Sneak Peeks!

[pbp908]

I love the packs that Pam brought back from Australia. Wish we could get those in the US.

[nchoney]

I agree.... I'm tired of the trendy silly stuff....

oh... wait.... that reminds me of what I was saying back in the late 90s ... and then when Club Scrap came along, I was thrilled....

and I just bought the Mumbai kit.... because it goes with the LanternAsia photos.... (I'll keep telling myself that) LOL

I guess that's why I don't mind buying a paper pad from Tuesday Morning for $5.99 and only using half of it... I use the pages I like and don't feel awful for not using all of a $20 paper pad...

[nchoney]

here's a link to the sneak peeks, if you haven't already found it

https://www.scrapbookupdate.com/afci-cr ... eeks-2019/

[nchoney]

I agree.... I like the colors in Simple Stories Spring Farmhouse.... some nice fresh colors to work with...

and... the Simple Vintage Traveler.... nice colors and designs there, too ... they do a nice low-key job of those aqua and yellow colors in the Heart kit... it's not so "in your face" as the kiddie prints of the other companies...

still looking... not seeing a ton of things I'd spend my money on... but.. maybe a few things.. LOL

[paddlegal]

Debi thanks for the rabbit hole link! I am sipping my Mexican Spiced Mocah while cruising this list on a very wet morning and probably the rest of the week.


I am chuckling over the sameness you are all talking about. That is one of the reasons I left CS in spite of their fantastic quality paper. (I do like the Mumbai collection though). I even find Tim’s stuff somewhat repetitive but then each designer has their own unique look.


Okay back to my latte and the rabbit hole.

[Keitha]

The most interesting paper lines I'm seeing aren't US manufacturers, go figure. I swear there's a competition among US companies to see who can get the most people to buy a slightly altered version of the exact same stuff. Over and over and over again.

Monica, I totally agree with you. I've long thought the European lines, and once upon a time the lines coming out of Quebec, Canada, were way more interesting than the same old, same old that the US companies come out with. I do wish though, that they weren't quite so vintage-looking; while I find the papers gorgeous, I sometimes have a hard time using them.

[pbp908]

I traveled down the rabbit hole with you, Farley. I saw bits and pieces that I like, but not enough to wreck the budget.

[pamcook]

Just spent my lunch break surfing and making a list. I appreciate being able to add to my stash with colors and designs that work with what I have. The “supply collector” part of me loves NEW stuff but I rarely buy unless I can make it work with what I have. I look at B sides more than A sides because those colors and designs are usually much easier for me to use. I use pink & teal quite a bit because they go with everything. When 1 in every 4 households had someone who bought scrapbook supplies, there might have been more colorwave collections but I remember most of them being the distressed florals (I’m hungry and my brain is dull, I could be WAY off base!).
All that being said, these are the collections that caught my attention (today) for various reasons:
Bo Bunny - Bee-utiful - gorgeous colors. Pinkfresh Studios - white backgrounds & bright colors of Out & About (so far my fave travel collection because I see it working with current travel photos), Joyful Day, & Everyday Musings. Photo Plays Free Bird because everything about it. Simple Stories Mom’s Day blues!!! Echo Park’s Mermaid Dream & Pirate Tales both for their B sides, Animal Safari because I have some photos that need it, the blues in Summer Adventures, and all the colors in Let’s Travel.

I see way, way more color choice this year.

Looking forward to seeing the next batch and my written list is way longer than what I posted here. Will have to go back and choose bits from each to narrow down my potential purchases.

[Monica]

I like pieces of Bee-Youtiful from BoBunny. Hmm, Echo Park Cartography is cool, although it would have been nice to have New Zealand and Japan included there, and I also like pieces of their All Aboard line. Beyond that.... not really much that grabs me.

And Keitha, I actually like the aqua mixed in with the other colors from Say Cheese 4, but I also have a steady supply of Disney park pictures from my mom and sister that I can scrap. To each their own, right? I do think some of Echo Park's lines would work well for Disney stuff, like Neverland, Mermaid Dreams, Pirate Tales and Animal Safari.

[pamcook]

https://www.scrapbook.com/store/brand/4 ... P8QAvD_BwE

48th and Market is a company I’ve not heard of before. Their collections are similar to those I found in NZ last year.

[Debbie J]

I like it! As if I needed more paper though.....

[Monica]

49 and Market has been around for a few years, but for whatever reason they don't seem to be all over like some other companies. They've got great products though. I have some florals and papers I got in a few Swirlydoos kits.

[nchoney]

MUST HAVE THESE STAMPS ..... you know I'm not one to buy things at full price if I can help it.... but these Maya Road stamps were in one of Shimelle's live videos from Creativation... and I will be on the lookout for them until I have them in my hot little hands..

Mike and I are avid Big Bang Theory watchers.... and these are the catch-phrases, etc. from the show. Too funny!!!

Don't mind the "play" arrow on that image.... I had to do a screenshot of the youtube video.. LOL

[pamcook]

Ink Road - and there were a couple of sets I. That video I’d buy. Need to find a dealer - I mean a retailer - or maybe you can buy from them directly?

Yep! https://ink-road-stamps.myshopify.com/

[nchoney]

Oh yay!!! Yep. You can buy directly from their site. And the Bazinga set is on there already!!

The Maya Road sign must have been from whatever Shimelle was looking at right before these. So...yay!!