Sorry, I was out of town and knew when I checked the blog today and saw that many comments something must be going down. I must admit I haven't read it all, but I skipped to the last page to read the ending. I kind of feel sorry for her, as she seems to play the victim card and blame others for the situations she creates or fabricates. I still have many questions...like who is the hat girl in the hotel? How is MB involved in this? Who leaked the first screen shot of the DST post?
Carry on...
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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 600 of 1339 Newer› Newest»Earlier someone said-
"If more people learned to design properly instead of relying on CU stuff and scanned items there would not be near the amount of copyright issues we are experiencing in digiland now."
How I agree! Dam, get off your asses and make it! Yeah, they (CU) can be helpers now and again but shit, learn your trade. These girls using mostly CU items seperate the difference between them and the true artists, for me anyway. As a customer (and I purchase and scrap quite a bit) I enjoy a little originality and so I tend to support the mostly non CU using designers.But that's just my opinion.
Considering that most stock sites charge a fortune for commercial use of their images, I doubt that most designers would pay the price to do that.
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Probably true but some are fortunate to run a good business and do well, enough to purchase them commercially. I have purchased several stock items from stock sites over the years with a full license, meaning I can use them in my designs and sell those designs, including my paper jobs. Of course I can not sell them back out commercially. Yes, they are very pricy and can run well over $100 an image..but they come in handy and can be used in different ways depending on how I use them. I have several designers friends (and know of others) who can afford them because they make good money (for example Katie Pertient, Michelle Coleman, Bren Boone, Corina Neilson etc).
On the other hand some designers, who aren't too bright, purchase them for personal use at around $8-$10 and then use them commercially thinking they will never get caught and when they do you hear "Oh, I had nooo idea". It's a big No-No and they know it! In ADYKAN's case she either did that or just copied them directly from the sites and did her tracing thing.
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I always felt safer with those designers who don't have mass products of stock images because I know they're most likely safer than say, ohh, the ones who have way too many like digital crea they hands down scream run the other way!
Earlier someone said-
"If more people learned to design properly instead of relying on CU stuff and scanned items there would not be near the amount of copyright issues we are experiencing in digiland now."
How I agree! Dam, get off your asses and make it! Yeah, they (CU) can be helpers now and again but shit, learn your trade. These girls using mostly CU items seperate the difference between them and the true artists, for me anyway. As a customer (and I purchase and scrap quite a bit) I enjoy a little originality and so I tend to support the mostly non CU using designers.But that's just my opinion.
May 4, 2009 11:07 PM
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I know! and whats even more crazy is they're a damn business jeopardizing us customers!!!. May I add learn what the hell a business is before you open up with only the intent to make money.
You know what's so ironic to me is that over the years I have been in this business I have seen papers from recognizable names created using copyrighted fabric images.
The whole shabby chic rose and floral thing - that is a copy righted/trade marked pattern. Funny how those papers were everywhere and yet no one ever asked, "how did they do that?"
If you gut a fish deep enough, you will see things that you never really wanted to see. Like raising the curtain on the wizard - be careful. Copyright abuse isn't just for the mentally ill, deviant sociopaths - oh no ladies, it's so far up this industry's ass that when it falls there won't hardly be anyone left standing.
11:25 is mentally deranged. Dover has at least 2 books with those same roses.
The whole shabby chic rose and floral thing - that is a copy righted/trade marked pattern. Funny how those papers were everywhere and yet no one ever asked, "how did they do that?"
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They bought a Dover book.
If you gut a fish deep enough, you will see things that you never really wanted to see. Like raising the curtain on the wizard - be careful. Copyright abuse isn't just for the mentally ill, deviant sociopaths - oh no ladies, it's so far up this industry's ass that when it falls there won't hardly be anyone left standing.
May 4, 2009 11:25 PM
Oh, please. Drama much? What a load of crap. I know plenty of designers with complete integrity. "hardly be anyone left standing" is ridiculous. Go take your meds and run along off to bed now.
11:25 is mentally deranged. Dover has at least 2 books with those same roses.
May 4, 2009 11:27 PM
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ROFL! If you saw my Dover collection you would know where so much shabby chic stuff comes from. I have well over 30 dover books and use probably 2-3 images on average in a kit, sometimes none, but sometimes more depending on what kit I am working on and what mood I am in.
Dover is probably the safest CU source there is out there. There is lots of it around so don't assume every shabby rose is used illegally.
The difference is, I make something out of plain black clipart instead of using pre-scanned and extracted or stock photography images. I, by purchasing that dover book have purchased a license to use those royalty free images.
I make my own ribbons, metal styles, jewelery, papers, patterns often but not always with the help of dover.
unfortunately that is what is so wrong in this world nobody wants to play by the rules if it means they can't make an easy dollar off you, greed comes in every forum even the dam nice people.
You know what's so ironic to me is that over the years I have been in this business I have seen papers from recognizable names created using copyrighted fabric images.
The whole shabby chic rose and floral thing - that is a copy righted/trade marked pattern. Funny how those papers were everywhere and yet no one ever asked, "how did they do that?"
If you gut a fish deep enough, you will see things that you never really wanted to see. Like raising the curtain on the wizard - be careful. Copyright abuse isn't just for the mentally ill, deviant sociopaths - oh no ladies, it's so far up this industry's ass that when it falls there won't hardly be anyone left standing.
May 4, 2009 11:25 PM
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Go away Amanda, you dug your own hole, just because you lie steal and cheat doesn't mean everyone else does!
And using Dover is designing? You all are moaning that designers just buy CU and plop it in. What the hell is Dover? What kind of creativity does it take to use that crap? Why not draw your own floral patterns or scrolls or such? Why is Dover acceptable and buying CU from other designers is not?
And using Dover is designing? You all are moaning that designers just buy CU and plop it in. What the hell is Dover? What kind of creativity does it take to use that crap? Why not draw your own floral patterns or scrolls or such? Why is Dover acceptable and buying CU from other designers is not?
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If you don't know what Dover is then how can you bitch about those using it? What most good designers do with Dover is very little. They may take a butterfly for example and incorporate it into an entire paper with 10 other item they drew. Barely recognizable. What may be more of an issure is where I see the stupid designers who take an entire series of dover items and slap them on a page and sell them as-is. Again, not a designer nor an artist - a copy/paste master. Kinda like Amanda the Dyke.
And using Dover is designing? You all are moaning that designers just buy CU and plop it in. What the hell is Dover? What kind of creativity does it take to use that crap? Why not draw your own floral patterns or scrolls or such? Why is Dover acceptable and buying CU from other designers is not?
May 5, 2009 12:53 AM
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You obviously have very little knowledge of designing or dover if you think that is all it takes. Dover clipart is for the most part plain black and white clipart not remotely usable for a decent designer in it's plain form, it is the shape you use, to make something out of. Designers use tools like these all the time.
It is vastly different to buying a pre scanned and extracted ribbon or flower and doing a recolour.
You have to turn it into a pattern, on a background, turn it into a brush and use it as part of your paper, or make an element out of it by adding a layer style, other layers and other bits and pieces. You can't just use dover on it's own and sell it as a pre-made element. You use it as a tool, much like a custom shape or brush you would find in photoshop.
Maybe you should get a clue before spouting rubbish.
Oh and FWIW I DO draw my own stuff, more often than I use dover. Dover is a tool not a dodgy CU pre made element to stuff a kit full of.
After 3 days of reading I have finally come to the end of the Amanda Dykan trail (or DK, Dyke or Douch..whatever she has been referred to as here). What a friggen idiot she is. A couple of thoughts.
1. Amanda is seriously a sick woman (this has been established much less debatable, yet it had to be repreated for my own sanity).
2. Are you fucking kidding me? She said she had a daughter who died?!!! For what purpose was this? Whoa! Holy shit Amanda, you need to get some help VERY soon. Paul, if you are reading please seek some intervention for your wife. She is a VERY SICK individual. I'm betting if her son was hit by a car, guts dragged all over the road and left for dead she wouldn't think it was such a brilliant story. Does she have a brain cell in her head? I beg to differ with a soul that would argue with me on that point. (Yes, not a nice way to describe what it could be like getting hit by a car and killed but I hope that she is reading and it will flip the light switch to the on position.)
3. CUNT - I do not use this word much but now I know why the word exists - for people like her. Who the fuck does she think she is? You know Dykan, if you are reading this you should know that you have the same traits as a serial killer. Fuck shit up, create a mass witch hunt and then sit back with a box of your fat ass bon-bons and watch. Your a fucking lonney toon bitch.
4. I don't think she has a single decent bone in her fat little body. That being said she WILL be back ladies, because, well..er..that's what they do. She's probably sitting right there on the other end of this screen picking her nose, eating it and wondering how she can get back in.
5. She's NO designer. Know why I know? Because I was friends with her IRL. She's a theif and I can tell you this with 1000% certainty. I knew all along she would do something like this. She's a glorified copy/paste queen.
