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Post by honeypea on Oct 16, 2024 17:35:41 GMT
This may be far-fetched, but do you think there's any relationship between Paper Person coming back and Studio Calico closing its scrapbooking doors? There is always buzz in the industry, and maybe Kelly saw an opportunity to fill a niche. Thank you, sleepingbooty . Yes, Studio Calico was once an indie brand! I still have some of their papers and embellishments that I bought on sale when Archiver's closed down. That's all I knew about the brand--there was a certain peaceful aesthetic to some of their supplies. I never got into the kits from their online store, just purchased some stamps and digitals here and there, but it's still sad to know there's one less place to get SB supplies. I dont know. I think if she does come back for real (other than just a kit every now and then), I think she will come back under the Inked brand. Kelly has the talent to create products people want. What she lacks is customer service + hands for packing. And Inked can (in theory) do both of those things, sometimes well.Ā Imagine if Geralyn joined in too. Kelly one month, Geralyn the next. Iād be so excited and happy to throw my money at them! |
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Post by honeypea on Oct 17, 2024 2:25:09 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of!
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Post by jediannie on Oct 17, 2024 3:00:07 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of! Well that's some BS.  |
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Post by scrappydo on Oct 17, 2024 6:46:05 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of! OMG!! ššššš¤¦š¼āāļø That is actually classic "how SC f*cks everything good every time" |
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Post by ecvnj58 on Oct 17, 2024 10:57:36 GMT
I got my order from beginning October. The stamp set sleepingbooty also got is so cute. Itās the Christmas shop one. I got a couple of the newer documented kits for $8 and they are great. They forgot my black inkpad which is so annoying and on brand. I had to start a convo and of course now itās sold out. They refunded me but also just why do they always miss stuff. |
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Post by blemon on Oct 17, 2024 14:29:20 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of! When did that start? My shipping was $6.66 (ha, not kidding). I don't remember seeing that and can't imagine shipping on what I got to only be $3.67. That's so stupid. I'm glad we won't have to deal with them for much longer. I don't care for the new stuff at all. I can get that kind of stuff anywhere. |
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Post by honeypea on Oct 17, 2024 14:45:15 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of! When did that start? My shipping was $6.66 (ha, not kidding). I don't remember seeing that and can't imagine shipping on what I got to only be $3.67. That's so stupid. I'm glad we won't have to deal with them for much longer. I don't care for the new stuff at all. I can get that kind of stuff anywhere. The new insurance fee is in addition to regular shipping. I think it just popped up in the last couple days. Iāve been toying with an order and finally checked out yesterday and noticed it. Itās a toggle button on the payment screen. |
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Post by kiera on Oct 18, 2024 16:42:26 GMT
I got an email saying they've restocked certain stamp sets.... that doesn't make any sense to me, if they're trying to get away from crafting.
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Post by janamke on Oct 18, 2024 17:28:06 GMT
They are keeping the stamp side of the business. I think the stamp subscription is also staying. But it doesn't make sense.
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Post by honeypea on Oct 18, 2024 18:39:59 GMT
I got an email saying they've restocked certain stamp sets.... that doesn't make any sense to me, if they're trying to get away from crafting. I get the impression that stamps are very profitable. I think theyāre like printing money with stamps. Iāve thought this for awhile, and April pulling the plug on SC *except for stamps* confirmed it. |
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Post by cannmom on Oct 23, 2024 15:51:18 GMT
I broke down and ordered some stamps today. I almost placed an order the other day that had several stamps and just a few other things, nothing heavy. Shipping was almost $12. I didn't place the order and went back in today to look at stuff again. I played around with putting things in my cart and checking how much shipping was. They have an option to add some mystery stickers to your cart for 0.25 cents. Adding those made shipping go up almost $3, definitely not worth it. Full price stamps still ship free, but any of the sale price ones add on shipping costs. The cheapest shipping I saw was $6.66. I couldn't remember everything I had in my cart when the shipping was $12, but I remember thinking that the cost of the shipping was as much as the 30% discount they are offering on the craft category.
Today I left items in my cart and went to another website (Elle's Studio) and when I came back to Studio Calico I got a pop-up that offered a 10% discount to check out now. I don't think they can tell that I went to another website just that I left the cart, but the discount was nice. I ended up with free shipping because I just got the full price stamps. Studio Calico is such an annoying company, but I do like their stamps. Sigh....
