Comment: I got to thinking about the backgrounds I received. I was not happy with the workmanship of the materials. You choose to use a paper that did not lend itself to stamping. You did not stamp clearly on most of the backgrounds, the colors chosen where not my favorites, and you left lines around the stamp images. The coloring on some of the background were done poorly. I was disappointed.

Comment: This was a swap to create 10 ATC backgrounds using repeated stamping of small stamps or using a background stamp. The partner's likes were to be used or neutral images like leaves, stripes etc. Unacceptable stamping with MANY mistakes: missed lines, widened areas from too much pressure, faded images, over stamping from the rubber surrounding the raised image, over 10 on a single ATC!, my 10 year old saw and counted them with no prompting! She ignored the swap requirement to avoid partner's dislikes and use partner's likes on nearly all 10 ATCs using super bright colours I hate which are clearly stated on my profile, like bright/crayon green, orange and yellow and images not on my likes list like peacocks and elephants. Stamps chosen were neither small nor background stamps with most being over 1" and some much larger. One image almost filled the ATC. She marker colored the images poorly, with ink over the lines also missed spots, which pilled the paper. I offered to let her send new ones which I would rerate and I got a lot of very bad attitude. She apologized later to her credit but my willingness to rerate was gone considering she had both technical errors and ignored the swap rules big time. I'd be very careful swapping with her. ***********************************My reply to her response below: The rules of this swap were clear. If she can't meet the requirement to 'stamp cleanly' then she should not have joined. If she can't check her partner's profile, she should not have joined. If she had no small or background stamps, she should not have joined. I often give 5s even when I am not happy with what a receive but I 'see' the effort involved. Other than sending 10 ATCs, she might as well have been sending for an entirely different swap! She says she sent the same to her other partner and got a heart. Maybe that partner LIKES those colours and images so ignored the technical faults but this was a profile swap!!!! Not a 'professional stamper'? Not an average stamper, not a fair stamper, just plain NOT A STAMPER! I just taught a class for ladies who had never stamped and their work was much better. If I was just a mean person, I'd be name calling and not have specifics about the problems. I'm not stretching the truth. I also would not have included a mention of her apology. I include many specifics about her work that are FACTS; I am always an honest person which is why she is getting a 3. Most people would rather not confront you so they fudge a bit and give you a 5 anyway. She doesn't deny sending me non-profile based images and colours which even if stamped 'professionally' would be reason alone to rate a 3!