Who subscribes to a monthly kit and which one?

I am in Canada.

I have a love/hate relationship with sb kits. Well, maybe a love/bored relationship. I receive my ScrapFan kits in bundles of two months at a time. I love that she bases her kits on lines I don't normally get elsewhere, and she usually includes some fun items, like bits of burlap or a stencil, or a sample of some wet media, so I get to play with new interesting stuff. But the thing about getting a selection of stuff I don't buy for myself is that some kits are kind of blah for me, or beautiful but overwhelming, so they don't get alot of use. Also, hers is a very small store, so she does not get the latest and greatest products as early as the bigger ones do, so her kits don't always arrive on time.

Our LSS Ladybug Scrapbook began offering kits about a year ago. Theirs is not a subscription. They post the kit & ask if you want to pre order. I like that better b/c I can see if its something I will probably use.

Right now I only subscribe to Elle’s Studio. I like the kit and the subscriber perks, so I’ve kept that one.

You might be interested in checking out the counterfeit kit challenge - each month they pick a kit to copy, but with stuff from your stash. That way, you get the sense of a new kit, but can use what you already have. 😃

I have AE SBTM and Elle's Studio as my subs, though I'm STILL trying to convince myself to buy this month's Hip Kit (the PURPLE!!!). I don't 'need' a reason to buy stuff, but I do know my space limitations (I'm over capacity but can fit things here and there with some creativity) and don't go too crazy with my shopping these days. My Elle's Studio stash is growing at a rate that is far exceeding my ability to use it but that doesn't stop me from never missing a kit.

^^^ same for me. HKC has great customer service, free cut files, a beautiful esthetic with each kit and a ton of videos on You Tube from their design team. I have a backlog of kits, though, and found myself buying entire collections I loved in addition to my kit subscription. That started adding up fast.  I will get through the kits I have on hand and resubscribe down the road. I plan on just buying collections I love for now- usually Pink Fresh.  

amom23, are you a scrapper?




I also sub to Cocoa Daisy-- I started with the planner kit, thinking I might give that a try and that I'd be able to use some stuff in cardmaking. Everything they have is beautiful, but I have a really hard time incorporating any of it into may cardmaking. (Except enamel dots. I love those. And pens. But those aren't for crafting.) One of these days, I will force myself to try using some of it. I think my problem is that things like the memory cards are really, really more geared to memory keeping... great if you are a scrapper, not so much if you are a card maker.

When I was actively scrapping, my favorite kit was The ScrapRoom because they give you product from four paper lines, which was best for me and how I scrapped. I would never sit down and think "yes, I should use the whole Doodlebug summer line for these vacation pictures." I would just match each picture to appropriate paper, and it was almost always from different brands. I'm pleased to see they are still in business-- I went to my first ever travel-out-of-state-stay-at-a-hotel-crop because of them, so I will always have a soft spot for them.

For cardmakers: CTMH has a sub kit... pretty basic IMO but the current kit is lovely and I think it would be great for beginners and for something to take traveling. SU has the paper pumpkin kit, although that's not always cards. Both companies also have card kits in their catalogs. Spellbinders has a monthly kit, although I don't like the card kit enough to subscribe monthly, I just buy kits on clearance. I did, however, sign up for their stamp of the month club. It's $10 for a 4x6 clear stamp set. I loved the first set, haven't loved the others, but at $10, I don't feel like it's a super waste if I don't love the stamps.

I sub to Hip Kit Club and have being doing it for about a year now. I like that the kits fluctuate month-to-month between exclusive products only, to pulling from current releases from other manufacturers. I think it keeps the kits feeling fresh.

I also sub to SCT Sampler from Scrapbook & Cards Today. They are more of a sampler of current products from multiple companies, rather than a traditional kit and only $14/month to US or Canada. I've been getting this one since they started (3 years, I think) and don't see myself ever not being a subscriber. Highly recommend this one.

I purchased the Felicity Jane September kit last year and loved every bit of it. After perusing the past kits I found I love her style, so I subscribed. It's the only kit I sub to at this time, and I'm very happy with it.

Thanks for starting this thread. I have never subscribed to any kit, but now I’m tempted. 😬 I like that the Club Echo Park kit looks as though it would work well for both scrapbooking and cards. And wow to Felicity Jane, which I never even heard of; it looks like a very good fit to my aesthetic.

I subbed for a few months to the Not Just For Boys kit club. Each month there were 3-4 papers from the same manufacturer that I just won’t use and found I need to supplement with my own. Taking a break and waiting till some kits are made without those papers.

I am currently only subbed to Elles Studio. For me I like how the supplies coordinate easily, if I forgo the add ons it’s very affordable (it’s hard for me to do!). I also am switching over to a more PL style so this fits well at the moment. Though he DT does a good job of using it for PL and traditional.

I used to sub to Hip Kit which had great CS as I enjoyed the product. I ended up cancelling since they were piling up. I was using enough or quick enough and I found a it wasn’t my style. At the beginning I liked the challenge and really liked the exclusives but it wasn’t enough to keep me on. I also ended up with doubles a lot of the time between their kits and my shopping. So I decided I’d rather shop just for my interests and not look at it as missing out on the exclusives.

I subscribe to Felicity Jane. I absolutely love the papers. They are 100% me and I normally pick up an extra paper pack. That said, I don't really like her embellishments. I never use all of them. I am actually debating canceling my FJ sub and just picking up the paper monthly.

I subbed to SC last year and got their DK. I liked it enough. I never use the stamps though. SC really is hit or miss for me though. Their CS SUCKS big time - so just know that going in. I miss the SC 12x12 kit. It was my favorite but they quit selling it.

I have also subbed to AE Story Kits last year and while there were a few I loved the colors and themes, the upcoming months weren't anything I just have to have. I am currently still getting SBTM kit.For the price, its good and I find myself using the kit for my PL. IMHO, its much more useable than SC has been and its cheaper. I will probably carry this sub for the entire year.

In previous years I have subbed to Cocoa Daisy and Hip Kit. I dropped CD when they became more of a planner community. And Hip Kit was too pastel for me. I found I NEVER used that kit because of the colors.

I've done Felicity Jane and loved the papers but after a year it got to be too repetitive for me. I have thought about subbing again but haven't. The kits are really lovely. I did AE's story by the month but all the handwriting and the same phrases started to annoy me. I miss the chipboard though. I did Clique kits for 6 months and loved that they included unique lines but I either loved the kits or hated them so I quit that one as soon as my commitment was up. Lovely customer service.

I'm debating trying out Coco Daisy but the kit I wanted (Feb) was sold out. I don't typically like March kits (too much green) so I'm waiting to see what their April kit looks like and maybe start with that kit. The ordering process does seem overly cumbersome but I'm willing to give it a go.

In the meantime, I picked up 2 of the embelishment kits from Freckled Fawn to add some new life to my stash. Their stuff is a little cutesy so I don't think I'd want to subscribe but it was fun to try something new.

I subscribe to The Scraproom.  I have subscribed to them off and on for quite some time.  I pick up a Hip Kit every once in a while and I have long thought about subscribing to them, as well.  They seem to be more my style.  I like Scraproom because I get just enough paper and product to try different lines.  I can count on them for some seasonal stuff too.  

I subscribe to Not Just for Boys. It's the first monthly kit subscription I've ever had & so far, I like it. I have a boy so I like that the papers aren't the typical pink/turquoise etc that tend to be popular.
I'm interested to look up some of the kit clubs mentioned on here to see if I like the aesthetic of any of them.