6. I didn't know women had balls! Apparently she has the biggest ones on earth.
I could go on an on but I won't because she knows she's a very sick and twisted cunt who has NO business breathing the air the rest of the cockroaches on earth are afforded. I am sick to my stomach and could throw up talking about her so I'm going to leave this pretty much right here and not comment on her again.
What I am going to do is make some contact with the police dept. in the town she lives (and I know exactly where that is because I live that close to her). 2nd, I AM calling social services. No way in hell should those poor children be abused by her actions. And what I mean is that she is an UNFIT mother. They take away children for a lot less and she can fight all she wants I will do what it takes. I feel so sorry for those kids. They aren't even taken care of because for the last 3 years all she has done is focus on stealing several designers work.
Oh Amanda the lies have NOT all come out yet and the shit hasn't even hit the fan. When the time comes I hope you find a hole filled with maggots deep below the earth and stay there. How dare you call yourself a mother! How do you sleep at night? Better yet how do you wake up and look into the mirror each day without throwing up? Your a pig, a very disgusting and dirty pig.
I think it is wrong for someone to say she committed suicide but I'd have to agree that if I was her and had to live with myself and carry around myself in her skin then I might think of giving up. One day she will realize the sick disease she has and want to put an end to it all so I hope she seeks help asap (like yesterday)
You may all reume your regularly scheduled smack now. My part has been said and I hope heard loudly.
Word veri: balseas. Yep she is very ballsy!
Please be about your words if you do indeed know her IRL.
Shall we expect the saga to continue from Ruby the drama douch?
Your a pig, a very disgusting and dirty pig.
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Unfair to pigs. Pigs are highly intelligent, very clean and quite good natured.
And using Dover is designing? You all are moaning that designers just buy CU and plop it in. What the hell is Dover? What kind of creativity does it take to use that crap? Why not draw your own floral patterns or scrolls or such? Why is Dover acceptable and buying CU from other designers is not?
May 5, 2009 12:53 AM
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You're new here, aren't you? There's been moaning about designers using Dover too.
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After 3 days of reading I have finally come to the end of the Amanda Dykan trail (or DK, Dyke or Douch..whatever she has been referred to as here). What a friggen idiot she is. A couple of thoughts.
1. Amanda is seriously a sick woman (this has been established much less debatable, yet it had to be repreated for my own sanity).
May 5, 2009 1:43 AM
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This is just a little funny how it tends be her circle of friends.... care to share which one you are?
julie
cindy
paula? the enabler with a digi-store of her own
jeannie jones
jennifer
lisa
kristy
Catherine
Suzanne Macneil
IDK if all these girls were from TX but most from her CT teams just happend to live in TXMichelle Bradley
Shelle Pukas
Paula Phillips
Julie Staley
Gina Arzaga
Julie Bullock
Kristy Krouse
Tonje Gram
Theres Kubitz
I hope these no talent designers stop with the copy/paste shit...If I could break a bottle over their heads I would.
Your a pig, a very disgusting and dirty pig.
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Unfair to pigs. Pigs are highly intelligent, very clean and quite good natured.
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Oh, Ruby I figured you're to CLASS to be hanging out with such LOWS on a blog like this, I guess your not the high class level you carry your-self to act & be after all.
Who do you think is Ruby? I wrote the pig reply and I'm not Ruby.
Making these assumptions just makes you look like an ass.
Oh, Ruby I figured you're to CLASS to be hanging out with such LOWS on a blog like this,
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Ruby admits to reading and commenting on this blog. Where the hell have you been?
Didn't you just put yourself down?
Oh, Ruby I figured you're to CLASS to be hanging out with such LOWS on a blog like this, I guess your not the high class level you carry your-self to act & be after all.
May 5, 2009 3:18 AM
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She doesn't act all high class, she's just intelligent. I'm so sorry you feel threatened by that. But then again, considering how often a lot of smackers come down on intelligent people, I shouldn't be surprised.
LMAO, all up on her ass perhaps while your back there you can kiss it. ass kisser
I'd rather be an ass kisser than an obvious moron like you.
Yay, I am getting smacked and called names on a blog! Does that mean I am famous now? LOL
Can I just ask, where does the third piece of the triple douche go? Am I missing some piece of anatomy everyone else has?
Thanks for starting my day with a giggle :)
She doesn't act all high class, she's just intelligent. I'm so sorry you feel threatened by that. But then again, considering how often a lot of smackers come down on intelligent people, I shouldn't be surprised.
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She? AD? If you think she's got an iota of intelligence in her body your just as stupid. Crazy? Abso-fucking-lutely
Dover, stock images, cu items....all the damn same thing. They're all resources for designers to use. Just because some of you use dover doesn't put you in a class above the rest. What does put you above the rest is how you use it. If I can tell you've used a dover image, you've obviously not owned it, so it doesn't make you any better than any other designer that uses any other resource. I design but I do purchase for my own scrapping on occassion. I tend to go for the stuff that makes me say "how did they do that?" Like Fhung..she's got some talent. She constantly has stuff that makes me say "wow." There aren't any others that I can think of off the top of my head that can do that.
Have you seen Amanda's Wacom page?
http://www.penscrappers.com/2008/12/01/amanda-dykan-2/
Maybe if we all go here and post under the comments section like a few others did we can get her removed as one one of their affiliates. Disgusting that they seem to be backing her. I for one AM boycottin Wacom for this,
She? AD? If you think she's got an iota of intelligence in her body your just as stupid. Crazy? Abso-fucking-lutely
May 5, 2009 6:43 AM
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No she wasn't talking about AD, she was talking about Ruby, who is getting smacked by some on here for being a bitch. Ruby, a bitch? Please, reading what Ruby has to say is fascinating. I love the way her mind thinks and only wish I could speak as well as she does. Read what Ruby has to say and read the ones that are smacking her have to say, and you're sure to be able to tell who has the intelligence and who is severely lacking.
http://www.penscrappers.com/2008/12/01/amanda-dykan-2/
so according to Amanda's little bio on that page she was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2006? wonder how real that is or if it falls into the same category of having a deceased child?
I don't believe it any more than I believe she had a death in her family, as stated in her "apology" or that her kids are always sick, so that's why she can't get done what she promised or whatever else comes out of her sick head.
11:25 is mentally deranged. Dover has at least 2 books with those same roses.
Biggest problem of all, people who spout and don't know what the hell they are talking about. They see something, think that it's illegal and not knowing there are a whole lot of resources out there for designers to use legally.
As to graphic designers, who do you think are the biggest users of Stock Commercial sites and if they work for a large corporation who do you think buys memberships to these sites. Just because one has a degree in graphic design doesn't mean that they necessarily know how to design for digital scrapbooking. Just because one has any kind of a degree also automatically mean they are necessarily smart.
LOL at the Wacom site-if people didn't question Amanda before just reading her bio which is so full of it should be evidence enough. She took a Photoshop class and now she's an expert?? She was in a high level job at a scrapbook corporation?? Interesting that she didn't say who that was.
and the list of CT for Amanda-that list is way outdated. There's at least one namd on that list that wanted nothing to do with Amanda Dykan so to those who keep throwing out names and facts without knowing something is true or not, why don't you do your research first and quit making yourself look really dumb.
[There's at least one namd on that list that wanted nothing to do with Amanda Dykan]
Would that be you? ;)
They see something, think that it's illegal and not knowing there are a whole lot of resources out there for designers to use legally.
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Exactly.
There are tons of legal avenues for legitmate resources, Dover is just one of the more well-known ones. Unless someone has hands-down proof that it's a real pirated or copyright infringement issue, leave it alone. Too many designers worrying about what everyone else is doing. If you're (generally speaking) successfully designing and know that you're using legal, legitimate resources, keep going and never mind what everyone else thinks. I pay good money for the resources I use and I use them within the bounds of the license that is attached. That's all that matters to me. It's all that should matter to anyone. Amanda, Theres and all the others are just not very smart and have to go looking for ideas from other people because they can't come up with their own. On the other side of it, there's absolutely nothing wrong with using commercial use items, if they're quality items obtained legally (on both the seller and buyer sides) and they're used in a way that makes what is created unique. Just like a clothing designer doesn't make their own fabric and other tools, they take those tools and make their own designs. Why is this industry supposed to be different?
1:43 am- you truly need help. Even in all of this, I've never seen someone go off on such a tangent. I want to start by saying that I'm not Amanda. I don't know her IRL. Even with all that she has done- or allegedly done- she really doesn't deserve some of the things you wrote. You are really the sick person who needs help. Sounds like you have some deep seeded roots of hatred in your bones. Do you have children? Do you kiss them with the same mouth you speak with here? I pity you. I pity all of you. Get a life. Move on. Don't you think you've maybe all destroyed Amanda enough? Would you act this way in real life?
Yeah, you're right. She shouldn't have said Dykan is fat, that was totally uncalled for.
After trying to read all this and seeing all the lies, decept, hatred and witch-hunting coming from what I thought was a fun community, all I can say is that I'm so glad I only design for pocket money and have a regular full-time job. I thought the women I worked with in my office were snarky, rude, hate-filled bitches but boy, they're really mild and sweet compared to the people in this community.
