Anyway the Blog Train Blog.. I went through all the links and this is what I downloaded. I still may pick and delete through it but here are the ones I took
I don't get why you all have your panties in a bunch over a FREE blog train. If you don't like how it's run, don't participate. If you want to be a part of it, then don't complain when things don't go the way you think they should.
Anyway the Blog Train Blog.. I went through all the links and this is what I downloaded. I still may pick and delete through it but here are the ones I took
Again ... not saying you are wrong ... just different tastes for different people. The only one of those I'd bother to download is Tracie Stroud. The rest is a totally different style of scrapping that doesn't appeal to me at all.
I don't think this list is crap, they could be super well made (I don't know as I didn't download), I am just not interested in any of these portions.
On top of that there were designers that said they e-mailed or PM'd her weeks ago to say they couldn't participate. Surgery or not she dropped the ball. Now she will probably post some sob story in the DCR about how she doesn't have to organize it, etc, etc, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't do it next month and honestly, that is fine with me.
Whether she delegates or not shouldn't be the issue. It takes her time to put everything together and make sure people aren't dropping at the last minute which I think was the case this time as before. No one else has offered to do it all. Yes, she had a couple helpers in the beginning but I don't think they wanted to ever be in charge and take over the blog train. She doesn't get paid for her time and effort. Obviously even things for free have to get beat to death and blame spread because there are people who just aren't satisfied no matter what. If you don't want to participate then keep your bloody mouths shut but quit ruining it for those who did. Amazing that there are still some 100 designers who participate every other month. Obviously the majority haven't bothered to take your advice.
Life has been so busy, peeps. I wonder where September went!
Just to add my 2 cents - I can't BELIEVE Alyssa and her Bean Bunny friend are starting their own shop. I really hope no one is foolish enough to join that store.
I haven't made any time for store reviews because they don't get a lot of conversation going anyway. I see Piers' last review got like 1 comment. Not really worth my time to type things up. The blog train, however, we all love to talk about - probably because we can all download things since it's free. Whatever the reason, I have some time today and wanted to check it out.
And the reason people make "such a big deal" about a free blog train is because it's advertising. Any designer worth their salt wants to make a good impression for potential customers and it sucks when people running the show can't pull their heads out of their asses. Any of you idiots reading this who don't realize that should buy a clue. A big one.
If your blog isn't below, I thought your stuff was rubbish and moved on.
After I unzipped everything, I deleted some of the elements and some of the papers. I was left with 2 alphas, 62 papers, and 67 mostly basic elements. It took me an hour to go through the train, download and unzip everything and write this review. Personally, this month's train is really lacking. There is nothing I downloaded I couldn't make myself, but it saved me some time for sure. I can't make 62 papers, no matter how basic, in an hour. So, it was worth it from that standpoint.
Of everyone I downloaded, if you're really pressed for time, I recommend Tracie Stroud's for sure. Hers is the most comprehensive all in one direct download zip.
Stuff I downloaded: http://www.sugarscraps.com/ http://blog.trixiescraps.com/ (plaids only, not the alphas - I hate round bead alphas) http://julieitis.blogspot.com/ http://sixtyeight.wordpress.com/ http://eyeinspire.com/blog/ (simple, but nice, crisp textures) http://luvewedesigns.com/ (for the last paper only) http://mikkidesigns.blogspot.com/ (for papers only) http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com/blog/ http://kimetc.blogspot.com/ http://amandaheimanndesigns.com/blog/
Stuff I thought could be nice, but not my style and didn't download: http://letmescrapbook.blogspot.com/ http://craftingatyourspecialdelivery.blogspot.com/ http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/ http://louisefranksdesigns.com/digiscrapping/2011/10/dst-blog-train-freebies/
Not posted at the time of my review: http://www.designsbyamandah.com http://trumanstudio.blogspot.com/ http://roseytoesdesigns.com/blog/ http://danasfootprintdesigns.blogspot.com/ http://christinapoolie.blogspot.com/ http://www.amandacarlsondesigns.com/blog/ http://www.sugarbeansdesign.blogspot.com/ http://3lilmonsters.com/ http://mistycatodesigns.com/mcdblog/ http://www.digiscrapsdrivein.com/blog/ http://www.cabanagirldesigns.com/blog/ http://jensenmotleycrewdesigns.blogspot.com/ http://digidesignedbywilma.typepad.com/ http://inspireddesignsbycrystal1.blogspot.com/ http://digitalpaperpress.com/wp/ http://www.5stardigitalscrapbooking.com/featured/ http://girlboygirldesigns.com/wordpress/ http://www.justcreations1.blogspot.com/ http://www.heritagescrap.com/blog http://sherryfergusondesigns.blogspot.com/ http://www.annabv.com/blog/
Went through the DST blog train today - I am more likely to DL if there is a direct download - if it's hosted on 4hsared, especially, I really have to think about whether I want to deal with those wait times. Was pleased to see that so many people have found a way to host their own freebies.
This train was hard b/c I'm not a fan of purples or pastels or muted colors... but I may be able to use things for cards or Mother's Day layouts in the future.
As for the theme vs. no-theme, I'm not a fan of the "theme-less" trains. All of the kits I've purchased, created, or snagged are arranged by theme - and a themeless kit is hard to sort! The "Monkey Business" theme a while back was a bit narrow, BUT, truthfully, I was annoyed at kits that DIDN'T include something monkey or zoo-oriented... I thought that was the point of that month's blog train. (But I digress...)
Here are the kits I downloaded this time around:
http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/ - it was just as she titled it "soft and pretty" - could be cute for a mom's day layout.
http://blueheartscraps.com/ - cute alpha and papers.
http://magsgraphics.blogspot.com/ - I like the wedding twist and the elements, especially.
http://www.sugarscraps.com/ - very clean elements and papers. I like these.
http://creationcassel.com/blog/ - I like the folded ribbon and confetti.
http://letmescrapbook.blogspot.com/ - Love the "boy" themed stuff.
http://blog.trixiescraps.com/ - I like the alpha.
http://mariehdesignsscrap.blogspot.com/- I like the papers and the ribbons.
http://mybagofscraps.com/ - Was intrigued by the scattered leaf paper.
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/ - pretty papers and very cute elements!
http://bzb-designs.com/blog/ - I liked those star elements.
http://ellielash.com/blog/ - Simple and cute.
http://digilicious.typepad.com/digi_licious_designs/ - loved that word art!
http://digitalcreationsfrommillstreamcottage.blogspot.com/ - a very generous set of stuff - and a neat idea for her theme.
http://digideborahsdesigns.blogspot.com/ - Clean, cute, and simple.
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/ - I liked all of it, really.
http://www.kookycatdesigns.blogspot.com/ - fun squirrel and I like the elements.
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/ - LOVED the football theme!! Very clever!! And the colors were probably hard to adapt, but she offers other colors in her store. Nice tie-in.
http://wordartfun.blogspot.com/ - I liked it all.
http://scrappingartistry.com/ - Can't go wrong with anything "coffee!"
http://www.jen-c-designs.com/blog/ - liked it all.
http://janetb-designs.blogspot.com/ - liked the circle tag and string.
http://kimetc.blogspot.com/ - I liked the whole thing.
http://studioqscrap.com/ - liked it all
http://www.pixelscrapper.com - liked it all
http://riekarafita.blogspot.com/ - liked that it was heavy on the browns vs. the purples.
http://www.deliscraps.blogspot.com/ - love the owls
I know it's a larger list than others have posted - but this takes into account that these items were FREE and have potential. Plus what I can't use for my own personal layouts, can possibly be used for cards and gift layouts.
Goes to show you how different tastes are ... of the ones you liked ...
www.sugarscraps.com - I find this really simple and boring
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I find you to be really simple and boring. How's that for "different tastes"? And you're faulting people for polka dots? *eyeroll* It's a cute alpha, nobody said you have to use it.
This train was hard b/c I'm not a fan of purples or pastels or muted colors... but I may be able to use things for cards or Mother's Day layouts in the future. ------
Agreed, but don't use them for Mother's day if you like your mom. My mom who is 70 would totally hurl at those colors. She would think them far too old lady.
www.sugarscraps.com - I find this really simple and boring
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I find you to be really simple and boring. How's that for "different tastes"? And you're faulting people for polka dots? *eyeroll* It's a cute alpha, nobody said you have to use it.
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Not the OP, but I also find it simple and boring. Not sure how you can judge the OP to be the same just by her statement, but she and I can judge that by the kit. What alpha are you talking about? I don't see it in the preview.
Goes to show you how different tastes are ... of the ones you liked ... _______________ Not the OP but I think it's a waste of time talking about that person's picks instead of just making your own. Why are you smacking the taste of an anonymous poster?
Why not go through and make your own observations instead of commenting on someone else's picks. Besides, obviously more people like the designs listed than just the OP.
They weren't even the first one to list those picks.
Y A W N. Can we get back to smacking the truly hideous? Surely the "tapeworm" isn't the only one that's worth mocking. ----
Why don't you start, since you are so bored. Jeez. Who the hell do you think you are? Queen of the World? Do you expect everyone to do everything for you?
No it was not the first list. The first list was on the first page. The list that poster responded to was on this page. ------
Ooooh, I stand corrected. Oh I'm so stupid. Oooh. What will I do with myself? Oh me oh my, I can't do anything. Thank you for telling me. I'm so grateful. Maybe you can help me with the rest of my life, huh? Please? Oh please, since you are so smart, you'll know just what to do.
About the blog train coordinated by Trish: Didn't they have a very similar palette for the train a few months back (something about a quilt in the theme)? With so many palette options out there, why choose ones that are so similar to one another just a few months apart?
Trish let the designers decide. and the ones who did decide are pretty much the ones that have been called crap for their parts in this blogtrain. 'nuff said.
and I read on that with Love blog in their CT call (where they apologize for the typo on the commission)...that they had a ton of designers apply and that they accepted. wonder who was stupid enough to try that one out???
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
This is Alyssa: http://profile-couture.me/ I don't know if With Love Studio is her or not, but I heard through the grapevine that she was starting a shop of her own so it wouldn't surprise me. You know, she's just going to keep coming back with a new identity each time she gets found out. I do feel sorry for anyone who gets tangled up with her....would you really want someone like that having access to all your zip files?
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
I remember this kit when she tried to come back as a newbie designer -TiffanyDazzle - almost right after Studio Demo was "retired." I guess store owners were all on to her and her many names then, that's why she needs to open one of her own. I hope designers and CTs have enough sense to google this new store before applying.
Sunshine Studios has long been dead. Never been the same since all the original Sunshine Girls left or didn't have as much time to devote to it. Absentee owner(s) doesn't help either. It's been around a little over three years. It used to be good little place that had potential, but no love and attention.
"With Love Studio is definitely owned by Alyssa aka Studio Demo." ^^^^
I believe you but also am interested to know what you have as proof. More info, please?
October 3, 2011 6:16 AM _______________ A series of coincidences in addition to the owner's name (admitted by the owner) being Alyssa and seeking out newbie designers who wouldn't know about the past drama to join the store.
