7 New American Crafts lines

Why is AC so hungry up on:

Vans/Converse high tops

Carrousel horses

Colorful circles/pie charts

Paint brushes

The same god awful font for words

Banners

Clipboards

Bunnies/deer (regardless the line/season)

Ferns/palm trees

And the colors and fonts and icons gave me an idea of who created the line before I stopped to look

I like some of the papers in all of the lines except for the Bo Bunny. I hate that entire line, minus the enamel dots. I really do love Happy Haven though. Thats going to be a must have.

I am happy to see they are putting out new collections even though most of it is not tempting to me.

Flowers, Flowers, and more flowers. Yuck. No desire for any of it. Not even the B sides and I usually love the B sides.

I am a no on Maggie Holmes, Bea Valiant, and this Vicki Boutin collection. The rest there are at least 4-6 papers I want, and some embellishments. I hear what you ladies are saying about the Paige Evans, Jen Hadfield, and Shimelle being a lot like there other stuff - the thing is, until now I haven't had access to a lot of American Crafts, so I would like to get some. 

At first glance there isn’t anything popping out as a must have. Typically I really like the shimelle lines but this isn’t a favorite either. But I didn’t look too closely nor at b sides so I’ll do that before putting them in my not interested pile.

I may purchase a few papers, but overall nothing screams buy me.

I hate the mix of shapes in what they are calling enamel dots. Some of them look more like puffy sticker material than enamel dots.

None of these papers are speaking to me. Especially with Joann closing, I don't see myself purchasing any of these.

The Shimelle one in particular is sooo themey, at this point I feel like she is designing only for Disney albums.

I messaged Shimelle since I know in the past lines were up for preorder before she was allowed to discuss them per her contract. She was surprised even more so with this one because she said she submitted her designs about 6 months ago and was never told if they were accepted. She had no idea what the final line looked like and was very surprised by a few paper designs.

Interesting that the named designers don't have as much influence/involvement as we assume they do.

I have not looked yet, but what a relief. With the Paige joining Pinkfresh thread, I thought for sure AC is dead. Glad to see it is not.

ETA: Ok I looked only at some of the papers. I like the brightness and a little bit of almost all the collections, but definitely not one a whole lot. I'm just happy they are putting stuff out. I will have to go back and take a more detailed look. 

I like the Vicki Boutin collection.

The other collections are a no for me. There are a few cute items, but I already have something similar.

In general: I wish word thickers would go back to being bigger words only, and stop being smaller words and random icons surrounding the words.

My further analysis in brief:

- bo bunny - going 49&market vibe, and I love the colours and "plain" pps! Will buy many papers.

- shimelle - alas, mainly a miss for me because I adore her other recent stuff. I get no Disney vibe at all - the amusement park stuff is def not disneyish. My belief is that this is designed for YOUNG scrappers - those using the "junk journals" and stuff. gummy bears, amusement parks, Swiftie bead bracelets, fun smiley faces - I think this may be a brilliant attempt to spread our supplies into the young 'uns realm, draw them in.

- vicki - I like the colours and some of the pps. Also like the foam sticker sheet, and why do I think that deer is so cute? I'm not a wild-life user typically.

- paige - oof, NO, far too bitsy floral and busy. 

- maggie - the further I get comfortable with my style and preferences, the more I realize Maggie isn't meant for me.

- bea - what does a FAWN have to do with travel? For Pete's sake, most of the collection is soooooo saccharine! I really don't understand this collection. Terribly specific to "coast" and "sun/sand", but then these twee flowers and wallpapers?    However, paper #11 - send me 4 of those - it's a lovely stripe and neutral tags!

The more I look and think about what I use, I also think about generational styles... Maggie, Bea and Paige (in descending order of "old" vibe) make me think of my granny's house. So I can relate to the products on that level even if they aren't my style.  But 21 year olds haven't experienced that generation and I can't imagine them relating to these "old fashioned" collections. 

I thought the random beachy stuff was a weird addition, too. They feel like leftovers from the MH/Crate collection Sunny Days.

Dang, I was really hoping I'd like something they've put out. At least I'm able to stay true to my low/no buy.