Just giving you new space...and I like the comment above.
Actually, I went over to DST to find some smack worthy stuff, and I couldn't find anything. Pretty boring over there unless you are into arguing over health care reform.
So I don't want to kill the conversation started in the last thread...Why has DST lost its luster? Have people moved on to a new craft, have people moved to store forums, are people actually scrapping for themselves or have they all turned into designers?
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no, its printer paper, but my hubby wants to make a video of me and my kids actually drawing so you can see it, will you promise to believe it then? i made you a video on the quick yesterday ( is on my blog) because you claimed i dont work in Ai, not good enough, i know... nothing will be good enough for you. want to come to my house and watch me do it? Printer paper isnt THICK, not sure which one you are using but i do use inkjet printer paper sometimes some cheep printer paper the doodling can be messy and i trow a lot of it away, and when you draw with marker it will run regardles (on the edge that is), marker does this to paper, its called feathering. and really it doesnt run that much but when you scan it the upclose will look that way, try it. doesnt matter later in AI thou, you can smooth your edge out. not sure how you figure i am using tracing paper, cause its super thin almost translucent but i can send you the originals so you can see its printer paper, care to give me an address? I know probably not, I use a marker because you can make the lines thick, i like my doodles thick so i can pull its edges better and faster, want me to do it in pen? OK i will draw with a pen and show you the difference, because you told me to. But before could you show me a doodle of yours? Could you make a video of you working with a doodle in ai to show me you actually know what you are doing? And why do I have to do it the way you think its best? Everyone has their technique and thats mine, sorry it is disappointing to you.
Honestly, sweetmade, you're just feeding the trolls.
If they have a right to demand info from you, then they have the responsibility to contact you personally with a working email.
Please don't make them feel like they have the power to come here and demand things from whoever they happen to hate.
TAKE THE BLOG BACK!
lol, now you're agreeing with yourself! Pyscho much?
October 9, 2009 1:27 PM
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This is ridiculous to think that only one person is writing all the comments here. Is it so hard to understand that different people agree on the same comments?
I was thinking it may be nice to get an estimate of how many we have here. It does not seem like many due to the slow posting sometimes.
I will count myself as ONE. Any others want to add a number?
SWEETMADE:
It doesn't matter what kind of pen you use to doodle. The issue here is that looking at someone else's doodles and copying them is pirating. Even if you don't trace them. It's easy to look at your computer screen and redraw something similar and say it's yours. Well, it's not. You're just a copycat.
I saw you're not selling in your stores anymore. Seems to me, the store owners did the right thing.
As from me, I don't have personal grudge against Sweetmade specifically. I have a grudge against all pirates because I'm trying to run a legit business and they affect it. If we have to out one pirate at the time, so be it. And for those who say "same witch hunt, boring boring", then don't read about it or find something else to talk about but know that it's an important matter for a lot of people (other than you, obviously).
Someone said this blog doesn't have any power. It's not true. See, Sweetmade doesn't sell in her stores anymore.
I was thinking it may be nice to get an estimate of how many we have here. It does not seem like many due to the slow posting sometimes.
I will count myself as ONE. Any others want to add a number?
October 9, 2009 3:02 PM
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Ok, I'm TWO and I just wrote the previous comment.
Wait I am confused why the fuck are we talking about doodles? Where is the video proof of her trying to contact Izosoft to ask for the email saying she had permission to sell their images as commercial use .Where is the video of her phoning/texting/emailing Izosoft? If it was legit then there would be no problem it would be front and center on her blog. Why is it doodles?
Focus on what is real here. Her saying she had permission to use Izosoft images to sell as commercial use. Izosoft will have her receipt and the email. So why isn't that on her blog?
I'm three.
Psycho(s) go home!
Enough about Sweetmade.
The sweetmade hater is one to ten
Focus on what is real here.
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Ok, let's hear why you have such a hard on for sweetmade.
Speaking of piracy, I thought that Daisy Trail had dropped Amanda Dykan/Mulberry Lane Studios. But it looks like she's back up.
http://shop.daisytrail.com/Products/BrandDesigner/MulberryLaneStudios/
And aren't those chairs and table in her Paris kit the same ones that were proven to be stolen from Genevieve at Oscraps?
If people did not bring up possible pirates on this and other blog people like Amanda Dykan would still be selling her stuff and selling her stuff under other names all with pirated stuff. So if people want to question Sweetmade they have every right too. If she cannot provide the proof of having consent to use images, etc. that's unfortunate.
Read the post above your own. Amanda Dykan IS still selling her stuff. This blog isn't as all powerful as you think it is.
Speaking of piracy, I thought that Daisy Trail had dropped Amanda Dykan/Mulberry Lane Studios. But it looks like she's back up.
http://shop.daisytrail.com/Products/BrandDesigner/MulberryLaneStudios/
And aren't those chairs and table in her Paris kit the same ones that were proven to be stolen from Genevieve at Oscraps?
October 9, 2009 3:39 PM
If she cannot provide the proof of having consent to use images, etc. that's unfortunate.
October 9, 2009 3:51 PM
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And if you can't provide the proof that she's a pirate, that's even more unfortunate, since it makes you nothing but a deranged blowhard.
Never heard of Daisy Trail, but I'd never shop at a place that deals with the likes of Amanda Dykan.
God/Karma/Fate will come calling for Amanda one day. I've got more important things to do than wasting time on her.
Boy, some people sure did get defensive on that DST thread about gift/compensation disclosure on blogs!
Yeah, don't shop there. Whatever.
The point is that Amanda Dykan is still selling. She was actually proven to be a pirate. There was documented proof. We all know she should not be selling anywhere. As much as everyone here continues to talk abou
t her, she is still selling. Blabbing about piracy on this blog does nothing to stop it from happening. This isn't the all-powerful voice of the digi people.
The only way to remove a pirate is to deal with the store she is selling her designs in, and to contact the individuals she has stolen from.
Coming here and declaring people pirates based on suspicion, a grudge or just a desire to stir the pot with drama is plain out wrong. You won't stop a pirate that way. But you will drag people's name through the mud. And when someone might be innocent, that is insanely wrong.
I hate piracy too. I'm not saying I'm ok with it. I just think that trying to expose pirates based on a hunch is ridiculous. Wouldn't you want someone to have actual evidence before accusing you of something that will ruin you?
The individuals you talk about on this blog are people just like you and your friends and family. They are humans with families and you can effect them negatively by what you say here. I just think you should keep that in mind before putting someone up on the block with no proof of wrong doing.
Jofia has left the Pickle. Not surprised. That place just keeps going downhill.
I give it less than a year before that store joins the digi graveyard in the sky.
The only way to remove a pirate is to deal with the store she is selling her designs in, and to contact the individuals she has stolen from.
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It's really kind of sad that so few designers understand this, isn't it?
Read the post above your own. Amanda Dykan IS still selling her stuff. This blog isn't as all powerful as you think it is.
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Get real. Like she's making so much more money there compared to Shabby Pickle and her multiple personalities, sorry, multiple selling names.
