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Post by kimba on Jun 2, 2023 20:52:15 GMT
My vacation this year will be in the Caribbean. I am thinking greens and blues to scrapbook with. This sneak peak looks more tan. Rats. I really want to splurge and buy the whole kit (I need some retail therapy.) Maybe it will work out. Fingers crossed!
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Post by mom on Jun 3, 2023 2:57:31 GMT
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Post by FuzzyMutt on Jun 3, 2023 19:21:36 GMT
I’m kind of bummed about the Story Play kits that I bought. Ali is working through the second one about photography, but I didn’t think it would be so introspective. I thought it would be more of a guide on taking photos, and more light-hearted. The color kit was fun, and I like how it looks in my PL. Anyone else using the kit and loving it? I definitely don’t want to use it right now, while feeling uninspired. I totally get what you’re saying about the introspective angle. I think last years Story Play was even more so (and I both needed it and loved it…) I thought, so I’m not surprised. I think a lot of her base is entering a phase of life where we are shifting our memory keeping. I listened to the zoom today, and it definitely resonated with me. I’m finding the same thing with the social media of myself and my friends. It’s less about — look at this cute thing my kid did and the cool photo- and more about photos taken that mean something. Anyway, I’m sure there will be lots of people that do light hearted takes on at least portions of the project. Over the years I’ve found that most of the time, there is always someone out there in the community that offers the inspiration you need in the right moment. OR! Share your ideas and takes on it- I’m sure there are tons of people out there thinking exactly what you’re thinking! Have you taken the Lens of Joy class? That was a good one for photography. I also get a lot of photography inspo from Kerri Bradford  |
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 5, 2023 14:45:34 GMT
Anyone who ordered the wooden alphabet and numbers stamp set might want to check them. My set has 9 blocks that the stamp doesn’t match up with what the block says so I’m missing letters and numbers.
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Jun 5, 2023 16:11:18 GMT
Is that from the $2 sale?
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 5, 2023 17:17:13 GMT
Is that from the $2 sale? Yes, I believe that set was in the $2 sale lol. I got mine before that sale. |
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Post by mom on Jun 8, 2023 1:01:04 GMT
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Jun 8, 2023 1:50:20 GMT
Is that from the $2 sale? Yes, I believe that set was in the $2 sale lol. I got mine before that sale. That’s an extra bummer! Will they replace for you, hopefully? |
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 8, 2023 23:30:57 GMT
Yes, I believe that set was in the $2 sale lol. I got mine before that sale. That’s an extra bummer! Will they replace for you, hopefully? Yes, thankfully! |
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Post by merry27 on Jun 10, 2023 16:57:23 GMT
Thoughts on this months kits? I was hoping the Work SK would have some job focused cards. I have been wanting to document all the jobs I have had in my life and my teens jobs. I like the colors though. Don’t really care for the SBTM Kit. There weren’t any new add ons this month.
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Post by lanena on Jun 10, 2023 17:15:30 GMT
Thoughts on this months kits? I was hoping the Work SK would have some job focused cards. I have been wanting to document all the jobs I have had in my life and my teens jobs. I like the colors though. Don’t really care for the SBTM Kit. There weren’t any new add ons this month. I had skipped the Work Story Kit ahead of time because I'm retired and it seemed silly for me to try to document my work life at this point in time. I kind of wish I'd had this when I was still in the workforce. I like many of the prompts, and it would have been nice to compare my work life with my home life. I think you can still use the materials to document the jobs you've had throughout the years. That's actually a pretty cool idea. I really like the SBTM kit! I especially like the flowers with the rose gold foil. It looks bright and cheerful. I still wish the stamp were made out of photopolymer, though. I miss the extra add-ons, but that's probably good for my budget. |
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Post by paget on Jun 10, 2023 17:22:09 GMT
I’m getting the work kit and the SBTM kit. I am starting a new job in a week so it’s good timing to reflect on old job and then stuff about new job. The SBTM seems a bit lite but I guess since there’s no sticker sheet we are getting 20% off on a order in the next month so that could coordinate nicely with the travel stuff if I want any of it. The flowers in the SBTM look a little large (I’m a pocket page scrapper) but I’ll find ways to use them. I’m still salty about the SBTM as it can be challenging to use the large directed story telling pages. I wish there were more just patterned paper rather than directed prompts on the papers for me to more easily use. July is easily my least fav SBTM this year so far. I hope they tweak the offerings of SBTM again for next year because it’s my favorite kit to get but I loved last years’ offerings more.
