Again I want to commend my intern designer for coming up with an original and creative idea (in fact, she has come up with two already) in an industry that is so saturated. I am sure my fellow designers and creatives here can relate to the heartfelt disappointment she is meeting for the first time when confronted by this issue.
Maya
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Yes ma'am, its about as original and creative as the rest of the junk at SBG.
It is certainly something one can accomplish with paper but in over 7 years of digital scrapbooking this product is actually an original idea to our craft, and HATS OFF to the designer who was smart enough, creative enough and technically apt enough to pull it off on her own.
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Yes ma'am, well said. But the designer wasn't from SBG like y'all think she was. Gunhilde has more talent and originality in her little finger all the designers at SBG put together.
Anonymous said... Respectful would be to stop looking at the products of others and see how you can steal it to capitalize for yourself. Just as this idea is something that she thinks anyone could have thought of, I challenge her to come up with her own ideas instead.
Currently the only place you can go to buy it is Scrapbookgraphics. If you don't have the skill level (or time) to pull off this technique by yourself,
However, until then this is simple clear cut case of right and wrong. It is copying someone else's idea. Whether or not we are protected legally is besides the point (and a joke rather because the legal systems carry very little weight over the internet and cross-countries) but this is a matter of conscience. Follow the golden rule!
ROTFLOLPIMP.......... somehow this whole thing with Maya and her designers making complete asses of themselves is giving me great satisfaction!! I am LOVING that they have been so blatantly wrong in their own defense. I hope this doesn't die down quickly in the DCR as I think many more people need to see how easy it is to make a complete ass of yourself by speaking so strongly about something when you don't know all the facts!!
Not sure why people are saying that Amanda is always a month behind, I've been on her site for a while now and she's always been on time. I mean sure she offers the downloads and tutorials at the end of the month, but it's still DURING the month so it's on time. There's no rule that says that monthly content needs to be delivered at the beginning of the month!
I wonder where all the ScrapArtist people will go. Couldn't they just have sold the store, surely the domain name has enough recognition to be valuable to someone.
If you don't have the skill level (or time) to pull off this technique by yourself.. ________________ LOL Not only would it take about five minutes, but it rates at beginner skill level. Really. It's a 12x12 square with text on it, add couple of gradient layers and a shadow layer, warp, blend, blur a little and you're about done. I'll admit that it's not a common thing that everyone is doing (just give it a bit of time. Look what happened with 'flair', which is another very newbie no-skill level thing to make.) but, still, if you're going to go on about copying such a fantastically brilliant and original idea, at least pick something a monkey couldn't make.
Big surprise, not! This is long over due. Nancie hasn't really been interested in that site for a long time. I get the impression she treats it like a dog, that she only pays attention to after it's piddled on the floor or chewed up the furniture. No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
"So the PS users don't feel left out. Just a tutorial. Use it, don't use it, love it or hate it. I don't care.
http://annonyscrapper.blogspot.com/
LOL Cassel, if you're lurking, YES. You CAN make a script from it."
AWWW- I'm telling mom, you sent a post to a blog that copied the script that Cassel copied from SBG that SBG copied from Gunhild and she copied from a 3rd grader. You are in such big trouble, go to your room, NOW. I'm going to try to find the 3rd grader who originally made the design to give them credit..
Hey, what can I say. I'm a super-genius, brilliantly-talented nobody that doesn't design squat for anyone anywhere. Not all super-genius, brilliantly-talented nobodies can do such a thing. I simply HAD to share my 30-minute hand job.
very similar to a tutorial on Adobe Photoshop! ROFL
A tacit agreement at best. No one signs anything. However, as the DCR is not what was promised nor what I agreed to when I 'signed' up, why should I keep my end of the so called agreement?
Well there's a new Agreement-did you sign it. I guess if you don't keep agreements then that says a lot about you doesn't it?
Look what happened with 'flair', which is another very newbie no-skill level thing to make.) -------
Agreed. I was making those darn things about four years ago and nobody wanted them, now everyone wants them, or they used to any way Look at me, I was an innovator, LOL.
No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
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Not sure where you are getting that. From my experience, it's the other way around. Loyal designers and CT putting in a lot of effort and not getting much reward.
No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
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How the hell can you say that Nancie???? My god I have never been so hurt.
Gunhild just posted some new frames, must tell Cassel so she can hurry and make a script before SBG copies the idea and claims them as their own, along with the light bulb, the model T and the 1st color TV..
BREAKING NEWS: From now on, we will all post under our appropriate "given" names. dumba$$ twat and twit twat bigotidiot idiot just plain stupid and I still get to be Queen Idiot though I am not Jewel the Queen (sorry hun) and least we not forget Ruby
How does this say a lot about DST? That's they are trusting you to abide by their DCR requirements?
That they're naive believing that you're an honest person?
When you click on "by clicking I Agree, you agree to abide by the terms of the DCR forums" That's a legally binding e-contract, you twat.
July 29, 2010 7:20 PM --------- It's only binding if they keep up their end, which they didn't.
I agreed to a business forum. In their own words:
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!
This, they have failed to provide.
Calling me names doesn't do much for your argument.
Could Connie Prince's rabid CT members honestly have more nominations? Maybe this thread would have been better served if you could ONLY nominate designers you DON'T CT for.
It's only binding if they keep up their end, which they didn't.
I agreed to a business forum. In their own words:
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!
This, they have failed to provide.
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What? they didn't provide you with a business-only forum? Are you not a designer or owner of a digital business?
That's all they promised to provide was a forum. It's up to designers and business owners "to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!"
What more do you want from them? That's what wrong with you. Your over-inflated sense of entitlement. Be a big girl and contribute instead of whining about it.
On the flip slide ... if you're still in the DCR ... you should abide by the rules. That's what an honorable person would do.
Read bullet point #11. About how it's supposed to be private and information not shared to the public.
It's nothing but a big CU request area with the scattered "PM me for this site that is pirating stuff" threads and the occasional drama that pops up. I wander in there every once in a while and never find anything useful or even that interesting. Since the day I signed up, I have wondered what's in there that is supposed to be so darn private. *shrug*
But if you love it so much and greatly desire to keep its secrets safe, you better run back in there and tell on us all, so they can come bitch at us, too. Hurry.
What more do you want from them? That's what wrong with you. Your over-inflated sense of entitlement. Be a big girl and contribute instead of whining about it.
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I have an over inflated sense of entitlement do I? I'm so glad that I didn't pay for those counseling sessions, you sure set me straight.
And thanks for also telling me that I lack honor.
You know nothing about me, and yet you see fit to make judgments about me.
I'm no longer in the DCR because it failed to live up to it's promise, despite my best efforts to contribute. Yes, I did try.
I wonder where all the ScrapArtist people will go. Couldn't they just have sold the store, surely the domain name has enough recognition to be valuable to someone.
July 29, 2010 8:17 AM ^^ is it for sure closing or is this just a rumor?
Could Connie Prince's rabid CT members honestly have more nominations? Maybe this thread would have been better served if you could ONLY nominate designers you DON'T CT for.
Gee... How many CTs do Connie Prince and Trixie Scraps have? 50 each? What (or how much) do designers get for being DST gold kit designer? Does it worth the embarrassment of this kind of campaigning?
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry! _________________________________
So creating a successful digital industry is thread after thread of asking for CU? No wonder all the kits are starting to look alike. I signed the contract last year and thought there'd be some really good information in the backroom. Boy was I wrong, plus what a waste of time it is to even go there.
Honestly, it is thread after thread after thread asking for either a specific type of CU or CU sales. There's one chicki that always says her papers are done, now she needs to find the CU to go with them. I have to use all my self-control to not type "Make your own shit!".
Or the piracy threads. Enough already!
You designers sell each other so much shit (aka CU) and then don't or won't give credit for what's in your kit (trying to dupe your buyers into thinking you made it yourself?) but then cry foul when someone doesn't give you credit when they post a layout. Does hypocrite fit here?
This is one of the reasons I no longer design. I'm just disgusted by the drama, cat fights and hypocritial attitudes displayed by the so called 'business people'. But maybe that's what happens when a bunch of women get together.
I think there is a lot of great information about advertising, different softwares, how to customize zen and xcart, newsletters, etc in the DCR.
Maybe you are just one of those people that just sees the negative in everything. Your posts here sure do make you seem very negative. Life is to short to let so much bother you. Maybe that is why I enjoy designing though. I don't let all of that stuff get to me.
Who cares what others are doing? Well other than good gossip because I do enjoy reading interesting gossip.
It seems as though every member of DST/DCR needs to know what everyone else is doing.
I agree with the the whole enough already about the piracy threads. Digital piracy has been around before digiscrapping came about and will remain for as long as there are things on the internet to be had for free. I've had my stuff listed on pirate sites before but you know what? The people that visit and download at those kinds of places will always look to get something for free before ever buying it, so if they can't get ABC kit for free, they'll just take XYZ kit instead.
How the hell can you say that Nancie???? My god I have never been so hurt.
Um, not Nancie. Read the "she"? I know what goes into running a traditional store, and it's not pretty. Designers fawn all over you and sign up, then get a "better offer" a month later and leave you high and dry. They don't seem to care that there are costs in running a server and buying software and maintaining all of it so they can sell their shit. Everyone's out for themselves. And I get that to a point. But it's just tipped so much over into the me-me-me column that it's not worth it to many people anymore. I'm SPECULATING that Nancie is feeling the same thing.
You can look me up in the phone book. Right under ANONYMOUS.
And when you open a digi store and hire designers, it's not so YOU can make money?
Yeah, after expenses there is SOOOO much money to be made. I'm sure all owners are just ROLLING in it. You can make more working 10 hours a week at the local Gas 'n' Sip.