Yes we all need to act more like Ruby and stop coming on these smack blogs. Our unintellectual sides are really showing here. We need to be more proper and cause drama over at dst rather then here. That way we make sure that we are heard by all of our drama queen friends. I tell you if she spent as much time designing as she does trying to dip into everyone else business she would have a hell of a lot better designs.
Sorry 10.01, that doesn't upset me any more than the douche thing. You are really going to have to try harder to offend :)
Sorry 10.01, that doesn't upset me any more than the douche thing. You are really going to have to try harder to offend :)
May 5, 2009 10:19 AM
You go girl! Some of us here and at DST appreciate your intellect and thought process.
Ah, now I know why Amanda is trying to piss me off with the douche thing and design critiques. AD and LAT products are all gone from Memory Mixer. About time, I sent them the email on Friday.
I just want to inform you all on some rights she has, as you all scream lawsuits @ her, do you know that interfering with someones income ( work place ) is illegal???
you all running to penscrappers is wrong, you can not go to someones work place and make a scene about a bill they owe you?
You all need to be careful because outing her here is one thing but going to her place of WORK and telling Millions of potential customers these things is wrong.
Specially since NO CHARGES have been filed or she has not been found guilty of her wrong doing by a court of law. AND it makes the actual business ( you posted on) seem out of control and tacky.
the website is not property of Amanda Dykan therefor you all are defacing the property of Pennscrappers and slandering Wacoms name too.
... just saying, that was wrong and you all should try to be more mature than that.
but allowing unsuspecting customers to continue to purchase her "illegal" is okay? yes i posted to pennscrappers, but there was nothing liable or scandalous or immature in my post, at least not on my part. the liable and scandalous part was on amanda.
May 5, 2009 11:08 AM
I wouldn't be so quick to ASSUME no charges have been filed darling. The process isn't instant, it does take a few days to get the ball rolling.
May 5, 2009 11:47 AM
yes true, but you all should have just contacted the owners there or at wacom and not act like little kids, posting comments. It is their job to pull product and recall it not your job to make drama at their business place.
Rest assure Amanda will pay for what she has done. It wouldn't be too sad if she actually did end up in the morgue, now would it? Maybe she won't have to do the deed herself. Stupid bitch.
Dear God Amanda, you're not trying to set up ANOTHER 'threats on my life' story are you?
Really, you need to just get on with answering your mail. The brown ones that have the words 'Court Documents' are the most important, start with those. And I cannot WAIT til you get the really big one, move your fan into position because the shit will hit it BIG style and I wouldn't want your sofa to get ruined.
AD has not been found guilty by a court of law but by her own admittance. Jeeze. Stop coming here preaching about law when you know nothing about it yourself. You don't like the smack blog? See that little red x on the top right of your screen? Click it babe. It's a smack blog for cripes sake. maybe we should be like the DST sunshine crew and tell each other how lovely everything is? Please don't make me throw up! Idiot.
by her own admittance? She admitted she designed under another name? Big friggin deal. She hasn't admitted anything else.
So why aren't the scrappy lawyers offering to help the stores file lawsuits? At least help with the paperwork.
Rest assure Amanda will pay for what she has done. It wouldn't be too sad if she actually did end up in the morgue, now would it? Maybe she won't have to do the deed herself. Stupid bitch.
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You're the one who is a stupid bitch. Why don't you grow up. Actually wishing someone dead that's about as sick an an individual can get-you sound like you're the one who needs some anger managment and maybe a little blue pill to make you feel better.
I DO need a little blue pill to make me feel better. Problem is, hubby ran out.
The death threats are amusing... I mean, don't get me wrong, I think AD is the biggest piece of shit loser I've had the displeasure to know in this business. But that last post was a bit much, dontcha think?
Rest assure Amanda will pay for what she has done. It wouldn't be too sad if she actually did end up in the morgue, now would it? Maybe she won't have to do the deed herself. Stupid bitch.
May 5, 2009 1:13 PM
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Really way over the line, very uncool and just downright despicable. I could go on and on about how wrong this is, but somehow I think it would probably be lost on you.
WV-copho. LOL with all the talk about law on here lately very fitting don't you think. Sorry to whoever's tired of the WV jokes, but this one was too good to pass up.
Rest assure Amanda will pay for what she has done. It wouldn't be too sad if she actually did end up in the morgue, now would it? Maybe she won't have to do the deed herself. Stupid bitch.
May 5, 2009 1:13 PM
she is paying for what she has done, will continue to pay for it if the owners of the item will pursue it, this just lets you know how sick some people really are....
I on the other hand, I say You all have won, i bow down to you and say. move on, let the justice take its run but if you all go too far no one will take you seriously,
its just a fine line between justice and revenge or even ill wishing/doing.
rofl~> 3:22 PM
cop ho' fo' sho'
I see that Amanda is still reading the blog @@ Trying to pretend that someone is making death threats against you is just a waste of time. You tried that before with your 'scrapper shot through my door' escapade.
Amanda, you've got REAL problems to worry about. Drag yourself out of fantasyland and start dealing with reality.
You all need to be careful because outing her here is one thing but going to her place of WORK and telling Millions of potential customers these things is wrong.
Specially since NO CHARGES have been filed or she has not been found guilty of her wrong doing by a court of law. AND it makes the actual business ( you posted on) seem out of control and tacky.
the website is not property of Amanda Dykan therefor you all are defacing the property of Pennscrappers and slandering Wacoms name too.
... just saying, that was wrong and you all should try to be more mature than that.
May 5, 2009 11:08 AM
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1) Wacom is not AD's "place of WORK."
2) YOU cannot be sure that no charges have been filed.
3) The only thing making Wacom's business look "out of control and tacky" is the fact that they are associated with her.
4)No one has slandered anyone-please brush up on your legal terminology.
I don't get the WV jokes, could someone please explain them to me?
ADs website is gone and she has reportedly 'given' the Bud club to DigiTownSquare. She still has things in this store: http://www.iscrapbook.com/store/amanda_dykan.html
Aren't those layouts on the pen scrappers website, featuring photos of the same little girl that LAT had on hers, or is my memory failing me?
May 5, 2009 4:29 PM
go away
May 5, 2009 4:29 PM
go away
May 5, 2009 5:02 PM
^^^^^^
No.
May 5, 2009 4:29 PM
go away
May 5, 2009 5:02 PM
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Your mommy is calling you.
Aren't those layouts on the pen scrappers website, featuring photos of the same little girl that LAT had on hers, or is my memory failing me?
May 5, 2009 4:58 PM
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Not sure what the point of this question is, but no, they aren't the same. Someone thought they were, but they didn't look the same to me, nor to a few others.
Hmmm...Paula is a designer at iscrapbook too, I thought she was exclusive at DC - maybe she's AD too. They are BFF's IRL from what I hear.
Have any of you who are boycotting Wacom and writing comments in Amanda's part of Penscrappers actually contacted Wacom? I hope that some of you have or it's just a lot of hot air. Do you really think that Wacom looks at those comments? I highly doubt it.
Checking out the SYTYCD entries and noticed this
http://digiscrapaddicts.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=670
Doesn't that face look a lot like Caillou? She may not have done it on purpose, but she needs to change it up to make him look less like Caillou.
Here's a link to those fortunate enough never to have seen Caillou
http://pbskids.org/caillou/index.html
1:43 am Hey KRAZY! please share your name with us so we can ALL stay the hell away from YOU!!! who the hell would even want an even KRAZIER friend like YOU, wishin death on someone, damn! do you not think your up their with your friend AD, and to think that you knew she would end up stealing from others but you couldn't even tell her or others....what an enabler.
Doesn't that face look a lot like Caillou? She may not have done it on purpose, but she needs to change it up to make him look less like Caillou.
Here's a link to those fortunate enough never to have seen Caillou
http://pbskids.org/caillou/index.html
May 5, 2009 6:21 PM
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I thought the EXACT same thing when I saw it earlier today.
Doesn't that face look a lot like Caillou? She may not have done it on purpose, but she needs to change it up to make him look less like Caillou.
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You guys are really reaching now. OMG, seriously?
You guys are really reaching now. OMG, seriously?
May 5, 2009 7:53 PM
ITA.
Has there been some real clarification on the whole Kate-Digital Candy issue?
Her "explanations" for using other designers' CU without permission were pretty flimsy.
If she's not Amanda, she's mixed up in that situation way deeper than she's admitting to.......
My money is on "way deeper than she's admitting to".
New topic PLEASE?!?
You guys are really reaching now. OMG, seriously?
May 5, 2009 7:53 PM
ITA.
May 5, 2009 7:58 PM
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Well, not according to my 3-year old nephew, who absolutely LOVES Caillou. Showed him that preview and he was all happy to see Caillou on the screen.
I think it does look an awful lot like him:
http://www.oyxter.com/caillou/poupees_decouper_habiller_caillou1.htm
Has there been some real clarification on the whole Kate-Digital Candy issue?
