Yeah, I thought that, too #3. She's nothing new or special. Just go buy the real thing from Little Green Frog or Eudora Designs who are the two she's ripping off.
198: I took a look through Little Butterfly Wings' store (I love her stuff) and new kits are available as kits. What I hate is the BYOC stuff, which is usually sold as separate packs. But I can't blame LBW or any other TLP designer for that since it seems to "just be how it's done" and not the fault of the designer. And the separate packs thing for BYOC is the same at most stores for their monthly color palette stuff. GP, GS, etc.
I'd personally rather have a mini kit than two separate packs, even if the packs are bigger than the mini. But designers pare down a mini to the essential stuff, which means they tend to use unique and themed but fewer "fluff" elements in a mini kit. I like that. *Wow, I digressed there a bit*
"I'd personally rather have a mini kit than two separate packs" - The reason there is no mini is that the designers can't do any. Most BYOC forbid designers to do mini as some customers will buy only this mini and no other parts.
TLP has a sales quota. You can't be listed as a "designer" until you meet the sales quota a certain number of months in a row. I'm not a designer so I don't know the specifics, but I get the impression it's $300 for 3 months in a row or something close to that. What I don't understand is the designation of "guest" versus "designer" when you've been in the store for 4 or 5 months? For me, I don't usually buy guest designer stuff, unless I really love it, because it won't count for challenges after the guest period ends and I hate remembering which stuff I can use and which stuff I can't.
And speaking of Laurie Ann, did she take EVERY person who applied for her CT call?
#5 You're right. BYOC stuff is sold in seperate packs and if you want to buy all 3 products for example from a designer the total is pricey even with the 20% off sale or even more if you purchase over $10. I also love Little Butterfly Wings designs.
I think all of Splendid Fiins stuff is over priced and very beginner. Her month kits have really bad colors palettes too. I don't think her sales are all that great either, considering she just had a customer survey in the forum that included questions about pricing.
6, I'm post 5. I'm not trying to argue with you, but I do have a real question that hopefully you or someone else can answer: If TLP is afraid that a mini would be purchased over something else, isn't that the same as someone buying ONE designer's paper and element packs but no one else's? If I love Designer X's theme then I'm going to buy it, whether it's a mini or in separate packs. But, I'd rather have a mini. ;)
If you meant that a mini costs less and therefore designers aren't supposed to make them (in order to encourage larger price points cuz the packs cost more when put together), then I get that...but I don't like it. I'm not saying that I expect TLP to change their rules. I'm just saying what I think.
Can someone please inform me when the Bargain Bites at SSD change? Because I'm losing track of the changes and I would really prefer if they were once every month or on the 15th. I like to know when sales end with a date and time.
I guess that's to keep shoppers on their toes: When you see something in the Bargain Bites that you like, buy it now because you don't know when it'll be out of there.
Regular and predictable sales are not a good marketing strategy because it trains the customers to just wait for a sale, and never buy full price. I still don't understand why any store has them.
The no mini kit for BYOC thinking is this: if you have something complete that you can scrap with, you won't need to look elsewhere. However, if you love a paper pack, you will maybe still look through other designer's things to find elements or an alpha that coordinates with it.
That's the thinking - true or not from a customer's perspective, I'm not sure.
I know this site is mainly for taggers, but what tagger would use this? Very strange! http://scrapsandthecity.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12_456_458&products_id=10793
25-I'm 181 and have no idea what you are even talking about. Simply put- If ct members or even someone that buys a kit from a designer, and then posts it for free downloads on another site, that is against the law. What is so hard to understand about that?? What is being huffy about that statement??
Simply put- If ct members or even someone that buys a kit from a designer, and then posts it for free downloads on another site, that is against the law. ----------
It may be morally wrong but it's not necessarily against the law. Piracy is a tricky issue.
see- I like the packs b/c maybe I don't need the papers but like the elements. maybe I want to mix and match with stuff in my stash- or maybe I dont want to spend alot one week. I follow Forever Joy and know that she always give a coupon for more off the sale price so if you buy over the weekend, you get the same price as if it were a kit... theres alot of papers and elements in those- it could easily sell for more than 6.00- and no, Im not her.
To each his own, however, selling a kit broken down into papers, alpha and elements and charging three, two and four dollars respectively is not the same as buying a kit for six bucks. I'm not referring to Forever Joy, however, because the only kit I've ever bought from her cost six dollars and it included everything!
#34 - I think the OP was saying she hated it when the packs weren't offered as bundles but just as packs. - That is correct. When it's done that way, it's obvious the designer is just trying to make more money and it's really, really annoying as it feels like a ripoff.
yeah- Sahlin does that alot. and there's not that much included. just a few elements. and not many papers either. After a few times unzipping and thinking- "that's it"? I didn't go that rout again. I would never buy and alpha set separately. But, if a designer offers the pieces at a discounted price the same as a bundle or a kit at premier price if you buy when it opens, I dont know if I would be so put off that it wasn't bundled.
I thought just Jaimee *just* moved to Pixels and Co? I don't see her listed as a designer - when did that happen? I think she is still guesting at TLP? Is she staying there?
I'm the op about the kits being broken into parts. I just visited Pixels & Co and noticed that Karla Dudley works with seperates but she also offers a bundle which is a great deal. If I plan on buying 2 pieces from a designer I may pay a little more and buy the whole bundle when it seems like a good deal to me. For Example if I bought Karla Dudley's 5 pieces seperateley I would pay $14.00 at regular price but if I buy the bundle it's $7.00. Two pieces cost $6.00. It's a no brainer.
Sugary Fancy is also giving a good deal to newsletter subscribers buy the whole bundle for $4.00 with the coupon in the newsletter.
Shabby Miss Jenn has a bundle deal every Friday with her new release. The kit is 56% off the regular price which is $7.95 and you buy it $3.50 and included are free with purchase trinkets and a blogwear set.Total:$18.85 for $3.50. Now that's a deal.
42 - It's a no brainer for you because you're their target customer - someone who'll pay a bit more to get things they didn't really want, but figure it's only a buck to get more stuff.
I look at it like I just threw a dollar bill out the car window for products I don't want or need and will likely never use. A dollar here and a dollar there adds up for me to purchase other kits and products I'll definitely use instead of wasting it on things I don't use.
$18.85 for $3.50 is only a good deal if you wanted all the pieces anyway and would normally pay full price for them. Otherwise, it's $3.50 for a kit and a couple other things you'll never use. Which isn't a bad price for a kit, but it's a far cry from $18.85.
I agree with 45- I think its more of a feeling of being taken for a ride when a bundle with lots of fluff that I'm never going to use is being sold than separates that aren't a bargain- but are things I would use. As long as they are in a fair price range when bundled together- like, what I would expect to pay for them if they were in a kit- then it doesn't strike me as being a bad thing. I pay anywhere from 4.20 (on sale ) to 7.99 for a kit- depending on its quality and size...
looking at Little Butterfly Wings- 3.50 for each piece (at regular price) does not seem unfair at all- esp if it was on sale for less... and the Forever Joy one is pretty big. I dont think the pricing was out of line- but a bundle may have made me purchase each of these sooner... who knows? maybe designers will get the hint!
49- if kits sell for 7.00- how would 3.50 be out of line? Maybe thing are separated so if you only want a piece- you can get that- lets say you have plenty of papers, but want elements- well, you only have to spend 3.50. I think if separates add up to the price of what you would pay for a kit- there's nothing out of line- and if they add up to more- but there's more in them than the average kit- that's not out of line.
