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Anyone remember AmyR? Did she leave on bad terms too?
----------------------------- If you are talking about Amy Rysavy - I remember her but I don't know where she went. It seems like she was pursuing other career interests. I loved her work & followed her blog.
@4:37 Makes sense to me too. Could it be that her contract ended or was about to end and she lined up another job. We don't know for sure. The mistake came in saying it was going on for months. Oops! Busted.
you sound unsophisticated. in the business world, everyone looks for a job before leaving the last one. loyalty isn't an issue. pti has a contract with an end date. they can dump a designer, and do, without out giving notice that they are lining up a replacement.
people who have been out of the job market have no clue what normal business practices are between employees and employers. at least the folks posting here are unsophisticated and SOUND like they are not familiar with basic work pracices.
so yes, they are unsophisticated in those matters.
What, do stamp designers need to go into mourning for the end of the business relationship? And you do realize that her last official PTI post was on April 15 which made it a month & a half before any announcement of MFT was made? And I would think her a poor businesswoman if she wasn't looking for a new job before the current contract expired. Would it have been just as "gauche" if she had discussed renewing contracts with PTI before the term was up?
normally, there is no problem in the business world to mention that you were in discussions of future employment while still working. but it depends on the situation.
in the context of this crazy hobby, where smack blogs talk and some are gossipy (shocker) just keep your mouth shut about the timeframes.
it did lisa and mft no good to add that info. but really who cares when some young woman left a company and joined another.
10:33, I think the gauche comment was made at Lisa and MFT *mentioning* the deal had been in the works for a few months. That part could have been omitted and the welcome aboard post still have the same effect. No need for them to stick anyone's nose in it...just welcome aboard your newest member.
I don't mean to speak for for the person who first called it gauche, it's just what I came away with when I initially read her comment.
I honestly don't understand why the craft consumer tends to buy into this idea that stamp companies/designers are their new BFFs. (I do understand why stamp companies encourage it, because it makes way for false feelings of loyalty & spending without thought.)
And that's not saying there aren't legitimately nice & lovely people running & designing for stamp companies. There are. But for the love of Pete, unless you actually spend enough time with someone to develop a friendship, they aren't your BFF. It's a business.
Nichole's answer: The vases in Mega Gracious Vases are solid. You can see this demonstrated in this project I created. Hope that helps!
Dawn's answer: The vases are not distressed in any way. The solid images are completely solid, just like the smaller, original version of this set. HTH!
I bet Nichole has an emergency email out to the dt to tell them not to reveal the problem with the ink on their samples. They in turn should tell her to quit tap, tap, tapping than.
Not trying to defend NH personally, just trying to put out another perspective about 'designing' stamps in general. When someone says they designed a stamp set, it doesn't mean the same thing as 'illustrating' a stamp set.
An interior decorator 'designs' a room using other people's fabrics, furniture, artwork, etc. They don't create every single thing, they put it together in a manner that is pleasing. They DESIGN the room.
Obviously there are a lot of people who know nothing about this sort of thing and look ignorant when they are affronted by, GASP! Unoriginal artwork used for stamps!
Dawn's answer about the vases - I think if your ink pad is nice and juicy, you should have no trouble at all. (I'd also run an eraser over the solid images once when you first get thtem, just to make sure the ink adheres well to the stamp.) ____________________________________
Aren't the pads that the dt are using brand new and therefore juicy? Maybe she didn't read the question?
11:53, sorry you think some of us are less than intelligent when we comment on Nichole's use of stock illustrations for stamp sets. I can only speak for myself. I don't have any problem with the use of stock illustrations. What bugs me is all of the over-the-top "I'm such a fabulous designer" language that NH frequently uses, combined with the use of someone else's illustrations. Yes, she's a talented designer, but using stock illustrations is definitely not rocket science.
