Shifting from traditional scrapbooking to digital scrapbooking was a big step for me. After all, I have creating scrapbooks using traditional scrapbooking kits penknives, scissors, paper, ribbons, buttons and all sorts of scrap materials I can find around the house. This is the way i have been doing it for years and to do all these with a click of a mouse instead is something revolutionary to me.
When I was first introduced to digital scrapbooking, I vehemently resisted against it and thought that it would be just one of those fads. You know, like how cross stitching and knitting were once so popular? I had doubts over how “authentic” a scrapbook would be without the layered textures, smell of paper and even the uneven, jagged cuts along the paper. The first item I created on digital scrapbook software was on a family picture taken years ago during a family holiday. Initially I faced difficulties navigating the software and was confused over the various functions. Slowly, I was able to get a hang of the various capabilities and functions. I took roughly 2 hours to create my very first digital scrapbook, which was significantly faster than the 2 days I used to take. I started experimenting with more tools and before long, I was hooked to this.
I have to admit it was very addictive trying out the different permutations and looking at the various results. One same image could be altered more than 10 times, depending on what effect, colour, shade, tone and design it was subjected to. Also, paying around with the placing of the pictures and materials gave the digital scrapbook a new dimension.
I am now a full digital scrapbook convert. While I miss the touch and feel of a traditional scrapbook, the convenience and how easy it is to create a digital scrapbook trumps that of a traditional scrapbook.




