"I despise the previews that are made to appear as though the paper is on rolls. Who in the fuck buys scrapbook paper on rolls? Awful. Just awful." -------------------- "Her papers aren't previews as being on rolls. I think what the poster above is talking about - unless it was just a general comment - were the "jeans" which look nothing like jeans at all. They don't even have a denim texture." -------------------- " ^^ saw what you meant by rolls. How did you stare at it forever and not know who designed it? Click on a preview. Any of the ones there have her name on there big as life." --------------------
I think the original poster was talking about her OTHER previews in her shop, not the one that was linked to. Her comment came just after saying she looked at the rest of the shop. Most of the other paper/kit previews show the paper on rolls. It does look pretty dumb.
Agree that the logo is huge and on lots of stuff. Does seem to be in a weird location on the main preview, though. I thought that it was word art for the kit at first (like a stamp). Aren't most logos either top/bottom or in a corner? So yeah I see the confusion.
I think the original poster was talking about her OTHER previews in her shop, not the one that was linked to. ______ I already said *saw what you meant by rolls". You even quoted me saying it genius. I just knew some moron was going to come in here an post that even after I already acknowledged what they were talking about.
^^^ I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the person who wrote "her papers aren't previewed as rolls"... because yes, they are. In almost every preview. Except the one referenced originally.
Quit name-calling. Totally unnecessary, seeing as how I didn't say anything bad/inflammatory about what you wrote, or to you. Chill.
I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the person who wrote "her papers aren't previewed as rolls"... because yes, they are. In almost every preview. Except the one referenced originally.
____ I'm going to say this very slowly since you can't figure it out. Both posts were by the same person.
I hate when people don't save the TIFF files properly, either. So many "big name" designers in "top tier" stores don't know how to save them. When all you sell are templates, you'd think you'd know how to make them.
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures...
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures... ---- Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures... ---- Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
I'm going to say this very slowly since you can't figure it out. Both posts were by the same person. ----------------- And just how in the fuck would you know that?!
and/or, how in the fuck would you have expected any of us to know that?! it's all anon here, GENIUS. who would have known you came back later and re-posted?! JEEEEEEESUS.
wow. I figured after the post about having posted they said that it meant they posted both. But I guess I can see how someone might be confused. (not the op)
Digital paper isn't on a roll, hello. It's digital. It isn't even paper. So why make it appear to be on a roll, when real scrapbook paper isn't even on a roll?! Makes no sense whatsoever.
Digital paper isn't on a roll, hello. It's digital. It isn't even paper. So why make it appear to be on a roll, when real scrapbook paper isn't even on a roll?! Makes no sense whatsoever. ----
really, you are this hung up about it? Who cares what the heck they do in real paper scrapbooking, I'm not paper scrapping. And if digi paper isn't on a roll, what the heck are you complaining about? You are making no sense whatsoever.
Well, there were millions without power due to Hurricane Irene not to mention the flooding. Maybe the reviewers are affected by the storm.
It does seem quiet around here with the exception of the stupid poster who doesn't get anything said two posts prior, and the woman who doesn't like "gross" but will use the word "moron" repeatedly.
I hate when people don't save the TIFF files properly, either. -------
I hate it when they are too lazy to trim their PNGs. What's the point in all that 'white' space? Not for templates, as I understand the reasoning behind that, but for other things, like elements, etc.
we don't need new space yet, and the owner doesn't go by the date. when it gets to around 1600 - 2000 then she will give us new space.
on another note. I realize this person doesn't use English as a first language...but how do you spell the name of your exclusive shop wrong not once buy twice??
on another note. I realize this person doesn't use English as a first language...but how do you spell the name of your exclusive shop wrong not once buy twice?? -----
How come there are native English speakers who constantly spell ridiculous and genius wrong? Not to mention the frequent and irritating incorrect usages of apostrophes?
Getting the name of your store wrong is small potatoes. I've seen some of the English speaking gals do the exact same thing.
Wow, how nice of SDD to offer free pirated e-books to their book club! Interesting that in a community where pirating is a bitch slap in the face that they would openly offer this in a PUBLIC forum...Idiots
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures... ---- Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
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I thought the same thing - I know there were two that were definately Cindy copies as I have the packs from Cindy. Don't see them in Jumpstart's store now though - maybe Cindy was aware.
Wow, how nice of SDD to offer free pirated e-books to their book club! Interesting that in a community where pirating is a bitch slap in the face that they would openly offer this in a PUBLIC forum...Idiots
The Devil in the white city by Erik Larson The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The Island by Elin Hilderbrand The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Reflections by Kathi Laurino
None of them are free.
This is where they are specifically asking for e-mail addresses to send the pirated books.
I don't see where they're giving away free e-books. The books they mention are all available for free from Amazon. Not exactly pirating. ----------------------- Even if something is available for free on Amazon, it's not ethical to give it away on your site for free. You're supposed to link to Amazon. Same way a designer doesn't want their freebie being pirated and given away in some other forum or on another blog... the designer wants the traffic to come to HER blog, so she can give it away herself.
Wow. I had to go see about the book pirates, sure enough. Look at this quote "I don't buy ebooks... I um... get them... somehow.. umm.... yay lol
so if anyone needs an ebook, let me know I can get it for you. NOt sure about Kindle though as they are different. but nook and sony ereaders I know I can do."
wow! I can't believe they are talking so openly about PIRATING books! I have a friend who is an author and selling books on Amazon. He works hard and his books aren't expensive. There are so many free books out there, they could pick one of those.
I feel like creating an account and asking where I can get a free copy of the new IBD kit they reference in that thread.
well, since I knew Tiff reads this, I wasn't surprized to see her post today in that thread with "I hate to be a stick in the mud, but is it ethical to share ebooks like this?" LOL. Nice try, Tiff, but those gals are going to come up with every excuse as to why its ok for them to do it. Forget the niceties...its WRONG - its PIRATING - and you should stand your ground and say so!
Well, since it IS now obvious that Tiff reads here - I agree with the person a few posts up that said nice try, Tiff. If you bother reading that entire thread at SDD, you will see that Tiff was actively participating in the voiting and getting 'free' books UNTIL it was brought up today. So yeah, Tiff - nice try - but to make yourself look honest now you will have to tell them its PIRATING - - and drop the nice little 'is this ethical' crap - they won't get it .
She may not have asked for a pirated book but I don't believe she wasn't aware it was going on. If she wanted to be a part of the book club she would be following the thread. Suddenly today when it was brought up here she gets a dose of conscious. I'm not buying it. She's trying to save face and doing a piss poor job of it.
You assume she even has an e-reader and that people follow threads regularly. Not everyone has e-readers or checks back at threads they've posted in. Even book clubs. I'm on Tiff's CT and she isn't really good at checking threads and forums. I would not be surprised if she hadn't seen it until it was mentioned here. I don't know if she has an e-reader or not.
I don't see that. I did read the thread and the only participation from Tiffany was "Count me in also." which appears to be before the piracy.
I would take that to mean she wanted to join in on the book club, not oh look she's a pirate. You're reaching. ----------- I agree with this person. She doesn't seem like she's the type to pirate. She has always taken a very strong stance against piracy. And she was probably made aware of SDD being mentioned the same way I was made aware of Tiff being mentioned, through someone who READS the blog.
As far as this whole piracy thing goes, I am shocked & appalled. I doubt Yvonne knows about it, she doesn't put up with that shit, at all.
And Lisete has a big big announce on Friday: http://lisetescrap.com/blog/
It doesn't look like Yvonne cares all that much, her response isn't even lukewarm. And now the pirate is going through erasing her posts. Like that will fix it.
Regarding the SSD thread. Please don't lump everyone on that thread as pirates. I know that I made a few comments in the beginning of the thread and forgot about it until it was mentioned here. I just assumed I'd either buy the book or get it from the library. Not all of us have kindles or even like to read electronically! And no I'm not Tiff.
I think it's pretty funny to watch them all scramble and try to sweep it under the rug. The pirate deleting and editing her posts, the owner coming back and making a blanket 'no sharing' statement, and the heavy trying to distract from it on the thread.
If I was Yvonne I'd kick that woman to the curb, along with everyone who gave their email addresses to get the free books. That is bullshit. They are all going to get away with it now! If any of these designer or members were in one of my stores, the owners would kick their sorry asses out. I don't think most of the people posting even knew what was going on until today. And at the end "I removed my post" with a big grin, really? That shit eating grin gets on my nerves behind that comment. It says to me she KNOWS what she was doing, and does not care. Re Lisete: It is odd that Lisete would release a product to SDD if she was closing the store. Stranger things have happened though.
The store owner's response is so "we got caught now I have to pretend like I give a shit". Maybe she'll care a little more if someone reports them to Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
And do you really think Amazon will do anything about it? Honestly. What about that book about molesting children that they refused to take a stance on?