I want to clear a few things up so that there is not anymore confusion. I was buyllied yes!!! By the women that were listed in earlier posts. Please don’t confuse me with any other Angela Holts out there that are associated with digital downloads etc.. I have no affiliation with Cricut etc.. What happened to me is happening to many women in this industry as more and more people jump on the band wagon of the social media age and uploading everything in order to share their talents and crafts. These women singled me out due to my success. I admit at times, I rantrd and spoke up trying to protect and defend myself but what good did that do? Nothing!!! It made the situation worse. I have been bullied to levels that were shocking!!! I have been crafting for over 13 years. I have seen many changes but the worse yet is the use of so many online tools that are being used to bully others. I still to this day get hate mails from time to time anytime I post an achievement. When you are doing something right, that is when you have your group of haters coming at you. Everyone is not immune to haters, it is just some are more noticed than others. I had to shut all my links, store, blog etc.. down!!! It was not due to shady business practices, it was due to the constant bantering of posts, being reported to every online account management that I was associated with. I lost DT positions, I lost sponsors, I lost pretty much it all. Now you are wondering why these women would go to such extremes. It began with a small misunderstanding about an order and me not shipping out a free prize in the time deemed fit by the winner. I was severely sick at the time, and excuse me for being so. But what made the situation worse was that EVERYONE was being drawn in. IT is the same principal as rumors being spread and each time the rumor grows and words are misconstrued into something even bigger than what the original matter was. When you have a massive overload of opinions from all corners, things can get nasty. Which leads me to say that if you have a problem with someone etc.. and it is about something personal please keep it in the PM’s . I have seen some nasty nasty vicious remarks made not only to me but innocent women that were curious and that leads to nothing but simple bulling. It is like you’re attacked by association. Look, I’m not here to prove anything or to convince you that I was right or they were right. I know what happened to me and I have the needed proof if I ever have to use it. But that is one thing with me that you would come to learn if you should choose to follow me and my professional crafting career, that I don’t play that dirty. Even though I have the cards in my hand to do so, I did not ever do what they did to me. I have disassociated myself from anyone related to this matter as any professional business person would do. I have so many wonderful things ahead to share with those that are like me and simply want to craft and learn. Share in conversations and maybe from time to time share your experiences as you do here in a non threatening way. Our time is too short to set there and spend it attacking others physical traits, short comings, and or any other faults they may have. We are not all perfect and I will be the first to tell you I’m far from it. I have my sins as much as the next person, but what I choose to do with the rest of my life and how I treat people is in my control always. I hope that you can find that this will clear up a few things about the posts back in June. I hope that we can meet and greet one another on friendly bases. I look forward to sharing my talents and skills once again online through my classes and many NEW avenues!! That is all I ever wanted to do in the first place. If you would like to follow my blog just shoot me an email and I send you there!!! Peace!!! Angela Holt Thealteredpage@yahoo.com
Wait a minute. Angela WAS slandered on this board so I think she has a right to her say in rebuttal. I think both sides of that issue are in the wrong. It takes 2 when these nutty things happen, but I do believe Angela was a victim. She just did not handle it well and the others had money to hire counsel.
I have to admit I got a little chuckle out of the fact that the DVD cases won't fit into the birdcage CD storage. Oh noes! What will they do?! How can they be Just.Like.Nichole.(tm) now?
I admit I don't read every post very carefully but is there really a sentiment for the crapping birds that says "make every movement count"? Like, as in bowel movement? Or is it suppose to be moment?
I'm sorry the Angela person was bullied but can we move on. My fruit fly attention span can't process super long posts.
Sorry to have offended you with my post that was not my intention. I hope to meet and greet all of you and share with you exciting things to come!! Thanks!!
Google "Angela Holt Bully" and see what you find, people.
She's crazy, vile, foul-mouthed and oh, yeah. She lied about being bullied. She was the one bringing all of her drama to the smack blogs, and then got really quiet when her victims started coming out of the woodwork with actual proof of what she'd done.
She hacked email and facebook acocunts and is under investigation for that. She also has a history of "selling" things to people that she never delivers.
"Sorry to have offended you with my post that was not my intention. I hope to meet and greet all of you and share with you exciting things to come!! Thanks!!"
The only people who are that excited to "meet, greet, and share" with a bunch of anonymous strangers are people dying to try to sell them something. Not a chance in hell you'll ever get any money from me. Buh-bye.
Okay. I'm catching up from yesterday. Did anybody else read the response from Nichole in the 11 July 2012 13:47 post here,
..."Stamps, if we push our manufacturer quite hard, can sometimes be back in stock within a week and we might be able to restock those in time for the promotion."...
...and think that sounds like the bosses at PTI are totally bitchy to their suppliers when they want their products restocked and they want them NOW, who cares how many other clients you have waiting for their orders, move ours to the top of the list because we're PTI, dammit!!
Okay, maybe they don't really say that, but it is very easy for me to imagine they are the kind of people who do act like that.
Trell, I'm kinda surprised you like that green card, what with your fine attention to color and all. And that isn't a smack, that's me respecting your color finesse.
