If you asked a roomful of scrapbookers (at a crop of course!) why they scrapbook, you would get a wide variety of answers. To preserve memories, for a creative outlet, for their family, to make gifts, etc. What ever the reason, scrapbooking is here to stay!
Years ago a scrapbook was a large book with construction paper pages (or those magnetic sheets!). In this book, people would use rubber cement to paste photos, cards, etc., to keep them safe. But did the albums really keep these items safe? I am sure we have all come across a book like this only to find the photos either falling out of the book or stuck in so good you have to cut them out!
Now these early scrapbookers had good intentions and we are lucky to have these books. They just didn’t have the right tools then. But they still recognized the need to keep photos and memories for future generations.
The ‘scrapbook revolution’ started in the late 80′s to early 90′s. The scrapbook industry was taking off and the best ways to preserve pictures was the big thing. Everything because acid free and safe fro scrapbooking. Some scrapbookers even wore gloves as they worked to avoid transferring acids and oils from their skin to photos.
Now, scrapbooking has taken another turn as technology is playing a bigger part in our lives. Scrapbooking digitally is easy and fun, and the number of people digiscrapping is growing every day. Almost everyone owns a digital camera these days and it is so easy to take the photos straight from the camera right into a program that allows you to create beautiful scrapbook layouts. No more waiting for the film to be developed and then digging out your paper scrapping supplies. You can make a great digi layout in no time!
Whatever your reason for scrapbooking, you have many options for creating layouts. If you really love playing with paper – you can still use digital scrapbooking in your paper layouts. Hybrid scrapbook pages are a great way to combine digital & paper scrapping. I will cover hybrid layouts in a future post.
Digital scrapbooking is here to stay. It is fun, easy to do, and very inexpensive! Try it out – you will fall in love with Digital Scrapbooking!