Get real. Like she's making so much more money there compared to Shabby Pickle and her multiple personalities, sorry, multiple selling names.
October 9, 2009 4:40 PM
I didn't realize that it mattered if a pirate was selling at a big name store or a no name store. A pirate is a pirate right?
I thought your point was that this blog was some sort of sounding board for outing pirates. But apparently it is only a place for people to out big named pirates based purely on your own personal abilities to be absolutely certain who a pirate is even without an evidence.
Ok, now I'm off to start getting real. Not sure what that means or how to go about it, but I'll try really hard. Promise!
Get real. Like she's making so much more money there compared to Shabby Pickle and her multiple personalities, sorry, multiple selling names.
October 9, 2009 4:40 PM
FFS, are you really as stupid as you sound in this post?
So the issue for you isn't piracy being wrong? It's only a problem if said pirate is making "lots" of money at a "big name" store? You're perfect DST material.
"The only way to remove a pirate is to deal with the store she is selling her designs in, and to contact the individuals she has stolen from.
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It's really kind of sad that so few designers understand this, isn't it?"
I think most designers deal with pirates all the time. I personally deal with it more than I would like. But really saying someone is a pirate when you don't have the proof, nor have you purchased what your saying is pirate material, well it just sucks. I say if you purchased something that you think is pirated material, contact the designer, no response contact the store. It simple. But to accuse someone for being a pirate or saying someone is tracing doodles, that is just crazy! I work in AI and it is so easy to make doodles, it isn't funny. If you can draw you can doodle. So please come on.
ITA 5:18
It's too bad that a few crazy designers with some kind of vendetta think they can use places like this blog to engage in pointless smear campaigns.
Fortunately, I think most people are smart enough to see exactly what's going on in these kinds of cases.
earth to 4:40
Shabby Pickle jumped the shark a long time ago. Please keep up.
I still really like Shabby Pickle and purchase there all the time. I'm not sure why there is such a bias here against them. But then, maybe it's just one or two very vocal people, hard to tell on a anon blog.
I think the designers there are pretty talented. But I guess it all comes down to personal preference and the style you like to work with.
It sucks for them that Jofia left though. She was definitely the best thing they had going for them.
So tired of all the endless store hopping by designers. At this point, there is hardly anyone worth it to me to follow around.
earth to 4:40
Shabby Pickle jumped the shark a long time ago. Please keep up.
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earth to 5:23
maybe for you, but I still buy from Holly Designs, Kasia, Mira, Vera Lim and more. It's still a good store. At least there isn't a ton of CU when they have new product like After Five. You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitle to mine.
Sweetmade, you're sick. Stop trying to defend yourself pretending you're a bunch of different people.
You're busted. Find a new job.
Dragging designers or non designer through the mud is plain screwed up.... You have to have other priorities in your life besides this blog? Again, I read not to see if I am being dragged around, but for the laughs,
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And that makes you better, right? Coz you come here to laugh.
And aren't those chairs and table in her Paris kit the same ones that were proven to be stolen from Genevieve at Oscraps?
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No, it was never proven that she stole from Genevieve, at least not in the public eye. I have no idea what went on behind closed doors.
However, if Daisytrail put her back in the store, they have satisfied themselves about the legitimacy of her designs. She was gone from there for four months or so. Let's wait and see what happens.
It's really kind of sad that so few designers understand this, isn't it?
October 9, 2009 4:17 PM
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Scrappers are just as bad, don't lay the whole thing down on designers. I've been on both sides and seen the ugliness there.
Isn't this a MAJOR copyright violation?? I seriously doubt Disney granted them rights....
http://www.enchantedstudioscraps.com/xcart/product.php?productid=1753
HUGE copyright violation. Disney does not let you use any of their stuff. Again, a case of a designer not knowing copyright laws.
No, it was never proven that she stole from Genevieve, at least not in the public eye. I have no idea what went on behind closed doors.
However, if Daisytrail put her back in the store, they have satisfied themselves about the legitimacy of her designs. She was gone from there for four months or so. Let's wait and see what happens.
Thanks for your two cents Amanda.
But it was proven. In the thread at DST Genevieve stated that those doodles were never purchased by Amanda Dykan or by Lily Anne, nor had she agreed to allow her to use them for CU. So yes it was proven.
There were also letters from the orginal artist of the dinosaur doodles that Amanda claimed to have drawn that were shown publicly. Stacy Carlton showed the emails in a thread at DSA. The owner of the original dinosaur drawings never allowed Amanda to use those images in any way.
So the store may have "satisfied themselves to the legitimacy of her designs" but she still pirated images. Amanda has proven to be incredibly manipulative and very good at pulling the wool over people's eyes.
I would like to hope that there is the possiblity that she has straightened up and is no longer pirating, but she is still selling the table and chairs elments that she does not have permission to use.
I cannot believe the nerve of this Amanda. Cant she just pack up and go home already? All this piracy and use of CU items is getting to be so annoying. I am thinking of dropping my teams and erasing all of my galleries due to being tired of this community. The sad part is that I dont feel as a consumer I could shop in comfort. Kits are becoming so expensive and quality and reliability are becoming cheap. This is ruining the industry and is not fair to people who just want to scrapbook. Maybe it is time big paper companies produce digital products so consumers have reliability and faith in a designer.
Wow, That sure is a lot of disney to be making money off of..... Has anyone contacted the owner, and asked any questions.
ouch! the kit hurts my eyes. that is a perfect example of someone that should not be designing.
Thanks for your two cents Amanda.
But it was proven. In the thread at DST Genevieve stated that those doodles were never purchased by Amanda Dykan or by Lily Anne, nor had she agreed to allow her to use them for CU. So yes it was proven.
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Geez, you're such an idiot. I wrote that and my name is not Amanda, not that you will believe me. Genevieve never contributed to that thread at DST, go and check. It was Melissa from Pink Cat studios. So, before you go and slam me, check your facts.
Maybe it is time big paper companies produce digital products so consumers have reliability and faith in a designer.
October 9, 2009 8:54 PM
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You're kidding, right? Do you know how many digital designers design for paper companies in the first place, not to mention that there's been a lot of flak with paper companies too.
Isn't this a MAJOR copyright violation?? I seriously doubt Disney granted them rights....
http://www.enchantedstudioscraps.com/xcart/product.php?productid=1753
October 9, 2009 7:56 PM
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Did you contact Disney yet or you are just going to express your horror here?
Wow, That sure is a lot of disney to be making money off of..... Has anyone contacted the owner, and asked any questions.
October 9, 2009 9:54 PM
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Have you?
The problem with the digi community is not so much the piracy, but those most people expect someone else to do the reporting because they don't want to get caught up in it.
Geez, you're such an idiot. I wrote that and my name is not Amanda, not that you will believe me. Genevieve never contributed to that thread at DST, go and check. It was Melissa from Pink Cat studios. So, before you go and slam me, check your facts.
