Carta Bella and Photo Play are what has grabbed my attention over the last year. Aside from a couple Heartfelt Creations collections those are the papers I've purchased. I too am tired of everything looking the same... And I'm also OVER the cutesy adorbs lines. I did purchase Carta Bella's Christmas lines, both the traditional one, which includes some lovely plaids, and a religious one called Luke 2:2. I was actually surprised to find a really beautiful religious line that wasn't 'smack you in the face'. Yes, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but we have some holiday traditions in my family that fit the theme.
I have a large number of Heartfelt Creations' dies and stamps, because I love the 3D flowers that can be made, but their paper lines for the most part don't typically jazz me that much. I have bought their Christmas pads before to make easy Christmas cards. A little cutting, some glitter to jazz them up, and you've got easy beautiful cards.
And Pam... much as I love a lot of Tim's stuff I haven't been really enamored of it all for the last couple years aside from some dies here and there and the new Ranger stuff. I'm hoping that him stepping down as Ranger's creative director will mean he comes out with new fresh stuff soon.
I'm waiting patiently for the scrapbook companies to cycle back around to usable paper lines again, but meanwhile I'm not suffering for a lack by any means. And the purging thing... just went through my Christmas papers and embellishment drawer and got rid of things that have languished in my space for too long and will pass them on to a girlfriend who is anxious to have them. And in the process found papers and did up four Christmas pages for my MIL's scrapbook.
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And used some of the hoarded embellishments. I'm thinking for me that going through those drawers needs to be a regular thing. and if anyone needs flowers... I can probably spare at least a quart size baggie or so of them w/o making a dent....
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