Admittedly, I am addicted to scrapbooking. Unfortunately, scrapbooking supplies are not a necessity (at least not to my husband or people wishing to eat, enjoy electricity, or put clothes on their back - go figure) when the economy is in a downward spiral. But I have found a loophole! DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING!! I will never give up my Sizzix, die cuts, adhesives, stickers, papers, ModPodge, and such - BUT I can digiscrap for a fraction of the cost of paper scrapping. And since my family is on a really tight budget right now, this is a good, inexpensive, creative way to preserve our family memories.There are so many freebies created by various digiscrappers and digital scrap designers, that you could virtually scrap for pennies. You just need a good software. Since I am wet behind the ears, I am using a very inexpensive and easy-to-use program, Scrapbook Max! It's extremely user friendly and will utilize any digital elements you purchase or download free from any site, not just theirs. Once you get really talented, Photoshop Elements or Photoshop is where it's at! And if you want a free photoshop-like software, Paint.Net is a good alternative. All of these softwares have available tutorials either via the developer or via some good souls on You-Tube.
Digital scrapbooking is a terrific alternative to paper scrapbooking or a great start to a combination layout (digital and paper). It's fast, fun, easy, and the best part is you can reuse all of the paper, embellishments, elements, and alphabets over and over again. Just beware - it's highly addictive. There are oodles of terrific digiscrap communities all over the web that provide tutorials, freebies, ideas, and challenges to spark your creativity. So there's no excuse NOT to give it a whirl!
Check out my digiscrap blog for more details. And don't forget - I'm still a newbie! :)
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