julie5
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Post by julie5 on Jan 31, 2019 13:31:51 GMT
What’s funny is that we all see this a mile away: SC stops bundling, only select add ones can be bought, people stop buying, numbers go down, SC closes up shop and blames the customers for not buying. I mean, I get it. Shipping is expensive. But rather than raise shipping again, they’re telling you you can’t buy as much and that is a way stupid thing to do.
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Jan 31, 2019 13:33:03 GMT
Case in point, I’ve been shopping exclusively at citrus twist for a few months because of bundling. I’m willing to pay full price on albums and page protectors just to save the hassle.
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pancakes
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Post by pancakes on Jan 31, 2019 14:30:06 GMT
Well I completely missed all of this yesterday. Can’t say I’m surprised. I love the bit about add-ons including “shop staples “. I wonder if that includes brown balloons. Seriously, if the “shop staples” don’t include the 3B protectors, I’m going to raise holy hell. I’m not going to pay extra shipping for something they should have had in stock months ago. I literally lol-ed at the brown balloons 😂
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Post by lasteve1 on Jan 31, 2019 14:48:44 GMT
This is the exact same ordering system they do for AEs monthly kits + add-ons. Prior to the kits at AE I used to buy stuff from her shop all the time. Now, I just get her kits and the only time I make a shop purchase is for special project releases (e.g. December Daily). Since SC does not do special project releases, I doubt I will ever order stuff from their regular shop after this.
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audmac
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Sept 26, 2015 10:30:27 GMT
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Post by audmac on Jan 31, 2019 18:00:53 GMT
Ok it has been FOREVER since I have been over to check out SC products, like since they closed the message boards! I can't believe all they have completely irrelevant to scrapbooking! Clothing, mugs, balloons? ? WHAT in the world? I tried to look under NEW items and that was a lot of what I was seeing?? Anyway do I dare ask, if there are any coupon codes anywhere? That too, may be a thing of the past. I'd really like a 6x12 album! Thanks all!!!
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Post by missmcd on Jan 31, 2019 18:15:00 GMT
Ok it has been FOREVER since I have been over to check out SC products, like since they closed the message boards! I can't believe all they have completely irrelevant to scrapbooking! Clothing, mugs, balloons? ? WHAT in the world? I tried to look under NEW items and that was a lot of what I was seeing?? Anyway do I dare ask, if there are any coupon codes anywhere? That too, may be a thing of the past. I'd really like a 6x12 album! Thanks all!!! <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.8000000000000114" style="position: absolute; width: 34.180000000000064px; height: 3.8000000000000114px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none;left: 15px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_38895045" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.8000000000000114" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.8px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: -5px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_93817606" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.8000000000000114" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.8px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 130px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_52154183" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe width="34.180000000000064" height="3.8000000000000114" style="position: absolute; width: 34.18px; height: 3.8px; z-index: -9999; border-style: none; left: 1638px; top: 130px;" id="MoatPxIOPT0_42451063" scrolling="no"></iframe> THANKS20 works until today I believe.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jan 31, 2019 19:58:55 GMT
ARRRRGH, the Liz Tamanaha (I'm pretty much certain) sports stamp set sneaks got me... kind of excited? I HATE MYSELF RIGHT NOW. *cries in French* Dance and healthy lifestyle/yoga? Yes, please. (Also, this is what we'd been asking a while back, right? I remember asking for a healthy lifestyle stamp set. Maybe at Ali's? Does anyone remember this discussion?)
I'm bad. I'm a bad, bad person.
ETA: Get that Inked money, Liz! And get paid properly. You sell out every year with DD. You deserve good money for these designs even if some are recycled (yeah, yeah, I look at your Paislee Press designs too much, I know).
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Post by joblackford on Jan 31, 2019 21:55:32 GMT
OK, so mostly nice, if you have a use for such things (not me, but I know many people would) and yes, they look very Liz T.
But she needs to STOP with the splitting of words in weird columns! Especially splitting them at unnatural points, like splitting healthy so that the TH sound is on 2 separate lines. LT HY just looks really stupid!! It took me a minute to figure out what the heck that word even was.
I got really annoyed at her DECEMBER artwork being split so that it said something more like Dece mber Just... no. Please. Stop. For the love of the English language, break words at natural syllable breaks if you absolutely insist on doing this. I blame TNs for this trend.