Her "explanations" for using other designers' CU without permission were pretty flimsy.
If she's not Amanda, she's mixed up in that situation way deeper than she's admitting to.......
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I'm the designer who she used the CU from. I haven't gotten any replies from her outside of the forum at DSA and she hasn't replied there. She sent me $10 through paypal with an apology but I didn't notice it until today.
That's about it. I'd still like an explanation since the whole time she was defending herself over the wrong CU thing that wasn't even mine.
Sweet, buttery Jesus! I can't believe someone is going on and on about effin' CAILLOU. Almost any perfectly round head with very plain features could resemble Caillou. A three year old is not exactly an authority on things looking exactly alike.
But hey, if you're that concerned and hell-bent on playing digi-scrap "copying" police, contact the designer or the SO people.
Shilo, Kate was an uber-bitch to you in that DSA thread, IMO. If anyone was acting tacky, it was her. And, I'm glad that you had the guts to say something about it-more designers need to speak up so this kind of crap won't keep happening constantly.
You guys are really reaching now. OMG, seriously?
May 5, 2009 7:53 PM
ITA.
May 5, 2009 7:58 PM
Another ITA here. Sheesh.
LMAO WV=nonsena, yep this is total nonsense. Sometimes I think blogger is watching and picking the wv's to match the some of the stupid posts.
Doesn't that face look a lot like Caillou? She may not have done it on purpose, but she needs to change it up to make him look less like Caillou.
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You guys are really reaching now. OMG, seriously?
May 5, 2009 7:53 PM
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Reaching? No, I'm not. It does look like Caillou. I never said she pirated, in fact, I made it quite clear that it was probably done on accident. You guys are reaching.
Sweet, buttery Jesus! I can't believe someone is going on and on about effin' CAILLOU. Almost any perfectly round head with very plain features could resemble Caillou. A three year old is not exactly an authority on things looking exactly alike.
But hey, if you're that concerned and hell-bent on playing digi-scrap "copying" police, contact the designer or the SO people.
May 5, 2009 8:55 PM
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The penny drops, I guess this is a popular designer so of course, we can't say anything.
No one is playing copy police, I never said she copied it. Sheesh. Learn to read people. It's not that hard!
Sweet, buttery Jesus! I can't believe someone is going on and on about effin' CAILLOU.
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Well, we all have to listen to whoever else on this blog go on and on about other crap, and I would HARDLY suggest that a *handful* of posts on how we think this particular item RESEMBLES Caillou is "going on and on."
AND...I'd honestly rather take a 3-year old's opinion on something like this than most of the people who're posting here at the moment. I don't know about the children YOU'RE acquainted with, but the ones I am lucky enough to have in my life are quite smart enough to recognize their favorite TV show character, thank you very much.
Sorry. it SOOOOO looks just like Caillou! I assume not on purpose, but it does. And I hate that lame-o show!
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Checking out the SYTYCD entries and noticed this
http://digiscrapaddicts.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=670
Doesn't that face look a lot like Caillou? She may not have done it on purpose, but she needs to change it up to make him look less like Caillou.
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The link says that I don't have permission to view it, do I have to do something special to see it? I was wondering about the SYTYCD entries.
So Shilo, did she use your CU in the end, without permission, or not? Other designers have been kicked out from their stores for exactly this behaviour, so this should definitely not be dropped! So what if she's a store owner, I can't believe anyone would even want to design in her store after this. Big mistake by her...big.
The link says that I don't have permission to view it, do I have to do something special to see it? I was wondering about the SYTYCD entries.
May 5, 2009 10:32 PM
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You have to register and/or log in first.
And Caillou looks an awful lot like Charlie Brown to me..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/CharlieBrown.jpg
Store Owners using kits to make layouts is okay in my book BUT if they want any of the CU stuff they should purchase it like everyone else has to.
And Caillou looks an awful lot like Charlie Brown to me..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/CharlieBrown.jpg
May 5, 2009 11:15 PM
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Nooooo, not really. What is your problem? All I'm saying is that she should change it up as it really does look like Caillou. For heaven's sake, even my 8 year old said it looked like Caillou and he hasn't watched that show in years.
So Shilo, did she use your CU in the end, without permission, or not? Other designers have been kicked out from their stores for exactly this behaviour, so this should definitely not be dropped! So what if she's a store owner, I can't believe anyone would even want to design in her store after this. Big mistake by her...big.
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Yes, in the end she did use my CU without permission. However, she says it was an accident and there's really no way that I can prove that it wasn't and there's no way she can prove that it was. So I guess it's just a she said/she said situation. She did have access to my stuff since I sold there and she claims it was downloaded for QC purposes. However, it's still a mistake as a store owner on her part if she is telling the truth because she still should not have kept my stuff as long as she did after it was QC'ed. Especially since I don't even sell there anymore. Honestly, I don't believe her but she could be telling the truth. However, I have more trouble believing her since the whole time she was defending herself over the wrong flower that isn't even mine.
Yes, in the end she did use my CU without permission. However, she says it was an accident and there's really no way that I can prove that it wasn't and there's no way she can prove that it was. So I guess it's just a she said/she said situation. She did have access to my stuff since I sold there and she claims it was downloaded for QC purposes. However, it's still a mistake as a store owner on her part if she is telling the truth because she still should not have kept my stuff as long as she did after it was QC'ed. Especially since I don't even sell there anymore. Honestly, I don't believe her but she could be telling the truth. However, I have more trouble believing her since the whole time she was defending herself over the wrong flower that isn't even mine.
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It doesn't matter if it was an 'accident' or not, the fact is, she took your stuff and used it without permission. Yes, she downloaded it for QC fine, whatever, but she had no right to then use it. Even scrapping with it without your knowledge is not ok, unless that was first agreed upon, but actually using it in a kit, are you kidding me?! So, what else is she doing behind closed doors, that would paint her in very bad light with me, and I would want nothing to do with her, and if that isn't enough, then her stupid mistakes about her association with Amanda Dykan is the icing on the cake.
It doesn't matter if it was an 'accident' or not, the fact is, she took your stuff and used it without permission. Yes, she downloaded it for QC fine, whatever, but she had no right to then use it. Even scrapping with it without your knowledge is not ok, unless that was first agreed upon, but actually using it in a kit, are you kidding me?! So, what else is she doing behind closed doors, that would paint her in very bad light with me, and I would want nothing to do with her, and if that isn't enough, then her stupid mistakes about her association with Amanda Dykan is the icing on the cake.
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I feel exactly the same as you but she says she put them in the kit on "accident" because she was messing with CU stuff when she decided to design and didn't realize they weren't something she hadn't purchased and just had for QC. So no matter what I say she still has an explanation... even though I still don't think either way it was right.
I believe Kate is completely in the wrong here. I'm a store owner and can download the entire store from the ftp whenever I want to but do I? No! I NEVER just download CU. The only time I've downloaded CU items was to check out a QC issue that was brought to my attention and after solving it deleted the products. When I download items for personal scrapping use I actually go through the store and use an account so the designer knows I picked it up.
Anything that I do get off the ftp for whatever reason is put into a different folder on my computer so I know it's not there for me to use however I please and can get rid of it when I'm done. It's hard to "accidentally" use items you never paid for and only downloaded for QCing. Bad excuse if you ask me.
I think a store owner using their designer's products is kin to eating the food off a grocery shelf if you were the manager.
Just because they host the product does not give a store owner rights to use the products without buying it, especially not to scrap their own lives.
This is twisted shit and such a blatant abuse of trust and power.
Some stores are set where all designers/owners can download products at free will except for CU. You know, take what you want and I'll do the same kind of thing. Just friendly sharing and everyone agrees to it so it's not stealing.
Some stores are set where all designers/owners can download products at free will except for CU. You know, take what you want and I'll do the same kind of thing. Just friendly sharing and everyone agrees to it so it's not stealing.
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This wasn't the case at DC, even with PU things. I have no problem sharing PU things with people I sell with or even giving them CU stuff if they ask. But I feel like what Kate did was completely wrong no matter if it was an accident or not. Either way, both the scenarios were a mistake on her part.
I think a store owner using their designer's products is kin to eating the food off a grocery shelf if you were the manager.
Just because they host the product does not give a store owner rights to use the products without buying it, especially not to scrap their own lives.
This is twisted shit and such a blatant abuse of trust and power.
May 6, 2009 12:28 AM
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Well that depends on the store set up.
There are many stores that allow the 'free purchase' of fellow designers or owners products provided you create layouts with that kit. CU stuff is different of course but it is not at all an unusual practice! Many have a special coupon or 100% discount applied to enable the purchase of store kits for free.
There are many stores that allow free use of other designers kits within the same store regardless.
I have free access to all kits in the very large and very reputable store that I design for.
I prefer to scrap with my own kits, but the option is always there.
This wasn't the case at DC, even with PU things. I have no problem sharing PU things with people I sell with or even giving them CU stuff if they ask. But I feel like what Kate did was completely wrong no matter if it was an accident or not. Either way, both the scenarios were a mistake on her part.