19:52, thank you, that means a lot and I appreciate it.
I would have done it differently. I plan on getting the set, so I'll see what I come up with. Green cabbage roses are on the lighter side. From what I know anyway.
AmyR is still around - http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/ she's blogging and has a YouTube channel and all that jazz.
And FYI she never said a word WHY she left the PTI team but I know it wasn't because NH didn't want her to design stamps. There was another forum she was a part of back then (3/4 years ago? I don't remember when she left - she was one of the original team members and was with them for almost 2 years) and a couple people had private messaged her and asked. She wouldn't say - just that it was time for a change.
A mutual friend knew her and Lauren M though and from the sounds of it BOTH of them left on really bad terms - esp Lauren. That's when the crazy in NH really started to come out. I think Amy was the first one to see it and left. You'll notice she's never once linked to them since and hasn't mentioned PTI or NH.
It's creepy how it just seems to disappear from all the former DT members.
While I appreciate the effort, the interactive nature of the stamp, it does not correspond with the camera's vintage style. It would make more sense if it was a stamp of an instant (polaroid) camera.
Also, the polaroid frame stamp is tiny. I'll stick to my lawn fawn and studio calico/hero arts polaroid frame stams.
Just showing how stupid you all are. I post that Jessica is leaving and some of you actually believe the random rantings that come up here. Or you wonder. Gee, maybe she has inside info.
Yes I also posted that Lisa was leaving and she did. And a few of you thought I really was in the know.
If you throw enough crap on the screen, chances are some of it is bound to be true.
Hey, did you hear that SU was going clear and that Hero Arts is going to start making their stamps out of graham crackers?
4:34 - It is an "instant" camera style. It's modeled after the first Polaroid instant camera from the 1950's. It still looks like a train, but it looks very much like the camera NH showed on her blog.
Where do you see the size of the Polaroid frame? I haven't looked through the dt blogs yet.
I like the camera because I don't know what it's supposed to look like. It doesn't bother me that it isn't accurate.
I still have so many sets that I had to have (button card, seed package) but haven't used. I bought the stamps and dies and have made approximately 0 cards with them. LOL!
I'm glad that I'm not buying or this set and the roses would be on my list.
Christina's cards are very, very good. In my opinion, she was the most creative with the vintage camera stam. Still doesn't make me want to buy the stamp.
4:38, unless you are a camera collector or you read Nichole's blog, no one on earth can tell from the camera image that it is an "instant" camera. To me, that's a big, fat FAIL.
4:39, take a look at Nichole's scrapbook page layout. If that is an 8.5 by 11 inch layout, the polaroid frame is TINY.
Miss Cleo McSnarkyPants, now you are just being an ass. You posted that Jessica is leaving and no one actually believed you. So congratulate yourself on being so smart to throw graham cracker crumbs out there even though no one took your lousy bait.
Are you really just mad because you didn't get more attention? Try putting a marshmallow on your graham cracker stamps. I hear they go good together.
That camera is so ugly and such a mess. It is like she tried to mix vintage with a more modern polaroid. Ick. That "Family" layout with the yellows and greens is just hideous. Not only will the release be a failure, but SAF won't even pull in the die hards, IMO. I was prepared to do a SAF order because I need so much cardstock. But, there is not enough that I even vaguely like to get to me $100 so I am out.
so how many layouts are you going to do with that big ugly camera? one? and then what? It's too big for a card. The 'idea' is good, the execution sucks.
Not 6:26, but Nichole's blog is a marketing tool for a company's product. So yes, I will mock mistakes made there just as much as I would mock mistakes on a billboard, on TV, or on a flyer sent to my house.
7:27 Many times yes, but not always. I'm pretty damn sure a few of those I've bought from have no intention of spending money with PTI again. And I tend towards paypal transactions rather than PTI GCs.
I actually was more endeared to NH after seeing her layout with her sweet kids and cutie hubs and her pretty, smiling face. She's a mom and wife like most of us, probably just trying to do the best she can for them.
It makes me feel bad for smacking her, even when she gets snarky on the boards.
Yes, I'm turning into a big ol' softy. Is there still room for me here? Please don't shun me! LOL
^^^ don't get me wrong, I still expect quality service and quality product for MY hard earned money, and won't let any business abuse me....so whether I shop with them or not is up to PTI.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 342 of 342Donna C's (rubystamper) card are a hot mess. What's up with that sentiment "make every movement count." LOL
Anyone remember AmyR? Did she leave on bad terms too?