ETA (sorry, I probably bitch about this too often)
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Post by wendifful on Jan 31, 2019 21:56:40 GMT
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jan 31, 2019 22:05:15 GMT
For the love of the English language, break words at natural syllable breaks if you absolutely insist on doing this. I blame TNs for this trend. As long as people keep praising Liz for the stacked words, she'll keep making them (and there was a lot of praise for them with the 2018 DD mini kit). I feel the trend is on the die-down now anyway. There can't be that much longevity left in it. But yes, those damned TNs!
wendifful Sorry to hear of Kal's husband passing. I got ALL the Messy Box and Happy Mail vibes from seeing her lettering again, though. Phew, took me right back. *woosh* Feels like forever ago now. Messy Box was really too early with the 9x12 format. They would sell better now.
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Post by elegantsufficiency on Jan 31, 2019 22:07:00 GMT
(sorry, I probably bitch about this too often) No! I am with you 100% on that one! (and I think you could be correct re the TN being to blame) (and BTW sleepingbooty IACB has a yoga set out today if you haven't seen it already)
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julie5
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Post by julie5 on Jan 31, 2019 22:08:37 GMT
OK, so mostly nice, if you have a use for such things (not me, but I know many people would) and yes, they look very Liz T. But she needs to STOP with the splitting of words in weird columns! Especially splitting them at unnatural points, like splitting healthy so that the TH sound is on 2 separate lines. LT HY just looks really stupid!! It took me a minute to figure out what the heck that word even was. I got really annoyed at her DECEMBER artwork being split so that it said something more like Dece mber Just... no. Please. Stop. For the love of the English language, break words at natural syllable breaks if you absolutely insist on doing this. I blame TNs for this trend. ETA (sorry, I probably bitch about this too often) I HATE that trend and refuse to use things styled this way. It’s too difficult to read.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jan 31, 2019 22:11:38 GMT
(and BTW sleepingbooty IACB has a yoga set out today if you haven't seen it already) Thanks for letting me know! I'd seen the cards but not the digi brush set. Asana vibes everywhere.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jan 31, 2019 23:07:22 GMT
Liz Tamanaha just confirmed in her newsletter that she designed the 4 stamp sets SC showed on IG.
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Post by scrappyem on Jan 31, 2019 23:37:55 GMT
(sorry, I probably bitch about this too often) No! I am with you 100% on that one! (and I think you could be correct re the TN being to blame) (and BTW sleepingbooty IACB has a yoga set out today if you haven't seen it already) Thanks for sharing. Love the digital stamp!
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Jan 31, 2019 23:53:20 GMT
I followed Kal before the SC partnership and bought all of her stuff that had her script on it with them. I'm a huge, huge fan and her post hurt my heart so much.
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Post by andreasmom on Feb 1, 2019 5:15:32 GMT
I’m so sad for Kal
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michellegb
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Location: New England and loving it!
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Post by michellegb on Feb 1, 2019 15:14:31 GMT
Sad news about Kal. And I also am not a fan of the weird lettering breaks - I won't use them.
SC confirmed that the reveal chat is no more as well when I asked them on Instagram. They suggested continuing the chat there. Can they truly not get that social media interaction is not the same as the chat or a message board or even the blog? So silly to push people away. What was one hour of hosting a chat once a month - is it too much of an investment in the business? I'm just sad to lose one more thing that I looked forward to each month. Those chats were often such lively fun. Sigh...
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Post by caspad on Feb 1, 2019 16:12:49 GMT
I clicked through the link in her IG. That has to be the best obituary I’ve ever read. It really painted a picture of his life and personality. Sounds like cancer got another one of the good people. #cancersucks
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Post by QueSeraSera on Feb 1, 2019 16:16:27 GMT
Sad news about Kal. And I also am not a fan of the weird lettering breaks - I won't use them. SC confirmed that the reveal chat is no more as well when I asked them on Instagram. They suggested continuing the chat there. Can they truly not get that social media interaction is not the same as the chat or a message board or even the blog? So silly to push people away. What was one hour of hosting a chat once a month - is it too much of an investment in the business? I'm just sad to lose one more thing that I looked forward to each month. Those chats were often such lively fun. Sigh... They are making crazy decisions. I think that they are shutting it all down due to the embarrassingly low number of participants and activity. Last chat I was on had maybe 20 other people. Also, the member gallery only gets about 5 uploads per day. By contrast scrapbook.com still has dozens of member layouts per day uploaded.