I stand corrected. You were right about that. I apologize for supplying misinformation. It's been a while, and it wasn't big part of my life. So I remembered incorrecly.
Genevieve did state that she never allowed Amanda to use her products. However, it was not at DST.
But now that you mention it, you brought up a great point. Melissa from Pink Cat did confirm that Amanda had stolen her images. Thanks for making my point that Amanda was proven to be a pirate.
Now what was your point again?
PS, Calling people idiots doesn't normally get them to respond to you in the manner that you want them to. It doesn't make them listen to what you are saying. It actually usually does the complete opposite. Name calling makes most people angry. You will come across as a more believable and intelligent person if you don't call people names. Name calling makes you sound frustrated, immature and totally not in control of yourself and your emotions. Just a little advice that might help you here and in your real life. Anger management classes might be an option for you as well. Good luck with your temper situation. :)
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Well, wow, you sure read a lot into that, didn't you? Anger management? You are kidding, right? Coz I called you an idiot? Wow, and wow again. I'm simply stunned by your assumptions, but you are good at that, aren't you? You assumed I was Amanda. Maybe you should look into that, making assumptions is not a good thing, it can really lead you astray and make you look foolish.
Actually, I was joking when I called you Amanda. And being very light and silly when I told you need anger management. Looks like you assume much as well. And, you kind of proved my point. Even if it was a joke. Lighten up. You'll be so much happier! :)
1:43 You seem very uptight. And your buttons are very easily pushed. Are you by any chance Amanda? bwhahahahahaha
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Believe what you will if that makes you happy.
Actually, I was joking when I called you Amanda. And being very light and silly when I told you need anger management. Looks like you assume much as well. And, you kind of proved my point. Even if it was a joke. Lighten up. You'll be so much happier! :)
October 10, 2009 1:45 AM
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So, next time someone says something directly and I take it directly, it actually means I'm assuming something, gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up. No wonder my life is ruined.
email from sweetmade
I want you to know that I am tracing all your e mails, they all lead to Germany which is sad because I am German as well.
So what I will have to do now is hire a lawyer because you are spreading these lies about me without proof, without being the owner of any art works, you just said to cu.com that this is a FACT not a lie which you are certifying hereby that what you say is true.
That is defamatory slander, you should be ashamed of yourself for these kind of messages, and because you are not In America you feel nothing will happen to you, that's false. If enough proof can be provided that you intentionally spread these lies and rumors which now I can I will file charges and supply all IP adresses which you tried to disguise yourself under to the proper authorities, I will make sure that I find out who you are. All e-mails have been traced to the same person, in the same town. And let me repeat I am German citizen.
You see how below you left a IP trace address? Look at your email below. Same with the other stores you e-mailed, the only sole person who you are yet to email is me.
Only slander if it's not true. Since it's not possible to prove a negative (ie she DIDN'T have permission over the Izosoft stuff), she will have to front the permission in court. I sure hope she realises what will happen if/when she can't.
And how exactly do you KNOW she can't provide the proof??
Did you contact Disney yet or you are just going to express your horror here?
*eyeroll* Didn't realize I expressed "horror" but no, I did not contact Disney.
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And how exactly do you KNOW she can't provide the proof??
October 10, 2009 9:01 AM
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I don't, that's why I said IF.
Course, if she can she'd save herself a lot of effort and legal fees just to produce it (as she's spent a lot of time trying to pass off tracings as drawings on her blog already you would think she'd be able to scan and post a permission - especially since one would expect that a redistribution permission would requite disclosure at least in TOU anyway, not like it would be a secret).
But if she wants to do things the expensive way, that's up to her :)
It will be interesting to see who's behind this latest witch hunt/smear campaign.
*eyeroll* Didn't realize I expressed "horror" but no, I did not contact Disney.
October 10, 2009 9:13 AM
Well, why on earth haven't you contacted Disney??
If you were concerned enough about Disney's interests to post about them being ripped off, then why would you stop with posting here at this blog? This isn't even a piracy blog.
It IS piracy and Disney that you're concerned about, right? 'Cos if that's true, it seems that Disney and the alleged pirates would be the first place you'd take your concerns . . .
That Disney collection has been removed from the store. Either the designer or store owner read this blog or someone reported it. It's gone now so move on and let the people involoved sort it out.
*eyeroll* Didn't realize I expressed "horror" but no, I did not contact Disney.
October 10, 2009 9:13 AM
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Proof again that it's not piracy, not designers, not smack blogs that's bringing the industry down, it's indifference.
Digi-the skidmark of the scrapping world.
you ladies are missing the point......No one really cares if it piracy if it suits them. If it is cheap and good quality and it helps them scrap their memories.....
The only people on this site are rubber neckers......we are watching the carnage after an accident. Good cheap entertainment.
Designers have let digital scrapping become an impersonal hobby. There have been an influx of new "designers" that sell the same bits and pieces recolored but still the same thing with a new ribbon to wrap it up. How many felt birds can you have. They form CT teams and send their minion to "enslave" others to their way of scrapping.
There will be designers that I will always buy from. Shabby Princess, TracyAnn and a few others that are real designers.
Designers that dont over charge for items they extracted from pirated art work. Designers that dont try to sell you the same thing over and over just recolored time after time. Designers that have some personal integrity.
Designers that sell products that help me share those moments that mark and make my life with my family.
I will continue to drop in here to see the carnage. So step up the smacking. I need some entertainment.
Scrappers don't really care if it's piracy if it suits them--true enough.
But "designers" are falling all over themselves trying to throw each other under whatever bus is rolling by-the piracy bus, the the copycat bus, the popularity bus, yadda yadda.
Digi-the skidmark of the scrapping world.
October 10, 2009 6:28 PM
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Oh please, there's so much more crap in the paper world than there is in digi and nastier scrappers too.
I'll admit that I don't care if designers use stuff they downloaded from the internet for free and aren't sure of it's provenance. I do care that some of them are incapable of using those goodies as a base and changing it enough to make it something new. It's the same with CU, use it, but change it and make it your own. Just taking something and slapping it into a kit and proclaiming they made it is not only sad, it's stupid.
It's too bad that all the self-appointed pirate police won't just start their own blog or website or whatever floats their boat. Maybe they can get DST on board-that place really needs some traffic or action or something. And we all know what a fine, upstanding, anti-piracy stance DST has . . .
Digi-the skidmark of the scrapping world.
October 10, 2009 6:28 PM
LOL--too true!
Digi-the skidmark of the scrapping world.
October 10, 2009 6:28 PM
LOL--too true!
October 10, 2009 10:00 PM
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Made by a Ferrari, rather than scrap, like paper scrapping.
It's too bad that all the self-appointed pirate police won't just start their own blog or website or whatever floats their boat.
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It's been done before and failed.
Made by a Ferrari, rather than scrap, like paper scrapping.
October 10, 2009 10:06 PM
wth does this even mean??
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Scrap should read crap. Skidmark as in tire skid mark as opposed to the kind found in your panties.