I have seen kits broken in more than 2 or 3. I just checked one with packs of 1- stamps, 2- glittered overlays 3- patterned papers 4- accent clusters 5- alpha (each about $3.50-$3.99) plus one set called "page kit" with elements and papers (set at $7.99). The bundle of add-ons (not the page kit) sells for $9.99. That can get expensive if you want anything more than the basic kit. If you want just the kit, then you have a $7.99 product.
Maybe the best of both worlds would be to have the basic kit that includes what one requires from a kit, and have the rest as add-ons, instead of separating the papers AND the elements too.
Are any of you curious to know what happened to Jaimee to suddenly quite P & co without a word ? -------
Nope. Never purchased from her and don't plan to in the future, so I wouldn't know where she was at any given time and wouldn't care if she left there at any time.
60-You of course know that it would be very unprofessional for Gennifer to give you that information right? It's between her and Jaimee just where is should be.
64, you do realize that the designer CHOOSES to guest at TLP, right? So the designer can then choose to stay on permanently, if they're asked. It happens at every store, not just TLP...but thanks for showing us your TLP grudge.
56, are you talking about packs by Little Butterfly Wings or someone else? I just want to be clear if you're making a general statement about pricing per pack or if you're specifically recalling LBW's products. She does have her Butterfly Basics line, and those things aren't supposed to be a kit, per se, just the same as BYOC isn't about kits. But otherwise most of her things are sold as kits, and I loooove her stuff. I admit I'm a fan--no grudge here. Plus she never skimps on Wednesday SOSN, so I'm happy. There are some designers who I swear put shit in SOSN on purpose. Drives me nuts.
#68 I agree about the SOSN remark. Is that optional for designers? Because I don't see many designers participate. I also love Little Butterfly Wings and I'm the op of the seperates topic. She just came to mind but I'm not talking specifically about her. Yes she does have many kits and at a normal price. I should have stated the BYOC products when I first mentioned the seperates.
#45 I respect your point of view. I try to let myself enjoy shopping and not think that much about a dollar here and there. If I acted differently with the money I spend I wouldn't have tons of digi stuff and a $200 a month spending budget either. I understand your point of view. And I agree I don't use the extra stuff in the bundles I buy..but I'm surprised with the stuff I end up using when I scrap. Although I have hundreds of kits I keep going back and using a few good ones over and over again.
#68, I was referring to another designer I knew was selling separates like that, and in another store too. I won't name her as it does not seem to be specific to her anyways.
The issue I have with Krystal's page is I wish it showed a bit more of her ruffled bikini since that's what the journaling referenced. Instead, the focus is on her boobs only. Being proud of a fun day at the beach and feeling good about your body and your little bikini is confidence. Showing just your boobs while pretending the page is about more is just sad.
Really? That is more offensive to some than the nipplegate incident? I may be more liberal than some because I didn't find nipplegate offensive or bothersome and I expected a lot more boob to be showing in a layout that has so many up in arms.
That is more offensive to some than the nipplegate incident? I may be more liberal than some because I didn't find nipplegate offensive or bothersome and I expected a lot more boob to be showing in a layout that has so many up in arms. ------
Less than 10 is hardly 'so many', it's a paltry few. And I don't see anyone saying it was offensive, inappropriate, but not offensive.
It has nothing to do with being more liberal in the least. It's a bad layout. Elements are everywhere, providing no focus; the photo itself has an off center 'spolight' and is crooked. It just sucks from an aesthetic point of view.
I honestly think some have Krystal issues because I don't get the big deal with that layout it was about her polka dot bikini and freckles both of which are in the layout.....
And yes I did have issues with the nipplegate layout but only from a CT shouldn't post something as part of ct duties that shouldn't/can't be used in advertising, if someone wants to put boobie layouts out there for the world to see more power to them :-)
I'm 82. I have no problem with Krystal, and I don't think it's as bad as nipplegate. Just seems weird to take a photo of your boobs in a bikini top and post it online, and I will even admit to being a narcissist.
I have no problem with Krystal, and I don't think it's as bad as nipplegate. Just seems weird to take a photo of your boobs in a bikini top and post it online, and I will even admit to being a narcissist. --------
Iron Scrapper is almost starting at SO. They're having people guess the top prize and so many are saying a silhouette cameo. If this is the top prize, who would bother? They do know this is digital scrapbooking, right? SO is really going too far into the hybrid category. No wonder designers are leaving.
Well, Krystal sure succeeded in getting the attention she was craving, which was obviously the entire intent of her page and post. Way to feed into it, cows. Moo.
Last year the prize was a camera, I think? I'd rather have a camera, but a Silhouette is pretty cool. It's crafty, I guess. Iron Scrapper was really lame last year though, I'm not even going to bother this year.
On a previous topic, if you're friends with Jaimee on Facebook, she's been in the hospital twice this year for what looks like some pretty major surgery. Possibly, she just can't keep up with the requirements of P&Co. As a guest at TLP, all of her stuff would've been set up at the end of last month, so she wouldn't have to do anything there until the end of this month, when her BYOC part would be due. I guess we'll see what happens.
The point is that a Silhouette isn't digital scrapbooking. I was turned off by the thought of one, too, and thought, why would the average digital scrapbooker want one anyway. I agree a camera would be more appropriate.
I'd never play in Iron Scrapper anyway because I know SO is filled with mostly two-faced bitches - especially the owners.
Project Life is huge among digital scrapbookers. And hybrid is becoming more and more popular. I know lots of digital scrapbookers who have or want a Silhouette.
The good news is, anyone who doesn't, doesn't have to participate in the contest.
Project Life is "huge" for the first few months, just like P365 and P52 and all that other stuff. Then people get tired of keeping up. If Project Life was all that "huge", everyone would be making that crap as store owners worth their salt would let designers know how well it sells. Since that isn't happening, I think we can see it's only the designers who are doing Project Life themselves that make the items and have a following.
Hybrid may have seen an increase in interest with Project Life, but that doesn't make it popular.
Hybrid is popular like digital art journaling is popular. Some people do it and there is a market for products, but it's by no means a huge market.
There will be people who participate and love the Silhouette prize for about 3 months. Then they'll wonder why they have this expensive tool they barely use taking up desk space and why they haven't been getting pages scrapped.
If Krystal is going to show off her bikini, then either her boobs or her va jay jay will be in the photo. I'd pick the boobs over the crotch shot. The problem with the pic of her bikini top is that the bikini is black and white and Krystal's skin color is quite pale; so the top is lost against the light/pale color of her flesh.
As far as "too much boob" or being a narcissist: Nah, she's just showing off her bikini. Unfortunately, you just can't see much of it because it's a bikini, not a tuxedo. At least this isn't a page about a bikini WAX or something. That'd be some interesting pics.
103 - I agree with your point of a Silhouette as a prize for digital scrapping isn't the best choice. Camera is a better choice!
I don't think the SO staff is filled with two faced bitches. I've hung out there before, and most seem okay. Who are the bitches and what situations make you think they are two faced? I can understand about the owners though.
I agree 107. Soon after the contest it will collect dust.
Love my Cameo & I use digital papers with it whenever I make a project or layout. Some people even use it for a craft business too. When you can find them for $179.00 & free shipping then that's a cheap prize for the contest. I'm sure a good camera would cost more.
The whole gist of 108's post is that the photo is a good way to show off a bikini because otherwise there would be crotch shots. Which is of course totally overlooking the fact that the bulk of that photo is skin, not bikini at all.
It's not a 'I want to show off my bikini' layout .... it's a 'I really like my cleavage and I want to show off this shot so how can I journal to make it seem like I'm not just showing off my cleavage by' photo.
I think some of you really have an issue with Krystal Hartley because there has been a lot of picking at everything she does recently. What did she actually do to get your panties in a twist? That would probably be a more entertaining conversation.
