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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Jun 13, 2023 3:13:43 GMT
I am underwhelmed, other than the Polaroid stamp kit. I think it will be hard to find enough use out of all of those varied travel pieces, unfortunately. The colors are good, I will say that.
Of course, I know I’ll watch what everyone does with their kits, and will love it and wish I hadn’t passed. Lol
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Post by huskermom98 on Jun 13, 2023 3:14:29 GMT
I really don't need more travel things and wasn't impressed with the tiny photos on my phone, but after watching the video on my laptop I really like a lot of it. The travel kit looks very usable (only one "let's get lost" phrase!!!) and even most of the Beach Kit looks usable for trips to my dad's lake (just couldn't use the shells or anything referring to tides--we do call the sand area the beach so that works). The album could be fun to use (if I can control myself...) for trips we plan to take to visit DS at college to watch him play football. I'm going to have to do some thinking before Wednesday. I was excited when I saw the beach stamp sneak because I was hoping it would be a SUP paddleboard--the boards would work as SUPs, but there's no paddles...
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Post by paget on Jun 13, 2023 3:21:23 GMT
Add me to the list of people creeped out by the shells! This travel release is miles better than last year. That said, I don’t need any of it. I don’t do separate travel albums - I just add any trips
To my PL. I might get a stamp. I could see picking up a few pieces in a sale. I’m glad she offered stencils again but I was mostly uninspired by the stencil selection.
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Post by blemon on Jun 13, 2023 7:52:25 GMT
I don't mind the shells. I have some ideas for them. I like that they're transparent.
My list comes in just over $100. But I do travel journals every year and use up a lot of supplies so I don't mind. Those journals are worth everything to me.
I'm not at home so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll be on wifi when it drops.
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Post by merry27 on Jun 13, 2023 13:42:47 GMT
Though I love the color of the album, I just can’t do more messy circles. So very done with those. I like the main kit quite a bit. We don’t do warm weather vacations so no need for beach kit. I’m a little confused with the silver and gold. I am so over the messy circles. I wish there were more album choices. I also don’t care for the gold and silver together. I like the gold alphabet but hate when there is only one of each letter. |
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Post by Citygirl on Jun 13, 2023 14:01:48 GMT
I thought I was marked safe because I haven’t bought any travel products from her since 2018 (which I never opened 🤭) but I really like this collection. We do more warm weather vacations so this appeals to me. The shells are pretty awful lol.
I can see being tired of the messy circles but for whatever reason I love them. The stamps and stencils are great. I shouldn’t have even looked tbh. I have too many AE products and projects in the works and zero time to start any travel albums. I find the longer my AE products sit around the less I like them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2023 16:07:05 GMT
I'm not sure. I really dislike the shells. I like the idea of the stencils but not some of the designs and I really don't like the geo wave paper, so that rules out the speciality for me. I'd buy some of the vellum or plastic words ...but not the whole kit.
So I'm thinking I'll pass on the release
Will take one more look. Of course fomo is big but I don't need any of the products and I'm missing the old creative team members
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Post by lynn0117 on Jun 13, 2023 20:32:44 GMT
I’m happy that there is no 8x10 albums available for this travel release because I’m sick of the products being made with 8x10 in mind. However, I do not love or even like this release. I do have some travels to document so I bought the Pinkfresh Studio Tourist Mode line.
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Post by craftymom101 on Jun 13, 2023 20:39:47 GMT
I just watched Ali's video and I don't think I will purchase anything from this release.
I love the colors of the album, but I'm not a fan of the repeated messy circles. I would have preferred a different motif.
The two main kits are cute and have some elements I like, but I don't think I like them enough to pay $30/each. The Beach Kit seems especially light for $30. I don't mind the photorealistic seashells, but the repeated phrases aren't my favorite.
I like the 6x8 Polaroid Stamp Set and if I buy anything from this release, it will be this stamp set.
None of the add-ons are on my wish list.
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Post by jediannie on Jun 13, 2023 20:56:21 GMT
I watched the video and was not wowed by this collection. I do like they added some silver instead of all gold. It's an easy pass for me.
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Post by breakfastattiffanys on Jun 14, 2023 0:32:49 GMT
I’m happy that there is no 8x10 albums available for this travel release because I’m sick of the products being made with 8x10 in mind. However, I do not love or even like this release. I do have some travels to document so I bought the Pinkfresh Studio Tourist Mode line. I’m thinking about PF Tourist Mode too. It looks very usable! |
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Post by SnoopyFan on Jun 14, 2023 2:46:59 GMT
I like some of the things but I don't know if I will actually buy anything. There's nothing that I love, I guess.
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Post by peacentral on Jun 14, 2023 5:22:35 GMT
I'm not liking that the messy circle has an exact duplicate stamp in the set. Wish that would have some other saying in the circle instead of Travel Story repeat.
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Post by mich5481 on Jun 14, 2023 12:17:50 GMT
I liked a couple of the stamps and a random item here and there, but not enough to pay full price.
KP's travel stuff launches tomorrow - wish she'd share more information before AE's stuff goes on sale.