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Sorry you have to deal with this. I agree she was completely wrong, accident or not. Though I find it hard to believe that it was an accident after reading her excuse, and her not even knowing what flower was yours.
Well that depends on the store set up.
There are many stores that allow the 'free purchase' of fellow designers or owners products provided you create layouts with that kit. CU stuff is different of course but it is not at all an unusual practice! Many have a special coupon or 100% discount applied to enable the purchase of store kits for free.
There are many stores that allow free use of other designers kits within the same store regardless.
I have free access to all kits in the very large and very reputable store that I design for.
I prefer to scrap with my own kits, but the option is always there.
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This is how the store I am at is. I love having access to kits to scrap with and don't mind others receiving my products in exchange. Though I do feel CU should be treated differently.
At the very least, Shilo should write to the DST admins with her proof, and have Kate (the Digital Candy owner) banned.
I agree that what was done was very wrong but I think this is sad. Don't you all have anything better to do with your lives than talk trash?
At the very least, Shilo should write to the DST admins with her proof, and have Kate (the Digital Candy owner) banned.
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That's not what I'm looking to do. I'd hate to do that to Kate if it truly was an accident. And where either way, what she did was a mistake, if it truly was an accident then she doesn't deserve to be banned from places. I've told my side publicly and now people know about it and can decide what to think themselves and that's all I wanted instead of hushing something like this up since that's what usually goes on.
Shilo,
I have been a store owner for about 5 years. I have done quality check on my teams products EVERYDAY for for 5 years. Every single day. We even have permission to use each others PU products, but not the CU without purchasing.
I have never, not once, "accidently" used one of my designers products in a kit as a CU item. Not one time. In fact, all my my quality downloads go into a folder CALLED "Qaulity" on my hard drive. Pretty easy way to make the stuff so there is no "accidents" right?
Realisticly, I highly doubt that some one downloads the products they have paid for and the product they have to quality into the same directory. My lord, what a mess that would be to keep straight, there would be so many folders in there it would be hard to navigate.
I think she full well knew what she was doing, knew it was wrong, and did it ANYWAY.
If I were a designer at DC I would jump ship asap, making sure my files were off that server before I went. By stealing the product, they have negated ANY contract they may have signed with anyone.
I would also do as someone above recommended, by providing the mods at DST the proof of her theft so she can be banned from DST, which would help in stopping them from picking up many new "unsuspecting" designers. I do not say this to be facetious or with malintent. I say this because if we, the designing community, are not willing to look out for ourselves and each other... who the hell is going to?
I am truly sorry this has happened. It disgusts me. The behavior of this one owner casts a shadow of doubt unto us all, and some of us REALLY ARE on the up and up.
***x marks the spot***
So most of the entries for the SYTYCD contest seem to be up...any favorites so far?
I really liked Amy Stoffel's, Amy Sumrall's, Brandy Designs and Megan Turnidge's entries.
Nooooo, not really. What is your problem? All I'm saying is that she should change it up as it really does look like Caillou. For heaven's sake, even my 8 year old said it looked like Caillou and he hasn't watched that show in years.
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And I think the dolphin in her kit looks a little too much like Shamu, so she should change that too.
A dolphin element that looks like any whale should be changed, for that matter.
Wow, this has been the most INTERESTING week in digi EVER! lol..
from what I gather:
-Douchbags-
Michelle Pearson - douch
Claudia - douch
Amanda/Lilyann - double douch
Mel Gibson - drunken douch
Kate/Rick/digitalcandy/digitown - douches in douchland
Kami- bus throwing douch
Sweetmade- crappy quality douch
Ms Tiina - douch..ch..ch....
Anonymous Douch - for posting the fake suicide message. Sick shits!
-Possible Douchbags-
Faith
Bren (hope not Bren. I personally *heart* you!)
Misty Cato
-Non-Douchbags-
Ruby
-Need a Hug-
the LAT CT = sorry you ladies wasted your time and talent on such a douch.
-shops to avoid-
scrap orchard
digital candy
the perky pickle or what ever
-in Need an attourney-
ummmm... heheheh...
and finally...
digi contests all suck.
did I miss anyone???
WOOHOO!!! Also, in with this is the crappy SUTUCS contest which was a HUGE scam for A5D and SP to make money and nothing more. Have you seen some of the UGLY layouts that they have picked as winners. (Holds back the throw up) Come on the designers would have picked better than that surely. What is up with that?
Sorry the above post came from 9:18 and I added my 2 cents worth
Don't forget the bonus rounds. Las Vegas sure would love those odds. Round 4 and 5, can you believe the winners, only had one entry. Pity the poor girl who 11 entries and lost. SHABBY WITCHES & AFTER FIVE BARF, you greedy ladies are sick. I have bought my last scrap from any of you. Do not appreciate wasting my time, when I no chance in hell, because this was actually one big CT contest.
LMBO!!!! OMG that is so true! Forgot that part!! HAHAHAHAHA!!! Those stores suck!
So most of the entries for the SYTYCD contest seem to be up...any favorites so far?
I really liked Amy Stoffel's, Amy Sumrall's, Brandy Designs and Megan Turnidge's entries.
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I like Bianca's too. Of course I'll get smacked for this, but I really like Flerg's kit also. And I would really be liking Faith's, the concept is great, but pink? Yes my girls like to play with the tools too, but pink for a tool kit? I dl'ed it and I'll definitely be using it, but I'll also definitely be recoloring it too. I like DeDe Smith's too, although her tear bearz have been a favorite of mine for a long time. My favorite by far though is Amy Stoffel's.
Don't you all have anything better to do with your lives but sit around and post crap about people? I think it's all time we grew up and acted our age instead of our shoe size.
Don't you all have anything better to do with your lives but sit around and post crap about people? I think it's all time we grew up and acted our age instead of our shoe size.
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What's wrong? Hitting a nerve?
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What I wonder is, with her books, did she write them? What about the stuff on the CDs?
Don't you all have anything better to do with your lives but sit around and post crap about people? I think it's all time we grew up and acted our age instead of our shoe size.
May 6, 2009 8:27 AM
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uhhh... Don't YOU have anything better to do with your life (or lives if you're AD/LAT)than sitting around reading people post crap about other people?
Seriously, red x upper right sug.
And what about this "real life" LilyAnne. That's almost gotta be a lie. Further, if there is no "real life" LilyAnne, then we know Kate/Rick have been lying the whole time. Does anyone believe this person exists? And that AD just decided it would be easier to steal her identity than make one up? And that Kate would tell her old friend that her store was full?
Proof anywhere of real LilyAnne?
8:34 AM I wonder this ALSO!
I think someone should be kind and post some screenshots of the cd contents so we can see...
I bet there are more then a few items on there that shouldn't be.
*sniff sniff* I smell more and more lawsuits coming....
lol
omg.. lol..
wv= cones
no not cones C Ones... as in yes please we would all sure love to c ones of them cd's....
lol
Don't you all have anything better to do with your lives but sit around and post crap about people? I think it's all time we grew up and acted our age instead of our shoe size.
May 6, 2009 8:27 AM
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and you're here why? sitting here reading all the crap about people makes you any bigger than your shoe size how?
No designer here, but all this talk about copyright is bull.
What a laugh that say no to piracy file is, which is included in all of the kits.
Designers get ticked when they find their scrapkits being shared over the internet, but its okay for them to borrow a friends, or trade CU...guess as long as they dont get caught
But don't go running to the copyright police, when you see your latest kit in some yahoo group.
Don't forget the bonus rounds. Las Vegas sure would love those odds. Round 4 and 5, can you believe the winners, only had one entry. Pity the poor girl who 11 entries and lost. SHABBY WITCHES & AFTER FIVE BARF, you greedy ladies are sick. I have bought my last scrap from any of you. Do not appreciate wasting my time, when I no chance in hell, because this was actually one big CT contest.
May 6, 2009 8:02 AM
The designers there think they are better than everyone else...whatever!!!
No designer here, but all this talk about copyright is bull.
What a laugh that say no to piracy file is, which is included in all of the kits.
Designers get ticked when they find their scrapkits being shared over the internet, but its okay for them to borrow a friends, or trade CU...guess as long as they dont get caught
But don't go running to the copyright police, when you see your latest kit in some yahoo group.
May 6, 2009 9:41 AM
The problem with this logic is that you are applying the behavior of a few to the whole group of designers. There are lots of us who do NOT steal (or "borrow") anyone elses CU, and do everything legally - including not using stock images that we are not licensed to use. Just because we see a few people here who are stealing, does NOT mean that every designer (or store owner) is a thief. You cannot lump all designers into the "breaking the rules" category just because a few of them do. Some of us (the majority, I think) are honest and have integrity in our business dealings.
So yes, were certainly can speak out if or when someone infringes on our copyright, or uses our designs illegally.
Sounds to me like you are just looking for an excuse to justify your own thieving behavior.
