That is just plain rude!

June 16, 2008

You know I am just appalled at some people and their attitudes and at how rude they can be. It seems there are a few out there in this so called scrapping community who feel that the gals (and possibly guys) who create kits with smaller papers and elements for gals (and possibly guys) to use to make Tags, are not “DESIGNERS”. I am also appalled at the fact that there are designers who think Taggers are just no good doers too!! So I wonder how they feel about artists out there who create their art and have smaller versions for sale to accommodate the tagging community.

Taggers really get a bum wrap and frankly I am sick of the holier than thou attitudes!! Do you scrap designers with those thoughts ever check to see who is buying your kits? A lot of tagging girls buy them to make tags to mix and match. It is a hobby, just like many of us who scrap!

Perhaps I am just a bit sensitive because I started as a tagger and taught myself to learn Paint Shop Pro. I started as a tagger who has spent a lot of money buying “tubes” to create with. I got burnt out after a few years of offering to make a tag and folks requesting them by the hundreds. It began to become a chore and not fun. I was spending a lot of money, and I don’t think most of those who requested them realize that. Then I was was told hey why not scrap since I was always taking lots of digital photos. So my little tags became big layouts!

I am just amazed at the attitudes and how judging folks are. You think after all the years of being on the Internet I would not be shocked over this anymore, but I am.

I guess it is OK that the “taggers” spend their money and then creates and spreads the word and brings even more business to a designer, but are considered the white trash of the digital community. I guess because there are those who create design scrap kits that accommodate the scrappers they are not really designers in their eyes. I think that is just a terrible thing for someone to say!

SHAME ON YOU!!!

So I will tell you this much, those designers who have already made such comments and I seen it for myself, I will NOT spend any of my hard earned money on your products!!

Each day I get closer and closer to shutting off my computer and just walking away!!!

Currently I am rethinking my freebies. Too many are still passing the files around and I seen a few of my freebies added to a kit for sale. I won’t have it. I am not going to go on a witch hunt about it either. That person knows who they are and what they did. I will not be the Internet police. I will just simply stop doing the freebies. There are only a very small handful who even say thank you after thousands of downloads and that is also very discouraging.

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