Krystal was just showing her support for the Australian Prime Minister http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/julia-gillard-cleavage-women-breasts_n_3466476.html?ir=Women
Do any of you people realize that there is an actual real life outside digital scrapbooking! Who cares about somebody's boobs or bikini or whatever........is it really so earth shatteringly important? Can't we think of something a bit more interesting/entertaining to smack?
122. She probably just needs to show up to get these girls going. Meow. After all, she is a beautiful, talented, articulate woman who isn't ashamed of it. Power to her.
122. She probably just needs to show up to get these girls going. Meow. After all, she is a beautiful, talented, articulate woman who isn't ashamed of it. Power to her. -- I like her designs and I think she's attractive. I also think she's MASSIVELY insecure. It's apparent by her defensive posts and her self "photo shoots" that she is exactly opposite of how she attempts to portray herself. If one is confident and comfortable in her skin, she doesn't have to try to convince people of it. She just is.
^^ yes! Agreed, someone who has confidence, doesn't post self shots like that knowing full well she will get reactions to them. Looks like she is looking for validation. You would never catch me doing that. I don't need to post self shots like that of me so people can tell me how beautiful I am. I think it's tasteless and shallow.
and i bet your personality is as pretty as you think her smile is. I get smacking the kits, the quality, the blog trains, who's store hopping, etc. But I don't get why anyone would go searching through forums and pick on someone's appearance when that is how God made them. You must be a special kind of miserable. I think she is beautiful just the way she is.
Every week I look at SSD's sneak peak thread and every week I wonder why the hell they chose Loni and Maria who almost never make anything and Trish who barely makes anything and never makes anything look good anyway.
It appears they scrap, but always after the fact. Wasn't one of the stated main requirements the ability to scrap in time for new releases?
The sneak peak thread looks the same as it did before the call. Only Kim and Natalie post there and they did that before since they were both on everyone's personal team anyway.
Loni is too busy selling her templates elsewhere and Maria is too busy getting everyone's personal physical mailing addresses. I'd be damned if I ever gave out a total stranger my personal mailing address. Trish, well, it's Trish. She's horrible and always has been.
I agree about SSD you can tell because the peak thread is so much smaller than it used to be. Not sure if there are less CT pages or fewer new releases, or both.
Trish, well, it's Trish. -- I think it's a public service to all who look at the layouts for Trish to do as little as possible. I absolutely hate most of what she creates (if you can call it that). Once in a blue moon, she'll do a layout that's okay but usually they truly suck.
So bummed that Lauren Reid is selling at SBG. I love her but I just can't deal with SBG. The site alone is a nightmare to navigate! I think she may have lost me as a customer which I'm very sad about.
Loni doesn't sell at SSD. She is a guest template designer at ScrapMatters this month, I believe. I'm not sure if she even has a permanent store at this point.
Anyone own anything from Memory Clips at scrap matters? She has a new boating kit that I could use but I'm not familiar with her work. Thanks. -------------------------------------------- I have an Easter kit of hers and I like it. I haven't noticed any quality issues, though I didn't check everything. The kit had a good variety of themed and non-themed items in it. I was able to use it for both an Easter page and a non-Easter page.
121, I'm post 108. OF COURSE you see skin. It's a bikini. My point was that, you could either see her chest (I don't mean her breasts: I mean her sternum area up to her neck. That area includes her boobs) or you could see her crotch because that's the other part a bikini covers (oh, no; there's also the butt. That would be a difficult selfie to take, though). And frankly, Krystal's breasts aren't HUGE so yeah, you see chest. You see chest and not just breasts when 99% of women are photographed in a bikini. You don't just see two buoys with little triangles over the nips. You see a bikini...which is, by definition, two pieces of fabric to cover boobs. And so if you're wearing it then you're going to see boobs in the pic.
So a bikini-top shot doesn't bother me. How else can she show off the bikini? By taking a pic of it on the hanger with the tags on? No. She wants to show it off on her.
1. The problem with the bikini shot is that she cropped it so you can barely see the fabric. It's all cleavage.
2. The woman whose picture you posted is lovely, beautiful, and VERY talented. What an absolute bitch you are for bringing her up here. You are a low life piece of shit. It's one thing to come for the gossip and to sling a little mud when peoples actions are out of line or if a designer tries to sell crappy low quality stuff. Go back under whatever rock you are from. I want to slap you! I never say this but you are truly a fucking cunt.
What a nasty piece of work you are #138! Go and crawl back into whatever slimy, black hole that you have come from. Have you got any idea of the hurt and damage that you can sometimes cause by this sort of completely unnecessary post.
Did I misinterpret this, or does the writer at the Daily Digi actually say she deletes the TOU files in kits? http://thedailydigi.com/after-downloading
I find that a little troubling considering how much that site has harped on carefully following a designer's TOU in past posts. If you delete the file, how would you know what's considered acceptable use and what's not?
156- Loni had already started her templates business before the SSD call. Her FB fanpage says it was started on April 25.
162 - If the woman in 138's post is bothered by something some anonymous user says on a smack blog, then she needs more help than 138 does.
163 - I delete TOU files, too. I'm scrapping photos of my family, so why would I ever need them?
I also delete all that stupid shit designers put in folders like countless links to their newsletter and store and FB, and twitter and a preview for everything little thing in the kit. Captivated Visions is the worst for this.
I used to sell in a store where the owner insisted that we included those extras - links to our store, blog, FB, etc. It was annoying. I hate all that crap in my download and on principle I didn't want to include them in my kits.
165-I disagree with you on the worst. Royanna was the VERY worst. She included several photos of HER in the folders. By the time I deleted those, the file was about 1/2 the size it had been before. geeze.
Anonymous said... 154 . . . I just can't deal with SBG. The site alone is a nightmare to navigate!
I really don't understand this. It seems the same to me as most other sites: shop, forum, gallery. List of categories & designers to the right at the shop.
Royanna was the worst. All those heavily airbrushed photos of herself. She wasn't showing off any Photoshopping skills either. It was apparent she was trying to make herself look better.
169 - I don't get it either. It isn't any different than any other scrap site as far as navigation. I hate having to comb through 40+ pages in some designers stores to find stuff, though, but that has nothing to do with navigation.
I think it's just one person who isn't overly bright who has difficulty.
I think it's just one person who isn't overly bright who has difficulty. - Yeah, right. Because someone disagrees with YOU then that person must be mentally deficient. That's an intelligent observation.
No 172, it's the fact that SBG is pretty much exactly the same in navigation as every other digiscrap site out there and yet, she can manage those without problem. How she manages to get confused at SBG is a mystery. It has nothing to do with agreeing with me or not. A monkey could navigate SBG.
re TOUs (in response to 163): I don't include TOUs in my kit folders. I have a TOU folder in my "extras" folder and I keep a copy of the TOU for every designer I've purchased from. I don't have duplicates because I name the folder by the Designer's name. That way I have a copy in case I need it, but I don't waste space with a copy in every folder (or waste time adding it to my kits). And I have a CU TOU folder, too. Not that I am a designer, but I have purchased CU stuff before. Anyway, I can't speak for the person who wrote that at TDD, but let's hope she does something similar.
How she manages to get confused at SBG is a mystery. It has nothing to do with agreeing with me or not. A monkey could navigate SBG. -- It's not that it's confusing, it's a PAIN IN THE ASS. It also LOOKS LIKE SHIT!
If you can't see the difference then you're the one who isn't overly bright.
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I wasn't the one making the remark about being intellectually challenged, so thanks for your assumptions. However, as you have singularly failed to point out how it's different, the fault may lie with you.
