The scrappy budget can only stretch so far (AE kits)

I like her stuff but honestly think that the kits she has are too pricey, particularly the new story kit. I am also unlikely to buy as a one-off because of the "if you buy once you are automatically subbed and have to cancel" arrangement. I have one PL sub right now and am sticking to that until and unless I make a serious dent in my built-up product. I loved subbing at Noel Mignon, but I am drowning .

I've been subbing to her stamp kit and I've added 6 months of the Story Kit. I appreciate that she's giving access to the digital files if you sub to both. I can really use those. I do find her classroom stuff to add value to the product. I figure that I'll give each one 6 months and see how much I'm using them. I also sub to an SB kit and I'm going to cancel that while I work through my stash. I may even just add an embellishment only kit down the road like Freckled Fawn because I have way too much paper.

I am a subscriber to Story Stamps, but I'm finding it to be a hit or miss experience. After the 1st month, I was in love, I used that stamp set quite a bit and I got several layouts completed thanks to the prompts. After that initial first month, I have found a decline, journaling is difficult for me and I am finding the stamps limiting more than inspiring. "Get Real" was too real for me, so I looked at the Story Kit and it just seemed like "Stuff", if I didn't have enough stuff to last me a lifetime, I would probably love it but looking at it, it didn't seem like something that enhanced the experience enough to justify the price and amount of use.

I love the kit a LOT but really it is the colours for me, I get also that there is a theme, but seriously how many firsts are going to happen.

i love ali's content and her style; any classes i've taken from her have been excellent. however - i definitely believe the kits are overpriced.

I did the year sub to AE but not the stamp. I might add it later but we will see. I do SC PL as well so not too much if i don't go nuts with add ons every month

I only sub there. I have told and been inspired to tell more stories from the stamps and the kit seemed like a nice compliment. I hope to just buy those each month with a small quarterly budget to buy small kits for specific things, like OLW, cardstock, etc. it's been worth the money to me, the classroom is a whole class each month. So to me if some said the class was worth $10. That stamp is worth $10.

I bit the bullet. I wish i had started with the Daily stamp set. That one i would have loved to have. I have been super inspired to create with her WITL and DD this past month. I am not sure if it is because i actually took the time to do these, but i had not scrapped/stamped/taken pics with an actual camera in over 2 years. I hope the kits keep me focused.

I just watched the video and I really like the idea just not sure if I would follow through.

Has anyone taken the class part and can tell us how many layouts or projects she shows. I am thinking of it more as a class. I am tempted to do digital for one month since it is month to month. I just can't tell if you get the starting points. It doesn't look like it and that is one of the main reasons I would want to take it. I would really like to start telling more stories and not just scrapping the big things.

I am just going back and looking at her December daily pages and love her journaling so much more of the story than I would ever include and I love it.

I am very tempted to get the story kit because for some reason, Ali inspires me to make layouts more than any other human on earth. I think the classroom content, videos, gallery and message board add a great deal of value. I don't look at the story kit as just some embellishments. I look at it as a $20 a month investment into being motivated to make something scrappy. Of course I don't need the product but I am seriously thinking about taking the plunge. The grouping of products this month saying "first" so many times excites me because I would feel challenged to continue making layouts about firsts in my life until I had exhausted at least most of the supplies. That is what I like about a kit - I like the challenge of seeing what I come up with. I can think of at least 20 firsts to do layouts about. Just watching her preview video has my wheels turning.

That is why I am so tempted to go for it but like others am afraid because of the commitment and because it is studio calico and their not so good rep if you want to cancel. It looks like tips you try it for a month you need to cancel the following month before you even get your first shipment. 

I do love Ali and her style though and love the idea of a mini class with her every month. She inspires me a lot. I also really want to start telling more stories. I also so do not need more product but do love the stamps heck I even liked the kit with physical product. I am not looking at it as a kit so much as a class though. I do wish someone that was taking the story class would pop in and just give a bit of info about it how many layout she shows I her videos.  I know she will give a lot of ideas for them she did in the preview.  I am getting more and more tempted the more I think about it. 

I have been subscribing since the first month of Story Stamp. I was hesitant because of the price (and the affiliation with Studio Calico) but I don't regret it for a minute. As a previous poster mentioned, the additional classroom content is well worth the price. You can figure the stamp set is worth $10. The class material is definitely worth another $10 to me. If you like Ali and her style, you will not be disappointed. Because of the affiliation with SC, I have resisted the Story Kit. Believe me, I have enough in my stash that I can substitute for that kit material without depending on Studio Calico.