PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jan 12, 2023 16:37:22 GMT
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Post by lilacgal on Jan 12, 2023 17:40:10 GMT
I’m going to preface my thoughts by saying I quite like Pinkfresh. These collections feel very much like what I’ve seen before from them. I don’t have any desire to pick up any of the papers with the exception of Spring from Flower Market to cut apart. I do like some of the embellishments like layered stickers but nothing that will make me sad if I miss it.
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Post by infochick on Jan 12, 2023 17:49:53 GMT
Confession--I have a really hard time using Pinkfresh papers (not that it stops me from buying them). Nothing in these collections really wows me. I do like their embellishments, so I might pick some of those up to use with existing stash. There are a couple of papers that I like, but I won't be buying full collections.
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Post by jenna on Jan 12, 2023 17:53:04 GMT
The yellow in Flower Market is so ugly I can't wait until designers are over it. It's too green and less pure yellow.. very 70's imo. As I say that though that Palette paper is super lovely. Love me a sort of color block-y stripe. I like that they have colored rings with this release! Just wish it was a release I liked more lol Spring Vibes tho? PERFECTION. That polka dot paper? BEAUTIFUL. Oh man and that last one with the layering pieces of each paper! Going through, I don't like the font of the large alpha but I love that they're silver/grey. An absolute win with those small alphas though. I'm not generally a floral person (especially with PF I don't know where to place them??) but I really like the flowers with this one. I think it's because they have a distinct outline, like they're a doodle vs 'here's a flower'. I honestly have to hold myself back from this collection after not wanting to spend anything this year. Chrysanthemum has that mustard yellow with lime green that I hate so that's an auto no thank you. Those 2 colors are a mix of what I hate about the yellow in Flower Market lol.
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Post by Linda on Jan 12, 2023 18:12:36 GMT
Pretty but nothing that wows me - which is good as I look around my stash...
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Post by grammadee on Jan 12, 2023 18:36:44 GMT
I think those Spring Vibes mini alphas need to come to my house to play!
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Post by justjac on Jan 12, 2023 18:42:00 GMT
I love the paper with the glasses. I buy new glasses every 3-5 years and document that and I'm currently dealing with them fogging up in the cold when I go for walks. I have a lot of glasses stories.
I also like the one with the small rainbow coloured words on white. I don't want whole collections but if my LSS has individual sheets I will buy a few.
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Post by honeypea on Jan 12, 2023 18:49:04 GMT
Blech Ick Meh
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Post by babylou on Jan 12, 2023 19:04:28 GMT
I like the glasses paper. Jut something a little different. But the rest of the collection is a pass. I like a lot of Spring Vibes-especially the alphas and some of the other embellies. Not sure if I'll pick up any of it though. I like the flowers and maybe the frames from CHRYSANTHEMUM for adding to cards. Again, not sure if I will actually buy any. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by twillerbee on Jan 12, 2023 19:06:55 GMT
Flower market....I like the retro vibe of this collection actually. I also like the glasses paper. My daughter wears glasses and it would be good to have that paper. Spring vibes...In love with alot of papers and a few embellishments. Chrysanthemum...I have this collection from their scrapbook event and it is so much better in person. I have used pretty much all I had. Thank you for sharing!
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pantsonfire
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Post by pantsonfire on Jan 12, 2023 19:14:30 GMT
So I have most of those papers from my Pink Fresh Grab Box. Not the same line name but the papers in this release are almost identical to papers the previously released.
Wow...they need some Fresh ideas. Pun intended.
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crabbybear
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Post by crabbybear on Jan 12, 2023 19:24:00 GMT
I like the color schemes for all three collections, but I feel I have similar enough patterns in my stash right now so there is no need (or desire) to add more. I think I'm marked safe this time. I do like that they've switched around some of the embellishment types and the mini alphas are fabulous.
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stacey562
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Post by stacey562 on Jan 12, 2023 19:34:10 GMT
I also have to agree. I really like Pinkfresh. I think some of their stuff is beautiful. That being said, not one thing is really tempting me.
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christinec68
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Post by christinec68 on Jan 12, 2023 19:38:57 GMT
I like the colors and some of the papers in the spring collection but not enough to pull out my wallet.
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amysolovay
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Post by amysolovay on Jan 12, 2023 19:47:56 GMT
Thanks for the links! SO MUCH to love here!!
Glasses wearer here -- I love the glasses paper. I have never actually scrapped glasses shopping or anything like that, but I think the paper is cute and I'd find a use for it.
The thing I want most from these collections would be the book rings from Flower Market. <3 <3 <3
Mind you, I do not need book rings. The ladies at Clear Scraps gave me a generous supply of book rings when I was on their design team, because so many of their albums utilize book rings. I still have plenty of rings in various sizes left to use. But Pinkfresh's Flower Market book rings are such cute colors (even the mustard ones -- I'd totally use them). Mini albums are just so much cuter with pretty colored book rings than they are with ordinary silver metal ones.
Flower market isn't actually as overtly floral as I would have expected. Doesn't matter -- love it! Some of my favorites are the non-floral patterned papers. Love all the floral ephemera, but especially the vellum ephemera -- wow, is that ever pretty.
