Hip Kit Club Review: an Honest Opinion by a Real Member

If you are a scrapbooker looking for a monthly scrapbooking kit, then you may have heard of the Hip Kit Club. I have been a member of this kit club for a while now and wanted to give an honest Hip Kit Club Review. Let’s start off with some facts about the club.

Facts About Hip Kit Club Subscriptions

Hip Kit Club has been around a long time and is family-owned and operated. Kimberly, the owner, is super nice and very approachable. They have been located in the Seattle area, but are in the process of moving their warehouse and everything to Arizona, I believe.

There are multiple kit clubs to choose from or kits you can add on to the main kit. I love choices so this was a plus for me.

Here are the different kits available:

• Main Kits: This is their flagship kit and features 12×12 patterned paper (cardstock), die-cuts, stickers, and other embellishments. The cost of the main kit is $34.95.
• Pocket Life Kits: This kit features coordinated 6×8 paper with cards, stamps and embellishments for pocket life style scrapbooking. The cost for the pocket life kit is $27.95.
• Embellishment Kits: This is a kit of the embellishments if you only want the embellishments and not the paper. The embellishment kit is $32.95.
• Color Kits: This kit includes premium inks, paints, sprays, and other mixed media products that coordinate with the kit. It is a great add-on. The color kits are generally around $19.95, but the price may vary a little due to the kind of items in the kit each month.
• Patterned Paper Kit: These kits have so many embellishments that you may want extra patterned paper to make even more layouts. This is the same patterned paper as the main kit. The patterned paper kit is $21.95.
• Cardstock Kits: Solid colored 80 pound cardstock that coordinates with the monthly kit. The backside of the cardstock usually has a faint design that makes this even more useful. This kit is $22.95.

When you order the main kit, any additional kits are 15% off the retail price for kit members. The initial commitment is for 3 months. After that, it is a month-to-month membership that only requires a 30-day notice to cancel.

Honest Hip Kit Club Review

I honestly cannot say a bad thing about the Hip Kit Club. I love this monthly scrapbooking kit. The amount of “stuff” you get with just the main kit is AMAZING. There is definitely more than you will ever expect. It is a great value for the money.

• Great value for the money spent. So many embellishments are included!
• Customer service is top-notch. I have reached out to customer service multiple times to change my add-ons; one time I had something missing from my box, and it was quickly sent out to me. They respond quickly to emails.
• Lots of inspiration is provided online to help you use your kit.
• Members get perks! The 15% off add-ons is one good perk. I currently do the Main Kit and the Cardstock Kit.
• Great Sales: A couple of times a year, they will have a sale on their extra kits and supplies, and the prices are unbeatable. I have ordered from several sales and have been astounded by how much I have gotten for a small price tag.
• Craft and Connect Community on Skool: this is a paper-crafting community that was started by Hip Kit Club. It is free to use for members and is full of fun inspiration plus connecting with other crafters around the world.
• Cut Files: Hip Kit Club releases new cut files each month for members. There is also a HUGE massive library of cut files that are free for members to download. Another big, big perk if you like cut files. There are so many cute ones.
• Versatile kits are another bonus. Some kits have seasonal elements, but overall the kits are more “general,” so they can be used for any type of layout.
• Shipping is $9.95 for the main kit and any add-ons ship free. Also if you order anything from the website they can hold the items and mail them at not extra charge with your main kit.
• These kits are CUSTOM and can’t be found anywhere else. They design the kits themselves. I love this aspect of the kit. They are unique!!

Craft and Connect Community

I wanted to talk about the Craft and Connect Community on Skool. I have come to really enjoy spending time in the community. You can share projects and look at other people’s projects. I get so many good ideas from looking at the other layouts.

There are tons of tutorials in the “classroom” section of Craft and Connect. There are also “live” crops you can attend with Zoom.

It is a fun place to hang out and browse. The more you interact, the more “points” you get. You can move up levels and get prizes as a thank you for being active in the community.

Well, I think you can see I am a loyal fan of the Hip Kit Club. I have lots of kits and plan to stay a member because I use these kits all the time. Have you tried this club out? Let me know your thoughts. Also the layouts shown throughout this article are all made with different Hip Kit Club kits. 🙂