The problem with this logic is that you are applying the behavior of a few to the whole group of designers. There are lots of us who do NOT steal (or "borrow") anyone elses CU, and do everything legally - including not using stock images that we are not licensed to use. Just because we see a few people here who are stealing, does NOT mean that every designer (or store owner) is a thief. You cannot lump all designers into the "breaking the rules" category just because a few of them do. Some of us (the majority, I think) are honest and have integrity in our business dealings.
So yes, were certainly can speak out if or when someone infringes on our copyright, or uses our designs illegally.
Sounds to me like you are just looking for an excuse to justify your own thieving behavior.
May 6, 2009 12:00 PM
What are you assuming here. Just because I am a nothing but a digi scrapper, that I am thief. Just happen to be following all of this drama, because actually the whole thing is quite hysterical. :)
Amy Stoffel?
REALLY your favorite...Her stuff is straight from PS CU stuff?
If that is the direction digi is going hold me back.
Poorly executed.
I don't know if that is true, but I think it is a cute kit and seems I am not the only one, judging by the comments she has.
I like Bianca's too. Of course I'll get smacked for this, but I really like Flerg's kit also. And I would really be liking Faith's, the concept is great, but pink? Yes my girls like to play with the tools too, but pink for a tool kit? I dl'ed it and I'll definitely be using it, but I'll also definitely be recoloring it too. I like DeDe Smith's too, although her tear bearz have been a favorite of mine for a long time. My favorite by far though is Amy Stoffel's.
May 6, 2009 8:18 AM
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I think Flergs' entry is ok, too...I wasn't WOW-ed by it, but then again I *like* her stuff, but am not ridiculously CRAZY about it, ya know?
I wasn't crazy about Faith's entry at all. Not my style, I guess.
I'm not sure which one is my favorite out of the bunch. I think there are definitely ones that stand out from the others, though.
Amy Stoffel?
REALLY your favorite...Her stuff is straight from PS CU stuff?
If that is the direction digi is going hold me back.
Poorly executed.
May 6, 2009 1:49 PM
To each their own right? I don't know, something about her kits just kinda drew me in, not sure why, but yes I really do like it.
I guess we all have different tastes. The ones that got the most comments are the ones I don't like. Anyway, I think this contest is pointless as we all know from the start that Flergs is gonna win.
I guess we all have different tastes. The ones that got the most comments are the ones I don't like. Anyway, I think this contest is pointless as we all know from the start that Flergs is gonna win.
May 6, 2009 2:55 PM
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Yup, pretty much.
Maybe they'll surprise me? Not counting on it though.
I guess we all have different tastes. The ones that got the most comments are the ones I don't like. Anyway, I think this contest is pointless as we all know from the start that Flergs is gonna win.
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Yup, pretty much.
Maybe they'll surprise me? Not counting on it though.
May 6, 2009 3:11 PM
Yep, bet Flergs will win as well. This is just another little sham that has been set up.
from the Wacom site today:
Posted by: john 05.06.2009
As a member of the Wacom team, I would like to acknowledge the comments here and let you know that we take these concerns very seriously. I am personally surprised and shocked to hear this, and it is certainly the first time that anyone at the company has heard this either. Likewise Wacom will conduct its own due diligence. In the interim, any concerns or comments can be emailed directly to penscrappers@wacom.com. Thank you.
John
Shilo,
You know I really don't feel you need to feel sorry or even give Kate the benefit of the doubt. The disturbing fact is that Amandas friends IRL (not so much the scrappers who met her through scrapping but the ones IRL) knew she was a thief, a liar and chose knowingly to associate with her. Amanda made it clear she told people and those people she told weren't strangers, she had to of known them IRL & they had to be very close friends.
Kate says she was good friends with AD & knew her for X amount of years. So, bottom line is if you want to surround your-self with criminals, well then your most likely not that far off or any different then they are. This would be my exact reason to not wanting to associate with Kate or DC because I wouldn't want to associate with someone who has any ties with AD. You, can buy into their apology and then wait till something goes wrong with those people or you can cut your ties altogether and save yourself from being a victim when it happens again.
Kate says she was good friends with AD & knew her for X amount of years.
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I don't think this is the case, actually. Kate said she met Lily Anne Taylor while taking an _online_ course 7 years ago. She met Amanda Dykan more recently through Digital Candy. She said had never met Amanda or LAT IRL.
And LilyAnne is not a real person, so how could she possibly have met her 7 years ago?
nd I think the dolphin in her kit looks a little too much like Shamu, so she should change that too.
May 6, 2009 7:38 AM
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Go and get some maturity, will you. You are childish beyond belief.
Nice to see that Wacom is handling the AD/LAT matter professionally.
Shilo, thank you for speaking up when you did.
I feel for any honest designers at DC-hope they can find a new store.
And LilyAnne is not a real person, so how could she possibly have met her 7 years ago?
May 6, 2009 5:56 PM
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She is a real person. You aren't paying attention. Kate said she did a course with a LilyAnn, with whom she kept in contact over the last seven years on and off, so I guess it wasn't a BFF scenario, but just someone she liked and occasionally got in contact with. You know how it is. So, she mentions the name LilyAnne Taylor to Amadand and she steals the name.
You don't seriously believe that?
So Kate and Amanda are having a casual conversation one day and Kate casually mentions the following:
OH this one time 7 years ago, I met this girl in an online course, and her full name is LilyAnne Rae Taylor and she lives ____ and her husband's name is _____.
Kate would have us to believe that while she met LAT 7 years ago, they'd never exchanged pictures, and she didn't know her well enough to pick up on the fact that Amanda was impersonating her. However, she talked about her enough for Amanda to have all this information?
If you think for one second that Kate wasn't in on this from day one, you're a damn fool.
*PIRATE ALERT*
GINA AND YOUR LITTLE BITCHES, I KNOW YOU BUY FROM ME EVERY WEEK AND SHARES MY STUFF. I'M COMING AFTER YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A PIRATE FOR TOO LONG, BITCH.
To all store owners, her IP adress is 72.241.234.26
maybe I'm a PollyAnna, but seems that Flerg is a regular kinda lady, and enjoys a good contest too...
I'm not a fan of digi contest, they all seem a bit like voting for prom queen or high school president...popularity...
but perhaps (I say with not alot of belief) just maybe, a new and fighting for originality and spunk will pull off a win...
if not the mean girls at DSA are gonna look like the little clique of Scrap Orchard spin offs they are..
Kate's silence in all this speaks volumes. She is just hoping it will all go away. Don't let it Shilo, accident or no accident, she stole your stuff.
May 6, 2009 3:11 PM
Yep, bet Flergs will win as well. This is just another little sham that has been set up.
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Not only will she win, she'll have the nerve to act surprised about it. Anyone follow her tweets and catch her bullshit about being undecided about signing up. Then, when she did, it was with the "Oh, but I'm sure I won't win," disclaimer. PUH-leeeeeze... bitch is so full of herself, I can't even stomach it.
I have no idea why Flergs and Faith are even in this contest. They both sell at two of the hottest shops around. Why they won't step aside and let the little people through, I don't know. That's what I would think a contest like this would be for.
So I have a question, for those who want to give their opinion. What would a good contest look like? Would it be all newbies? Because the contest at Scrap Matters was full of newbies and also full of a lot of crap. I didn't download a thing. Then this SO/DSA promo, I mean "contest," is full of lots of well known designers, but it just feels wrong. What was one of the best contests in your opinion? Or should shops just stop having these altogether?
wv: gerse: as in "Gerse, Flergs! Why do you think you can't design? You were just at the f-ing Lily Pad for crying out loud!"
I would love to see a contest that was a "REAL" contest and not full of crap and BS! Oh, and that is also not a sham or a set up!
Hey! I just want you all to know that your voice is being heard.
I'm a designer and I'm done with buying and using CU. I'll continue to use a few good overlays I have (from respected people like A. Rockwell) but no more ribbons and bows, buttons and other crap for me. I'm going in a new direction.
I'm just fed up and I'm not going to support the CU industry anymore. I hate so many things about it, so I'm just being a hypocrite if I keep on buying like everyone else. I can't call myself a "designer" either if the stuff is not mine.
I hope other designers join me! At least if they do, you'll know who we are. We're the ones taking a chance on something new and hopefully gaining popularly from it. Here's to being an original. And I hope it brings a smile to your face too.
A "CU Free" stamp actually sounds like a good idea to me, if I had the balls to be that loud and brassy about it. Ha ha!
I'm telling ya, Amanda is "Kate"!!
Someone just posted recently that Amanda has now "given" the bud club to DC. Yeah, right. No one in their right mind would touch that with a ten foot pole after all the pirated tutorials came to light.
If Amanda could pull the LAT stunt, she could certainly be posing as "Kate" and "Rick" Come on, people! Their stories are just as ridiculous and unbelievable as Amanda's. Because they ARE more of Amanda's BS.
6:48 - Define "real" for me. I'm sure everyone thinks their contest is a "real" one.
Real...one that is not full of crap and behinds the scenes BS and is one to see who really is the best out there!
behind the scenes I meant to say.
