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Post by pancakes on Jun 12, 2020 14:14:32 GMT
I loathed coloring as a kid. And it’s somehow making me even angrier at this product 😂
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 12, 2020 17:24:29 GMT
I loathed coloring as a kid. And it’s somehow making me even angrier at this product 😂 I didn't mind it but it was definitely the boring thing to do in class, wasn't it? I got told off by a substitute teacher once because I coloured in the page she'd given in a dot art style. It was her fault for hanging up some images from art around the world that included aboriginal dot art!  |
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 12, 2020 18:46:29 GMT
 I honestly dont believe for 5 minutes there is anything educational about colouring a map, pirate ship or a 'bill of rights'. Like sure, it's a fun activity for kids to nurture their creativity, but it's barely going to teach them anything about geography or history. They're so absorbed with the actual colouring part, they won't be learning anything other than how to colour in the lines. And why would you pay for colouring sheets when you can get them from Google for free.... just search '1700s colouring in for kids' and lots of free resources come up. You cray, April - you cray. There is some benefit to coloring; fine motor, identifying patterns, planning, etc. But they should not be considered a teaching tool and the designs she has are certainly not going to spark any interest or learning in children. The price is outrageous as well. Hell, you can buy fairly decent coloring books at the Dollar Tree and as you said coloring sheets are certainly available for free from good old Google. |
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Post by glenys on Jun 13, 2020 6:50:15 GMT
I had a look at the Continents set and found a spelling error in about 5 seconds.....that's not very educational.....
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Post by ghislaine on Jun 14, 2020 13:08:45 GMT
I had a look at the Continents set and found a spelling error in about 5 seconds.....that's not very educational.....  |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 14, 2020 17:05:23 GMT
The quarantine stamp set by IACB I had preordered shipped a couple of days ago. The one they sent in March is still in transit. Which one will get to me first?
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Post by peachiceteas on Jun 16, 2020 16:50:15 GMT
So AliExpress has a wealth of new stamps and whilst I said I would never buy from there again, my curiosity is peaked yet again.
The two stamp sets I bought, they had spelling mistakes, but to be fair, I think they were on the images on AE I just didn’t notice
Has anyone ordered any stamps lately where they have ripped the product photography directly from the original retailer? When they turn up - how do they look?
I’m reluctant to spend any more money for stamps to turn up with spelling mistakes. I can overlook a little reduction in the stamping quality but can’t overlook spelling mistakes.
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Post by peachiceteas on Jun 18, 2020 17:33:54 GMT
Oh my goodness. I just decided to check the tracking on my SC and AE orders to see if they had been picked up from SC yet and they have already departed the US!
I won’t get too excited but perhaps this means I’ll receive my kit in two weeks rather than 6 weeks!
I hope we have been through the worst and this is international post picking back up again.
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Post by honeypea on Jun 18, 2020 17:51:33 GMT
Oh my goodness. I just decided to check the tracking on my SC and AE orders to see if they had been picked up from SC yet and they have already departed the US! I won’t get too excited but perhaps this means I’ll receive my kit in two weeks rather than 6 weeks! I hope we have been through the worst and this is international post picking back up again. Good for you! I’m experiencing my first shipment fail. Order left KY to TN and has sat in a UPS facility for ten days since. It was supposed to be delivered yesterday (in CA!). Me sad. |
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Post by peachiceteas on Jun 18, 2020 18:00:24 GMT
Oh my goodness. I just decided to check the tracking on my SC and AE orders to see if they had been picked up from SC yet and they have already departed the US! I won’t get too excited but perhaps this means I’ll receive my kit in two weeks rather than 6 weeks! I hope we have been through the worst and this is international post picking back up again. Good for you! I’m experiencing my first shipment fail. Order left KY to TN and has sat in a UPS facility for ten days since. It was supposed to be delivered yesterday (in CA!). Me sad. Oh no! Sending you lots of good postage vibes... I seem to have found some after these past couple of months. Hope your packages arrive soon!! |
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Post by scrappydo on Jun 18, 2020 19:10:00 GMT
In New Zealand. My FYC order showed two days ago. Still no sign of my SC order. 🧐 |
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Post by scrappydo on Jun 18, 2020 19:20:23 GMT
 Am I reading this right?? Has it just left the US? |
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Post by mom on Jun 18, 2020 19:46:26 GMT
I swear God punishes me whenever I defend SC.
Got my SC documenter kit today. Took two weeks to go less than 1000 miles. AND the alphabet and butterfly stickers are bent because they shoved it in a bubble mailer with nothing to keep it from getting bent.