I know the case you are talking about and it wasn't a book about molesting children, not in the strict sense, otherwise there would have been no issue about it's removal.
The store owner's response is so "we got caught now I have to pretend like I give a shit". Maybe she'll care a little more if someone reports them to Amazon and Barnes and Noble. ------
maybe she'll care more if stuff from her store gets pirated
What makes you think she didn't care?? She probably didn't even know about it. My goodness, Yvonne is very good person and wouldn't condone pirating from anyone or any corporation in any way.
You people are really making this into something bigger than it is. Yes the person who suggested the pirating was wrong, but to start blaming other designers and the store owner is just wrong. Just stop all this bullshit now. Some of you are just itching to smack regardless.
My goodness, Yvonne is very good person and wouldn't condone pirating from anyone or any corporation in any way. -------
Right. I know a lot of good people, yet they don't think twice about downloading movies and music. It doesn't make them bad people for doing it. It's not the right thing to do, but seriously, it automatically makes them bad people? Maybe you need to stop the bullshit.
You can stop trying to twist this. She was being smacked here and her store because of this. This smacking is bullshit. I heard through the grapevine that the chickie who offered the pirated ebook link is now banned and so is anyone who asked for the pirated link. So now we can just stop all this and move on.
What? So because someone posts defending the store & owner, she's automatically one of the designers? You are a fucking moron. You probably are one of the idiots who has a hard-on for SDD. Did they refuse you at the last call? Are you COLS? or are you just a fucking moron?
i dont understand why you all are so hell bent on saying that it's yvonne's fault that this happened. sure it was in the forum and people commented on it, but it doesn't mean that it was something that was condoned. Yvonne is someone that is very truthful and honest and would NEVER let something like this go on at her site! You all are so quick to point fingers at other people because you just like to stir up shit. People do make honest mistakes, yes it might still be bad, but it's still just a mistake. get over it and find something else to talk about.
People do make honest mistakes, yes it might still be bad, but it's still just a mistake. get over it and find something else to talk about. ----------
Why? We don't let others get away with, why let Yvonne get away with it? Hmmm?
Yvonne is someone that is very truthful and honest and would NEVER let something like this go on at her site! --------------------
How do you know? Unless you are Yvonne, you don't know jack. You can only assume based on your knowledge of her character. These assumptions, like most assumptions are not always accurate. I'm not saying she is a bad person, but you can't know with absolute certainty either way.
I heard through the grapevine that the chickie who offered the pirated ebook link is now banned and so is anyone who asked for the pirated link. So now we can just stop all this and move on. ---------
I would need more proof than I heard through the grapevine. I hear lots of things through the grapevine, it doesn't make them so.
You people coming here and being all defensive are just making things that much worse. If I were you, I'd quit while I was ahead. You don't have too of course, you could keeping on making it worse. I don't care.
The fact remains that the owner only acted appropriately after people smacked here here for her initial shoulder shrug reaction. Now that entire portion of the forums is gone so you can't go see it for yourselves. Let's all just sweep this under the rug, it never happened, she's a saint, etc. etc. Move along now, nothing to see here.
I would need more proof than I heard through the grapevine. I hear lots of things through the grapevine, it doesn't make them so.
You people coming here and being all defensive are just making things that much worse. If I were you, I'd quit while I was ahead. You don't have too of course, you could keeping on making it worse. I don't care. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That entire category was removed from the forum. Everyone who participated in the file sharing was banned. Yvonne posted about it in another section. What more do you want?
I do not understand what the deal is with SDD, why some of you have such a GRUDGE (since someone whined about the use of the word HARD-ON) against SDD.
I actually feel bad for the SDD pirate. It's obvious that SDD is/was a huge part of her life, since she has thousands of forum posts plus her DST gallery is crammed with layouts made with SDD stuff (yeah, I was bored enough to go look). The posters here will get their jollies by smacking her for a few days before they move on to someone else, but it's possible that she just lost something that is really important to her. She shouldn't have been pirating anything, but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy.
I actually feel bad for the SDD pirate. It's obvious that SDD is/was a huge part of her life, since she has thousands of forum posts plus her DST gallery is crammed with layouts made with SDD stuff (yeah, I was bored enough to go look). The posters here will get their jollies by smacking her for a few days before they move on to someone else, but it's possible that she just lost something that is really important to her. She shouldn't have been pirating anything, but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy. -------------------------------
You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!"
W. T. F. ??! In society, it's important for there to be consequences for actions. Piracy SHOULD equal a loss of a big/important privilege. It's how someone learns a lesson for the future. A quiet slap on the wrist just teaches someone not to get caught. It's "lazy parenting."
You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!" ___________________________________
My kids would laugh so hard if they knew someone said that about me! That just made my night, LMAO!
yeah that was for the long comment above the *im bored and have nothing to do but be a bitchy little cunt on the internet* post. ^^^^^^^^^^^ really? you have to resort to calling people names? why not be a big girl and use big girl words instead of having to call people harsh words such as a 'cunt'. i'll say this, at least i have one.
but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy. ------------
Um, no. Why would anyone care to make the anon posters on this blog happy? You are giving this blog way more credit than it deserves.
A quiet slap on the wrist NEVER WORKS, EVER. They just do it again.
oh, I'm pretty darn sure I know who Drama Queen is. the attitude and 'verbage' match up perfectly. but - yeah. She would just deny it anyway - - but I know. and that's enuff for me. (and she has been smacked here recently)
I saw one of the posters who had given her email requesting a pirated book posting on SDD today, so they did not all get banned. I think the two main ones did. I don't think banning is too harsh because the pirate was some sort of official there. That makes it look like the site is involved, and if I was the owner I'd ban them too rather than risk my business.
Really? --------------------- These were in the NSD grab bag, which I bought & the rest of the items were great but these seemed like they were thrown in as an afterthought. Kinda wierd. I ended up throwing them in my PU stash as I wouldn't ever use them for CU but they're OK for journaling on my LOs. I really only ever buy her overlays & textures anyway, she should probably stick to that.
I don't think banning is too harsh because the pirate was some sort of official there. That makes it look like the site is involved, and if I was the owner I'd ban them too rather than risk my business. ------------------------------------ I would have banned them too. If they are on the store CT and are pirating books, it's possible they are also pirating the kits they are getting as CT members. I wouldn't take that chance.
I would have banned them too. If they are on the store CT and are pirating books, it's possible they are also pirating the kits they are getting as CT members. I wouldn't take that chance. ------------------ This is exactly what I was thinking. If someone's willing to pirate something, they're willing to, um... pirate something. I'd never let any known pirate participate as a member of the community in any store I ran. Never.
You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!"
W. T. F. ??! In society, it's important for there to be consequences for actions. Piracy SHOULD equal a loss of a big/important privilege. It's how someone learns a lesson for the future. A quiet slap on the wrist just teaches someone not to get caught. It's "lazy parenting."
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I laughed so hard when I read this, and I wish I could high-five the person who wrote it. WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS????
Also, what is going on w/ the poster who keeps using the term "hard on" when referring to people who smack SDD on this blog? It makes no sense.
Today's language lesson: where I come from, the term "hard on" is used as a reference to what happens when someone is attracted to/by something/someone else. So saying someone has a "hard on" for SDD because they keep smacking it on this blog makes zero sense. Clearly they don't have a hard on for SDD, but you obviously have a hard on for using that term.
Hi Guys, yes I was reading here yesterday, but no, I am not Drama Whore. Why would I call myself a whore? o.O Yes, I am have been smacked here recently, and if someone wants to say something CONSTRUCTIVE about my designs that I can USE, great. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. I enjoy designing, and I have customers who enjoy my products..and that is what matters.
Please, if we missed someone in the banning, would you please let us know who? We do not condone piracy, in any way of anything.
DA is in its final week. Anyone find any new designers they like? I kind of like Brine Design. I know she's been at FPD for a little while but hadn't really noticed her until now.
They look like arrows for your layouts. Anna seems to have a urban/graphic style. So I can see how someone might like it. Not my style, but if someone likes that kind of thing. At least it's relatively unique.
Hi Guys, yes I was reading here yesterday, but no, I am not Drama Whore. Why would I call myself a whore? o.O Yes, I am have been smacked here recently, and if someone wants to say something CONSTRUCTIVE about my designs that I can USE, great. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. I enjoy designing, and I have customers who enjoy my products..and that is what matters.
Please, if we missed someone in the banning, would you please let us know who? We do not condone piracy, in any way of anything.
Thanks & smack on! :)
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It would be a much shorter post to tell you the positive things about your design work (or should I say recoloring of cu items) than to critique the bad things about them. And I won't even get started on how your templates look like a bad freebie train wreck.