Yeah, after expenses there is SOOOO much money to be made. I'm sure all owners are just ROLLING in it. You can make more working 10 hours a week at the local Gas 'n' Sip.
------------------------------------- If that's the case, why even bother? As if the digiworld would suffer and cry 1000 tears if a store actually closed.
No one feels pity here for store owners. All you do is take commissions, rarely do anything to promote EVERY designer in your store, and all you do is bitch that you don't make any money.
I know how much I pay in commissions alone every month. Trust me. There is money to be had.
What do you expect a store owner to do? I ask in all seriousness because I really don't understand. Anybody with two brain cells can add a cart to their blog these days and start selling commission free. So why isn't everyone doing that if store owners are so evil?
Because it takes time and effort and money. It costs about $500 a month for a server. Add a bunch of other crap (licenses, advertising, etc.) and you're left with minimum wage. And that's without even mentioning the visibility you get by being involved in a popular store with a good following.
YOU may be paying a bunch of commission every month, but maybe nobody else in the store is actually selling anything. You could be carrying the entire business and not even know it.
Maybe store owners are closing stores just for the simple reason they don't want to own a store any longer-hmmmm what a novel idea.
and yes anything that involves nothing but women tend to lend to women wanting to be catty and wanting to tear each others eyes out. Well some women anyway. There are always those who will try to act like the adults they are.
Reading this board is almost like watching the Housewives of New Jersey only I get more laughs watching that! LOL
whine, whine, whine, bitch, bitch, bitch. It sounds like someone here truly does need to quit running a store. There are costs involved for running any type of business properly. And just like any other business, some do exceptionally well for years and years and some die in a few months. So WAAAH! Go cry about it somewhere else.
It costs about $500 a month for a server. ----------------------- If you're paying this much for a server, you may want to shop around - a LOT. But why would you do that when you can read this blog and whine about how much it costs. Big stores pay half that - if not more than half.
Or you can find a dirt cheap server/host - like so many digi stores did - and come mightily unstuck when thr server crashes and they find out the host didn't do as promised and keep backups etc and lose everything. Stupid people! They lost way more money with the crashes then it would have cost them to pay more for a better service.
Or you can find a dirt cheap server/host - like so many digi stores did - and come mightily unstuck when thr server crashes and they find out the host didn't do as promised and keep backups etc and lose everything. Stupid people! They lost way more money with the crashes then it would have cost them to pay more for a better service.
July 30, 2010 5:39 PM
Speaking of crashing servers, anyone have an idea why Scrapmatters has been down for over 24 hours? I can't find anyone posting info about the problem or when it might be back up.
Love the Housewives, too, so one more -- of course I come here, and I always wondered what kind of person would keep coming 'round.
Back to Scrap Artist - -why *wouldn't* the business be sold? That would make way more sense.
Question 2 - How does Heritage Scrap stay in business?
Comment: I saw on a couple blogs that SM was down - unscheduled.
Comment 2 - All this (posts about server costs) kinda of makes me wonder how much Royanna still owes before she can get her shop out of hock. That's pretty much the only answer for why her shop is still down: she doesn't have enough money to pay some bills.
Judging by how quickly someone is notified when their name is mentioned, I'd say a lot of people read here. It's just as easy to stop here as it is DST, and the conversation here is sometimes a lot more informative than anything that can be said over there. I wish more people would come over. Like that one poster who keeps complaining about the thousands of terrible CU products she's purchased. We need some names!
Like that one poster who keeps complaining about the thousands of terrible CU products she's purchased. We need some names!
and do you really believe that the names that get posted here really have bad product or just aren't liked for one reason or another. If this wasn't a smak blog maybe one could take the information as serious but I for one don't believe most of what I read here and others shouldn't either. It's more of a way for people to sound off then be truthful and jealousy and cattynessis definitely present.
Question 2 - How does Heritage Scrap stay in business?
why do you ask? do you have a problem with them? it's a niche business for Heritage/Vintage stuff only and there are quite a few out there who like to scrap their family stories rather then make fantasy LOs with other worldly items.
I agree that sometimes stuff gets posted here not because it's a bad product or designer but just out of personal dislike but I do think coming here can be more informative than over there. Here, we don't have mods over our shoulder and we can be as blunt as we want, which is nice. I don't post over at DST anymore because it got too frustrating and sometimes I want to bitch-slap some of the people in there because their holier-than-thou attitude drips off of their posts like sweat. We may get into childish name calling and stick throwing fights in here but I also think that stems from the fact that we can't do that over at DST and we want to really badly. Since we're all anon, we can just pretend some anon poster above is a poster at DST that we'd just love to rip their eyes out. :)
I, for one, would absolutely love to meet some of those ladies over there in person. The personalities that rub me the wrong way the most are the women in the NSBR area that post the look-at-me, give-me-attention type of posts and the political ladies, and the ones who are constantly ISO something so simple that every designer makes one, as presented by the 12 pages of product pictures to follow. *insert bitch slap here* And the "designers" who think they are the be-all, know-all of digital scrap-booking. *insert double-bitch slap here*
Why would anyone buy ScrapArtist? Look how many new sites appear all the time. Doesn't take much to get started. ScrapArtist isn't worth the asking price.
I love Real Housewives, fun seeing that 'high-trash' people have less class than 'low-trash' people. I also love LA Ink, Shear Genius, Bethenny. You can listen while you scrap and it makes you laugh.
ScrapArtist already has a built in clientele (that wouldn't necessarily follow, a la funkyplayground), and it's a recognized name that has been around for years, that alone is worth SOMETHING. I'm not sure what it's worth though!
I feel like, if the site is so hopeless, the owner is willing to close it down without offering it for sale, there probably is no clientele left. Is SA the site that closed down their forums last year?
If SA is closing down, why is only one designer moving on and having a retirement sale? Maybe Nancie is selling, but that doesn't mean the store has to close, does it?
LOL the powers that be have reinstated all Maya's posts that she deleted, bet that pissed her off even more. Now everyone can see what a complete and utter tosser she is :P
Who's retiring from ScrapArtist? I guess it doesn't matter since there won't be a ScrapArtist anymore. A ton of designers have left this summer. Probably one of the reasons it's over.
A ton? Not really. Rachel left, but that's no surprise. Amber left, which was a surprise. I can't think of any others that have left THIS summer. A few over the last 12 months, but not just over the summer.
Sherrie JD is retiring from SA and moving onto somewhere else. I don't know where.
No reason on the Heritage scrap - nothing is wrong with their product, I mean. I can't imagine any of the younger folks setting foot in there, and the whole place seems dead every time I look. The headers are all old, the messages are all old, even the message from the owner is usually old. (Of course now that I post all this, she'll have updated for August, but normally everything is out of date.)
the older a site is, the better page rank it has, and the more it's worth. i would guess SA would be worth around $200K to $300K based on that. but if you don't have any designers, you can't sell anything, and nobody would pay that much for just a domain name.
I guess Nancie hadn't been putting any effort into SEO, searching a bunch of digital scrapbooking keywords didn't bring ScrapArtist.com up on any of the first 3 PAGES, so based on that, I don't think it would be worth nearly that much. Then again, neither did most of the "big stores" show up on google with those keywords. The ones that showed up most were Shabby Princess and Scrapgirls.
I am really surprised to see some of the designers who are there, apparently not worried about tainting their names. :O
August 1, 2010 4:32 PM
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LOL at the comparison to BP. Obviously these designers are just seeing the $$ signs before their eyes, and not worrying about how this is going to affect their reputations and FUTURE earnings.
I won't spend a dime on Miss Tiina or anyone who sells with her !
I guess this is what you'll be able to expect customer service wise from this store, promised updates often throughout the day and then proceed to go 8-10 hours with no updates.
So Divine Digital is open but no product images...does anyone know what is going on? How are her designers making any money, let alone staying with her?
It's not worth chasing someone if their sales are crap. They didn't chase ruby either.
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How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them? Ruby designs were not crap. If we want to call crap, let's talk about 80% of what is sold on DSP is crap. It all looks the same. Seems to me Ruby would not have fit the mold over there. Robotic designers all creating the same things, different day.
9th & Bloom's failure to launch shouldn't surprise anyone. These designers "ran" another store for a few months without seeing how much set-up is required behind the scenes. Probably considered themselves experts. My guess is that they didn't purchase a hosting plan big enough to handle an XCart site and found out that XCart is going to crash it as soon as a couple of customers show up to download.
Because it's just SOOOOO easy to open a store, y'all!
Next step - just as I predicted originally - will be for a couple of the designers to leave because they won't want to ride out the growing pains, then the designer call should be posted by November at the latest.
If you get enough people to hype you up and squawk away about how awesome your shit is, it won't matter what the real truth is. That's the sad and simple reality of just about everything.
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them? Ruby designs were not crap. If we want to call crap, let's talk about 80% of what is sold on DSP is crap. It all looks the same. Seems to me Ruby would not have fit the mold over there. Robotic designers all creating the same things, different day.
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How about you re-read what I said, I didn't say Ruby's stuff was crap or Lauren's for that matter, I said their is no point in chasing them if their SALES are crap.
How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them? ----------------------------------- ROFL, yeah because Ruby is soooo special! HA!
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
Am I missing something?
August 3, 2010 4:18 PM
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Yes, you are. A different point of view. Most of the altered stuff made by the designers you mention is very similar. Don't get me wrong, I like them all, but they are similar. If you look at altered art outside of digital scrapping, you'll see a lot of stuff like the one mentioned. Altered art was around for a long, long time before digi scrappers found it.