Re: TOUs - I don't keep the TOU with the kit either. I put all the TOU files into one master TOU folder. I rename the TOU files to include the designer name first followed by the kit name (this is tedious, I wish designers would label all their files with their name).
I put all contact info files/links into a separate master CONTACT INFO folder. This way I can delete all duplicate files (there are literally hundreds of duplicate files you can delete by doing this - who needs 25 files from each designer giving you the link to their facebook page?).
Also if a kit isn't cohesive I divide it up & put the items into other folders (ie. paper folder, elements folder, Xmas folder, Ribbons folder, etc...). Anyone else divide up their kits?
I trash TOU's too. For the most part, I'm scrapping for myself, so I don't need them. And if something were to come up and I had a question...I'm drawing a blank, I guess if I wanted to decorate my blog or something, I would check out the designer's blog, which usually has a TOU linked, a way to contact the designer, or a freebie I can download to get a new copy of the TOU. Unless you're brand new to scrapping and you've never seen a TOU or you're buying CU from someone really obnoxious about crediting, I don't think you need to keep or even read TOU's.
190, I keep my kits together but everything for the kit, including add-ons or freebies or whatever, is in just the main folder (papers, elements, journal cards, paint splats, etc). The only exception is the alpha, which gets a subfolder in the kit's folder.
I used to divide things more specifically (ALL ribbons in my RIBBONS folder, ALL patterned papers in my PATTERNS folder, etc etc). But it was so tiring to divide stuff up once I started to really DL a lot. So I stopped doing that. Thankfully I stopped around the time I realized not every designer cared about QCing their stuff; most of my specific folders went straight into the trash.
Stella K studio closed a few days ago. No idea if that would be the designer in question. Camomile Design also closed. But does it mean the consignment store closed and the designer is stranded or the designer's store is closing?
So, a consignment store is closing. Didn't we hear rumors of DHD closing? (a few posts above) I didn't hear of any others, but I am curious (might mean sales!)
http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73262 "I know that some of you (probably most of you) are going to say this will be a challenge"
Yes, Laura, it's a challenge for most of us (not you of course) to throw a bunch of ugly shit onto a canvas in the most haphazard way to make it look even uglier and call it great. There is so much going on there that you can't focus on anything, you can't read the journaling, and the shadowing is horrible.
There is nothing amazing about that layout, that scrapper, or her gallery.
yeah, the LO isn't the best. what's worse? the first scraplift entry from Nietis. Can you teach this girl to shadow? but what is worse than that is the teams she CT's for? She is with those teams, and shadows like this? HUH?
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On their blog are some and apparently in the newsletter (which I don't get, but somebody mentioned it was in the newsletter)
Am I the only one thinking it's funny that a Template designer who does look very similar to Little Green Frog designs call herself Two Tiny Turtles.
http://www.myscrapartdigital.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24_99_0_5&sort=20a&filter_id=45&alpha_filter_id=0
Yeah, I thought that, too #3. She's nothing new or special. Just go buy the real thing from Little Green Frog or Eudora Designs who are the two she's ripping off.
198: I took a look through Little Butterfly Wings' store (I love her stuff) and new kits are available as kits. What I hate is the BYOC stuff, which is usually sold as separate packs. But I can't blame LBW or any other TLP designer for that since it seems to "just be how it's done" and not the fault of the designer. And the separate packs thing for BYOC is the same at most stores for their monthly color palette stuff. GP, GS, etc.
I'd personally rather have a mini kit than two separate packs, even if the packs are bigger than the mini. But designers pare down a mini to the essential stuff, which means they tend to use unique and themed but fewer "fluff" elements in a mini kit. I like that. *Wow, I digressed there a bit*
"I'd personally rather have a mini kit than two separate packs" - The reason there is no mini is that the designers can't do any. Most BYOC forbid designers to do mini as some customers will buy only this mini and no other parts.
TLP has a sales quota. You can't be listed as a "designer" until you meet the sales quota a certain number of months in a row. I'm not a designer so I don't know the specifics, but I get the impression it's $300 for 3 months in a row or something close to that. What I don't understand is the designation of "guest" versus "designer" when you've been in the store for 4 or 5 months? For me, I don't usually buy guest designer stuff, unless I really love it, because it won't count for challenges after the guest period ends and I hate remembering which stuff I can use and which stuff I can't.
And speaking of Laurie Ann, did she take EVERY person who applied for her CT call?
No, #181, you don't say otherwise but just act all huffy when someone does say. SBY
I'm #189
#5 You're right. BYOC stuff is sold in seperate packs and if you want to buy all 3 products for example from a designer the total is pricey even with the 20% off sale or even more if you purchase over $10.
I also love Little Butterfly Wings designs.
This is extremely expensive.
http://the-lilypad.com/store/hey-daddio-jc.html
I went and made my own cool dude. card for my dad with a photo of him on it.
And I'm not a designer and I don't know how to use PE that well.
I think all of Splendid Fiins stuff is over priced and very beginner. Her month kits have really bad colors palettes too. I don't think her sales are all that great either, considering she just had a customer survey in the forum that included questions about pricing.
I agree that most of her stuff is over priced, but that seems reasonable enough for that many journal cards.
Amy Jaz has been a guest for like 2 years I think.
#13- LOL!
Lauren Greir's DSA contribution. Thoughts?
Love it. Very "her".
6, I'm post 5. I'm not trying to argue with you, but I do have a real question that hopefully you or someone else can answer: If TLP is afraid that a mini would be purchased over something else, isn't that the same as someone buying ONE designer's paper and element packs but no one else's? If I love Designer X's theme then I'm going to buy it, whether it's a mini or in separate packs. But, I'd rather have a mini. ;)
If you meant that a mini costs less and therefore designers aren't supposed to make them (in order to encourage larger price points cuz the packs cost more when put together), then I get that...but I don't like it. I'm not saying that I expect TLP to change their rules. I'm just saying what I think.
Can someone please inform me when the Bargain Bites at SSD change? Because I'm losing track of the changes and I would really prefer if they were once every month or on the 15th. I like to know when sales end with a date and time.
They change at the whim of the designer. There is no set time they change items.
#18 - The designers can change them at free will, I believe.
I guess that's to keep shoppers on their toes: When you see something in the Bargain Bites that you like, buy it now because you don't know when it'll be out of there.
Thank you all for answering my question about the bargain bites.
Regular and predictable sales are not a good marketing strategy because it trains the customers to just wait for a sale, and never buy full price. I still don't understand why any store has them.
The no mini kit for BYOC thinking is this: if you have something complete that you can scrap with, you won't need to look elsewhere. However, if you love a paper pack, you will maybe still look through other designer's things to find elements or an alpha that coordinates with it.
That's the thinking - true or not from a customer's perspective, I'm not sure.
No, #181, you don't say otherwise but just act all huffy when someone does say. SBY
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Act all huffy? Okay then.
I agree that most of her stuff is over priced, but that seems reasonable enough for that many journal cards.
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It's not the number, it's the simplicity. I could find those for free. They are over priced.
I know this site is mainly for taggers, but what tagger would use this? Very strange!
http://scrapsandthecity.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12_456_458&products_id=10793
truly hideous
25-I'm 181 and have no idea what you are even talking about. Simply put-
If ct members or even someone that buys a kit from a designer, and then posts it for free downloads on another site, that is against the law. What is so hard to understand about that?? What is being huffy about that statement??
oops sorry, 182 was being huffy, not 181.
oops sorry, 182 was being huffy, not 181.
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Huffy, huh? I don't think so.
Simply put-
If ct members or even someone that buys a kit from a designer, and then posts it for free downloads on another site, that is against the law.
