Hi, I'm Vanessa ~ blushbutter and I Welcome you to my boutique for digital scrapping supplies, I hope your online shopping here is fun and easy, if not please contact me immediately and I'll endeavour to get back to you with-in 24hours.

If you've found my digital products a pleasure to use, I'd appreciate your reviews on products, Thank-you.

Read some reviews here : LINK

How to Download Files Purchased
All products are zipped files downloadable upon purchase confirmation, these files are to be extracted by right clicking on the file once you have accepted the transfer and saved to a folder in your My documents folder, then choose to extract all to here! If you don't have a Zipping Tool go here to download trial for Free! These files are to be used in your graphic programs for arranging into designs of your choice by layering and cropping methods. All files are .png format 300dpi resolution on transparent backgrounds and .jpeg format 300dpi on decorative backgrounds for printing purposes to cut out and print as many times as you'd like.
This site uses secure services to purchase Digital Graphic Downloadable files, accepts credit cards, and if you have an email address, setting up a account is easy :D

More questions? Try the forum first for answers, no registration required to read posts and helpful information you'll find there.

FAQ
When sending me an email with your issues, please include your name and order number so I might best be able to help you.

Question:
Why after I leave the computer on to download the large files are the errors when trying to unzip the archive?
Answer:
Your connection to the shop has just probably timed out, you only need to log back into the store and to then go to "My Accounts" and look up your previous order. From there the links will be available to download again, you get 7 tries at downloading the files, if you need your links reset just send me a quick email and I can do that for you. When I'm downloading large files I refresh the page after every 2nd download to keep from being timed out.

Question:
It indicates I paid with Paypal as well and I did not. 
Answer:
I only have Paypal as an option/method for payment, if you used paypal to process your credit card, it was still paypal that made the transaction secure.

Question:
What does the "Remaining" mean?  some say 5 and some say 6.  Is that attempts at getting the files downloaded?
Answer:
You have 7 tries at downloading the file it decreases with everytime you attempt, yes.
 
Question:
It indicates the order is still processing.  Will is say that until the link expires?
Answer:
Yes it will continue to say that and I can reset the downloading links if you are experiencing issues with your ISP(Internet service provider) so you can try downloading from a different computer on a different ISP.

Question:
My zipfiles are corrupt.
Answer:
This could be from several reasons,
1. firstly send me an email and I will test the zipfiles to make sure that they are indeed have not become corrupted on the server which can happen on occasion during server upgrades.
2.Secondly it is most likely due to your ISP and the bandwidth you have. I will try and explain this to you so that you can hopefully understand what that means for the problems you might be experiencing. For customers using dial up my shoppe and the size of my files are virtually impossible to download and you would need to purchase the DVD service I offer, you will experience timing out issues and incomplete downloading and it can be most frustrating. Even customers on faster internet speeds can experience issues if the service they are using is a popular one. Generally it doesn't matter what your bandwidth speed is if the ISP's are lending it to other users. I will try and explain it to you as how it was described to me so that I could understand. If you have a two drain sink and only one sink full and you pull the plug , the water drains away fairly fast(fast connection). But if you have two full sinks and pull the plugs at the same time it takes longer for both sinks to empty because they are sharing the same pipe(shared connections ie routers and peak times). I know it's not the best description but it's how I understand bandwidth and how it gets shared around amongst users and the peak times and slow times.
3. Download a free smaller quickpage file to test your connection on http://www.blushbutter.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=386
Question:
Why don't you offer free DVD service for custoemrs experiencing downloading issues?
Answer:
I honestly couldn't offer that service for free and to be able to stay in business for long. If I'm offering a kit for $15.00 and burn it to disc and pay the postage and handling , you would be actually only paying  $11.50 for that kit of my graphics. I could offer my graphics on a CD one kit per CD and they would price around $20 each , I feel my service is economical as I give the customer the option of having more kits on one DVD instead of charging per kit.

Question:
Why is my DVD not here yet?
Answer:
Did you email me as suggested in the product description of the DVD burn service?
Allow 3week postage regular mail from Australia to USA deliveries.

Question:
Why isn't my email being responded to?
Answer;
1. I am from Australia, I could be sleeping or on weekend break. I generally like to check my emails daily, even on weekends, but that is not always possible. Please allow 24hours weekdays and 48hours on weekends for assistance. In Australia we are one day ahead of USA and that means I am on my weekend break on your Friday Evening. I am 15hours ahead of USA time.

2. If you have allowed enough time, please forward me your email(plain text) and mark urgent, it could have been blocked by spam/security filters.

Question:
Why was my email answered unsatisfactorily?
Answer:
1. Please remember to write to me in English, I can use BABEL FISH to decipher your emails, but the translation process is I have found never adequate. I only know one language well and that is English.

Question:
I don't understand?
Answer:
Are you having problems in the store with the language? Try the translator google tool or the Babel Fish Translator tool. I speak and write English so my understanding of your difficulties is limited to english. Please try translating your type text to English before sending me your issues, thank-you.

Je comprends que vous avez eu des problèmes avec vos telechargements et que les archives sont corrompues. Peut-être il y avait un problème avec votre connexion d'internet pendant le chargement ? Vous devez effacer les dossiers qui êtes corrompu de votre disque dur et essayez de télécharger encore. C'est très important d'effacer les dossiers corrompus avant de télécharger de nouvelles copies.
Translation: I understand that you have had problems with your downloads and that the archives are corrupted. Perhaps there was a problem with your internet connection during the download? You need to erase the files which are corrupt from your hard drive, and download again. It is very important to erase the corrupt files before downloading new copies.
J'ai remets à l'état initial vos liens de chargement pour les dossiers qui n'ont pas téléchargé correctement, et je les ai essayés pour s'assurer il n'y a pas de problème sur notre serveur ou avec les archives. S'il vous plaît essayer et télécharger les dossiers encore, ils doivent ouvrir sans n'importe quelles erreurs.
Translation: I have reset your download links for the files that did not download correctly, and I have tested them to make sure there are no problems on our server or with the archives. Please try and download the files again, they should open without any errors.