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
Aren't these actresses images copyrighted especially Elizabeth Taylor who is still living.
What's wrong with Horny Women? I think it's funny. They have horns, what else are you going to call them? _______________________________
I may be lacking creativity, but how in the world would you scrap with those? I can't image any kind of photo that I would possibly put in a page like that. And yes, I realize that people do other crap with altered art, but she's selling it as a scrap kit.
Where does she say she is selling it as a scrap kit? I don't see that in her description nor on the packaging. I'll admit, she uses the word kit, but it's word commonly used even in the bizarre and strange world of altered art.
Where does she say she is selling it as a scrap kit? I don't see that in her description nor on the packaging. I'll admit, she uses the word kit, but it's word commonly used even in the bizarre and strange world of altered art.
The fact that it is in new products AND the link to the item in store is a dead giveaway.
When did Vera Lim and MK leave Shabby Pickle? --------------------------- Right around the time Holly, Lizzy Kasia and everyone else who is selling at Ninth & Bloom did.
From the DD forums: "This mess has been devistating! We lost EVERYTHING! And I have spent about 200 hours piecing the site back together.
The DADs will be returning but we may have to charge a small yearly fee for membership for these kits. We are trying to come up with other options but with losing the site and signing with a new server company our expenses have almost tripled.
Sorry its taking me so long to get it back up but I am one person - and I also have two children home for summer so things are not as quick as they could be.
But promise the site should be back up in the next 7-10 days...
Royanna Fritschmann"
You just knew Royanna was going to turn this into a (1) a sob story, and (2) some quick money-making scheme. Any designer who is associated with that store is c-r-a-z-y.
I don't understand why she just doesn't shut it down and be done. I think most of them are selling at other stores already, and the site can't make that much money if Royanna herself is selling at another store.
---------------------- You CANNOT copyright the placement of elements on a page. "Scraplift" is some stupid invented word scrappers made-up. The first LO did nothing wrong in regards to "copying" the very original idea of placing a photo in the center of the page and placing elements around it. Man, I've just never seen that before...
Now, the completed LO is a photograph - so the fact that the second LO in question just used the original LO as its "photo" is a copyright violation.
Just my 2 cents.
WV: abless What happens when you sit around reading DST too long...
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/dishonest-scraplifting-249663/ I think Barb needs a new glasses. LOL Man she's funny. Now I get it why you all love to jest about her.
Now, the completed LO is a photograph - so the fact that the second LO in question just used the original LO as its "photo" is a copyright violation.
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On somebody's part. Notice how the OP never answered where she got the original photo and she goes onto to state that she always credits her photos, yet, on that LO, she didn't credit. Things that make you go hmm.
And? It's still not advertised as a scrap kit. Besides, if you get right down to it, it is scrap in the true definition of the word.
Did you say scrap or crap. I happen to like altered art but this isn't what I would use in an altered art project. There are too many others out there who get it. I'm not sure this designer does. Also I don't think Horny Women has anything to do with this kit. I think she is using the Title as a way to try and get people to look at the kit or whatever it is.
Illegal? really? Then a whole lot of people are in trouble. Or do you mean selling it without permission?
No I mean illegal. Many of Elizabeth Taylor's are copyrighted. Last time I looked using copyrighted material was definitely illegal and I'm doubting the designer called Liz on the telly to ask permission.
Here it is. Designer Apprentice. http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15835
Now with two categories so DSA can choose more of their friends to win. I'd be shocked if anyone entered. The "prizes" are absolute rubbish.
And how about Laura "cantdesigncrap" Banasiak aka. simply.craps:
"would there be a set percentage or number of allowed CU items in the rules? i don't see how it could be fair for one person to create all things by hand...and the next person create a kit composed of half or more CU. to state 'as little CU as possible' may mean a lot of different things to different people...kwim?"
Laura, who still uses CU herself and did almost exclusively for the longest time until she finally figured out how to plug in a tablet and doodle. My 8 year old son can doodle, too. Guess you have some competition, Laura. Maybe I'll enter him.
I guess I'm one of the people who bought into the "hype" then. The designer line up looks really good to me. There are a few that are either new, or new to me, but look really talented.
It looks like there are some bugs in the site design though. I keep getting error messages and other problems. Too bad they didn't get that ironed out before going live.
Well, I'd love to buy a few things, but the cart isn't working, you can't navigate half the pages, and their forum is dead and the only people really talking are staff (designers and CTMs).
None of the designers are new to me, but there are some nice deals from designers I'd buy from whether they were there or not.
And how about Laura "cantdesigncrap" Banasiak aka. simply.craps:
"would there be a set percentage or number of allowed CU items in the rules? i don't see how it could be fair for one person to create all things by hand...and the next person create a kit composed of half or more CU. to state 'as little CU as possible' may mean a lot of different things to different people...kwim?"
Laura, who still uses CU herself and did almost exclusively for the longest time until she finally figured out how to plug in a tablet and doodle. My 8 year old son can doodle, too. Guess you have some competition, Laura. Maybe I'll enter him.
What a bunch of whiney, hypocritical, wankers.
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I'm confused. Doesn't she sell CU products herself? But then has a problem with people using them?
9th & Bloom might as well call themselves Shabby Pickle Reloaded. It's pretty much the same ol', same ol'. I think 5 Guest Designers is a little overkill and after all the problems they even had opening I would have thought a little bigger sale than 35%.
I don't get the idea of guest designers. Seems like a lot of work of uploading and adding products to be a just a temporary thing. I never have seen that as an appealing thing but that's just me.
I think I'm retiring from digiscrapping lol it's so hard to find anything different that I can't make myself by recoloring and re-configuring what I already have in my stash. I've already "made" my own kits for albums I've done just by mixing, matching and recoloring stuff from different kits I own. I certainly didn't buy into the hype for this store.
Did you say scrap or crap. I happen to like altered art but this isn't what I would use in an altered art project. There are too many others out there who get it. I'm not sure this designer does. Also I don't think Horny Women has anything to do with this kit. I think she is using the Title as a way to try and get people to look at the kit or whatever it is.
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The women have horns. What else are you going to call them? I'm sure this design does get altered art. She has been frequently published in Somerset Studio. If you only introduction to altered art is through the digi scrap world, look around. It's very different outside of that little world.
All three of Kasia's new kits looks the same. I miss her old kits, they were so bright and colorful. Now everything she does is that ugly dark purplish gray or whites.
All three of Kasia's new kits looks the same. I miss her old kits, they were so bright and colorful. Now everything she does is that ugly dark purplish gray or whites.
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Agreed, but at least she's stopped doing all that fantasy crap she was producing over at the Pickle. It's like her old stuff, just needs more color.
I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing.
----------------------- meh...just another scrap store to me. I don't see anything 'different' about it. I could have found all these designers before in their previous stores. If you think back, the hot new place was mscraps, before that it was A5 and Shabby Pickle, and before that it was We Are Storytellers, and before that it was Funky Playground and so on and on it goes.
I remember when I first heard of "We Are Storytellers". I thought it was going to be something totally different. A place to support people in telling their family story and leaving a legacy. I was so disappointed that it opened and it was just another store.
I think 9th and Bloom rocks. I bought several things there myself. The little glitches are to be expected but they'll get ironed out. You couldn't ask for a better group of designers IMO. And no, I'm not one of them nor am I CT there.
Just checked it out. Skimmed it, left it. I don't know if the designers are good or not, nothing appealed to me. I've seen it all before. I've got very similar stuff already that I picked up 18 months or more ago.
I remember when I first heard of "We Are Storytellers". I thought it was going to be something totally different. A place to support people in telling their family story and leaving a legacy. I was so disappointed that it opened and it was just another store.
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Agreed. Good intentions and all that. Most of the action was happening on their blog. Why not just stick to a blog in that case?
The biggest problem with being a trendy store is that trends are incredibly fickle. Like Heidi says, one day you're hot and the next day you're not. So true.
9th and Bloom-same old same old. A few decent designers but isn't anyone tired of everything looking the same. Again seen it all before just a new store. Of course because some are the in designers no one is going to poop on their parade.
None of the designers at 9th&Bloom are new? Where did by Becca and Emily Ann Designs sell before? I have never heard of them. ------------------- by Becca sold at Scrap Matters and Emily Ann is from Etsy. I don't think she's had a scrapbooking store before.
I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing. ------------- Yeah because opening a store 3 days after it was supposed shows they really have their shit together.
Also, their blog train is broken. One girl doesn't have her post up, and there's no master list, so it just stops with her.
August 5, 2010 2:58 PM
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I usually like blog trains but QPs? I hate QPs. And I don't like that some of it is featured on FB. Not everyone has a FB account or is interested in having one. And no master list? That's just careless.
I was prepared not to like it at all - agreed on the Kasia stuff - girl, get some COLOR! Agreed on the poopy blog train. Agreed on everything else, so let's see how the forum goes. It depends on the hostesses/CT/whatever they ares and if they know how to keep a conversation going.
So here's what's wonderful: The kit you get with a $10.00 order. The matching QPs from the stalled blog train. A couple of contests. Some very reasonably priced designers. I don't care if they opened late - If it weren't for here, I wouldn't have even known it. Will they end up like mScraps? Yes, probably. UNLESS they figure out a way to keep those forums going. I am convinced that is one of the best ways to keep a store alive and healthy, (but I don't really know how much it costs to do it...maybe more than it's worth?)
I spend more money there today than I've spent in a good long while ($25.00).
sounds like someone has something personal against Holly and is hoping she'll fail. Personally I think it's a great store, because alot of the designers I've bought from in the past are now there. The design of the store is really nice too.