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If you are talking about Amy Rysavy - I remember her but I don't know where she went. It seems like she was pursuing other career interests. I loved her work & followed her blog.
What's up with that sentiment "make every movement count." LOL
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OMG. That sentiment with the PTI crapping bird ....
@4:37 Makes sense to me too. Could it be that her contract ended or was about to end and she lined up another job. We don't know for sure. The mistake came in saying it was going on for months. Oops! Busted.
Amy Rysavy designs for All that Scraps. Hate those big headed girl images.
There are some fugly examples this month! NOTHING that i've been shown makes me want anything from this release!
^^^love the flowers! Will be buying this month..
rubystamper is donna c and mrs c and a variety of names on SCS. she is adament that she doesn't post on SCS, but ..
you sound unsophisticated. in the business world, everyone looks for a job before leaving the last one. loyalty isn't an issue. pti has a contract with an end date. they can dump a designer, and do, without out giving notice that they are lining up a replacement.
too much time out of the work market?
it has been confirmed - gracious vases are supposed to be solid not craptastically splotchy.
A couple of you cannot read. "Movement" LOLOLOL! I think your reading skills are the hot mess.
What name does Donna C post under at SCS?
Yeah, I think I might be getting those roses.
I hate this scrolling!
May we have new space, pretty please?
I'm not a huge fan of Donna's cards either, but I wouldn't call it hot mess. I've seen (and have probably made) far far worse.
7:48- Are you seriously trying to imply that someone that does not work is unsophisticated?
people who have been out of the job market have no clue what normal business practices are between employees and employers. at least the folks posting here are unsophisticated and SOUND like they are not familiar with basic work pracices.
so yes, they are unsophisticated in those matters.
break out the mommy wars
Donna, don't sweat 7:14.
and while i'm at it, Lisa and MFT's reference to a few months was gauche.
10:09, I get what you are saying. But yeah, I hear the calvary.
10:10, at first I didn't agree with you but yes, they didn't need to mention how long a time frame they've been courtin' one another.
I thought that Amy R approached Nichole about designing stamps and Nichole turned her down and that was why she left.
Amy R has too much integrity to get involved with Nichole after seeing the last few months.
What, do stamp designers need to go into mourning for the end of the business relationship?
And you do realize that her last official PTI post was on April 15 which made it a month & a half before any announcement of MFT was made? And I would think her a poor businesswoman if she wasn't looking for a new job before the current contract expired.
Would it have been just as "gauche" if she had discussed renewing contracts with PTI before the term was up?
I thought that she approached Nichole 3 or 4 years ago - when she left PTI. That was why she left. This isn't anything recent.
She mustn't have known Nichole very well when she was designing if she has the integrity that you say she has.
I think those vases are supposed to look distressed and splotchy. I don't care for it, but almost every sample has them looking that way.
normally, there is no problem in the business world to mention that you were in discussions of future employment while still working. but it depends on the situation.
in the context of this crazy hobby, where smack blogs talk and some are gossipy (shocker) just keep your mouth shut about the timeframes.
it did lisa and mft no good to add that info. but really who cares when some young woman left a company and joined another.
high school hysterics.
10:33, I think the gauche comment was made at Lisa and MFT *mentioning* the deal had been in the works for a few months. That part could have been omitted and the welcome aboard post still have the same effect. No need for them to stick anyone's nose in it...just welcome aboard your newest member.
I don't mean to speak for for the person who first called it gauche, it's just what I came away with when I initially read her comment.
I honestly don't understand why the craft consumer tends to buy into this idea that stamp companies/designers are their new BFFs. (I do understand why stamp companies encourage it, because it makes way for false feelings of loyalty & spending without thought.)
And that's not saying there aren't legitimately nice & lovely people running & designing for stamp companies. There are. But for the love of Pete, unless you actually spend enough time with someone to develop a friendship, they aren't your BFF. It's a business.
10:39 - Nope. Nichole answered in the forum that they are solid, not distressed, stamps. So it's just crappy PTI ink coverage.
Nichole's answer:
The vases in Mega Gracious Vases are solid. You can see this demonstrated in this project I created. Hope that helps!
Dawn's answer:
The vases are not distressed in any way. The solid images are completely solid, just like the smaller, original version of this set. HTH!
