I have used Stampin Up! products for years! I've always loved the products but feel like the quality has taken a huge hit. Paper is thinner, inks dry up and have to be replaced, not much creativity tools anymore, plastic like watercolor pencils that just won't put down any pigment. There are other companies out there that give a quality product for less money. Also, they churn out so much new product that the demonstrators can't keep up. It feels like a money grab to me. I don't like the direction the company is going. Being a direct marketing company is already a handicap for them. People just don't shop that way anymore.