Forum & Gallery Guidelines - Please Read

Robin Carlton · #1 02-02-2007, 12:10 PM

Welcome to Sweet Shoppe Designs! Here at the Sweet Shoppe we want to create a warm, friendly and open environment! Before you jump in, take some time to read our forum guidelines. They're short and sweet and should be easy enough for everyone to follow!

While at Sweet Shoppe Designs we welcome you to discuss all things related to Digital Scrapbooking! Whether it is the latest trends, publication calls, TOOTS, favorite designers, sales, etc - like you, we too are interested in what’s going on in the digital community! If there is something that you think is absolutely fabulous, chances are a lot of other people will think so too, so please dont feel like you can’t share here because we welcome it! The only thing we ask is that you do your sharing in a respectful manner. Please do not post enabling threads or threads seeking products being sold at another site. Incidental conversation about a great sale is one thing, coming and posting a graphic advertising your site's sale or threads looking to drive business to another store, is quite another. A simple designer name and where you can find their work will suffice, please do not post links to other sites.

Are you a proud member of a particular designer’s creative team? Go ahead and show that team blinkie off with pride! We're scrappers too and we know how much fun being on someone's creative team is and that most of us think of our creative teams as an accomplishment we want to be able to talk about!

Please refrain from using profane and vulgar language and treat your fellow scrappers with respect. We want to create a warm and friendly environment and expect each and every one of our members to contribute towards making it so.

Regarding our new gallery, we are very excited to now have an uploadable member gallery and can't wait for you to share your pages with us. We'd really like for our gallery to be a place for the Sweet Shoppe community to come together and get involved in our challenges, share their pages with us and most importantly, we want our gallery to be a constant source of inspiration on how to use Sweet Shoppe Products.

Keeping that ideal in mind, we'd like to ask that you only post layouts on which you've used some Sweet Shoppe products. At this time, we do not have any specifics on the amount of SSD stuff we require on a page but we do hope you won't take advantage of our loose guidelines to post your layouts where a button is the only Sweet Shoppe product on the page. We sincerely hope that you can understand and respect our wishes for our gallery to be a product showcase of our designer's amazing work! If you are looking for a place to archive all of your pages or market for a creative team, we give our highest recommendation to the wonderful open galleries at Digi Shop Talk or My Scrapbook Art.

Please Note: Due to spam issues, new members to our community have limited posting rights. We kindly ask that you settle in with our community, say hello and join in the fun. In no time, your access will be automatically increased so you can participate in all of our activities here at SSD.

We hope that you enjoy your time at Sweet Shoppe Designs...while you are here have a cupcake...or a taco!

Thanks so much!
Robin

Rona · #2 02-02-2007, 04:21 PM

Well said!

Is there a limit on the size and number of blinkies we can put on our siggys? Just wanted to make sure

Robin Carlton · #3 02-02-2007, 04:37 PM

Nah...use your best judgement and dont be obnoxious with 20 lines of blinkies and I think we'll be ok

Have fun!!

Robin

nbelen · #4 02-25-2007, 05:48 AM

Hi Robin, just wanted to make sure before I post something, so for the challenges like the cookie decorating thing, can we post layouts with papers and designs of other designers? Sorry I'm a newbie in the digiscrap world and im sort of finding my way through

Thanks!

Christy Lyle · #5 02-25-2007, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by nbelen

Hi Robin, just wanted to make sure before I post something, so for the challenges like the cookie decorating thing, can we post layouts with papers and designs of other designers? Sorry I'm a newbie in the digiscrap world and im sort of finding my way through

Thanks!

Yes! You're absolutely right! I'm looking forward to seeing your layouts

lilysmama · #6 02-26-2007, 03:10 PM

ok here's another question...as far as posting layouts with only ssd stuff - as long as there is some ssd stuff on the layout is it okay if there is stuff from other sites/designers, too? just wanting to clarify so i don't break any rules!