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Post by peachiceteas on Jun 18, 2020 20:24:11 GMT
Yes it looks like it. At the bottom of the page under shipping details it should provide you with an alternative tracking number that you can paste into the USPS tracking. I find the USPS tracking gives a clearer picture of where the package is. |
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Post by cbscrapper on Jun 18, 2020 22:56:01 GMT
The quarantine stamp set by IACB I had preordered shipped a couple of days ago. The one they sent in March is still in transit. Which one will get to me first? I guess when I check out as a Guest I don’t get a shipping notice? Nice to know they are shipping though. I saw the Everday Explorer one today that is sooooo similar (the icons and such) and kinda wished I got it instead. Although it did strike me how similar the two are. |
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Post by honeypea on Jun 19, 2020 0:38:13 GMT
Heba posted a July sneak. Not impressed! What’s that jungle plant circle? The pink card on the table says “p.s. you’re rad”. 🙄  |
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pancakes
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Post by pancakes on Jun 19, 2020 2:42:57 GMT
Heba posted a July sneak. Not impressed! What’s that jungle plant circle? The pink card on the table says “p.s. you’re rad”. 🙄 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY RAD?! The only people I’ve seen are Ali and her followers. |
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 19, 2020 3:03:49 GMT
God, that is awful. I don’t know anyone who uses rad either, and if it is April and Ali then they need to stop pretending they are late teen/early 20 something hipsters and grow up.
What does it say above the Radness stamp?
There is that horrible silly putty pink color again, I don’t like how much pink they use in general, but that horrid pink they use over and over and over is the worst shade of pink I can think of.
Not a kit I am sad to be missing.
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Post by mom on Jun 19, 2020 4:12:24 GMT
Heba posted a July sneak. Not impressed! What’s that jungle plant circle? The pink card on the table says “p.s. you’re rad”. 🙄 I like the jungle circle! And the washi. I'd use it on a vacation album from when we were in Honduras. And probably in my Jamaica album as well. |
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Post by marinette on Jun 19, 2020 4:30:13 GMT
I swear God punishes me whenever I defend SC. Got my SC documenter kit today. Took two weeks to go less than 1000 miles. AND the alphabet and butterfly stickers are bent because they shoved it in a bubble mailer with nothing to keep it from getting bent. I've just received a TN sent in a bubble mailer and it's bent too! Grrrrrr!  |
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Post by mom on Jun 19, 2020 4:31:26 GMT
I swear God punishes me whenever I defend SC. Got my SC documenter kit today. Took two weeks to go less than 1000 miles. AND the alphabet and butterfly stickers are bent because they shoved it in a bubble mailer with nothing to keep it from getting bent. I've just received a TN sent in a bubble mailer and it's bent too! Grrrrrr! I messaged them. Thats crap. |
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Post by peachiceteas on Jun 19, 2020 6:50:28 GMT
Thank goodness I cancelled my kit.
I actually wouldn't use any of the items shown in that sneak - except for the stamp sleeve!
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Post by kiera on Jun 19, 2020 11:44:39 GMT
I say "rad" all the time, and a lot of my punk friends do too. It's a common word in our scene.
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Post by alone_inacrowdedroom on Jun 19, 2020 13:18:53 GMT
I actually really like the jungle leaves circle and Washi. But I do wish they’d get rid of that pink color.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 19, 2020 13:56:53 GMT
Stamp set ordered in late March has arrived, HU-FREAKIN'-ZZAH! Like cbscrapper , I wish I hadn't pre-ordered the IACB x SC one and bought the Everyday Explorers set instead but I didn't know back then and what's done is done. C'est la vie. Confession: I kind of like the general aesthetic of the July DK. That light peach/coral pink is my jam (don't @ me, Skellinton ), I love a nice leaf pattern and some black & white. But I can't with those silly sentiments they keep recycling over and over again. |
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Post by honeypea on Jun 19, 2020 14:02:51 GMT
I wasn’t being snarky saying “what’s that jungle circle”, it was an honest question. 😂 Is it a giant die cut, or a transparency (like those big fruit ones awhile back)?
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Post by honeypea on Jun 19, 2020 14:05:42 GMT
FWIW, the first online person I know of to use rad a lot was Elise Blaha Cripe (Get to Work Book, also designed an early BH PL kit), soon after I noticed others in her circle using it too, like Ann-Marie and Ali. Then Ali ran with it and never let it go.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 19, 2020 14:14:41 GMT
FWIW, the first online person I know of to use rad a lot was Elise Blaha Cripe (Get to Work Book, also designed an early BH PL kit), soon after I noticed others in her circle using it too, like Ann-Marie and Ali. Then Ali ran with it and never let it go.'Rad' is the hill Ali will die on. Personally, I want to see 'fly' as an adjective make a comeback. If we're going to go retro, let's mix it up and have some fun with it, I say.  |
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Post by honeypea on Jun 19, 2020 14:26:41 GMT
LOL, I just saw Dodgeball for the first time a few weeks ago and Jason Bateman cracked me up.  Laura Wosnik has stamp sneaks on Instagram. Looks family themed with potty people icons and “This is Us” sentiments. I thought it had to be an old set when I first saw it! The shape of the people, particularly the baby, made me think it was KP stamps. Editing to add pic!.  |
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Post by mom on Jun 19, 2020 14:50:59 GMT
I wasn’t being snarky saying “what’s that jungle circle”, it was an honest question. 😂 Is it a giant die cut, or a transparency (like those big fruit ones awhile back)? Sorry! I didn't realize that was what you were asking. I am betting it is a transparent circle with the leaves on top. (Or maybe I hope that is what it is vs. a plain card stock circle.) |
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