedicated quality control or if they are all responsible for their own? but inevitably, I have to clean up 90% of what i buy there (off the top off my head...Tina, Elly, and GS Creations). I love their stuff, but I am just saying I have cleaned up a lot. Not saying enough not to make me not buy, but just saying. Tina also won't bring in any new designers, so there is rarely any new variety and I think that kind of sucks. I would like a bigger variety to choose from. But if they are doing well, I applaud them. If I am looking for something specific, they are a shop on my list that I look at.
1922 is the magic year for Public Domain on vintage items unless the item has a renewed copyright and/or TM as in the case of Coke. I might find a vintage coke bottle, metal tray etc but I can't take a pic of it and use it in my art because of TM.
1922? that means 90 years old, and not the 70 years that we have seen mentioned around. Is it a fixed date (like 1922) or a time period (like 75 years old) that is to be considered?
#89 you have to clean up vector shapes from how is that possible?
78 - I could not agree more. Cindy is a worthless mind-numbing idiot.
#92 - That's just it, isn't it? How are Miss Tiina's vectors actually vectors if you can't size them up? I've tried and it doesn't work without a huge loss of quality. But I thought that is what makes vectors so special and vector-y, was that you could size them however without losing quality or getting a pixelated image.
#94 that would be only the case if you are using her ai files in illustrator, it doesn't apply to her photoshop files. Her photoshop files are flattened.
A lot of the fantasy backgrounds and elements come from DAZ and poser. I know that Joelle uses a lot of those and then sometimes paints over them in CU to make them look like a painting.
An example:
Her CU tickets to the tropics:
http://www.design2create.nl/product_info.php?products_id=422&osCsid=76d637eed8f050530cb1a157bc0506e6
DAZ Bistro Miami:
http://www.daz3d.com/shop/bistro-miami
#95 - *slaps forehead* That makes perfect sense. Thanks.
Wow, so many have left FPD since I left, and that was only a few months ago! Cindy really does not know what she is doing. Hopefully others (including the 'guests') will realize that and leave the woman with what she deserves - nothing.
98 - Care to elaborate? Why does she deserve nothing?
Because she DOES nothing.
I was wondering since EVERY single designer that could actually design left but none of them will say exactly why.
Anyone else get the drama-filled e-mail from Scrap Girls about Ro leaving? We get it Ro, you had a scare, but do we need to hear every bleepin' detail of your life?
Here's hoping the new owner isn't such a drama queen.
Amy Stoffel is good friends with Jen Yurko, so I was not surprised to see her at STO.
I, too, like Sweet Digi Scraps, but I wont give a dime to Jen Yurko, so, I can live without.
Any guesses where dani mogstad is opening?
#104- I thought she was in her own store.
Is Dani opening somewhere?
Yeah, latest blog post has a comp to guess where
WTH you can't even post layouts at mss anymore? No login button, errors, etc
#96 - interesting. I know a lot of those Daz and Poser artists do not allow reselling of their work.
Well that's lame of Dani. She was leaving SSD to concentrate on her own store and then less than two months later she goes elsewhere.
I'm not that impressed with her product and now I'm that impressed with her as a person.
Jac announced in the forum befor closing it down that Charly gave the site back to her and she was closing the store and forum but keeping the blog and gallery,guess Jac messed shit up as always.
#109 No they don't but when has that ever stopped anyone.
#108- I have a log in and upload button. No errors. Maybe it's fixed now.
108 - I received a bunch of "we moved your photo to a more suitable location" emails.
101 -- I left because of Cindy. Plain and simple. She is clueless and does not know how to run a store. Since she took over, my sales went from mid to high 4-500s to at times 120-130 per month. She was greedy and charged a server fee (Michelle did not) and I heard from some that left after me, she wanted to start keeping the collab after the month was over (it was always returned to us).
Cindy, if you are reading this, I've been to a few stores in my several years in the business, and you are the worst owner I've ever had.
Why would you even sell a store to someone who has no clue what they are doing? Unless you didn't care about the store to begin with. This doesn't just affect whoever owns the store, it affects all the designers who sell there also.
