A Scrap Over Scrapbooks

Kristina Contes did not follow the rules. She signed documentation stating she understood the rules of the contest and took the photos. CK did not follow their contest rules and selected her entry as a winner. CK attempted to blame a new employee for the oversight of the photo.

So tell me Kristina, where's the jealousy? We are not jealous of your work or your fame. We simply do not tolerate dishonesty and you seem to be having a problem with that. Integrity, how about looking that up on the Wiki.

Kristina Contes did not follow the rules. She signed documentation stating she understood the rules of the contest and took the photos. CK did not follow their contest rules and selected her entry as a winner. CK attempted to blame a new employee for the oversight of the photo.

So tell me Kristina, where's the jealousy? We are not jealous of your work or your fame. We simply do not tolerate dishonesty and you seem to be having a problem with that. Integrity, how about looking that up on the Wiki.

It is about following the rules of a contest that has a monetary prize--how would you feel if you had entered a contest, followed all the rules only to find out that the person who won had not followed the rules and was bitter and angry when asked to step down. Take scrapbooking out of the equation and then look at it. That was what all the uproar was about.

I think petty jealous women is correct. I think every woman who said BS to and about her is immature. Honestly what is wrong with people, obviously those that are so negative need to get a life, or a different hobby...

THIS WAS NOT A PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

really that is what needs to be discussed
without other peoples artwork and photographs their would be no scrapbooking business
the time and thought and love that goes into adding the buttons and ribbons and gluing the paper and stickers and this and that that is where the work lies. The least amount of work is the taking of the photo. Without all the other stuff it would just be a photo in a plain old album that nobody looks at. Regardless of who took the photo the work is the final page. We dont give credit to the guy who made the paint that Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel with but to the finished work. I think that in such a small community, you scrappers, who have only emerged recently, and mostly women, would be more compassionate and supportive of each others work and not be so cut throat and evil.

and on a side note
ALL PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY
so while most of your artwork has never been see you can be sure that Kristi's piece was seen by everyone

This article made that Kristina Contes sound like the "ridiculous, vile creatures" she says the rest of women (in scrapbooking) are. She is doing a disservice to women everywhere with that comment. Thanks for perpetuating the "women are b!tchy" stereotype Kristina.

Are you kidding me with this?! How incredibly biased and one-sided can an article get? The outrage over this contest was never about jealously or, as Kristina Contes so eloquently stated, being "ridiculous, vile creatures," it was about right and wrong. Period! These women entered a contest, didn't follow the rules which were clearly stated and were still allowed to win. Last time I checked, cheating was wrong, reguardless of the setting it occurs in - whether it's scrapbooking or the Olympics.
I am disgusted with Newsweek for publishing this. The writer should have checked his facts and gotten the whole story before making all sprapbookers sound like raving lunatics. Shame on you!

Are you kidding me with this? The outrage about the Hall of Fame contest was never about jealousy or being, as Kristina so eloquently put it, being "ridiculous, vile creatures," this was about right and wrong. Period. The fact is, these women cheated - they broke the rules. They should have been disqualified immediatly, but the magazine, Creating Keepsakes choose not to enforce their own rules or just didn't care enough to check, and named them winners of this competition.
I am disgusted with Newsweek for trivializing this and making us sound like crazies. This article is clearly one-sided and should be retracted or at the very least an apology should be issued and the writter should check his facts and actually research this matter before trying to sum in it as a bunch of lunatic, jealous women.

How patronizing!
The Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame is a hugely advertised nation wide contest. The scrapbook manufacturers support and profit from this contest. The winners get more than a prize - their work is published in a book and magazines plus they receive employment opportunities, freelance and otherwise.
These women are outraged that the winners cheated and won. It's not "petty" to insist that rules for a contest
be followed.

It's too bad you didn't interview anyone other than the "injured party." Did you even bother to visit the blog? These people cheated; plain and simple. Not only were the photographs not their work, they were the work of PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. This is so much more than "paper and glue" for many women. You have belittled that with your on-sided view of the truth. I'll be reading future articles in Newsweek with a lot more scrutiny in the future. Clearly there is bias that is neither monitored nor controlled.

It's too bad you didn't interview anyone other than the "injured party." Did you even bother to visit the blog? These people cheated; plain and simple. Not only were the photographs not their work, they were the work of PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. This is so much more than "paper and glue" for many women. You have belittled that with your on-sided view of the truth. I'll be reading future articles in Newsweek with a lot more scrutiny in the future. Clearly there is bias that is neither monitored nor controlled.

The scrapbooking site Two Peas in a Bucket is more exciting that all of TV's melodramas combined. Think Stepford Wives with too much time on their hands meets mid-life boredom equals cut throat cat fights. Hollywood writers couldn't come up with more dirty, backstabbing drama! Even one of the site's managers, Kristina White, slings the dirt and acts unprofessional!

The scrapbooking site Two Peas in a Bucket is more exciting that all of TV's melodramas combined. Think Stepford Wives with too much time on their hands meets mid-life boredom equals cut throat cat fights. Hollywood writers couldn't come up with more dirty, backstabbing drama! Even one of the site's managers, Kristina White, slings the dirt and acts unprofessional!

Where are the comments??

For even more of some of the behind the scenes mess, read what some of the members of 2peas found the owner was saying about them. (These are only tidbits found in the search engine)
http://scrapsmack.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-safe-is-your-private-information-at.html
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Thread: K - identity please posted by Pea1 on October 21, 2007

omg, 'guess who smack u' is obviously not as smart as they think they are....they freaking logged in on the same computer as their regular account. and they have placed orders. so we have ..

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Thread: K - identity please posted by fraise on October 21, 2007

i know i am naughty but i was on the smack blog just now and guess who (the blog owner) admitted her peaname...so there you have it! (but she doesn't think you guys can figure out her real identity


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Thread: K -
identity please posted by Pea1 on October 21, 2007

obviously i can search and find all the users who have 'smack' in their names. but if there are more related to this type of thing, without 'smack' in their names, i won't know like you guys know ..

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Thread: what i always wanted to ask a GG posted by Jennifer Harrison on October 27, 2007

you both just posted great responses and Jpeb did too... i'm obviously too sensitive about "privacy", but that cindyupnorth chick is seriously being too pushy for me.