craftymom101
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Post by craftymom101 on Oct 1, 2024 21:13:40 GMT
I really like the new October 2024 kits. I am a stamp kit subscriber, but I threw the documenter kit into my box, too, along with a past kit for $10 and a bunch of ink pads and embellishments. Ink pads for $2 is a steal!
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Post by mom on Oct 1, 2024 23:21:52 GMT
Is SC doing a Christmas release this year? I was thinking in the past, it would come out in October to be in peoples hands by November. But in today's release there were only stamps (and IMHO, not really great stamps).
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Post by missbellejane on Oct 2, 2024 0:29:31 GMT
Is SC doing a Christmas release this year? I was thinking in the past, it would come out in October to be in peoples hands by November. But in today's release there were only stamps (and IMHO, not really great stamps). My guess is that they won't be. They didn't do a Halloween release either, just a few new stamps. |
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Post by lg on Oct 2, 2024 2:47:26 GMT
Why is the tiger notebook showing as “new” 🤣🤣🤣
I have seen the older SC kits and loved the colours and designs and cards and tn etc. Now the kits are all just beige with weird images and fonts on them that aren’t cohesive with the rest of the kit. The people who I have watched who I think are good at using the kits (ie dearly dee) basically stick a photo over the font or image on 90% of the cards that they use. I have plain cardstock I can do that with so why do I need your kit??
I’d get more cocoa daisy but:
A) shipping is crazy high for me
B) kits are LOVE or LOatHe and there’s no in between
C) I don’t want to subscribe or miss out… I’ll just miss out thanks
D) their website is impossible to use to see what is left to buy after subs are sent out
AE is stopping story kits and moving to scrapbook kits - again 50% hit or miss for me
Elles studio are more my style and colour but being in the off season makes their kits very annoying to use so I don’t
Can’t think of any other monthly kits the rest are gone 🥲
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Post by mom on Oct 2, 2024 13:03:05 GMT
Is SC doing a Christmas release this year? I was thinking in the past, it would come out in October to be in peoples hands by November. But in today's release there were only stamps (and IMHO, not really great stamps). My guess is that they won't be. They didn't do a Halloween release either, just a few new stamps. You know, I didn't even notice no Halloween kit. But that would not be a kit I'd buy usually as I don't have much Halloween to scrapbook. |
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Post by Citygirl on Oct 3, 2024 12:54:12 GMT
Does anyone know if their stamps are photopolymer or acrylic? I really like the Christmas and Halloween alpha sets but don’t want anymore crappy unusable stamps.
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Post by honeypea on Oct 3, 2024 14:16:43 GMT
Does anyone know if their stamps are photopolymer or acrylic? I really like the Christmas and Halloween alpha sets but don’t want anymore crappy unusable stamps. Those should be good. The 3x4 stamps that were part of kits last year before they stopped including stamps in the kits were crap. |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 8, 2024 17:24:08 GMT
Just to say that all the AE DD orders aren't holding up small SC orders. My one single stamp set (the Christmas market one 😍) had a label less than 24h after I placed my order. 👍
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A7
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Post by A7 on Oct 8, 2024 18:31:02 GMT
Just to say that all the AE DD orders aren't holding up small SC orders. My one single stamp set (the Christmas market one 😍) had a label less than 24h after I placed my order. 👍 Not to be a party popper, but Inked is quick to create labels - it's the shipping part they're not good at. I do hope you get your stamp soon though! |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 8, 2024 18:40:03 GMT
Just to say that all the AE DD orders aren't holding up small SC orders. My one single stamp set (the Christmas market one 😍) had a label less than 24h after I placed my order. 👍 Not to be a party popper, but Inked is quick to create labels - it's the shipping part they're not good at. I do hope you get them soon though! Oh, I'm used to the "sitting in the international orders sack for one week+ before it actually gets handed to UPS" at Inked. 😂 It's been like that for so many years... But at least they're packing as the orders are coming in. For the Inked warehouse, that's not always a given. 🙊 |
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Oct 10, 2024 16:24:51 GMT
I just received an email that they are no longer doing documenter kits! Now it's just going to be stamps and office supplies and giftables? Is there really that big of a market for office supplies and giftables? I mean, the kits have been pretty stale for the past couple of years so it makes sense that they are pivoting, but I have a feeling this is the death knell for Inked.