With regard to Scrap Girls and Ro - it is not surprising to me that she has reached this point. I do not wish her any ill will and I hope that she will get back her life.
I have thought her ramblings were a bit manic at times. Like this one. Did she really need to add the ps at the bottom? It is a weird store and hard to navigate. Very expensive CU. Alright PU. I hope the new owner will take it and give a polish.
So DigiDesignResort is having a designer call. They want to see an example of elements created without any CU. I go to the shop to see what kind of original styles they host and lo and behold, I find page after page of product created with CU. Cracks me up. Why bother asking for talented artists if you have a store filled with kit compilers? I am not saying they do not have talent. Just don't see a lot of original creation.
Well, maybe that's why they are looking for new designers.
Herre's MSS for me. No upload button, only a register link and if I click that, a whole lot more errors.
http://i.imgur.com/ASKtL.jpg
I didn't think Ro was giving up ownership, just the management.
Seems like it's a gallery issue. It's a popular place to upload so I hope they get it fixed soon.
so for those who don't receive the newsletter... care to share what is going on?
The info is probably on the ScrapGirls blog
Can't see anything interesting on their blog... just average posts.
114 - the we moved your LO errors are from where you had something uploaded in a designer gallery of a designer who is no longer there. I got a bunch this morning too and figured it out when I realized they were all from one designer.
#123 & 125 - I just found the info in the forum...there was a thread that said Important announcement....
http://scrapgirls.net/forum/topic/56267-important-scrapgirls-annoucment/page__pid__1019314#entry1019314
Hope that helps..
#121 I think this sentence means she is selling it to Debbie:
" why I should choose her offer to buy Scrap Girls"
#91 Maybe this will define it better
For images copyrighted prior to 1978 but after 1 January 1923, protection of an image expires 95 years from the date of the original copyright. Images copyrighted after 1 January 1978 are protected for 70 years beyond the date of the date of death of the copyright holder. In general, photographs and artwork copyrighted in the U.S. before 1922 have entered the public domain.
Sometimes, artists can voluntarily choose to have their work enter the public domain. In this case, a statement from the creator of the work will generally accompany the image. Only statements that contain the phrase “This work has been entered into public domain” are fully guaranteed to be liability free. Images labeled “royalty free” and “creative commons” may have different usage restrictions than public domain pictures.
UGLIEST F-ING DST blog train colors.
MSS is having server issues in the gallery. Hopefully they will be cleared up soon.
130- LOL
Dani is going to Jessica Sprague.
Just Jaimee is going to scrap orchard .
She's leaving SHCO.
Why don't they do votes for the colors? Didn't they do this once? They do a train every other month. This give them a whole month to hold voting.
New owner of DSB.
https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.qualtieri?ref=ts
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#128 - thanks for that, I admit I didn't read the whole thing.
64 Tina is an excellent source for non scrappers and pros, people in the ad biz continue buying from her. She does have a reputation outside the scrapping community. 2K a months seems like petty cash for all the trouble and all those hours involved really.
#133 - I didn't realize that Jessica was her alter ego, so much for concentrating on her own store.
Ok maybe I'm dragging this to much. For Public Domain the item has to be older than 70 years I thought. What if you have an item that is that old, and you make a picture of it. Is it still Public Domain, or will it be the time you've taken the picture of that item? Will the item be PB or the picture?
^^
Its tricky because the item can be public domain, but then if a photographer takes shots, those photos belong to the photographer. SO - if you really want to be sure, find things in the public domain and photograph them yourself.
Maybe her own store isn't bringing in the money she needs/wants. Maybe she didn't want to be at SSD but didn't want to be seen as a store hopper. Does it really matter if she chooses to sell somewhere now?
to be at SSD but didn't want to be seen as a store hopper. Does it really matter if she chooses to sell somewhere now?
^^
I think people are interpreting it as her being dishonest about why she left. It could be that she did leave for those reasons and didn't like being on her own but didn't feel she could go back to SSD.