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It may be morally wrong but it's not necessarily against the law. Piracy is a tricky issue.
I also hate kits divided into "packs". I wish more designers would offer a bundle on them at a discount.
see- I like the packs b/c maybe I don't need the papers but like the elements. maybe I want to mix and match with stuff in my stash- or maybe I dont want to spend alot one week. I follow Forever Joy and know that she always give a coupon for more off the sale price so if you buy over the weekend, you get the same price as if it were a kit... theres alot of papers and elements in those- it could easily sell for more than 6.00- and no, Im not her.
#34 - I think the OP was saying she hated it when the packs weren't offered as bundles but just as packs.
To each his own, however, selling a kit broken down into papers, alpha and elements and charging three, two and four dollars respectively is not the same as buying a kit for six bucks. I'm not referring to Forever Joy, however, because the only kit I've ever bought from her cost six dollars and it included everything!
#34 - I think the OP was saying she hated it when the packs weren't offered as bundles but just as packs.
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That is correct. When it's done that way, it's obvious the designer is just trying to make more money and it's really, really annoying as it feels like a ripoff.
yeah- Sahlin does that alot. and there's not that much included. just a few elements. and not many papers either. After a few times unzipping and thinking- "that's it"? I didn't go that rout again. I would never buy and alpha set separately. But, if a designer offers the pieces at a discounted price the same as a bundle or a kit at premier price if you buy when it opens, I dont know if I would be so put off that it wasn't bundled.
I thought just Jaimee *just* moved to Pixels and Co? I don't see her listed as a designer - when did that happen? I think she is still guesting at TLP? Is she staying there?
She's got her CU at SH, and I think she's been featured at DST, MSA, and SS lately.
I assume Jaimee is getting ready to be ft at TLP assuming her sea keep up...
#39 Great Observation.
I'm guessing she'll be staying at TLP.
I'm the op about the kits being broken into parts.
I just visited Pixels & Co and noticed that Karla Dudley works with seperates but she also offers a bundle which is a great deal. If I plan on buying 2 pieces from a designer I may pay a little more and buy the whole bundle when it seems like a good deal to me.
For Example if I bought Karla Dudley's 5 pieces seperateley I would pay $14.00 at regular price but if I buy the bundle it's $7.00. Two pieces cost $6.00.
It's a no brainer.
Sugary Fancy is also giving a good deal to newsletter subscribers buy the whole bundle for $4.00 with the coupon in the newsletter.
Shabby Miss Jenn has a bundle deal every Friday with her new release. The kit is 56% off the regular price which is $7.95 and you buy it $3.50 and included are free with purchase trinkets and a blogwear set.Total:$18.85 for $3.50. Now that's a deal.
Wasn't Jaimee a designer at TLP once upon a time and then she had a break and come back somewhere else?
Jaimee was never at TLP
42 - It's a no brainer for you because you're their target customer - someone who'll pay a bit more to get things they didn't really want, but figure it's only a buck to get more stuff.
I look at it like I just threw a dollar bill out the car window for products I don't want or need and will likely never use. A dollar here and a dollar there adds up for me to purchase other kits and products I'll definitely use instead of wasting it on things I don't use.
$18.85 for $3.50 is only a good deal if you wanted all the pieces anyway and would normally pay full price for them. Otherwise, it's $3.50 for a kit and a couple other things you'll never use. Which isn't a bad price for a kit, but it's a far cry from $18.85.
39-Jaimee is only guesting at TLP. She has her own store.
I agree with 45- I think its more of a feeling of being taken for a ride when a bundle with lots of fluff that I'm never going to use is being sold than separates that aren't a bargain- but are things I would use. As long as they are in a fair price range when bundled together- like, what I would expect to pay for them if they were in a kit- then it doesn't strike me as being a bad thing. I pay anywhere from 4.20 (on sale ) to 7.99 for a kit- depending on its quality and size...
looking at Little Butterfly Wings- 3.50 for each piece (at regular price) does not seem unfair at all- esp if it was on sale for less... and the Forever Joy one is pretty big. I dont think the pricing was out of line- but a bundle may have made me purchase each of these sooner... who knows? maybe designers will get the hint!
$3.50 each for separates? That sounds out of line to me.
But WHY did Jaimee leave P&Co?
Are any of you curious to know what happened to Jaimee to suddenly quite P & co without a word ?
I'm more curious to see if mommyish follows lol
49- if kits sell for 7.00- how would 3.50 be out of line? Maybe thing are separated so if you only want a piece- you can get that- lets say you have plenty of papers, but want elements- well, you only have to spend 3.50. I think if separates add up to the price of what you would pay for a kit- there's nothing out of line- and if they add up to more- but there's more in them than the average kit- that's not out of line.
53 -- maybe she was assuming it would be broken into THREE packs (elements, papers & alphas). That's what I was thinking when I read it originally.
well- then yeah. that would be pushing it. but elements 3.50- papers 3.50... not so bad for me. assuming the kit together would go for 7.00
I have seen kits broken in more than 2 or 3. I just checked one with packs of 1- stamps, 2- glittered overlays 3- patterned papers 4- accent clusters 5- alpha (each about $3.50-$3.99) plus one set called "page kit" with elements and papers (set at $7.99). The bundle of add-ons (not the page kit) sells for $9.99. That can get expensive if you want anything more than the basic kit. If you want just the kit, then you have a $7.99 product.
Maybe the best of both worlds would be to have the basic kit that includes what one requires from a kit, and have the rest as add-ons, instead of separating the papers AND the elements too.
lol @ 52 - I wondered that too! I don't think either of them fit there. I thought Mommyish fit at SM. I also think Jaimee fits at TLP.
Now. WHY did she leave? and no word anywhere?
Are any of you curious to know what happened to Jaimee to suddenly quite P & co without a word ?
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Nope. Never purchased from her and don't plan to in the future, so I wouldn't know where she was at any given time and wouldn't care if she left there at any time.
if you are so curious, why not just ask her?
Hey Gennifer, why did Just Jaimee leave?
60-You of course know that it would be very unprofessional for Gennifer to give you that information right? It's between her and Jaimee just where is should be.
Sorry, 60, but I'm not going to disclose that. I wish Jaimee nothing but the best with her future endeavors, and consider her a friend. :)
62-I consider her a friend too Gennifer, and love her kits.
TLP has a nice habit of stealing the designers that guest for them from the stores they sell at.
You can't steal a designer. That's ridiculous.
Designers are not property, they cannot be stolen.
64, you do realize that the designer CHOOSES to guest at TLP, right? So the designer can then choose to stay on permanently, if they're asked. It happens at every store, not just TLP...but thanks for showing us your TLP grudge.
56, are you talking about packs by Little Butterfly Wings or someone else? I just want to be clear if you're making a general statement about pricing per pack or if you're specifically recalling LBW's products. She does have her Butterfly Basics line, and those things aren't supposed to be a kit, per se, just the same as BYOC isn't about kits. But otherwise most of her things are sold as kits, and I loooove her stuff. I admit I'm a fan--no grudge here. Plus she never skimps on Wednesday SOSN, so I'm happy. There are some designers who I swear put shit in SOSN on purpose. Drives me nuts.
Anyone else notice Krystal Hartley's cleavage scrapbook page she posted on FB? Wow...
I'm jealous.
#68 I agree about the SOSN remark. Is that optional for designers? Because I don't see many designers participate.
I also love Little Butterfly Wings and I'm the op of the seperates topic. She just came to mind but I'm not talking specifically about her. Yes she does have many kits and at a normal price.
I should have stated the BYOC products when I first mentioned the seperates.
