PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 1, 2025 2:36:51 GMT
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jul 1, 2025 2:59:18 GMT
Documented - I love it. Another planner themed line but this one is so much more versatile than the Echo Park line. A lot of the images and phrases can be used on a wider range of layouts. I can see a lot of used for the stickers and die cuts. The papers are awesome, too. I think I'm going to get 2 of a lot of those papers because I love both sides. I love the colors, too. I'm really excited for this one.
Love Grows Here - This one isn't as good to me, but I think it is just because I don't need much with this theme. I do like the image die cuts (love the dogs and cats), and I really like the phrase die cuts because there are a lot of useful phrases and words in it. I don't hate the pink/green color scheme but I'm not in love with it, either. There are 3 papers in this line I like.
I really like Bella Blvd. Between their Bella Besties and their b-sides, it is really easy to scrap with it. Lots of tone on tone papers, which I love to work with. I also like that their die cut packs are really large (like Doodlebug). You always get so much to work with.
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cbscrapper
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Post by cbscrapper on Jul 1, 2025 3:23:20 GMT
I like Documented, but the flowers growing out of typewriters? Just NO. When will it stop!!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Jul 1, 2025 3:28:23 GMT
I can see using this line if I had pictures of young kids. But I don’t so not for me.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Jul 1, 2025 8:58:11 GMT
I don't typically gravitate towards Bella Blvd but I quite like some of this. The cloud paper in the Love Grows Here Line is cute, and I like the black scallop/rainbow stripe paper in the Documented collection. Some of the embellishments in Documented also look really versatile, I might pick some of this up.
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Post by melanell on Jul 1, 2025 10:39:32 GMT
The colors in Bella Blvd. lines are just never for me, and these lines are no different. They make me think of those packs of Mr. Sketch scented markers from elementary school. I loved those colors back then, but they don't work well with my photos now.  The one paper I liked was the rainbow striped one with black and white on the other side in the Documented line. |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 1, 2025 11:35:12 GMT
I love the documented collection. I will be ordering several items.
I don't like the love grows here collection.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 1, 2025 12:43:54 GMT
Both are an easy pass for me.
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Post by pantsonfire on Jul 1, 2025 13:25:08 GMT
The phrases are nice but not in the colors I need. Too cutesy and bright. I wish universal, basic words and phrases were available
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Post by Linda on Jul 1, 2025 13:28:36 GMT
Documented - I actually like and I think would work well for scrapbooking
Love Lives Here - I thought this would be an easy pass but I do like the die cuts phrases pack and some of the papers
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Post by hoopsfn on Jul 1, 2025 13:38:15 GMT
Documented - Absolutely love this line. It will be a good versatile line to use as itself or as pieces to brighten up other lines. It has a lot of goodness! Love Grows...- This is also a nice collection but it wouldn't be as useful for me as the "Documented" collection. Also love the Bella Besties packages. Thanks for showing us PaperAngel. |
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Post by grammadee on Jul 1, 2025 14:29:16 GMT
Documented was a nice surprise. I like the colours and the cute little cameras.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jul 1, 2025 15:22:26 GMT
The colors in Bella Blvd. lines are just never for me, and these lines are no different. They make me think of those packs of Mr. Sketch scented markers from elementary school. I loved those colors back then, but they don't work well with my photos now. Ha! This might explain why this art teacher loves Documented. I love me some Mr. Sketch markers. Those are the best- I have some that are 20 years old and still going strong. So much better than Crayola, but Crayola has a huge range of colors and Mr. Sketch does not. Also, the kids sniff the markers so they have lots of colors on the end of their nose.  I do like bright colors, but I scrap my nephews a lot and bright colors work really well with that. And I scrap my art room and art, so again, love those colors. Documented has some nice images that would be great for scrapping art. I can understand why they wouldn't work for everybody, though. |
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Post by aj2hall on Jul 1, 2025 15:51:48 GMT
I generally like Bella Blvd but will probable kip both of these. I like Love grows here, but it has too much pink. And I don't really have a need for Documented/. Thank you for sharing, I love seeing new collections!
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 1, 2025 16:43:01 GMT
Not my cup of tea.. cute but not for what I do.
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Post by janamke on Jul 1, 2025 17:22:00 GMT
Nope. I've said it before, I miss Bella Blvd before it turned into Doodlebug 2.0. It cute without being over the top. Not anymore.
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Jul 1, 2025 17:47:15 GMT
I normally am not tempted by this company but I'm kind of liking the Documented line. Maybe I'll pick up a few things from it.
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Post by melanell on Jul 1, 2025 19:15:56 GMT
Nope. I've said it before, I miss Bella Blvd before it turned into Doodlebug 2.0. It cute without being over the top. Not anymore. Yes, they feel incredibly similar to one another to me as well. |
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Post by babylou on Jul 2, 2025 0:55:33 GMT
I like some of Documented, but it's kind of cutesy for me. I might pick up some of it though.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jul 2, 2025 13:22:00 GMT
Nope. I've said it before, I miss Bella Blvd before it turned into Doodlebug 2.0. It cute without being over the top. Not anymore. Yes, they feel incredibly similar to one another to me as well. They have a business partnership - Doodlebug handles the business part of Bella Blvd., but there is definite cross over in what embellishments are offered and general design. I really like Bella Blvd. I like Doodlebug, too, but I think Bella is much more versatile. I'm not normally a "cute" scrapper, but I do get sucked into both companies collections. |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 3, 2025 6:21:29 GMT
... the flowers growing out of typewriters? Just NO. When will it stop!! *whispers* I wish it would...yesterday! |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 3, 2025 21:51:53 GMT
I can see using this line if I had pictures of young kids. But I don’t so not for me. [bold is mine] To which collection are you referring - Documented or Love Grows Here? |
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Post by infochick on Jul 4, 2025 18:15:03 GMT
I really like Documented. I like the clear, bright colours. I especially like that it is generic enough to work with everyday photos. I feel like that is something that has been lacking for a long time. I feel like there used to be so many more collections in that general category. ![]() |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 5, 2025 8:19:46 GMT
Documented - ... Another planner themed line but this one is so much more versatile ... A lot of the images and phrases can be used on a wider range of layouts. ... Agree |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 5, 2025 21:02:43 GMT
... I really like Bella Blvd. Between their Bella Besties and their b-sides, it is really easy to scrap with it. Lots of tone on tone papers, which I love to work with. ... Same. I like its non-themed/non-wonky classic patterns in usable color palettes. |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 6, 2025 9:39:10 GMT
... I like the black scallop/rainbow stripe paper in the Documented collection. ... ... The one paper I liked was the rainbow striped one with black and white on the other side in the Documented line. I also like both sides of the Routine Paper. |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 7, 2025 8:15:11 GMT
The colors in Bella Blvd. lines are just never for me, and these lines are no different. They make me think of those packs of Mr. Sketch scented markers from elementary school.  |
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Post by artisticscrapper on Jul 8, 2025 5:08:42 GMT
I can see using this line if I had pictures of young kids. But I don’t so not for me. [bold is mine] To which collection are you referring - Documented or Love Grows Here? Opps. Should have been these lines. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 8, 2025 6:10:45 GMT
... I love seeing new collections! Same (even if I buy nothing)! |
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PaperAngel
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Post by PaperAngel on Jul 8, 2025 12:28:06 GMT
... it is generic enough to work with everyday photos. I feel like that is something that has been lacking for a long time. I feel like there used to be so many more collections in that general category. Agree; I'm not a theme scrapper & wish there was a return to - or at least more of - non-themed (& preferably white-based, clean, & modern) collections with usable color palettes. |
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