It would be a much shorter post to tell you the positive things about your design work (or should I say recoloring of cu items) than to critique the bad things about them. And I won't even get started on how your templates look like a bad freebie train wreck. --------------------- I have zero affiliation w/ Sweet Mesquite and I have no idea who you are, but it's pretty obvious to ALL of the rest of us that you have a personal issue w/ her, and it's very doubtful that it's JUST about her designs. Every time her name comes up, someone (presumably you) w/ the same tone and way of writing gets on here and posts mean-spirited, nasty things about her. I am guessing that you're the only one who feels that way, though. It really doesn't seem to be more than one person. And further, you have yet to offer up anything (ANYTHING!) concrete about WHAT it is you hate so much. Generalizations and nastiness just make the rest of us think that you have a personal grudge. And that's fine, feel free, but I'm here to tell you that we're all bored with it so why don't you go post it on your blog instead. You're boring us.
dang, I just looked at her store and it's really not that bad. not my taste personally, but not any different/worse than anything else I see on the market. would have to agree w/ the PP that there's a grudge somewhere here, because there are a billion worse designers than this lady.
ITA with the previous two posters. Anyone with that type of animosity in their posts has to have some sort or personal issue. In my experience people usually do not care that much about someone they feel is a sub-par designer.
oh that's a bunch of shit and you all know it. You come on here to a smack blog waiting for gossip and reviews. You may not agree with what she said about SM's designs but she didn't attack her personally. She talked about the product. So is everyone here that says something bad about another designer just venting a personal grudge?
Not what anyone said. It just seems that when someone is especially nasty to a designer, especially a no-name designer there is something more going on. It may be a personal grudge, a CT issue, a competitive issue, or something else.
I didn't see that as especially nasty. I've seen much worse here. -------------- Well, haven't we all? But one time I saw worse was a couple of weeks ago when someone (again, possibly the same person as today) smacked Sweet Mesquite and called her names and said things that had NO relation to designs. It's clear someone here doesn't like her. Let's not argue the obvious.
I think people are assuming the person that responded is the same person that has talked about Sweet Mesquite before. Previous posts have been "nasty" and personal talking about her weight and calling names.
If that is the case I agree with the previous posters. There does seem to be someone with a problem with Sweet Mesquite on this blog. I don't know if that is the person that recently responded to her though.
So is everyone here that says something bad about another designer just venting a personal grudge?
September 2, 2011 3:34 PM --------------------------
When they say something about a person's personal appearance or call them names that have NOTHING to do with their work? YES, absolutely it's a personal grudge. Because the nature of the smack is personal. And if you just don't care for someone's designs, what is the motivation to make your smack personal unless IT IS personal? Unless the person is just some mean-spirited hag who probably doesn't like herself too much, so she tears down others for the fun of it.
If the smack was reserved for the designs alone, I would reason they are just someone who doesn't care for your work/style for one reason or another. But that's not always how things roll here.
I just took a quick look through her store and while I do not own any, so I cannot speak for the quality, her stuff does not look that bad. Simple in design, yes. But not horrid. I have seen much much worse out there. I did skip the templates because those don't interest me anyway. But I agree, whoever left that comment must have a grudge of some sort. It was uncalled for. And no, I don't know this designer at all. I was just curious after reading the comments here. And SM, you may be underpricing a bit. I mean $2-3 for a kit? Wow. Low.
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!
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No doubt now that this is personal issue. Go elsewhere spread you shit. I don't know her but I don't think a smack blog is the place to destroy a personal life.
ohh and maybe if you took care of your own shit instead of spending so much time spitting on others ??
DA is in its final week. Anyone find any new designers they like? I kind of like Brine Design. I know she's been at FPD for a little while but hadn't really noticed her until now. -------
I was competing but gave up because the challenges weren't that challenging for me. I haven't checked back, is Brine still in the lead?
September 2, 2011 5:17 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
September 2, 2011 5:20 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
September 2, 2011 5:23 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!
Every time her name comes up, someone (presumably you) w/ the same tone and way of writing gets on here and posts mean-spirited, nasty things about her ------
She said nasty things about her product, not the person. Please note the difference. I'm so sick and tried of people thinking smacking the product is smacking the person, it isn't.
The point is that some people like them and some people don't. I like them. There are a lot of things out there in digi that I don't see the point of either, but I don't go and post about it here.
Ya know, it's one thing to smack talk my products on here..or even ME..but to bring my kids & personal things off my facebook page onto here?!? That's uncalled for & unnecessary. I don't know who you are, but you must have a pretty pathetic life to be this interested in mine. Especially since I am a "no-name designer". This reeks of personal vendetta, & I have an idea who you are (or y'all are). And to post on a smack blog about the CPS investigation?! that's such CRAP!!
Yes, I was reported to CPS for bogus charges by someone I *thought* was a friend. The case has been closed. The caseworker said it was "bogus". If I could out you to the world, I totally would. But with no DEFINITE proof, I can not.
And yes, I posted on my facebook page about being talked about on here....after the CPS investigation was brought into it. Because that's PERSONAL!!! If you want to call it a pity party, fine, call it a pity party. What I see it as is a bunch of people from my real life and my digital lif, who all agree this is bullshit.
I think anyone who starts bringing personal attacks about character/appearance/etc is sad and pathetic. Smack blogs in general are pathetic enough - but hey, it's a guilty pleasure enough of us share. But for someone to post about what Beth is posting about on her personal facebook page and to throw out allegations surrounding CPS. That is tacky and cruel, spiteful and hateful - and completely and utterly disgusting. Go crawl back into the hole you oozed out of.
Go and enjoy your kids, ignore the troll. You don't own anyone any explanation about anything. In fact, you could have made things worse by explaining. I would say that most here would have thought the CPS reference was total BS, you really shouldn't have confirmed that it did happen, even if it was bogus in the end.
"Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!" --------------------- "HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!" --------------------- "Poor Poor SM, she is whining on facebook about how mean we are."
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About this. First of all, either this person w/ the vendetta is on SM's friend list on FB, or SM needs to add some damn privacy settings to her page (and if the latter is the case, SM please get a clue! privacy online is important!).
If the person is on SM's FB friend list, she should be able to figure out who it is. At least, one would assume.
Finally, my last kernel of advice: it's pretty clear to me (using the comments I quoted, above) that the vendetta-holder is another designer OR a CT, etc. at SDD. Otherwise, why all of the jealous rage about SM talking to the owner? That's just IMO.
SM... if I were you, I'd use these ideas to figure out who you should trim off your FB friend list. Well, IMO nobody should ever be friending people on FB they don't actually know... but that's your call. Obviously, though, one of your co-workers/FB friends has a little prob with you. So being mad that someone is using personal info against you is sorta hard to feel sympathy for, when you're the one broadcasting that info to people you clearly don't know very well. Wise up. For the sake of your kids/family.
This reminds me of the attacks on Gina Miller once upon a time. I wish we would go back to the reviews. To the person attacking SM, you are pathetic.
To SM, not everyone thinks these things about you. It looks like one maybe two people with a problem are posting. Ignore them. I don't believe anyone else feels the same way.
So being mad that someone is using personal info against you is sorta hard to feel sympathy for, when you're the one broadcasting that info to people you clearly don't know very well. Wise up. ----------
I would have to agree. When one of my friends on FB is having a bad time, they may make a passing reference on their profile and then I'll email or inbox them for more info. They can either choose to clue me in or not, but they don't make it public.
September 2, 2011 5:17 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
September 2, 2011 5:20 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
September 2, 2011 5:23 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!---
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Good lord am I back in highschool. How juvenile can some get on this blog. SMACK Blog or not either your age is showing or your mentality and i'm not quite sure which. Some take things a little bit too far-quit being bullies and grow up.
I'm the person who attacked sm's designs and I said nothing about her personal life nor her on facebook. I am not even on her friend's list, nor do I know her personally. But when you come here under your own name, you ask for the punishment. But it is none of my business what goes on in your life. And I also have never smacked her on this blog before either. So no, there is no personal grudge. I went and looked at her store, along with her blog, after she posted here.
No the OP but the attack on the designs was quite different from the attack on the person. Why assume they are the same? Because both are anonymous? That's pretty absurd.
a while back Hunnybee Designs had a slight piracy problem with a chickie by the name of Michelle McCoy, aka Crafty Scraps (selling at ScrapbookMax). At the time, it was obvious from the information posted by Lissa (Hunnybee) that this Michelle had taken Lissa's freebies and used them in her own kits. These were PU items - and Michelle didn't bother to even recolor or change them up! Michelle claimed that she had 'mixed up her folders', didn't realize they were PU...blah blah blah. Most of those who were reading along agreed that she was lying then...and trying to cover her own behind. Miserably.