Why, when someone expresses an opinion that YOU don't agree with, do we automatically have a "vendetta" or "hate campaign" against that person. Get over it, its getting as old as the "You must be jealous" line.
We all have our own opinions and tastes. And we are free to express them, whether you like it or not!
Over 24 hours since I contacted 9th and Bloom about order issues and no response at all. Nothing. Nada.
So, I tried my cart again. Still the same problem and this time, one of the designers RAISED her regular price, so that the sale price was what the regular price was yesterday. Tacky.
Deleting cart and moving on. Too many other places I can get the same stuff, with better customer service, and less hassle.
^^^ and before the cackling starts, the item in question is NOT the same price it is in her other stores. The sale price matches the regular price elsewhere, but the regular price is jacked up at 9th due to the sale.
I bet they're swamped with mail. The cart still doesn't work for me at all. I can add something to it but that's it..can't check out, can't continue shopping, I can only press the back button on my browser. I am not interested in anything for sale, I was just trying to see if I actually could purchase something if I wanted to. I cannot. [sarcasm] they sure do have their shit together.[/sarcasm]
I agree the jacked up prices for the sale is extremely tacky. I would assume people are smart enough to shop around when a designer sells in multiple stores. But probably not.
It is a common tactic in retail sales to do such a thing but it's not just tacky, it's downright deceitful, no matter who does it.
I had a friend who was a head manager for a clothing store and she told me that before they would put on a sale, they had a "wheel of markups" they used to spin. Whatever percentage point the wheel landed on is what they would mark the clothing up before they put it on sale. The wheel went from 50-100 percent.
Sadly, one of my fav gals, Vera Lim. Yesterday the grab bag was reg price $6 (which her GBs usually are) on sale 35% off. Which, honestly, I would have paid the $6 for it - I don't expect GBs to be on sale. But the fact that she RAISED the regular price so now the sale price is actually a few cents MORE than her regular price elsewhere, well, that's just tacky and she lost a dedicated customer.
Dang! and I bought that VLim grab bag, too. (I was kind of disappointed in it, BTW) I think it was $6.11. Yes, Sadly I am one who doesn't go from shop to shop.
Yes, the pink, green and brown is somewhat odd. If the green weren't so 1950-bathroom-tile colored it might look better. But it's still a cute kit.
browsing topics in scraptalk at DST i seen a blinkie in this thread http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/any-ideas-249817/ does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?
does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?
It's a free font that you can download from so many sites such as this one: http://i-love-disney.com/downloads/disney-cartoon-fonts/ Don't know whether it can be used for commercial purposes though.
"browsing topics in scraptalk at DST i seen a blinkie in this thread http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/any-ideas-249817/ does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?"
I am just an average scrapper, not a designer. I am not active on any CT's, although I have been in the past. I am not active in any "scrapbook community", I don't post on the message boards, and I don't post my layouts online anymore. I read the Digi boards for entertainment, and am constantly amazed at what people share on the internet. I freely admit to reading the scrapbook smack blogs, it is a guilty pleasure.
You can email me at: DSTHallofFame@gmail.com
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LOL - sorry about that. Just wanted to clear my name. Back to your regularly scheduled programming :)
Again I want to commend my intern designer for coming up with an original and creative idea (in fact, she has come up with two already) in an industry that is so saturated. I am sure my fellow designers and creatives here can relate to the heartfelt disappointment she is meeting for the first time when confronted by this issue.
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Yes ma'am, its about as original and creative as the rest of the junk at SBG.
Y'all are just killing us with your originality !
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It is certainly something one can accomplish with paper but in over 7 years of digital scrapbooking this product is actually an original idea to our craft, and HATS OFF to the designer who was smart enough, creative enough and technically apt enough to pull it off on her own.
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Yes ma'am, well said. But the designer wasn't from SBG like y'all think she was. Gunhilde has more talent and originality in her little finger all the designers at SBG put together.
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Respectful would be to stop looking at the products of others and see how you can steal it to capitalize for yourself. Just as this idea is something that she thinks anyone could have thought of, I challenge her to come up with her own ideas instead.
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LOL like Dutchie did yeh
Currently the only place you can go to buy it is Scrapbookgraphics. If you don't have the skill level (or time) to pull off this technique by yourself,
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LMAO your killing me hahahahahaha
However, until then this is simple clear cut case of right and wrong. It is copying someone else's idea. Whether or not we are protected legally is besides the point (and a joke rather because the legal systems carry very little weight over the internet and cross-countries) but this is a matter of conscience. Follow the golden rule!
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I wonder if Dutchie got the same lecture
If you've been around as long as you say, you would know that Maya does not post anonymously.
July 28, 2010 10:49 PM
Maybe that has changed now that she has totally embarrassed and humiliated herself...
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Doubt it, never stopped her in the past.
Doubt it, never stopped her in the past.
July 29, 2010 7:05 AM
ROTFLOLPIMP.......... somehow this whole thing with Maya and her designers making complete asses of themselves is giving me great satisfaction!! I am LOVING that they have been so blatantly wrong in their own defense. I hope this doesn't die down quickly in the DCR as I think many more people need to see how easy it is to make a complete ass of yourself by speaking so strongly about something when you don't know all the facts!!
Not sure why people are saying that Amanda is always a month behind, I've been on her site for a while now and she's always been on time. I mean sure she offers the downloads and tutorials at the end of the month, but it's still DURING the month so it's on time. There's no rule that says that monthly content needs to be delivered at the beginning of the month!
I wonder where all the ScrapArtist people will go. Couldn't they just have sold the store, surely the domain name has enough recognition to be valuable to someone.
If you don't have the skill level (or time) to pull off this technique by yourself..
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LOL Not only would it take about five minutes, but it rates at beginner skill level. Really. It's a 12x12 square with text on it, add couple of gradient layers and a shadow layer, warp, blend, blur a little and you're about done. I'll admit that it's not a common thing that everyone is doing (just give it a bit of time. Look what happened with 'flair', which is another very newbie no-skill level thing to make.) but, still, if you're going to go on about copying such a fantastically brilliant and original idea, at least pick something a monkey couldn't make.
So the PS users don't feel left out. Just a tutorial. Use it, don't use it, love it or hate it. I don't care.
http://annonyscrapper.blogspot.com/
LOL Cassel, if you're lurking, YES. You CAN make a script from it.
Big surprise, not! This is long over due. Nancie hasn't really been interested in that site for a long time. I get the impression she treats it like a dog, that she only pays attention to after it's piddled on the floor or chewed up the furniture.
No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
"So the PS users don't feel left out. Just a tutorial. Use it, don't use it, love it or hate it. I don't care.
http://annonyscrapper.blogspot.com/
LOL Cassel, if you're lurking, YES. You CAN make a script from it."
AWWW- I'm telling mom, you sent a post to a blog that copied the script that Cassel copied from SBG that SBG copied from Gunhild and she copied from a 3rd grader. You are in such big trouble, go to your room, NOW. I'm going to try to find the 3rd grader who originally made the design to give them credit..
Hey, what can I say. I'm a super-genius, brilliantly-talented nobody that doesn't design squat for anyone anywhere. Not all super-genius, brilliantly-talented nobodies can do such a thing. I simply HAD to share my 30-minute hand job.
http://annonyscrapper.blogspot.com/
very similar to a tutorial on Adobe Photoshop! ROFL
A tacit agreement at best. No one signs anything. However, as the DCR is not what was promised nor what I agreed to when I 'signed' up, why should I keep my end of the so called agreement?
Well there's a new Agreement-did you sign it. I guess if you don't keep agreements then that says a lot about you doesn't it?
Look what happened with 'flair', which is another very newbie no-skill level thing to make.)
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Agreed. I was making those darn things about four years ago and nobody wanted them, now everyone wants them, or they used to any way Look at me, I was an innovator, LOL.
No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
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Not sure where you are getting that. From my experience, it's the other way around. Loyal designers and CT putting in a lot of effort and not getting much reward.
Well there's a new Agreement-did you sign it. I guess if you don't keep agreements then that says a lot about you doesn't it?
July 29, 2010 2:35 PM
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No, it says a lot about DST, doesn't it? I keep 'real' agreements and contracts, or I wouldn't be doing what I do.
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No, I think the problem is more accurately that she got fed up with coddling a bunch of egotistical designers with absolutely no loyalty. Here, take all my time and energy and shit on me a month later. Lather, rinse, repeat. You try it for five years.
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How the hell can you say that Nancie???? My god I have never been so hurt.
No, it says a lot about DST, doesn't it? I keep 'real' agreements and contracts, or I wouldn't be doing what I do.
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How does this say a lot about DST? That's they are trusting you to abide by their DCR requirements?
That they're naive believing that you're an honest person?
When you click on "by clicking I Agree, you agree to abide by the terms of the DCR forums" That's a legally binding e-contract, you twat.
Gunhild just posted some new frames, must tell Cassel so she can hurry and make a script before SBG copies the idea and claims them as their own, along with the light bulb, the model T and the 1st color TV..
yea, like you agree not to post copyright material in your layouts. is that a "binding contract" too? twit twat
BREAKING NEWS: From now on, we will all post under our appropriate "given" names.
dumba$$
twat and twit twat
bigotidiot
idiot
just plain stupid and
I still get to be Queen Idiot though I am not Jewel the Queen (sorry hun)
and least we not forget Ruby
How does this say a lot about DST? That's they are trusting you to abide by their DCR requirements?
That they're naive believing that you're an honest person?
When you click on "by clicking I Agree, you agree to abide by the terms of the DCR forums" That's a legally binding e-contract, you twat.
July 29, 2010 7:20 PM
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It's only binding if they keep up their end, which they didn't.
