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What type of scrapbooking do you prefer? Digital or traditional?
I personally prefer digital for two reasons. One, all of my pictures are digital pictures so this saves time and money on printing. And two, how much time and space it takes to keep traditional supplies organized.
I was a teen in the 80’s so this totally rad Boombox shaped mini album from Traci really speaks to me! She created a rectangle shaped black acrylic album with rounded corners, adding buttons and a handle on the top with a cover decorated to look like a real boombox with speakers, a tape deck, buttons and more. She used the Totally 80’s collection of products from Simple Stories that has lots of bright pink and teal colors with cool 80’s inspired patterns like black and white check and colorful graphics. There’s also load of fun embellishments like a Walkman, high top sneakers, retro TV, camera, hair spray can and more.
I had huge hair in the 80’s and am embarrassed to admit how much Aquanet hair spray I used!
Traci has included her totally tubular signature flaps and pockets in the album too for some radical interactive elements too.
Visit the Artsy Album blog to learn more about this bodacious mini album project.
-Heather
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I enjoy both. All my pictures are digital, so I make digital pages to place in my scrapbook and then I embellish them with traditional elements.
oh by far I prefer traditional. I like being able to take a finished book off the shelf and flip through it to remember myself or to share with family and friends. I find as easy as it is to “share” digital scrapbooks most people don’t enjoy anything more than the pictures which I can share via other means which are faster and more convienent. Especially with dialup still being widespread.
Oh yeah: Also, traditional makes a great gift for the grandparent or parent who has everything (although either would probably work for the younger side of the crowd.)
Aaaaaaand paper shopping is just so addicting and pretty!! 😉
I prefer digital for scrapbooking because my photos are already on my computer and easy to edit that way, and I can use the digital supplies over and over again. I also like being able to undo anything I mess up. However, I do love traditional scrapbooking for doing things for gifts, like mini-albums, cards, and other paper crafts. I guess I like to play in both worlds. I print out a lot of digital supplies too to use in paper scrapping.