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Post by caangel on Jun 14, 2023 14:40:27 GMT
I liked a couple of the stamps and a random item here and there, but not enough to pay full price. KP's travel stuff launches tomorrow - wish she'd share more information before AE's stuff goes on sale. Looks like an email came out. Pictures are posted in the PP thread. |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 14, 2023 14:45:34 GMT
I keep rewatching and thinking about this. I also pulled out all of my travel stash to compare and think this through. I will definitely use the album for my upcoming Spain trip - the colors are fitting. I also like the main kit over all. Not enough in the beach kit I would use to justify it for me. The 6x8 polaroid stamp could be really useful beyond just travel so that may make it into my basket. I got a smaller style of that from Studio Calico recently and really enjoyed using it on a layout. Having the 3x4 size of the image would be more useful. Beyond that I keep waivering on what else I would genuinely use. I think I want to the specialty paper pack - it's kind of pricy though. I also like the fabric circles and geo tags. The big tags are cool but I am not sure if I would really use them or not. I also like the vellum alpha but would have to get multiple to be useful. Decisions decisions....
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Post by scrappyem on Jun 14, 2023 15:00:18 GMT
Late to the party, but not loving the color pallet for the collection after watching this video. I like the blues but not that pea soup green. The Polaroid stamp is pretty cute. I can see grabbing the digital version of that and maybe a couple of the papers bu I'll likely skip any of the physical product and then be sad later when everyone starts making pretty things.
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Post by merry27 on Jun 14, 2023 15:37:42 GMT
I think I’ve talked myself out of buying any physical product. I really only like the tags and journal cards from the main kit. I do love the yellow felt pockets with the tags. Anyone going to try to make these? I also like the Polaroid stamp but think I might just get the digital version. If anyone gets the geotags and wants to sell some let me know!
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Post by SnoopyFan on Jun 14, 2023 16:27:24 GMT
I put two of the stamp sets in my cart but seeing the total is making me hesitate. It just seems like a lot of money so I am unlikely to actually finish my transaction.
I like the album but I have so many empty albums sitting in my craft room that it's hard to justify buying another.
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Post by merry27 on Jun 14, 2023 16:38:25 GMT
Just saw that the Buy It All bundle sold out. I wonder how many of those they had?
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Post by paget on Jun 14, 2023 16:42:18 GMT
I put two of the stamp sets in my cart but seeing the total is making me hesitate. It just seems like a lot of money so I am unlikely to actually finish my transaction. I like the album but I have so many empty albums sitting in my craft room that it's hard to justify buying another. This is where I am at. I added two stamps into my cart in my head and realized it was $50 before even tax and shipping and I don’t even like them *that* much. I think I’ll sit this release out. |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 14, 2023 17:02:41 GMT
Just saw that the Buy It All bundle sold out. I wonder how many of those they had? I think they talked about the fact that they would increase the number, but no idea to what. I do think this is super tempting to people who have the discretionary income and it is a bit of a discount. |
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 14, 2023 17:13:41 GMT
Ok - pulled the trigger on the album, main kit, polaroid stamp, specialty paper, geo tags, fabric circles and 2 sets of the vellum alphas. Like I said above, I have a trip coming up to Spain and I can see using all of these items plus some of the 49 & Market everywhere together in my album plus some older Ali E travel stash. I may get the messy circles in digital just bc I like the travel story stamp and could see using it several times throughout the album, but did not want to spend $28 just for that.
Curious if anyone else pulls the trigger on anything.
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Post by frenchie on Jun 14, 2023 17:27:03 GMT
I got the main kit, beach kit, and the specialty paper. I keep going back and looking at everything else, but I have to stop. I have so much in my stash as it is, but can't help myself!
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Post by mich5481 on Jun 14, 2023 17:36:10 GMT
I passed on everything. I kind of liked the Polaroid stamp and one of the other stamps, but not for $50+.
Maybe if she ever has a real sale, lol.
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Post by Texas Scrap on Jun 14, 2023 18:52:12 GMT
Bundle and Polaroid Stamp are sold out.
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Post by cynipidae17 on Jun 14, 2023 19:00:10 GMT
I purchased the polaroid stamp, specialty papers, main kit and album. I really wanted the suns from the beach bundle, but we haven't really done a beach vacation.
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Post by blemon on Jun 14, 2023 19:33:08 GMT
I am not in the US right now. Set a timer on my phone and stepped out of a thing for a minute at 6:00 and was done 3 minutes later.
I got 8 things: main kit, beach kit, geotags, the windows, the alpha, the special paper, stencils, and the fabric patches.
None of this is sold out. There is a lot of stuff left in the shop from last year's release.
I am making a travel journal right now and I just love using the stuff.
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Post by kimba on Jun 14, 2023 20:16:23 GMT
I hopped on line about 1215 pm EST and the buy it all option was sold out.
I bought both the main kit and beach kit. I have a Caribbean vacation in October so both kits will work for it.
This will also give me incentive to finish my January Arizona trip, new papers to play with.
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Post by mrsloafbot on Jun 14, 2023 20:25:55 GMT
I bought the main kit, beach kit, Polaroid stamp set, specialty papers, geo stickers, and 2 sets of the vellum letters. We went to Cozumel this past March, so I should be set. Now to pick out an album. I'm going to get a Citrus Twist 6x8 album, but I'll wait to get my AE order to see the colors in person (not sure what color album will go best - suggestions?)
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