As much as I love Shabby Princess she uses just as much commercial stuff as any designer. She's just creative in how she uses it. There are some original things in digi, but then the bandwagon does the same thing or they're selling that original item as CU i.e. After Five/Shabby Pickle designers.
you said it all....SP is creative in her use of CU items. And it isn't the same felted bird that has added to each kit lately.
I have so much on my hard drive that I really dont need to buy anything and lately I have only bought things that speak to me. So I don't.
God/Karma/Fate will come calling for Amanda one day. I've got more important things to do than wasting time on her.
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God will come calling for Amanda one day?!?! This cracked me up. Typical Christian mentality. Do you really think your god is worried about such materialistic happenings? I would think "God" would have way more important concerns than digital piracy.
Typical Christian mentality. Do you really think your god is worried about such materialistic happenings? I would think "God" would have way more important concerns than digital piracy.
October 11, 2009 10:06 AM
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um, hello? Not even a Christian here, but when you put out lies and hurt and rip people off, it's going to come back to bite you in some form or fashion. But, even IF there is a God, I'm sure that he/she/it is plenty interested in right vs. wrong.
If you take that enormous chip off your shoulder for just a tic, you might be able to see things more clearly.
would think "God" would have way more important concerns than digital piracy.
October 11, 2009 10:06 AM
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Oh, come on now! Many Christians pray for all kinds of things from victory on the football field to help with finding lost jewelry to selling their house. If Gawd can be bothered with those kinds of things, I'm sure he'll be happy to oblige with a little hellfire and brimstone for digital pirates ;)
this is such a stretch - totally looks like a CT assignment to me. WHY call a precious little one just to fulfill a CT job? Why not just PASS on using those items!!???
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=320642&cat=all&limit=last1
this is such a stretch - totally looks like a CT assignment to me. WHY call a precious little one just to fulfill a CT job? Why not just PASS on using those items!!???
Seriously?!! You're going to pick on that? It's a cute page...I think you need to lighten up.
gotta agree with 3:59. You're objecting that she called her child a little monster?? She was obviously doing it in an affectionate, cutesy way. Why the heck do you get a say-so in how she jokes around or refers to her kids?
You sure are stretching to find something to bitch about. Or maybe you're just a bitter hag all the time?
Why not just PASS on using those items!!???
October 11, 2009 3:49 PM
Why not just PASS on being such a nitpicking beyotch!!????
this is such a stretch - totally looks like a CT assignment to me. WHY call a precious little one just to fulfill a CT job? Why not just PASS on using those items!!???
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=320642&cat=all&limit=last1
October 11, 2009 3:49 PM
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Wouldn't sell me on those kits.
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Honestly? There's not much of anything that could sell me on 99% of the kits I see at SSD.
But the original comment about the LO was just so completely bitchy and uncalled for. Even for here.
I'm entitled to my opinion about that LO. I stand by what I said -- it's SO OBVIOUS that it's a CT LO. You're not ever gonna convince me that the scrapper would go out and BUY a monster kit to scrap a newborn. Seeing these kinds of LOs plastered all in over store galleries that are obviously CT pages for a different store just as bad as what you guys are saying about me for pointing it out. All I can say is at least I think she used a photo of her own baby rather than a stock photo.
I really hate having to keep track of credits so I'm not posting in galleries anymore. What a waste of time.
I really hate having to keep track of credits so I'm not posting in galleries anymore. What a waste of time.
October 11, 2009 7:28 PM
Ditto. I quit posting to galleries well over a year ago b/c it was too time consuming and too much of a pain to give designers free advertising after I had already paid for the items to begin with. All the gallery issues at DST made it an easy decision, too. I don't miss posting my LOs one bit.
I used to enjoy browsing the galleries before the days of mega CTs and CTs that dump their LOs in more than 1 or 2 galleries. Now, not so much.
I didn't know there was a rule you HAD to post credits if you posted in a public gallery. I don't and no one has ever called me on it. I'm just too freaking lazy to care.
I'm entitled to my opinion about that LO.
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Yep, you are. And all the people that think you're a mega-bitch are entitled to their opinions, too.
sometimes a CT assignment as you called them actually stretch the norm...CTing is not all about the designer.
As a ct I have designers come out with kits I would NEVER have thought about buying, download it and find it sparks my imagination and kicks me out of the same ol' same ol
I am a bit tired myself of hanging babies in pictures myself, and to be honest, think most babies look like monsters or aliens anyways!
cheers to the woman who used a whole lotta stuff to make a fun layout about her newest monster!
I bet her family laughed! You might try that, laughing, it is fun!
3:49 PM must be someone from scrapbookbytes trying to get people back to the site.
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srsly?
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this is such a stretch - totally looks like a CT assignment to me. WHY call a precious little one just to fulfill a CT job? Why not just PASS on using those items!!???
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=320642&cat=all&limit=last1
October 11, 2009 3:49 PM
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What a nasty bitch you are. Who says she didn't scrap that photo with that kit because she wanted to? And just because someone posts credits does not make it a CT layout. You really are sinking low.
For a lot of challenges -- you could also say "what a stretch" -- so obvious the page would never have been made but for that challenge and so many times, the concept/design REALLY doesn't work but the comments are all about how cute, what a great job on the challenge, blah blah blah. It's ALL SO FAKE
For a lot of challenges -- you could also say "what a stretch" -- so obvious the page would never have been made but for that challenge and so many times, the concept/design REALLY doesn't work but the comments are all about how cute, what a great job on the challenge, blah blah blah. It's ALL SO FAKE
not everyone wants a baby page that's pastel and full of angel wings and baby booties, what's it to you? not everyone scraps to tell a story, some people like a challenge, who cares if they are doing it just for the sake of doing the challenge. i'm sure you only create masterpieces so why don't you go look at your own stuff and pat yourself on the back for scrapping the "right" way. you sound like a bitter hag
why all the name calling?
some pages are just ugly, that's all. not everyone who scraps does it well
some pages are just ugly, that's all. not everyone who scraps does it well
October 12, 2009 10:50 AM
And? So what? What problems does that cause for you in your life?
Some kits are ugly too. So are some site designs and even some people. Whew I feel better saying that.
What is ugly to one person can be beautiful to someone else. It's completely subjective, and just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them wrong.
What is this, Kindergarten, where everyone's feeble attempt at anything has to be lauded?
What's the point of answering an ISO thread with a product that hasn't even been released yet? thumbs down to Studio Tangie for such shameless pimping
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=214421
some pages are just ugly, that's all. not everyone who scraps does it well
October 12, 2009 10:50 AM
And? So what? What problems does that cause for you in your life?
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And? So what? What problem does HER saying so cause in YOUR life?
if a designer looks really chubby in her avatar, I probably won't buy her stuff
I am bet your avatar looks like the dumb ass that you are
What about freebies? Do you snag freebies from fat chicks? I bet you do and don't even say thanks either
Wow, sumbody gots a bug up her butt today
I wish more people would put their REAL pictures in their avatar
It has been proven more than once that a photo is not anything to trust as real!
You(2:33 PM are a stupid bitch!