#45 I respect your point of view. I try to let myself enjoy shopping and not think that much about a dollar here and there. If I acted differently with the money I spend I wouldn't have tons of digi stuff and a $200 a month spending budget either.
I understand your point of view.
And I agree I don't use the extra stuff in the bundles I buy..but I'm surprised with the stuff I end up using when I scrap. Although I have hundreds of kits I keep going back and using a few good ones over and over again.
I see many designer price their solids and their patterns separately, plus elements, plus alpha ... so at $3.50 per separate that's a lot of money.
#68, I was referring to another designer I knew was selling separates like that, and in another store too. I won't name her as it does not seem to be specific to her anyways.
Anyone else notice Krystal Hartley's cleavage scrapbook page she posted on FB? Wow...
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I see one where she was tagged by Allure Photography, which is on their page, but not on Krystal's page. So, link please if it's not that one.
It's in the digital scrapbooking gallery group on FB.
Don't know what's weirder. That the picture was taken? That she scrapped with it? That she posted to FB?
I find this infinitely more inappropriate than a nipple peek with an infant
Rumor has it DHD is closing... guess they didn't survive the big split and all the drama.
Well HELLO SUNSHINE!
Gag.
The issue I have with Krystal's page is I wish it showed a bit more of her ruffled bikini since that's what the journaling referenced. Instead, the focus is on her boobs only. Being proud of a fun day at the beach and feeling good about your body and your little bikini is confidence. Showing just your boobs while pretending the page is about more is just sad.
DHD closed a long time ago. Gennifer took all the designers to P&Co.
Wow, DHD went downhill fast. I'm surprised it lasted this long. When is it closing?
69: Wow. That's an interesting photo.
Is there a link to Krystal's photo?
boobie shot
http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=287121&title=summer-lovin-27&cat=500
Hum... at first glance, I had a hard time finding the bikini!
Really? That is more offensive to some than the nipplegate incident? I may be more liberal than some because I didn't find nipplegate offensive or bothersome and I expected a lot more boob to be showing in a layout that has so many up in arms.
Spectacular rack. Much better boobie shot than the breastfeeding one a couple of weeks ago.
That is more offensive to some than the nipplegate incident? I may be more liberal than some because I didn't find nipplegate offensive or bothersome and I expected a lot more boob to be showing in a layout that has so many up in arms.
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Less than 10 is hardly 'so many', it's a paltry few. And I don't see anyone saying it was offensive, inappropriate, but not offensive.
It has nothing to do with being more liberal in the least. It's a bad layout. Elements are everywhere, providing no focus; the photo itself has an off center 'spolight' and is crooked. It just sucks from an aesthetic point of view.
Her rack sags a little to the sides. I wouldn't call that spectacular. Typical Krystal.
It's in the digital scrapbooking gallery group on FB.
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Not familiar with it.
I honestly think some have Krystal issues because I don't get the big deal with that layout it was about her polka dot bikini and freckles both of which are in the layout.....
And yes I did have issues with the nipplegate layout but only from a CT shouldn't post something as part of ct duties that shouldn't/can't be used in advertising, if someone wants to put boobie layouts out there for the world to see more power to them :-)
I'm 82. I have no problem with Krystal, and I don't think it's as bad as nipplegate. Just seems weird to take a photo of your boobs in a bikini top and post it online, and I will even admit to being a narcissist.
I have no problem with Krystal, and I don't think it's as bad as nipplegate. Just seems weird to take a photo of your boobs in a bikini top and post it online, and I will even admit to being a narcissist.
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This.
Iron Scrapper is almost starting at SO. They're having people guess the top prize and so many are saying a silhouette cameo. If this is the top prize, who would bother? They do know this is digital scrapbooking, right? SO is really going too far into the hybrid category. No wonder designers are leaving.
Well, Krystal sure succeeded in getting the attention she was craving, which was obviously the entire intent of her page and post. Way to feed into it, cows. Moo.
Way to feed into it, cows. Moo.
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You used cows wrong.
I'd love to win a Silouette.
Her rack sags a little to the sides. I wouldn't call that spectacular. Typical Krystal.
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She's 42 - cut her some slack on the so called sag.
Real boobs do sag a bit to the sides.
Last year the prize was a camera, I think? I'd rather have a camera, but a Silhouette is pretty cool. It's crafty, I guess. Iron Scrapper was really lame last year though, I'm not even going to bother this year.
On a previous topic, if you're friends with Jaimee on Facebook, she's been in the hospital twice this year for what looks like some pretty major surgery. Possibly, she just can't keep up with the requirements of P&Co. As a guest at TLP, all of her stuff would've been set up at the end of last month, so she wouldn't have to do anything there until the end of this month, when her BYOC part would be due. I guess we'll see what happens.
I'd love to win a Silouette.
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Me too and then I'd love to see how much it would cost to ship it to me.
I'd rather buy one than do the ass-kissing required to get anywhere near the in crowd at SO.
The point is that a Silhouette isn't digital scrapbooking. I was turned off by the thought of one, too, and thought, why would the average digital scrapbooker want one anyway. I agree a camera would be more appropriate.
I'd never play in Iron Scrapper anyway because I know SO is filled with mostly two-faced bitches - especially the owners.
Project Life is huge among digital scrapbookers. And hybrid is becoming more and more popular. I know lots of digital scrapbookers who have or want a Silhouette.
The good news is, anyone who doesn't, doesn't have to participate in the contest.
Hybrid isn't digital scrapbooking. I can understand using it for hybrid.
The good news is, as SO continues to take its focus away from digital scrapbooking, we don't need to shop there.
Project Life is "huge" for the first few months, just like P365 and P52 and all that other stuff. Then people get tired of keeping up. If Project Life was all that "huge", everyone would be making that crap as store owners worth their salt would let designers know how well it sells. Since that isn't happening, I think we can see it's only the designers who are doing Project Life themselves that make the items and have a following.
Hybrid may have seen an increase in interest with Project Life, but that doesn't make it popular.
Hybrid is popular like digital art journaling is popular. Some people do it and there is a market for products, but it's by no means a huge market.
There will be people who participate and love the Silhouette prize for about 3 months. Then they'll wonder why they have this expensive tool they barely use taking up desk space and why they haven't been getting pages scrapped.
If Krystal is going to show off her bikini, then either her boobs or her va jay jay will be in the photo. I'd pick the boobs over the crotch shot. The problem with the pic of her bikini top is that the bikini is black and white and Krystal's skin color is quite pale; so the top is lost against the light/pale color of her flesh.
As far as "too much boob" or being a narcissist: Nah, she's just showing off her bikini. Unfortunately, you just can't see much of it because it's a bikini, not a tuxedo. At least this isn't a page about a bikini WAX or something. That'd be some interesting pics.
103 - I agree with your point of a Silhouette as a prize for digital scrapping isn't the best choice. Camera is a better choice!
I don't think the SO staff is filled with two faced bitches. I've hung out there before, and most seem okay. Who are the bitches and what situations make you think they are two faced? I can understand about the owners though.
I agree 107. Soon after the contest it will collect dust.
Good I hope some of you bitches don't compete. Greater chance for me to win.
haha ^^
Whatever happened to Jen Davey? She used to sell at SBG.
Yes, I tried Google. No luck.
Love my Cameo & I use digital papers with it whenever I make a project or layout. Some people even use it for a craft business too.
When you can find them for $179.00 & free shipping then that's a cheap prize for the contest.
I'm sure a good camera would cost more.
Whatever happened to Jen Davey? She used to sell at SBG.
Yes, I tried Google. No luck.
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Yeah, it looks like she feel off the planet July 2012. Weird.
What really peeves me is when a designer is offering a class and you ask a question about it and they don't bother giving you an answer.