Oh my. I have no doubt that With Love is Alyssa-Happy Tits store. I can't believe she has the gall to continue trying in the digi-world after all she has done. I wish there were a way to warn everyone in the scrapping community.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
Ok, I have posted in the DST forums on the With Love Studios calls and in the Scrap Talk forum about Alyssa check it out http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288225
Ok, I have posted in the DST forums on the With Love Studios calls and in the Scrap Talk forum about Alyssa check it out http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288225
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I read your post. When was she involved in pirating? All I remember is that she acted a fool here, at DST and on her FB page and that she had a run in with a store owner that caused her to get the boot from her shop at FPD. I faintly remember hearing something about her deleting FTP files too. But I don't remember anything about pirating. I know a collab partner stole money from her, which is what started the whole mess here. But the pirating...what did I miss?
^^^ I was wondering about pirating as well. A little clarification would be nice. In any case, thanks for putting it out there, "Jilly". It's just enough to make people think twice and start doing their own digging for info before getting involved with the store. If they don't, well then they deserve whatever might be coming for them.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
^^^^^^^^^ I see - yes - there was a new owner. She was pretty absent.
I'm not aware of any pirating she did. But she did delete collabs/ads/etc and caused havoc for the stores she was at when she got caught out for being a nutter.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
^^^^^^^^^ I see - yes - there was a new owner. She was pretty absent.
^^^^ All of the owners have been part of the original sunshine girls. Nicole, owner of TDC, was the owner last year. mgl scraps, Monica, took over for a little while and when she left Amanda Kay took over.
All of the owners have been part of the original sunshine girls. Nicole, owner of TDC, was the owner last year. mgl scraps, Monica, took over for a little while and when she left Amanda Kay took over.
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????? How was Nicole the owner of SS last year, when she was already the owner of TDC? She's been at TDC for quite some time now, I believe. Sure you have your facts straight?
I'm not aware of any pirating she did. But she did delete collabs/ads/etc and caused havoc for the stores she was at when she got caught out for being a nutter.
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I'm not the OP so I don't know for sure what she was referring to when she mentioned piracy, but I do know that when the whole Studio Demo/Alyssa fiasco took place a few months ago, someone (Shilo? nobody knows for sure) kept coming on here and making references to Alyssa's past identities at the BabyGaga site. That site was absolutely teeming with piracy of digital kits around the same time. So at the very least, she was involved at a site (while designing digital goods) that is well-known for digital scrapbooking piracy.
????? How was Nicole the owner of SS last year, when she was already the owner of TDC? She's been at TDC for quite some time now, I believe. Sure you have your facts straight? ^^^ Yes I'm positive. She didn't want to see SUN close and none of the other sunshine girls were able to take over at the time so she tried running both. She figured out she didn't have time to run both and have them both succeed, which is when Monica took over.
I am sure that Alyssa was involved in pirating when she was at Babygaga, and if that blog she's started is any indication, she's still involved in Babygaga, because she's giving away free Babygaga profile backgrounds.
But the pirating is a minor issue to me, because the other thing she did at Babygaga was post addresses and personal information of people she had issues with. Alyssa is NOT someone anyone would want to have access to any kind of personal information.
She already has numerous digital identities, I shudder to think what she could do with the kind of information a store owner gets from enrolling new designers and processing transactions.
Yes I'm positive. She didn't want to see SUN close and none of the other sunshine girls were able to take over at the time so she tried running both. She figured out she didn't have time to run both and have them both succeed, which is when Monica took over. __________________________________ Nicole didn't come back as owner just help get the site back on it's feet. It proved to be too much with running TDC as well. Amanda Kay was (is?) owner of the site, Monica (mgl) took over after Nicole left but I'm not sure if she was still an owner, I know at one time she was. The site was started by the Sunshine Girls, think there was originally 8 owners and as time went on they went on their own way and Sunshine Studio went downhill
I am disgusted with DST for deleting 'jillygoesdigi's thread about With Love Studio. People had a right to know. They also deleted her warnings on WithLoveStudios CT and designer calls. I am done with DST for good. Funny that they left this thread up: http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=286065 but not jilly's? That's just wrong.
I am disgusted with DST for deleting 'jillygoesdigi's thread about With Love Studio. People had a right to know. They also deleted her warnings on WithLoveStudios CT and designer calls. I am done with DST for good. Funny that they left this thread up: http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=286065 but not jilly's? That's just wrong.
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No offense, but if I ran DST/DSA, I probably would have deleted the messages too. It likely had to do w/ the fact that someone w/ only 3 posts (who clearly signed-up just to post those messages) was the one who posted.
If you want someone to take you seriously, you have to post as yourself. Is it right/fair? No, but you can't blame them for deleting something posted by an obviously "fake" account, can you?
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
Looks like she closed it and deleted some comments. There were some people calling her out about being Alyssa. Not just one. There was one that was mentioned earlier and then one that wasnt a made up account it looked like. De something. Just asking if she was Studio Demo. I see it getting out and that site shutting down fast. If it gets started up. I just hope she doesnt bring down a bunch of newbies with her.
I dont't know if people are aware that in most forums/stores, it is very easy for the admin to cross-reference IP addresses and see who just created an account to post something nasty, rude or something they would not want others to know they posted. The same is true of someone trying to hide their identity, as if Alyssa tries to come back as XYZ. Not sure if admin would check if someone was to "warn" them of that? It is not illegal, but maybe against the rule? I think I saw something like that somewhere... in the guidelines maybe?
^^^ why go to all that trouble? Maybe they just wanted the people to know w/o causing issues for the people they work with. Who cares if anyone calls out that crazy chick. It isn’t like she has a lot of people backing her crazy ass. creditable people anyway. I say kudos to someone for making sure everyone is aware of who they are getting involved with. It is a shame that her partner in crime doesn’t cut ties with her.
I dont't know if people are aware that in most forums/stores, it is very easy for the admin to cross-reference IP addresses and see who just created an account to post something nasty, rude or something they would not want others to know they posted. The same is true of someone trying to hide their identity, as if Alyssa tries to come back as XYZ. Not sure if admin would check if someone was to "warn" them of that? It is not illegal, but maybe against the rule? I think I saw something like that somewhere... in the guidelines maybe? _______ I seriously doubt that the admns at DST cares enough to do that. Not to mention that isnt too reliable. A lot of people post from work where there are communal computers. ;)
Maybe, but if a person has only 3 or 5 posts, it narrows it down. And although some people have a dynamic IP address, others don't so if personA has only one IP address registered, and creates another account, then it might be easy enough to cross-reference!
And did you ever try to ask the admin or do you just assume they would not do anything? Who knows?
I am the one that posted as 'jilly' at DST and the threads were deleted. I did get a nice PM from DST admin that while they appreciate what I was trying to do that maybe I could have worded it differently. They weren't mean about it they were just following their guidelines.
I see it getting out and that site shutting down fast. If it gets started up. I just hope she doesnt bring down a bunch of newbies with her.
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I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
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I agree the market is over saturated, but to wish harm on unsuspecting people, that's just not right.
6:50's comment is exactly why people should not take reviews here seriously. Some reviewers may be honest, but others are out to discourage the competition.
I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
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It must be one of those "Top store" designers that saw her sales coming down because of the newbies.
I wouldn't worry too much about that lady. and yes, this will sound mean. First...glancing at her 'products' just made me....roll my eyes. With Love Studio is going to start out as a 'medium tier' shop, huh? with bean bunny, demo and this chick. uh huh. just looking at her blog is enough to make you hurl.
she should fit right in - with demo's history with piracy issues at gaga....this one comes from Mousescrappers. Sorry folks, I have no time nor sympathy with copyright violations either. this chickie might be new....but as such, she should really do just a bit of research before taking the plunge.
There's still a comment there from "bitchy karma" warning her but they didn't specify which store. She says she's starting at two. Doesn't really matter because her stuff looks like garbage anyway.
How to sell products without a store I am looking to sell my products without a store..... any ideas? When I first started this I was just using paypal, but that requires me to have time to email the buyers with their download links. Then, I started using another service (can't remember what they're called) that was an immediate download, but they charged me a monthly fee. I can't do that. I'm only selling about $50-$60 per month and I have a lot of kits (although, I won't put them all up for sale. I don't want to be tied down to a monthly fee.)
Any ideas? I don't want to have to meet monthly store requirements; this is the problem. Since I'm now working and going to school full-time I don't have much time to design. I want to keep selling my products and when and if I have time to create, then I will.
Why? Because it doesn't suit you? It doesn't suit me either but if they are making money, why should they close? They been around for at least two years if not more, which shows they have staying power.
I get that her life is busy, it just comes across as I don't want to actually have to do any work but I still want people to pay me.
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It doesn't come across that way at all - she doesn't want to keep up with site requirements but she wants to still design - it's not like she's asking how to get free money without designing anything.
Just took a look at the site's forum and saw her name as newest member. You wouldn't be registering to a forum and given access to its restricted part without joining the shop, right? So she's either there as a designer or a CTM. My pick is designer since she's been active in designing competitions lately -- not successful though.
Thank you for warning me and a special thanks to this lady!
There's still a comment there from "bitchy karma" warning her but they didn't specify which store. She says she's starting at two. Doesn't really matter because her stuff looks like garbage anyway.
The Plum is having a designer call. http://www.polkadotplum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=72841#post72841
I've heard BAD things about Plum - designers who do well at other stores make 10% of what they normally make there being one of them. They had a call earlier this year and many were accepted - MANY have left.
I've heard BAD things about Plum - designers who do well at other stores make 10% of what they normally make there being one of them. They had a call earlier this year and many were accepted - MANY have left.
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Most of all their original designers and ct members have left. Along with many that were added after that. I have also heard bad things about sales there.
I sold there, once upon a time. And yes, the sales are absolutely terrible. My sales in my own personal store are 10 times more than the sales I had at PDP. That's not exactly what you expect from a multi-designer store.
I don't really know what the missing link is there. I can say that I think their "newsletter" is a bit of a joke. The management seems scattered and unorganized. And I don't know if they know anything about search engine rankings and such. But, marketing seems to be seriously lacking and the sales reflect that.
I would caution against applying unless you are the kind of person who thinks they can hold the owners' hands and help them make it a better place. I couldn't spend the time to do that, so I moved on.
I used to sell at PDP and loved it there because of the people -- the owners are amazing! I left because I couldn't handle more than one store and went with the one that got me more money.
^^^^^ yep. sales at PDP...not so much. peeps and owners at PDP...wonderful! October 5, 2011 9:04 PM
Exactly what I found when I sold there. I don't know what they're "missing" - great people and tons of "top-tier" designers have sold there at one time or other during their career. But yet the store is just meh.
Or it's because those top tier designers were already selling elsewhere with a good following, so why would they need to leave to go to a different store?
A store has to have their own customer base (preferably a strong one) or they have to offer something people can't get elsewhere
on another topic - while I completely agree that there is alot of piracy in the digi world and I whole-heartedly agree when designers get frustrated by it, something that gets me is when digital designs use items from the paper world and pass them off as their own creations.
