I’m jumping on the bandwagon – I’ve read a number of blogs enumerating their favourite things in the new Occasions catalogue which was released yesterday. I thought I’d try to narrow it down to my top half dozen. I like a challenge – although I’m not going crazy. They aren’t ranked, they are just in the order that they appear in the catalogue.

#1 Birthday Bouquet DSP – $11 for 12 sheets of this paper. I love the watercoloured look and it’s so easy to whip up a quick card when you need one.

#2 Balloon Celebration bundle – $37.25. What can I say? Lots of fun and really versatile.

#3 Rose wonder bundle – $49.25. I think this is going to be the top seller in the catalogue, it creates beautiful cards – especially if you have the big shot die brush ($11) to help get all the pieces out. And if you get it and add the die brush, you can select a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalogue which helps with the price point on this one!

#4 Helping Me Grow – $26 I’ve already watercoloured both of the main images and expect to use this set a lot.

#5 Botanical Gardens Bundles – $51.75 Yes, this is expensive but it’s THREE products bundled together – the dies, stamp set and a pack of coordinating DSP. You could buy these individually but why would you when you can save on a bundle.

#6 Going Places DSP. $8 for 48 sheets of 6″ by 6″ paper. And the designs are beautiful – I especially love the ones that look like they would be at home as the end papers of a hardback book. Also a great buy if you need just a small something to push your total to where you get another Sale-a-bration freebie.

So there you have it – the things that I absolutely had to have from the Occasions catalogue.

Come back tomorrow for my very first card for a design team.

Liz