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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 6, 2016 19:42:12 GMT
I'm stuck in bed today. My head doesn't want to lift off the pillow.
I LOVE to make my own kits. Small, big, ginormous. I love them all. The kits I've made most recently are for a trip to Minneapolis, memorial albums for our cat Truman who died last month, and a baseball kit. My youngest DD17 wants to go to all the stadiums. So I have put together kits for these albums. I have kits for many other albums that I'm working on, and I LOVE to open them up and see all the goodies! I'm just as happy making a kit as I am using it.
So if you've made a kit recently, or if you were to make a kit, what kinds of items do you put in it? Is it a small kit? Or ginormous kit? Do you want to make 2-3 layouts with your kit or 20 or more?
Are you like me and combine older product with the newer product? Or do you just use the newest collections? Or do you stick with one collection?
Are you willing to add more to your kit as you're working on it, or do you stick to the kit?
Do you have a special recipe for making the kit or do you just wing it? Maybe you have something unique you like to put in your kit?
So many questions! Feel free to answer as many as you like or add to them. Thanks!
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Post by dasmith2 on Sept 6, 2016 20:25:56 GMT
Fun topic! I need to think about this one
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:44:18 GMT
Hope you are feeling better soon  I love making kits (and buying them, of course). I finally feel like I have it down to a science *for me*. My kits are for one layout - usually 2-page spreads since I am more of an event scrapper and usually have a lot of photos. Kits include: -Min. 4 sheets of solid CS (more if I'm uncertain which I'll use or I plan to mat a lot) -Min 3 sheets of patterned paper -Thickers if I'm not cutting my title with my silhouette -Coordinating embellishments - I tend to skimp on what I include since I tote along a box of "extra embellishments" to a crop that I may pull from, otherwise I just make a note and add it when I get home -My photos When I'm done the leftover supplies are kept in the same bag I had them packed in and I take and sort them back into my stash when I get back home. If I have to finish or add something to the layout, I also put it back into the bag and add a post-it for what is left. When I come home from a crop I can't do anything in my craft room until all my crop stuff is put away so I don't forget about the partially finished layouts and any kits I didn't start I just keep kitted until next time. Best thing, this really limits my choices so I tend to actually get these layouts done, rather than endlessly picking through my stash. |
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Post by ScrappyGlue on Sept 6, 2016 21:03:07 GMT
I have been making mini album kits lately. Trying to use what I have! |
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Post by christinec68 on Sept 6, 2016 21:24:40 GMT
I don't make kits often but when I do, my goal is to get 3-4 layouts done. I'll include about 10 sheets of patterned paper, coordinating lettering (two thickers and two tile or small letter stickers) & embellishments plus a few random things I'd like to use such as a specific border punch, stamp or something like that. I don't limit myself to the kit entirely...I can add cardstock and since I don't know what pictures I'll be using when I put the kit together I can go back for a specific embellishment or something but I can't go rifling through everything.
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 6, 2016 21:25:55 GMT
Fun topic! I need to think about this one Can't wait to hear what your kit includes! |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 6, 2016 21:29:15 GMT
Hope you are feeling better soon I love making kits (and buying them, of course). I finally feel like I have it down to a science *for me*. My kits are for one layout - usually 2-page spreads since I am more of an event scrapper and usually have a lot of photos. Kits include: -Min. 4 sheets of solid CS (more if I'm uncertain which I'll use or I plan to mat a lot) -Min 3 sheets of patterned paper -Thickers if I'm not cutting my title with my silhouette -Coordinating embellishments - I tend to skimp on what I include since I tote along a box of "extra embellishments" to a crop that I may pull from, otherwise I just make a note and add it when I get home -My photos When I'm done the leftover supplies are kept in the same bag I had them packed in and I take and sort them back into my stash when I get back home. If I have to finish or add something to the layout, I also put it back into the bag and add a post-it for what is left. When I come home from a crop I can't do anything in my craft room until all my crop stuff is put away so I don't forget about the partially finished layouts and any kits I didn't start I just keep kitted until next time. Best thing, this really limits my choices so I tend to actually get these layouts done, rather than endlessly picking through my stash. Awww...thank you! You sound very organized. I keep all my kits "kitted" but will add to it if it's low on paper or other items. I agree that by limiting my choices to a kit I get much more done. |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 6, 2016 21:30:02 GMT
