What are/were your (papercrafting) favorites for 2024?

So we can include items we already have right but that came in clutch for the year? That is what I will be doing.

Product - my TH stamp pad. It really is a life saver when stamping multiple cards or needing to layer stamps.

Paper collection - SS Simple Vintage Holly Jolly and SS Summer Snapshots

Embellishment - enamel dots

Manufacturer/brand - Simple Stories

Tool - snippers for all the connected dies that match the stamps, Big Shot,

Stamp/set - My Favorite Things North Pole Pals

Ink brand/color - Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated inks, Memento tuxedo black ink

Stencil pattern - Simon Says Stamp snow - I can't remember the exact name but it looks like snow and confetti.

Adhesive - Herma Vario and Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Layout design - I do pocket pages. Don't really have a favorite set up. I pick what works with the photos I want to use

Technique - layering stamps from a set by masking off the previous stamped image

Trend - don't follow trends.

Inspiration - Cathy Z for cards and just searching stamp sets on IG to see how people used them

Purchase - Lawn Fawn Frosty Family stamp and die sets, SS Summer Snapshots collection, and the last Pink Fresh grab box maybe ever.

Storage solution - Lawn Fawn magnetic sheets for my matching dies and Avery Elle storage sleeves for the stamps to sit in against the magnetic sheet. They fit into a system dh built me that goes on the top shelf of my 3 tiered cart.

Kit club - don't subscribe to any

Online store - ACOT. The new buy and save feature is awesome!!

I am listing a lot of paper collections- the ones that I especially love have the *

Paper collection -
- 49 & Market: Summer Porch* - So very pretty. I love the red, white, and blue for a non-July 4th line.
- 49 & Market: Academia - It is the new style I'm not thrilled about but the theme was really easy to work with.
- 49 & Market: Vintage Orchard- This is the classic 49 & Market that I think I'm going to soon miss.

- Simple Stories: Snow Pine Lodge* - My favorite Christmas collection this year- great colors and images.
- Simple Stories: Say Cheese (all of them)* - These were great for non-Disney layouts, too. Very versatile. I've used this a lot.
- Simple Stories: Summer Snapshots - Love the seagulls and colors. Easy to work with.
- Simple Stories: Simple Vintage Holly Jolly - Very pretty colors and I like the retro feel. 

- Echo Park: Blast Off - Great b-sides. Makes nice boy pages.
- Echo Park: Summer Vibes - Unusual colors- I used this a lot. The colors make it a bit challenging but I liked the results.
- Echo Park: Into the Wild - Great colors and patterns.

- Carta Bella: Fruit Stand - So pretty! Impractical for what I scrap but it is just gorgeous and I had to have it.
- Carta Bella: Halloween Fun - I love a good retro Halloween line. I like the tuxedo cat.

- Photoplay: Creepin' it Real* - My favorite Halloween Line this year. Love the ghosts in flower sheets.
- Photoplay: Crop til You Drop - Good scrapbooking line.
- Photoplay: Bro's Amazing* - Great boy line. I made a lot with this.

- Bella Blvd: My Life 365 - Really useful. I didn't need all months but I loved a lot of it.
- Bella Blvd: Let's Scrapbook* - I love this line- so very fun.
- Bella Blvd: Teen Vibe- Carson* - Best boy line this year. Lots of great stuff to work with. 

- Doodlebug: Farmhouse - Nice colors and so many good embellishment images. Love the gingham pumpkins.
- Doodlebug: Hey Pumpkin- Doodlebug always makes good Halloween stuff.

- Pretty Little Studio: You Are My Sunshine - I overbought this. I don't like the slick texture but the papers/embellishments are so pretty.
- Fancy Pants: Amber Autumn - Fancy Pants is really weird, and yet I absolutely love this line. Beautiful colors and designs.
- Memory Place: My Deer Friend - I just like deer. I have to have all of the deer. This is so cute.

- Shimelle: Reasons to Smile* - Does Shimelle ever go wrong? So fun to work with and very versatile.
- Paige Evans: Adventurous - Pretty, as always.
- Paige Evans: Tricks and Treats* - I freakin' love this. I am so mad it sold out so quickly. I managed to find all of the papers except the pumpkin floral, and I need that piece!
- Vicki Boutin: Bold and Bright* - Vicki hardly ever misses.

Embellishment - Bella Blvd's puffy alphabets. 49 & Market's laser cuts and die cuts and rub-ons. Doodlebug's huge die cut packages and puffy alphabets.
Manufacturer/brand - 49 & Market - they need to get back to the more non-themed stuff, though. 
Tool - My manicurist wax tipped thing that picks up sequins- I have no idea what it is called.
Stamp/set - always Visible Image brand stamps- I wish ACOT would carry this brand.

Ink brand/color - I like Catherine Pooler
Stencil pattern - So many- I probably use an Echo Park starfish the most
Adhesive - Scotch double sided tape. It has never let me down. Also, I used a ton of Scrapbook.com foam squares
Technique - Stencils. I just love stencils

Trend- Mixed media splotches/stencils to ground layouts
Inspiration - I have an Instagram account solely for scrapbook inspiration.
Purchase - ACOT sold 49 & Market product boxes on Black Friday. I loved opening them- so much good stuff.
Storage solution - I wish I could find a good one- it is a never ending quest.

Kit club - Not Just For Boys, always. It is the only good one left, I think.
Online store - ACOT. I also really like Shadnee on Etsy, but she has had her shop down for a few months. It says she is coming back after Christmas- let's hope.

No, it is all just circles. And it kind of tapers off.

I tried looking on SSS but couldn't find it.

Yes! I used them on several cards. I love that I can use them for non winter/holiday cards too.

I was very excited about the ACOT hold feature, but it is NOT perfect.
I had five holds, over about 3-4 months, some were pre-orders that arrived in December.
Two papers from my first order(placed in August or September...can't remember the exact date) were not available (I was refunded the money).
I was pissed that papers that were available in August or September when I placed the order...suddenly are no longer available. I called to find out what was going on, when I received the email notification about the change in my order and about the refund that was going to happen, but feel like I just got excuses (oh the paper was damaged, someone could have gotten a paper cut and got blood on the paper, etc...so we can't send it out). EXCUSES! If a staff member got blood on some paper, it should have been reported to Matt, then they could have ordered some replacement paper. If some of the paper was damaged when it arrived at the warehouse, it should have been replaced by the manufacturer.
I did receive a refund, but I am still pissed that my paper that was ordered and paid for....in August or September, suddenly isn't available.....and they didn't bother to tell me this until December.

Clearly there are some issues with the new hold program that need to be worked out(hopefully they are working on that)....but it's sucks that I was the recipient of that particular issue.

I messed up. It is actually North Pole Pals.