More Digi Scrapbooking Pages

All of these Digi Layouts were completed yesterday evening while sitting in front of the TV playing catchup on my recorded programs.

I do need to be in the right mood to sit and create Digital Layouts, however these came together very quickly.  For each of the layouts I started with a blank page and then added the photos I wanted to include.  I then chose digital paper & embelishments to match.

Not a bad for 90 minutes work - I don't think I could have created 3 traditional layouts in 90 minutes!!!!

To Scrap or Not to Scrap????

That is the question... but what is the answer.  Recently I started to think about the amount of scrapbooking I do.  My thought process goes like this...

• Why do I create scrapbook pages? that answer is easy because I enjoy working with paper & creating things.
• Who will look at my scrapbooks? well, most of the time it will be just me & DH - I do occasionally show others my books, but they are for me.
• How often do I get my Scrapbooks out? Hardly at all, most of my albums live in the top section of my wardrobe and rarely see the light of day.
• Who will look at them after I go? the sad answer is probably Nobody, DH & I don't have kids so the albums won't be passed on to anyone. 

Up to know I have never really got into cards, and I am still a really new card maker.  Part of me is enjoying making cards more than I am Scrapping at the moment.

I do however still plan to keep scrapping, but the amount of pages I create for My own albums will reduce.  I will still create layouts for my nephew's Album (especially as he now has his own 12x12 album).

Pictures from our 2010 Florida Holdiay will be created on the computer and then printed out to fit a 8x8 album.  I will also create odd pages for various holidays... I just won't be creating pages for everything.

Over time maybe my thoughts will change, and I will return to Scrapping with vengence.  At the moment however, I think that Cards are the right way for me to go. 

The other thing I am enjoying at the moment creating cards is that I am able to learn new things with cards, techniques that I would not use for Scrapping.  The challenges I have found also gets me thinking and something to look foward to.

Well that is it for my thought at the moment - especially as my brain is starting to hurt from thinking too much LOL.

Digi Scrapping in Norfolk

While on the Norfolk Broads I did not really feel like using the laptop, even though I did have it with me.  But on the last evening I did feel in the Mood.

I have decieded that our Holdiay in Florida November/December 2010 is being created using Scrapbook Max 2 and will be printed onto A4 paper and then cut to 8x8.  While away I did create 2 layouts during the evening, so here they are...

Digi Scrapbooking

Does anyone use Scrapbook MAX for their Digi Scrapping? I picked up a copy of Version 1 with one of the Scrapbook Magazines a while ago (but I can't remember which one). I found that Scrapbook MAX v1 was easy to use and it made sense to me (Photoshop did not). I then decided to upgrade to Version 2 (which I paid for) and I am really glad I did.

I have tried several times to use Photoshop before and I just get very frustrated .

If anyone is interested, I was thinking about trying to create some short tutorials and add them to my Blog.

Any comments would be great...

Digital Scrapping

During the last couple of months I have been using a Digital Scrapbook program called Scrapbook MAX.  This is the first time I have attempted Digital Scrapping, up to know I have resisted.

After a day at work using computers I don't always want to use a computer when I get home... however after a holiday in Florida in November/December 2010 and thousands of photos I though that maybe it was time to try Digi Scrapping.

One of the Scrapping Magazines had a free copy of Scrapbook MAX, so I gave it a go, and found it very easy to use.

With so many photos to Scrap I think that it is going to take a while to complete, but here are 2 of my first attempts.

Forbidden Journey - a ride in Harry PotterWorld (Universal Studios)



Swimming with Manatee (featuring Overlays from Shimelle's June Digital Kit - UKScrappers)