I wish Pinkfresh made 6"x8" pads. I don't typically buy their full paper collections because I scrap 6"x8", and so I have to cut apart their 12"x12" papers to use for making layouts. A lot of their papers wouldn't look good cut down, so I have to cherry pick the ones I think that would work. A lot of these will work, which is awesome!
Edited to add: I am going to try to talk myself into using up ALL the Pinkfresh papers I bought in November (Black Friday sales) before I buy any of these new papers. I think I can do it; I have all of them earmarked for projects, so I think I'll be able to use them up pretty quickly.
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Jan 12, 2023 20:01:25 GMT
What??! I like the yellow. I like some of the Spring Vibe papers. Other than that, most is not a must have for me.
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Post by jennoconnell on Jan 12, 2023 20:44:10 GMT
I have to agree with jenna about the yellow in these photos, particularly in Flower Market. Although, part of the problem might be poor photos because the Chrysanthemum colors are beautiful in person. Like twillerbee I received some of Chrysanthemum during the 2022 Pinkfresh virtual event, and it's STUNNING.
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Post by janamke on Jan 12, 2023 21:08:01 GMT
Dislike Flower Market.
Spring Vibes is cute, won’t buy it. Don’t need it.
Chrysanthemum colors are pretty but I only buy full collections so it’s a no.
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amysolovay
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Post by amysolovay on Jan 12, 2023 21:18:03 GMT
I have to agree with jenna about the yellow in these photos, particularly in Flower Market. Although, part of the problem might be poor photos because the Chrysanthemum colors are beautiful in person. Like twillerbee I received some of Chrysanthemum during the 2022 Pinkfresh virtual event, and it's STUNNING. Thanks for this info. I thought the blog pics of Chrysanthemum were pretty gorgeous -- so knowing that the Chrysanthemum is actually just as stunning in person, I am pretty likely to get some of it (if any of it is still in stock after I use up the Pinkfresh supplies left in my stash, that is...)
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Elsabelle
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Post by Elsabelle on Jan 12, 2023 22:10:48 GMT
I like Flower Market and Spring Vibes. Not enough to buy the entire collections, though. I don't love all the papers so I'll pick and choose which papers and embellishments I want to buy.
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kitbop
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Post by kitbop on Jan 12, 2023 23:52:26 GMT
These really aren't my colour-jam, but I do like a few individual sheets, and the ephemera and alphas from Spring Vibes look good! But I have a LOT of pinkfresh ephemera/sticker pack still waiting to be used, so I will probably pass on those. I can never pass up a good alpha however I just canNOT like that yellow!
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Post by marg on Jan 13, 2023 1:39:16 GMT
I received some of the Chrysanthemum products last fall, too, and absolutely love them. I wish the collection had paper, too. I'll have to pick up a few embellishments.
My LSS stopped carrying PinkFresh because they said local customers didn't buy it. I guess it's hard to work with for a lot of people. I love it and am learning to work with it thanks to the PinkFresh Scrapbooking event.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jan 13, 2023 1:42:03 GMT
There are a couple of papers in the Spring Vibes line that I quite like, that yellow with the white hearts, and the yellow polka dot. I also like a couple of the embellishments in the Chrysanthemum line. The rest of these collections doesn't really excite me.
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Post by boymom5 on Jan 13, 2023 3:51:50 GMT
I like Spring Vibe and may grab some. My biggest pause is the embellishments. They are always so much of the same and all flowers. I just can’t do flowers all the time. I scrap my boys mostly and it just doesn’t work. And I like having premade embellishments tk throw on a page that match.
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camcas
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Post by camcas on Jan 13, 2023 9:42:48 GMT
One word - PINK Pity cos I like pinkfresh usually
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Post by refugeepea on Jan 13, 2023 17:36:04 GMT
I don't have much use for Spring/Floral lines. It is all very pretty though.
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jan 13, 2023 21:30:06 GMT
LOL, it's funny to me to be reading all the comments from babylou, twillerbee, & justjac about the glasses paper in the Flower Market collection because when I was looking through it I was thinking to myself " glasses??? who needs a whole page filled with eyeglasses?? and they're not even sunglasses!!??...what???" LOL, obviously there are reasons I'm not out there designing papers! Anyway I have no need for any new paper, and most of it is not really my style/colors anyway...except I really love the Aviary and Terrace papers in the Flower Market collection, and the B sides of Bouquet and a bunch of the others (I'm often a b-side type of gal plus there's a lot of blues and greens - my colors)...a few of those might make their way into my cart, along with a couple of stencils.
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Post by frenchie on Jan 14, 2023 1:43:45 GMT
Definitely getting some of the Chrysanthemum. Love the colors!
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crabbybear
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Post by crabbybear on Jan 14, 2023 2:01:43 GMT
They are hosting an Instagram hop to win flower market or a gift card.
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Post by hoopsfn on Jan 14, 2023 16:26:26 GMT
Some of the Flower Market papers would make great backgrounds and I will probably buy the enamel dots and book rings. But, like infochick, I have a hard time using their papers. I bought a collection last year and was using it for a gift album and really did have a tough time pairing it up with the photos. And, although beautiful, I used very little of the floral die-cuts that went with it. And I really can't pinpoint why it was so hard to work with. Thank you again PaperAngel for keeping us up-to-date.
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