Acceptance of Terms of Use:
By visiting Barbara Snyder’s personal web site, https://barbarasshares.com, you agree to the terms listed below.

Gallery

• The gallery exists merely as a means to view scrapbooking layouts and related materials.
• NO profane, vulgar, or other inappropriate materials are to be posted in the gallery.
• Please be respectful of the layouts in the gallery. Each layout is copyright to the original creator of the layout. It is permitted to "scraplift" (copy another person's layout) - but credit MUST BE GIVEN to the original creator. Scraplifted layouts cannot be submitted to any magazine (paper or electronic) - this violates the original creator's copyright.
• You agree to credit the original creator of the elements (if used) if downloaded. This is proper etiquette and is required when posting to a gallery.

Elements

• All elements are copyright the original creator.
• Changing of elements is not permitted without permission from the original creator of the element. This violates the creator’s artistic ability and time involved to create the element for download. Be respectful of the element creators who provide this as a free feature for all of us to use!
• When posting a layout using elements downloaded from our web site it is required to list proper credit. By not giving credit to the original creator of the elements -- this is misrepresenting yourself.
  • How to give proper credit
    • Name of site downloaded from.
    • Name of creator - most often the name of the creator is attached to the file name you downloaded.
      • the above is EXTREMELY important in this realm of scrapbooking.
    • SAMPLE:
      • Downloaded from Barbara Snyder’s personal website.
    • Continued abusers of this term will be sent a request to properly credit creators.
    • Improperly or non-credited elements to the proper creator is considered using an element from Barbara Snyder’s website against the terms of use.
• Downloading elements from Barbara Snyder’s website does not change copyright from the original creator. The original creator will always remain the copyright holder of their creation. By downloading elements from this web site you agree that you are merely "borrowing" these elements from the site and/or the creator and credit is REQUIRED! Consider the elements "shareware"!!!
• It is NOT PERMITTED to link directly to any element on this web site from another outside web site (i.e.: linking directly to a download from another site's message board).

Disputes
All disputes will be private and confidential between the user and/or the site administrator and/or the parties involved. Barbara Snyder is not responsible for any dispute that occurs between users. If Barbara Snyder is approached with the dispute that an elements or layout has been "scraplifted", I will require visual proof before the item is removed from my site. It is the ultimate decision of Barbara Snyder to remove the infringing and/or "lifted" content. If the dispute is credited as such the layout/element will be temporarily removed from our site until the issue has been resolved. If resolution is not reached by all parties involved the layout/element will not be re-listed on Barbara Snyder’s site.

Advertising
Barbara Snyder reserves the right to refuse advertising opportunities on the web site to any member / good / service. Reasons for this could include distasteful content, inappropriate content, non-related site content, copyright violations (either present or in the past).

Links / Third Parties
Barbara Snyder is not responsible for the terms of use or privacy policies of sites that are linked from the website.

Newsletter
You agree, by reading this document, that you will credit all sources for kits and elements downloaded. Any element downloaded from this site  cannot be altered in any way other than changing color. It is not permitted to seriously alter or deface an element or kit without permission from Barbara Snyder.

All written materials  are copyright the writer who wrote and/or submitted their article for public viewing. No portion of any article may be duplicated or reproduced without the permission of Barbara Snyder.