Question for designers

[breakingbrie]

I was wondering something... A few times lately when I'm making a lo I'll look through the kit for a specific small flower if I want to make a scatter, or for stacking. If there isn't one that particularly fits what I'm looking for I've extracted the center of the flower and used it like that. Or sometimes if I want to stack some flowers, and the element is already stacked, I'll take it apart and use parts of it. Or also, sometimes there's a flower I really want just one of but it's on a leafy bit, or string, and I'll take the leaves or string out to use it as just the flower.

So my question is, does that bother any of you? That sometimes they're not used as is? It's kind of like recoloring, but not, I think. I don't know. lol. I try to remember always to put in credits when I recolor or recover, so if I change up flowers, should I put that I modified it in the credits? I've done it a few times recently, and I started to wonder... or am I worrying over nothing? lol I just want to make sure if you feel I should credit that, that I'll start doing that.

 

[erica zane]

As a scrapper I often do the same so as a designer it doesn't bother me at all. As far as crediting goes, I wouldn't expect anyone to spell out everything they'd changed/recolored - for me just crediting the kit & me would be enough

 

[Penny Springmann]

Yep. I feel the same as Erica.

 

[webseitler]

So my question is, does that bother any of you?

Not at all.

Maybe if you were on my personal CT and I was looking for sample layouts to upload to the shop, I wouldn't be too keen on it--but that would only be because I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about what was in a kit.

When you are doing your own creative thing for your own books, I think you should be totally free to do whatever makes you happy!

 

[Arual]

I would think that the designers enjoy seeing their kits used 'outside the box'... I can tell you that I have bought many a kits simply because I loved seeing how it was used in a different way.

 

[Arual]

Not at all.

Maybe if you were on my personal CT and I was looking for sample layouts to upload to the shop, I wouldn't be too keen on it--but that would only be because I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about what was in a kit.

When you are doing your own creative thing for your own books, I think you should be totally free to do whatever makes you happy!

I do love that the CT layouts are NOT used 'outside the box' because otherwise it does confuse me abit! LOL! I look to the gallery for the 'other' layouts and the CT layouts to see how it is used 'as is' ... I love having the option to see both!

 

[Libby Pritchett]

I agree with Nicole. As long as it's not for a CT layout that's going in the shoppe, I don't have a problem with it at all. I just want you to make pages that you love!

 

[breakingbrie]

Thanks for answering! I wanted to ask to make sure it was alright to do and see if I should credit specifically for it

 

[Misty Cato]

I agree with the others - go right ahead and manipulate anything in a kit you want to make it meet your needs.

 

[Julie Billingsley]

It's your kit! Enjoy it and make it shine and work for you!

 

[LenaGardner]

Maybe if you were on my personal CT and I was looking for sample layouts to upload to the shop, I wouldn't be too keen on it--but that would only be because I didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea about what was in a kit.

Also, she beats us.

 

[breakingbrie]

Also, she beats us.

But I bet it's worth it

That's good to know, though, I had started to wonder if any designers would be offended that I sometimes chop up their flowers lol