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Why does everyone do "cutesy" cards?

Has anyone other than me noticed that gallery after gallery contains mostly cutesy cards; i.e, little cretin people without mouths, fairies, stick people with exaggerated long legs, kids with huge eyes. Are all the stamp companies concentrating on these unsophisticated images?

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Permalink Reply by Brenda on September 5, 2011 at 9:46am

And I offer a biweekly Clean & Simple Challenge that doesn't have any "cute" requirements.

http://www.stampingwithbrenda.com/2011/09/clean-simple-sunday-chall...

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Permalink Reply by Brenda on September 5, 2011 at 12:37pm

Cathie - No specific brand of stamp is required. And yes, you can use a combination of stamped images and clip art. And yes, you can use an embellishment as one of the design elements. The only requirement is that the finished card resemble the sketch...it can be a loose interpretation of it though. Looking forward to seeing what you create!

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Permalink Reply by Lori Kistler on September 5, 2011 at 1:42pm

thank you for mentioning this. I thought it was just me.

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Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on December 28, 2011 at 9:37pm

Stop on by Anything But Cute Group, the 2012 Sneak Preview Announcement HERE!

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Permalink Reply by Marsha Fitzhugh on January 22, 2012 at 12:26am

I agree wholeheartedly. There are times I love "cutesy", but other times I want more "artsy", classical stuff. And those are hard to find sometimes without some person with wings or out-of-scale heads, etc. Hopefully, more classical-looking stuff will come back into vogue one of these days, so at least it will be more balanced than it is now. I have plenty of "cute" stamps, and love them, but also many that are not in that category that I can use for cards for more serious topics. I stopped subscribing to one card-making magazine that once had had beautiful very artistic creations and focused on the more complicated artist techniques, but they have switched entirely to the above-mentioned styles. It would be nice if we had at least one magazine and one or two companies that still had that as its focus.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Hamill on March 1, 2012 at 1:10am

Wow! I thought it was just me!! :D

"Cutesy" is ok once in a while but it seems to be everywhere at the moment. I'm with you ladies, "artsy" is so much nicer. I've even found that a few of the stamps I've seen are just a little "adult" for my taste - or is that just me? There's no way I'd be using them on my cards!

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Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on March 1, 2012 at 5:12pm

Hi Kathy! I totally agree with you about the 'edgier' images not being for me either but that's what is so great about this craft, there's something for everyone! Meanwhile, see you over on Anything But Cute! You might also check out All Things Vintage, another group I moderate with two other gals.