I agreed to a business forum. In their own words:
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!
This, they have failed to provide.
Calling me names doesn't do much for your argument.
Could Connie Prince's rabid CT members honestly have more nominations? Maybe this thread would have been better served if you could ONLY nominate designers you DON'T CT for.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/who-should-next-dst-gold-kit-designer-248933/
There are maybe 5 nominations that appear to be non-CT inspired.
Mye De Leon? really? You mean the designer who requests new CU every week in DCR? Oh yes, let's choose her.
It's only binding if they keep up their end, which they didn't.
I agreed to a business forum. In their own words:
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!
This, they have failed to provide.
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What? they didn't provide you with a business-only forum? Are you not a designer or owner of a digital business?
That's all they promised to provide was a forum. It's up to designers and business owners "to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!"
What more do you want from them? That's what wrong with you. Your over-inflated sense of entitlement. Be a big girl and contribute instead of whining about it.
On the flip slide ... if you're still in the DCR ... you should abide by the rules. That's what an honorable person would do.
Read bullet point #11. About how it's supposed to be private and information not shared to the public.
No honor for you, eh?
silent applause....
It's nothing but a big CU request area with the scattered "PM me for this site that is pirating stuff" threads and the occasional drama that pops up. I wander in there every once in a while and never find anything useful or even that interesting. Since the day I signed up, I have wondered what's in there that is supposed to be so darn private. *shrug*
But if you love it so much and greatly desire to keep its secrets safe, you better run back in there and tell on us all, so they can come bitch at us, too. Hurry.
What more do you want from them? That's what wrong with you. Your over-inflated sense of entitlement. Be a big girl and contribute instead of whining about it.
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I have an over inflated sense of entitlement do I? I'm so glad that I didn't pay for those counseling sessions, you sure set me straight.
And thanks for also telling me that I lack honor.
You know nothing about me, and yet you see fit to make judgments about me.
I'm no longer in the DCR because it failed to live up to it's promise, despite my best efforts to contribute. Yes, I did try.
Read bullet point #11. About how it's supposed to be private and information not shared to the public.
and then it also says
"to share with DST".
Hm, contradictory advice. No wonder I'm confused. I'm supposed to share with DST but also keep it private?
silent applause....
July 29, 2010 9:39 PM
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is like a silent fart.
I wonder where all the ScrapArtist people will go. Couldn't they just have sold the store, surely the domain name has enough recognition to be valuable to someone.
July 29, 2010 8:17 AM
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is it for sure closing or is this just a rumor?
Could Connie Prince's rabid CT members honestly have more nominations? Maybe this thread would have been better served if you could ONLY nominate designers you DON'T CT for.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/who-should-next-dst-gold-kit-designer-248933/
Gee... How many CTs do Connie Prince and Trixie Scraps have? 50 each?
What (or how much) do designers get for being DST gold kit designer?
Does it worth the embarrassment of this kind of campaigning?
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Aside from free 'advertising', they don't get a thing
A business-only forum for designers and owners of digital businesses to share with DST and with each other what they need to help create a successful digital product industry!
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So creating a successful digital industry is thread after thread of asking for CU? No wonder all the kits are starting to look alike. I signed the contract last year and thought there'd be some really good information in the backroom. Boy was I wrong, plus what a waste of time it is to even go there.
Honestly, it is thread after thread after thread asking for either a specific type of CU or CU sales. There's one chicki that always says her papers are done, now she needs to find the CU to go with them. I have to use all my self-control to not type "Make your own shit!".
Or the piracy threads. Enough already!
You designers sell each other so much shit (aka CU) and then don't or won't give credit for what's in your kit (trying to dupe your buyers into thinking you made it yourself?) but then cry foul when someone doesn't give you credit when they post a layout. Does hypocrite fit here?
This is one of the reasons I no longer design. I'm just disgusted by the drama, cat fights and hypocritial attitudes displayed by the so called 'business people'. But maybe that's what happens when a bunch of women get together.
I think there is a lot of great information about advertising, different softwares, how to customize zen and xcart, newsletters, etc in the DCR.
Maybe you are just one of those people that just sees the negative in everything. Your posts here sure do make you seem very negative. Life is to short to let so much bother you. Maybe that is why I enjoy designing though. I don't let all of that stuff get to me.
Who cares what others are doing? Well other than good gossip because I do enjoy reading interesting gossip.
It seems as though every member of DST/DCR needs to know what everyone else is doing.
I agree with the the whole enough already about the piracy threads. Digital piracy has been around before digiscrapping came about and will remain for as long as there are things on the internet to be had for free. I've had my stuff listed on pirate sites before but you know what? The people that visit and download at those kinds of places will always look to get something for free before ever buying it, so if they can't get ABC kit for free, they'll just take XYZ kit instead.
How the hell can you say that Nancie???? My god I have never been so hurt.
Um, not Nancie. Read the "she"? I know what goes into running a traditional store, and it's not pretty. Designers fawn all over you and sign up, then get a "better offer" a month later and leave you high and dry. They don't seem to care that there are costs in running a server and buying software and maintaining all of it so they can sell their shit. Everyone's out for themselves. And I get that to a point. But it's just tipped so much over into the me-me-me column that it's not worth it to many people anymore. I'm SPECULATING that Nancie is feeling the same thing.
You can look me up in the phone book. Right under ANONYMOUS.
And when you open a digi store and hire designers, it's not so YOU can make money?
If you can't make your designers happy enough to stay or make YOUR store the better deal, it sounds like you have a problem, not them.
And when you open a digi store and hire designers, it's not so YOU can make money?
If you can't make your designers happy enough to stay or make YOUR store the better deal, it sounds like you have a problem, not them.
July 30, 2010 1:11 PM
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::insert silent fart, ooops silent applause::
I could not have said it better myself.
And when you open a digi store and hire designers, it's not so YOU can make money?
Yeah, after expenses there is SOOOO much money to be made. I'm sure all owners are just ROLLING in it. You can make more working 10 hours a week at the local Gas 'n' Sip.
You: Here. Point: WAAAY up there.
Yeah, after expenses there is SOOOO much money to be made. I'm sure all owners are just ROLLING in it. You can make more working 10 hours a week at the local Gas 'n' Sip.
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If that's the case, why even bother? As if the digiworld would suffer and cry 1000 tears if a store actually closed.
No one feels pity here for store owners. All you do is take commissions, rarely do anything to promote EVERY designer in your store, and all you do is bitch that you don't make any money.
I know how much I pay in commissions alone every month. Trust me. There is money to be had.
What do you expect a store owner to do? I ask in all seriousness because I really don't understand. Anybody with two brain cells can add a cart to their blog these days and start selling commission free. So why isn't everyone doing that if store owners are so evil?
Because it takes time and effort and money. It costs about $500 a month for a server. Add a bunch of other crap (licenses, advertising, etc.) and you're left with minimum wage. And that's without even mentioning the visibility you get by being involved in a popular store with a good following.
YOU may be paying a bunch of commission every month, but maybe nobody else in the store is actually selling anything. You could be carrying the entire business and not even know it.
If that's the case, why even bother?
DING DING DING! We have a winner. My point EXACTLY! That IS the case and that's why you see more and more stores NOT bothering.
Maybe store owners are closing stores just for the simple reason they don't want to own a store any longer-hmmmm what a novel idea.
and yes anything that involves nothing but women tend to lend to women wanting to be catty and wanting to tear each others eyes out. Well some women anyway. There are always those who will try to act like the adults they are.
Reading this board is almost like watching the Housewives of New Jersey only I get more laughs watching that! LOL
whine, whine, whine, bitch, bitch, bitch. It sounds like someone here truly does need to quit running a store. There are costs involved for running any type of business properly. And just like any other business, some do exceptionally well for years and years and some die in a few months. So WAAAH! Go cry about it somewhere else.
It costs about $500 a month for a server.
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If you're paying this much for a server, you may want to shop around - a LOT. But why would you do that when you can read this blog and whine about how much it costs. Big stores pay half that - if not more than half.
Or you can find a dirt cheap server/host - like so many digi stores did - and come mightily unstuck when thr server crashes and they find out the host didn't do as promised and keep backups etc and lose everything. Stupid people! They lost way more money with the crashes then it would have cost them to pay more for a better service.
Or you can find a dirt cheap server/host - like so many digi stores did - and come mightily unstuck when thr server crashes and they find out the host didn't do as promised and keep backups etc and lose everything. Stupid people! They lost way more money with the crashes then it would have cost them to pay more for a better service.
July 30, 2010 5:39 PM
Speaking of crashing servers, anyone have an idea why Scrapmatters has been down for over 24 hours? I can't find anyone posting info about the problem or when it might be back up.
Your posts here sure do make you seem very negative. Life is to short to let so much bother you.
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You need to stop assuming that the one person wrote all the posts. I know I didn't write them all. Life too short to make assumptions.
How the hell can you say that Nancie???? My god I have never been so hurt.
July 29, 2010 7:16 PM
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You really think that was Nancie, you sure are dumb.
and yes anything that involves nothing but women tend to lend to women wanting to be catty and wanting to tear each others eyes out.
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Yeah, men are so much better, they just grab a gun and shoot you instead *rolls eyes*.
Reading this board is almost like watching the Housewives of New Jersey only I get more laughs watching that! LOL
July 30, 2010 2:46 PM
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People actually watch that shit? The commercials alone make me cringe and I do wonder what sort of person watches it.
Love the Housewives, too, so one more -- of course I come here, and I always wondered what kind of person would keep coming 'round.
Back to Scrap Artist - -why *wouldn't* the business be sold? That would make way more sense.
Question 2 - How does Heritage Scrap stay in business?