115 - like who?
Paislee Press at the moment.
There have been others in the past, but I can't remember them right now.
108 - seriously? You think that a shot of mostly skin with some bikini on the sides is the best way to show off a bikini?
108 - seriously? You think that a shot of mostly skin with some bikini on the sides is the best way to show off a bikini?
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Not the OP, but woah? where the hell did you get that from? I didn't read that at all.
119 - Not 118, but I'd imagine she got it from 108's statement, and I quote, "... she's just showing off her bikini"
The whole gist of 108's post is that the photo is a good way to show off a bikini because otherwise there would be crotch shots. Which is of course totally overlooking the fact that the bulk of that photo is skin, not bikini at all.
It's not a 'I want to show off my bikini' layout .... it's a 'I really like my cleavage and I want to show off this shot so how can I journal to make it seem like I'm not just showing off my cleavage by' photo.
I think some of you really have an issue with Krystal Hartley because there has been a lot of picking at everything she does recently. What did she actually do to get your panties in a twist? That would probably be a more entertaining conversation.
She wouldn't dress that way if she didn't want it.
Krystal was just showing her support for the Australian Prime Minister http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/julia-gillard-cleavage-women-breasts_n_3466476.html?ir=Women
Do any of you people realize that there is an actual real life outside digital scrapbooking! Who cares about somebody's boobs or bikini or whatever........is it really so earth shatteringly important? Can't we think of something a bit more interesting/entertaining to smack?
/said the person reading and post on an anonymous digiscrap smack blog
Hey 125- did you think maybe you had ended up on huffpo's site or something?
It's so hard to stay abreast of all the smack this month.
I reserve all my earth-shatteringly important comments and opinions for real articles on blogs where I don't sign in anonymously.
Smack blogs are for fun and fluff and killing time.
Do any of you people realize that there is an actual real life outside digital scrapbooking!
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So if this stuff is beneath you, why are you here?
Hey, I posted about the Australian Prime Minister!! I tied her boobs to current world events!!! :PPPPPP
Anyone own anything from Memory Clips at scrap matters? She has a new boating kit that I could use but I'm not familiar with her work. Thanks.
122. She probably just needs to show up to get these girls going. Meow. After all, she is a beautiful, talented, articulate woman who isn't ashamed of it. Power to her.
I personally like Memory Clip's stuff. Her blog has a daily download every month and you can download it as a sample to see for yourself.
http://www.memoryclips.org/blog/
122. She probably just needs to show up to get these girls going. Meow. After all, she is a beautiful, talented, articulate woman who isn't ashamed of it. Power to her.
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I like her designs and I think she's attractive. I also think she's MASSIVELY insecure. It's apparent by her defensive posts and her self "photo shoots" that she is exactly opposite of how she attempts to portray herself. If one is confident and comfortable in her skin, she doesn't have to try to convince people of it. She just is.
^^ yes! Agreed, someone who has confidence, doesn't post self shots like that knowing full well she will get reactions to them. Looks like she is looking for validation. You would never catch me doing that. I don't need to post self shots like that of me so people can tell me how beautiful I am. I think it's tasteless and shallow.
#127
LOL! Thanks for the laugh. Good one.
Wondering where Lauren Reid went and poof there she is @ SBG
She really shouldn't smile....
http://scraporchard.com/forum/image.php?u=17749&dateline=1368593144
and i bet your personality is as pretty as you think her smile is. I get smacking the kits, the quality, the blog trains, who's store hopping, etc. But I don't get why anyone would go searching through forums and pick on someone's appearance when that is how God made them. You must be a special kind of miserable. I think she is beautiful just the way she is.
Hmm I kind of agree with both of you
#138 - Why? I love the gap-tooth look, very Lauren Hutton.
I'd guess 138 is uglier than that person and is trying to make herself feel more attractive by putting that person down.
School is definitely out for summer.
WOW #138 - You really are a miserable cow. There is NOTHING wrong with her smile.
And we're off.........
Every week I look at SSD's sneak peak thread and every week I wonder why the hell they chose Loni and Maria who almost never make anything and Trish who barely makes anything and never makes anything look good anyway.
It appears they scrap, but always after the fact. Wasn't one of the stated main requirements the ability to scrap in time for new releases?
The sneak peak thread looks the same as it did before the call. Only Kim and Natalie post there and they did that before since they were both on everyone's personal team anyway.
Loni is too busy selling her templates elsewhere and Maria is too busy getting everyone's personal physical mailing addresses. I'd be damned if I ever gave out a total stranger my personal mailing address. Trish, well, it's Trish. She's horrible and always has been.
I agree about SSD you can tell because the peak thread is so much smaller than it used to be. Not sure if there are less CT pages or fewer new releases, or both.
SSD took on a designer who sells at another store? WTH. I thought Robin had more sense than that. Where does Loni sell? I'm not familiar with her.
Trish, well, it's Trish.
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I think it's a public service to all who look at the layouts for Trish to do as little as possible. I absolutely hate most of what she creates (if you can call it that). Once in a blue moon, she'll do a layout that's okay but usually they truly suck.
She really shouldn't smile....
http://scraporchard.com/forum/image.php?u=17749&dateline=1368593144
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And perhaps you should think a bit before posting.
So bummed that Lauren Reid is selling at SBG. I love her but I just can't deal with SBG. The site alone is a nightmare to navigate! I think she may have lost me as a customer which I'm very sad about.
Loni doesn't sell at SSD. She is a guest template designer at ScrapMatters this month, I believe. I'm not sure if she even has a permanent store at this point.
Thanks, 152. I'm still shocked SSD took on a creative team person who is a designer at a competing store.
Her templates are okay, but not my style.
I love her but I just can't deal with SBG. The site alone is a nightmare to navigate!
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Agreed. I dislike going there SO much. However, I will occasionally because I like some of Rosey Posey (sp?) and a couple others.
Hmm I kind of agree with both of you
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LOL!
I know that Loni's template designing is fairly new? Perhaps its something she's begun since being accepted at SSD? Not sure.
Anyone own anything from Memory Clips at scrap matters? She has a new boating kit that I could use but I'm not familiar with her work. Thanks.
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I have an Easter kit of hers and I like it. I haven't noticed any quality issues, though I didn't check everything. The kit had a good variety of themed and non-themed items in it. I was able to use it for both an Easter page and a non-Easter page.
121, I'm post 108. OF COURSE you see skin. It's a bikini. My point was that, you could either see her chest (I don't mean her breasts: I mean her sternum area up to her neck. That area includes her boobs) or you could see her crotch because that's the other part a bikini covers (oh, no; there's also the butt. That would be a difficult selfie to take, though). And frankly, Krystal's breasts aren't HUGE so yeah, you see chest. You see chest and not just breasts when 99% of women are photographed in a bikini. You don't just see two buoys with little triangles over the nips. You see a bikini...which is, by definition, two pieces of fabric to cover boobs. And so if you're wearing it then you're going to see boobs in the pic.
So a bikini-top shot doesn't bother me. How else can she show off the bikini? By taking a pic of it on the hanger with the tags on? No. She wants to show it off on her.
1. The problem with the bikini shot is that she cropped it so you can barely see the fabric. It's all cleavage.
2. The woman whose picture you posted is lovely, beautiful, and VERY talented. What an absolute bitch you are for bringing her up here. You are a low life piece of shit. It's one thing to come for the gossip and to sling a little mud when peoples actions are out of line or if a designer tries to sell crappy low quality stuff. Go back under whatever rock you are from. I want to slap you! I never say this but you are truly a fucking cunt.
