I’ve been a scrapbooker for many years.  My first scrapbooks were typing paper, construction paper mats, held together by rubber cement.  I really have done this for a LONG time.  LOL!  I’ve tried lots of techniques and scrapped through tons of trends.  This week I was reminded of a few reasons why I LOVE digi.

Several years ago I wanted to scrap a photo of my teething toddler eating a popsicle.  Hunted and hunted.  The only “popsicle” things I could find was this popsicle background paper.

So I pulled out my markers & my shrinky-dinks and made myself some “acrylic” popsicles.  It took me a few tries to get enough popsicles that laid flat.  At the time I was pleased with the results, but this page took me several hours.  AND that was only for the one copy to go in her album.  I still need a copy for our family album (the book I’ll get to keep when everyone grows up, moves away, and takes their albums with them).  I don’t even know what the page cost me.  (Frankly it’s probably one of my “cheaper” pages…just popsicles, printable transparency, & all that clear shrink-dink material.)

This week as I was finishing up my newest kit…and needing a page to use for the video tutorial, I found my photo…the one I’d saved for our family album.  In 15 minutes I completed this layout:

MUCH less time.

MUCH easier to make multiple copies.

Less money.

At one time my scrapbooking supplies took an entire wall of our family room.  Now everything fits on my EHD = MUCH less space.

No toddlers getting into my supplies.

And we can eat on the kitchen table.  LOL!

 

5 Comments

  1. REBECCA Caldon

    Amen to all of that! Still trying to purge the old supplies at our house, can’t decide what to keep for kids projects and what needs to go away forever.

    1. Chelle

      I got rid of everything except my circle cutter & large paper cutter. It was such a relief to be rid of ALL OF THAT STUFF! (and quite a loss…quickutz alphabets, etc). But such a weight off my shoulders.

      From time to time I end up having to buy a few things here and there for projects. But I don’t know how you would know what you’d need to keep.

  2. cheryl

    Let me just join the church choir and add another rousing AMEN to that! I gave all my paper and stickers a few years ago and kept the cutting tools. I use them occasionally when I print my digi papers and make a hyrid project like a card or gift tag.

    But, I am most impressed that your digi page took only 15 minutes. I’m a little slower because I tend to play with my supplies too much – just like I did with paper and stickers! LOL

    1. Chelle

      It’s a template. LOL! When I’m starting from scratch I take longer, but it’s still faster than paper.

  3. Tammy

    A BIG AMEN to that!! I’m new to digi scrapping, but I am so thrilled with it on so many levels!

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