Yes, it does.
She's only been on her own for over a month and she's always had the store I'm sure she knew how much the store was bringing in before she left SSD.
You know if it were anyone else, they'd be smacked to hell and back.
She wouldn't have looked like a store hopper. She'd been at SSD for years. Now she looks like a flake.
people change work places all the time for many reasons in ReaL life, so why would digiland be different?
#46 for sure but in real life if you always change your job, people have a bad opinion too.
#146 - Even in the real world when you say you are leaving your job to have some time off work and then you turn up at a competitor's a few weeks later, you are not going to look good.
102 1st nl by RO that I read was just so Ro, too much Ro that I immediately unsubbed.
Who is Ro?
The owner of Scrap Girls.
Or rather, the previous owner.
Oh FFS that was WAY too dramatic. I couldn't even finish reading it.
#46 for sure but in real life if you always change your job, people have a bad opinion too.
In the real world sometimes changing your job is the only way you can better yourself especially in certain fields or at least up your pay scale.
134 I wonder when she starts. do you think her sales will drop drastically for going exclusive to scrap orchard?
How often does Jaimee make kits though? I thought she was more known for her CU. She was better off staying at SHCO in that case and just joining a store where she didn't have to leave SHCO.
i was thinking the same about jaime...i don't know her for kits...just CU.
hmmmm? time will tell i suppose. exclusive stores like SO irritate me. probably why i don't shop there.
I wish all stores were exclusive. Seeing the same designers/kits in several different stores irritates me. Guess you can't please everyone.
http://justjaimee.com/freebies/dsc-june-2012-blog-train-in-the-garden-freebie/
Here's a freebie kit by Jaimee, if someone's interested in seeing what her kits are like.
Seriously??
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=450248148336042&set=a.425329044161286.111227.413776745316516&type=1&theater
If I was going to do a promotion like in #160 , I would give everyone who got them all a $5 GC, with the chance to win more for all who qualified.
But that's me.
Jaimee just finished up a May guest gig at TDC where she put out a TON of stuff. She was also at MSS until the recent closing. I think she has been branching out to PU for a few months and is looking for a good home for those products.
So curiosity is killing me...LuLu has been a staple at Divine for as long as I can remember- she posted this last week in the designer forum...
It's been a pleasure working with you but my time has come. After three and a half years I am leaving Divine effective immediately. I will not go into detail my issues here but I wish you all the best of everything.
Lulu
#160 - that's a horrible contest at STO. You make people look through the store for 12 fortune cookies, you email your list of where you found them and then 1 person wins out of all who finished! I hope there aren't a lot of people falling for this ploy to get you to look through their store with very little reward for your effort. And after taking almost a month and a half to open, they were only able to wrangle 11 designers to join the store. Not a promising start for that store. The forum is scarce for their grand opening weekend.
160 - agreed. If you found the stupid cookies, you should get SOMETHING.
163 - I don't know who lulu is, but i am not surprised. Divine Digital is a mess. I wouldn't be surprised if she never got paid. Royanna was notorious for not paying designers on time (when I was there). Health issues or not, you're running a business, treat it as such!
159 -Thanks for the link up to Jaime's blog. I had actually never followed her before. But I had heard her name associated with CU stuff. Thanks :)
I just opened a Jeanye Labaya template, and the tiff file was twice as large as the psd.
#167- Yep. She has been emailed about it more than once.
Jaimee's CU stuff is generally top notch. I did get some stuff from her quite a while ago (a year ago or more) that was 3600x3600 but 72 dpi. Easy to transfer to a file that's 300 dpi.
About Scrap Girls: Ro's farewell message was just too much and a total turn-off, IMO. Hopefully the new owner will tone down the drama and do something to make the store more attractive. It's a nightmare to navigate and not at all user-friendly.
About templates: Jeanye Labaya and Sahlin Studio have both been e-mailed about their large TIFF file sizes. Apparently they don't care enough to fix the problem.
Anyone want to review that blog train that 159 linked to?
170 no thank you lol
#162 is obviously Jaimee posting.