I found one that really disappointed me today, since I regularly buy from this desginer. I had purchased a pack of gorgeous papers last halloween at Michaels - the designer is Tim Coffey of K&Company. Well low and behold, I find Pink Lotty has used one of the papers and is selling it in a card pack (for CU use no less!) available in her store. It's not a case of a paper designer and a digi designer using the same CU or something, the paper designer draws his own designs. Take a look at the examples and tell me if you agree it's the same.
Paper - http://1cropshop.com/halloweenheadswillrollflatpaper.aspx
Well have at it. I've notified the original artist, that's all I'm planning on doing. If you want to notify the store, go right ahead. October 6, 2011 12:23 PM
Why in the world would you notify one, but not the other? That is beyond stupid.
did the product at deviant get changed? second from bottom right is a stripe now....no skulls.
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LOL! I KNEW this was gonna happen. Well at least they did something about it. Here's for those who missed it: the original preview comparing to the paper product
I'm the original poster of the Pink Lotty issue. Although Deviantscrap took it down quite fast, I have still lost all respect for the designer.
In what world is it ok to steal someone else's design and call it your own? How would she feel if someone did this to her? And I have to be honest, a store keeping this designer on after something so blatant and deliberate, makes me think less of the store as well.
Well have at it. I've notified the original artist, that's all I'm planning on doing. If you want to notify the store, go right ahead. October 6, 2011 12:23 PM
Why in the world would you notify one, but not the other? That is beyond stupid.
October 6, 2011 2:09 PM
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how is that "beyond stupid"? It's not up to me to notify anyone. Although since I felt the original artist was the one infringed upon, that I would notify them since they are the party that was wronged.
I think it was smart to handle it the way you did. Who's to say what arrangement the designer had with the original artist? *If* there was an arrangement, it is between the two of them. It is not (y)our job to tattletale to the store. (Although by the quick fix on the preview I think we can discount any kind of private arrangement, but still, one doesn't know by looking at a preview.)
I have several arrangements with designers of all kinds to use their things as-is in my kits. It's listed in my TOUs for each kit, but it's not on my previews. Luckily you eagle eyes haven't seen them, but I would be horrified if you went to my store owner (or here on this blog) and said I was a thief (which I am not)
I'm the original poster of the Pink Lotty issue. Although Deviantscrap took it down quite fast, I have still lost all respect for the designer.
In what world is it ok to steal someone else's design and call it your own? How would she feel if someone did this to her? And I have to be honest, a store keeping this designer on after something so blatant and deliberate, makes me think less of the store as well.
October 6, 2011 3:34 PM
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This is typical behaviour from the designers at Deviant Scrap, they took on Tara Dunstan (Down Under Studios and charity thief) FFS, enough said!
The owner herself has been caught numerous times with copyrighted items from stock sites in her kits.
something that gets me is when digital designs use items from the paper world and pass them off as their own creations.
I found one that really disappointed me today, since I regularly buy from this desginer. ---
If you regularly buy from this designer, you would know that this is not the first time she has done something like this.
I used to be a regular customer at DS but I stopped buying as more and more designers were coming on that were taking stuff that wasn't there's and selling it. I'm really glad that Sherrie JD is moving on, so I can now with on with her.
GOOD. I am not an altered art person...not my style to scrap with, but...my lifestyle reflects it. I have always enjoyed Sherrie's stuff....and she is a good person.
But listen - I'm old, i guess, and my memory isn't what it once was. Didn't Sherrie USED to be at SBG? or what was it? ScrapArtist, maybe? I swear I'm losing it slow but sure.
She used to be at ScrapArtist. I don't think she was ever at SBG, except as a guest? Not 100% sure but if she had been at SBG, I wonder why she left and then came back? I don't think anyone has left and come back to SBG. Which is kinda strange if you think about it.
I find that Sherrie's stuff is useable for every day things too, not just altered.
from looking at blogs it appears we are now seeing who got in over at FPD. Tracy Martin and Brenda Neuberger already opened and OceanWide Designs and Farynar's Wings just announced they are opening there too.
Someone mentioned Little Dreamer Designs - Don't even bother. Michelle Coleman can't make up her mind to stay or go. She had a new baby so doesn't design nearly enough anymore, hence the closing of the original store. Seems there are 2 designers now, Michelle and her 11 year old daughter (I think she's 11). The "dream-team" is a little deceiving. I believe the rest of the so-called "dream team" are old CT members and don't design. I did buy one kit from Michelle's daughter's kits (Brenna) once and while it wasn't terrible it was just all her moms work - same overlays and same elements and stuff recolored..pretty basic. She's not very talented to be honest. So I think what your buying into is just one designers work. I'm disappointed because I loved that store but this is a fail and don't think it's worth it at all.
It's quite clear that there is only one designer at the store and that it's Michelle. I didn't even know her daugther was selling, I just thought she was part of the CT.
It's quite clear that there is only one designer at the store and that it's Michelle. I didn't even know her daugther was selling, I just thought she was part of the CT. ---------- I also wondered if her daughter was designing. I know she was designing at the end there when the original store was closing. I also think this is a fail. The entire idea of paying a monthly fee is just, well, I don't know. I mean why not just open the store as it was before. I just don't see the point of the monthly fee and the idea behind it. I didn't think her daughter was too talented either but I guess its a good opportunity for her since shes just a kid. Just my own opinion though.
^^^^^^^^ There are much, much worse stuff in the same shop (GP). Look at this Halloween 'set' - http://www.gottapixel.net/store/search.php?mode=search&substring=pumpkin+kisses&including=all&by_title=on&manufacturers[0]=25
Someone seems to have a problem with Bella Gypsy. That is the second time in a week that someone has posted one of their kits and said something about it hurting their eyes.
Personally, I'd much rather look at the cute kits they do (even if they are a tad bright) than some of the granny-looking shit some of the other designers at GP put out. This one? Hideous!
Or how about the regular dose of colors that look like shit next to each other that Mye serves up? Just gross. http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=35379&cat=0&page=1
I think someone just wants to piss on GP since they could've posted links to Bella Gypsy's stuff at ACOT too if they really just had it out for them. Guess since Alyssa is keeping her mouth shut for once there's nothing to talk about again.
I liked sherwood studio/julieitis, mandy king, wishing well & tracie stroud. I downloaded trixie scraps & that was it. If I could not find the post on the first page, or if your blog popped up a malware warning, I did not go any further.
Someone seems to have a problem with Bella Gypsy. That is the second time in a week that someone has posted one of their kits and said something about it hurting their eyes. ---------------- Personally, I don't think someone has a problem w/ Bella Gypsy... I think someone's trying to enable Bella Gypsy. Nobody ever posts anything on this blog unless it's truly, absolutely, 100% hideous. These last 2 from Bella Gypsy have only been marginally bright/ugly, but not even bad. Makes me think the person posting is just trying to get us to look at their kits.
p.s. I seriously doubt this has anything AT ALL to do with Gotta Pixel, though. It's entirely possible that many people don't even know Bella Gypsy (or anyone, for that matter) sells at ACOT. Most people don't even know ACOT exists in the digi world.
I like how 11:53 is just throwing out random blog train reviews, even though nobody else has even mentioned the blog train in the last 50+ comments or so. We've moved on...
As for the Blog Train, I just had surgery (had a corn cob removed from my ass) so I have not been able to sit up long enough to be able to look here.
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I rest my case, re: nobody knows about ACOT.
Also, WTF??!?! I hope you're joking, b/c I just laughed out loud when I read your corn cob comment... and I'm not a mean-spirited person. But it was so shocking it made me laugh.
lmao Yes I am joking. I did just have surgery, but the corn cob was a joke. :) I thought a laugh would be good! I really have never heard of ACOT. I do not think Bella Gypsy is horrible. Their templates are nice. But their colors are a little bright. Some like bright. I am not a fan of pastels personally, but I am also not a fan of super bright either. It is all a matter of personal taste, I believe.
ACOT is A Cherry on Top and they have, in my opinion, the most user-UNfriendly site known to mankind. But they do sometimes have really good prices on paper stuff so if you do hybrid, you might like to shop there. They also have a digi section.
And what the heck is in Mye's kit? Jellyfish cupcake? ----
Spider cupcake, it's a Halloween kit.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry, no. Not even the OP but I totally agree, it looks like a jellyfish. If that's a spider, then she's an even worse designer than I thought. That kit is hideous. Where did she get the palette? Out of her garbage disposal? Wow.
I never said it looked like a spider, just pointing out that it is a spider. It doesn't look like a jelly fish to me, but then again, I see jelly fish all the time.
Why is she on a scrapbooking site if she deosn't want her layouts to look like scrapbooking? Just to bitch when everyone else does use kits and at least 95% of any given style layout looks like scrapbooking? She's great at her style. That's not an issue. But she just loves to dig at people who use anything they didn't make themselves and designers in general.
Agreed. Stef is one of the world's biggest idiots. It makes no sense at all that she spends so much time stalking the boards at DST, given that she seems to have nothing but contempt for everything that site is focused on. I wonder if/when she is ever going to figure it out, and move on?
I never said it looked like a spider, just pointing out that it is a spider. It doesn't look like a jelly fish to me, but then again, I see jelly fish all the time.
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You're pointing out "that it is a spider", but I think the rest of us are questioning that. It looks nothing like a spider. Personally, I don't think it's a spider. Either way, the other point to be discussed is this: why did she even think that putting any of those items on cupcakes made any sense, anyway? So weird.
I have often wondered why Stef hangs out at a digital scrapbook forum. My theory is that she got turned down as a CT multiple times because her style is not scrapbooking but rather graphic design. She would be better received at deviantart or something like that. I can't stand the way she is always so condescending towards CTMs, designers, and scrappers in general that actually use products instead of just getting creative with our programs. It's not that we canNOT use our programs it is that we are creating scrapbooks and not just magazine style pages. I could go on for hours at how she gets my goat.
Either way, the other point to be discussed is this: why did she even think that putting any of those items on cupcakes made any sense, anyway? So weird. ------
Halloween is weird. I've seen weird things on cupcakes. I completely see why she put those things on cupcakes in that kit. I don't like the kit, but I see why she made it the way she did. Except for the realistic pumpkins and candy corn, now those are weird.
Why is she on a scrapbooking site if she deosn't want her layouts to look like scrapbooking? Just to bitch when everyone else does use kits and at least 95% of any given style layout looks like scrapbooking? ---------------
I've never seen her bitch because people use kits, not ever. I don't want my pages to look like scrap pages either, so should I move on from the scrap booking sites? Stop being so insular. You are doing exactly what you are accusing Stef of doing.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes. One of those items does not make sense. And I could maybe stretch and call it a ghost cupcake or an unraveled mummy, but I'm definitely not seeing a spider. It's white! Jellyfish was my first thought!
I've never seen her bitch because people use kits, not ever. I don't want my pages to look like scrap pages either, so should I move on from the scrap booking sites? Stop being so insular. You are doing exactly what you are accusing Stef of doing.
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You've never seen her make comments about how wrong it is to buy products and focus on shopping and not just making pages? Then you've never been around during the week leading up to a DSD or NSD. Stick around. Pay attention. You'll see. She's the FIRST one to pop into the forum when people start posting "where will the great sales be?" questions... to let people know that the weekend should be about celebrating scrapbooking, and not buying products.
