This is why I (and so many other consumers) love kits:
I am a slow scrapper. It takes me days usually to make a layout. There’s digging through supplies and making choices, deciding on the layout, and creating titles and journaling. I push paper around. I contemplate. I evaluate. At length.
But this layout was made in a single sitting, in only two hours. Thanks to a kit.
The kit that helped me do it (Making Memories Vintage Findings Medium School Collection Findings) didn’t even provide the majority of the elements on the layout. But it provided me two key things: a starting point of coordinated items as a base, and a layout suggestion to work from.
My finished layout doesn’t look exactly like the inspiration layout from the package. It takes several key elements from it (the photo placement, the block of patterned paper & ribbon at the bottom, and the placement of the bingo card) and then gets creative from there to create something that works with the page size I’m using and other elements I had on hand to incorporate for the theme and style.
What inspired me to use this kit for this photo? I happened to have come across this photo while moving some things from one storage unit to another the day before I was in my local Michaels shopping. I saw the kit and it struck me as perfect for that particular photo, my most favorite ever of my daughter’s school pictures. I took it home, and started scrapping. Two hours later, I was done, thrilled with the page I had created and feeling a major sense of accomplishment for doing it so quickly – a minor miracle in my scrapping history.
That is why consumers love kits. That is why kits are important to the scrapbooking industry. They facilitate ease and speed of scrapping, and help keep consumers (even experienced ones) from getting overwhelmed. Kits help keep engaged those consumers who might otherwise abandon the hobby out of feelings of frustration or inadequacy.
Some people think of kits as a cheat or a shortcut. In fact, they can be an important tool, for both the consumer and industry. Treat them with the respect they deserve.
Layout supply list – Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: text (unknown), Cut N’ Paste Collection by K & Company (pink); Embellishments: Making Memories Vintage Findings Medium School Collection Findings (ribbon, paperclip, clock, crocheted flower, bingo card, report card, alpha tape), Target (rhinestone brad), Making Memories (sm brad), BasicGrey Recess (Rub-Ons), Making Memories Mixed Ledger (sm alphabet), Marcella by K Sophie (Lg Alphabet), Autumn Leaves Scrap Metal PH Corner Intricate (photo corner).
So, since kits are so awesome…let’s give some away!
I picked up a few extra of those Making Memories Vintage Findings kits while I was out shopping and bought mine–and the extras are to share with Scrapbook Update’s readers!
I have two of these Making Memories Vintage Findings Medium School Collection Findings kits to give away:
And if you’ve got travel pics to scrap, I’ve got one of these Making Memories Vintage Findings Travel Mini Kits to give away too:
All you have to do to be one of the lucky winners is leave a comment on this entry before Midnight U.S. eastern time next Monday night, November 2nd. (If you are reading this post via an email subscription, click on the title of the entry and it will take you to the giveaway on the Scrapbook Update website where you can leave a comment to enter.) Make sure you include your email address in the line reserved for it on the comment form (for your own protection, don’t put it in the body of the comment, where it will be visible to the public – just in the line labeled “email” in the form where only I can see it). You will need to use that email to verify your identity if you are a winner. One entry per person. Good luck! [Please note there may be a delay in drawing the giveaway winners next week due to my having surgery on Monday.]
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I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE kits! It always flows together so nicely.
I love these kits! And I totally agree that kits make things easier. I am a supplies collector- buy lots of product, get it home, feel overwhelmed! The result sometimes is scrapbook paralysis and zero productivity. When I get a kit, so many choices are made for me that it seems freeing and I can actually produce something. These kits are fabulous and not yet available in my area. Here’s hoping I win!
LOVE your LO’s … too cute! And these kits look like they’d be so much fun! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Nancy, the best thing you’ve ever done is put your posts on FB. Even though I get them in my reader, sometimes i don’t get to them. But on FB i just click and boom there you are with news and tidbits! I LOVE it!! And I love this giveaway too…..so PICK me and I’ll email you a pic of the layout I do with the kit.