Comment: I saw on a couple blogs that SM was down - unscheduled.
Comment 2 - All this (posts about server costs) kinda of makes me wonder how much Royanna still owes before she can get her shop out of hock. That's pretty much the only answer for why her shop is still down: she doesn't have enough money to pay some bills.
I've got nothing to say ... I just really liked the word verification ... sombio. Zombie-O or perhaps Some Bio!
Yes, I am easily amused.
My favorite Bravo show is Top Chef. the RH of wherever kill me. Altho, I'm liking Bethenny's Getting Married.
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I love Top Chef and Project Runway. Anyone know if there will be a Season 3 of Top Design? I liked that one too.
I don't watch the Housewives shows but I do come around here. Mostly because I can comment here and get some answer, snarky or helpful or otherwise.
Judging by how quickly someone is notified when their name is mentioned, I'd say a lot of people read here. It's just as easy to stop here as it is DST, and the conversation here is sometimes a lot more informative than anything that can be said over there. I wish more people would come over. Like that one poster who keeps complaining about the thousands of terrible CU products she's purchased. We need some names!
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Bring on the names!
Like that one poster who keeps complaining about the thousands of terrible CU products she's purchased. We need some names!
and do you really believe that the names that get posted here really have bad product or just aren't liked for one reason or another. If this wasn't a smak blog maybe one could take the information as serious but I for one don't believe most of what I read here and others shouldn't either. It's more of a way for people to sound off then be truthful and jealousy and cattynessis definitely present.
You'd think after she bought a few terrible CU products, she's stop. lol Thousands?
Question 2 - How does Heritage Scrap stay in business?
why do you ask? do you have a problem with them? it's a niche business for Heritage/Vintage stuff only and there are quite a few out there who like to scrap their family stories rather then make fantasy LOs with other worldly items.
I agree that sometimes stuff gets posted here not because it's a bad product or designer but just out of personal dislike but I do think coming here can be more informative than over there. Here, we don't have mods over our shoulder and we can be as blunt as we want, which is nice. I don't post over at DST anymore because it got too frustrating and sometimes I want to bitch-slap some of the people in there because their holier-than-thou attitude drips off of their posts like sweat. We may get into childish name calling and stick throwing fights in here but I also think that stems from the fact that we can't do that over at DST and we want to really badly. Since we're all anon, we can just pretend some anon poster above is a poster at DST that we'd just love to rip their eyes out. :)
I, for one, would absolutely love to meet some of those ladies over there in person. The personalities that rub me the wrong way the most are the women in the NSBR area that post the look-at-me, give-me-attention type of posts and the political ladies, and the ones who are constantly ISO something so simple that every designer makes one, as presented by the 12 pages of product pictures to follow. *insert bitch slap here* And the "designers" who think they are the be-all, know-all of digital scrap-booking. *insert double-bitch slap here*
/rant
Thanks. Happy Saturday.
Why would anyone buy ScrapArtist? Look how many new sites appear all the time. Doesn't take much to get started. ScrapArtist isn't worth the asking price.
So what is the asking price?
Is SA up for sale? Is it posted somewhere?
I love Real Housewives, fun seeing that 'high-trash' people have less class than 'low-trash' people. I also love LA Ink, Shear Genius, Bethenny. You can listen while you scrap and it makes you laugh.
I don't see many designers who behave like they are the be-all and end-all of digital design (well, other than Maya).
What am I missing?
I like LA Ink too. If I was going to have a tattoo, I would love for Kat to do it. She's brilliant.
ScrapArtist already has a built in clientele (that wouldn't necessarily follow, a la funkyplayground), and it's a recognized name that has been around for years, that alone is worth SOMETHING. I'm not sure what it's worth though!
I feel like, if the site is so hopeless, the owner is willing to close it down without offering it for sale, there probably is no clientele left. Is SA the site that closed down their forums last year?
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Yep.
If SA is closing down, why is only one designer moving on and having a retirement sale? Maybe Nancie is selling, but that doesn't mean the store has to close, does it?
LOL the powers that be have reinstated all Maya's posts that she deleted, bet that pissed her off even more. Now everyone can see what a complete and utter tosser she is :P
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Interesting. I wonder why they did that.
I can't even begin to understand why neenee would leave SO for Miss Tiina's new store.
Who's retiring from ScrapArtist? I guess it doesn't matter since there won't be a ScrapArtist anymore. A ton of designers have left this summer. Probably one of the reasons it's over.
A ton? Not really. Rachel left, but that's no surprise. Amber left, which was a surprise. I can't think of any others that have left THIS summer. A few over the last 12 months, but not just over the summer.
Sherrie JD is retiring from SA and moving onto somewhere else. I don't know where.
i bet sherrie jd is going to deviantscrap
More likely SBG.
hope she doesn't go to sbg since so many designer leave from there. maya also a bitch. who want to work with her?
No reason on the Heritage scrap - nothing is wrong with their product, I mean. I can't imagine any of the younger folks setting foot in there, and the whole place seems dead every time I look. The headers are all old, the messages are all old, even the message from the owner is usually old. (Of course now that I post all this, she'll have updated for August, but normally everything is out of date.)
Why wouldn't the younger folk step foot in there? There's a ton of stuff there for use in altered art and art journaling.
Tracy Little has also left SA for Mscraps.
the older a site is, the better page rank it has, and the more it's worth. i would guess SA would be worth around $200K to $300K based on that. but if you don't have any designers, you can't sell anything, and nobody would pay that much for just a domain name.
I guess Nancie hadn't been putting any effort into SEO, searching a bunch of digital scrapbooking keywords didn't bring ScrapArtist.com up on any of the first 3 PAGES, so based on that, I don't think it would be worth nearly that much. Then again, neither did most of the "big stores" show up on google with those keywords. The ones that showed up most were Shabby Princess and Scrapgirls.
Nancie hasn't been putting any effort into SA at all for a long time.
Hmmm. Miss Tiina must have read this:
http://www.identityworks.com/forum/identity-crisis/is-the-helios-destined-for-the-scrap-heap/
Miss Tiina --> SugarHill Co.
I am really surprised to see some of the designers who are there, apparently not worried about tainting their names. :O
Hmmm. Miss Tiina must have read this:
http://www.identityworks.com/forum/identity-crisis/is-the-helios-destined-for-the-scrap-heap/
Miss Tiina --> SugarHill Co.
I am really surprised to see some of the designers who are there, apparently not worried about tainting their names. :O
August 1, 2010 4:32 PM
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LOL at the comparison to BP. Obviously these designers are just seeing the $$ signs before their eyes, and not worrying about how this is going to affect their reputations and FUTURE earnings.
I won't spend a dime on Miss Tiina or anyone who sells with her !
Miss Tiina
A+ Designs
Bluebird Chic
Boutique Cute Dolls
Danielle Young
eNKay Design
Just Jaimee
Lilleyscrap Designs
Luiza Garay
neenee designs
Sugary Fancy
Thaty Borges
Victoria Feemster
Wendy Page
Bunch of $$ whores.
Bunch of $$ whores.
August 1, 2010 5:23 PM
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Looks to me like some of you are jealous bitches.
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I doubt it every much. Do your research, check your history.
I find it interesting that some of the designers joining Miss Tiina have also been caught with their hand in the copyright jar.
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Bunch of $$ whores.
August 1, 2010 5:23 PM
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Looks to me like some of you are jealous bitches.
August 1, 2010 5:57 PM
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The jealousy comeback is so old and lame. Just because somebody doesn't agree with or approve of something, DOES NOT make them jealous.
Jealous of selling with a PROVEN pirate lol suuuuuuuuuuure we are just green with envy.
WOW Lauren Reid is gone from DSP already !
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Big surprise.
Lauren Reid is going to MScraps.
SherrieJD is already @ DeviantScrap.
Actually get your facts straight. Lauren Reid is going to Ninth & Bloom.
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Of course, she hasn't been there yet. Now, where else hasn't Lauren been? It's like a game of "Where's Waldo".
MGL did open at Sun...
http://sunshinestudioscraps.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=1
notice her manufacturer number.
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She is one of the owners of the site... why wouldn't she set herself up as mfr# 1 *insert sarcasm here*
I thought when you left DSP, you "can not sell anything that competes with DSP products for a period of time"?
Heard a rumor that Nancie's closing SA because she's paying too much to run it. She's just firing everybody so she can open a new store.
I thought when you left DSP, you "can not sell anything that competes with DSP products for a period of time"?
August 2, 2010 9:20 AM
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I think that might depend on how good your sales are....
It's not worth chasing someone if their sales are crap. They didn't chase ruby either.
9th & Bloom, not yet opened.
Let's see how it progresses throughout the day.
Hah 9th and Bloom, what a failed launch! Hilarious.
Lame, still no 9th & Bloom.
No updates on the store blog nor Holly's blog.
Typical
I guess this is what you'll be able to expect customer service wise from this store, promised updates often throughout the day and then proceed to go 8-10 hours with no updates.
Geez even Miss Tiina could get her shit together and open on time.
So Divine Digital is open but no product images...does anyone know what is going on? How are her designers making any money, let alone staying with her?
It's not worth chasing someone if their sales are crap. They didn't chase ruby either.
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How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them? Ruby designs were not crap. If we want to call crap, let's talk about 80% of what is sold on DSP is crap. It all looks the same. Seems to me Ruby would not have fit the mold over there. Robotic designers all creating the same things, different day.
Where can I find amanda rockwell now. I love her products
I'm sure her or her cheerleaders will be able to direct you on how to find her over at DST.