Seems she is at it again. Check out this new post:
With all the proof that Lissa has provided - its so very obvious that this Michelle stole once again. She provided so called 'proof' of where she got the items Lissa is claiming she stole....which only makes her story even more unbelieveable, as its clear from the photo's that she pirated them from Hunnybee Design.
I read that the store disabled the items in question - and that 4shared took down the freebie download. I would like to know WHY she is still being allowed to sell in a shop??? Twice caught pirating? from the same person??? She should be kicked to the curb (much like the book pirater's at SDD)
Designers - - beware. She may have items of yours in her kits also. I'm off to have a look myself.
I just wanted to say thank you for posting about that here. I do indeed think that Michelle McCoy has a problem with stealing and/or violating other designers' terms. I did look through her store and couldn't concentrate long enough to find anything. But, staring me right in the face was something of mine on her blog for which she is violating my TOU.
I have emailed her to address it. Hopefully she complies with my request without too much trouble. I hate drama like this, but I also won't stand for my terms being blatantly violated, either.
Designers - - beware. She may have items of yours in her kits also. I'm off to have a look myself.
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I got to page 17 of her store and had to give up. I now have a headache ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ one bad designer stealing from another BAD designer, that gave me my giggle for the day!
I reported that one. She needs to be stopped. Too many newbie designers get into this industry looking for CU freebies and she is perpetuating a huge problem.
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/digital-scrapbooking-kits/brands/Michelle-McCoy.html?sort=newest ---------------- OMG, MY EYES! Next time, warn us. That shop is awful.
Too many newbie designers get into this industry looking for CU freebies and she is perpetuating a huge problem.
^^^ Exactly why this matters even though she's not a great "designer". She offers completely free - no strings attached CU products - to newbies who fall for it hook line and sinker
OP here on the Michelle McCoy info - sorry I didnt' warn you in advance about the....intensity of her shop. Better to find out and make up your own opinions.
I don't care what kind of a designer she is, either - - what she is doing is way wrong. Pirating bugs the crap outta me. and I do NOT understand WHY she is allowed to keep on selling!!!!!
Brine's stuff is nice, but it was too overpriced (at 2LP) -- nice, but not in the league of the other modern style gals at Oscraps (and Shen at Catscrap). Not even close.
Brine's stuff is nice, but it was too overpriced (at 2LP) -- nice, but not in the league of the other modern style gals at Oscraps (and Shen at Catscrap). Not even close.
September 3, 2011 5:28 PM ______________ I don't think she's minimalist like some of the designers at Oscraps. But I do agree that she's overpriced.
maybe she thought the pirated things wouldn't be recognised so easily from a lesser known designer?
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Very doubtful she put that much thought into it. My guess is that BECAUSE she's a bad designer, her tastes are such that she is drawn to and enjoys bad designs... hence her choices as to who to pirate.
Carrie Fisher once said in When Harry Met Sally, "everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humor, but they couldn't possibly ALL have good taste and a sense of humor..."
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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"I despise the previews that are made to appear as though the paper is on rolls. Who in the fuck buys scrapbook paper on rolls? Awful. Just awful."
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"Her papers aren't previews as being on rolls. I think what the poster above is talking about - unless it was just a general comment - were the "jeans" which look nothing like jeans at all. They don't even have a denim texture."
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" ^^ saw what you meant by rolls. How did you stare at it forever and not know who designed it? Click on a preview. Any of the ones there have her name on there big as life."
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I think the original poster was talking about her OTHER previews in her shop, not the one that was linked to. Her comment came just after saying she looked at the rest of the shop. Most of the other paper/kit previews show the paper on rolls. It does look pretty dumb.
Agree that the logo is huge and on lots of stuff. Does seem to be in a weird location on the main preview, though. I thought that it was word art for the kit at first (like a stamp). Aren't most logos either top/bottom or in a corner? So yeah I see the confusion.
why don't you post a little tutorial here of how you'd like them saved, so we can all comply?
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In Photoshop, save the file as a TIFF.
When the dialog box appears, under image compression, choose LZW. Under layer compression, choose ZIP.
This will make a TIFF file about 25-50% of the size of a PSD file.
I think the original poster was talking about her OTHER previews in her shop, not the one that was linked to.
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I already said *saw what you meant by rolls". You even quoted me saying it genius. I just knew some moron was going to come in here an post that even after I already acknowledged what they were talking about.
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I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the person who wrote "her papers aren't previewed as rolls"... because yes, they are. In almost every preview. Except the one referenced originally.
Quit name-calling. Totally unnecessary, seeing as how I didn't say anything bad/inflammatory about what you wrote, or to you. Chill.
Anonymous said...
Gross
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=20223&cat=180&page=1
August 31, 2011 7:35 AM
No surprise to me. GP and Digitals are full of such "gross" kits.
I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the person who wrote "her papers aren't previewed as rolls"... because yes, they are. In almost every preview. Except the one referenced originally.
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I'm going to say this very slowly since you can't figure it out. Both posts were by the same person.
I hate when people don't save the TIFF files properly, either. So many "big name" designers in "top tier" stores don't know how to save them. When all you sell are templates, you'd think you'd know how to make them.
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures...
Can we get a different word other than gross. You sound like you're five, and a moron.
August 31, 2011 9:46 AM
As if calling someone a moron makes you sound older than five...
she didn't say she was a moron. she said her choice of words makes her sound like one.
Good god.
Tell me you're not that stupid...
And you wonder why you're referred to as broads and bitches in here?
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures...
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Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures...
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Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
I'm going to say this very slowly since you can't figure it out. Both posts were by the same person.
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And just how in the fuck would you know that?!
and/or, how in the fuck would you have expected any of us to know that?! it's all anon here, GENIUS. who would have known you came back later and re-posted?! JEEEEEEESUS.
wow. I figured after the post about having posted they said that it meant they posted both. But I guess I can see how someone might be confused. (not the op)
Can we get back to some reviews now?
Would love some reviews but it seems like all the reviewers have better things to do.
I despise the previews that are made to appear as though the paper is on rolls. Who in the fuck buys scrapbook paper on rolls?
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Digi scrappers, duh!
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Digital paper isn't on a roll, hello. It's digital. It isn't even paper. So why make it appear to be on a roll, when real scrapbook paper isn't even on a roll?! Makes no sense whatsoever.
I think the poster was being sarcastic, but that was lost on you, huh?
Digital paper isn't on a roll, hello. It's digital. It isn't even paper. So why make it appear to be on a roll, when real scrapbook paper isn't even on a roll?! Makes no sense whatsoever.
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really, you are this hung up about it? Who cares what the heck they do in real paper scrapbooking, I'm not paper scrapping. And if digi paper isn't on a roll, what the heck are you complaining about? You are making no sense whatsoever.
I think the poster was being sarcastic, but that was lost on you, huh?
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I was and it apparently was.
Well, there were millions without power due to Hurricane Irene not to mention the flooding. Maybe the reviewers are affected by the storm.
It does seem quiet around here with the exception of the stupid poster who doesn't get anything said two posts prior, and the woman who doesn't like "gross" but will use the word "moron" repeatedly.
Can we get a different word other than gross. You sound like you're five, and a moron.
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Uh, how about using another word instead of moron? That makes you sound like you're about 6.
I hate when people don't save the TIFF files properly, either.
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I hate it when they are too lazy to trim their PNGs. What's the point in all that 'white' space? Not for templates, as I understand the reasoning behind that, but for other things, like elements, etc.
And you wonder why you're referred to as broads and bitches in here?
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Yes, what is a broad? I haven't heard that word since the late 70s and then only by men.
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I partially blame the stores with that. EVERY store should QC their designers and this should be on the checklist to fix.
Can we get a different word other than gross. You sound like you're five, and a moron.
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Uh, how about using another word instead of moron? That makes you sound like you're about 6.
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Before anyone corrects me, I knew what the OP meant, but she still used the word and it makes her sound just as juvenile.
Damn I saw 31 new posts and thought something interesting was going on.
It's Sept 1st, would it be possible to have a new space posted?? thanks
we don't need new space yet, and the owner doesn't go by the date. when it gets to around 1600 - 2000 then she will give us new space.
on another note. I realize this person doesn't use English as a first language...but how do you spell the name of your exclusive shop wrong not once buy twice??
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?p=2973518#post2973518
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buy = but
yeah, I know. English IS my first language...LOL
on another note. I realize this person doesn't use English as a first language...but how do you spell the name of your exclusive shop wrong not once buy twice??
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How come there are native English speakers who constantly spell ridiculous and genius wrong? Not to mention the frequent and irritating incorrect usages of apostrophes?
Getting the name of your store wrong is small potatoes. I've seen some of the English speaking gals do the exact same thing.
Wow, how nice of SDD to offer free pirated e-books to their book club! Interesting that in a community where pirating is a bitch slap in the face that they would openly offer this in a PUBLIC forum...Idiots
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13603
I'm behind on my SDD review. I was not affected by Irene, just life. lolol
I have it started and will post once it's finished.
