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Old 02-22-2009, 12:44 PM
LisaD LisaD is offline
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I am a traditional paper, hybrid and digital scrapbooker.

My deal - is I scrap single, double, sometimes triple or quadruple page layouts - whatever works for the material I'm scrapping. I tend to scrap "everyday" moments more than the special event moments. I also do varied sizes 12x12, 8.5x11 (portrait & landscape), & 8x8. And they are all housed in the same D-ring binder. And photos that I haven't scrapped, get put into those 6 up sleaves and put into the same D-ring binder. I do try to keep it as chronological as I can, but I'm not going to freak out if it's not either. I also don't freak if the two facing pages in the album don't "match" or if they "clash" because they weren't a double spread. (My paper pages don't usually have a white background - colored cardstock and PP tend to be my norm - although I've done 5 white backgrounds in the past 2 mo. - a first). I figure if you're looking at it, you'll see that they are different pages. I feel no pressure to scrap anything and am free to do what I'm in the mood to do (unless of course I have a gift album that needs to be completed ).
I'll try to get a pic of my album uploaded.

I also keep my albums seperated. I have an album/s (obviously some are on their 2nd or 3rd) for myself, DS, DD, DS, us as a family, my husband's side of the family, my side of the family, and a misc. album - friends, places, flowers, dh & myself... I found this to be just a natural evolution in the scrap progression for myself. I then found out that Stacey Julian does the same thing or very similar and teaches a class at Big Picture Scrapbook and has a book out. (I really want to read the book and glean some tips from her - but haven't yet).

As for photo placement or embellie placement, whether it's traditional or digital I find it to be the same. (of course, digi is easier to actually "cut" your papers and see how they look - because you can always undo). I get an idea, play, examine, and then cut. For paper, once cut I have to work with the cut pieces, even if it wasn't quite right. Digi has lots of extra points there.

I'm not doing the 365, as I don't have time to keep up with the extra photos and scrapping, but I see it as a great way to document the everyday and best of all an excellent way to hone your photography skills.

It's great to read through how others do things, but it all comes down to what will make you happy and work for you. Above all else, have fun.

Good luck.
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