9th & Bloom's failure to launch shouldn't surprise anyone. These designers "ran" another store for a few months without seeing how much set-up is required behind the scenes. Probably considered themselves experts. My guess is that they didn't purchase a hosting plan big enough to handle an XCart site and found out that XCart is going to crash it as soon as a couple of customers show up to download.
Because it's just SOOOOO easy to open a store, y'all!
Next step - just as I predicted originally - will be for a couple of the designers to leave because they won't want to ride out the growing pains, then the designer call should be posted by November at the latest.
word verification is "amish" - too funny.
If you get enough people to hype you up and squawk away about how awesome your shit is, it won't matter what the real truth is. That's the sad and simple reality of just about everything.
Amanda Rockwell is at ScrapArtist.
I know she is at SA, but that store closed down and I don't have a contact for Amanda
SA is not closed down. Go look.
There's got to be something wrong then. I been trying to get in their site since yesterday and doesn't work.
works fine for me
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
Am I missing something?
How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them? Ruby designs were not crap. If we want to call crap, let's talk about 80% of what is sold on DSP is crap. It all looks the same. Seems to me Ruby would not have fit the mold over there. Robotic designers all creating the same things, different day.
August 3, 2010 9:41 AM
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How about you re-read what I said, I didn't say Ruby's stuff was crap or Lauren's for that matter, I said their is no point in chasing them if their SALES are crap.
That's just.... Weird. :/
How do you know that Ruby didn't have a different agreement with them?
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ROFL, yeah because Ruby is soooo special! HA!
It's crap and it's a little bit creepy.
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
Am I missing something?
August 3, 2010 4:18 PM
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Yes, you are. A different point of view. Most of the altered stuff made by the designers you mention is very similar. Don't get me wrong, I like them all, but they are similar. If you look at altered art outside of digital scrapping, you'll see a lot of stuff like the one mentioned. Altered art was around for a long, long time before digi scrappers found it.
There's got to be something wrong then. I been trying to get in their site since yesterday and doesn't work.
August 3, 2010 1:41 PM
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It's been working fine for me, yesterday and today.
ok, so I like the altered art stuff. I like Tangie's, SherrieJD, and Beth Rimmer. But I'm sorry, this is just crap. http://www.digishoptalk.com/products/showphoto.php?photo=72688&cat=all&limit=last7
Aren't these actresses images copyrighted especially Elizabeth Taylor who is still living.
I would think that selling photos of someone's face when that someone is still alive has got to be illegal.
And 'Horny Women'? WTF?
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Illegal? really? Then a whole lot of people are in trouble. Or do you mean selling it without permission?
What's wrong with Horny Women? I think it's funny. They have horns, what else are you going to call them?
What's wrong with Horny Women? I think it's funny. They have horns, what else are you going to call them?
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I may be lacking creativity, but how in the world would you scrap with those? I can't image any kind of photo that I would possibly put in a page like that. And yes, I realize that people do other crap with altered art, but she's selling it as a scrap kit.
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Where does she say she is selling it as a scrap kit? I don't see that in her description nor on the packaging. I'll admit, she uses the word kit, but it's word commonly used even in the bizarre and strange world of altered art.
When did Vera Lim and MK leave Shabby Pickle?
There's an update on 9th & Bloom, there are delays *express surprise*
Where does she say she is selling it as a scrap kit? I don't see that in her description nor on the packaging. I'll admit, she uses the word kit, but it's word commonly used even in the bizarre and strange world of altered art.
The fact that it is in new products AND the link to the item in store is a dead giveaway.
When did Vera Lim and MK leave Shabby Pickle?
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Right around the time Holly, Lizzy Kasia and everyone else who is selling at Ninth & Bloom did.
Illegal? really? Then a whole lot of people are in trouble. Or do you mean selling it without permission?
What's wrong with Horny Women? I think it's funny. They have horns, what else are you going to call them?
Yes I mean selling, commercially, without permission.
Nothing is wrong with it, I guess, I just don't see the appeal at all.
The fact that it is in new products AND the link to the item in store is a dead giveaway.
August 4, 2010 12:54 AM
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And? It's still not advertised as a scrap kit. Besides, if you get right down to it, it is scrap in the true definition of the word.
It's listed on Deviant Art under "full scrap kits".
So I guess that means it's not a scrap kit - right.
Look up the definition of scrap. Although I'm not really sure why there is an argument about this.
I don't really give a damn one way or the other but I don't understand being obstinate for the sake of it.
Re Horny Women: funny name, made me giggle.
Fugly product I can't imagine using even in an altered art project.
WV= hotrag
Made me giggle more.
From the DD forums:
"This mess has been devistating! We lost EVERYTHING! And I have spent about 200 hours piecing the site back together.
The DADs will be returning but we may have to charge a small yearly fee for membership for these kits. We are trying to come up with other options but with losing the site and signing with a new server company our expenses have almost tripled.
Sorry its taking me so long to get it back up but I am one person - and I also have two children home for summer so things are not as quick as they could be.
But promise the site should be back up in the next 7-10 days...
Royanna Fritschmann"
You just knew Royanna was going to turn this into a (1) a sob story, and (2) some quick money-making scheme. Any designer who is associated with that store is c-r-a-z-y.
WV: cuckoo (how fitting!)
I don't understand why she just doesn't shut it down and be done. I think most of them are selling at other stores already, and the site can't make that much money if Royanna herself is selling at another store.
Interesting thread. I must say that I actually agree with Barb Speck on this one. Your thoughts?
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/dishonest-scraplifting-249663/
Interesting thread. I must say that I actually agree with Barb Speck on this one. Your thoughts?
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/dishonest-scraplifting-249663/
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You CANNOT copyright the placement of elements on a page. "Scraplift" is some stupid invented word scrappers made-up. The first LO did nothing wrong in regards to "copying" the very original idea of placing a photo in the center of the page and placing elements around it. Man, I've just never seen that before...
Now, the completed LO is a photograph - so the fact that the second LO in question just used the original LO as its "photo" is a copyright violation.
Just my 2 cents.
WV: abless
What happens when you sit around reading DST too long...
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/dishonest-scraplifting-249663/
I think Barb needs a new glasses. LOL Man she's funny.
Now I get it why you all love to jest about her.
Interesting thread. I must say that I actually agree with Barb Speck on this one. Your thoughts?
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/dishonest-scraplifting-249663/
August 4, 2010 10:48 AM
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Actually I agree with Shades of Bliss/Claire. It's too bad that not many people saw what she was trying to say.
Now, the completed LO is a photograph - so the fact that the second LO in question just used the original LO as its "photo" is a copyright violation.
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On somebody's part. Notice how the OP never answered where she got the original photo and she goes onto to state that she always credits her photos, yet, on that LO, she didn't credit. Things that make you go hmm.
And? It's still not advertised as a scrap kit. Besides, if you get right down to it, it is scrap in the true definition of the word.
Did you say scrap or crap. I happen to like altered art but this isn't what I would use in an altered art project. There are too many others out there who get it. I'm not sure this designer does. Also I don't think Horny Women has anything to do with this kit. I think she is using the Title as a way to try and get people to look at the kit or whatever it is.
Illegal? really? Then a whole lot of people are in trouble. Or do you mean selling it without permission?
No I mean illegal. Many of Elizabeth Taylor's are copyrighted. Last time I looked using copyrighted material was definitely illegal and I'm doubting the designer called Liz on the telly to ask permission.
Here it is. Designer Apprentice. http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15835
Now with two categories so DSA can choose more of their friends to win. I'd be shocked if anyone entered. The "prizes" are absolute rubbish.
And how about Laura "cantdesigncrap" Banasiak aka. simply.craps:
"would there be a set percentage or number of allowed CU items in the rules? i don't see how it could be fair for one person to create all things by hand...and the next person create a kit composed of half or more CU. to state 'as little CU as possible' may mean a lot of different things to different people...kwim?"
Laura, who still uses CU herself and did almost exclusively for the longest time until she finally figured out how to plug in a tablet and doodle. My 8 year old son can doodle, too. Guess you have some competition, Laura. Maybe I'll enter him.
What a bunch of whiney, hypocritical, wankers.
SBG has pulled out a lot of people from retirement for their 7th Bday Bash.
Soooo, what do ya think of 9th and Bloom? Did it live up to the hype?
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I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing.
LOL It's just another digiscrap store. "Hype" can only be manifested if people buy into it. The people who bought into it will certainly say it does.
I guess I'm one of the people who bought into the "hype" then. The designer line up looks really good to me. There are a few that are either new, or new to me, but look really talented.
It looks like there are some bugs in the site design though. I keep getting error messages and other problems. Too bad they didn't get that ironed out before going live.
Well, I'd love to buy a few things, but the cart isn't working, you can't navigate half the pages, and their forum is dead and the only people really talking are staff (designers and CTMs).
None of the designers are new to me, but there are some nice deals from designers I'd buy from whether they were there or not.
Give the forum a chance 12:33. They just opened. A hopping forum does not happen over night.
Their cart isn't working. So how is it that the customers who bought this also bought....on every product that I viewed?
And how about Laura "cantdesigncrap" Banasiak aka. simply.craps:
"would there be a set percentage or number of allowed CU items in the rules? i don't see how it could be fair for one person to create all things by hand...and the next person create a kit composed of half or more CU. to state 'as little CU as possible' may mean a lot of different things to different people...kwim?"
Laura, who still uses CU herself and did almost exclusively for the longest time until she finally figured out how to plug in a tablet and doodle. My 8 year old son can doodle, too. Guess you have some competition, Laura. Maybe I'll enter him.
What a bunch of whiney, hypocritical, wankers.
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I'm confused. Doesn't she sell CU products herself? But then has a problem with people using them?