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Post by honeypea on Oct 10, 2024 16:30:59 GMT
I just received an email that they are no longer doing documenter kits! Now it's just going to be stamps and office supplies and giftables? Is there really that big of a market for office supplies and giftables? I mean, the kits have been pretty stale for the past couple of years so it makes sense that they are pivoting, but I have a feeling this is the death knell for Inked. I’m not surprised that they are discontinuing the kits. The last couple years have been a rapid downhill crash. I’m so bummed though. I was trying to hold hope for improvement. Office supplies and gifts sounds stupid. Notebooks and mugs and other lifestyle crap you can pick up anywhere. I am very bummed. |
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Post by infochick on Oct 10, 2024 16:31:59 GMT
I just received an email that they are no longer doing documenter kits! Now it's just going to be stamps and office supplies and giftables? Is there really that big of a market for office supplies and giftables? I mean, the kits have been pretty stale for the past couple of years so it makes sense that they are pivoting, but I have a feeling this is the death knell for Inked. I was just going to post this. I am really disappointed. I was never a subscriber, but I did pick up a bunch of kits and embellishments a few times a year. I will really miss them. It said they are still going to produce stamps, but without the connection to the kits, I wonder if they will be useful for memory keeping? ETA: This is very much giving me a "buy it while you still can vibe" and I am trying so hard not to fill a cart. |
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Post by honeypea on Oct 10, 2024 16:37:59 GMT
Heartened to see some straight talk comments on their instagram announcement. I added my own.
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Post by mom on Oct 10, 2024 16:52:52 GMT
I just received an email that they are no longer doing documenter kits! Now it's just going to be stamps and office supplies and giftables? Is there really that big of a market for office supplies and giftables? I mean, the kits have been pretty stale for the past couple of years so it makes sense that they are pivoting, but I have a feeling this is the death knell for Inked. I was just going to post this. I am really disappointed. I was never a subscriber, but I did pick up a bunch of kits and embellishments a few times a year. I will really miss them. It said they are still going to produce stamps, but without the connection to the kits, I wonder if they will be useful for memory keeping? ETA: This is very much giving me a "buy it while you still can vibe" and I am trying so hard not to fill a cart. There’s bound to be a huge Black Friday sale. |
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Post by mom on Oct 10, 2024 16:54:02 GMT
I’m not surprised. I’ve felt the last 5 years that sc was only open so it could be a tax write off. They no longer were interested with developing new products or encouraging scrapbooking really.
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Post by janamke on Oct 10, 2024 17:08:38 GMT
I'm gutted and annoyed. Despite all their BS and quality issues, SC has been my goto for project life documentation. They fit my aesthetic perfectly. Ali and Cocoa Daisy are proof documenting is alive and well but you have to put forth effort. Include content and galleries. I loathe April.
Perhaps this will be the news that gets this thread over 1000 pages?
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Post by honeypea on Oct 10, 2024 17:22:21 GMT
April’s stories are sooooooo annoying. “I love this crafting community, being a part of your family’s memory documenting means everything and is so special. You’ve supported me for almost decades”…. yeah. But she’s literally turning her back on everything she built and brought to that community! Is it just me, or is her messaging here so tone deaf?!
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Post by mom on Oct 10, 2024 17:22:54 GMT
I'm gutted and annoyed. Despite all their BS and quality issues, SC has been my goto for project life documentation. They fit my aesthetic perfectly. Ali and Cocoa Daisy are proof documenting is alive and well but you have to put forth effort. Include content and galleries. I loathe April. Perhaps this will be the news that gets this thread over 1000 pages? I was just thinking this the thread is proof SC hasn’t been really relevant lately…we should have hit 1000 a long time ago. |
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Post by mom on Oct 10, 2024 17:25:43 GMT
April’s stories are sooooooo annoying. “I love this crafting community, being a part of your family’s memory documenting means everything and is so special. You’ve supported me for almost decades”…. yeah. But she’s literally turning her back on everything she built and brought to that community! Us if just me, of is her messaging here so tone deaf?! IMHo it’s April being April - me, me, me and zero fucks on how her decisions affect others. |
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Post by karinec on Oct 10, 2024 17:48:11 GMT
Truly the end of an era, but I feel like the peas predicted this long ago.