More name calling, not surprising. Say something of substance. You're right about the avatars though.
A person can be intelligent and still have biases against people for a variety of reasons like color, gender, weight, religion etc. Earlier, someone was trying to put down people talking about God/karma and positioning themselves as more enlightened while simultaneously bashing their target. Where were you then? Why not call that out? Is it because it's OK to bash religion but not fat people?
You(2:33 PM are a stupid bitch!
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and you're easily provoked. you must be fat and that comment struck a nerve
Ok I deleted my comment but what the hell.
I seriously am shocked that the majority of women posting on this blog are adults.
There has to be something better to talk about than making fun of chubby women/designers and someone's little monster layout.
Which I actually think is cute btw and it is definitely something I would do also so I don't see why it simply MUST be a CT layout.
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Wah wah wah, Cry me a river. It's a SMACK blog for crying out loud. What did you REALLY expect?
I think her point was, even though it's a SMACK blog, we call ourselves adults and we're not acting very much like adults. If my children talked the way some of us do here, they'd lose all Wii privileges for a month. But on this blog, we all become the very people we despise. I get what she's saying, and I gotta admit, she has a very valid point,
Tiffany, your designs are really cute except you should stop doing doodles, they are not the same quality as your other stuff looks like it is, just guessing from your previews. Stick with what's working
This should be a place where people can say whatever they feel like saying. If some people's toes get stepped on they are probably too sensitive.
You(2:33 PM are a stupid bitch!
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Right, because lashing out with a nasty name is INTELLIGENT and KIND
Proof again that it's not piracy, not designers, not smack blogs that's bringing the industry down, it's indifference.
October 10, 2009 5:55 PM
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I so agree. It's sad.
What's the point of answering an ISO thread with a product that hasn't even been released yet? thumbs down to Studio Tangie for such shameless pimping
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You must be new to digi--this has been done for years. Along with the CT people who post their designer's kits that are not even *remotely* close to what the ISO was all about. Actually, to me, that totally unrelated garbage is way more annoying than the soon-to-be-released stuff.
Excuse me....this is a smack blog not DST where everyone poos roses......................
I posted an ISO thread saying I **HAD** a certain kit and was looking for something else in the same vein and three people posted with the kit I said I already had. Presumably the designer's CT pimping her stuff without even READING what I was looking for.
no, I'm not new. Just wanna openly bash it here.
MORE SPACE?????
*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&*&* marking my place
not DST where everyone poos roses
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...and does a BOM LO about it afterwards
...and does a BOM LO about it afterwards
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...and submits it as a site challenge to earn shoddy posting bonuses, blind to the fact that the main reason for a site to host challenges is to get page hits, site rankings and customers using their products
I posted an ISO thread saying I **HAD** a certain kit and was looking for something else in the same vein and three people posted with the kit I said I already had. Presumably the designer's CT pimping her stuff without even READING what I was looking for.
October 12, 2009 5:45 PM
Wonder if designers realize how many people their CTs drive off by doing that?
Who farted?
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I wish more people would put their REAL pictures in their avatar
October 12, 2009 3:11 PM
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Why?
But on this blog, we all become the very people we despise. I get what she's saying, and I gotta admit, she has a very valid point,
October 12, 2009 4:42 PM
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Speak for yourself. I'm the same here as I am in the forums. I don't name call, bash, smack or anything like that. I offer my opinion. Some people may see that as bashing because they can't seem to grasp the concept of constructive criticism.
Speak for yourself. I'm the same here as I am in the forums. I don't name call, bash, smack or anything like that. I offer my opinion. Some people may see that as bashing because they can't seem to grasp the concept of constructive criticism.
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If you don't do it, CLEARLY I'm not talking about you.
Riiiight. Cause you can catch fatness from a zip download? What a maroon, (sic Bugs Bunny)
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October 12, 2009 2:33 PM
What's the point of answering an ISO thread with a product that hasn't even been released yet? thumbs down to Studio Tangie for such shameless pimping
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=214421
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I don't have a problem with her post. She has a product that was pertinent and coming out very soon. The kit could be just what the OP wants for her mini album.
I would not call this shameless pimping. I call it marketing. Shameless pimping to me would be showing a kit that didn't have anything to do with cats.
I wish more people would put their REAL pictures in their avatar
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Why. This is the internet and one of the benefits of the internet is anonymity. And even when you see "real" pictures. How do you know they are really "real". Think LilyAnne Taylor for example.
I care more about how people act and talk to others in the forums versus what they look like.
But on this blog, we all become the very people we despise.
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This is a pretty bold statement. I would like it better if you switched "we all" for "some people".
I may be in the minority but I try to behave the same on this blog as I do in any forum. I don't believe in anonymity. I believe that I have to answer for my behaviors if to no one else at least to myself. When I treat other people how I want to be treated I find that life is much smoother.
This is a pretty bold statement. I would like it better if you switched "we all" for "some people".
I may be in the minority but I try to behave the same on this blog as I do in any forum. I don't believe in anonymity. I believe that I have to answer for my behaviors if to no one else at least to myself. When I treat other people how I want to be treated I find that life is much smoother.
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If I had meant "everyone" I would have said "everyone". We means me and at least one other person. But since everyone here is anonymous, it could very well be just me and one other person posting. There is no way to know.
If you want me to be more specific, then fine, SOME people. But again, if you don't act petty and childish on this blog, than it was pretty clear that it wasn't talking about you. Most people can tell the difference between snarky comments and stating an opinion that is mature and well presented.
I didn't think you were being snarky at all. You are right "we" can mean just me and one other person. I guess I just misinterpreted what you said and assumed that you meant everyone here collectively. Sometimes when we type something it isn't obvious how someone else will take it because we know what we mean when we type it.
And the fact that everyone is post as anonymous, doesn't even make it clear who said what which just compounds the problem!
But on this blog, we all become the very people we despise.
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This is a pretty bold statement. I would like it better if you switched "we all" for "some people".
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If I had meant "everyone" I would have said "everyone". We means me and at least one other person.
If you want me to be more specific, then fine, SOME people. But again, if you don't act petty and childish on this blog, than it was pretty clear that it wasn't talking about you. Most people can tell the difference between snarky comments and stating an opinion that is mature and well presented.
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sorry, the mature and well presented opinion wouldn't be you. You got snarky with the person who took exception to your post. Perhaps you ought to re-read your original post. You said, "WE ALL..." yes, we all means everyone.
Well what do you know, DSP is now doing 'value collections'.
Interesting!
meh. It's very easy to lose interest in DSP-their stuff is so very blah, and the small kits are overpriced. Store is also a pain to navigate.
Well what do you know, DSP is now doing 'value collections'.
Interesting!
October 13, 2009 6:30 PM
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6-8 papers and 10-16 elements is a VALUE? Pfffffffffftttt
The thing with DSP is that all the designs look the same. So many are flat.
I have always thought their kits were overpriced for what was included. Now, they $6.49 for a "value" with a couple extra papers and a handful more elements - no thanks.
