PaperAngel
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Jun 27, 2014 23:04:06 GMT
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 8, 2022 5:48:41 GMT
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Chinagirl828
Drama Llama
Melbourne, Australia
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Jun 28, 2014 6:28:53 GMT
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jul 8, 2022 10:16:06 GMT
Nothing in the Spell on You line really appeals to me, and the school line is definitely the loser when compared to the other one we've seen in the sneaks this week, glasses (and apples) galore. I don't use enough of Bella Blvd's stuff to make the value packs worthwhile. All of these are an easy pass.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 8, 2022 13:32:40 GMT
Meh.
I thought about ordering just the ephemera package for the School is Cool line, but it's $8.99! Yikes. I am sure their costs have risen just like everyone else.
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pantsonfire
Drama Llama
Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy your life with those who you love.
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 8, 2022 13:57:40 GMT
Way too cutesy and young childlike for me.
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Post by mbanda on Jul 8, 2022 14:00:41 GMT
Not my style so it's a pass from me.
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Post by grammadee on Jul 8, 2022 14:37:17 GMT
There are some past lines of Bella Blvd I really love, but none of these releases call to me, and the value bundles are not reprising the lines I love.
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Post by tealpaperowl on Jul 8, 2022 14:40:24 GMT
Spell on you is super cute. I'm past trick or treating days but I plan to get some for cards!
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Post by jenna on Jul 8, 2022 15:46:47 GMT
The main thing that pops out to me is cardstock stickers are 4.99?? I used to love getting them for the alphas mainly and even then I thought 2.99 was expensive lol
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Post by Linda on Jul 8, 2022 16:07:27 GMT
none of that speaks to me - perhaps because my kids are older but...nope
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artbabe
Pearl Clutcher
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Post by artbabe on Jul 8, 2022 16:09:57 GMT
School is Cool- Ack! Bookworms, owls, and so many apples. What decade is this?
Spell on You- I like the purple. Some of the papers are nice. The black cat Bella-pop is a must, just so I can scrap my black cat.
Also, epoxy! Have we learned nothing from our past?
I like the idea of the value bundles and all of the neat embellishments but I don't need any of these.
Bella Blvd is so not my style. They are like the Wish version of Doodlebug.
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Post by boymom5 on Jul 8, 2022 18:43:45 GMT
I like Bella Blvd and am tempted by the value packs but I’ve also bought much of that when it first came out and so I don’t think I need an abundance of the value pack now. The teo new lines aren’t things I need more of either. I need older school line so I’ll probably get some of their other schools line value pack or photoplays.
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Post by lilacgal on Jul 8, 2022 19:08:02 GMT
I love Spell on You! My daughter is 13 though so I don’t have much use for it.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 8, 2022 20:27:55 GMT
Doodlebug is great for scrapping younger kids or I can even pull off a specific activity from them now and then like a BBQ or a page or two in a vacation album. But for the most part, Doodlebug for me is harder to use as my kids age. They also have very predictable color schemes. I tried to guess what the lines would look like before I opened the link and Home Sweet Home was the only one I wasn't sure of.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 8, 2022 23:55:08 GMT
I like a lot of the B sides of the school line.
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Post by marg on Jul 9, 2022 3:30:08 GMT
I love the Spell on You line. I have a ton of photos from when my son was little that I still have to scrap, so I may pick that up.
School is Cool - it's cute but school was nothing but a nightmare for my son so I have no desire to scrap my son's school days for the most part, or at least not with school-specific items. I'd rather focus on the fun and happy things he did outside of school.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 9, 2022 21:35:01 GMT
Spell on You is cute, but too juvenile for it to be useful to me. Is Bella Blvd designed by the same people as Doodlebug? Because I swear sometimes their stuff is interchangeable. When I first saw this collection I thought "cute Doodlebug".
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Post by Night Owl on Jul 10, 2022 0:57:40 GMT
I am a Bella Blvd fan. But my July freeze is safe because I don't really need anything from the new collections.
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PaperAngel
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Jun 27, 2014 23:04:06 GMT
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 10, 2022 4:13:50 GMT
Thanks for your responses. Like many of you, I find the brand is predictable & formulaic in its themes, color palettes, & cutesy imagery. I'm neither a theme nor collection scrapper & use few embellishments, so value bundles are not for me. I like the plaid, wide stripes, & other classic patterns (e.g. dots, grids, ginghams) found on the reverse sides of papers in both the School Is Cool & Spell On You collections, but have similar in my existing inventory; nothing is added to my wish list. ...Is Bella Blvd designed by the same people as Doodlebug? Because I swear sometimes their stuff is interchangeable. When I first saw this collection I thought "cute Doodlebug". Same. Bella Blvd is a brand under the Doodlebug umbrella ( source). |
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 10, 2022 4:36:57 GMT
...Is Bella Blvd designed by the same people as Doodlebug? Because I swear sometimes their stuff is interchangeable. When I first saw this collection I thought "cute Doodlebug". Same. Bella Blvd is a brand under the Doodlebug umbrella ( source). Thanks, that makes so much sense based on what I see. Same color palettes, same embellishment styles, same stripes in each collection, etc. |
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