I see not much else is happening here. I do agree that using the word moron is no different than using the word gross, though.
Smack on.
Speaking of huge files, I downloaded the freebie from Jumpstart Designs and it's 150mb! I'm sorry, but ONE template that is twice as large as a full kit? No thanks. There is a reason templates aren't made with textures...
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Some of her templates look a lot like Cindy Schneider's too. Wonder if Cindy's aware.
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I thought the same thing - I know there were two that were definately Cindy copies as I have the packs from Cindy.
Don't see them in Jumpstart's store now though - maybe Cindy was aware.
Wow, how nice of SDD to offer free pirated e-books to their book club! Interesting that in a community where pirating is a bitch slap in the face that they would openly offer this in a PUBLIC forum...Idiots
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13603
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I don't see where they're giving away free e-books. The books they mention are all available for free from Amazon. Not exactly pirating.
This is the book list
The Devil in the white city by Erik Larson
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Reflections by Kathi Laurino
None of them are free.
This is where they are specifically asking for e-mail addresses to send the pirated books.
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showpost.php?p=151675&postcount=60
I don't see where they're giving away free e-books. The books they mention are all available for free from Amazon. Not exactly pirating.
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Even if something is available for free on Amazon, it's not ethical to give it away on your site for free. You're supposed to link to Amazon. Same way a designer doesn't want their freebie being pirated and given away in some other forum or on another blog... the designer wants the traffic to come to HER blog, so she can give it away herself.
I deplore piracy in all of its forms. And yes, that means I have paid for all the music on my iPod too.
Wow. I had to go see about the book pirates, sure enough. Look at this quote "I don't buy ebooks... I um... get them... somehow.. umm.... yay lol
so if anyone needs an ebook, let me know I can get it for you. NOt sure about Kindle though as they are different. but nook and sony ereaders I know I can do."
I can't believe people are so stupid.
wow! I can't believe they are talking so openly about PIRATING books! I have a friend who is an author and selling books on Amazon. He works hard and his books aren't expensive. There are so many free books out there, they could pick one of those.
I feel like creating an account and asking where I can get a free copy of the new IBD kit they reference in that thread.
That makes me sick. They are no better than a Digi kit pirating group.
I feel like creating an account and asking where I can get a free copy of the new IBD kit they reference in that thread.
September 1, 2011 12:35 PM
You can get a free copy on SDD. It's the daily download.
well, since I knew Tiff reads this, I wasn't surprized to see her post today in that thread with "I hate to be a stick in the mud, but is it ethical to share ebooks like this?" LOL. Nice try, Tiff, but those gals are going to come up with every excuse as to why its ok for them to do it. Forget the niceties...its WRONG - its PIRATING - and you should stand your ground and say so!
Is this all happening right in the SDD forum?
Is this all happening right in the SDD forum?
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Yes it is and I was very supprise to see this.
BTW I just saw that Lisetscrap left the store. Nothing mentionned she just left.
Thank you Tiffany for bringing up what is so obvious to the rest of us!
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13603&page=7
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Well, since it IS now obvious that Tiff reads here - I agree with the person a few posts up that said nice try, Tiff. If you bother reading that entire thread at SDD, you will see that Tiff was actively participating in the voiting and getting 'free' books UNTIL it was brought up today. So yeah, Tiff - nice try - but to make yourself look honest now you will have to tell them its PIRATING - - and drop the nice little 'is this ethical' crap - they won't get it .
I don't see that. I did read the thread and the only participation from Tiffany was "Count me in also." which appears to be before the piracy.
I would take that to mean she wanted to join in on the book club, not oh look she's a pirate. You're reaching.
She may not have asked for a pirated book but I don't believe she wasn't aware it was going on. If she wanted to be a part of the book club she would be following the thread. Suddenly today when it was brought up here she gets a dose of conscious. I'm not buying it. She's trying to save face and doing a piss poor job of it.
You assume she even has an e-reader and that people follow threads regularly. Not everyone has e-readers or checks back at threads they've posted in. Even book clubs. I'm on Tiff's CT and she isn't really good at checking threads and forums. I would not be surprised if she hadn't seen it until it was mentioned here. I don't know if she has an e-reader or not.
I don't see that. I did read the thread and the only participation from Tiffany was "Count me in also." which appears to be before the piracy.
I would take that to mean she wanted to join in on the book club, not oh look she's a pirate. You're reaching.
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I agree with this person. She doesn't seem like she's the type to pirate. She has always taken a very strong stance against piracy. And she was probably made aware of SDD being mentioned the same way I was made aware of Tiff being mentioned, through someone who READS the blog.
As far as this whole piracy thing goes, I am shocked & appalled. I doubt Yvonne knows about it, she doesn't put up with that shit, at all.
And Lisete has a big big announce on Friday: http://lisetescrap.com/blog/
It doesn't look like Yvonne cares all that much, her response isn't even lukewarm. And now the pirate is going through erasing her posts. Like that will fix it.
And Lisete has a big big announce on Friday: http://lisetescrap.com/blog/
September 1, 2011 1:44 PM
I don't see any announcement about her leaving SDD. The second post down even has a new release at SDD.
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The post said she HAS an announcement on Friday....I'm guessing she's going to announce where she's moving to.
Yvonne and Tiff's posts look odd now that the original pirate post has been editied
Regarding the SSD thread. Please don't lump everyone on that thread as pirates. I know that I made a few comments in the beginning of the thread and forgot about it until it was mentioned here. I just assumed I'd either buy the book or get it from the library. Not all of us have kindles or even like to read electronically! And no I'm not Tiff.
I think it's pretty funny to watch them all scramble and try to sweep it under the rug. The pirate deleting and editing her posts, the owner coming back and making a blanket 'no sharing' statement, and the heavy trying to distract from it on the thread.
If I was Yvonne I'd kick that woman to the curb, along with everyone who gave their email addresses to get the free books. That is bullshit. They are all going to get away with it now! If any of these designer or members were in one of my stores, the owners would kick their sorry asses out. I don't think most of the people posting even knew what was going on until today. And at the end "I removed my post" with a big grin, really? That shit eating grin gets on my nerves behind that comment. It says to me she KNOWS what she was doing, and does not care.
Re Lisete: It is odd that Lisete would release a product to SDD if she was closing the store. Stranger things have happened though.
The store owner's response is so "we got caught now I have to pretend like I give a shit". Maybe she'll care a little more if someone reports them to Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Drama Queen, did you really go make an account just for posting on the smack blog?
And do you really think Amazon will do anything about it? Honestly. What about that book about molesting children that they refused to take a stance on?
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I know the case you are talking about and it wasn't a book about molesting children, not in the strict sense, otherwise there would have been no issue about it's removal.
The store owner's response is so "we got caught now I have to pretend like I give a shit". Maybe she'll care a little more if someone reports them to Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
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maybe she'll care more if stuff from her store gets pirated
What makes you think she didn't care?? She probably didn't even know about it. My goodness, Yvonne is very good person and wouldn't condone pirating from anyone or any corporation in any way.
You people are really making this into something bigger than it is. Yes the person who suggested the pirating was wrong, but to start blaming other designers and the store owner is just wrong. Just stop all this bullshit now. Some of you are just itching to smack regardless.
My goodness, Yvonne is very good person and wouldn't condone pirating from anyone or any corporation in any way.
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Right. I know a lot of good people, yet they don't think twice about downloading movies and music. It doesn't make them bad people for doing it. It's not the right thing to do, but seriously, it automatically makes them bad people? Maybe you need to stop the bullshit.
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You can stop trying to twist this. She was being smacked here and her store because of this. This smacking is bullshit. I heard through the grapevine that the chickie who offered the pirated ebook link is now banned and so is anyone who asked for the pirated link. So now we can just stop all this and move on.
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yea, ok Tiff.
What? So because someone posts defending the store & owner, she's automatically one of the designers? You are a fucking moron. You probably are one of the idiots who has a hard-on for SDD. Did they refuse you at the last call? Are you COLS? or are you just a fucking moron?
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What is it with some of you and the constant use of the term 'hard on'?
You can stop trying to twist this.
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How was I trying to twist this? And what do you mean by stop trying? I never said anything before I made the post you are referring too.
i dont understand why you all are so hell bent on saying that it's yvonne's fault that this happened. sure it was in the forum and people commented on it, but it doesn't mean that it was something that was condoned. Yvonne is someone that is very truthful and honest and would NEVER let something like this go on at her site! You all are so quick to point fingers at other people because you just like to stir up shit. People do make honest mistakes, yes it might still be bad, but it's still just a mistake. get over it and find something else to talk about.
Isn't that the point? We have nothing else to talk about.
