Digital Scrapbook pages

I love paper!  I love stamps!  and I love my Canon 20-D digital camera! 

I have tried "traditional" scrapbooking over the years but never made much progress.  5 pages in 8 years is not so a good record! 

About a year and a half ago I "discovered" digital scrapbooking and it just clicked for me.  Digital scrapbooking is fast & easy.  I now have not one but 5 albums filled with memories.   Not only is this fun for my immediate family but it is a great way to share what is going on with loved ones that are miles away.  I post my pages online and then send the link to family & friends to see what we've been up to. 

I must admit, I'm a little behind on my scrapbooking at the moment.  I quickly scrapped some photos from Hailey's Circus Polka debut.  My digi-style is simple - just like my card style!  I don't have time to fuss with a lot of detail. LOL!  If you've been reading my blog, you've seen these pictures before.  Here's a two-page layout I created with them.

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These pages are 8" x 8".  Aaron Brothers has simple black 12 x 12 frames that have an inner mat cut to an 8" x 8" size.  I'm going to frame the top one.

Here's one more layout I did for Hailey's soccer team.  The school colors are purple & gold, hence the shocking purple background!  I made a page for each girl on her team plus coaches so the layout needed to be super simple.  This layout took me no longer than 5 minutes!

Note: There are many resources online on how to do digital scrapbooking.  I'm no expert, that's for sure.  I use Microsoft Publisher because it makes sense to me.  It is a page layout program that easily handles photos, text and more.  I do use PhotoShop to edit some of my photos but I simply cannot understand how people use it for digi-scrapping. 

Do you scrapbook?

Comments

[calbear]

cute pages! i'm super curious about digiscrapping . . . seems very interesting. wish i scrapbooked - i have two kids and millions of photos, but that 12x12 layout seems intimidating - too large a canvas.

i love your samples though! please keep posting more, although don't forget the cards.

[Ingrid]

I must try this - my scrapbook supplies gather dust while I try to figure out when to sit and make the pages. With three girls, I must make the effort - they simply love to look through their baby books, etc, and we all relive and enjoy the memories together. Your digital description sounds so doable - I'll let you know how my first attempt goes!

[Alicia]

I have been getting started in this and was curious do you print your own layouts or do youhave somewhere that does it for you?
Love your pages and am glad to find some fellow digi scrappers.

[Mary]

Yes, I do scrapbook but it takes me a long time to just get one page done. After doing many scrapbooks for my family I stopped and started making cards. Now mind you I still have thousands of pictures that are sorted and in proper boxes but are waiting for me to do something with them. I *have* got to try digital scrapbooking. Your pages are wonderful. Your daughter is lovely.

Mary