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Post by paget on Jun 10, 2023 21:00:31 GMT
I just noticed some more story kit themes were updated on Ali’s site:
January 2024: start
February 2024: savor
March 2024: birthday
Those all seem useable to me- depending on the color/styling for birthday it could be really nice to have some supplies for that for my PL.
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Post by allou on Jun 10, 2023 21:38:02 GMT
I’m getting the work kit and the SBTM kit. I am starting a new job in a week so it’s good timing to reflect on old job and then stuff about new job. The SBTM seems a bit lite but I guess since there’s no sticker sheet we are getting 20% off on a order in the next month so that could coordinate nicely with the travel stuff if I want any of it. The flowers in the SBTM look a little large (I’m a pocket page scrapper) but I’ll find ways to use them. I’m still salty about the SBTM as it can be challenging to use the large directed story telling pages. I wish there were more just patterned paper rather than directed prompts on the papers for me to more easily use. July is easily my least fav SBTM this year so far. I hope they tweak the offerings of SBTM again for next year because it’s my favorite kit to get but I loved last years’ offerings more. I thought the same but it says you can’t use the 20% off for the new travel release  With international shipping rates the discount really isn’t worth anything for me unfortunately so I would have preferred a discount or a store credit. I’m hoping they have a work around for savor for us Internationals who spell it as savour… I dont do digitals and I dont want to pay the same price but have to print out my own replacement cards. Love the birthday theme and I love the work kit. Both very useable. |
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Post by paget on Jun 10, 2023 22:53:37 GMT
I’m getting the work kit and the SBTM kit. I am starting a new job in a week so it’s good timing to reflect on old job and then stuff about new job. The SBTM seems a bit lite but I guess since there’s no sticker sheet we are getting 20% off on a order in the next month so that could coordinate nicely with the travel stuff if I want any of it. The flowers in the SBTM look a little large (I’m a pocket page scrapper) but I’ll find ways to use them. I’m still salty about the SBTM as it can be challenging to use the large directed story telling pages. I wish there were more just patterned paper rather than directed prompts on the papers for me to more easily use. July is easily my least fav SBTM this year so far. I hope they tweak the offerings of SBTM again for next year because it’s my favorite kit to get but I loved last years’ offerings more. I thought the same but it says you can’t use the 20% off for the new travel release With international shipping rates the discount really isn’t worth anything for me unfortunately so I would have preferred a discount or a store credit. I’m hoping they have a work around for savor for us Internationals who spell it as savour… I dont do digitals and I dont want to pay the same price but have to print out my own replacement cards. Love the birthday theme and I love the work kit. Both very useable. Oh darn it. I obviously missed that you can’t use it on the travel stuff- thanks for pointing that out. I guess it’s a useless coupon then since I’ve gotten everything I want already from the site. |
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Post by kimba on Jun 10, 2023 23:48:30 GMT
I'm buying the Work kit. I was looking at the Story Stamp of Work, and there is no single stamp that says WORK. Seems like a missed opportunity, I will skip buying the Story Stamp.
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Post by paget on Jun 11, 2023 0:54:16 GMT
I'm buying the Work kit. I was looking at the Story Stamp of Work, and there is no single stamp that says WORK. Seems like a missed opportunity, I will skip buying the Story Stamp. Ugh!!! That happened last month, too, with happy- also a great word to have had as a stand alone stamp. |
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 11, 2023 1:47:48 GMT
I’ve been looking forward to this theme for awhile and am honestly kind of disappointed. It just seems like a missed opportunity to include words on the stamp or a sticker sheet such as: housework, yard work, homework, commute, meeting, boss, work from home, break, lunch break, TGIF, inbox, email, the grind, shift, etc.
I usually find her themes to be too focused and this one is almost to vague for me.
Also extremely disappointing that the Story Stamp is again missing the word!!! Why? why? why? after all this time would they eliminate it?
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Post by mom on Jun 11, 2023 3:14:16 GMT
Wow.I am just looking at the OLW mini kit and it's not very full at all.