I have been making mini album kits lately. Trying to use what I have! I love using what I have! |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 6, 2016 21:34:30 GMT
I don't make kits often but when I do, my goal is to get 3-4 layouts done. I'll include about 10 sheets of patterned paper, coordinating lettering (two thickers and two tile or small letter stickers) & embellishments plus a few random things I'd like to use such as a specific border punch, stamp or something like that. I don't limit myself to the kit entirely...I can add cardstock and since I don't know what pictures I'll be using when I put the kit together I can go back for a specific embellishment or something but I can't go rifling through everything. That sounds like a good ration of stuff. I wish I could put a punch in more of my kits, but I'd quickly run out. I will include a punch, stamp, roller stamp, etc if it's a ginormous kit. I consider my boxed kits to be for entire albums so I don't mind putting the punch in. |
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Post by checkwheelsdown on Sept 6, 2016 21:57:57 GMT
Hope you are feeling better soon I love making kits (and buying them, of course). I finally feel like I have it down to a science *for me*. My kits are for one layout - usually 2-page spreads since I am more of an event scrapper and usually have a lot of photos. Kits include: -Min. 4 sheets of solid CS (more if I'm uncertain which I'll use or I plan to mat a lot) -Min 3 sheets of patterned paper -Thickers if I'm not cutting my title with my silhouette -Coordinating embellishments - I tend to skimp on what I include since I tote along a box of "extra embellishments" to a crop that I may pull from, otherwise I just make a note and add it when I get home -My photos When I'm done the leftover supplies are kept in the same bag I had them packed in and I take and sort them back into my stash when I get back home. If I have to finish or add something to the layout, I also put it back into the bag and add a post-it for what is left. When I come home from a crop I can't do anything in my craft room until all my crop stuff is put away so I don't forget about the partially finished layouts and any kits I didn't start I just keep kitted until next time. Best thing, this really limits my choices so I tend to actually get these layouts done, rather than endlessly picking through my stash. We must be scrapping twin sisters as you just described everything I do to a tee (minus the silhouette, I use my quickutz)! Scrap on soul sista lol! |
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Post by christinec68 on Sept 6, 2016 22:09:57 GMT
I don't make kits often but when I do, my goal is to get 3-4 layouts done. I'll include about 10 sheets of patterned paper, coordinating lettering (two thickers and two tile or small letter stickers) & embellishments plus a few random things I'd like to use such as a specific border punch, stamp or something like that. I don't limit myself to the kit entirely...I can add cardstock and since I don't know what pictures I'll be using when I put the kit together I can go back for a specific embellishment or something but I can't go rifling through everything. That sounds like a good ration of stuff. I wish I could put a punch in more of my kits, but I'd quickly run out. I will include a punch, stamp, roller stamp, etc if it's a ginormous kit. I consider my boxed kits to be for entire albums so I don't mind putting the punch in. I only make one at a time so I can put tools in there. :-) |
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Post by LisaDV on Sept 7, 2016 0:28:47 GMT
iheartpaper, sorry about your cat and hope you feel better soon. I only make page kits. I like to only include papers unless there is some embellishment that I really know I want to include. But if I use a whole collection, I might include several different layout photos.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 7, 2016 0:36:17 GMT
I like little bits of "stuff" like ephemera, wood veneers, acetate letters etc. Love that sort of thing!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 0:49:18 GMT
Confession...I have been collecting supplies for about 4 years and made a few layouts in the beginning, but stopped until recently. I used to visit Archiver's weekly before they closed and the last couple of years I have tried various kit clubs.
Now to the part as it relates to this thread. In the past couple of months, I have finally started scrapping angain, so I have been opening a kit club kit, making 4 to 5 layouts from it and moving on as I get bored with it. My plan is to continue to do that for a while, then eventually add to the kits from my stash or merging coordinating used kits to try and keep them fresh. I hope some day to have maybe 10 or 20 kits that I can choose from depending on what will go with my picture to scrap.
