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• Jun. 16, 2006 - Digital Scrapbooking

As most of you prolly already know, I am an avid digital scrapbooker! I used to do the paper style, but it was SO EXPENSIVE! And because I did not have a lot of money to spend on stickers and ribbons and paper (OH MY!), my layouts just did not look good.

But with DIGITAL scrapbooking, not only are there TONS of freebies out there, but the kits are really cheap (only $3.99 for papers and ribbons and elements and such). Then you get to REUSE THE KIT! You don't have to worry about buying stickers only for one sticker and having the clutter of keeping all those other stickers just becuase you paid for them.

You also don't have to worry about leaving everything out because you are in teh middle of a layout. You don't have to worry about the kids messing with your papers or worse SCISSORS!

My digital layouts look 100 times better than my paper ever did. Mostly because I have not had to spend a lot of money to make it look that way. And what is great (besides saving a TON of money) is that when it comes to my daughters moving out and wanting some of the pages from my scrapbook, I can just print them out their own copy! So each child can have their own book, with their own pictures AND if a picture has all of them in it, I can print out a copy for each child to put in their own book. My girls LOVE looking through my scrapbook! For Christmas, I am giving each child their own scrapbook with their own pictures! I will print out more layouts for them as I make them and if it gets torn up, NO WORRIES! I can always print out another copy!!

I recently came across this GREAT free link for podcasts on how to digiscrap!
http://www.scrapadelic.libsyn.com/

Out of all the places out there that you can subscribe to that are free (as a place to post your layouts, learn about how to make layouts, and get lots of freebies), I must admit that Digital Scrapbook Place is my favorite. WHY? First of all, I notice that there are a LOT of Christians there. They have a faithbook challenge and you can find a LOT of layouts with scrpiture in them. Secondly, they are all so nice and friendly. VERY quick to respond with an answer and encouragement. Not only that, but they have a TON of FREE tutorials to get you started. They have a "Step-It-Up" gallery where you can post your layout and ask for help on how to make it look better.

Your gallery is free, AND you can set up a PRIVATE album (for FREE), and you can create other albums (for FREE). So much free stuff here it is not even funny! LOL!!

If you join DSP, please do let them know lvg4him referred you. And PLEASE LET ME KNOW your username. Post it here for others to see. The neat thing about DSP is you have your OWN LINK to your gallery. It is your username.digitalscrapbookplace.com . So be sure to share your LINK to your gallery!! So my gallery is:
http://lvg4him.digitalscrapbookplace.com

You can see it and the updates by clicking on the PICTURES link on the right hand side of my blog. You can also see my last few layouts on the right hand side of this blog. Just scroll down. You can see a bigger image by clicking on the image. It will also take you to my gallery.


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• Jun. 16, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by hiplvmom2
I need to think digital.... last month I really really wanted to scrap some scrapbook pages (the paper kind) I got all the kiddlets to bed (ButterBean was the hardest she knew I was up to something) and got started late into the night..... snip snip line up glue and wa-la I had THREE wonderful layout all done.... I left them on my sons desk(s) to dry.... then next morning... ButterBean woke up found the new pages and quickly peeled them all apart, and brough me a nice stack of paper and pictures she worked real hard to pull apart just for me.... *snort* *laugh* Ohhh my what can I say... she was so proud of herself... getting all those pages unstuck... LOL LOL LOL.....
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• Jun. 17, 2006 - This sounds neat

Posted by LoneStarMama
I have never done paper scrapbooking b/c I don't have the time/money and it overwhelms me.
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• Jun. 17, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KeepingtheHome
Yeah, I haven't gotten into scrapbooking either. It overwhelms me, too. I tend to dabble in like EVERY craft under the sun, so don't ever get caught up into just one. But I'm a little interested in this ---- is digital scrapbooking basically just creating little web pages or little computer pages? So you never have a 3-D of your scrapbook page? It's just on the computer?

Okay, I'm sure that I just showed a huge amount of ignorance just then, asking that question. But surely somebody else wants to know, too! I think I might like this "craft" (can it be called that?), if it's all computer. I'd miss the feel of different textures, but would actually be able to get a scrapbook done.

Oh, side note: THANK GOD for scrapbookers! I'm glad the industry has taken over my craft store. I am able to buy the CUTEST little trinkets and PRETTIEST papers for my other crafts -- beading, card making, bookmaking, etc.
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• Jun. 17, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Happyhome
Wow! I never knew there was such a thing as digital scrapbooking! I began scrapping about 10 years ago when scrapping was just becoming popular. 4 kids later, I find I am very short on time and money to keep it all up. Maybe this is an option for me.

Do you print out all your layouts, or just view them on-line? My kids love to sit down and look through their books, so I would still want to have hard copies for them. I will check out the links you gave. Thanks!

Blessings,

Angela
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• Jun. 17, 2006 - Thank you!

Posted by Hannah
Paper scrapbooking overwhelms me, and it is too expensive. I joined dsp, and my user name is alaskahannah. I've done two pages this afternoon by following the step-by-step instructions in one of their tutorials. I really enjoy your blogs, and I think we are both in the Created to Be His Helpmeet yahoo group (I just don't post very often). Anyway, I don't really know what I'm doing, but I'm excited to learn how to do this!
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