The fact that you don't know this makes it obvious that you don't read the boards, and/or you're a newbie... either way, shut up if you don't have information to base your opinion on. This one's so cut and dry it's not even arguable.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes.
--------- But yet you understand the butterflies in a Halloween kit? That entire kit is a complete mess.
It is my personal opinion that Stef hangs out at DST to get praised. I am quite sure that is why she has her weekly scrap discussion thread, and her sycophants never fail to gush over her. I also think that's why she criticizes kits and shopping, to draw attention to herself. As a designer I have found so many of her comments condescending and sometimes just insulting, but a scrapper's perspective might be a bit different as she wants their admiration.
It is my personal opinion that Stef hangs out at DST to get praised. I am quite sure that is why she has her weekly scrap discussion thread, and her sycophants never fail to gush over her. I also think that's why she criticizes kits and shopping, to draw attention to herself. As a designer I have found so many of her comments condescending and sometimes just insulting, but a scrapper's perspective might be a bit different as she wants their admiration. -----
Yeah, because right now you aren't being condescending and critical to draw attention to yourself.
I'm glad that there are different ways to scrap digitally. I've always printed my pages & have tons of 12x12 albums from my paper scrapping & digital days. Now I'm wondering if I want to forgo the printed albums and start making slideshow dvds out of my photos. Just a few short years ago there was a debate going on as to whether we were really scrapping. (paper vs digi)
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
You know if I did run across one, I hope I'd have better manners than to try to dismiss those that scrapped their photos with it and the country they're from as laughable.
Can't wait for the Thanksgiving kits to come out. My family gets together that day and we have a great time together. I'll snap lots of pictures .... so ....bring on the KITS!!!
What's wrong with last year's kits? Not being snarky, I just don't see why some people buy a new seasonal kit every year. Maybe every two years I understand, styles change etc, but every year?
^^^ Maybe not everyone bought a kit last year. Maybe those who will purchase a kit this year bought their last one 2 years ago. Or maybe they started digiscrapping only this year. It is not because you see seasonal stuff every year that all the customers are buying some every year. I don't buy Christmas lights every year, yet, they are in the stores every year.
Um yes. Where have you been? The whole concept behind A5 is about drinking. (get it? After Five? As in hitting the bar after work, having a good time?)
I'm as entitled to my opinion as you are to yours. Do not tell me to shut up.
I happen to agree with her, DSD and NDS should be about scrapping, not just the buying. _______________ Yes and President's Day should be about former Presidents and not about a Mattress sale but it's still there and people still flock to buy... Same with every other holiday sale. Get over it.
What is that thing to the left of the cat? A ghost sperm? ______________ Obviously another case of someone trying to enable a kit. The kit isn't hideous. I don't even see the "sperm" you're getting at. It's not my style at all, but I don't think the kit is bad for what it is.
What's wrong with last year's kits? Not being snarky, I just don't see why some people buy a new seasonal kit every year. Maybe every two years I understand, styles change etc, but every year? ________________ I guess the same could be said about last year's costumes, or last year's Christmas presents. They still work, just rewrap em right? Some people just like to have new stuff. Just because you're cheap doesn't mean that everyone else is or wants to be.
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
------------------- Speaking as a Canadian, we are just as much into Halloween as the "Yanks" are, I absolutely love orange, black, purple and green together. LOL So not sure why you'd assume the OP might be Canadian.
and judging by the way the OP spelled "color" I would not assume she is British either as we all spell it "colour". So look to a different nationality, thanks! :)
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
------------------- Speaking as a Canadian, we are just as much into Halloween as the "Yanks" are, I absolutely love orange, black, purple and green together. LOL So not sure why you'd assume the OP might be Canadian.
and judging by the way the OP spelled "color" I would not assume she is British either as we all spell it "colour". So look to a different nationality, thanks! :) October 9, 2011 12:25 PM
-------- I'm sure it was Mye trying to defend her jellyfish cupcakes and pink and disgusting Halloween attempt.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes.
--------- But yet you understand the butterflies in a Halloween kit? That entire kit is a complete mess.
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I totally agree that it's a complete mess. I don't understand butterflies for a Halloween kit either, but if you lose those cupcakes, it's just a really ugly fall kit. I don't know, I wouldn't buy it either way.
Depending on how large the Halloween kit I bought last year was, I probably wouldn't buy a new one every year. But, I do print out my pages into albums and I want them to look different each year, so I shop for a new kit if I couldn't get two very different looking pages from the same kit.
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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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 1423 Newer› Newest»Anyway the Blog Train Blog.. I went through all the links and this is what I downloaded. I still may pick and delete through it but here are the ones I took
Downloaded -
http://www.sugarscraps.com/
http://www.oceanwidedesigns.com/
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/
http://wendybirddesigns.blogspot.com/
http://bzb-designs.com/blog/
http://ellielash.com/blog/
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/
http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com/blog/
http://mommyish.net/
http://studioqscrap.com/
http://www.pixelscrapper.com/
http://amandaheimanndesigns.com/blog/
Not sure if that helps anyone else.. but I figured I'd share.
October 1, 2011 12:34 PM
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For the most part I'd agree with one or two slight variations. Solid list though. I'd love to see what Simon has to say.
I don't get why you all have your panties in a bunch over a FREE blog train. If you don't like how it's run, don't participate. If you want to be a part of it, then don't complain when things don't go the way you think they should.
Anyway the Blog Train Blog.. I went through all the links and this is what I downloaded. I still may pick and delete through it but here are the ones I took
Downloaded -
http://www.sugarscraps.com/
http://www.oceanwidedesigns.com/
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/
http://wendybirddesigns.blogspot.com/
http://bzb-designs.com/blog/
http://ellielash.com/blog/
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/
http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com/blog/
http://mommyish.net/
http://studioqscrap.com/
http://www.pixelscrapper.com/
http://amandaheimanndesigns.com/blog/
Not sure if that helps anyone else.. but I figured I'd share.
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My post. I should add this was before everyone had their freebies up. Here are some to add ::
http://bonscrapatitdesigns.blogspot.com/
There are some on the list that would be great but haven't gotten their parts up like GBGDesigns, Misty Cato is generally solid, etc.
Downloaded -
http://www.sugarscraps.com/
http://www.oceanwidedesigns.com/
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/
http://wendybirddesigns.blogspot.com/
http://bzb-designs.com/blog/
http://ellielash.com/blog/
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/
http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com/blog/
http://mommyish.net/
http://studioqscrap.com/
http://www.pixelscrapper.com/
http://amandaheimanndesigns.com/blog/
^^^
Again ... not saying you are wrong ... just different tastes for different people. The only one of those I'd bother to download is Tracie Stroud. The rest is a totally different style of scrapping that doesn't appeal to me at all.
I don't think this list is crap, they could be super well made (I don't know as I didn't download), I am just not interested in any of these portions.
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correction - I also like the mini by julieitis :)
On top of that there were designers that said they e-mailed or PM'd her weeks ago to say they couldn't participate. Surgery or not she dropped the ball. Now she will probably post some sob story in the DCR about how she doesn't have to organize it, etc, etc, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't do it next month and honestly, that is fine with me.
Whether she delegates or not shouldn't be the issue. It takes her time to put everything together and make sure people aren't dropping at the last minute which I think was the case this time as before. No one else has offered to do it all. Yes, she had a couple helpers in the beginning but I don't think they wanted to ever be in charge and take over the blog train. She doesn't get paid for her time and effort. Obviously even things for free have to get beat to death and blame spread because there are people who just aren't satisfied no matter what. If you don't want to participate then keep your bloody mouths shut but quit ruining it for those who did. Amazing that there are still some 100 designers who participate every other month. Obviously the majority haven't bothered to take your advice.
Life has been so busy, peeps. I wonder where September went!
Just to add my 2 cents - I can't BELIEVE Alyssa and her Bean Bunny friend are starting their own shop. I really hope no one is foolish enough to join that store.
I haven't made any time for store reviews because they don't get a lot of conversation going anyway. I see Piers' last review got like 1 comment. Not really worth my time to type things up. The blog train, however, we all love to talk about - probably because we can all download things since it's free. Whatever the reason, I have some time today and wanted to check it out.
And the reason people make "such a big deal" about a free blog train is because it's advertising. Any designer worth their salt wants to make a good impression for potential customers and it sucks when people running the show can't pull their heads out of their asses. Any of you idiots reading this who don't realize that should buy a clue. A big one.
If your blog isn't below, I thought your stuff was rubbish and moved on.
After I unzipped everything, I deleted some of the elements and some of the papers. I was left with 2 alphas, 62 papers, and 67 mostly basic elements. It took me an hour to go through the train, download and unzip everything and write this review. Personally, this month's train is really lacking. There is nothing I downloaded I couldn't make myself, but it saved me some time for sure. I can't make 62 papers, no matter how basic, in an hour. So, it was worth it from that standpoint.
Of everyone I downloaded, if you're really pressed for time, I recommend Tracie Stroud's for sure. Hers is the most comprehensive all in one direct download zip.
Stuff I downloaded:
http://www.sugarscraps.com/
http://blog.trixiescraps.com/ (plaids only, not the alphas - I hate round bead alphas)
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/
http://sixtyeight.wordpress.com/
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/ (simple, but nice, crisp textures)
http://luvewedesigns.com/ (for the last paper only)
http://mikkidesigns.blogspot.com/ (for papers only)
http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com/blog/
http://kimetc.blogspot.com/
http://amandaheimanndesigns.com/blog/
Stuff I thought could be nice, but not my style and didn't download:
http://letmescrapbook.blogspot.com/
http://craftingatyourspecialdelivery.blogspot.com/
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/
http://louisefranksdesigns.com/digiscrapping/2011/10/dst-blog-train-freebies/
Not posted at the time of my review:
http://www.designsbyamandah.com
http://trumanstudio.blogspot.com/
http://roseytoesdesigns.com/blog/
http://danasfootprintdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://christinapoolie.blogspot.com/
http://www.amandacarlsondesigns.com/blog/
http://www.sugarbeansdesign.blogspot.com/
http://3lilmonsters.com/
http://mistycatodesigns.com/mcdblog/
http://www.digiscrapsdrivein.com/blog/
http://www.cabanagirldesigns.com/blog/
http://jensenmotleycrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
http://digidesignedbywilma.typepad.com/
http://inspireddesignsbycrystal1.blogspot.com/
http://digitalpaperpress.com/wp/
http://www.5stardigitalscrapbooking.com/featured/
http://girlboygirldesigns.com/wordpress/
http://www.justcreations1.blogspot.com/
http://www.heritagescrap.com/blog
http://sherryfergusondesigns.blogspot.com/
http://www.annabv.com/blog/
Went through the DST blog train today - I am more likely to DL if there is a direct download - if it's hosted on 4hsared, especially, I really have to think about whether I want to deal with those wait times. Was pleased to see that so many people have found a way to host their own freebies.
This train was hard b/c I'm not a fan of purples or pastels or muted colors... but I may be able to use things for cards or Mother's Day layouts in the future.
