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I would love a Simple Stories class for the travel collection. I don't know why travel collections have hot air balloons, though. For some reason it's one of my most hated icons. What percentage of scrapbookers have ever been in a hot air balloon? I realize it's metaphorical, like freedom, air, going somewhere, but still, it annoys me.

I like the Book Fair collection as far as school collections go. School was such a miserable struggle for my son and for me and my husband that I try not to remember anything about those days, though. Still, I do have some photos from field trips and of my son with his friends, so maybe one day I should scrap those, and this collection could work.

Vintage Woodlands is gorgeous but I rarely go out in nature so I have no need for it.

I need the Sunny Days collection, and I can actually use the Vespa icon (we bought one last year). I love the bathing suit paper.

Book Fair: I have oodles of school themed papers, so I don't need any of this. A few of the "almost-solid" color sheets could be useful, so I might buy them on their own.

Crafty Babe: This line isn't for me in theme or colors, so I'll be skipping this one.

Happy Travels: I like the colors, and again, I might buy some of the "almost-solid" color sheets.

Simple Vintage Woodlands: I love this one! In colors and theme it works well with a lot of my photos, plus it would work for cards for several people I give cards to. I could also see myself using this for journals, altered notepads, etc.

Sunny Days: I like the colors and some of the ephemera and individual sheets. The clouds and ice cream cones caught my eye, as did the crossword embellishment, as word puzzles are often part of my summer/vacation experiences.

Oh man, maybe I'm the only one but I totally dig the Crafty Babe (Barbie) line! I scrapbook my Expo trips and my hot pink craft room,
so I am in love. I myself am a 55 year old Crafty Barbie at heart, so yeah, I'll be excited to pick up this one. I thought the woods one was the only one that I feel I haven't already seen, but I don't spend time in the woods. (Barbie's more of a beach girl.) Even the Crafty Babe is super similar to previous lines, but I like that for some continuity in scrapping about my scrap stuff.

I like Simple Vintage Woodlands. It reminds me of some of the 49 and Market collections. I’ll probably get some of the papers and stickers. The other collections don’t appeal to me.

Sunny days reminds me of a thread we had here a while back. The stickers have bathing suits on them and the discussion was about how those stickers would/could be used on a layout. I don’t think that’s something I’d use.

Sunny days- again less pink and I love the greens blues and oranges. As a boy mom k can use this but the bathing suits!?!? I never use those and no trunks for boys that I saw even if I wanted too. I really just want want a summer line not catered towards swim.

Book Fair - I was expecting (hoping) for a reading/library theme, not school.  Plus I am not wild about the colors. So easy pass. 
Crafty Babe - cute but not something I could use.  I kind of chuckled about the ever present VW bus sticker considering how much stuff people bring to crops. ha! 
Happy Travels- I like a lot of the icons but I haaaate the color combo.
Simple Vintage Woodlands - it's pretty, but I don't have pictures for this theme.
Sunny Days - I kinda love this one.  But I really don't need it.  


PaperAngel Thanks for sharing!  

I like all of these! But I'm not sure I like them enough to buy them.

On one hand, I really love SS's aesthetic.

On the other hand, I'm slightly bored with it. I've been in the freezer since September 2024. I emerged from the freezer today long enough to re-order some older supplies from other manufacturers (Stamperia, Mintay) that are disappearing and I feel like I really can't live without them.

In contrast, I think I can live without most of this stuff. I do like the woodlands embellishments a lot, though, so maybe I will cave in and grab some of those.