I have also heard nightmare stories come out of that place. It is said that if and when a designer demonstrates more talent that Lauren Bavin, they are counseled to tone it down. It definitely has a stepford wives mentality. The designers bash each other too once one leaves. Too dramatic for me.
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Some kits may have a lot of elements but if they are mostly the same, in shadowed and non shadowed versions, different colors or something you can't use, what's the point in a lot of elements? I've bought some kits boasting 50 or more elements and it turns out I'm only interested in about 20 of them. So many elements are just like packing noodles, their only function is to provide padding.
I recently stumbled upon Ami Collofello at Pixel Gypsy Designs. Loving her stuff. The Charming Element Pack is one of my faves. Thought I'd share. :)
I have also heard nightmare stories come out of that place. It is said that if and when a designer demonstrates more talent that Lauren Bavin, they are counseled to tone it down. It definitely has a stepford wives mentality. The designers bash each other too once one leaves. Too dramatic for me.
October 13, 2009 8:40 PM
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Wouldn't surprise me a bit. There's a bigtime stepford thing going on over there--has been for years.
The place is full of rigid old ladies and newbies to digi who haven't yet found the better sites. They've definitely got their niche-the rigid old ladies aren't going anywhere, and there will always be newbies.
It's too bad they didn't stick to their crazy 200 vs. 300 stance, though, like their owner swore she would NEVER change. Then the place would have died sooner instead of hanging on with the rattling, wheezing gasps.
sorry, the mature and well presented opinion wouldn't be you. You got snarky with the person who took exception to your post. Perhaps you ought to re-read your original post. You said, "WE ALL..." yes, we all means everyone.
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Uhhhhh, never said I was mature. So now you're accusing me of the very thing I already admitted to. wow, that stings.
and NO, "we all" means, "we all who are doing it". I already said I didn't mean it, but if you want to give me a semantics lesson, consider me "skooled."
6-8 papers and 10-16 elements is a VALUE? Pfffffffffftttt
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When there is actual work involved and not jam packed full of regurgitated CU scanned elements, yes, that is certainly value.
I would rather pay for quality any day.
I have also heard nightmare stories come out of that place. It is said that if and when a designer demonstrates more talent that Lauren Bavin, they are counseled to tone it down. It definitely has a stepford wives mentality. The designers bash each other too once one leaves. Too dramatic for me.
October 13, 2009 8:40 PM
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Are you serious? Sounds like you read too many smack blogs.
Lauren doesn't strike me as someone who is threatened by someone elses talent. She is pretty well respected in the industry and from what I have heard makes a fantastic income(probably the best in the industry given the exchange rates), she has no reason to be remotely concerned how good another designers designs are. Why would she care?
...and submits it as a site challenge to earn shoddy posting bonuses, blind to the fact that the main reason for a site to host challenges is to get page hits, site rankings and customers using their products
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Not always. I'm on a site team and the main reason we have challenges is to build community. That's it.
I also like it when people use their real photos in avatars - it helps me keep people straight. So many fake avatars look too much alike.
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I find that with a lot of the 'real' photos. So many of them look alike.
I dislike designerdigitals because their customer service sucks. I bought something be mistake. Didn't download it. Asked for a refund and was given a one use coupon for the amount I mistakenly spent. I only buy things on sale......I hate searching that site there are too many things to really know what is new and what is old. I dislike that they dont take paypal. Although I have worked around that with a paypal one time generated credit card. But no more......I will not be shopping there again....There are too may other places that are happy to take my money.
What store will you not shop at again?
I bought from DSP once long ago. I didn't realise their stuff was only 200ppi at the time (and it WASN'T clearly stated at the time either). Won't buy from there again - not even now they have 300ppi stuff. Those kits are so small, even for 3.99 and their "value packs" are nothing more than another name for a "combo" except there's very little in them. Certainly not worth the price they are asking for them. I can get a "combo" which includes fully packed page kit, qp set, addon and alpha for little more than they want for their paltry "value pack" which seems to only be a small page set and either a couple of QP's or the even smaller add-on. Beats me how they stay in business. They must have a lot of newbies who don't know any better.
I can get a "combo" which includes fully packed page kit, qp set, addon and alpha for little more than they want for their paltry "value pack" which seems to only be a small page set and either a couple of QP's or the even smaller add-on. Beats me how they stay in business. They must have a lot of newbies who don't know any better.
October 14, 2009 12:48 AM
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How many times do you use one of your combo packs? Is it more than once? Twice maybe?
Aren't you better off spending less on smaller packs than spending more on bigger packs with lots of recolours that you will use no more than the smaller size original individual item kits.
My bet is that you would use one of those huge kits no more than a smaller kit with no recolours.
Who says I buy combos with "recolors"?? I shop wisely and go for kits/combos with few if any repeats of elements or papers. I can scrap a whole album full of pages using good combo packs from good designers. No chance of more than a page or two with the DSP kits. So therefore I most certainly do get better value from the non DSP ones.
I can get a "combo" which includes fully packed page kit, qp set, addon and alpha for little more than they want for their paltry "value pack"
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I'm not a supporter of DSP but for the kits that you are mentioning, I don't want the add ons (which are usually just recolors), the alpha (which is usually just a font decorated to match the kit) nor the qp set or brag books (I never use them). Again, it's just packing noodles to me.
When there is actual work involved and not jam packed full of regurgitated CU scanned elements, yes, that is certainly value.
I would rather pay for quality any day.
October 13, 2009 10:27 PM
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And you could do better than that if you looked around. But if that level of work is your benchmark you GO girl.
How many times do you use one of your combo packs? Is it more than once? Twice maybe?
Aren't you better off spending less on smaller packs than spending more on bigger packs with lots of recolours that you will use no more than the smaller size original individual item kits.
My bet is that you would use one of those huge kits no more than a smaller kit with no recolours.
October 14, 2009 1:25 AM
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I use my own kits over and over and over. They are designed to be staples in the supply, and not trends that fall out of fashion with the seasons. Nor are recolors which are few and far between in my kits, counted as unique elements. So yes, my large kits get used for years, and I hear the same feedback from my customers.
Bully to those who like 6 papers and a handful of elements, but I can't work with that little, and for me, that's a poor value.
I'm not a supporter of DSP but for the kits that you are mentioning, I don't want the add ons (which are usually just recolors), the alpha (which is usually just a font decorated to match the kit) nor the qp set or brag books (I never use them). Again, it's just packing noodles to me.
October 14, 2009 5:34 AM
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I don't know where you get your alphas from but I certainly don't have any that are "just a font decorated to match the kit". The alphas in the kits I buy are beautiful and not just a font filled with a color or paper. Scrap with the kits you like to scrap with just as I will but stop your riduculous assumptions.
ROFL
"packing noodles" I like that.
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So many elements are just like packing noodles, their only function is to provide padding.