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Post by epeanymous on Oct 23, 2024 16:38:06 GMT
1000 pages of April fucking over the once upon a time universally beloved and leading indie PL brand, woohoo, time to party (in hell, I guess š¤šš±)! Now I'm reminiscing on the Studio Calico of old. When your kits came in good quality, really useful zippered plastic / vinyl bags. There was such a variety of different embellishments - wood, felt, fabric, vellum, acetate, and probably more than comes to mind right now. And very little shitty plastic wrap, but lots of cute little glassing bags. Patterned papers that were thick and luscious. And a variety of speciality papers - foiled, embossed, vellums, printed acetates. Each kit was so unique and so much fun to unpack and use. Sigh. I do remember how fun that was. Canāt go home again! |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Oct 23, 2024 17:15:21 GMT
I loved that there were a lot of special, interesting, and unique things. But also that there was collaboration with āindieā or new type designers.
I also really liked the ātasteā of other collections and product lines included in the kits. Really prompted me to try new things/looks/ideas.
I agree though.. you canāt go back home. And that hasnāt been home for a longgggg while lol
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Post by mom on Oct 23, 2024 19:42:12 GMT
I loved that there were a lot of special, interesting, and unique things. But also that there was collaboration with āindieā or new type designers. I also really liked the ātasteā of other collections and product lines included in the kits. Really prompted me to try new things/looks/ideas. I agree though.. you canāt go back home. And that hasnāt been home for a longgggg while lol Random, but I came across a wooden spool of twine and couldn't figure out where it had come from....it came from Studio Calico. Back in the beginning they would sell the twine wrapped around the wooden spools. Man, those were the days. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 23, 2024 21:58:59 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Great, now I have to go download everything, create compressed archives, upload them to different clouds. Ugh. This is not making me want to buy anyting from their latest $1 sale.  |
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Post by cbscrapper on Oct 23, 2024 23:37:28 GMT
It makes me wonder about continued access to classes. April said in comments that class access would continue, but I have trouble believing her.
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Post by dawnnikol on Oct 23, 2024 23:50:34 GMT
It makes me wonder about continued access to classes. April said in comments that class access would continue, but I have trouble believing her. I wouldn't believe her as far as I could throw the leftover 2016* kits that you know are still hiding in the warehouse. |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Oct 24, 2024 0:19:56 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Great, now I have to go download everything, create compressed archives, upload them to different clouds. Ugh. This is not making me want to buy anyting from their latest $1 sale. I literally did this last week bc I was worried this might happen  |
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Post by mom on Oct 24, 2024 0:25:06 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Great, now I have to go download everything, create compressed archives, upload them to different clouds. Ugh. This is not making me want to buy anyting from their latest $1 sale. I literally did this last week bc I was worried this might happen Is there an easy way to do this? |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Oct 24, 2024 1:09:40 GMT
I literally did this last week bc I was worried this might happen Is there an easy way to do this? I just downloaded file by file. Most of mine are stamps. I looked a bit to see if there was a download all option, but I did not see one. Maybe someone else has found a quicker way to do it. |
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Post by missbellejane on Oct 24, 2024 12:55:27 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Great, now I have to go download everything, create compressed archives, upload them to different clouds. Ugh. This is not making me want to buy anyting from their latest $1 sale. Have they communicated this somewhere? |
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Post by needtime2scrap on Oct 24, 2024 13:19:12 GMT
They sent an email stating that digital were going away at the end of the year. I did shop the sale, laughed at the $2.99 shipping insurance for digital downloads and am now downloading all my digital files. I'm hoping that AE doesn't start with the shipping insurance costs but it will probably happen.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 24, 2024 13:19:55 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Have they communicated this somewhere? Yesterday's $1 digi sale email.  |
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Post by jennyap on Oct 25, 2024 9:09:02 GMT
Well great, I deleted that email without reading because I wasn't planning on buying anything. They really should do a separate email to anyone who has purchased digitals previously, but of course this is Studio Calico... Thanks for the heads up sleepingbooty! |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 25, 2024 12:08:00 GMT