As for the theme vs. no-theme, I'm not a fan of the "theme-less" trains. All of the kits I've purchased, created, or snagged are arranged by theme - and a themeless kit is hard to sort! The "Monkey Business" theme a while back was a bit narrow, BUT, truthfully, I was annoyed at kits that DIDN'T include something monkey or zoo-oriented... I thought that was the point of that month's blog train. (But I digress...)
Here are the kits I downloaded this time around:
http://bothmadandgenius.blogspot.com/ - it was just as she titled it "soft and pretty" - could be cute for a mom's day layout.
http://blueheartscraps.com/ - cute alpha and papers.
http://magsgraphics.blogspot.com/ - I like the wedding twist and the elements, especially.
http://www.sugarscraps.com/ - very clean elements and papers. I like these.
http://creationcassel.com/blog/ - I like the folded ribbon and confetti.
http://letmescrapbook.blogspot.com/ - Love the "boy" themed stuff.
http://blog.trixiescraps.com/ - I like the alpha.
http://mariehdesignsscrap.blogspot.com/- I like the papers and the ribbons.
http://mybagofscraps.com/ - Was intrigued by the scattered leaf paper.
http://julieitis.blogspot.com/ - pretty papers and very cute elements!
http://bzb-designs.com/blog/ - I liked those star elements.
http://ellielash.com/blog/ - Simple and cute.
http://digilicious.typepad.com/digi_licious_designs/ - loved that word art!
http://digitalcreationsfrommillstreamcottage.blogspot.com/ - a very generous set of stuff - and a neat idea for her theme.
http://digideborahsdesigns.blogspot.com/ - Clean, cute, and simple.
http://eyeinspire.com/blog/ - I liked all of it, really.
http://www.kookycatdesigns.blogspot.com/ - fun squirrel and I like the elements.
http://www.wishingwellcreations.com/ - LOVED the football theme!! Very clever!! And the colors were probably hard to adapt, but she offers other colors in her store. Nice tie-in.
http://wordartfun.blogspot.com/ - I liked it all.
http://scrappingartistry.com/ - Can't go wrong with anything "coffee!"
http://www.jen-c-designs.com/blog/ - liked it all.
http://janetb-designs.blogspot.com/ - liked the circle tag and string.
http://luvewedesigns.com/ - cute elements
http://inthesmallthings-scraps.blogspot.com - neat tree!
http://www.traciestrouddesigns.com - liked it all
http://louisefranksdesigns.com - neat having it be a handyman-type kit
http://scrappingwithangel.blogspot.com/ - cute papers
http://kimetc.blogspot.com/ - I liked the whole thing.
http://studioqscrap.com/ - liked it all
http://www.pixelscrapper.com - liked it all
http://riekarafita.blogspot.com/ - liked that it was heavy on the browns vs. the purples.
http://www.deliscraps.blogspot.com/ - love the owls
I know it's a larger list than others have posted - but this takes into account that these items were FREE and have potential.
Plus what I can't use for my own personal layouts, can possibly be used for cards and gift layouts.
someone mentioned DSD coming up - can someone please tell me when it is? thank you.
always the first sat in november, I think.
Goes to show you how different tastes are ... of the ones you liked ...
www.sugarscraps.com - I find this really simple and boring
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I find you to be really simple and boring. How's that for "different tastes"? And you're faulting people for polka dots? *eyeroll* It's a cute alpha, nobody said you have to use it.
Like the others, I about peed myself when I saw the tape worm.
I don't get why you all have your panties in a bunch over a FREE blog train. I
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Oh god, not another person obsessed with panties, Get over it or get help or better yet, do both!
If you want to be a part of it, then don't complain when things don't go the way you think they should.
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What? That makes no sense whatsoever. If there's a problem, it should be pointed out and dealt with.
If you don't want to participate then keep your bloody mouths shut but quit ruining it for those who did.
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How exactly are they ruining it? I really want to know.
This train was hard b/c I'm not a fan of purples or pastels or muted colors... but I may be able to use things for cards or Mother's Day layouts in the future.
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Agreed, but don't use them for Mother's day if you like your mom. My mom who is 70 would totally hurl at those colors. She would think them far too old lady.
www.sugarscraps.com - I find this really simple and boring
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I find you to be really simple and boring. How's that for "different tastes"? And you're faulting people for polka dots? *eyeroll* It's a cute alpha, nobody said you have to use it.
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Not the OP, but I also find it simple and boring. Not sure how you can judge the OP to be the same just by her statement, but she and I can judge that by the kit. What alpha are you talking about? I don't see it in the preview.
They were talking about the Studio 68 alpha.
http://sixtyeight.wordpress.com/
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Thank you!
Goes to show you how different tastes are ... of the ones you liked ...
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Not the OP but I think it's a waste of time talking about that person's picks instead of just making your own. Why are you smacking the taste of an anonymous poster?
Why not go through and make your own observations instead of commenting on someone else's picks. Besides, obviously more people like the designs listed than just the OP.
They weren't even the first one to list those picks.
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Yes, that was the first list. Sorry. And she didn't smack person, just her list. Get a grip. I'm so over some of you sanctimonious little preachers.
I don't like the choices either and there was a least one other person as well, making around three people. Not that it matters.
Nothing wrong with that, just giving an opinion. Just like the first poster did.
No it was not the first list. The first list was on the first page. The list that poster responded to was on this page.
For using such a big word like "sanctimonious" you sure as shit don't know how to read.
Y A W N. Can we get back to smacking the truly hideous? Surely the "tapeworm" isn't the only one that's worth mocking.
For using such a big word like "sanctimonious" you sure as shit don't know how to read.
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I'm so impressed with your prowess with the English language. I bow down to you, bow down, bow down. I'm not worthy!!
Why not take a chill pill or have an orgasm, you sound like you need one.
Y A W N. Can we get back to smacking the truly hideous? Surely the "tapeworm" isn't the only one that's worth mocking.
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Why don't you start, since you are so bored. Jeez. Who the hell do you think you are? Queen of the World? Do you expect everyone to do everything for you?
No it was not the first list. The first list was on the first page. The list that poster responded to was on this page.
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Ooooh, I stand corrected. Oh I'm so stupid. Oooh. What will I do with myself? Oh me oh my, I can't do anything. Thank you for telling me. I'm so grateful. Maybe you can help me with the rest of my life, huh? Please? Oh please, since you are so smart, you'll know just what to do.
So many of you girls are fascinated with each other's panties and orgasms. Why not fuck each other and get it over with.
About the blog train coordinated by Trish: Didn't they have a very similar palette for the train a few months back (something about a quilt in the theme)? With so many palette options out there, why choose ones that are so similar to one another just a few months apart?
Trish let the designers decide. and the ones who did decide are pretty much the ones that have been called crap for their parts in this blogtrain. 'nuff said.
So many of you girls are fascinated with each other's panties and orgasms. Why not fuck each other and get it over with.
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Give me your address and I'll be right over. I'm not fussy.
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LMAO
Sunshine Studio is closing mid-month.
With Love Studio is definitely owned by Alyssa aka Studio Demo.
Yeah, that tapeworm was definitely made in Artrage LOL
Sunshine Studio is closing mid-month.
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that didn't last long!
and I read on that with Love blog in their CT call (where they apologize for the typo on the commission)...that they had a ton of designers apply and that they accepted. wonder who was stupid enough to try that one out???
Sunshine Studio is closing mid-month.
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that didn't last long!
??? Sunshine Studio Scraps has been around for a while
"With Love Studio is definitely owned by Alyssa aka Studio Demo."
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I believe you but also am interested to know what you have as proof. More info, please?
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288160
This is Alyssa: http://profile-couture.me/
I don't know if With Love Studio is her or not, but I heard through the grapevine that she was starting a shop of her own so it wouldn't surprise me. You know, she's just going to keep coming back with a new identity each time she gets found out. I do feel sorry for anyone who gets tangled up with her....would you really want someone like that having access to all your zip files?
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288160
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Someone should reply and ask if they need a spellchecker / proof reader
Bean Bunny is at Sunshine Studio. Guess she's free now for new ventures - coincidence?
LOL!
http://profile-couture.me/?p=40
I remember this kit when she tried to come back as a newbie designer -TiffanyDazzle - almost right after Studio Demo was "retired." I guess store owners were all on to her and her many names then, that's why she needs to open one of her own. I hope designers and CTs have enough sense to google this new store before applying.
Sunshine Studios has long been dead. Never been the same since all the original Sunshine Girls left or didn't have as much time to devote to it. Absentee owner(s) doesn't help either. It's been around a little over three years. It used to be good little place that had potential, but no love and attention.
"With Love Studio is definitely owned by Alyssa aka Studio Demo."
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I believe you but also am interested to know what you have as proof. More info, please?
October 3, 2011 6:16 AM
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A series of coincidences in addition to the owner's name (admitted by the owner) being Alyssa and seeking out newbie designers who wouldn't know about the past drama to join the store.
"With Love Studio is definitely owned by Alyssa aka Studio Demo."
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I believe you but also am interested to know what you have as proof. More info, please?
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I spoke to her about the site. No proof I can share other than my word which means nothing here.
Oh my. I have no doubt that With Love is Alyssa-Happy Tits store. I can't believe she has the gall to continue trying in the digi-world after all she has done. I wish there were a way to warn everyone in the scrapping community.
I wish there were a way to warn everyone in the scrapping community.
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Um, there IS a way to warn everyone, if you have the guts to comment on the threads at DST/DSA and the like. Do you?
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Do YOU dumbass? I didn't see anyone commenting on any.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
Ok, I have posted in the DST forums on the With Love Studios calls and in the Scrap Talk forum about Alyssa
check it out
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288225
Ok, I have posted in the DST forums on the With Love Studios calls and in the Scrap Talk forum about Alyssa
check it out
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288225
October 3, 2011 12:58 PM
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I read your post. When was she involved in pirating? All I remember is that she acted a fool here, at DST and on her FB page and that she had a run in with a store owner that caused her to get the boot from her shop at FPD. I faintly remember hearing something about her deleting FTP files too. But I don't remember anything about pirating. I know a collab partner stole money from her, which is what started the whole mess here. But the pirating...what did I miss?
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I was wondering about pirating as well. A little clarification would be nice. In any case, thanks for putting it out there, "Jilly". It's just enough to make people think twice and start doing their own digging for info before getting involved with the store. If they don't, well then they deserve whatever might be coming for them.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
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I see - yes - there was a new owner. She was pretty absent.
I'm not aware of any pirating she did. But she did delete collabs/ads/etc and caused havoc for the stores she was at when she got caught out for being a nutter.
re: the Sunshine Studio comment...that didn't last long...
I thought they had a new owner last year...matter of fact, i KNOW they did as I had an issue and wrote to customer support and the answer included something like"since we took over a few months ago" - thats what I meant by that comment. I am aware that the original SUN has been around for a while now. or...was.
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I see - yes - there was a new owner. She was pretty absent.
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All of the owners have been part of the original sunshine girls. Nicole, owner of TDC, was the owner last year. mgl scraps, Monica, took over for a little while and when she left Amanda Kay took over.
All of the owners have been part of the original sunshine girls. Nicole, owner of TDC, was the owner last year. mgl scraps, Monica, took over for a little while and when she left Amanda Kay took over.
