Lots of people do jobs that puts their work in the public domain...what makes the difference here is that a photo of these people is not put beside their work and an editorial included to put across tips and techniques.

While the general public may not know some of our scrapping stars, if they walked into a scrapping event they would be recognised, meaning they are celebs in our community.

Not many people know the identity of some of the greatest graphic designers, photographers, etc.

Thick skin is needed as I said previously...people can be cruel regardless of their gender...often it can be from envy and jealousy but sometimes it can simply be from lack of education and an inability to critique constructively.

It takes all sorts in this world...thank goodness cos it would be a very boring place if we all thought the same.