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yeah. that.
yeah that was for the long comment above the *im bored and have nothing to do but be a bitchy little cunt on the internet* post.
i dont understand why you all are so hell bent on saying that it's yvonne's fault that this happened.
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Who all are hell bent on saying it's Yvonne's fault? Quit seeing stuff that isn't there. A couple of people said it, not all.
People do make honest mistakes, yes it might still be bad, but it's still just a mistake. get over it and find something else to talk about.
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Why? We don't let others get away with, why let Yvonne get away with it? Hmmm?
Yvonne is someone that is very truthful and honest and would NEVER let something like this go on at her site!
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How do you know? Unless you are Yvonne, you don't know jack. You can only assume based on your knowledge of her character. These assumptions, like most assumptions are not always accurate. I'm not saying she is a bad person, but you can't know with absolute certainty either way.
I heard through the grapevine that the chickie who offered the pirated ebook link is now banned and so is anyone who asked for the pirated link. So now we can just stop all this and move on.
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I would need more proof than I heard through the grapevine. I hear lots of things through the grapevine, it doesn't make them so.
You people coming here and being all defensive are just making things that much worse. If I were you, I'd quit while I was ahead. You don't have too of course, you could keeping on making it worse. I don't care.
http://scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/member.php?u=928
http://www.scrappity-doo-dah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13756
The fact remains that the owner only acted appropriately after people smacked here here for her initial shoulder shrug reaction. Now that entire portion of the forums is gone so you can't go see it for yourselves. Let's all just sweep this under the rug, it never happened, she's a saint, etc. etc. Move along now, nothing to see here.
I would need more proof than I heard through the grapevine. I hear lots of things through the grapevine, it doesn't make them so.
You people coming here and being all defensive are just making things that much worse. If I were you, I'd quit while I was ahead. You don't have too of course, you could keeping on making it worse. I don't care.
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That entire category was removed from the forum. Everyone who participated in the file sharing was banned. Yvonne posted about it in another section. What more do you want?
I do not understand what the deal is with SDD, why some of you have such a GRUDGE (since someone whined about the use of the word HARD-ON) against SDD.
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Because they were probably turned down when they applied there. Nothing like a woman scorned - or her products.
^^qft
qft=??
So, Drama Whore. Which designer at SDD are YOU?
I actually feel bad for the SDD pirate. It's obvious that SDD is/was a huge part of her life, since she has thousands of forum posts plus her DST gallery is crammed with layouts made with SDD stuff (yeah, I was bored enough to go look). The posters here will get their jollies by smacking her for a few days before they move on to someone else, but it's possible that she just lost something that is really important to her. She shouldn't have been pirating anything, but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy.
Take a guess? I guarantee you will be wrong.
I actually feel bad for the SDD pirate. It's obvious that SDD is/was a huge part of her life, since she has thousands of forum posts plus her DST gallery is crammed with layouts made with SDD stuff (yeah, I was bored enough to go look). The posters here will get their jollies by smacking her for a few days before they move on to someone else, but it's possible that she just lost something that is really important to her. She shouldn't have been pirating anything, but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy.
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You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!"
W. T. F. ??! In society, it's important for there to be consequences for actions. Piracy SHOULD equal a loss of a big/important privilege. It's how someone learns a lesson for the future. A quiet slap on the wrist just teaches someone not to get caught. It's "lazy parenting."
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YES!
You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!"
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My kids would laugh so hard if they knew someone said that about me! That just made my night, LMAO!
blahblahblah SDD blahblahblah
how about some reviews? i am bored.
yeah that was for the long comment above the *im bored and have nothing to do but be a bitchy little cunt on the internet* post.
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ROFL
Because they were probably turned down when they applied there. Nothing like a woman scorned - or her products.
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Keep on dreaming.
Why does it always come down to being rejected?
yeah that was for the long comment above the *im bored and have nothing to do but be a bitchy little cunt on the internet* post.
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Which post are you talking about or are actually talking about yourself?
Thanks to the person who provided proof.
yeah that was for the long comment above the *im bored and have nothing to do but be a bitchy little cunt on the internet* post.
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really? you have to resort to calling people names? why not be a big girl and use big girl words instead of having to call people harsh words such as a 'cunt'. i'll say this, at least i have one.
but she probably would have gotten a quiet slap on the wrist if it weren't for this blog. I suspect that would have been more than enough to deter her from piracy on the forum in the future, so banning seems like overkill to me. I don't know her from Adam, but I think she's been thrown under the bus to make the anon posters here happy.
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Um, no. Why would anyone care to make the anon posters on this blog happy? You are giving this blog way more credit than it deserves.
A quiet slap on the wrist NEVER WORKS, EVER. They just do it again.
You are a fucking moron. You probably are one of the idiots who has a hard-on for SDD.
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Hmm, if there's fucking, there's usually a hard on. Basic biology. What are you, stupid?
blahblahblah SDD blahblahblah
how about some reviews? i am bored.
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If you re bored, go and write your own review. See, right there I suggested something for you to do so you won't be bored. Simple.
Take a guess? I guarantee you will be wrong.
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Even if someone gets it right, you'll deny it. So what's the point?
oh, I'm pretty darn sure I know who Drama Queen is. the attitude and 'verbage' match up perfectly. but - yeah. She would just deny it anyway - - but I know. and that's enuff for me. (and she has been smacked here recently)
Is verbage even a word? I would like to know who you think it is.
Drama Whore = Sweet Mesquite?
per Google:
Definition for verbage:
Common misspelling of verbiage; verbiage (deliberate misspelling of the word verbiage, so that it rhymes with the word garbage
i like it.
No joke, my word verification is
elimabiz.
Very funny in the circumstances.
(since someone whined about the use of the word HARD-ON)
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Aw, does the little girl fell all grown up now that she used that expression? Does she? Huh?
I saw one of the posters who had given her email requesting a pirated book posting on SDD today, so they did not all get banned. I think the two main ones did. I don't think banning is too harsh because the pirate was some sort of official there. That makes it look like the site is involved, and if I was the owner I'd ban them too rather than risk my business.
http://www.sugarhillco.com/shop/Page-Scribbles-Volume-1-CU/
Really?
Speaking of badly drawn basic items, Geek Chic Designs has a new mini kit out with some of her famous handwritten word art in it. ROFL!
LOL I wonder if she has sold any?
Someone must be buying it if she keeps making them. *shrug*
http://www.sugarhillco.com/shop/Page-Scribbles-Volume-1-CU/
Really?
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These were in the NSD grab bag, which I bought & the rest of the items were great but these seemed like they were thrown in as an afterthought. Kinda wierd. I ended up throwing them in my PU stash as I wouldn't ever use them for CU but they're OK for journaling on my LOs. I really only ever buy her overlays & textures anyway, she should probably stick to that.
I don't think banning is too harsh because the pirate was some sort of official there. That makes it look like the site is involved, and if I was the owner I'd ban them too rather than risk my business.
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I would have banned them too. If they are on the store CT and are pirating books, it's possible they are also pirating the kits they are getting as CT members. I wouldn't take that chance.
I would have banned them too. If they are on the store CT and are pirating books, it's possible they are also pirating the kits they are getting as CT members. I wouldn't take that chance.
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This is exactly what I was thinking. If someone's willing to pirate something, they're willing to, um... pirate something. I'd never let any known pirate participate as a member of the community in any store I ran. Never.
You're one of those parents who gets mad when a school principal/teacher calls and tells you that your kid got in trouble at school, right? "Don't punish my kid! He's a saint! It makes him sad!"
W. T. F. ??! In society, it's important for there to be consequences for actions. Piracy SHOULD equal a loss of a big/important privilege. It's how someone learns a lesson for the future. A quiet slap on the wrist just teaches someone not to get caught. It's "lazy parenting."
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I laughed so hard when I read this, and I wish I could high-five the person who wrote it. WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS????
Also, what is going on w/ the poster who keeps using the term "hard on" when referring to people who smack SDD on this blog? It makes no sense.
Today's language lesson: where I come from, the term "hard on" is used as a reference to what happens when someone is attracted to/by something/someone else. So saying someone has a "hard on" for SDD because they keep smacking it on this blog makes zero sense. Clearly they don't have a hard on for SDD, but you obviously have a hard on for using that term.
Urban dictionary does define hard-on as a slang term used in a way that makes sense in the drama queen's posts.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hard%20on
Hi Guys, yes I was reading here yesterday, but no, I am not Drama Whore. Why would I call myself a whore? o.O Yes, I am have been smacked here recently, and if someone wants to say something CONSTRUCTIVE about my designs that I can USE, great. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. I enjoy designing, and I have customers who enjoy my products..and that is what matters.
Please, if we missed someone in the banning, would you please let us know who? We do not condone piracy, in any way of anything.