So do these "experts" not see how splotchy their results are? Couldn't they stamp over them again or something?
well, at least customers know what they'll be getting if they order those stamps. blotchy icky images.
i'd better not see one "my stamps don't leave a crisp image with this PTI ink!" complaints on the fool-um...I mean forum.
WTG PTI!!
10:58 - I have a feeling that the stamps are probably fine. I think it's the ink that's crap.
Won't order the splotchy stamps, but I do have to have both new pattern paper packs.
I bet Nichole has an emergency email out to the dt to tell them not to reveal the problem with the ink on their samples. They in turn should tell her to quit tap, tap, tapping than.
I just don't get the love for those roses. They are hideous!
in the forum under questions about the mega vases OMG!!! So funny from Donna C. She told them how she feels
Re: Vases - It's not the stamps that have an issue. It's the craptastic PTI ink that's an issue.
I bet they lock that thread and do some banning.
Here's the center rose of the set of the three-rose stamp in Sweet Life:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-19224645-seamless-wallpaper-pattern-with-roses.php?st=2d0aafe
More of the roses, including the leaves:
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-19076178-seamless-wallpaper-pattern-with-roses.php?st=7d63935
9:37 OK, maybe that was a poor description. Ugly, yeah that's better.
LOL movement. must have been that ugly font. i stand corrected. LOL
Not trying to defend NH personally, just trying to put out another perspective about 'designing' stamps in general. When someone says they designed a stamp set, it doesn't mean the same thing as 'illustrating' a stamp set.
An interior decorator 'designs' a room using other people's fabrics, furniture, artwork, etc. They don't create every single thing, they put it together in a manner that is pleasing. They DESIGN the room.
Obviously there are a lot of people who know nothing about this sort of thing and look ignorant when they are affronted by, GASP! Unoriginal artwork used for stamps!
I think that font is lovely.
Dawn's answer about the vases - I think if your ink pad is nice and juicy, you should have no trouble at all. (I'd also run an eraser over the solid images once when you first get thtem, just to make sure the ink adheres well to the stamp.)
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Aren't the pads that the dt are using brand new and therefore juicy?
Maybe she didn't read the question?
11:53, sorry you think some of us are less than intelligent when we comment on Nichole's use of stock illustrations for stamp sets. I can only speak for myself. I don't have any problem with the use of stock illustrations. What bugs me is all of the over-the-top "I'm such a fabulous designer" language that NH frequently uses, combined with the use of someone else's illustrations. Yes, she's a talented designer, but using stock illustrations is definitely not rocket science.
I dont know where I can post this but....
I want to clear a few things up so that there is not anymore confusion. I was buyllied yes!!! By the women that were listed in earlier posts. Please don’t confuse me with any other Angela Holts out there that are associated with digital downloads etc.. I have no affiliation with Cricut etc.. What happened to me is happening to many women in this industry as more and more people jump on the band wagon of the social media age and uploading everything in order to share their talents and crafts. These women singled me out due to my success. I admit at times, I rantrd and spoke up trying to protect and defend myself but what good did that do? Nothing!!! It made the situation worse. I have been bullied to levels that were shocking!!! I have been crafting for over 13 years. I have seen many changes but the worse yet is the use of so many online tools that are being used to bully others. I still to this day get hate mails from time to time anytime I post an achievement. When you are doing something right, that is when you have your group of haters coming at you. Everyone is not immune to haters, it is just some are more noticed than others.
I had to shut all my links, store, blog etc.. down!!! It was not due to shady business practices, it was due to the constant bantering of posts, being reported to every online account management that I was associated with. I lost DT positions, I lost sponsors, I lost pretty much it all. Now you are wondering why these women would go to such extremes. It began with a small misunderstanding about an order and me not shipping out a free prize in the time deemed fit by the winner. I was severely sick at the time, and excuse me for being so. But what made the situation worse was that EVERYONE was being drawn in. IT is the same principal as rumors being spread and each time the rumor grows and words are misconstrued into something even bigger than what the original matter was. When you have a massive overload of opinions from all corners, things can get nasty. Which leads me to say that if you have a problem with someone etc.. and it is about something personal please keep it in the PM’s . I have seen some nasty nasty vicious remarks made not only to me but innocent women that were curious and that leads to nothing but simple bulling. It is like you’re attacked by association.
Look, I’m not here to prove anything or to convince you that I was right or they were right. I know what happened to me and I have the needed proof if I ever have to use it. But that is one thing with me that you would come to learn if you should choose to follow me and my professional crafting career, that I don’t play that dirty. Even though I have the cards in my hand to do so, I did not ever do what they did to me. I have disassociated myself from anyone related to this matter as any professional business person would do.
