I'm fairly new to digital scrapping myself, but I will never go back to paper scrapping. I started paper scrapping years ago, then when my daughter's got interested in it, I gave them my supplies. I had years & years of photos to scrap & found it overwhelming, so I quit. Then I decided to get back into in & in just 2 months time had spent over $250 for more paper supplies, since I had given mine away. I discovered digital scrapping, & although I am not near as creative as most everyone here, I love it. I have managed to scan & retouch almost 30 years of photos. I like to create my own stuff, so my cost is really low.
Pam R(pjjammer)

I just found out about digital scrapbooking a few days ago and I've been going nuts looking around at all the cool stuff. I've downloaded quite a few free kits and played around on Photoshop, which was also new to me even though my parents used it to edit photos.

I've been paper scrapping for about 3 years but I'm not a huge scrapper. I'd scrapbook more but I usually don't have the patience for it because I have to go through photos, find good shots, find all the stuff for the page, and by then I'm too tired to lay it all out and glue. Another big problem is finding good photos but not having the pieces for a good page- like beach photos. So then I have to go to the store and end up spending $5-10 on all the goodies for the page, depending on if I want fancy accents or not. I've got a huge box of things I've bought, probably a few hundred dollers worth, and I just don't feel motivated to go through it all to make pages, but I will admit part of it is my lack or organization with the stuff.

What I like so far is being able to move things around easily and if I change my mind about the positioning of something or I decide after cropping that maybe I should have left something in the background that I cut out, I can go back and redo it. Also since 90% of the photos I take are digital, I don't have to order prints in order to be able to scrapbook them (And I've got a ton of prints I've ordered to paper scrap but never got around to it). I havn't bought any kits yet because I want to get used to it a little more and make sure it's something I want to stick with, but from the looks of it, the cost I'd spend putting into making a page with paper accents, I could download what would make many pages. Plus it's always there so I don't have to worry about running out.

Like I said, I'm still dipping my feet in, and at first even though I was excited, I was a bit reluctant. I'm a pretty "move forward" kind of person and my family always has to have "the latest" everything. I've grown up around computers- I'm only 19 BTW- and I'm only on mine about 12 hours a day. I'm always eager to upgrade and go digital with just about everything they can think of, however when it comes to this, for some reason I'm hesitant. I like having real copies that I've handmade with paper in my album. I'm going to try the digital thing a little longer, maybe order a print or two and see how they come out, and then make my decision. It's really exciting though because I'm having a baby in November and it'll be so much easier to get those baby pages done without spending our diaper fund.

I am so torn on this. I have been a hardcore paper scrapper for years. I have every toy and gadget and love it. I stumbled across digital scrapping accidentally while surfing the web a few months ago. I had no idea it even existed! I read up on it and was intrigued so I went to eBay and bought DIP for about $20. I started playing and now I am addicted. I am scrapping 8x8 and printing on my HP inkjet. I am very happy with the results. I would never be happy if I could not print out the layouts. I have downloaded tons of free stuff and bought a few things. I am not spending as much as I did when I went to LSS.

My DD says (jokingly) that I am a traitor. I am NOT ready to give up my paper stuff and I do miss the social aspect of crops so I do that when they opportunity is there.
I am a perfectionist and my friends would laugh when I would spend hours on a paper layout only to tear it apart and redo it. So I love DELETE and the ability to customize anything and everything. I love being able to sit on the couch with my laptop and scrap to my heart's content. So I would say go for it, give it a try, but don't get rid of all your paper supplies!

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Renee

Well I wish I was more creative so I could be a paper scrapper. But I'm not. I don't know that I'm even creative enough to be a digital scrapper. My thing is that I'm cheap and working half and half is cheaper. I do print things off and put them into a scrapbook. I don't use the fancy photo paper, my normal computer paper or some normal card stock is what gets used. I am a thrift queen. I also am probably one of those that is breaking thousands of copy right infringments. I will buy scrapbook papers when they are on sale (usually one sheet at a time if I like them most of them don't say anything about copyrights on them so sorry I don't know) I have a scanner at home and if I like them enough I do scan them into my computer so I can change the color slightly. Again if they are on sale I will buy some embellishments and if I do see a copyright I don't scan if I see nothing I might scan so I can change size or color. I do things cheap, and half and half gives me a way to do things cheap. This also allows me to not have to get copies of pictures if I make an oops cut, same with papers. I can move things around without them sliding places. I also don't have to worry about writing on pages and not having enough room or something because the computer moves everything and I can adjust it accordingly.

This was a good question, and there have been great replies to it. Becky (webchyck) always seems to have great advice. I just started digi-scrapping too. I love it, and
I love how much more I can get done but I've yet to see a printed page. I didn't like the Kinko's experience and am going to try to upload to whcc to have them print one or two but it's $3 or so per 12 x 12. Like some others of you, I am SO perfectionistic when I paper scrap that I just don't get much done. And I also don't like the thought of needing just the right thing for a page but I don't have it and have to go buy it. Digital scrapping can be done in so much less space, less need for physical storage of all my paper scrapping gear, and the ability to change things around and buy or download for free what I need for a page instantly. Still, this issue of having to figure out how and where to get my pages printed is starting to get on my nerves!
Susan

susan,
i print my pages at costco, and i have been very pleased with their printing. i also like the fact that my prints are ready in an hour! you can get 12x12s printed for 2.99 a page, but you have to save your layout to a 12x18 since that is what they print. i always use that format several ways... i can get 1 12x12 and 2 6x6 on the bottom, or 6 6x6, or 2 8x8's and trim the excess. i usually tend to go the 6 6x6 route so i get more layouts printed, and they make great gifts! so if you have one in your area, give costco a try!

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I love digiscrapping. I never took up paper scrapping because when I would think about it, all I could see was the mess, the expense of only being able to use an item once, and where would I store everything. I discovered digital scrapping from Memory Makers magazine. On the cover it mentioned digital scrapping. The thought intrigued me so I bought the magazine and thought this would be perfect. No mess and use your elements over and over again. What could be more perfect. I did research and found this site. I've been hooked ever since. I scrape 8x8 so that I can print at home on my Cannon printer (with Cannon ink and paper) when I want to print out a LO. I don't print out many but at 8x8 I have the capability if I so desire.

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Okay, I am JUST NOW seriously thinking I will digiscrap. I am thinking that the mess factor must come into it all a bit. Digital has GOT to be a bit less messy?