#172- Why do you assume that?
I'm also thinking that 159, 162 and 166 are Jaimee doing a little advertising here. No harm in that I suppose.
^^^
Well, I don't know about the others, but in addition to NOT being Jaimee I am #162.
Some of you guys are so suspicious. There are people that like designers besides the designers themselves. Lighten up a bit.
Could even be CT members trying to help promote/distract.
I was 159, but I was logged in under my regular account, so I posted anonymously.
177-
So 178 blows your theory unless she (he) is on Jaimee's team.
#176 - agreed. It amuses me no end when people think it's the designer or a CTM.
Or if I'm Jaimee. ;)
181-True.
#140 Really petty cash? I'll take 2k a month for a few hours of work and creativity every day.
I think people forget that not just designers or CTM's read here. Customers do too. Maybe someone just really likes Jaimee's work.
#160 that's kind of like Oscraps challenges where you invest your time to do them for a chance to win 1 of 6 $5 gift cards. Really? No thank you!
Speaking of challenges I'm on the hunt, who has the best challenges that are rewarded w/ store credit that are not exclusive product?
If I read SO's challenge rules correctly they will give you $1 store credit if you do 20 layouts. And if you dont use SO product you'll have to do 40 layouts for $1.
#140 Really petty cash? I'll take 2k a month for a few hours of work and creativity every day.
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I'd have to agree with you. I don't mind Tiina's stuff, but it's not super complicated vectors. They are basic and often repetitive.
That's not how I'm reading it. I've never looked at their reward system before, but it seems like you get .25 of a point if you don't use SO products, and .75 of a point if you do. So if my math is right (and it's late, so it might not be) if you used 90% SO products in your layouts, that would be 13 layouts to earn 9.75 points or 14 to earn 10.5 points and 10 points = $1 credit.
10/.25 = 40
God forbid you'd have to use a store's product to qualify for rewards. Boo freaking hoo. Of course you have to use the store's products to qualify for the rewards. Why would you even want to participate if you aren't willing to purchase from the store in the first place?
I'm sorry but I'm not doing 14 layouts just to get $1.00 off at SO. Some forums offer a percentage off which I like better.
^^^ because this is a big industry and I want to be able to buy from whomever and I dont want to be limited as to what kit I use for a challenge. I think an open site is smart. I'll take the lesser reward for the chance to use whatever kit. And chances of me buying in their store are greater if I'm hanging out there because I like it.
not everyone has a bunch of money, like the one who thinks 2k is petty cash, to buy kits when you are new to a forum. I hate using crappy freebie store kits that I dont necessarily care for just to do a challenge so I can get a "point" so I can earn credit for product I do like.
I dont want to be in a community that's all about them. I want to be in a community who's all about scrapping, no matter where the product came from.
God forbid you'd have to use a store's product to qualify for rewards. Boo freaking hoo
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I didn't see anyone complaining about using the store's products, it was the amount of layouts required that was being questioned. Learn to read before being snarky.
So I guess I should just be able to bring in my filled carwash card from one company to another and expect a free wash, too. No? Yeah - didn't think so.
Maybe YOU should learn how to read #193
"Speaking of challenges I'm on the hunt, who has the best challenges that are rewarded w/ store credit that are not exclusive product?"
I dont want to be in a community that's all about them. I want to be in a community who's all about scrapping, no matter where the product came from.
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And how exactly is this community going to be supported if there's no money to be made from the purchase of their product at their store? So you are quite happy to use their community for your own gain, but you aren't happy to support them by purchasing a product.
#194 Good business person would let you do that so you would try his carwash because you might like it better. We'll call that your business 101 lesson for today. That's why designers offer freebies, to get their products in the hands of the user for the chance they will buy.
#196 - I support ever store I've ever spent any time at. I want a store who cares about the craft and not trying to get my $1. My $1 will come because I LIKE to be on their site.
It's so snobbish to say "If you want to play with us you have to play with the same stuff we are".
#199 - are you for real? It's a store, not a damn playground.
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