I have so many wonderful things ahead to share with those that are like me and simply want to craft and learn. Share in conversations and maybe from time to time share your experiences as you do here in a non threatening way. Our time is too short to set there and spend it attacking others physical traits, short comings, and or any other faults they may have. We are not all perfect and I will be the first to tell you I’m far from it. I have my sins as much as the next person, but what I choose to do with the rest of my life and how I treat people is in my control always.
I hope that you can find that this will clear up a few things about the posts back in June. I hope that we can meet and greet one another on friendly bases. I look forward to sharing my talents and skills once again online through my classes and many NEW avenues!! That is all I ever wanted to do in the first place. If you would like to follow my blog just shoot me an email and I send you there!!! Peace!!!
Angela Holt
Thealteredpage@yahoo.com
11:53
Well said. Thank you.
Oh god. Not this again...
Angela, I have not read through your novel but I know that Ted has a forum of happy people if you'd like to join. He's on the Papertrey forum.
GO AWAY Angela! This is a PTI smack board and we don't give a shit! Take you story to the smack center blog!
Wait a minute. Angela WAS slandered on this board so I think she has a right to her say in rebuttal. I think both sides of that issue are in the wrong. It takes 2 when these nutty things happen, but I do believe Angela was a victim. She just did not handle it well and the others had money to hire counsel.
Great, she posted her rebuttal, not go the fuck away!
^^^now go the fuck away
I sure wish the blog owner would check more than every 5 days to see if we need space. This is SO hard on a phone.
If Angela is looking for support, an anonymous smack board is not the best place for it.
I don't really care who did what. Both sides are annoying as hell.
Give PTI Smacker III a break. She more on top of space than other blogs.
I have to admit I got a little chuckle out of the fact that the DVD cases won't fit into the birdcage CD storage. Oh noes! What will they do?! How can they be Just.Like.Nichole.(tm) now?
Does Candice Aguilar get royalties on the TBF this month since it is mega-sizes of sentiments from her set? Just wondering aloud.
I admit I don't read every post very carefully but is there really a sentiment for the crapping birds that says "make every movement count"? Like, as in bowel movement? Or is it suppose to be moment?
I'm sorry the Angela person was bullied but can we move on. My fruit fly attention span can't process super long posts.
Sorry to have offended you with my post that was not my intention. I hope to meet and greet all of you and share with you exciting things to come!! Thanks!!
Angela Holt, you need to go away. Far, far away.
Google "Angela Holt Bully" and see what you find, people.
She's crazy, vile, foul-mouthed and oh, yeah. She lied about being bullied. She was the one bringing all of her drama to the smack blogs, and then got really quiet when her victims started coming out of the woodwork with actual proof of what she'd done.
She hacked email and facebook acocunts and is under investigation for that. She also has a history of "selling" things to people that she never delivers.
Angela Holt, you're a real peach :)
Angela Holt said...
"Sorry to have offended you with my post that was not my intention. I hope to meet and greet all of you and share with you exciting things to come!! Thanks!!"
The only people who are that excited to "meet, greet, and share" with a bunch of anonymous strangers are people dying to try to sell them something. Not a chance in hell you'll ever get any money from me. Buh-bye.
To both 10:45 & Angela Holt:
We.Don't.Care.
even all of the little hot rod stamps from nicoles blog yesterday have light coverage or speckled.
To 14:38: Then. Skip. Those. Posts.
You don't to dictate who posts what.
Nor do you 14:37.
14:05
"crazy, vile, foul mouthed" that kind of describes several people here.
I sure wish the blog owner would check more than every 5 days to see if we need space. This is SO hard on a phone.
**************
I think this is what you would call a "first world problem"
:)
Here is a comparison that is fun!
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To 14:38: Then. Skip. Those. Posts.
You don't to dictate who posts what.
12 July 2012 14:37
Anonymous said...
Nor do you 14:37.
12 July 2012 14:43
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Oooooh, buuuuuurn.
Looks like the smack blog hall monitors are out in full force today.
Okay. I'm catching up from yesterday. Did anybody else read the response from Nichole in the 11 July 2012 13:47 post here,
..."Stamps, if we push our manufacturer quite hard, can sometimes be back in stock within a week and we might be able to restock those in time for the promotion."...
