www.paperartistsonline.com

Laurie - there are still many choices. I recently joined Hip Kit Club and, on the spur of the moment, joined Studio Calico this month. For years, I didn't need a monthly kit since I could jump in the car and go spend my paycheck at Archivers. Now they're gone and I was spending too much money on shipping costs. I like HKC because they use products from different companies and they only ask for a 3 month commitment. Over a few months, I watched Studio Calico's offerings and decided I liked their style well-enough to commit to 6 months. My style is evolving so what I am buying now has really freshened up my stash and I'm energized about scrapbooking again. I feel like both offer products I can easily use for photos of Joel & me or the grandkids. Another great option is to buy some of the kits offered by companies like Carta Bella or Echo Park - especially if you like theme-specific papers and embellishments. If I had all granddaughters, I'd join Swirleydos. Their kits are beautifully feminine. I belonged to C'est Magnifque for a while because they offer products from other countries. Once I realized all their kits were very feminine/vintagey and I wasn't using them, I unsubscribed.
So - I lurked for several months to be sure that a) I really needed a kit club, b) I would use their products, and c) their kits were a good value.
Have fun checking them out!

Marianne, love that kit you pointed out. Thataway.

Pam, I went to http://www.hip2bsquare.com/march-2014-kit to see what it's like. Is March their most recent kit?

http://www.hipkitclub.net/july-2014

Jen - Click on the "Kits" tab and you can look at each month.

ScrappinJen wrote:Speaking of maps, I just bought this set from Unity. It's perfect for me since I don't leave the U.S.

http://unitystampco.com/shop/life-is-a-journey/

I also bought a U.S. map stencil by Julie Balzer. I'm on a map roll.

Studio Calico's kits are cool but I don't need so much stuff and all the add-ons make my head spin. I guess I'm getting old and easy to confuse.

P. S. By the way, I'm sure I bought that set on sale. Didn't pay $29 for it. I've learned Unity has frequent sales so I never pay full price for their stuff.

Good idea to get the stencil, Jen. I like that idea then you can use which region/states are relevant for a particular trip and it won't be too small.

Oh, fine, Pam, now you've done it.
Love their kits.
Right now I'm already in three monthly kits...so someone has to go before I could join another.

It's a Sophie's Choice!!!

It was a good fit for me - products from several different companies and I feel like you get good value.
This weekend I'm going to use a whole kit. Noble plan, right?

So the question is "which club is the best for the $"? If you could choose 1 club kit company which one would it be?

Laurie - I really liked Scrapbook Generations monthly kits. You get items from many different companies, which will help ease you back into what's out now, and they include sketches for the LOs. I always printed out the color photos for each month because I needed the visuals to go with the sketches. (Link for the finished LOs is below.) I joined the Super Sketch club, which was 10 LOs per month. I generally had enough leftovers to do several other pages by adding them to the card stock that I already have. They also have a monthly magazine that has lots of sketches that can be applied to whatever you have on hand. The best thing is that the majority of the LOs include more than 2 photos per page and use different sizes of photos, so you end up getting a lot done.

OK, that's my two cents worth.

http://www.scrapbookgeneration.blogspot ... hotos.html
http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.ph ... ation_id=8

Right now? Hip Kit Club. It just fits me well.

Speaking of kit clubs with a travel theme, check this out.

http://www.cocoadaisy.com/store/index.p ... ts_id=2280

Just sayin'

Very nice and very tempting.

I subscribed to CD years ago. They were very heavy in the odd embellishments then (and for the life of me, I can't think of a single example to give you right now). I hear a lot of good things about them again.

Does anyone here subscribe to Cocoa Daisy?