Hom74 · #7 02-26-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilysmama

ok here's another question...as far as posting layouts with only ssd stuff - as long as there is some ssd stuff on the layout is it okay if there is stuff from other sites/designers, too? just wanting to clarify so i don't break any rules!

Yep

rocalisa · #8 03-19-2007, 12:41 AM

Quick question - can anyone post in a designers gallery if a layout uses mainly their product, or is it only for their CT members?

Hom74 · #9 05-31-2007, 12:03 AM

just a bump

newfiemountiewife · #10 07-29-2007, 08:00 PM

I'm glad I peeked in here again to double check, I have some LOs I have done for other CTs, and stuff, but I think every one I do has about 25% Sweet Shoppe content LOL!

carola · #11 08-04-2007, 09:20 AM

Some of my layouts do not have SS content, but some do. Can I post all of them?

lauren grier · #12 08-04-2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by carola

Some of my layouts do not have SS content, but some do. Can I post all of them?

Hi! If you made your layouts for one of our challenges it is OK to upload if it does not contain any ssd products (be sure to upload to the correct gallery though!

) Otherwise, all other layouts must contain SSD products

Thanks for asking!

Libby Weifenbach · #13 09-02-2007, 07:52 AM

Just bumping this up as a reminder since we've got so many new folks posting!

lizzyfizzy · #14 03-21-2008, 08:39 PM

i'm new and i totally read this 9 months later.

*i, lizzy, do by swear to uphold the sweet shoppe code of honour in the forums and gallery.

amen.

armywife21b2004 · #15 06-04-2008, 10:04 PM

What size are the LO's usually??

jorgies5 · #16 06-04-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by armywife21b2004

What size are the LO's usually??

I usually post mine at 500 x 500.

armywife21b2004 · #17 06-04-2008, 10:22 PM

Thanks so much hun! I appreciate the quick reply

meganmecrazy · #18 06-24-2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Quick question - can anyone post in a designers gallery if a layout uses mainly their product, or is it only for their CT members?

I was wondering the same thing!?

Robin Carlton · #19 06-24-2008, 02:56 PM

Megan,

You guys are welcome to post in the designer's gallery if your layout primarily showcases one of their kits! I would recommend that you guys do choose one gallery to upload to and not copy to 5 tho, it's just not neccessary to have so many copies in the gallery most of the time

HTH!
Robin

crystalbella77 · #20 07-05-2008, 08:48 PM

Quick question!

Can I link to my DST gallery in my siggy? It's my full one, but I totally understand if I can't!!!

Paula · #21 07-05-2008, 11:01 PM

I do mine the Meg way! LOL

alabau · #22 08-17-2008, 11:30 AM

What's the best way to upload layouts? Meaning, all of mine are TOO big (file size) but by the time I shrink the dimensions down enough that it's under 150k, you can hardly see them... (Sorry, I'm new here.) Thanks!

Darcy Baldwin · #23 08-17-2008, 11:37 AM

Depending on your photo editing program, size your layout to 600x600 or 500x500 and use the "save for web" feature under File>Save For Web (primarily Photoshop programs, but I believe PSP programs have something similar). You can then slide the size bar along til you get it to just under 150kb. The other thing to make sure of is that you have flattened your layout first. If you're using a layered layout, they are huge.

alabau · #24 08-17-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

Depending on your photo editing program, size your layout to 600x600 or 500x500 and use the "save for web" feature under File>Save For Web (primarily Photoshop programs, but I believe PSP programs have something similar). You can then slide the size bar along til you get it to just under 150kb. The other thing to make sure of is that you have flattened your layout first. If you're using a layered layout, they are huge.

Thank you SO much, Darcy! I'm learning so much these days... it's really fun!

fourluvbugs · #25 09-05-2008, 01:23 PM

I'm a newbie and just posted my first lo ever -- I've been browsing the work of others here for awhile, but never made one of my own. Now I know I was to read the rules ahead of time, but I was so excited that I made something I was proud of that I didn't realize I was supposed to use things I'd purchased here until afterwards. I realize now that I screwed up. Should I take it down?