Reference: http://www.scrapable.co
I found some old reviews of Scrapable, so I'm adding them here. If you know of any others, transfer/add them to the comments below (please make a note the original date/time of post from the main blog for our reference)... and/or please feel free to add further reviews now, in the comments.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY "SIMON" ON June 27, 2011 11:09 AM at http://dsthof.blogspot.com
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Moving on to Scrapable... (part 1)
FYI-That white font is difficult to read on the pale blue.
Caged Bird Designs- Buy my store for $12? I usually stop looking when I see that, but I'll continue for this. Mostly a mish-mash in kits. Some papers have too much texture, others look like they have no texture. The few kits I took a closer look at had CT pages using papers not shown in the previews... So I'm not sure if they're in the kit or not. Bottom line- for $5-6/kit, a customer can do better. Especially in this style.
from Penny- I've seen better looking kits from taggers. And for $5, one can definitely do better.
Jumbbumble Designs- Ride that template wave while you can. Nothing new here.
Lacey Bittner Designs- overly textured cardstocks. Basic kits with flat previews. Basic templates. Nothing new here.
Miss Mis Designs- templates are cheap copies of templates I've seen elsewhere. She's also undercutting other templates in the store. Color palettes are off. Basic stuff you can buy elsewhere with better color palettes.
Modern June- nicely textured papers, decent color palettes. Her style is evolving and gets better with each kit. Templates are cheap copies of others I've seen as well. Also undercutting. I would have liked to check out more of her stuff and download a sample, but her blog addy in her TOU directed me to a new blog address that isn't available. I see reference to her FB and Twitter on her old blog, but they're not listed anywhere.
Moving on...
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY "SIMON" ON June 27, 2011 11:36 AM at http://dsthof.blogspot.com
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Scrapable (part 2)
NewE Designz- a gross mish-mash of tagger kits meet clip art kits. Bad looking CU (bad lighting especially). One can definitely find better elsewhere.
Pardon the Mess- overpriced, cheap looking sticker kits. Elements are mish-mashy. Color palettes are mostly questionable at best.
ViolaMoni- Mish-mash, horrible color palettes. A blind person could assemble better elements. Flat previews.
Scrapable Design Team- I, personally, hate when stores don't reveal collabs. I don't care if it's $2.50. I'd rather pay $5 for what I like on the preview than spend $2.50 and think it wasn't worth it. Like most store collabs, it's a mish-mash. Some palettes are better than others.
Aimee Harrison Design Studios- no specific style. Papers are boring. Some nice color palettes, but mostly not so much. For $6-7/kit on average, one can DEFINITELY do better elsewhere.
Kat's Creations- template copies I've seen done elsewhere. At least she isn't undercutting her fellow store designers. Mostly gross color palettes. Element mish-mashes. She has a ton of collabs in her store and her best kits are made with others. So, that tells me they carry her. Needs to find out what a neutral is and how to use it.
Meagan's Creations- cheap templates even before they were on sale. Seen most of them before. Cheesy logo. Mostly ugly colored mish-mash. But it's cheap (while on sale) and that's enough for some people. I wouldn't pay $5 for her entire store.
Milly Dee Designs- her doodles are cute, but her ability to put a kit together needs serious help. Mostly bad color palettes, cheap, mish-mashy elements, and mostly bad looking papers. I'd advise her to continue to hone her doodling skills and to stick to selling doodle packs like Kate Hadfield. Milly Dee is not a kit maker.
Pixelily Designs- She has a nice, familiar style. Too bad almost everything is oversaturated. She puts together mostly cohesive kits. Her preview shadows are also too dark which only makes all the oversaturated colors look even worse. She has a lot of potential, though.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY "SIMON" ON June 27, 2011 11:41 AM at http://dsthof.blogspot.com
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That's it for Scrapable. Sorry for the multiple posts, but there is a character limit on posts.
My final assessment for Scrapable - look here if you're a store owner looking for mostly "unknown" designers for your own store. There are a few with potential.
If you're a shopper, don't waste your time. There is little in there that doesn't need work. You can also take that $5-7 and find something similar, with better colors, elsewhere.