...and think that sounds like the bosses at PTI are totally bitchy to their suppliers when they want their products restocked and they want them NOW, who cares how many other clients you have waiting for their orders, move ours to the top of the list because we're PTI, dammit!!
Okay, maybe they don't really say that, but it is very easy for me to imagine they are the kind of people who do act like that.
Anyone get banned on the mega vases thread?
Is it me or does the sentiment on Dawn's floral background card look like "age is a mumber", ha!
remember when I said Jessica would be leaving......???
no. who's jessica. should i care
The interior design analogy was great. Not everyone has the talent to design a great room. And design school does not teach taste.
Jessica Witty, PTI Design Team Member and fabulous stamper. Any sign of her?
and where is my $1000???
who cares.
I think Jess Witty is on the release team.
Also, I kinda like Dawn's green card . . . I just think it would have been better without the green card base.
Hey Miss Cleo, is Jess really leaving... cuz I see hide nor hair of a "c-ya suckahs" letter on her blog or on NH's.
If one shows up on either blog tomorrow, you will be forever known as DA MAN in my book, sister!
I want to see what Ashley and Betsy do with The Sweet Life.
Trell, I'm kinda surprised you like that green card, what with your fine attention to color and all. And that isn't a smack, that's me respecting your color finesse.
^^^ and me thinking Dawn's green card is beneath you.
Wait, Jess hasn't posted on her blog since June 15th. That can't be good. I hope her family is all ok.
Do the other "designers" use stock illustrations too or are the others illustrators?
19:52, thank you, that means a lot and I appreciate it.
I would have done it differently. I plan on getting the set, so I'll see what I come up with. Green cabbage roses are on the lighter side. From what I know anyway.
Jess rarely posts in between releases.
The green card with the roses is blinding.
Amy Rysavy has a full time job as a manicurist or something like that.
We need space, please.
Why are smackers smacking smacker's cards? I thought this was about PTI and their dt.
What happens when we hit 300 posts?
About to find out.
I also hate the big headed children without the faces except the dot eyes. I also do not like the high foreheads.
300!!!!!!!
AmyR is still around - http://prairiepaperandink.typepad.com/ she's blogging and has a YouTube channel and all that jazz.
And FYI she never said a word WHY she left the PTI team but I know it wasn't because NH didn't want her to design stamps. There was another forum she was a part of back then (3/4 years ago? I don't remember when she left - she was one of the original team members and was with them for almost 2 years) and a couple people had private messaged her and asked. She wouldn't say - just that it was time for a change.
A mutual friend knew her and Lauren M though and from the sounds of it BOTH of them left on really bad terms - esp Lauren. That's when the crazy in NH really started to come out. I think Amy was the first one to see it and left. You'll notice she's never once linked to them since and hasn't mentioned PTI or NH.
It's creepy how it just seems to disappear from all the former DT members.
Amy Rysavy has a full time job as a manicurist or something like that.
12 July 2012 21:53
^^^She opened a salon a couple of years ago (I've followed her blog since her PTI days) but has kept up her stamping and blog.
I want that rose set and I like the camera. I hope to see both on the for sale board in a month or so!
Well, looks like "Miss Cleo" was wrong about Jess Witty. Guess you don't get $1000.
I would have been really excited and definitely bought the camera set.....only one problem ; IT'S UGLY!
While I appreciate the effort, the interactive nature of the stamp, it does not correspond with the camera's vintage style. It would make more sense if it was a stamp of an instant (polaroid) camera.
Also, the polaroid frame stamp is tiny. I'll stick to my lawn fawn and studio calico/hero arts polaroid frame stams.
Oh, and it still looks like a freakin' train.
I liked the camera set WAY more than I thought I would. I haven't looked at the DT samples yet so maybe I'll change my mind.
Miss Cleo?
LOL
Just showing how stupid you all are. I post that Jessica is leaving and some of you actually believe the random rantings that come up here. Or you wonder. Gee, maybe she has inside info.
Yes I also posted that Lisa was leaving and she did. And a few of you thought I really was in the know.
If you throw enough crap on the screen, chances are some of it is bound to be true.
Hey, did you hear that SU was going clear and that Hero Arts is going to start making their stamps out of graham crackers?
4:34 - It is an "instant" camera style. It's modeled after the first Polaroid instant camera from the 1950's. It still looks like a train, but it looks very much like the camera NH showed on her blog.
Where do you see the size of the Polaroid frame? I haven't looked through the dt blogs yet.