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Post by paget on Jun 11, 2023 5:29:17 GMT
Wow.I am just looking at the OLW mini kit and it's not very full at all. Yeah, I saw that. I’m glad I cancelled on that. It is pretty lame. |
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 11, 2023 13:53:19 GMT
Wow it looks like half as much product as the first two mini kits. I thought it was strange there was no video. The first two kits were really packed tho.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 12, 2023 13:16:55 GMT
I’m getting the work kit and the SBTM kit. I am starting a new job in a week so it’s good timing to reflect on old job and then stuff about new job. The SBTM seems a bit lite but I guess since there’s no sticker sheet we are getting 20% off on a order in the next month so that could coordinate nicely with the travel stuff if I want any of it. The flowers in the SBTM look a little large (I’m a pocket page scrapper) but I’ll find ways to use them. I’m still salty about the SBTM as it can be challenging to use the large directed story telling pages. I wish there were more just patterned paper rather than directed prompts on the papers for me to more easily use. July is easily my least fav SBTM this year so far. I hope they tweak the offerings of SBTM again for next year because it’s my favorite kit to get but I loved last years’ offerings more. , where did you see this about the 20% off? I'm a subber, but I didn't see this anywhere. |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 12, 2023 13:45:44 GMT
Anyone else anxiously awaiting the Travel reveal today? I am really hoping the colors will complement the Heidi Swapp Set Sail and the 49 & Market Everywhere . I ordered my last Story kit for a while - Work will be my 13th of this sub so I can cancel, could have already but liked this one. I will now have no subs I am committed as I also cancelled HS Stamp Society. I just have way more stuff from those kits than I need so was time to cancel all subs and only buy a la carte which will make me more selective. Feeling really good about a break from subbing. |
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Post by merry27 on Jun 12, 2023 14:10:25 GMT
Did anyone take the new class Storytelling With Week In The Life? Looking for reviews to decide if I should buy it or not.
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 12, 2023 14:30:57 GMT
Did anyone take the new class Storytelling With Week In The Life? Looking for reviews to decide if I should buy it or not. I did. I liked it for the following reasons: 1. Ali went back through several WITL albums and you got to see her formulas and approaches over time. 2. She included hand outs with planning prompts and ideas, design/template prompts and ideas, etc. I really like her hand outs so this was helpful to me and also gave me a single laundry list of ideas and ways to think about WITL. 3. Having everything in one place, inside the class, vs having to pages through instagram or old blog posts just makes it easier for me to prep and plan and I know I will go back to the class in the future. I really like how my WITL came together this year (I never finish it completely but this is the closest I have gotten to finishing - LOL). |
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Post by paget on Jun 12, 2023 18:53:53 GMT
I’m getting the work kit and the SBTM kit. I am starting a new job in a week so it’s good timing to reflect on old job and then stuff about new job. The SBTM seems a bit lite but I guess since there’s no sticker sheet we are getting 20% off on a order in the next month so that could coordinate nicely with the travel stuff if I want any of it. The flowers in the SBTM look a little large (I’m a pocket page scrapper) but I’ll find ways to use them. I’m still salty about the SBTM as it can be challenging to use the large directed story telling pages. I wish there were more just patterned paper rather than directed prompts on the papers for me to more easily use. July is easily my least fav SBTM this year so far. I hope they tweak the offerings of SBTM again for next year because it’s my favorite kit to get but I loved last years’ offerings more. , where did you see this about the 20% off? I'm a subber, but I didn't see this anywhere. It came in an email last week for SBTM subscribers. If you can’t find it let me know and I can message you the code -it should be the same for all of us. |
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Post by mrsloafbot on Jun 12, 2023 22:27:24 GMT
I'm really liking the travel kit collection. Not a fan of the photo real shells in the beach kit, but the colors are great. I'll pick up an album somewhere else (want some with more color). But I'm definitely going to be picking up some stuff on Wednesday.
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Post by lanena on Jun 13, 2023 1:26:58 GMT
I'm really liking the travel kit collection. Not a fan of the photo real shells in the beach kit, but the colors are great. I'll pick up an album somewhere else (want some with more color). But I'm definitely going to be picking up some stuff on Wednesday. I had the same reaction to the photo real shells. For some reason, they seem icky to me. I have similar die cuts from another beach line, and I turn them over so I don't have to look at them. I don't know what it is! I should probably just throw them away. Otherwise, I like most of the travel kit. I don't think I'll get everything, but I'm very tempted by the stencils and stamps. |
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Post by janamke on Jun 13, 2023 2:14:10 GMT
Though I love the color of the album, I just can’t do more messy circles. So very done with those.
I like the main kit quite a bit.
We don’t do warm weather vacations so no need for beach kit.
I’m a little confused with the silver and gold.
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Post by mom on Jun 13, 2023 3:02:49 GMT
I like the main kit but ugh. Those sea shells make no sense.
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With international shipping rates the discount really isn’t worth anything for me unfortunately so I would have preferred a discount or a store credit. 