Well great, I deleted that email without reading because I wasn't planning on buying anything. They really should do a separate email to anyone who has purchased digitals previously, but of course this is Studio Calico... Thanks for the heads up sleepingbooty! I'm sure they'll eventually communicate more about it but first, they need to get you to spend some more money! š¤ As soon as I read the download-before date, I noped out of there. Just the idea of getting everything downloaded, double-checking, categorising all the digi files, zipping them and uploading everything exhausts me. Ugh, Studio Calico, ugh. š |
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Post by lasteve1 on Oct 25, 2024 16:43:19 GMT
I wanted to post on page 1000 and I missed it, ugh! I'd been watching for weeks but this week has been a crazy one so I was gone for a few days. Oh well, I guess I'll settle for page 1001. I dont know. I think if she does come back for real (other than just a kit every now and then), I think she will come back under the Inked brand. Kelly has the talent to create products people want. What she lacks is customer service + hands for packing. And Inked can (in theory) do both of those things, sometimes well. I have zero insider info, but I don't see this happening. While it makes sense from the perspective you mentioned, Kelly and April are completely opposite politically and politics are very important to Kelly. I don't see her ever partnering with someone like April for those reasons and, I don't know that April would be okay manufacturing such political products that clearly take a side. ETA: I came here when the SC boards shut down, so in the end I can be grateful to them (for screwing everything up) so I could meet all you fine folks. Me too! These boards have been a fun place. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 25, 2024 23:16:29 GMT
I wanted to post on page 1000 and I missed it, ugh! I'd been watching for weeks but this week has been a crazy one so I was gone for a few days. Oh well, I guess I'll settle for page 1001. I dont know. I think if she does come back for real (other than just a kit every now and then), I think she will come back under the Inked brand. Kelly has the talent to create products people want. What she lacks is customer service + hands for packing. And Inked can (in theory) do both of those things, sometimes well. I have zero insider info, but I don't see this happening. While it makes sense from the perspective you mentioned, Kelly and April and completely opposite politically and politics are very important to Kelly. I don't see her ever partnering with someone like April for those reasons and, I don't know that April would be okay manufacturing such political products that clearly take a side. Hey, 1001 is a great number, too! I really thought we'd hit the 1000-page mark years ago, to be honest. This dragged out so long (mirroring Studio Calico's slow death by a thousand paper cuts). I don't see KP joining Inked either. She seems to thrive for certain themed/seasonal products rather than be a storytelling, class-selling force Ć la AE or HS. She's gone private years ago, taken most of her personal documenting offline. Her brand no longer thrives because of her person and cheerleading role. This is clearly an essential part when Inked signs up a brand. It's also the reason I suspect they haven't gone on to sign Paislee Press despite Liz's mini kits selling like hot cakes for quite a few years now. It takes a lot to make a brand successful long term. Inked's game plan just doesn't gel with KP's online presence anymore. I still think a larger seasonal subscription kit rotating designer faves would've worked well. Imagine a larger kit with a 6x8 stamp set, DK mini kit and a class for each season with Paislee Press, In A Creative Bubble and Goldenwood Co. $75-80 per kit. I would've been seriously tempted. |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 25, 2024 23:59:27 GMT
Heads up! Thereās now a $2.99 āshipping insuranceā fee at checkout that you have to opt out of! When did that start? My shipping was $6.66 (ha, not kidding). I don't remember seeing that and can't imagine shipping on what I got to only be $3.67. That's so stupid. I'm glad we won't have to deal with them for much longer. I don't care for the new stuff at all. I can get that kind of stuff anywhere. I was shipping some stuff through USPS the other day and that was the cost on most of my packages š I quoted one buyer 6.65 because I was worried sheād see the cost as a sign and back out of the deal. BTW keep a close eye on your totals with the shipping insurance - Iāve had sites that opt you back in if you change your cart and also add it back in on the last page after you log in or select the shipping option or whatever. On some shopping carts Iāve had to remove it 3 or 4 times before I confirm the purchase. |
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Post by amysolovay on Oct 30, 2024 14:08:29 GMT
Heads up for those who haven't heard the news yet: DOWNLOAD ALL YOUR STUDIO CALICO DIGITALS BEFORE MARCH 31ST 2025! Great, now I have to go download everything, create compressed archives, upload them to different clouds. Ugh. This is not making me want to buy anyting from their latest $1 sale. Thank you so much for the head's up on this!! I really and truly appreciate it! I actually had downloaded all my digitals from SC at one point, but my computer died recently, and I don't think I have those files backed up. Ugh. |
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Post by craftymom101 on Nov 1, 2024 16:33:00 GMT
If you're a SC subscriber, past Documenter and Traveler's Notebook kits are $10. I like the new kits with the 6x8 paper, so I picked up three past kits: This Must be the Place, Love is Here, and Simply the Best.
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