October 13, 2009 8:42 PM
WHen I scrap, I scrap events, not pages. I want all the pages in that event to match. So yes, I need and want a large kit to scrap those pages. Those small DSP (and other designers' too) kits don't work for me at all. I am also not one to go searching through my stash to find an element that was not added to the kit at hand. The kit needs to have enough basics in it so that I don't have to look elsewhere for what's needed. Those small DSP kits don't have enough of what I need. There are a few other designers who design that same way--small kits--and I won't buy from them either.
Anyone know what happened to Shauna (aka pineapple plantation)? She is totally gone from Scrap Orchard with no explanation or retiring sale. Didn't she help start that store?
She did. I would love to know what happened too. She also helped to start DSA... I noticed yesterday that Scrap Orchard is now Scrap Orchard LLC.... and Mel and Kami are the sole owners.
I don't know what you have against "recolored". I like to have an element in different colors in a kit. Sometimes I wish one specific element was provided in another color because it would match better my layout. Of course, I could recolor it myself but this is not the point of buying a kit, is it? I pay to save some time otherwise, I would design the whole kit by myself.
I use my own kits over and over and over. They are designed to be staples in the supply, and not trends that fall out of fashion with the seasons.
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Please tell me who you are so I can come buy your kits!
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The designer I CT for does the same thing and I'm loving her for it! She always includes basics in each kit so that I don't have to open other folders/kits in my supply just to find a staple. But she doesn't keep using the same staple over and over in all her kits--she makes it fit the style of the kit and uses a variety.
The same with other basics like ribbons/strings/bows, etc. If her color swatch uses 5 colors, she will have 5 ribbons, 5 strings, 5 bows etc. BUT.... she always makes sure they are 5 DIFFERENT ribbons/strings/bows... not just the same one recolored. It makes for a lot of versatility so that my pages match but aren't boring.
I will buy a mega kit or a small kit depending on my needs. The only time I may want a big mega kit is if I am doing a photobook and want all the pages to co-ordinate. Generally the smaller kits are perfect for double-four page layouts.
Scrap with the kits you like to scrap with just as I will but stop your riduculous assumptions.
October 14, 2009 8:55 AM
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What assumptions? I said usually. I don't see any assumption there. Of course, if the word usually is an assumption, then I stand corrected, but when I looked it up, it didn't, so ... you've just made yourself look stupid.
I don't know what you have against "recolored". I like to have an element in different colors in a kit.
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I hate having recolored elements in a kit. Mostly because so many designers haven't a clue on how to recolor correctly. There are some who do, and I buy from them, when I buy, which is rare. I like variety in my kits and having the same thing six times is boring. Of course there are some designers who go overboard on the variety and end up with a bunch of stuff that you can't use or it doesn't go together.
7.30PM and 4.37PM... I want to know who you are!!
If it helps, I am just Ro, a nobody :D OK your turn :D
Darn it, that's 7.30AM... and 4.37PM, I want to know who your designer is.
Well, there has to be something wrong with DSP's management if people keep leaving. The two I know of recently are Clohie Watkins and Ruby Rynne. Both didn't seem to stay long.
I have heard directly from past designers there of the antics, so no, it isn't some gossipy crap. Just ask Irene. LOL. She was reported to have had a real out with them. And her designs trump anything on that site.
Lauren may be a nice person and she is talented, but that wasn't the point. If no new talent is ranking to the top and staying there happily, then there is a stepford hierarchy and designers are kept in check. Like someone else said, the newbies don't know any better so they are thrilled to get in.
Regardless, their designs appear pretty old school, their site very convoluted and the price to value ratio not so good for today's economy.
Well, there has to be something wrong with DSP's management if people keep leaving.
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The same can be said of SBG, SP, TDC, etc. A lot of stores have people come and go all the time.
Regardless, their designs appear pretty old school, their site very convoluted and the price to value ratio not so good for today's economy.
October 15, 2009 12:18 AM
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I had a look there just now and it's ugly. What's with that awful header and that dropdown box on it looks terrible.
The same can be said of SBG, SP, TDC, etc. A lot of stores have people come and go all the time.
October 15, 2009 1:13 AM
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Precisely! Just because designers leave now and again doesn't mean there is something wrong with the place...
Also, just because Irene left doesn't mean Lauren was the cause!
From what I have seen and heard, Irene likes to copy other designers. A shame because she does have plenty of talent, just a pity she can't be original. I have seen a kit of hers fiercly resemble a kit Nicole put out only a week or two before.
I imagine Nicole Youngs sales would be right up there with Laurens and she has been there a while now...can't be having too many problems.
There are also quite a few designers at DSP who have been there since the beginning.
If Lauren is so hard to work with, why did Robyn not leave? She started there around the same time Ruby and Cloe did.
I think a few of you like to make things up just because you can.
WHen I scrap, I scrap events, not pages. I want all the pages in that event to match. So yes, I need and want a large kit to scrap those pages. Those small DSP (and other designers' too) kits don't work for me at all. I am also not one to go searching through my stash to find an element that was not added to the kit at hand. The kit needs to have enough basics in it so that I don't have to look elsewhere for what's needed. Those small DSP kits don't have enough of what I need. There are a few other designers who design that same way--small kits--and I won't buy from them either.
October 14, 2009 9:20 AM
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Guess you must lack creativity then...
I have made an entire album out of a single dsp kit and add on pack. It isn't that hard to do at all.
I don't think it's that Lauren's hard to work with--I think it's the Amy/Jen/whatever generic name that owns the site. And a few other long time designers there.
I get a very SSD vibe from them--they put on a good show of nice-nice, but behind the scenes, it's a real snake-pit.
They probably don't pick on Lauren or mess with her, b/c she's one of the ONLY decent designers they have.
And the copycat allegations against Irene hold no more weight than all the other copycat wah, wah drama that CONTINUALLY comes up in scrapping--digi OR paper. There's always some with the mentality of a five year old who are always waiting to throw out the "copycat" accusations.
Hooray! The 'I'm not affiliated with DSP but I love them' brigade is back! We missed you girls!
Personally, don't care either way as I don't shop there and can't imagine I ever will, but don't bear a grudge if you do either. Would agree with the comments about their craptastically awful website, though. Seriously, the 1990s called and would like their web design back.
Guess you must lack creativity then...
I have made an entire album out of a single dsp kit and add on pack. It isn't that hard to do at all.
October 15, 2009 6:09 PM
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@@ For cripes sake, you may like your albums to have a very limited, similar look, but not everyone does. (And either way is ok, BTW, at least with some of us)
It has nothing to do with creativity, but thanks for trying.
IMO, DSP sucks---seriously sucks. And no amount of 'DSP lovers' are EVAH going to change my mind.
I don't think I'm alone in that feeling, but you DSP people knock yourselves out if that's what blows your skirts up. But I'm just wondering why y'all have become such a presence on smack blogs of all places in the past 6 months or so. Are there not enough digi newbies and old-skool digi scrappers to keep the place hoppin'????
I'm not for or against DSP but the reason there appears to be so many supposed (you don't really know if they are affiliated, it's just a ridiculous assumption) DSP people is because this smack blog keeps bringing them up, doh!!!