I haven't looked at anything beyond stamps there in a long time, so I don't feel as affected as others might. I still remember the days of sold out kits and rushing to get an add-on, before Inked came to be. Feeling a little nostalgic, just because that represented a time in my life when the kids were little, life seem simpler, and scrapping took up a big chunk of my free time.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Oct 10, 2024 17:59:22 GMT
As an international, the end of SC as a documenting supplier is a major hit. I can't shop at Elle's Studio (EU restricted), no more KP (and EU restricted anyways since a couple of years), no more Felicity Jane, etc. It has truly become a tiny team of shops I could still rely on.
Yes, they've been dreadful and made absolutely terrible decisions along the way. And this office supply switch reads like a manic high decision that's going nowhere successful.
Yes, I'm still mourning this loss. The two can be true.
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Oct 10, 2024 18:08:19 GMT
Truly the end of an era, but I feel like the peas predicted this long ago. I haven't looked at anything beyond stamps there in a long time, so I don't feel as affected as others might. I still remember the days of sold out kits and rushing to get an add-on, before Inked came to be. Feeling a little nostalgic, just because that represented a time in my life when the kids were little, life seem simpler, and scrapping took up a big chunk of my free time. Same! Waiting for sneaks with bated breath, buying a whole kit based on a partial image… I remember when SC went to the tier based rewards. For some reason it had never occurred to me before that to check what my actual spend was. And damn. It was embarrassing to see the number. I loved their boards and the whole community… but that change totally poisoned the water. What a shame that was (for them.) There was a stamp set released that had a shadow of a small human, and the idea was a snowball fight scene. I was soooooo thrilled to get it- and it became a “coveted” stamp set that resold for ALOT of money. I held on to mine because I just knew I wanted and needed it- I have never used it 🤣 |
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Post by mrssch on Oct 10, 2024 18:21:07 GMT
our industry is in its death throes.
i’m a lifer and it really makes me sad that everything is going away — not just changing. the generation of scrappers from its heyday has all but moved on in life.
with SC going away, thank goodness KP is back producing kits.
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Oct 10, 2024 18:52:22 GMT
Heartened to see some straight talk comments on their instagram announcement. I added my own. Yep. I saw Babz's Story about the announcement. April’s stories are sooooooo annoying. “I love this crafting community, being a part of your family’s memory documenting means everything and is so special. You’ve supported me for almost decades”…. yeah. But she’s literally turning her back on everything she built and brought to that community! Is it just me, or is her messaging here so tone deaf?! She's been tone deaf her entire life. Ridiculous woman. $3 for a sticker? Sure, let me jump on that. I guess it's a good thing AliExpress has been selling their designs, too. |
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Post by karinec on Oct 10, 2024 19:14:16 GMT
@fuzzymutt remember “The Lost Boys” add on with the I love you to the moon and back stamp? I remember it selling for over $300 on eBay. People were pissed!
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Post by pocketaddict on Oct 10, 2024 20:21:47 GMT
I’d get more cocoa daisy but: A) shipping is crazy high for me B) kits are LOVE or LOatHe and there’s no in between C) I don’t want to subscribe or miss out… I’ll just miss out thanks D) their website is impossible to use to see what is left to buy after subs are sent out THIS. THIS! omg this is so true and my exact experience. why is their website so confusing? I would kill for it to be just a normal shop where you can view all items then sort by new and filter to in stock only. Also agree on the kits- so hit or miss, I cannot commit sight unseen. and I just really wish they had just some shop items, like extras of those puffy alphas. they are so nice and such nice colors... not worth buying a whole kit though |
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Oct 10, 2024 21:58:40 GMT
@fuzzymutt remember “The Lost Boys” add on with the I love you to the moon and back stamp? I remember it selling for over $300 on eBay. People were pissed! Do I ever!!! I never could get my hands on it! Hahah |
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Post by lg on Oct 10, 2024 22:02:32 GMT
Overpriced notebooks, bookmarks, stickers and photo books I can get for $2…. Ummm…. There are cuter designs that are cheaper sold everywhere.
Are we trying to be archer and olive etc without the same effort re quality and design? They have a booming business as they curate coordinated kits…. Like sc USED to.
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dawnnikol
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Post by dawnnikol on Oct 10, 2024 22:22:22 GMT
AF confirmed on my comment that there will be big sales... No shit? Didn't they still have kits from 2015(?) and their takeover of ABM? Not to mention the big in person Warehouse sale.
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