What paper/motifs/products turn you off?

Of all the items listed here, there’s only one that really, actively turns me off (as in, not only am I not going to buy this kit, but I’m also kind of offended by it):

"Dreamcatchers and everything else fake Native American or used in an insensitive way" (artbabe)

And of course there are plenty of things that don’t grab me, that don’t suit my style or my usual themes, but I’m not irked or offended by them, it’s just that I’m just not going to use them myself:

Elements/motifs: Cactuses, unicorns, mermaids. I don’t mean I’ll never buy a kit with a cactus, a unicorn, or a mermaid, but if the papers and elements go too heavy on that motif, I’m not going to buy it, because I already know I’m not going to use it.

This one may be specific to digital scrapping: Really, really messy stitches. I have tried to use them, and I just can’t make them work. I guess I don’t like the look of something that messy on my page!

Paper: Bright pinks and purples, they just don’t speak to me. Large polka dots. I love small polka dots, but large polka dots I do not like. Other large patterns are also a challenge for me, but not necessarily a deal-breaker if the kit or paper pack also includes some smaller prints.

Family history/genealogy: I do a lot of family history scrapping, and I’m always disappointed by a heritage/genealogy kit with a monochrome sepia/tan/brown colour scheme. In the past, I have purchased a couple of heritage kits with a sepia colour scheme (just because there’s not a whole lot out there specifically geared to genealogy), only to find that I have a really hard working with the papers and elements: the lack of colour just doesn’t inspire me, I find it vaguely dispiriting.

Okay, admittedly this is very fussy indeed, but when it comes to heritage kits, I am fussy about flowers. I don’t demand complete historical accuracy or anything like that! but when a kit is meant to evoke the Victorian or Edwardian period, or just “the olden days” or the days of our grandparents/great-grandparents or whatever, and then its florals and other patterns are just way too contemporary, that’s a hard pass from me.

Word art: I don’t use a lot of word art, because I do find the phrases a bit formulaic/cheesy. Again, I’m not offended by them, I’m just not going to use them. My genealogy is mostly Irish, and I’m just not ever going to use “Kiss Me I’m Irish” or “Luck of the Irish,” that just seems a bit too cringe. “A Perfect Day” is another phrase I’m not going to use, I just don’t think that way. Egregious spelling errors (“Hark! the Harold angels sing” instead of “Hark! the herald angels sing”) do make me less inclined to purchase a kit.

Not a turn off, exactly, but there are way too many FLOWERS on scrapbook paper! Too many tropical beaches. And mountains.

I am still waiting to finish my life so I can designate one day as the BEST DAY EVER!

I prefer "real" colours, not muddied down ones.

And there are very few large bold patterns I can figure out how to use.

My dislikes have pretty much been named but male paper with ties in particular but most male themes are cliché even though I love a good theme. The male papers never reflect my husband and sons.

Gnomes. Sorry I just can't do gnomes.

Teeny tiny stickers meant for journalling type books. They are too small even with my sticker hacks.

Blessed, blessings, Faith, I just can't use it. I used some elements of various religious papers for specific photos but we are mostly agnostic so those have no place in my books.

I came back to this thread after checking PeachyCheap this am. This collection by Fancy Pants has got to be one of the most awful (for me) collections I have seen in a while. Just bllleeechhhhhh. The colors! The florals! The bows! The typewriters, muted colors PLUS bright pinky/purple...ick just ick and so ugly. www.fancypantsdesigns.com/

www.peachycheap.com/

This is a collection I could never scrapbook with.

That said, I am sure someone loves it and I do understand because I am in love with some stuff others dislike I am sure!

I don’t like that Unique line at all. However, your first link and Pink Meadows (with the bees), that is nice.

cutesy stuff
pastel colors
glittered items
animal motifs

I’m tired of the grandma florals and butterflies. Together. On everything. Quit it already. I can’t wait for this trend to die.

Best day ever.

Will not use that. I doubt I have that many ‘best days ever’

On top of that, why would I want to put out into the universe the energy that I have already completed my ‘best day ever’. I’d like to remain open for the universe to send me so many good days that I simply can not choose a best one. 🤞🏻

I might say something was ‘the best’ but I won’t add ‘ever’ on the end.

Same. I don’t send these types of cards. In classes I hold off on the sentiment and turn them into birthday greetings instead.