Thanks & smack on! :)
DA is in its final week. Anyone find any new designers they like? I kind of like Brine Design. I know she's been at FPD for a little while but hadn't really noticed her until now.
What is the point of this?
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28208
They look like arrows for your layouts. Anna seems to have a urban/graphic style. So I can see how someone might like it. Not my style, but if someone likes that kind of thing. At least it's relatively unique.
What is the point of this?
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28208
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Ha ha ha! Funny pun.
Hi Guys, yes I was reading here yesterday, but no, I am not Drama Whore. Why would I call myself a whore? o.O Yes, I am have been smacked here recently, and if someone wants to say something CONSTRUCTIVE about my designs that I can USE, great. Otherwise, I don't let it bother me. I enjoy designing, and I have customers who enjoy my products..and that is what matters.
Please, if we missed someone in the banning, would you please let us know who? We do not condone piracy, in any way of anything.
Thanks & smack on! :)
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It would be a much shorter post to tell you the positive things about your design work (or should I say recoloring of cu items) than to critique the bad things about them. And I won't even get started on how your templates look like a bad freebie train wreck.
wow harsh
Harsh, but true. And, she did ask for it. I'm surprised the majorly overtextured solid papers weren't mentioned as well.
It would be a much shorter post to tell you the positive things about your design work (or should I say recoloring of cu items) than to critique the bad things about them. And I won't even get started on how your templates look like a bad freebie train wreck.
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I have zero affiliation w/ Sweet Mesquite and I have no idea who you are, but it's pretty obvious to ALL of the rest of us that you have a personal issue w/ her, and it's very doubtful that it's JUST about her designs. Every time her name comes up, someone (presumably you) w/ the same tone and way of writing gets on here and posts mean-spirited, nasty things about her. I am guessing that you're the only one who feels that way, though. It really doesn't seem to be more than one person. And further, you have yet to offer up anything (ANYTHING!) concrete about WHAT it is you hate so much. Generalizations and nastiness just make the rest of us think that you have a personal grudge. And that's fine, feel free, but I'm here to tell you that we're all bored with it so why don't you go post it on your blog instead. You're boring us.
dang, I just looked at her store and it's really not that bad. not my taste personally, but not any different/worse than anything else I see on the market. would have to agree w/ the PP that there's a grudge somewhere here, because there are a billion worse designers than this lady.
ITA with the previous two posters. Anyone with that type of animosity in their posts has to have some sort or personal issue. In my experience people usually do not care that much about someone they feel is a sub-par designer.
oh that's a bunch of shit and you all know it. You come on here to a smack blog waiting for gossip and reviews. You may not agree with what she said about SM's designs but she didn't attack her personally. She talked about the product. So is everyone here that says something bad about another designer just venting a personal grudge?
Not what anyone said. It just seems that when someone is especially nasty to a designer, especially a no-name designer there is something more going on. It may be a personal grudge, a CT issue, a competitive issue, or something else.
I didn't see that as especially nasty. I've seen much worse here.
I didn't see that as especially nasty. I've seen much worse here.
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Well, haven't we all? But one time I saw worse was a couple of weeks ago when someone (again, possibly the same person as today) smacked Sweet Mesquite and called her names and said things that had NO relation to designs. It's clear someone here doesn't like her. Let's not argue the obvious.
I think people are assuming the person that responded is the same person that has talked about Sweet Mesquite before. Previous posts have been "nasty" and personal talking about her weight and calling names.
If that is the case I agree with the previous posters. There does seem to be someone with a problem with Sweet Mesquite on this blog. I don't know if that is the person that recently responded to her though.
So is everyone here that says something bad about another designer just venting a personal grudge?
September 2, 2011 3:34 PM
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When they say something about a person's personal appearance or call them names that have NOTHING to do with their work? YES, absolutely it's a personal grudge. Because the nature of the smack is personal. And if you just don't care for someone's designs, what is the motivation to make your smack personal unless IT IS personal? Unless the person is just some mean-spirited hag who probably doesn't like herself too much, so she tears down others for the fun of it.
If the smack was reserved for the designs alone, I would reason they are just someone who doesn't care for your work/style for one reason or another. But that's not always how things roll here.
I just took a quick look through her store and while I do not own any, so I cannot speak for the quality, her stuff does not look that bad. Simple in design, yes. But not horrid. I have seen much much worse out there. I did skip the templates because those don't interest me anyway. But I agree, whoever left that comment must have a grudge of some sort. It was uncalled for. And no, I don't know this designer at all. I was just curious after reading the comments here. And SM, you may be underpricing a bit. I mean $2-3 for a kit? Wow. Low.
Where is SM now? Did we hurt her feelings?
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
According to her just now facebook status she is cooking dinner and reading with her daughter.
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!
If there were any doubt it was a personal issue that has surely been cleared up. Lady take your vendetta elsewhere.
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!
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No doubt now that this is personal issue. Go elsewhere spread you shit. I don't know her but I don't think a smack blog is the place to destroy a personal life.
ohh and maybe if you took care of your own shit instead of spending so much time spitting on others ??
Poor Poor SM, she is whining on facebook about how mean we are.
Poor Poor SM, she is whining on facebook about how mean we are.
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Don't know I am not one of her friend so I guess it would be time for her to see who's her friend.
Pity Party on Facebook!
DA is in its final week. Anyone find any new designers they like? I kind of like Brine Design. I know she's been at FPD for a little while but hadn't really noticed her until now.
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I was competing but gave up because the challenges weren't that challenging for me. I haven't checked back, is Brine still in the lead?
Where is SM now? Did we hurt her feelings?
September 2, 2011 5:17 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
September 2, 2011 5:20 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
September 2, 2011 5:23 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!
September 2, 2011 5:30 PM
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It's clear as crystal this is the same person.
Every time her name comes up, someone (presumably you) w/ the same tone and way of writing gets on here and posts mean-spirited, nasty things about her
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She said nasty things about her product, not the person. Please note the difference. I'm so sick and tried of people thinking smacking the product is smacking the person, it isn't.
What is the point of this?
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28208
September 2, 2011 12:38 PM
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The point is that some people like them and some people don't. I like them. There are a lot of things out there in digi that I don't see the point of either, but I don't go and post about it here.
Ya know, it's one thing to smack talk my products on here..or even ME..but to bring my kids & personal things off my facebook page onto here?!? That's uncalled for & unnecessary. I don't know who you are, but you must have a pretty pathetic life to be this interested in mine. Especially since I am a "no-name designer". This reeks of personal vendetta, & I have an idea who you are (or y'all are). And to post on a smack blog about the CPS investigation?! that's such CRAP!!
Yes, I was reported to CPS for bogus charges by someone I *thought* was a friend. The case has been closed. The caseworker said it was "bogus". If I could out you to the world, I totally would. But with no DEFINITE proof, I can not.
And yes, I posted on my facebook page about being talked about on here....after the CPS investigation was brought into it. Because that's PERSONAL!!! If you want to call it a pity party, fine, call it a pity party. What I see it as is a bunch of people from my real life and my digital lif, who all agree this is bullshit.
I think anyone who starts bringing personal attacks about character/appearance/etc is sad and pathetic. Smack blogs in general are pathetic enough - but hey, it's a guilty pleasure enough of us share. But for someone to post about what Beth is posting about on her personal facebook page and to throw out allegations surrounding CPS. That is tacky and cruel, spiteful and hateful - and completely and utterly disgusting. Go crawl back into the hole you oozed out of.
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Go and enjoy your kids, ignore the troll. You don't own anyone any explanation about anything. In fact, you could have made things worse by explaining. I would say that most here would have thought the CPS reference was total BS, you really shouldn't have confirmed that it did happen, even if it was bogus in the end.
"Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!"
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"HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!"
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"Poor Poor SM, she is whining on facebook about how mean we are."
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About this. First of all, either this person w/ the vendetta is on SM's friend list on FB, or SM needs to add some damn privacy settings to her page (and if the latter is the case, SM please get a clue! privacy online is important!).
If the person is on SM's FB friend list, she should be able to figure out who it is. At least, one would assume.
Finally, my last kernel of advice: it's pretty clear to me (using the comments I quoted, above) that the vendetta-holder is another designer OR a CT, etc. at SDD. Otherwise, why all of the jealous rage about SM talking to the owner? That's just IMO.
SM... if I were you, I'd use these ideas to figure out who you should trim off your FB friend list. Well, IMO nobody should ever be friending people on FB they don't actually know... but that's your call. Obviously, though, one of your co-workers/FB friends has a little prob with you. So being mad that someone is using personal info against you is sorta hard to feel sympathy for, when you're the one broadcasting that info to people you clearly don't know very well. Wise up. For the sake of your kids/family.
This reminds me of the attacks on Gina Miller once upon a time. I wish we would go back to the reviews. To the person attacking SM, you are pathetic.