Question:
Do you take submissions from designers wanting to sell on your site?
Answer:
No, I'm sorry. blushbutter.com is my personal business site with my designs only available for sale. I feel there are a great many larger stores you can apply to for a position with. I honestly just don't have the time to be able to do the admin for a larger staff.

Question:
I downloaded my order, where in my computer do I find the papers?

Answer:
The zipped archive once successfully downloaded will be in the folder you saved your zipfile to and will need extracting in order to see the digital jpeg files to print using your own printer or copy to a Jumpstick or CD to take to a Printing service store.
No physical papers are transported into your computer system.

Question:
How can I print my papers to 12x12inch size?
Answer:
You will need a lager format printer, Epson has a larger format printer that is around $700. I wouldn't reccomend buying a large format printer unless you plan on printing up several layouts and papers consistantly. Try your local Printing store , full colour prints shuld be around $2.00 a sheet of A3 on archival 180gsm paperstock.

Question:
Why wasn't a program included with my graphic purchase?
Answer:
blushbutter.com kit's come in digital file format of png,psd and jpeg only with no software program included. You NEED your own free or purchased graphic software program to be able use my graphics in an editing capacity.
http://www.blushbutter.com/store/Tutorials/blushbutter_program_help.html
GIMP is the free alternative program for Photoshop, please do not ask me how to use any of these programs. Try emailing the programs makers sites directly with your enquiries.

Question:
How can I get faster help for my queries?
Answer:
Try searching through the forum to find your answers and leave a question in there, some members might be able to come and answer your questions for you. Or subscribe to the very helpful blush-n-dusty yahoo group for some wonderful creative support.

Question:
Why are the freebies hard to find? You suggest to try a freebie first before purchase as no refunds given, how do I find these freebies?

Answer:
Remember the gallery has a free element section to test whether you can use my graphics before purchasing. Also the reason why I make it a little harder to find the freebie files throughout the store is because they are an incentive. Try looking through the Best sellers list for them.

Question:
When I found a free Digital Scrapbooking Kit which I like, how can I download it?
Answer:
All products are zipped files downloadable upon purchase confirmation, these files are to be extracted by right clicking on the file once you have accepted the transfer and saved to a folder in your My documents folder, then choose to extract all to here! If you don't have a Zipping Tool go Winzip to download trial for Free!  These files are to be used in your graphic programs for arranging into designs of your choice by layering and cropping methods. All files are .png format 300dpi resolution on transparent backgrounds and .jpeg format 300dpi on decorative backgrounds for printing purposes to cut out and print as many times as you'd like.

What graphic software program to recommend to you for digital scrapbooking

I've been asked what my recomendations are for digital scrapbooking, and it's hard for me to recommend any one program as I am familiar with quite a few and use them all differently for different tasks, I'd love to just point you to a program and say get that one, but advising you to spend your money on a program that you find overwhelming and very frustrating is not what I want to do to you, so my suggestion for you is to first take a look at all the interfaces of the various different programs free tutorials found on the web or at Lynda.com. Then download the program you feel is friendliest to use,They all offer free trials(usually a period of 15-30days)to test that program fully . Set aside a weekend and try to make a layout, download a freebie and see how easy it is to use and combine all the elements and photos into an arrangement, Please do this with only one program at a time, you will need the full 15 days to experience the program fully and it's useability. No good downloading several, installing them and only having the chance to explore one or two before their free trials run out.

Also remember I have actually done graphic design school courses with Adobe photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to become familiar with these programs, I needed to have a teacher showing me the capibilities of these programs, I found them very overwhelming at first and it has taken me along time to become familiar with using them. I'm still learning how to use all the many different features and techniques of these powerful programs, I take tutorials online all the time trying to keep upto date on the many new techniques. I'm still learning how to use all the many different features and techniques of these powerful programs, I take tutorials online all the time trying to keep upto date on the many new techniques.

Adobe Elements an easier more compact version of photoshop have a very user friendly tutorial built in and going through that makes the program so easy to use. In my recent experience this one program is supported more than any other in the digital scrapbooking community with hundreds of free tutorials you can search for on Google.

 Corel Jasc PSP (Paint Shop Pro) is a fun program that does it all, most of the little cute clipart you see around the web has usually been made with this program, from animation to background making layering photos, it does it all, saying that, a recent visit to their site showed me their PSP PRO X program comes with over 500 elements and clipart like buttons and flowers etc... especially great for digital scrapbooking.

 Microsoft Image Pro(60 day free trial)I have to say I'm not familiar with at all, sorry about that. But saying that, the very many digital scrapbooking forums I have been to and posts I have read, it seems to be the number one choice for beginners and digital scrapaholics alike to use, I've seen some amazing layouts done using this program. Read more indepth critique. There are digital scrapbooking tutorials for this program to. I have to go for now, I'll contiue on with this topic another time, if you have a program you enjoy please leave comments of your preferences to help others who want to get into digital scrapbooking but not sure of what program choice to make.

GIMP is free so no need to worry about time with that, still looking for suport tutorials for digital scrapbooking with this program, haven't found many at all, so that's a good thing to keep in mind.