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 1:17:39 GMT
iheartpaper, sorry about your cat and hope you feel better soon. I only make page kits. I like to only include papers unless there is some embellishment that I really know I want to include. But if I use a whole collection, I might include several different layout photos. Awww thanks! Feeling better already. |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 1:21:22 GMT
I like little bits of "stuff" like ephemera, wood veneers, acetate letters etc. Love that sort of thing! Me, too! When I'm making kits, it is always fun to include bits and pieces. What are those Bo Bunny bags that have a little of this and a little of that? I love to find things to coordinate. |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 1:39:53 GMT
I have been opening a kit club kit, making 4 to 5 layouts from it and moving on as I get bored with it. My plan is to continue to do that for a while, then eventually add to the kits from my stash or merging coordinating used kits to try and keep them fresh. I hope some day to have maybe 10 or 20 kits that I can choose from depending on what will go with my picture to scrap. I think this is perfect! I love having different kits to use and when I do, I put them back on the shelf. I love adding new goodies or merging kits. It keeps them fresh! I'll confess something...recently I was in my scrapbook room (I use it like a store and grab a kit to use wherever the family is or make kits) and did a rough estimate of all of my kits. I believe I have around 500...that's embarrassing! I blame my LOVE for Tuesday Morning, warehouse boxes and LSS scrapbook yard sales! Most are in the 2 1/2 gallon bags or in a collection bag if I haven't overloaded it. Some are in boxes the size of an iris box. Most are ready to grab and go, but some aren't quite done. I make multiple kits at once in steps. So there are some that have the paper and embellishments, but may not have an alpha yet. There are many I haven't gotten to yet, but it's fun looking for that perfect kit! I made over 1000 pages last year, so it really works for me. Too bad I've made under 100 this year! |
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Post by oaksong on Sept 7, 2016 2:19:05 GMT
There is a ginormous kit on my table right now. I always put together my own. To me, that's the fun of scrapbooking. I'm working on an 8x8 pocket album for a family vacation we took in May to Washington DC, Williamsburg and Asheville. It was also DS's college graduation.
I wanted a patriotic theme, but I also wanted something fun and colorful. Shimelle's Go Now Go was the starting inspiration, with some Starshine and True Stories thrown in. Then I found a pad of Heidi Swapp No Limits at Tuesday Morning. The colors are nice with the Shimelle papers, and the graphics have lots of maps, stars, and diagrams – perfect for sightseeing, Smithsonian, DC. I threw a little Pink Paislee Atlas in there, too, lots of washi, some Thickers, enamel dots, and a few sheets of OA letters. Then there is the ephemera from the trip – tickets, cards, etc. like I said, it's ginormous.
For Williamsburg, I'm adding some Authentique Honor to the mix, then go back to more Shimelle and brighter colors again for Asheville, and some vintage bits for the Biltmore. The Heidi Swapp paper throughout gives continuity and ties in all of the other paper lines. I try to make the paper transitions gradual, so that you don't suddenly turn from a muted page to bright color.
Here's what the "kit" looks like. At this point, it's more of a pile!
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 2:30:05 GMT
There is a ginormous kit on my table right now. I always put together my own. To me, that's the fun of scrapbooking. I'm working on an 8x8 pocket album for a family vacation we took in May to Washington DC, Williamsburg and Asheville. It was also DS's college graduation. I wanted a patriotic theme, but I also wanted something fun and colorful. Shimelle's Go Now Go was the starting inspiration, with some Starshine and True Stories thrown in. Then I found a pad of Heidi Swapp No Limits at Tuesday Morning. The colors are nice with the Shimelle papers, and the graphics have lots of maps, stars, and diagrams – perfect for sightseeing, Smithsonian, DC. I threw a little Pink Paislee Atlas in there, too, lots of washi, some Thickers, enamel dots, and a few sheets of OA letters. Then there is the ephemera from the trip – tickets, cards, etc. like I said, it's ginormous. For Williamsburg, I'm adding some Authentique Honor to the mix, then go back to more Shimelle and brighter colors again for Asheville, and some vintage bits for the Biltmore. The Heidi Swapp paper throughout gives continuity and ties in all of the other paper lines. I try to make the paper transitions gradual, so that you don't suddenly turn from a muted page to bright color. Here's what the "kit" looks like. At this point, it's more of a pile! View AttachmentThat is an awesome kit (and vacation) and I loved getting to see the first page in your album...it's a great layout! I need to have a basket to hold all of my alphas, stickers, embellishments, etc in. Great idea. I really need to get my Heidi Swapp No Limits stuff out. I've made some of my favorite pages with that. |
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Post by grammadee on Sept 7, 2016 2:55:33 GMT
