ScrapbookIndustryNews: Pink Paislee :: Winter 2010 CHA report | pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

Pink Paislee has three new collections with a lovely air of sophistication plus additional new products that have really caught my eye as something new on the floor. And I have so many pictures to show you!

The Bayberry Cottage collection, filled with rich turquoise, a plum-toned fuchsia and electric green. These papers are much brighter than they appear here — not my best job of coping with the lighting in the hall!

Each line has paper, stickers, journaling papers and so forth. Two things worth a special note — the pleated ribbons are a thick twill that has been sewn into place. It’s a lovely combination of sturdy and delicate. Love it! And the bling brads are big rhinestones but they are opaque, so they have a unique pearlescent look. They don’t try to look like real gems at all — they are a bit more kitschy but definitely cool. They will look fab at either end of a ribbon, just for starters.

The 365 Degrees collection features primary colours with damasks, mixing juvenile with mature. It’s a cool twist. The name makes my brain twitch a little bit. Like a full circle but then a little bit more? It’s clever though…it’s my fault that I like geometry and linguistics to live in different parts of my head. Also, it has nothing to do with actual scrapbooking, so I’ll let it go.

The Queen Bee collection has caused quite the stir on the floor and I think you’ll see this one everywhere very soon as so many stores were coming to check it out. Elegant and very trendy with the grey and yellow combination that has been popular in decor and design but quite limited in its scrapbooking availability thus far. Very pretty, and I think it will match well with other lines if you want to adopt grey as your new black. Always good in my book.

These Artisan Elements look like ceramic or resin or something, but they are actually a flexible polymer. They come in white and can be painted, inked, misted and whatever else to make them the colour you want. They are also very lightweight, so although they add dimension to your page, they won’t make your page heavy.

And here is my Must Have: the Artisan Albums. These are canvas covered chipboard with chipboard pages. They come in 4×8, 6×6, 8×8 and 6×12. The smallest one comes plain and the others are printed with a lush damasked pattern. I am really excited to make things with these!

And here’s a look around the rest of the Pink Paislee booth:

All of these collections are schedule to hit stores in early spring.

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27 January 2010

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