To SM, not everyone thinks these things about you. It looks like one maybe two people with a problem are posting. Ignore them. I don't believe anyone else feels the same way.
So being mad that someone is using personal info against you is sorta hard to feel sympathy for, when you're the one broadcasting that info to people you clearly don't know very well. Wise up.
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I would have to agree. When one of my friends on FB is having a bad time, they may make a passing reference on their profile and then I'll email or inbox them for more info. They can either choose to clue me in or not, but they don't make it public.
Where is SM now? Did we hurt her feelings?
September 2, 2011 5:17 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
She is probably off licking her wounds. Or sitting in a corner somewhere crying! Perhaps she will quit designing then we will no longer have to see her fugly shit!
September 2, 2011 5:20 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Nah she is probably on the phone with Yvonne talking about how horrible and mean we smackers are when she opened herself up for it by posting here as herself! Does she not know better? It is what we smackers do!
September 2, 2011 5:23 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
HA! feeding her kids? Yeah right! We all know she starves them, that is why she was reported to CPS!!---
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Good lord am I back in highschool. How juvenile can some get on this blog. SMACK Blog or not either your age is showing or your mentality and i'm not quite sure which. Some take things a little bit too far-quit being bullies and grow up.
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bullies? It's one person, not two or three, just one.
bullies? It's one person, not two or three, just one.
September 2, 2011 8:42 PM
I think so also.
I'm the person who attacked sm's designs and I said nothing about her personal life nor her on facebook. I am not even on her friend's list, nor do I know her personally. But when you come here under your own name, you ask for the punishment. But it is none of my business what goes on in your life. And I also have never smacked her on this blog before either. So no, there is no personal grudge. I went and looked at her store, along with her blog, after she posted here.
^ Why should anyone believe that you are not also the one that attacked her personally? Because an anonymous person says oh it wasn't me?
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No the OP but the attack on the designs was quite different from the attack on the person. Why assume they are the same? Because both are anonymous? That's pretty absurd.
I think this whole blog is one person posting to themselves. Yep that's right. Me. I'm posting to myself because I have nothing better to do.
But when you come here under your own name, you ask for the punishment.
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"Punishment" ...seems rather an odd word to use. You're a bit off.
I think this whole blog is one person posting to themselves. Yep that's right. Me. I'm posting to myself because I have nothing better to do.
September 2, 2011 10:29 PM
It's all in your head. A dream even.
I think this whole blog is one person posting to themselves. Yep that's right. Me. I'm posting to myself because I have nothing better to do.
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No. Me.
****and on another note****
a while back Hunnybee Designs had a slight piracy problem with a chickie by the name of Michelle McCoy, aka Crafty Scraps (selling at ScrapbookMax). At the time, it was obvious from the information posted by Lissa (Hunnybee) that this Michelle had taken Lissa's freebies and used them in her own kits. These were PU items - and Michelle didn't bother to even recolor or change them up! Michelle claimed that she had 'mixed up her folders', didn't realize they were PU...blah blah blah. Most of those who were reading along agreed that she was lying then...and trying to cover her own behind. Miserably.
Seems she is at it again. Check out this new post:
http://www.hunnybeedesign.com/blog/2011/09/new-chapter-in-the-more-piracy-saga/
With all the proof that Lissa has provided - its so very obvious that this Michelle stole once again. She provided so called 'proof' of where she got the items Lissa is claiming she stole....which only makes her story even more unbelieveable, as its clear from the photo's that she pirated them from Hunnybee Design.
I read that the store disabled the items in question - and that 4shared took down the freebie download. I would like to know WHY she is still being allowed to sell in a shop??? Twice caught pirating? from the same person??? She should be kicked to the curb (much like the book pirater's at SDD)
Designers - - beware. She may have items of yours in her kits also. I'm off to have a look myself.
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/digital-scrapbooking-kits/brands/Michelle-McCoy.html?sort=newest
Wonderful.
Designers - - beware. She may have items of yours in her kits also. I'm off to have a look myself.
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/digital-scrapbooking-kits/brands/Michelle-McCoy.html?sort=newest
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I got to page 17 of her store and had to give up. I now have a headache.
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LOL
I just wanted to say thank you for posting about that here. I do indeed think that Michelle McCoy has a problem with stealing and/or violating other designers' terms. I did look through her store and couldn't concentrate long enough to find anything. But, staring me right in the face was something of mine on her blog for which she is violating my TOU.
I have emailed her to address it. Hopefully she complies with my request without too much trouble. I hate drama like this, but I also won't stand for my terms being blatantly violated, either.
Thank you for calling our attention to her.
Designers - - beware. She may have items of yours in her kits also. I'm off to have a look myself.
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I got to page 17 of her store and had to give up. I now have a headache
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one bad designer stealing from another BAD designer, that gave me my giggle for the day!
More of Michelle's unauthorized use - the coffee people:
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The worst part of that is that she is offering them as CU when doesn't have the right to do that.
She should spend less time surfing the web looking for stuff to steal and more time learning her program.
I reported that one. She needs to be stopped. Too many newbie designers get into this industry looking for CU freebies and she is perpetuating a huge problem.
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I only found the generic contact form, did you use that?
http://www.scrapbookmax.com/digital-scrapbooking-kits/brands/Michelle-McCoy.html?sort=newest
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OMG, MY EYES! Next time, warn us. That shop is awful.
Too many newbie designers get into this industry looking for CU freebies and she is perpetuating a huge problem.
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Exactly why this matters even though she's not a great "designer". She offers completely free - no strings attached CU products - to newbies who fall for it hook line and sinker
OP here on the Michelle McCoy info - sorry I didnt' warn you in advance about the....intensity of her shop. Better to find out and make up your own opinions.
I don't care what kind of a designer she is, either - - what she is doing is way wrong. Pirating bugs the crap outta me. and I do NOT understand WHY she is allowed to keep on selling!!!!!
Has anyone notified her store owner? or the designers that she is pirating from? If that fails, then go up and up and up the chain!
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read this:
http://www.hunnybeedesign.com/blog/2011/09/new-chapter-in-the-more-piracy-saga/
I was competing but gave up because the challenges weren't that challenging for me. I haven't checked back, is Brine still in the lead?
September 2, 2011 7:20 PM
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Overall yes Brine is in the lead for new designers.
Brine's stuff is nice, but it was too overpriced (at 2LP) -- nice, but not in the league of the other modern style gals at Oscraps (and Shen at Catscrap). Not even close.
one bad designer stealing from another BAD designer, that gave me my giggle for the day!
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shows where your head is at. doesn't matter if its Miki Ferkul stealing from Flergs. don't you get it?
I think the point is that while any pirating is WRONG, if she's going to pirate, why didn't she pick something GOOD to pirate??
maybe she thought the pirated things wouldn't be recognised so easily from a lesser known designer?
Overall yes Brine is in the lead for new designers.
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Thanks for the info.
one bad designer stealing from another BAD designer, that gave me my giggle for the day!
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shows where your head is at. doesn't matter if its Miki Ferkul stealing from Flergs. don't you get it?
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No the OP but she didn't say she didn't get it, she just thought it was funny. Get a grip,
Brine's stuff is nice, but it was too overpriced (at 2LP) -- nice, but not in the league of the other modern style gals at Oscraps (and Shen at Catscrap). Not even close.
September 3, 2011 5:28 PM
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I don't think she's minimalist like some of the designers at Oscraps. But I do agree that she's overpriced.
http://funkyplaygrounddesigns.com/store/product.php?productid=24508&cat=0&page=4
I wouldn't pay $12 for 26 papers and 46 elements. Even from the designers at Oscraps or CatScrap
Anyone see the Daily Digi stuff from Scrap Orchard?
So much crap (refraining from gross **eyeroll**).
Don't know who ft is, but the bee is hideous as are the buttons.
FT is Faith True
Haven't seen it yet because I don't think it's been revealed yet. Is it for September??
Oh never mind. I forgot if you bought it you already have it.
Link?
maybe she thought the pirated things wouldn't be recognised so easily from a lesser known designer?
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Very doubtful she put that much thought into it. My guess is that BECAUSE she's a bad designer, her tastes are such that she is drawn to and enjoys bad designs... hence her choices as to who to pirate.
Carrie Fisher once said in When Harry Met Sally, "everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humor, but they couldn't possibly ALL have good taste and a sense of humor..."
Anyone see the Daily Digi stuff from Scrap Orchard?
So much crap (refraining from gross **eyeroll**).
Don't know who ft is, but the bee is hideous as are the buttons.
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When you smack, please provide a link where possible. Thank you.
Calling something crap is better than calling it gross? I'd rather my stuff be called gross any day...
I don't think there is a link yet for the Digi Files the other poster referenced. She must have a subscription.
ok so with all this talk about bad designers, crap designers, gross designers what makes a good designer these days?
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