My Grandad used to say you shouldn’t pick favourites from those you love, but I suppose there are bits of my stash I love just a teensy bit more than others 🙂
My paper collection takes some beating in my affections, but probably shouldn’t count as my favourite thing. Much as I get a warm and fuzzy feeling from seeing shelves full of paper stacks, the same view often causes a rising panicky feeling when I realise how many packs haven’t even been opened, and how few of my crafting plans I’ve managed to get made! The same applies to my stamp collection. Having said that, I love both collections so much that my current faves ought to get a mention. In the papers it’s Papermania Pampered Pets (I’m not owning up to how many packs of this I’ve bought), the new Lucy Cromwell papers, and DCWV Old World. For stamps, it’s a tie between the John Byars Nostalgia wood-mounted range and my friend Chris Saunders’ super-versatile ‘Build A Landscape’ range. Seeing my choices written down seems a bit odd to me though – there’s a lot of pastel and vintage there, and I really didn’t think that was what I liked best!
There is one bit of my stash that has been getting a lot of my love for awhile now: my collection of XCut nesting dies. I really wouldn’t want to be without them and, although I’ve been trying to prioritise them for shopping, I know I’m going to want them all! The bunting ones are top of my wish list at the moment – I have some plans for Bob’s room!
In the meantime, here are a couple of projects made with nesting dies.  I made the tag book for the docrafts advent calendar – instructions are here.
Nesting all on one layer like this is really economical with your paper, and you can make two complementary cards at once.
New year resolution tag book
mandmade 