) Thanks for the chance to win….. YIPPEE!!
I, like you, spend days and days and days on layouts! Kits are my salvation! Your site is great fun, thanks for sharing. BTW – my son is having surgery on Monday also so I’ll send up good wishes for you also!
Absolutely LOVE kits!! It is so much fun to scrapbook and have everything at hand. Great concept – the kit!
You are right about kits. All the coordinating pieces come together creating a wonderful launching place for a scrapbook layout, mini album, altered art, etc. Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these kits….both are useful! Good Luck with the surgery.
What great advise about using kits. I’m just getting started collecting som scrapping things.
I also love giveaways, but who doesn’t.
Thanks
I’d love to win one of these creative little kits!
I love your page to cute .I would love that kit .Thanks for the chance to win.Sarah
great giveaway and I truly have some layouts in mind!
I would love to win this great package! Thanks for offering such a neat giveaway. -Erica
I love the idea of kits, I sell them all the time to my regular customers! They come to my house & put them together… it’s alot of work to prepare the kits, so I love the idea of having kits for myselft!
Great layouts! Thanks for the kit tips… What great giveaways
great giveaway
Thank you for the chance!! My sister would love this for Christmas
Cute kits! Making Memories is one of my favorite companies!
These kits are wonderful. Thanks for the chance to win. I’m anxiously awaiting May’s kit class to start over at BPS. Good luck with your surgery and wishing you a speedy recovery!
Both kits are great. Thanks for the chance to win. I really enjoy all the info on your web site.
Love these!! Thanks for a pretty cool giveaway =)
BTW – off topic – been following the SAGA of your cancelled surgery on FB…I sure hope it’s resolved soon, if just for your sanity and nothing else!!
I too am a slow scrapper. I like to take my time. Love the page. Thanks for offering a fun give-a-way!
These are fantastic kits … love your layout.
Wow! I love the mimi travel kit! Sooo cute.
What great kits!! Thanks for a chance.
These kits look wonderful. Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for the reminder why kits are important. It’s easy to overlook them after years of scrapbooking and buying sb supplies. Even though I have checked out MM’s display at Michael’s, I didn’t pay close even attention that they are themed-kits.
Thanks for the giveaways!
I like kits because they often cost less than if you bought all of the elements separately. These are great kits… thanks for the giveaway!
I love kits! Even thought I’ve been teaching scrapbooking and designing my own projects for sale for over 8 years, it’s still fun to do kits. I love to take kits along when I go to a crop so I can visit more and think less. Sometimes I will buy a kit if it has a new technique or product in it so I can learn as I play. Other times I will buy a kit that has a lot of ‘stuff’ in it so I don’t have to run around trying to find all the bits. On the other hand, I’m not so much into monthly product kits unless they come with instructions for layouts or projects. I can assemble product on my own….I want a kit to free up my mind so I can talk to friends as I play.
Kits are fun for the times when you just what to sit and scrap. Not much to think about, yet fun to do. Sometimes they just are great for a pile of pictures all in the same theme. They will work for doing small mini albums for gifts. I enjoy them and look for them in my local shops. Thanks for sharing.
Hi! Oh… I love how these simple kits can turn into an awesome scrap page! so super cute!
thanks!!:)
with a grin,
steffogal1
I love kits because I get stuff I normally can’t find in local stores, or that I wouldn’t buy anyway–but end up using and being delighted with the results.
Good luck on your recovery after surgery!
cute layout & kits! Thanks for the opportunity to win some cool stuff!
Thanks for the opportunity. I too find it easier to have kits. thanks
Kits allow us to concentrate on the story, instead of agonizing over “what paper goes with this cardstock?!?!?!?” I personally like to scrap both ways, as choosing papers is cathartic sometimes! Thanks for the chance to win!
I agree. Kits are a wonderful source of inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win! Those kits are soooo cool! Love the vintage!
I love kits- I do not have to spend hours literally wading through my work room for something I cannot find – or even may not have!!
I love kits, they are so fun to work with!
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