Why go digital?

The first question that people ask about digi scrapping is "why is it better than paper scrapping?" And my answer is: isn't not. It's not "better" than paper scrapping - it's just a different FORM of scrapping.

Some people prefer paper scrapping to digi scrapping, and vice versa. Other people do what is called "hybrid scrapbooking," which is a mix of paper scrapping and digital scrapping.

You need to choose the method of scrapping that best for you. Personally, I'm a digi scrapping girl all of the way. I do enjoy hybrid project every once in awhile, but for the most part, I'm all digital.

So, why go digital?

• Because it will be SO easy since you found this site to use as a guide. :)

• It's so much less mess. No glue, paint, glitter or paper scraps to pick up when you are finished.

• Scrap when you want, for as long as you want. Don't worry about dragging out the tote of paper, 40 pairs of decorative scissors, and 14 rolls of ribbon. Just sit down at your computer and start scrapping. When you are finished, save the project and walk away.

• Purchase digi scrap products, and use them forever. Literally. Purchase a digi scrap ribbon element, and you can use it in a million different. Recolor it, resize it, retexture it, rotate it, and use it over and over again.

• You have so many more options with your photos - recolor, resize, rotate, cut into a funky shape. You also don't have to have your photos printed before you start scrapping. You can shoot a photo with your digital camera one minute and incorporate it into a digi scrap page the next minute.

• The fonts. Don't ever worry about running out of the letter "S" again! Forget the piles of alphabet stickers, foam stamps, rubber stamps, and ink pads. There are hundreds of thousands of fonts out there waiting to be used on a scrapbook page.

• Print your pages as many times as you want - all at the same quality, and in a wide variety of sizes.

• Easy preservation. Everything can easily be preserved on a CD, external hard drive, or stored on a hosted server.

• Freebies. Walk into any scrapbook store, ask them to give you a stack of paper and some rubons to use for free, and see what they say. They will look at you like you're crazy! With digi scrapping, there are thousands of freebies out there, created by a very diverse group of designers. If you wanted to, you could digi scrap for the rest of your life using ONLY freebies.

• It's fast! Using premade pages and layered templates makes it possible to create a digital scrapbook page in minutes.

• There are SO many more options for sharing - online, via email, in your blog, on a CD, on a slideshow or montage video. There are a tons of options!

• And the big one... the UNDO BUTTON. Never ruin another photo or have to cover up a portion of your background paper because you dripped glue. If you do something that you aren't happy with, just undo.