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????? How was Nicole the owner of SS last year, when she was already the owner of TDC? She's been at TDC for quite some time now, I believe. Sure you have your facts straight?
I'm not aware of any pirating she did. But she did delete collabs/ads/etc and caused havoc for the stores she was at when she got caught out for being a nutter.
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I'm not the OP so I don't know for sure what she was referring to when she mentioned piracy, but I do know that when the whole Studio Demo/Alyssa fiasco took place a few months ago, someone (Shilo? nobody knows for sure) kept coming on here and making references to Alyssa's past identities at the BabyGaga site. That site was absolutely teeming with piracy of digital kits around the same time. So at the very least, she was involved at a site (while designing digital goods) that is well-known for digital scrapbooking piracy.
????? How was Nicole the owner of SS last year, when she was already the owner of TDC? She's been at TDC for quite some time now, I believe. Sure you have your facts straight?
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Yes I'm positive. She didn't want to see SUN close and none of the other sunshine girls were able to take over at the time so she tried running both. She figured out she didn't have time to run both and have them both succeed, which is when Monica took over.
I am sure that Alyssa was involved in pirating when she was at Babygaga, and if that blog she's started is any indication, she's still involved in Babygaga, because she's giving away free Babygaga profile backgrounds.
But the pirating is a minor issue to me, because the other thing she did at Babygaga was post addresses and personal information of people she had issues with. Alyssa is NOT someone anyone would want to have access to any kind of personal information.
She already has numerous digital identities, I shudder to think what she could do with the kind of information a store owner gets from enrolling new designers and processing transactions.
so that thread at DST is gone already?? copied and pasted the link....and get an 'unknown thread' message.
Yes I'm positive. She didn't want to see SUN close and none of the other sunshine girls were able to take over at the time so she tried running both. She figured out she didn't have time to run both and have them both succeed, which is when Monica took over.
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Nicole didn't come back as owner just help get the site back on it's feet. It proved to be too much with running TDC as well. Amanda Kay was (is?) owner of the site, Monica (mgl) took over after Nicole left but I'm not sure if she was still an owner, I know at one time she was. The site was started by the Sunshine Girls, think there was originally 8 owners and as time went on they went on their own way and Sunshine Studio went downhill
I am disgusted with DST for deleting 'jillygoesdigi's thread about With Love Studio. People had a right to know. They also deleted her warnings on WithLoveStudios CT and designer calls. I am done with DST for good. Funny that they left this thread up:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=286065
but not jilly's? That's just wrong.
Someone can always try DSA
http://digiscrapaddicts.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24549
and yes, I'm too chicken to do it myself.
I am disgusted with DST for deleting 'jillygoesdigi's thread about With Love Studio. People had a right to know. They also deleted her warnings on WithLoveStudios CT and designer calls. I am done with DST for good. Funny that they left this thread up:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=286065
but not jilly's? That's just wrong.
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No offense, but if I ran DST/DSA, I probably would have deleted the messages too. It likely had to do w/ the fact that someone w/ only 3 posts (who clearly signed-up just to post those messages) was the one who posted.
If you want someone to take you seriously, you have to post as yourself. Is it right/fair? No, but you can't blame them for deleting something posted by an obviously "fake" account, can you?
that they had a ton of designers apply and that they accepted. wonder who was stupid enough to try that one out???
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Your assuming because they said it that it's true.
With Love Studio CT Call - Wow she wants to focus on being a store owner, however she can't even focus on the spelling in her own ad: Promate (twice); Memebers; completeing; follwing
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288160
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Interesting that this thread now says call closed but the ad is still open at DSA.
Now that was interesting. When I checked out With Love Studio and I clicked on the gallery tab, my browser asked me I wanted to connect to Jen Yurko!
Um, there IS a way to warn everyone, if you have the guts to comment on the threads at DST/DSA and the like. Do you?
October 3, 2011 12:39 PM
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Do YOU dumbass? I didn't see anyone commenting on any.
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I do see someone commenting on the designer call at DSA and it looks like she is still waiting for a reply.
Looks like she closed it and deleted some comments. There were some people calling her out about being Alyssa. Not just one. There was one that was mentioned earlier and then one that wasnt a made up account it looked like. De something. Just asking if she was Studio Demo. I see it getting out and that site shutting down fast. If it gets started up. I just hope she doesnt bring down a bunch of newbies with her.
I wonder why both calls are closed on DST but still open at DSA?
I dont't know if people are aware that in most forums/stores, it is very easy for the admin to cross-reference IP addresses and see who just created an account to post something nasty, rude or something they would not want others to know they posted. The same is true of someone trying to hide their identity, as if Alyssa tries to come back as XYZ. Not sure if admin would check if someone was to "warn" them of that? It is not illegal, but maybe against the rule? I think I saw something like that somewhere... in the guidelines maybe?
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why go to all that trouble? Maybe they just wanted the people to know w/o causing issues for the people they work with. Who cares if anyone calls out that crazy chick. It isn’t like she has a lot of people backing her crazy ass. creditable people anyway. I say kudos to someone for making sure everyone is aware of who they are getting involved with. It is a shame that her partner in crime doesn’t cut ties with her.
I dont't know if people are aware that in most forums/stores, it is very easy for the admin to cross-reference IP addresses and see who just created an account to post something nasty, rude or something they would not want others to know they posted. The same is true of someone trying to hide their identity, as if Alyssa tries to come back as XYZ. Not sure if admin would check if someone was to "warn" them of that? It is not illegal, but maybe against the rule? I think I saw something like that somewhere... in the guidelines maybe?
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I seriously doubt that the admns at DST cares enough to do that. Not to mention that isnt too reliable. A lot of people post from work where there are communal computers. ;)
Maybe, but if a person has only 3 or 5 posts, it narrows it down. And although some people have a dynamic IP address, others don't so if personA has only one IP address registered, and creates another account, then it might be easy enough to cross-reference!
And did you ever try to ask the admin or do you just assume they would not do anything? Who knows?
I am the one that posted as 'jilly' at DST and the threads were deleted. I did get a nice PM from DST admin that while they appreciate what I was trying to do that maybe I could have worded it differently. They weren't mean about it they were just following their guidelines.
I see it getting out and that site shutting down fast. If it gets started up. I just hope she doesnt bring down a bunch of newbies with her.
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I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
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Oh, I wish I knew who you were so I could never buy from you again.
I agree the market is over saturated, but to wish harm on unsuspecting people, that's just not right.
6:50's comment is exactly why people should not take reviews here seriously. Some reviewers may be honest, but others are out to discourage the competition.
I sorta hope she does bring down a bunch of newbies w/ her. The market's too saturated w/ designers already. This might be a nice way to restore the natural order of things. ROFL.
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It must be one of those "Top store" designers that saw her sales coming down because of the newbies.
Or maybe someone just making a sarcastic joke. Not a very funny one but still...
One of the newbie designers confirmed to join With Love Studio: http://scrappilyme-nadauh.blogspot.com/
It looks like someone has already commented. I don't feel like setting up another google account to warn her - hopefully 1 warning will be enough.
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Guess not. That comment was just deleted from the blog.
I do hope that she won't get burned so bad from this. :(
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I wouldn't worry too much about that lady. and yes, this will sound mean. First...glancing at her 'products' just made me....roll my eyes. With Love Studio is going to start out as a 'medium tier' shop, huh? with bean bunny, demo and this chick. uh huh. just looking at her blog is enough to make you hurl.
she should fit right in - with demo's history with piracy issues at gaga....this one comes from Mousescrappers. Sorry folks, I have no time nor sympathy with copyright violations either. this chickie might be new....but as such, she should really do just a bit of research before taking the plunge.
There's still a comment there from "bitchy karma" warning her but they didn't specify which store. She says she's starting at two. Doesn't really matter because her stuff looks like garbage anyway.
I tried again. If she deletes it again, it's her own fault.
Lots of comments about maybe the newbies not knowing who the store owner really is...
Wouldn't any new designer see the owner's *real-life* name when they sign a contract with a new store?
Would anybody actually sell their designs at an online digi store only knowing the owner's screen name, & not their real name?
How can you have a legal business contract with a store if owners/designers don't use their real name? Has this really happened anywhere?
I'd be interested to know what the owner "says" her name is.
Obviously you haven't been following along. The owner SAYS her name is Alyssa.
LMAO at the "I don't want to do any work, but I still want to get money" post.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288201
I get that her life is busy, it just comes across as I don't want to actually have to do any work but I still want people to pay me.
copy & paste please - we can't see the DCR
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It's nothing interesting - at all. Someone wants to sell their products and not have a store.
Too lazy to do a zen cart install I guess.
Here's the post:
How to sell products without a store
I am looking to sell my products without a store..... any ideas? When I first started this I was just using paypal, but that requires me to have time to email the buyers with their download links. Then, I started using another service (can't remember what they're called) that was an immediate download, but they charged me a monthly fee. I can't do that. I'm only selling about $50-$60 per month and I have a lot of kits (although, I won't put them all up for sale. I don't want to be tied down to a monthly fee.)
Any ideas? I don't want to have to meet monthly store requirements; this is the problem. Since I'm now working and going to school full-time I don't have much time to design. I want to keep selling my products and when and if I have time to create, then I will.
she sells at Faith Sisters....another one that should just bite the bullet and close up.
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Why? Because it doesn't suit you? It doesn't suit me either but if they are making money, why should they close? They been around for at least two years if not more, which shows they have staying power.
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I just checked and it looks like they've been around since 2008, so obviously they are doing well enough.
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they USED to have over 25 designers. THAT is what I meant. they all leave...no one joins.
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288201
I get that her life is busy, it just comes across as I don't want to actually have to do any work but I still want people to pay me.
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It doesn't come across that way at all - she doesn't want to keep up with site requirements but she wants to still design - it's not like she's asking how to get free money without designing anything.
Maybe she should join 2Peas.
another With Love Studio designer: Designs by Angel
scrappingwithangel.blogspot.com
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How do you know? I don't see anything on her blog, but I've been having trouble with my browser lately.
Just took a look at the site's forum and saw her name as newest member. You wouldn't be registering to a forum and given access to its restricted part without joining the shop, right? So she's either there as a designer or a CTM. My pick is designer since she's been active in designing competitions lately -- not successful though.
One of the newbie designers confirmed to join With Love Studio: http://scrappilyme-nadauh.blogspot.com/
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looks like the warning worked
Thank you for warning me and a special thanks to this lady!
There's still a comment there from "bitchy karma" warning her but they didn't specify which store. She says she's starting at two. Doesn't really matter because her stuff looks like garbage anyway.
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Obviously you haven't been following along. The owner SAYS her name is Alyssa.
October 4, 2011 4:12 PM
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Must've missed that. I thought it was still just being assumed. Must've missed that post (specifying her name) when I was busy having a life
Must've missed that. I thought it was still just being assumed. Must've missed that post (specifying her name) when I was busy having a life
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You don't have to get all bitchy with us just because YOU weren't paying attention...
