I have been paper scrapbooking since 1997, admittedly I have recycled those photos and redone those first pages, but it got me hooked on a more meaningful way of remembering past memories rather than looking at a box of old photos. My family have accumulated several old family photos where it has been difficult to even work out who the photos are of, and so I especially wanted to label the photos and give some basic information at the same time.
I discovered digital scrapbooking in 2006. Looking online I found a few websites with freebie digital backgrounds and embellishments and downloaded a few to try, initially planning on just printing them out to use as paper resources. I soon progressed to buying Paint Shop Pro to put my pages together digitally, as I had a growing pile of heavy scrap albums that were just not convenient to have lying around (they have ended up on the top shelf of my wardrobe where they still sit barely viewed). My digital pages take up no room and can be easily shared with family, and, since I now use a digital camera, I can now make a page without going near a print shop and for no incremental cost.
My personal favourite digital kits are from Scrapgirls (http://www.scrapgirls.com); they are really easy to use and I recommend them to anyone starting out with digital scrapbooking.
These are three of my early digital pages, all featuring me! The photos are from 1985 to 1988 and are not great quality but I'd rather have a photo than not. Even a poor quality photo brings back a memory!
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| From my student days |
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| In my parents garden - 1988 |
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| My parents house - 1988 |
Bye for now
Gillian
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