July's Not Just For Boys Kits.

Okay, here is Tracy's review of the kits.

Limitless- Yay! A kit with more product. I used to love their big kits that were stuffed with all kinds of stuff so I'm glad this is making a comeback.

I am not a scrap-in-neutrals person but when I buy a NJFB neutral colored kit I always like the layouts I make with them, so I keep buying them. The papers in this kit are all navy and neutrals. Some have a transportation theme but all of them have a more non-themed side. The Thickers in the kit look like a light birch wood. I really like them. The kit also includes hexagon wood shapes- those will be really useful. It also includes neutral colored enamel dots. I love all enamel dots, so this is a win. The Limitless kit also contains a package of 49 & Market Ephemera Stacks. 49 & Market ephemera is always awesome- so versatile and there is a ton of it. One of my favorite things in this kit is the embroidery floss in brown/blue. That is going to be really fun to use. The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the "limitless" diecut. I understand what they are trying to do- it is the name of the kits and they are trying to emphasize how versatile the kit is, but "limitless" isn't a word I can see using as a title. My verdict- this kit is a winner. I really hope NJFB continues to make larger kits.

Wild Child-

This is another neutral kit that is baby themed. Two of the papers and the sticker sheet are from Simple Stories Boho Baby line. This line is cute and not as traditionally gendered. The colors are blue-grey, cool toned pink, mustard, and brown. A small alphabet is included and I'm kind of in love with it- the colors are a perfect match for the papers. Wild Child also included wood buttons and I haven't seen buttons as an embellishment in awhile. I'll definitely use those. The kit also comes with a crossed arrow stencil. I adore stencils but I can't see me using this one- just not my motif- but we'll wee. I supplemented this kit with a la carte sequins and I saved the jute string that the kits came wrapped in because I thought it would look really good with this kit. My verdict- this will be fun to work with. I wish it came with more embellishments but with my added stuff it will work.

Epic-

This is a more colorful kit. Two of the papers come from Cocoa Vanilla's No Limits collection and I already love that line and have some of it. Orange, yellow, and a blue-grey-green are the dominate colors in this kit. It comes with No Limits' chipboard stickers whith lots of stars, lightning bolts, and words that will work well for scrapping my nephews. The kit also comes with blue-grey washi tape and sequins that match the kit's colors. The only thing about this kit I'm not thrilled about is the mustard-colored Creemeez mixed-media stuff. This stuff has come in more than one of their kits and I've yet to use it- just not a huge fan of the stained-smudged mixed-media look. Also note: the suggested layout includes a million fussy-cut stars. Nope, that is not going to happen. Verdict- I'm looking forward to using this kit, too.

As for a la carte items I bought this time. I bought 2 diecuts- the circle one and the radiating star one. I also bought the wood sneakers, the acrylic "you rock", "the details", and "Lol", "Epic" and "OMG". I saw a design team layout (I assume) that used all of those on one layout and I thought "Are you out of your mind? That is an insane amount of money for one layout". I'll splurge on an acrylic word or shape here and there but with that price point it is definitely not a regular thing.

I wish all of the kits came with a large diecut. They used to way back in the day- I'm not sure why they don't now- I think that is something you can make really cheaply that will add a lot of value to the kits.

Ok, I've talked your ear off. If you haven't tried Not Just For Boys kit club yet, please do. It is one of the only kit clubs left and the kits are really fun and useful. I buy a crazy amount of product from them because I want to keep them in business. I appreciate that the kits aren't all flowery- I scrap a lot of boy stuff so I appreciate that things aren't so girly like some of the other kit clubs.

Look at craftymom101's layouts- she does amazing stuff with those kits.