1. The problem with the bikini shot is that she cropped it so you can barely see the fabric. It's all cleavage.
^^^ Yes this. The best way to show off a bikini is NOT to show a photograph that has more skin than actual bikini.
A photo of her actual entire chest would not be getting this reaction. You know, one where the actual bikini could be seen.
So a bikini-top shot doesn't bother me. How else can she show off the bikini?
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Perhaps by including more of the bikini?
What a nasty piece of work you are #138! Go and crawl back into whatever slimy, black hole that you have come from. Have you got any idea of the hurt and damage that you can sometimes cause by this sort of completely unnecessary post.
Did I misinterpret this, or does the writer at the Daily Digi actually say she deletes the TOU files in kits? http://thedailydigi.com/after-downloading
I find that a little troubling considering how much that site has harped on carefully following a designer's TOU in past posts. If you delete the file, how would you know what's considered acceptable use and what's not?
If she scraps for personal use, what difference does it make if she deletes the TOUs?
156- Loni had already started her templates business before the SSD call. Her FB fanpage says it was started on April 25.
162 - If the woman in 138's post is bothered by something some anonymous user says on a smack blog, then she needs more help than 138 does.
163 - I delete TOU files, too. I'm scrapping photos of my family, so why would I ever need them?
I also delete all that stupid shit designers put in folders like countless links to their newsletter and store and FB, and twitter and a preview for everything little thing in the kit. Captivated Visions is the worst for this.
I used to sell in a store where the owner insisted that we included those extras - links to our store, blog, FB, etc. It was annoying. I hate all that crap in my download and on principle I didn't want to include them in my kits.
165-I disagree with you on the worst. Royanna was the VERY worst. She included several photos of HER in the folders. By the time I deleted those, the file was about 1/2 the size it had been before. geeze.
167 - I never purchased from her, but I heard she was bad, too.
166 - That is awful. To all store owners: I'd guess almost every customer hates this and just deletes that crap.
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. . . I just can't deal with SBG. The site alone is a nightmare to navigate!
I really don't understand this. It seems the same to me as most other sites: shop, forum, gallery. List of categories & designers to the right at the shop.
What's the navigation problem?
Royanna was the worst. All those heavily airbrushed photos of herself. She wasn't showing off any Photoshopping skills either. It was apparent she was trying to make herself look better.
169 - I don't get it either. It isn't any different than any other scrap site as far as navigation. I hate having to comb through 40+ pages in some designers stores to find stuff, though, but that has nothing to do with navigation.
I think it's just one person who isn't overly bright who has difficulty.
I think it's just one person who isn't overly bright who has difficulty.
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Yeah, right. Because someone disagrees with YOU then that person must be mentally deficient. That's an intelligent observation.
Is there a quota that designers have to meet each month at ScrapMatters?
No 172, it's the fact that SBG is pretty much exactly the same in navigation as every other digiscrap site out there and yet, she can manage those without problem. How she manages to get confused at SBG is a mystery. It has nothing to do with agreeing with me or not. A monkey could navigate SBG.
re TOUs (in response to 163): I don't include TOUs in my kit folders. I have a TOU folder in my "extras" folder and I keep a copy of the TOU for every designer I've purchased from. I don't have duplicates because I name the folder by the Designer's name. That way I have a copy in case I need it, but I don't waste space with a copy in every folder (or waste time adding it to my kits). And I have a CU TOU folder, too. Not that I am a designer, but I have purchased CU stuff before.
Anyway, I can't speak for the person who wrote that at TDD, but let's hope she does something similar.
How she manages to get confused at SBG is a mystery. It has nothing to do with agreeing with me or not. A monkey could navigate SBG.
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It's not that it's confusing, it's a PAIN IN THE ASS. It also LOOKS LIKE SHIT!
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The shop is no different to navigate than SO, TLP, SSD, SM, just to name a few. They must all be a pain in the ass as well.
If you can't see the difference then you're the one who isn't overly bright.
Well, since we're so dim, perhaps you would be kind enough to explain it to us.
If you can't see the difference then you're the one who isn't overly bright.
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I wasn't the one making the remark about being intellectually challenged, so thanks for your assumptions. However, as you have singularly failed to point out how it's different, the fault may lie with you.
^^^this is fun^^^ I know you are but, what am I? Sound similar?
The worst thing about most stupid people is they're unaware they're stupid.
175-That is what I do also
I think the ugliest site is Scrapbook-elements. It's looked the same forever--ugly.
Go Digital Scrapbooking must be a close second then. Fugly, fugly, fugly.
Is there a quota that designers have to meet each month at ScrapMatters?
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I'm interested in knowing the answer to this as well. Anyone?
^^^this is fun^^^ I know you are but, what am I? Sound similar?
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No, it doesn't.
The worst thing about most stupid people is they're unaware they're stupid.
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Yes, #181 is a very good example.
I'm still waiting to be enlightened as to why SBG is so darn hard to navigate.
Re: TOUs - I don't keep the TOU with the kit either. I put all the TOU files into one master TOU folder. I rename the TOU files to include the designer name first followed by the kit name (this is tedious, I wish designers would label all their files with their name).
I put all contact info files/links into a separate master CONTACT INFO folder. This way I can delete all duplicate files (there are literally hundreds of duplicate files you can delete by doing this - who needs 25 files from each designer giving you the link to their facebook page?).
Also if a kit isn't cohesive I divide it up & put the items into other folders (ie. paper folder, elements folder, Xmas folder, Ribbons folder, etc...). Anyone else divide up their kits?
I trash TOU's too. For the most part, I'm scrapping for myself, so I don't need them. And if something were to come up and I had a question...I'm drawing a blank, I guess if I wanted to decorate my blog or something, I would check out the designer's blog, which usually has a TOU linked, a way to contact the designer, or a freebie I can download to get a new copy of the TOU. Unless you're brand new to scrapping and you've never seen a TOU or you're buying CU from someone really obnoxious about crediting, I don't think you need to keep or even read TOU's.
190, I keep my kits together but everything for the kit, including add-ons or freebies or whatever, is in just the main folder (papers, elements, journal cards, paint splats, etc). The only exception is the alpha, which gets a subfolder in the kit's folder.
I used to divide things more specifically (ALL ribbons in my RIBBONS folder, ALL patterned papers in my PATTERNS folder, etc etc). But it was so tiring to divide stuff up once I started to really DL a lot. So I stopped doing that. Thankfully I stopped around the time I realized not every designer cared about QCing their stuff; most of my specific folders went straight into the trash.
So I saw a designer mention on FB that a designer friend of hers store is closing this month. What store is closing now?
Stella K studio closed a few days ago. No idea if that would be the designer in question. Camomile Design also closed. But does it mean the consignment store closed and the designer is stranded or the designer's store is closing?
193 - Maybe if you told us who the designer is, we could be more helpful.
Libby Pritchett posted on her FB . She did not mention who her friend was. She was asking where her friend might be able to apply at.
So, a consignment store is closing. Didn't we hear rumors of DHD closing? (a few posts above) I didn't hear of any others, but I am curious (might mean sales!)
http://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73262 "I know that some of you (probably most of you) are going to say this will be a challenge"
Yes, Laura, it's a challenge for most of us (not you of course) to throw a bunch of ugly shit onto a canvas in the most haphazard way to make it look even uglier and call it great. There is so much going on there that you can't focus on anything, you can't read the journaling, and the shadowing is horrible.
There is nothing amazing about that layout, that scrapper, or her gallery.
Is everyone at SSD on acid?
yeah, the LO isn't the best. what's worse? the first scraplift entry from Nietis. Can you teach this girl to shadow? but what is worse than that is the teams she CT's for? She is with those teams, and shadows like this? HUH?
That LO made my eyes hurt.
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