I don't think Amanda IS Kate since Kate was around long before Amanda had a reason to pose as anyone, BUT the fact that they are going forward with the Bud Club speaks volumes imo. If Amanda had really impersonated her friend, thrown her under the bus, etc like she claims, why would she still be involved in business transactions with her?
I don't think Amanda is Kate but I do think Kate knew about everything and took part in it. I think Kate & Amanda became friends through DC and then when other stores confronted Kate & Rick about Amanda copying doodles and such they had no choice but to remove her store. I don't think Kate wanted to do this to her friend but had to for the sake of her name and store. So I think she helped Amanda with the entire LAT story, especially since she clearly stated in the CT forum that they were BFF but her story at DSA doesn't match up.
Kate would have us to believe that while she met LAT 7 years ago, they'd never exchanged pictures, and she didn't know her well enough to pick up on the fact that Amanda was impersonating her. However, she talked about her enough for Amanda to have all this information?
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Sigh. The thing you are all overlooking is the fact that she may not have mentioned anything but the name. Why on earth do you assume that AD took more than the name? AD probably made the rest of it up, not there is a rest of it really. A husband's name, easy to make one up and a dead child, again, easy to do, however horrible it may be to do that. That's all anyone knew of LilyAnne.
As I said earlier, I've been online friends with some people for at least 10 years and we have never exchanged pictures.
maybe I'm a PollyAnna, but seems that Flerg is a regular kinda lady, and enjoys a good contest too...
May 6, 2009 6:18 PM
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No. She hasn't entered other contests like this, only the one run by her friends at SO. She is also devious. But she gives a lot of stuff away, making herself look nice. She has manufactured drama, which everyone fell for but me because she happened to pick the wrong site to pin the blame on.
I'll grant that her stuff is well made, no arguments there.
I'm with you 6:49! Let's do it!
I would love to see a contest that was a "REAL" contest and not full of crap and BS! Oh, and that is also not a sham or a set up!
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It's a tactful marketing strategic where they already know who will win long before people even enter the contest. But the contests sole purpose is to attract consumers. There is a marketing strategic being made on every product we buy from food, clothes, entertainment, vacation so it's hard to say, there are a lot of unethical marketing strategics and this would be one.
I meant the "CU Free" 6:49 that is. I am staying out of the DC drama.
It doesn't matter if Kate was in on this LAT thing with Amanda or not, it just builds the case against her. The fact is, she stole CU products to make products for sale, from one of her own designers! I would love to hear the BS behind closed doors at DC that Kate is feeding her team. I can't believe the designers are sticking by her, at the risk of their own reputations. The whole LAT/Amanda thing is just more fuel to the fire...and I have to admit, Kate is looking guilty as hell.
No. She hasn't entered other contests like this, only the one run by her friends at SO. She is also devious. But she gives a lot of stuff away, making herself look nice. She has manufactured drama, which everyone fell for but me because she happened to pick the wrong site to pin the blame on.
I'll grant that her stuff is well made, no arguments there.
May 6, 2009 7:11 PM
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The other contests have been different though, correct? They all seem to have a prize of just selling in the store, while this one has the advertising advantages. Flergs is already at a great store so I can't see her joining a contest where the only prize is to sell there, she wouldn't be gaining anything by giving up SBG.
So I have a question, for those who want to give their opinion. What would a good contest look like? Would it be all newbies? Because the contest at Scrap Matters was full of newbies and also full of a lot of crap. I didn't download a thing. Then this SO/DSA promo, I mean "contest," is full of lots of well known designers, but it just feels wrong. What was one of the best contests in your opinion? Or should shops just stop having these altogether?
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I have to say, I've downloaded a few of the kits at DSA, but deleted most of them, even the ones by the known designers. It's just all so boring! I do like the designers that have separated out the elements and papers as most of the papers are either quite dreadful or not something I would use.
What would be a good contest? I think have numbers and not names wold be a start.
The way that SA ran their apprentice contest, which started it all, was probably the best and most fair. It wasn't completely fair, but it was more fair than some of the others.
Yes, it's very obvious that Flergs is buddybuddy with the girls at SO. And I agree about the drama. She loves to bring smack stuff right out on her blog. Maybe that's her temperament. But come on... Obviously if someone is at a place like SBG they can design. Why they bother to hang around a much smaller shop like SO for a "contest" makes no sense to me. SO/DSA is just in it for the attention, and so is everybody else. That's okay if you are a nobody. But when you already have the spotlight? I think it's tacky actually. And of course she will win. She's got BFFs at SO! rotflmbo
The other contests have been different though, correct? They all seem to have a prize of just selling in the store, while this one has the advertising advantages. Flergs is already at a great store so I can't see her joining a contest where the only prize is to sell there, she wouldn't be gaining anything by giving up SBG.
May 6, 2009 7:14 PM
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I keep forgetting it's just for advertising. I guess it's the name. Why don't they just call it, So You Think You Can Get Advertising Space?
HOw about a contest where at the end the one who gets the most sales decides the winner? Wasn't there one like that a few years ago? That would show who's top dog!
Obviously if someone is at a place like SBG they can design.
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I agree with everything you said, except this. There are quite a few designers at SBG who can't design, whose stuff is badly made. I know I'm going to get flak over that, but I haven't bought anything from there in years, since most of the good designers left. Some of them are good, but quite a few are not all that.
HOw about a contest where at the end the one who gets the most sales decides the winner? Wasn't there one like that a few years ago? That would show who's top dog!
May 6, 2009 7:21 PM
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Yep, that was the ScrapArtist Apprentice contest, which started the whole crap shoot.
It's very shocking to me that designers would stay at DC after all the stuff that has been revealed over the past couple of weeks.
Even if you decide to accept Kate's flimsy stories on the AD/LAT thing, she misused CU items from at least one of her former designers-that's some seriously shady stuff right there.
So You Think You Can Get Advertising Space?Oh, gosh. That's priceless. Yes, that's what it should have been named!
I do think some designers are really doing a much better job than they usually do here, though. The pressure is raising the bar. I think Amy Summerall's kit is much better than her usual stuff and also Lindsey Riches. Even Flergs herself looks like she raised the bar. Her elements or at least those stars are very nice.
It's very shocking to me that designers would stay at DC after all the stuff that has been revealed over the past couple of weeks.
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Actually, I own a shop and I've gotten several applications from DC designers. They are trying to jump ship. Don't blame them for not finding a home yet. They are probably all working on it. lol
I hope other designers join me! At least if they do, you'll know who we are. We're the ones taking a chance on something new and hopefully gaining popularly from it. Here's to being an original. And I hope it brings a smile to your face too.
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Good for you! I hope you succeed.
I haven't used CU in years! There was simply no satisfaction for me in using something somebody else made, to create something to sell under my own name, KWIM? It was pretty easy to make my own overlays, my own textures, my own styles, my own patterns.
Didn't DC have some major drama before this? I don't think with Kate, but with some other owner? And weren't the SO girls involved in that, too?
Hope this is the end of DC. Sorry, but that shop just sucks.
So You Think You Can Get Advertising Space?Oh, gosh. That's priceless. Yes, that's what it should have been named!
I do think some designers are really doing a much better job than they usually do here, though. The pressure is raising the bar. I think Amy Summerall's kit is much better than her usual stuff and also Lindsey Riches. Even Flergs herself looks like she raised the bar. Her elements or at least those stars are very nice.
May 6, 2009 7:23 PM
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That would be the PERFECT name...ROFLMBO!!!! And I agree some have stepped it up but you can tell who the faves are already.
I do think some designers are really doing a much better job than they usually do here, though. The pressure is raising the bar. I think Amy Summerall's kit is much better than her usual stuff and also Lindsey Riches.
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Lyndsay has always been very erratic with her designs and quality. I remember when she was at PDW when Holly had it.
I hope the DC designers that want out get new spots somewhere else-it would be awful to be stuck at a store like that after what's come out.
Actually, I own a shop and I've gotten several applications from DC designers. They are trying to jump ship. Don't blame them for not finding a home yet. They are probably all working on it. lol
May 6, 2009 7:25 PM
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Same here. I've had quite a few come in from DC designers over the past few days. I think most are trying to find a new home before leaving but if I were them I'd quit there whether I had one yet or not.
Good for you! I hope you succeed.
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Thank you! Your little comment, even being annon., makes me feel encouraged. :)
Here's to the Revolution! Thank you Smack Blog!
I think most are trying to find a new home before leaving but if I were them I'd quit there whether I had one yet or not.
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Oh ITA with that! If I smelled the smoke, I'd jump before I got burned, even if I lost my income for a month or more. Show the community that YOU have integrity. We need that don't we?
if I were them I'd quit there whether I had one yet or not.
May 6, 2009 7:31 PM
ITA. Seems like it would do less damage to not sell for a while than to sell at a store run in the way that one is!
Why is Amanda still at I Scrapbook . com you would think they would have been contacted by now...when you google her so many places come up where she is selling things like kits on cd and her books. Will she ever be completely gone from the craft?!
http://www.iscrapbook.com/store/amanda_dykan.html
Didn't DC have some major drama before this? I don't think with Kate, but with some other owner? And weren't the SO girls involved in that, too?