How can you see the forum at With Love? Every time I go there I get an error. Like there's not even a site. I must be looking in the wrong place.
http://withlovestudio.net/
Click Forum. I only get an error when I try to go to the store.
The forum looks like garbage. Nothing is lined up in the background. Bleck!
My connection times out every time I try to go there. Guess I'm not missing much...
The Plum is having a designer call.
http://www.polkadotplum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=72841#post72841
I've heard BAD things about Plum - designers who do well at other stores make 10% of what they normally make there being one of them. They had a call earlier this year and many were accepted - MANY have left.
I've heard BAD things about Plum - designers who do well at other stores make 10% of what they normally make there being one of them. They had a call earlier this year and many were accepted - MANY have left.
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Most of all their original designers and ct members have left. Along with many that were added after that. I have also heard bad things about sales there.
Bummer! I was seriously considering applying to the PDP call. I've been a customer/fan since shortly after they opened. :\
I sold there, once upon a time. And yes, the sales are absolutely terrible. My sales in my own personal store are 10 times more than the sales I had at PDP. That's not exactly what you expect from a multi-designer store.
I don't really know what the missing link is there. I can say that I think their "newsletter" is a bit of a joke. The management seems scattered and unorganized. And I don't know if they know anything about search engine rankings and such. But, marketing seems to be seriously lacking and the sales reflect that.
I would caution against applying unless you are the kind of person who thinks they can hold the owners' hands and help them make it a better place. I couldn't spend the time to do that, so I moved on.
Wow, just took a look. I think they have 3 or 4 designers and the Artisan Notebook.
I used to sell at PDP and loved it there because of the people -- the owners are amazing! I left because I couldn't handle more than one store and went with the one that got me more money.
^^^^^ yep. sales at PDP...not so much. peeps and owners at PDP...wonderful!
^^^^^ yep. sales at PDP...not so much. peeps and owners at PDP...wonderful!
October 5, 2011 9:04 PM
Exactly what I found when I sold there. I don't know what they're "missing" - great people and tons of "top-tier" designers have sold there at one time or other during their career. But yet the store is just meh.
Newsflash- it's because there are TOO MANY STORES!
Or it's because those top tier designers were already selling elsewhere with a good following, so why would they need to leave to go to a different store?
A store has to have their own customer base (preferably a strong one) or they have to offer something people can't get elsewhere
on another topic - while I completely agree that there is alot of piracy in the digi world and I whole-heartedly agree when designers get frustrated by it, something that gets me is when digital designs use items from the paper world and pass them off as their own creations.
I found one that really disappointed me today, since I regularly buy from this desginer. I had purchased a pack of gorgeous papers last halloween at Michaels - the designer is Tim Coffey of K&Company. Well low and behold, I find Pink Lotty has used one of the papers and is selling it in a card pack (for CU use no less!) available in her store. It's not a case of a paper designer and a digi designer using the same CU or something, the paper designer draws his own designs. Take a look at the examples and tell me if you agree it's the same.
Paper -
http://1cropshop.com/halloweenheadswillrollflatpaper.aspx
Digi -
http://www.deviantscrap.com/shop/product.php?productid=19213&cat=0&page=1
Paper in question is the 2nd from the bottom right (skulls).
So what are you going to do about it?
Yes, they are identical.
Pink Lotty didn't even bother to recolor it. Just another grungy layer over it and that's that.
So, yeah, what are you gonna do about it?
It's already been reported to K&Company, up to them to do something.
someone should probably let the store know too, they should know this about their designer
Well have at it. I've notified the original artist, that's all I'm planning on doing. If you want to notify the store, go right ahead.
did the product at deviant get changed? second from bottom right is a stripe now....no skulls.
Well have at it. I've notified the original artist, that's all I'm planning on doing. If you want to notify the store, go right ahead.
October 6, 2011 12:23 PM
Why in the world would you notify one, but not the other? That is beyond stupid.
that was fast!
did the product at deviant get changed? second from bottom right is a stripe now....no skulls.
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LOL! I KNEW this was gonna happen. Well at least they did something about it.
Here's for those who missed it: the original preview comparing to the paper product
http://i.imgur.com/WiRCR.jpg
What pisses me off about that is that the product is changed and there will clearly be NO repercussions against the designer.
I'm the original poster of the Pink Lotty issue. Although Deviantscrap took it down quite fast, I have still lost all respect for the designer.
In what world is it ok to steal someone else's design and call it your own? How would she feel if someone did this to her? And I have to be honest, a store keeping this designer on after something so blatant and deliberate, makes me think less of the store as well.
Well have at it. I've notified the original artist, that's all I'm planning on doing. If you want to notify the store, go right ahead.
October 6, 2011 12:23 PM
Why in the world would you notify one, but not the other? That is beyond stupid.
October 6, 2011 2:09 PM
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how is that "beyond stupid"? It's not up to me to notify anyone. Although since I felt the original artist was the one infringed upon, that I would notify them since they are the party that was wronged.
did I dumb it down enough for you?
I think it was smart to handle it the way you did. Who's to say what arrangement the designer had with the original artist? *If* there was an arrangement, it is between the two of them. It is not (y)our job to tattletale to the store. (Although by the quick fix on the preview I think we can discount any kind of private arrangement, but still, one doesn't know by looking at a preview.)
I have several arrangements with designers of all kinds to use their things as-is in my kits. It's listed in my TOUs for each kit, but it's not on my previews. Luckily you eagle eyes haven't seen them, but I would be horrified if you went to my store owner (or here on this blog) and said I was a thief (which I am not)
I'm the original poster of the Pink Lotty issue. Although Deviantscrap took it down quite fast, I have still lost all respect for the designer.
In what world is it ok to steal someone else's design and call it your own? How would she feel if someone did this to her? And I have to be honest, a store keeping this designer on after something so blatant and deliberate, makes me think less of the store as well.
October 6, 2011 3:34 PM
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This is typical behaviour from the designers at Deviant Scrap, they took on Tara Dunstan (Down Under Studios and charity thief) FFS, enough said!
The owner herself has been caught numerous times with copyrighted items from stock sites in her kits.
something that gets me is when digital designs use items from the paper world and pass them off as their own creations.
I found one that really disappointed me today, since I regularly buy from this desginer.
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If you regularly buy from this designer, you would know that this is not the first time she has done something like this.
I used to be a regular customer at DS but I stopped buying as more and more designers were coming on that were taking stuff that wasn't there's and selling it. I'm really glad that Sherrie JD is moving on, so I can now with on with her.
Was it announced somewhere that SherrieJD was moving on? I must have missed that.
It was in her newsletter or on her blog, I can't remember which.
I thought she might be heading to SBG and it looks like she is. She's opening there on October 15.
Here's the announcement, under the Altered Hearts stuff
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=27bae2c8b4bc7da6e9f2b373d&id=77961e58b6&e=b8a3f7de63
and here's her home page with the new logo to her store:
http://www.sherriejd.com/
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GOOD. I am not an altered art person...not my style to scrap with, but...my lifestyle reflects it. I have always enjoyed Sherrie's stuff....and she is a good person.
But listen - I'm old, i guess, and my memory isn't what it once was. Didn't Sherrie USED to be at SBG? or what was it? ScrapArtist, maybe? I swear I'm losing it slow but sure.
She used to be at ScrapArtist. I don't think she was ever at SBG, except as a guest? Not 100% sure but if she had been at SBG, I wonder why she left and then came back? I don't think anyone has left and come back to SBG. Which is kinda strange if you think about it.
I find that Sherrie's stuff is useable for every day things too, not just altered.
from looking at blogs it appears we are now seeing who got in over at FPD. Tracy Martin and Brenda Neuberger already opened and OceanWide Designs and Farynar's Wings just announced they are opening there too.
Who are Tracy and Brenda?
Someone mentioned Little Dreamer Designs - Don't even bother. Michelle Coleman can't make up her mind to stay or go. She had a new baby so doesn't design nearly enough anymore, hence the closing of the original store. Seems there are 2 designers now, Michelle and her 11 year old daughter (I think she's 11). The "dream-team" is a little deceiving. I believe the rest of the so-called "dream team" are old CT members and don't design. I did buy one kit from Michelle's daughter's kits (Brenna) once and while it wasn't terrible it was just all her moms work - same overlays and same elements and stuff recolored..pretty basic. She's not very talented to be honest. So I think what your buying into is just one designers work. I'm disappointed because I loved that store but this is a fail and don't think it's worth it at all.
It's quite clear that there is only one designer at the store and that it's Michelle. I didn't even know her daugther was selling, I just thought she was part of the CT.
ow my eyes!
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=35378&cat=0&page=1
Really? It's not that bad. I've seen tons worse.
It's quite clear that there is only one designer at the store and that it's Michelle. I didn't even know her daugther was selling, I just thought she was part of the CT.
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I also wondered if her daughter was designing. I know she was designing at the end there when the original store was closing. I also think this is a fail. The entire idea of paying a monthly fee is just, well, I don't know. I mean why not just open the store as it was before. I just don't see the point of the monthly fee and the idea behind it. I didn't think her daughter was too talented either but I guess its a good opportunity for her since shes just a kid. Just my own opinion though.
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There are much, much worse stuff in the same shop (GP).
Look at this Halloween 'set' -
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/search.php?mode=search&substring=pumpkin+kisses&including=all&by_title=on&manufacturers[0]=25
I won't even download any of that as a freebie.
Someone seems to have a problem with Bella Gypsy. That is the second time in a week that someone has posted one of their kits and said something about it hurting their eyes.
Personally, I'd much rather look at the cute kits they do (even if they are a tad bright) than some of the granny-looking shit some of the other designers at GP put out. This one? Hideous!
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=34950&cat=0&page=1
Or how about the regular dose of colors that look like shit next to each other that Mye serves up? Just gross.
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=35379&cat=0&page=1
^^ I may not like those kits, but the colors in the granny kit are SO MUCH BETTER than the Bella Gypsy kit.
I don't know wtf Mye is thinking. Talk about Mish Mash! The realistic pumpkins and candy corn look completely out of place.
LOL! Yeah, Bella Gypsy's looks much better than those last few links.
Is this reverse enabling or what?
I think someone just wants to piss on GP since they could've posted links to Bella Gypsy's stuff at ACOT too if they really just had it out for them. Guess since Alyssa is keeping her mouth shut for once there's nothing to talk about again.
I liked sherwood studio/julieitis, mandy king, wishing well & tracie stroud. I downloaded trixie scraps & that was it. If I could not find the post on the first page, or if your blog popped up a malware warning, I did not go any further.
I thought that Bella Gypsy kit was cute. Too lazy to see if it's in gamut though, lol!!
And what the heck is in Mye's kit? Jellyfish cupcake?
Someone seems to have a problem with Bella Gypsy. That is the second time in a week that someone has posted one of their kits and said something about it hurting their eyes.
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Personally, I don't think someone has a problem w/ Bella Gypsy... I think someone's trying to enable Bella Gypsy. Nobody ever posts anything on this blog unless it's truly, absolutely, 100% hideous. These last 2 from Bella Gypsy have only been marginally bright/ugly, but not even bad. Makes me think the person posting is just trying to get us to look at their kits.
p.s. I seriously doubt this has anything AT ALL to do with Gotta Pixel, though. It's entirely possible that many people don't even know Bella Gypsy (or anyone, for that matter) sells at ACOT. Most people don't even know ACOT exists in the digi world.
