Scrappy CONFESSIONAL: unpopular opinions, spending, etc.

Oh, I kind of remember that now that you mention it. I thought maybe she specifically was involved in the card swap.

I would never copy a card and post it online and pass it off as my own, but cards I give to family and friends - yeah, I'll copy, and I won't mention from who because not a single person in my life even realizes there are professional card designers out there. They would laugh.

OK, well, these might be very controversial and unpopular opinions, but all is fair in this thread - right?

- I don't like Shimelle. I don't like her personally, and I don't like her style. I did buy Journal Your Christmas, and I do enjoy it. And I bought one of her paper pads, which I also like, but that's about it.

- I think that Kristina Werner, Tim Holtz, Jennifer McGuire, Cathy Zielske, and some other "celebrities," need to get over themselves.

- I'm tired of everything rainbow. I love rainbows, but it seems like they are everywhere. I've actually stopped following some YouTube accounts because of rainbow overload.

- Believe it or not, I know how to be kind without having some "celebrity" tell me that I must.  Oh, and I don't need a stamp set or scrapbooking collection to tell someone that I think they matter.

- I would like to see more lines with kids who have special needs. My son (now 27) has Asperger's Syndrome, and my daughter (now 22) has ADD. Not every day was "the best day ever," and not all of their school experiences involved awards and medals. Some days just plain sucked.

- I don't feel that it's necessary to give "credit" to designers and companies when I use their ideas or products. If you don't want us to use ideas and products, don't share or sell them.  I would never enter any contests and claim that a design was my own. I would never sell stamped images. But I think that the ridiculous "angel policies" of some companies are unenforceable and unreasonable. One of the reasons that I quit being a Stampin' Up demo many years ago was that they encouraged us to rat out other demos who were making cards and selling them without giving SU credit for every stamp they used. I am not a rat, nor am I the SU police.

- I don't think there are any rules for scrapbooking, stamping, mixed media, or any other creative activity. Everyone is creative in their own way, and that needs to be encouraged and supported.

Wow, this felt good! Thanks for starting this thread!

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I thought of more...

I don't care for warmer tones in general but I really dislike fall collections. I actively avoid brown and orange in any project - but to put them together with warmer shades of yellow and green?! Nooooooo!! The closest I've gotten to enjoying a fall collection was Pinkfresh Studio Days of Splendor from 2020. While I didn't buy any directly, I received a few things in a kit club and didn't hate some of it. 99.99% of fall collections are a hard pass for me.

With the exception of maybe Christmas, I'm not a themed scrapbooker. I also prefer to not use a single collection on a layout. While I like being matchy-matchy, I prefer to use anything that "goes" regardless of collection, manufacturer, theme etc.

Most of my scrapbooking is one page layouts and opposing pages don't coordinate or even match each other. It makes my BFF twitchy, lol.

I don't scrapbook chronologically. My albums are chronological-ish (by month/season within an album), and I have multiple years in a single album sometimes, and sometimes only one year in an album. When I put layouts away I often have to move things around a bit.

Yes!!! And for the underlined bolded part, heck to the freaking yes!!!!

My ds will never graduate. He will get to participate in his high schools graduation but will not receive a diploma. He will stay in school till 22 and get a certificate of completion. 

He goes to a special ed prom. He doesn't do all the typical high school activities. 

He participates in special olympic games every year and spring sings where the classes put on shows for parents/families/each other. He is in special ed choir. He wont be hanging out with friends at a burger place or driving.

He is however growing and maturing. Even gen ed, typical kids dont do all those things and its okay and there need to be lines for that. 

I agree completely and my oldest is similar. 

My confession:
I love Stampin Up!
I don't like messy, ribbon, embossing folders, and most patterned paper

sleepingbooty I am loving this thread! It's really fun and interesting to see what my friends here love and hate.

There’s one set of this stamp set listed in a shop in the Philippines:
beehappyph.com/shop/craft-tools/stamps/basic-tabs-stamp-set-4x-6-sweet-stamp-shop/
Not sure if you could contact the shop on Facebook or if you know any peas in the Philippines who could get it and ship it for you?

With the SS Christmas release I have another (the visual reminded me of this one):

When companies use weird "circles" instead of real circles. I don't like the wobbly circles. I like crisp, clean, perfectly round circles.

I can relate to so much that has already been discussed.

My confession... I hate flowers! All flowers. I can get away from most flowers when looking at scrapbook page inspiration but flowers are on EVERY card. I haven't been tempted to purchase a new stamp release for quite some time.

I've enjoyed reading this thread as I drink my morning coffee. So many YES!'s to different posts.

Here's mine:
-I'm never going to let you borrow any of my tools unless you're sitting right in front of me and I can make sure to get it back.

-If you borrow my item and then keep it in your space instead of saying ty and returning it directly to me, I'm judging you negatively. If I have to get up and retrieve that item, you're not going to get to use it again.

-I also have FOMO & will try to hold out until I can't & then must have everything from that line. I hate when I miss out on something. I'll obsessively search for it. I just discovered Feed Your Craft. After they closed. I've only found some digital items.

I am honestly bad about this. When Joann's were clearancing out copics, I went on a road trip just to find as many as I could.

-I had to have a cutting machine & barely use it. So when I do, I always have to reteach myself. I annoy myself so much with this.

-All those photos I cut into cutesy shapes make me cry. I can't even look at those now. 

I have a few more:

I hate backing cut files. It is tedious, and glue gets everywhere.

Shimelle: I also don't love a lot of her finished pages, or even her paper lines. I find them hard to use (too cartoony I guess?) Her videos tend to be tedious for me to watch with a lot of inking (and I don't think it looks good when she just splotches ink onto pattern paper) and chatter about mundane things like pumpkin pie.

I hate when people put icons that have nothing to do with the pictures on a page. I watch a youtube who is the worst at this. Literally she put house stickers on page of her daughter white water rafting in a different state. Nothing to do with home or houses!!

On that vein, I hate when it seems like people are just trying to "use up" their products by throwing it all on a page. There's another youtuber who I feel does this a lot. It usually ends up just looking messy. Or, aforementioned youtuber will print a random photo (one she might have already used) in the tiniest size just so she can scrap it again using her latest design team products.

And last one, and this one might deserve it's own spin off thread, lol, is that I am worried that I will end up with too many albums if I continue scrapping at the rate I scrapped this year and I feel the need to slow down and re-assess this hobby. I don't want to have so many that I don't know what to do with them, or they become a burden.

This is the best thread ever. Nodding along the whole time. I also agree with not crediting people. 90% of what I make is scrap lifted or inspired by someone. I have dozens of saved photos for future layouts. Not a single one with a name as to who did the original. I’m not selling my work, profiting in any way. I’m not going to credit you. This is the reason I have started a scrappy Instagram account. I don’t need hands slaps from the creative police.

K Werner’s self righteousness is over the top. Her work is beautiful, seriously stunning. But I refuse to watch or support her account.

Fonts should be easy to read whether on a card or journaled.

I hate bouncy modern calligraphy fonts that are hard to read. Or so swoopy that you can't read the word.

I hate words that are broken and stacked (?)

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