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Post by missmcd on Feb 1, 2019 17:19:42 GMT
I followed Kal long before SC, in fact before her daughters were born. I loved all her script and bought many things from her way back when. This breaks my heart, I feel so sad for her and her daughters.
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michellegb
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Post by michellegb on Feb 1, 2019 17:35:17 GMT
Well their fabulous new box system resulted in me spending only $1.99 above my stamp subscription and being on the site for less than 5 minutes. Go SC!
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srsly
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Post by srsly on Feb 1, 2019 17:57:00 GMT
The add-on section is sooo weak. Four new items. How exciting. I guess they’re purposely driving away subscribers?
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 1, 2019 18:09:50 GMT
I am actually disappointed in the full reveal of Liz's stamp sets. They're mostly rehashed stuff of themes she did for her Paislee Press digital offer (it's cheaper to buy straight from her shop on the Lilypad in that case) and aimed at "mothers of." And taking up so much valuable space for the word "hydrate" in the Health one? Seriously? What is it with Americans and worrying about not getting enough water? Getting NSBR thread flashbacks...
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Feb 1, 2019 18:10:29 GMT
It's a long shot but if anyone is a subscriber to the Traveler's Notebook kit and doesn't want the plastic shapes, I'll buy them from you!
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Post by missmcd on Feb 1, 2019 18:12:41 GMT
Well their fabulous new box system resulted in me spending only $1.99 above my stamp subscription and being on the site for less than 5 minutes. Go SC! Were you able to add the five dollar off code? I see nowhere to add a code to the box. Why send a $5 off for reveal if it doesn't ship with my kit???
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michellegb
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Post by michellegb on Feb 1, 2019 18:16:50 GMT
Well their fabulous new box system resulted in me spending only $1.99 above my stamp subscription and being on the site for less than 5 minutes. Go SC! Were you able to add the five dollar off code? I see nowhere to add a code to the box. Why send a $5 off for reveal if it doesn't ship with my kit??? I didn't try it because I added so little. But you're right - that card was stupid in hindsight. If you want to use it, you need to order shop items and pay shipping...which will most likely be more than the code. Brilliant. I didn't even get digitals this month because the took that subscriber discount away too. That was a perk that cost them little and increased their sales - isn't a little profit better than none?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 18:35:11 GMT
Would someone be able to share the $5 off code with me? I'm not at home and of course forgot to grab it last night. Not sure I'll even use it, although I want to see if it does work. The new changes (again!) suck! And I never did receive the email about them.
I've said it before....they are most definitely winding down their business! I'm sure getting rid of so much and pushing the little they are doing out to social media allows them to significantly reduce their employee count.
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pancakes
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Post by pancakes on Feb 1, 2019 18:38:09 GMT
I am actually disappointed in the full reveal of Liz's stamp sets. They're mostly rehashed stuff of themes she did for her Paislee Press digital offer (it's cheaper to buy straight from her shop on the Lilypad in that case) and aimed at "mothers of." And taking up so much valuable space for the word "hydrate" in the Health one? Seriously? What is it with Americans and worrying about not getting enough water? Getting NSBR thread flashbacks... Don’t hate on the hydrate! I think many Americans end up drinking coffee, tea, and soda instead of water throughout the day. Or flavored sparkling water. I have never hydrated enough, honestly, ha.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 1, 2019 19:02:00 GMT
What is it with Americans and worrying about not getting enough water? Getting NSBR thread flashbacks... Don’t hate on the hydrate! I think many Americans end up drinking coffee, tea, and soda instead of water throughout the day. Or flavored sparkling water. Which ALL hydrate. They *are* water-based. The sugar in soda is bad for you but you're still getting hydration from the actual beverage. Drives me nuts. Even the water in your food counts towards your daily hydration: yogurt, tomatoes, watermelon, etc. This obsession with glasses of "just water" on top of all other beverages consumed is very American and makes no scientific sense. Only alcohol doesn't count because it actually is diuretic and leads to dehydration.
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