Anyone predominantly use card kits?

I like kits when I go to crops because theoretically, I don't need to bring a lot of extras (even though I do). I used to buy all the Basic Grey card kits and I always and a stash of card on hand to give. I really like the Sheetload of Cards sketches. Maybe you could make kits using the sketches?

Reading between the lines, it seems to me that what you're saying, kiwikate, is that you what you like about kits like the SSS card kits is that it's a curated set of coordinated products. This way you don't get overwhelmed going through a large stash finding things to put together or even figure out where to start. Am I reading you right?

Definitely not predominately because I like variety, but I frequently buy the MFT Card kits.

I buy at least one kit a month, more often two, and sometimes even three. I do try to cap it there!

I don't spend enough time playing with the open-ended kits, the one that are more like curated collections, such as SSS and MMH, as often as I should. But, yes, I could easily see keeping myself busy and happy just with the kits.

I even have some vague plans for trying to combine similarly-themed kits from different brands!

Who is this?

As I've said elsewhere, I won't subscribe to anything if there's no option to skip a month and I don't get at least a peek before I need to decide.

Duh. Just watched her on Sunday, but didn't put it together. Thank you!

EtA:

Watched the video. It is an interesting concept. As a person who does buy kits and sometimes thinks about combining some of them (shocking how often different brands put out similar themes in similar timeframes, right?), I can easily see building one of these "capsules" around one kit, pulling other items from my stash that seem like they'd coordinate, or around two similar kits.

I've been thinking about this "capsule" idea. I wasn't really sure how it comes together, so I poked around KW's blog some more. She's definitely a very different crafter than I am -- I would never wonder which watercolor set to bring -- I'm not much of a painter at all.

I do have a three-day crafty retreat coming up in early November -- bring your own thing, but with fellow crafters and away from home. I'll be free of CARDtober and the fall card exchange, so I imagine it will time to focus hard on Christmas. I'm wondering if I should bring "all the Christmas things" or try to narrow it down. If I do, I don't think it will be using her formula/list, but maybe there is some version of that vision that would work for me.

Of course, right now all my autumn-themed set are together while I work on those two big fall projects. Maybe on Thursdays in October you all will tell me I should have narrowed down -- that less would've been more

I waffle all the time about getting a card kit subscription... I have done several different scrap clubs..

I want to get paper pumpkin and stamps of life.. I also want to get the spellbinders because I recently got the plat 6...

I haven't subbed to any.. maybe in the new year I will readjust my budget... really its because I get a sock of the month and a nail polish of the month.. blahhhh why cant i have tons of money... lol

I have been thinking more about this “capsule” concept. I realized, probably this fall, how much seasonality plays into my crafting. Both with my fall and holiday cards I just kind of threw all the relevant kits/sets in a heap and mixed and matched liberally. I’ve added a season tag to Color My Llife for now, but I am seriously considering either rearranging how I store things completely or at creating some sort of temporary container for the NOW things, like the one for the new things.

I know it sort of starts or started with kits. Last fall I bought a SSS fall kit with sunflowers but never used it because I was already deep into Christmas cards and a HA/Joann kit that I didn't use because it was dies and sentiment stamps and I didn't have a die cutter yet (it had come in the front door though, so I knew I was getting it for Chrismas). This fall I bit on Gina K and HA MMH. I threw all of that into a pile when it came time to make fall cards and mixed and matched at will.

Christmas didn't work that way, but I'm thinking the spring Pea card exchange might. I'm also thinking that I might go through my bin of "new" stuff to be used and think about kitting that stuff up or add more things to kits waiting to be used. I will certainly keep you posted as it evolves.

Right now, with the Cards for Cubs drive coming up in March, I might take all the HA kits (mostly from Joann, I think) I have that are birthday/balloon/celebration themed, along with a few other items I've picked up that I think might work with them, and focus on fun birthday cards for a bit.

Card kits are a little too limiting for me. I like dies because I can pick and choose my paper colors for everything. Card kits also seem to have too many things that I wouldn’t use, and I already have a bunch of that.

I feel the same.

I don’t mind card kits, but I don’t like to be limited by them, either. I have a lot of fun dies, stamps, and papers in my stash. I am more likely to gather my various elements and create my own kit for a project, but if I start with a kit or a collection, I am also inclined to see what else I have that I can add to the kit elements. I’m also not shy about removing or ignoring parts of a kit if I don’t like something.

I prefer starting with lots of options to choose from, then I narrow them down. I used to work and teach at the LSS for several years. I was surrounded by numerous choices all the time. I think that is probably why I like having lots of options rather than just using a pre-made kit.

I do like to buy card kits. I can follow their designs or create my own with the supplies they provide. All I need to add is my adhesive and have fun. I'll have to think about making kits for future use. That would be a good idea for going to craft events.

That’s true, but I often combine items from different manufacturers, different designers, etc., and I often find those different items can still go beautifully together.

I have no issue with those who prefer to just purchase and use manufacturer kits. But kits can also be created with what you have on hand from multiple companies, not just what is currently being offered by the big name crafters.

8 years ago, as I was packing up all my crafts in preparation for a big move, I also created and packed kits which I put into a crop bag, so I could keep crafting with my friends before I moved halfway across the country. I didn’t use pre-made kits. I assembled my own. They worked really well for me, and they were all made up of items that I had on hand. I didn’t have the time or energy to go shopping.