I like the camera because I don't know what it's supposed to look like. It doesn't bother me that it isn't accurate.
I still have so many sets that I had to have (button card, seed package) but haven't used. I bought the stamps and dies and have made approximately 0 cards with them. LOL!
I'm glad that I'm not buying or this set and the roses would be on my list.
Christina's cards are very, very good. In my opinion, she was the most creative with the vintage camera stam. Still doesn't make me want to buy the stamp.
That's awesome about Hero Arts! I love graham crackers and eating your stamps will make them good for the environment. Win/win!
;-p
4:38, unless you are a camera collector or you read Nichole's blog, no one on earth can tell from the camera image that it is an "instant" camera. To me, that's a big, fat FAIL.
4:39, take a look at Nichole's scrapbook page layout. If that is an 8.5 by 11 inch layout, the polaroid frame is TINY.
I'm no Miss Cleo, but I foresee plenty of used Shutterbug sets on the buy/sell/trade forym in a couple of months.
^^ oops. Meant "forum."
I love the for sale board.
I do not see the polaroid frame on Nichole's layout. I just see that she has made the die cut strip look like a frame.
Miss Cleo McSnarkyPants, now you are just being an ass. You posted that Jessica is leaving and no one actually believed you. So congratulate yourself on being so smart to throw graham cracker crumbs out there even though no one took your lousy bait.
Are you really just mad because you didn't get more attention? Try putting a marshmallow on your graham cracker stamps. I hear they go good together.
Buying flower set not the camera.
Sheesh. NH needs a proofreader even for her layouts.
Without a double?!?!
Details, NH, details.
su is going to sell the sizzix eclips
This smack blog needs to be run by someone who actually READS it so we can get fresh space. Come ON!!
That camera is so ugly and such a mess. It is like she tried to mix vintage with a more modern polaroid. Ick. That "Family" layout with the yellows and greens is just hideous. Not only will the release be a failure, but SAF won't even pull in the die hards, IMO. I was prepared to do a SAF order because I need so much cardstock. But, there is not enough that I even vaguely like to get to me $100 so I am out.
Hey, PTI III, could you let one of us be an assistant moderator so we could add space whenever we near 200?
Important Breaking News from Gina K:
"What would you say if I told you we have FOUR new card stock colors coming at the end of this month? :D"
so how many layouts are you going to do with that big ugly camera? one? and then what?
It's too big for a card. The 'idea' is good, the execution sucks.
Another craptacular reveal day brought to you by PTI.
Relax with the smacking of PTI smack III! It's not very often she lets it get over 200 posts. She does have a life.
Cristina made some really nice cards today. Not nice enough that I would want the stamp, but her ideas were appealing.
6:26 and you are perfect??
No one is perfect, but some present themselves far more professionally than others.
The buy/sell board is still giving PTI your money indirectly. When you buy from someone, they then turn around and use that money to buy new from PTI.
Not 6:26, but Nichole's blog is a marketing tool for a company's product. So yes, I will mock mistakes made there just as much as I would mock mistakes on a billboard, on TV, or on a flyer sent to my house.
7:27 Many times yes, but not always. I'm pretty damn sure a few of those I've bought from have no intention of spending money with PTI again. And I tend towards paypal transactions rather than PTI GCs.
I actually was more endeared to NH after seeing her layout with her sweet kids and cutie hubs and her pretty, smiling face. She's a mom and wife like most of us, probably just trying to do the best she can for them.
It makes me feel bad for smacking her, even when she gets snarky on the boards.
Yes, I'm turning into a big ol' softy. Is there still room for me here? Please don't shun me! LOL
I am 6:26
This is her JOB. Being detail-oriented is part of the job description.
I would at least get someone else to double-check my work before it is published.
NH's problem is that she thinks she *is* perfect. A little humility would go a long way in solving her (many) issues.
^^^ don't get me wrong, I still expect quality service and quality product for MY hard earned money, and won't let any business abuse me....so whether I shop with them or not is up to PTI.
Actually liked Dawn's yellow card.
6 colors of twinery twine is for sale for $8 a spool at groopdealz.com. I'm saying this not because I work for them, but because I just added 5 more colors to my collection and wanted to pass along the enabling news. $8 vs $14 is an awesome deal - to me.
I know that buying from the for sale board is giving PTI money indirectly but it isn't giving them money twice and I still get the stamps that I want.
Yeah!! You go, Lisa!!
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