I like how 11:53 is just throwing out random blog train reviews, even though nobody else has even mentioned the blog train in the last 50+ comments or so. We've moved on...
What is ACOT?
As for the Blog Train, I just had surgery (had a corn cob removed from my ass) so I have not been able to sit up long enough to be able to look here.
What is ACOT?
As for the Blog Train, I just had surgery (had a corn cob removed from my ass) so I have not been able to sit up long enough to be able to look here.
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I rest my case, re: nobody knows about ACOT.
Also, WTF??!?! I hope you're joking, b/c I just laughed out loud when I read your corn cob comment... and I'm not a mean-spirited person. But it was so shocking it made me laugh.
lmao Yes I am joking. I did just have surgery, but the corn cob was a joke. :) I thought a laugh would be good! I really have never heard of ACOT. I do not think Bella Gypsy is horrible. Their templates are nice. But their colors are a little bright. Some like bright. I am not a fan of pastels personally, but I am also not a fan of super bright either. It is all a matter of personal taste, I believe.
ACOT is A Cherry on Top and they have, in my opinion, the most user-UNfriendly site known to mankind. But they do sometimes have really good prices on paper stuff so if you do hybrid, you might like to shop there. They also have a digi section.
ACOT is A Cherry on Top and they have, in my opinion, the most user-UNfriendly site known to mankind.
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Yes, this! ^^^
Leora Sanford's at Oscraps now.
LOL! Yeah, Bella Gypsy's looks much better than those last few links.
Is this reverse enabling or what?
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I thought they were all about the same.
And what the heck is in Mye's kit? Jellyfish cupcake?
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Spider cupcake, it's a Halloween kit.
And what the heck is in Mye's kit? Jellyfish cupcake?
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Spider cupcake, it's a Halloween kit.
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Sorry, no. Not even the OP but I totally agree, it looks like a jellyfish. If that's a spider, then she's an even worse designer than I thought. That kit is hideous. Where did she get the palette? Out of her garbage disposal? Wow.
I never said it looked like a spider, just pointing out that it is a spider. It doesn't look like a jelly fish to me, but then again, I see jelly fish all the time.
Other than hideous, doesn't look like anything.
Oh, everything is hideous according to most, but I agree, the holiday kits, all of them, are hideous.
I agree - Jellyfish
http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/showthread.php?t=288580
Why is she on a scrapbooking site if she deosn't want her layouts to look like scrapbooking? Just to bitch when everyone else does use kits and at least 95% of any given style layout looks like scrapbooking?
She's great at her style. That's not an issue. But she just loves to dig at people who use anything they didn't make themselves and designers in general.
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Agreed. Stef is one of the world's biggest idiots. It makes no sense at all that she spends so much time stalking the boards at DST, given that she seems to have nothing but contempt for everything that site is focused on. I wonder if/when she is ever going to figure it out, and move on?
I never said it looked like a spider, just pointing out that it is a spider. It doesn't look like a jelly fish to me, but then again, I see jelly fish all the time.
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You're pointing out "that it is a spider", but I think the rest of us are questioning that. It looks nothing like a spider. Personally, I don't think it's a spider. Either way, the other point to be discussed is this: why did she even think that putting any of those items on cupcakes made any sense, anyway? So weird.
I have often wondered why Stef hangs out at a digital scrapbook forum. My theory is that she got turned down as a CT multiple times because her style is not scrapbooking but rather graphic design. She would be better received at deviantart or something like that. I can't stand the way she is always so condescending towards CTMs, designers, and scrappers in general that actually use products instead of just getting creative with our programs. It's not that we canNOT use our programs it is that we are creating scrapbooks and not just magazine style pages. I could go on for hours at how she gets my goat.
I've never felt condescended to by Stef. She seems quite encouraging to me.
Either way, the other point to be discussed is this: why did she even think that putting any of those items on cupcakes made any sense, anyway? So weird.
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Halloween is weird. I've seen weird things on cupcakes. I completely see why she put those things on cupcakes in that kit. I don't like the kit, but I see why she made it the way she did. Except for the realistic pumpkins and candy corn, now those are weird.
Why is she on a scrapbooking site if she deosn't want her layouts to look like scrapbooking? Just to bitch when everyone else does use kits and at least 95% of any given style layout looks like scrapbooking?
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I've never seen her bitch because people use kits, not ever. I don't want my pages to look like scrap pages either, so should I move on from the scrap booking sites? Stop being so insular. You are doing exactly what you are accusing Stef of doing.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes. One of those items does not make sense. And I could maybe stretch and call it a ghost cupcake or an unraveled mummy, but I'm definitely not seeing a spider. It's white! Jellyfish was my first thought!
I've never seen her bitch because people use kits, not ever. I don't want my pages to look like scrap pages either, so should I move on from the scrap booking sites? Stop being so insular. You are doing exactly what you are accusing Stef of doing.
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You've never seen her make comments about how wrong it is to buy products and focus on shopping and not just making pages? Then you've never been around during the week leading up to a DSD or NSD. Stick around. Pay attention. You'll see. She's the FIRST one to pop into the forum when people start posting "where will the great sales be?" questions... to let people know that the weekend should be about celebrating scrapbooking, and not buying products.
The fact that you don't know this makes it obvious that you don't read the boards, and/or you're a newbie... either way, shut up if you don't have information to base your opinion on. This one's so cut and dry it's not even arguable.
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I'm as entitled to my opinion as you are to yours. Do not tell me to shut up.
I happen to agree with her, DSD and NDS should be about scrapping, not just the buying.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes.
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But yet you understand the butterflies in a Halloween kit? That entire kit is a complete mess.
It is my personal opinion that Stef hangs out at DST to get praised. I am quite sure that is why she has her weekly scrap discussion thread, and her sycophants never fail to gush over her. I also think that's why she criticizes kits and shopping, to draw attention to herself. As a designer I have found so many of her comments condescending and sometimes just insulting, but a scrapper's perspective might be a bit different as she wants their admiration.
I'm a designer and she doesn't bother me in the least. But I don't let every little thing bother me.
It is my personal opinion that Stef hangs out at DST to get praised. I am quite sure that is why she has her weekly scrap discussion thread, and her sycophants never fail to gush over her. I also think that's why she criticizes kits and shopping, to draw attention to herself. As a designer I have found so many of her comments condescending and sometimes just insulting, but a scrapper's perspective might be a bit different as she wants their admiration.
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Yeah, because right now you aren't being condescending and critical to draw attention to yourself.
Don't make me laugh.
I'm glad that there are different ways to scrap digitally. I've always printed my pages & have tons of 12x12 albums from my paper scrapping & digital days.
Now I'm wondering if I want to forgo the printed albums and start making slideshow dvds out of my photos.
Just a few short years ago there was a debate going on as to whether we were really scrapping. (paper vs digi)
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
You know if I did run across one, I hope I'd have better manners than to try to dismiss those that scrapped their photos with it and the country they're from as laughable.
Can't wait for the Thanksgiving kits to come out. My family gets together that day and we have a great time together. I'll snap lots of pictures .... so ....bring on the KITS!!!
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What's wrong with last year's kits? Not being snarky, I just don't see why some people buy a new seasonal kit every year. Maybe every two years I understand, styles change etc, but every year?
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Maybe not everyone bought a kit last year. Maybe those who will purchase a kit this year bought their last one 2 years ago. Or maybe they started digiscrapping only this year. It is not because you see seasonal stuff every year that all the customers are buying some every year. I don't buy Christmas lights every year, yet, they are in the stores every year.
Weird things in Halloween kits:
http://www.afterfivedesigns.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=3718&cat=11&page=1
What is that thing to the left of the cat? A ghost sperm?
ROFL I noticed that After 5's Designers are called Mixologists. Isn't that the name that Bartenders go by these days??
Um yes. Where have you been? The whole concept behind A5 is about drinking. (get it? After Five? As in hitting the bar after work, having a good time?)
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I'm as entitled to my opinion as you are to yours. Do not tell me to shut up.
I happen to agree with her, DSD and NDS should be about scrapping, not just the buying.
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Yes and President's Day should be about former Presidents and not about a Mattress sale but it's still there and people still flock to buy... Same with every other holiday sale. Get over it.
Weird things in Halloween kits:
http://www.afterfivedesigns.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=3718&cat=11&page=1
What is that thing to the left of the cat? A ghost sperm?
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Obviously another case of someone trying to enable a kit. The kit isn't hideous. I don't even see the "sperm" you're getting at. It's not my style at all, but I don't think the kit is bad for what it is.
Again, take your enabling to DST!
I see the sperm ghost. Looks hideous.
I see the ghost sperm. I don't think it should've been in the kit, but I don't think the whole kit is hideous.
What's wrong with last year's kits? Not being snarky, I just don't see why some people buy a new seasonal kit every year. Maybe every two years I understand, styles change etc, but every year?
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I guess the same could be said about last year's costumes, or last year's Christmas presents. They still work, just rewrap em right? Some people just like to have new stuff. Just because you're cheap doesn't mean that everyone else is or wants to be.
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
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Speaking as a Canadian, we are just as much into Halloween as the "Yanks" are, I absolutely love orange, black, purple and green together. LOL So not sure why you'd assume the OP might be Canadian.
and judging by the way the OP spelled "color" I would not assume she is British either as we all spell it "colour". So look to a different nationality, thanks! :)
Only the Yanks think orange and black and purple and lime green are colors that go together. With all the Halloween kits out, the smart money is focused on getting American Thanksgiving product in the market this week. ROTFLMAO!
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What - no Guy Fawkes or Boxing Day kits out there that strike your fancy? How about a nice "Queen's Birthday" kit? Maybe we can whip one up for you .....
Boxing Day is shared by the lot of you (assuming you is either Canadian, British or Aussie), yet I've never seen any kits for those? Mmmmm why is that? I'm sure there must be a few?
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Speaking as a Canadian, we are just as much into Halloween as the "Yanks" are, I absolutely love orange, black, purple and green together. LOL So not sure why you'd assume the OP might be Canadian.
and judging by the way the OP spelled "color" I would not assume she is British either as we all spell it "colour". So look to a different nationality, thanks! :)
October 9, 2011 12:25 PM
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I'm sure it was Mye trying to defend her jellyfish cupcakes and pink and disgusting Halloween attempt.
I'm the OP of the jellyfish comment...glad I'm not the only one confused! I don't understand the cupcake idea at all, flowers, ribbons, leaves, butterflies, cupcakes.
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But yet you understand the butterflies in a Halloween kit? That entire kit is a complete mess.
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I totally agree that it's a complete mess. I don't understand butterflies for a Halloween kit either, but if you lose those cupcakes, it's just a really ugly fall kit. I don't know, I wouldn't buy it either way.
Depending on how large the Halloween kit I bought last year was, I probably wouldn't buy a new one every year. But, I do print out my pages into albums and I want them to look different each year, so I shop for a new kit if I couldn't get two very different looking pages from the same kit.
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