Hope you feel better soon, iheartpaper I don't do page kits: if I am going to find all the stuff I want to put on a page, I just end up finishing the page. I have not patience to put it away for later. What I will do is collect a bunch of options. When I pack up for a short scrapping session with a friend, I pick photos on a specific theme, event or season, and then start packing everything I think I will need to scrap them into my rolly tote. This usually includes: * pp collections in this theme (I don't separate out specific papers until I actually make the page) as well as sticker sheets and ephemera packs if I have them to match the collection. * Cardstock and letter stickers to match the pp. * embellishments like wood veneer, twine, any elements I think might go with the photos or theme. I don't separate out here, either, so if I have a covered divided tray with "sports" brads or metallic elements like gears, I will bring the whole tray. * for some themes, like baby or birthday, I have an iris case already stuffed with themed pp, stickers and extras, so I might grab the whole thing. * I might cut something with my Cricut to go with the photos: an icon or maybe a latticed matt? Or use one of my stamp & die sets to stamp and cut out an embellishment at home to tuck in with the other stuff. Might not even end up using it, but will take it "just in case"... And sometimes, even after dragging all that stuff with me, I still put the last touches on my pages when I get home. |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 3:41:47 GMT
Hope you feel better soon, iheartpaper I don't do page kits: if I am going to find all the stuff I want to put on a page, I just end up finishing the page. I have not patience to put it away for later. What I will do is collect a bunch of options. When I pack up for a short scrapping session with a friend, I pick photos on a specific theme, event or season, and then start packing everything I think I will need to scrap them into my rolly tote. This usually includes: * pp collections in this theme (I don't separate out specific papers until I actually make the page) as well as sticker sheets and ephemera packs if I have them to match the collection. * Cardstock and letter stickers to match the pp. * embellishments like wood veneer, twine, any elements I think might go with the photos or theme. I don't separate out here, either, so if I have a covered divided tray with "sports" brads or metallic elements like gears, I will bring the whole tray. * for some themes, like baby or birthday, I have an iris case already stuffed with themed pp, stickers and extras, so I might grab the whole thing. * I might cut something with my Cricut to go with the photos: an icon or maybe a latticed matt? Or use one of my stamp & die sets to stamp and cut out an embellishment at home to tuck in with the other stuff. Might not even end up using it, but will take it "just in case"... And sometimes, even after dragging all that stuff with me, I still put the last touches on my pages when I get home. Thanks...I'm better now! Your themed Iris cases sound like kits to me and the way you pack for scrapping with a friend sounds just like me making a kit! We just think about it in different ways. BTW...I remember reading on another thread that you are going on a month long cruise? That sounds incredible!!! |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 7, 2016 3:43:02 GMT
I sort my stuff by theme into Iris bins so I guess that's kind of like making a kit of sorts. Everything for that theme from paper to ribbon to embellishments to sketches to printed photos, etc. goes in the box. I usually have a big bin of just plain cardstock that I can pull from to go with whatever I have in the themed bins I'm bringing with me to scrap.
Most of my themes fit in one bin, but my anniversary album stuff fills more than one bin as does Christmas, Halloween, Birthday and Disney (which is by far the biggest). Since I tend to scrap events, I expect the stuff in my bin to make enough layouts to scrap whatever photos I want to use for that subject which might mean 10 layouts and it might mean 50!
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 4:12:22 GMT
Most of my themes fit in one bin, but my anniversary album stuff fills more than one bin as does Christmas, Halloween, Birthday and Disney (which is by far the biggest). Since I tend to scrap events, I expect the stuff in my bin to make enough layouts to scrap whatever photos I want to use for that subject which might mean 10 layouts and it might mean 50! I feel the same way about my ginormous kits! They tend to be meant for multiple vacation albums. I love that your Disney stuff is in multiple bins. I don't really have a ton of Disney stuff, but I should find what I do and kit it up. |
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Post by finaledition on Sept 7, 2016 4:14:57 GMT
This is the type of thread that I've needed. I've not been in a scrappy mood, but putting a kit together sounds productive and could help get me in a scrappy mood. So thanks for this. I look forward to reading the responses and hope to get some great ideas.
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 4:20:12 GMT
Tonight, my son booked a vacation to Tokyo, for just himself, for his 30th birthday in January. I was just as excited as he was as we texted details back and forth all evening. You'd think I was going on the trip! After an hour or two of his planning, I realized I GET TO MAKE A TOKYO KIT!!!
I'm really grateful that he shares his pictures with me!