Guess you must lack creativity then...
I have made an entire album out of a single dsp kit and add on pack. It isn't that hard to do at all.
October 15, 2009 6:09 PM
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Not the OP, but as some have said they make entire albums out of one kit, then they clearly have no problem with a limited, similar look.
Anyone know what happened to Shauna (aka pineapple plantation)? She is totally gone from Scrap Orchard with no explanation or retiring sale. Didn't she help start that store?
October 14, 2009 10:47 AM
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Just heard she's moving on to a different store. I love her stuff, so I hope that's the case.
Not the OP, but as some have said they make entire albums out of one kit, then they clearly have no problem with a limited, similar look.
October 15, 2009 6:47 PM
Reading comprehension. You should look into it.
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If you say so. Maybe you should look into making yourself understood.
But I'm just wondering why y'all have become such a presence on smack blogs of all places in the past 6 months or so. Are there not enough digi newbies and old-skool digi scrappers to keep the place hoppin'????
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I'm sure "their" presence here is for the same reason you have a presence here. Do you think that only non-DSP people lay claim to smack blogs?
It must be pretty mild in digiland these days if all we can find to complain about is the size of kits at a store that we don't even shop at.
Let's see...
DSP has small kits. Who cares.
Designers move around alot. They've been doing that for years.
DST's new look. Some like it, some don't.
I think that I am oversaturated with the digi scrapping community. I'm not really as enthusiastic as I used to be.
Sometimes it is a good idea to step back and do something different. It might be nice to take a cooking class and get away from the whole online scrapbooking community class for a while. OR maybe a photography class.
When you need to step back and refresh, what do you like to do?
Anyone know what happened to Shauna (aka pineapple plantation)? She is totally gone from Scrap Orchard with no explanation or retiring sale. Didn't she help start that store?
October 14, 2009 10:47 AM
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Just heard she's moving on to a different store. I love her stuff, so I hope that's the case.
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She may be a good designer but there are a lot of good designers out there. Personally I think all the store hopping the designers are doing is bad for business. It is like designers are looking for the perfect store. It doesn't exist. The store is only as good as the people who work there make it. When designers leave stores looking for something better, it tells me that the designer wasn't very successful at making her store a succes.
The store does not make the designer a success. The designer makes a store a success.
I think that I am oversaturated with the digi scrapping community. I'm not really as enthusiastic as I used to be.
Sometimes it is a good idea to step back and do something different. It might be nice to take a cooking class and get away from the whole online scrapbooking community class for a while. OR maybe a photography class.
When you need to step back and refresh, what do you like to do?
October 16, 2009 6:52 PM
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I hear you.
When I step back, I usually do something crafty. At the moment it's crocheting. I'm also doing more with photos, but not scrapping them, just changing them in Lightroom and with textures etc. I've become interested in bokeh.
I still like to scrap, but I think I'm ready to give up on the digi *community*
DST blows worse than ever, and I just can't seem to find a store forum that seems appealing. Interesting products and designs are few and far between. Galleries have become nothing but a CT dumping ground. I just haven't been able to find any digi fun or inspiration out there for a good long while.
The only thing I've bought lately is way old clearance stuff from the Lilypad that I had never broken down and gotten in the past. Pretty sad when the most exciting stuff you can find out there is 1-2+ years old.
Maybe it's time to just scrap out of the old stash and give up on finding any kind of digi socialization. I sort of miss paper scrapping because there was a social aspect to it-you could talk about your hobby with people who also enjoyed it. Am I the only one who feels this way?
meh.
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I know what you mean. It sucks. I want to delete my gallery daily. I already have alot on private but I have a bunch out of albums that I need to delete if I want them gone. It seems there is no solution to the digi community problem. Would be nice to have a place with a few people that share a common hobby, look at each others pages cause they enjoy to see what is up with each other and share sales every once in awhile when its a really good one. I think I should get back in the stash too. I have 90 GB of products from a store I love I think I can hang on that for awhile. =)! Especially if I took a good look in there. KWIM? But I think there has to be a few places like that.
I agree......I am over the majority of all the digi scrap community.
Even with the change in DST, I am still loath the click on my bookmark.
There isn't anything to really see there anymore. No good tips. Nothing really new. Just more pimping than you see in Vegas.
I am over Designers Digital-nothing new, Shabby Pickle-too much fantasy and extraction, SSD-too much of the same thing-same color-same theme,
ScrapbookGraphics-nothing different-just rehashing of what every other store is doing.
I am tired of designers that come in and rape their customers feelings and pocketbooks and then take off.
I have been cutting back on my PC time. I am reading alot. Hadnt done that in awhile.
Ladies~I so agree with you. I am sooo over buying digital scrap supplies. I am shopping my EHD.
Nothing has made me want to spend my hard earned money. Much less download and organize. Every thing is a repeat of what I already have.
I have stopped shopping at stores that dont give me something for my money. An extreme bargain-$1.00 kits, a freebie every now and then. A challenge that gets me to scrap more.
"I think a few of you like to make things up just because you can."
LOL...why is an observation considered making things up? Besides, maybe Ruby and Clohie are smarter business women than whoever that Robyn is you mentioned. Could be they need to be free and allowed to create what they want.
Did you all know that there is a SIX month non competitive clause in the DSP contract? A designer is not allowed to sell ANY designs AT ALL for six months after leaving the place. Six months in this industry is a long time and can be a great loss of income for a designer. Sounds a bit like enslavement to me. How would a young designer ever make it once they left - with no name and they can't sell for six months, that could really bust their career for a bit.
Maybe your best bud Robyn doesn't leave because she can't live without her design income for six months.
Did you all know that there is a SIX month non competitive clause in the DSP contract? A designer is not allowed to sell ANY designs AT ALL for six months after leaving the place. Six months in this industry is a long time and can be a great loss of income for a designer. Sounds a bit like enslavement to me. How would a young designer ever make it once they left - with no name and they can't sell for six months, that could really bust their career for a bit.
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and they obviously can't hold one to this as Ruby went to a new store!! LOL
Did you all know that there is a SIX month non competitive clause in the DSP contract? A designer is not allowed to sell ANY designs AT ALL for six months after leaving the place. Six months in this industry is a long time and can be a great loss of income for a designer. Sounds a bit like enslavement to me. How would a young designer ever make it once they left - with no name and they can't sell for six months, that could really bust their career for a bit.
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I've heard this but haven't yet seen any proof of it. It's just something that gets thrown around and people are stupid enough to believe it. Every single designer that left DSP was at another store within weeks, not months.
I have no knowledge of anything, I'm just throwing something out there that I thought of. If the designers were asked to DSP (for something like poor sales or not promoting or bad "press", DSP probably couldn't enforce a six month rule.
http://digitalscrapbookplace.com/company/designerinfo.shtml
they (DSP) call it a period of time = 6 months!
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Did you all know that there is a SIX month non competitive clause in the DSP contract?
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Old news and has been discussed thoroughly on this blog.
Do we really want to rehash this?
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