*NEW* Doodlebug - Nov release

I clearly need more whimsy in my life because I've been finding the doodlebug collections way more appealing lately than I ever have before, despite their style not really being a good fit for mine. The outdoors line is not at all my thing but I like several pieces in the Christmas line, including the advent paper, the snowy scene on the b side of this paper, the outline drawings on the b side of this one, and the journaling cards on this paper. I'm also rather taken by the critters on the shape sprinkles. I doubt I'll actually buy any of it, but it makes me happy to look at it.

My first reaction when I looked at the outdoors line was "once you have one doodlebug fall/halloween/christmas/summer line, you have them all" because the colour palattes are the same.

Then I opened the christmas line and was pleasantly surprised with that light light mint colour! I love looking at it, but I really don't need more Christmas.

I also struggle with the cutesy of Doodlebug - love looking, don't love using.

I don't usually do Doodlebug but I am really liking those tag papers and the ones with the journal strips... I will definitely add bits and pieces of both lines to my cart.

I love the Outdoors line. Cute critters. Great camping and autumn images. Love that sheet with the journaling cards with the pieces perfectly shaped for slimline cards. Also, these colours work well with alot of my fall lines. Did you see the S'mpre collectible pin?  My dgs would love that!  And is that a BISON I see? There will be a herd of them inside the new fence going up on our property this week.

I don't mind a little pink and cutesy for Christmas cards, but the Let it Snow is a little over the top in both.

I had kind of ignored Doodlebug for awhile, because it seemed too cutesy, but I have huge FOMO about their crafting line with all the cute little images, then I picked up a few fall diecuts that I love, so now I am paying attention again.

I totally get that, but for me it also makes it REALLY easy to mix and match items from different years. If I have a little winter collection paper left from 3 years ago it will go perfectly with some new ephemera which is a big selling point for me. I can buy cardstock to stretch leftovers from an old collection any time I need to. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know. After a few years it can feel like there's nothing new.

They need another punny collection. hopefully in 2022!



Their Christmas collections have a more traditional palette for Christmas cards. The winter collections are always sickly aqua, pink, and purple and very cute - I use them for winter cards that I don't want to be strictly Christmasy, for donating where people might not celebrate Christmas, or for cards to send in January when I didn't get around to Christmas cards. It can be a fun break from the traditional Christmas colors. I might use their winter collections for snowy fun photos taken in Jan-Feb if I made that kind of thing.

I really like the paper in the Let It Snow line that has the floral on one side and mint plaid on the other. I will probably pick up a few pieces of both lines because I can't resist the cuteness, but I honestly need more Doodlebug like I need a hole in the head because a lot of their stuff looks the same.

I kept thinking about doodlebug, and another reason it’s not my cup of tea is that the designs are usually icon size very packed together. Yes’m they usually have some versatile designs like plaids and stripes, but even their dots are super packed together. I’m on my iPad so I cant link an example readily, but a typical page design for them is a bunch of (insert small icon here) just repeated over and over on a 12x12 page.

Sasquatch?! (Bigfoot) www.britannica.com/topic/Sasquatch

I emailed Doodlebug about the typo. Do you think they'll be able to correct it and redistribute?

www.creativeescape.com/special-delivery-cuddly-cubs-double-sided-cardstoc.html

scrapbookgeneration.com/doodlebug-special-delivery-12x12-paper-nap-time/

I don't know how to embed images from websites, but these are examples from the Special Delivery line. Just a repetitive pattern. I don't dislike it per-se, but it does feel a little basic. 

It looks like they accidentally included an early draft image of this paper in the files provided. We confirmed that the final version that went to production doesn't have the typo - we'll get the image updated as soon as we can get the right one.

I've definitely been loving brighter lines lately and I think it's because of the pandemic. I've seen a lot of posts about hating all the rainbows, but I can't get enough.

I like that Doodlebug has so many "things" in their embellishments and not words.

I struggle using wordy diecuts and stickers, either because they're just not the right phrase or they're repetitive. In something like an outdoor collection, I can only use "adventure" so many times!

I really like the animals on the Christmas one, they're kind of fun and different. And the long skinny (I guess slimline almost?) journaling block shapes, that seems different. I could also just be very out of touch since I was frozen most of this year. LOL