Hope this is the end of DC. Sorry, but that shop just sucks.
May 6, 2009 7:27 PM
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The original owner Heidi was absolutely bonkers, a complete nutcase! She went through at least 3 "partners" in a few months! She took money from them to become partners and then tried to get them kicked out and keep their investment. She never paid her designers on time either. She never did any of her own work and used her partners and admin to do it all. She was a total nutjob, it doesn't surprise me that a completely underhanded store owner (if you could call her that) would sell the business to another pair of underhanded people. I for one would love to see DC completely gone! If only everyone there knew what their sweet community was built on roflmbo, they'd barf up their candy LOL!
And the whole AD/LAT thing sickens me! UGH! We need reputable people in this industry!
It will probably take some time for all her stuff to be pulled, replaced, or whatever.
I'm sure there's plenty going on with legal matters.
Yeah, I think it's time to issue a LOUD CALL. Digital Candy needs to close it's doors. It's about time for it to be over. Let all the designers start again. They will survive, if they're any good and it will all be okay.
And there will be one less crappy store in digiland. Sounds lovely!
Why is Amanda still at I Scrapbook . com you would think they would have been contacted by now...
http://www.iscrapbook.com/store/amanda_dykan.html
May 6, 2009 7:36 PM
Have you contacted them?
If everyone "votes" with their dollars and non-clicks (no traffic), I'm sure it won't take long for DC to fold. Really, that's the only way customers have a voice.
This is off the Topic from the Saga of AD and DC but I wanted to say something about certain stores out there. SSD and SP are nothing but a bunch of stuck up bitches that feel they are better then everyone else. I and a few other Designers that I know have applied at both of these shops and got no response what so ever. I totally understand that certain stores will not be interested. However do you feel that you are so high above all that you cannot even give a damn response? You really do turn people off meaning Designers and Customers with your snotty ass attitudes. Believe me my shit blows half the shit they have in their stores out of the water so get your noses out of the air bitches because you are nothing to be so high and mighty about.
Lyndsay has always been very erratic with her designs and quality. I remember when she was at PDW when Holly had it.
May 6, 2009 7:29 PM
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Wow! A CT member told me I got mentioned on the smack blog. Do I get a prize now?
Just thought I'd address this post, since it DOES mention me.
The designs you've mentioned were made in, what, 2005? Maybe early 2006? I can gladly give you credit here...some of my stuff sucked then. I'm sure most designers would admit that about some of their older stuff.
I hope you've given me at least the courtesy of downloading one of my new kits before you make statements like this. I would hope, considering I only started designing again now 6 months ago, that I've improved at least somewhat in that time - at least, I think so. :)
Back to your regularly scheduled smackfest, ladies!
One thing I've noticed about the whole LAT & Kate thing. It seems to me that Amanda told a lot of lies and exaggerated things about LAT's relationship with Kate. And now everyone is really confused. Kate (or Rick) came out and said "No. Actually it was like this." And then everyone both at DSA and here kept repeating some of Amanda's made up lies asking things like "What about going to college together?"
I know this whole situation is a mess and the facts are still a little sketchy but we've got to remember that Amanda is a pathological liar. We can't keep repeating her lies and accusing people who might be innocent. Let's focus instead on doing the best we can to get Kate and Rick's story straight instead of repeating Amanda's crap to them.
It just bothers me because if they are total victims here, imagine what it's like to be in their shoes. They've got to loose patience when dealing with everyone yelling Amanda's lies at them.
So, what I got from Rick's posts at DSA was:
- Amanda heard mention of LAT.
- Amanda decided to be a bold bitch and see if she could get away with impersonating LAT.
- Amanda went too far and started saying things like "Yeah, yeah! We went to college together and we've been BFF for 15 years."
- Amanda was finally caught in her web.
- Kate only kinda knew a real LAT anyway, so Amanda didn't raise any flags for her.
- Know she looks really bad because of Amanda.
The whole CU off the FTP thing is another story. Honestly, in general, Kate doesn't seem like she has enough smarts to be running any store. I feel bad for her because to me she looks like an innocent little blondie who doesn't really know what's going on. She's forgetful, easily duped and just trying to have fun and be a designer, too. That doesn't make for a good "CEO" of a scrap shop.
I have a lot more respect for designers who admit that they read this blog than the ones who are always claiming that a CT member sent them over here, or they got an email, IM, call about the smack blog.
@@ yeah right.
It would have been a lot easier to believe Kate and Rick if it weren't for that screenshot from LAT's CT forum where Kate is saying she's LilyAnne's "BFF"
And if she's so dingy, how did she set up and run that CT forum? She supposedly can't keep her QC (wink*wink) downloads straight, but she's setting up a forum and taking care of things for poor little ol' Amanda/LAT??!
Just how stupid do you think people are?
Kate herself posted on LAT's forum calling herself her "BFF". No one here made that up, and we didn't hear it from Amanda.
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not to mention what a snarky, defensive shrew she was over at DSA.
Kate: Don't bother posting to me or PMing me, because I won't be back to this board.
Nice hairflip. Way to "defend" yourself.
I have a lot more respect for designers who admit that they read this blog than the ones who are always claiming that a CT member sent them over here, or they got an email, IM, call about the smack blog.
@@ yeah right.
May 6, 2009 8:21 PM
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I never said I don't read this blog. I just said in this particular case, a CT member was reading and shot me an email to let me know I was mentioned here.
Simmer down a bit, kay?
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This is off the Topic from the Saga of AD and DC but I wanted to say something about certain stores out there. SSD and SP are nothing but a bunch of stuck up bitches that feel they are better then everyone else. I and a few other Designers that I know have applied at both of these shops and got no response what so ever. I totally understand that certain stores will not be interested. However do you feel that you are so high above all that you cannot even give a damn response? You really do turn people off meaning Designers and Customers with your snotty ass attitudes. Believe me my shit blows half the shit they have in their stores out of the water so get your noses out of the air bitches because you are nothing to be so high and mighty about.
May 6, 2009 8:12 PM
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Eeeek!!! If this is the kind of attitude designers have when rejected, then it's a good thing the store owners didn't take you on. Yikes... I wouldn't want anyone spouting off like this representing my store, no matter how good your designs are.
I can understand that some DC designers are now desperate in their search to find a new place to sell, but this kind of attitude is not making it any easier. I suppose LOTS of stores are inundated by designer applications now after all this mess.
Yes,I know it is frustrating when you don't even get the courtesy of a reply saying your application was received. I have replied to numerous stores and gotten no reply. But I just brush it off and keep on trying at other stores. I'm very happy to be selling at 2of the top stores today and I feel the others who ignored me .... it's just their loss, LOL. But am I going to smack them and call them all bitches??? No way! You never know when the opportunity will come up again, so don't burn your bridges along the way.
I read here! ;0) I just wish people would spell my name right... LOL! (It's not your fault OP, everyone spells it that way, even my own Dad)Thanks for saying I am getting better too! I'm no hot shot designer, but I do have fun trying!
well, Lyndsay, all I know of you is what I've read from you on this blog. I must say I'm not too impressed. You're being snitty with potential customers. Not too smart-especially since you're at a seriously disreputable store.
My opinion on the BFF comment is that the poor girl said it very causally and now it just won't go away. I mean, come on people! Who really says "I'm her BFF!" and means it? These days it's just a cute thing we say that reminds us of middle school. Yet everyone's screaming that "IT MUST BE TRUE! KATE IS AMANDA'S BEST FRIEND!"
Sorry, I still see Kate as the poor lil fly caught in Amanda's web. And sadly, she's not very good at defending herself. WAY too emotional actually. So Kate actually ends up making herself look worse. Just my two cents.
I never said I don't read this blog. I just said in this particular case, a CT member was reading and shot me an email to let me know I was mentioned here.
Simmer down a bit, kay?
May 6, 2009 8:35 PM
The comment wasn't about *you* exclusively. You're just one of many that have made the claim.
Assuming that I would need to simmer down is a bit much. Your snarkiness is duly noted, though.
It's completely unprofessional for a shop owner to not write you back at all. It's happened to me and it's very hard not to glare in the shop's general direction whenever you think about it. You try to be the bigger person, but hey it still hurts because you're left to wonder why they just ignored you.
So, yeah! Have the guts to write us back, even if we submit the worst crap you've ever seen. Just say something! You end up looking like total bitches if you don't.
Hey, 8:21 PM--not everyone knows about this blog. Not everyone reads it. It's stupid to assume that. Some people go to great lengths to avoid even knowing about blogs like these because they just can't take them.
Personally, I haven't been here for months. I'm only here now to read what people have to say about LAT and DC.
I don't know Lindsey, but I didn't think she was trying to be snarky. It's frustrating sometimes how things "sound" different in writing than the way we meant for them to come across, KWIM?
Also, I too applied at SSD and Robin was super nice and encouraging, even though she turned me down. Maybe they never actually saw your email? It happens sometimes.
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