Not Just For Boys Kit Club New Releases

I've tried to work with the November Rain kit but I found I needed to use the add-on a la carte items like the 49 & Market acetate leaves to make it work. I just don't like the die cuts that come with it very much- somehow just not my style. I also wish that more patterned paper came with the kit. I love the plainer background type paper but I feel like I need more contrast. I'm going to try a few more layouts with it, though. Maybe I just need more imagination. I loved the Spiced Cider kit, though, and have used it a bunch. Since they are both fall themed I think I'm going to put the remains of the two kits together and see what I can make with that.

So far I have 3 layouts made with the Rad kit. I adore that kit- it is one of my favorites when you include the essentials stuff.  I have two layouts made with the Spiced Cider kit and two made with the November Rain kit. I also made two with Harvest Plaid. I always buy some a la carte items to go with the kits or if I already have a paper line that is included with a kit, I'll throw whatever I already have in with it, too.

My top 5 kits they have made, in no order:

Rad
Spiced Cider
Aurora
Brilliance
Burnished

I wish they still made some more narrowly themed boy interest Deluxe Theme kits, though. I used to love those. I have so many fun layouts made with those. The themes always worked so well with my nephews.
 

Don't make me sound too negative. I love their kits- as an experiment I bought a kit from every other kit company that does 12x12 kits. Not Just For Boys is far and away my favorite- none of the others come close. If I struggle with a kit, that is on me.

I have bought kits from them every month since they first started. I live in fear that they are going to go out of business, like a lot of scrapbook companies, so I've been buying stuff like crazy.

They make me try new things. For example, Spiced Cider came with 49 & Market frames. I've never used frames much in my scrapping so this forced me to try a new supply. I love them! I went back and bought two other colors of frames from ACOT. NJFB also introduced me to filmstrips (It was some little kit about graffiti or something- not all of the retired kits are on the site so I can't remember the name) and I'm obsessed with them. They have also introduced me to some paper companies that I had not heard about before. One was from Australia and I liked it so I ended up buying more stuff directly from the company in Australia to get more of it. I would never had tried Mintay without NJFB, and I really like working with their stuff, even though at first glance it isn't my jam.

I like how they include a die cut and some kind of mixed media. I don't use the glimmer ones that you have to add water to (can't stand warped layouts) but I use the heck out of the sprays and Nuvo drops and such. I also love the sequins and half pearls. And I love the stamps and stencils. That stuff finds its way on non NJFB layouts, too. And I love the charms and other embellishments- some of the Christmas kits came with cute charms, candy canes, and ribbon and I used the heck out of those. I'm definitely a bumpy, embellishment cluster scrapper and their stuff works great for that.

So I know I come off negative but that is because the kits are so awesome that anything that doesn't work perfectly annoys me. Like I love Paper Rose company's designs but the shininess makes me crazy when the layers slip and slide all over the place. I'm also not a fan of Paper Rose diecuts because they come attached and then I have to spend all of that time trimming all of the little tabs off. I also wish the last kit came with more small patterns and less background type sheets. I love the background sheets- they are very versatile- but I needed more contrast, like in the Spiced Cider Kit.

Do tell them that I miss the more themed kits, though. They must not have sold as well because NJFB changed their business model, but I did enjoy a lot of those themes.

Anyways, I'm a total NJFB fan girl. I love seeing your layouts- I added all of the design team member to my Instagram so I can get even more ideas.