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 4:27:41 GMT
This is the type of thread that I've needed. I've not been in a scrappy mood, but putting a kit together sounds productive and could help get me in a scrappy mood. So thanks for this. I look forward to reading the responses and hope to get some great ideas. I think it uses a different side of my brain. Plus I get to touch, smell, etc all my pretties! Get some of those 2 1/2 gallon bags, an Iris case or similar and start making a kit. There are some great YouTube videos out there! |
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Post by infochick on Sept 7, 2016 4:44:39 GMT
I have only just started putting together kits recently, and have had some recent success in using up some old supplies by grabbing about 10 sheets of pattern paper, a sticker sheet, an alphabet, a sheet of die cuts, and some dimensional embellishments. With this amount of stuff, I managed to do about 5 layouts in total, with a medium amount of embellishment. I liked the challenge of working with what I had and tried not to stray away from the kit, except for tools. What I have been doing for a bit longer than the smaller kits, is making a huge kit for a project. I've done this for several vacation albums. As I shop and sort through my scrap room, I grab any paper that is the right theme or mood, or anything that is current that I want to use for a particular project and put it one of these totes. Then I grab any embellishments that go with the collections, anything that I have bought specifically in a theme, and some generic embellishments like enamel dots, wood veneer and washi. I usually grab a selection of project life cards as well, if there isn't a specific kit I want to use. These get used in supplementary pocket pages, and as journalling spots and embellishments. As I use the paper, I add any scraps back to the tote, and I find that the same papers and collections will appear at different stages of the album, so there is some cohesion to the finished albums even if all the papers are quite different in look and feel. I do tend to add things to a kit as I go along, especially if it is a longer term project...as new and different things come out I will freshen the kit. Also, if there are very specific things (for example, travel items with places named on them, etc.) I try to make sure they are all used or planned for by about three quarters of the way through the project so I know I will not be stuck with them at the end with no use for them. I tend to use my Silhouette to cut titles, and will use a variety of dies and punches, but these don't necessarily become part of the kit. As I move ahead in planning my next project, I think I want some repeating elements, so I am going to drag out a few lesser used tools, punches and stamps to become part of the kit and see if that works for me. |
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Post by iheartpaper on Sept 7, 2016 5:07:58 GMT
I have only just started putting together kits recently, and have had some recent success in using up some old supplies by grabbing about 10 sheets of pattern paper, a sticker sheet, an alphabet, a sheet of die cuts, and some dimensional embellishments. With this amount of stuff, I managed to do about 5 layouts in total, with a medium amount of embellishment. I liked the challenge of working with what I had and tried not to stray away from the kit, except for tools. What I have been doing for a bit longer than the smaller kits, is making a huge kit for a project. I've done this for several vacation albums. As I shop and sort through my scrap room, I grab any paper that is the right theme or mood, or anything that is current that I want to use for a particular project and put it one of these totes. Then I grab any embellishments that go with the collections, anything that I have bought specifically in a theme, and some generic embellishments like enamel dots, wood veneer and washi. I usually grab a selection of project life cards as well, if there isn't a specific kit I want to use. These get used in supplementary pocket pages, and as journalling spots and embellishments. As I use the paper, I add any scraps back to the tote, and I find that the same papers and collections will appear at different stages of the album, so there is some cohesion to the finished albums even if all the papers are quite different in look and feel. I do tend to add things to a kit as I go along, especially if it is a longer term project...as new and different things come out I will freshen the kit. Also, if there are very specific things (for example, travel items with places named on them, etc.) I try to make sure they are all used or planned for by about three quarters of the way through the project so I know I will not be stuck with them at the end with no use for them. I tend to use my Silhouette to cut titles, and will use a variety of dies and punches, but these don't necessarily become part of the kit. As I move ahead in planning my next project, I think I want some repeating elements, so I am going to drag out a few lesser used tools, punches and stamps to become part of the kit and see if that works for me. I think I have always made the huge kits for trips, too. It makes me so happy to put together a trip kit, while thinking about what's to come. After the trip, along with the pictures, it lets you relieve all the wonderful memories while putting together the pages. You've really explained it well! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 6:40:37 GMT
oaksong- Oh my gosh!!!! Girl!!!! That is a gorgeous kit set up. I have kit envy. I know a lot of the kit clubs are now having envy. oaksong- I am truly inspired by the way you do your kits. I love the 3 ring binder. Confession, I love kits. I love making kits. Then I get my kit done and tear it apart and add more things to the kit or replace them. I think I am a little too rigid in my kit club thinking. Even though I do everything else in my life quirky when I set down to make a kit I do a traditional kit like the professionals. I will add the exact number of paper they do and the exact number of embellishments. Then it never works out and I give up. I am thinking I need to do ginormous kits too. Never occurred to me I could. Ginormous kits would make me happy. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Sept 7, 2016 6:56:22 GMT
I have a lot of paper pads and matching embellishments. That is great, but they are so big and thick and take up a lot of room. That is an issue for me. I mean so many. On the other hand, I have lots of 3 sheets of patterned paper and I could pair with cardstock and some embellishments and make a kit that way, too. I have to decide what I am going to do tomorrow as tomorrow is another clean out day. I might go do some work on it tonight even.
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