Their cart isn't working. So how is it that the customers who bought this also bought....on every product that I viewed?
August 5, 2010 1:38 PM
Their cart was working earlier, I made a purchase with no problem this morning.
9th & Bloom might as well call themselves Shabby Pickle Reloaded. It's pretty much the same ol', same ol'. I think 5 Guest Designers is a little overkill and after all the problems they even had opening I would have thought a little bigger sale than 35%.
I don't get the idea of guest designers. Seems like a lot of work of uploading and adding products to be a just a temporary thing. I never have seen that as an appealing thing but that's just me.
I think I'm retiring from digiscrapping lol it's so hard to find anything different that I can't make myself by recoloring and re-configuring what I already have in my stash. I've already "made" my own kits for albums I've done just by mixing, matching and recoloring stuff from different kits I own. I certainly didn't buy into the hype for this store.
Also, their blog train is broken. One girl doesn't have her post up, and there's no master list, so it just stops with her.
Did you say scrap or crap. I happen to like altered art but this isn't what I would use in an altered art project. There are too many others out there who get it. I'm not sure this designer does. Also I don't think Horny Women has anything to do with this kit. I think she is using the Title as a way to try and get people to look at the kit or whatever it is.
August 5, 2010 7:17 AM
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The women have horns. What else are you going to call them?
I'm sure this design does get altered art. She has been frequently published in Somerset Studio. If you only introduction to altered art is through the digi scrap world, look around. It's very different outside of that little world.
Their cart isn't working. So how is it that the customers who bought this also bought....on every product that I viewed?
August 5, 2010 1:38 PM
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In a word, CT. The CT has to check out just like a customer, so it shows what they pick up. It doesn't mean that anyone actually bought it.
All three of Kasia's new kits looks the same. I miss her old kits, they were so bright and colorful. Now everything she does is that ugly dark purplish gray or whites.
Not a fan of 9th & Bloom, but have to ask, what hype? I see several people here mention it but I haven't seen any of this so called hype.
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I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing.
August 5, 2010 12:13 PM
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It does look like Shabby Pickle Reloaded or even After 5 the Midnight Hour. Nothing different at all.
All three of Kasia's new kits looks the same. I miss her old kits, they were so bright and colorful. Now everything she does is that ugly dark purplish gray or whites.
August 5, 2010 6:23 PM
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Agreed, but at least she's stopped doing all that fantasy crap she was producing over at the Pickle. It's like her old stuff, just needs more color.
I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing.
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meh...just another scrap store to me. I don't see anything 'different' about it. I could have found all these designers before in their previous stores. If you think back, the hot new place was mscraps, before that it was A5 and Shabby Pickle, and before that it was We Are Storytellers, and before that it was Funky Playground and so on and on it goes.
I remember when I first heard of "We Are Storytellers". I thought it was going to be something totally different. A place to support people in telling their family story and leaving a legacy. I was so disappointed that it opened and it was just another store.
I think 9th and Bloom rocks. I bought several things there myself. The little glitches are to be expected but they'll get ironed out. You couldn't ask for a better group of designers IMO. And no, I'm not one of them nor am I CT there.
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Just checked it out. Skimmed it, left it. I don't know if the designers are good or not, nothing appealed to me. I've seen it all before. I've got very similar stuff already that I picked up 18 months or more ago.
I remember when I first heard of "We Are Storytellers". I thought it was going to be something totally different. A place to support people in telling their family story and leaving a legacy. I was so disappointed that it opened and it was just another store.
August 5, 2010 6:36 PM
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Agreed. Good intentions and all that. Most of the action was happening on their blog. Why not just stick to a blog in that case?
None of the designers at 9th&Bloom are new? Where did by Becca and Emily Ann Designs sell before? I have never heard of them.
The biggest problem with being a trendy store is that trends are incredibly fickle. Like Heidi says, one day you're hot and the next day you're not. So true.
9th and Bloom-same old same old. A few decent designers but isn't anyone tired of everything looking the same. Again seen it all before just a new store. Of course because some are the in designers no one is going to poop on their parade.
None of the designers at 9th&Bloom are new? Where did by Becca and Emily Ann Designs sell before? I have never heard of them.
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by Becca sold at Scrap Matters and Emily Ann is from Etsy. I don't think she's had a scrapbooking store before.
I'm actually pretty blown away by 9th & Bloom. It looks like they have their shit together and their lineup of designers is pretty amazing.
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Yeah because opening a store 3 days after it was supposed shows they really have their shit together.
Also, their blog train is broken. One girl doesn't have her post up, and there's no master list, so it just stops with her.
August 5, 2010 2:58 PM
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I usually like blog trains but QPs? I hate QPs. And I don't like that some of it is featured on FB. Not everyone has a FB account or is interested in having one. And no master list? That's just careless.
Epic Fail.
LMAO @ Ninth & Blooms epic fail.
They left Shabby Fickle due to Laura not being able to organize the opening of an envelope, and turns out Holly can't either hahahahaha
I was prepared not to like it at all - agreed on the Kasia stuff - girl, get some COLOR! Agreed on the poopy blog train. Agreed on everything else, so let's see how the forum goes. It depends on the hostesses/CT/whatever they ares and if they know how to keep a conversation going.
So here's what's wonderful: The kit you get with a $10.00 order. The matching QPs from the stalled blog train. A couple of contests. Some very reasonably priced designers. I don't care if they opened late - If it weren't for here, I wouldn't have even known it. Will they end up like mScraps? Yes, probably. UNLESS they figure out a way to keep those forums going. I am convinced that is one of the best ways to keep a store alive and healthy, (but I don't really know how much it costs to do it...maybe more than it's worth?)
I spend more money there today than I've spent in a good long while ($25.00).
So here's what's wonderful: The kit you get with a $10.00 order.
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I like the look of the kit, except for the colors. Pink and green and brown? Yuck.
sounds like someone has something personal against Holly and is hoping she'll fail. Personally I think it's a great store, because alot of the designers I've bought from in the past are now there. The design of the store is really nice too.
wv = bashers lol
Why, when someone expresses an opinion that YOU don't agree with, do we automatically have a "vendetta" or "hate campaign" against that person. Get over it, its getting as old as the "You must be jealous" line.
We all have our own opinions and tastes. And we are free to express them, whether you like it or not!
Over 24 hours since I contacted 9th and Bloom about order issues and no response at all. Nothing. Nada.
So, I tried my cart again. Still the same problem and this time, one of the designers RAISED her regular price, so that the sale price was what the regular price was yesterday. Tacky.
Deleting cart and moving on. Too many other places I can get the same stuff, with better customer service, and less hassle.
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and before the cackling starts, the item in question is NOT the same price it is in her other stores. The sale price matches the regular price elsewhere, but the regular price is jacked up at 9th due to the sale.
I bet they're swamped with mail. The cart still doesn't work for me at all. I can add something to it but that's it..can't check out, can't continue shopping, I can only press the back button on my browser. I am not interested in anything for sale, I was just trying to see if I actually could purchase something if I wanted to. I cannot. [sarcasm] they sure do have their shit together.[/sarcasm]
I agree the jacked up prices for the sale is extremely tacky. I would assume people are smart enough to shop around when a designer sells in multiple stores. But probably not.
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Who did that? I want to know.
I'd like to know which designer did that, too.
I really laughed out loud for this:
one of the designers RAISED her regular price, so that the sale price was what the regular price was yesterday. Tacky.
Well, I guess we just have to admire that she has the nerve to do that. Unbelievable. By the way, who's she? :D
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Word Verification = toilib .....LOL!!! How appropriate for a smack blog!
It is a common tactic in retail sales to do such a thing but it's not just tacky, it's downright deceitful, no matter who does it.
I had a friend who was a head manager for a clothing store and she told me that before they would put on a sale, they had a "wheel of markups" they used to spin. Whatever percentage point the wheel landed on is what they would mark the clothing up before they put it on sale. The wheel went from 50-100 percent.
Sadly, one of my fav gals, Vera Lim. Yesterday the grab bag was reg price $6 (which her GBs usually are) on sale 35% off. Which, honestly, I would have paid the $6 for it - I don't expect GBs to be on sale. But the fact that she RAISED the regular price so now the sale price is actually a few cents MORE than her regular price elsewhere, well, that's just tacky and she lost a dedicated customer.
https://ninthandbloom.com/shop/product.php?productid=307&cat=0&page=1
http://www.veralimdesign.com/znc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=30&products_id=749
Dang! and I bought that VLim grab bag, too. (I was kind of disappointed in it, BTW) I think it was $6.11. Yes, Sadly I am one who doesn't go from shop to shop.
Yes, the pink, green and brown is somewhat odd. If the green weren't so 1950-bathroom-tile colored it might look better. But it's still a cute kit.
browsing topics in scraptalk at DST i seen a blinkie in this thread http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/any-ideas-249817/ does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?
Speaking of Shabby Pickel (kind of)what has happened to NewLife's Dreams? She one of fav designers, but hasn't had a new kit in a long time.
does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?
It's a free font that you can download from so many sites such as this one:
http://i-love-disney.com/downloads/disney-cartoon-fonts/
Don't know whether it can be used for commercial purposes though.
"browsing topics in scraptalk at DST i seen a blinkie in this thread http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/scrap-talk-65/any-ideas-249817/ does not the 3rd poster lori something have blinkie for ct andi design that is disney font?"
Really? You seen it?
^^^^ LMAO! I SEEN that two! (yes I do actually know which "TOO" should be there, but I'm trying to fit in with the trailer-park gang) Haha!
"trailer park gang"? Wow, that's harsh. You must be so superior to everyone here or you think you are.
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