Digital Scrapbooking – Saving Memories for the Rest of Us

Scrapbooking to create albums that are both creative and heartwarming seems like a talent that requires not only an artistic eye – but pre-planning at the store. If you are overwhelmed by the choices at your local craft supply house, consider digital scrapbooking.

Digital scrapbooking is the art of designing scrapbooking layouts on your computer. Using your computer, you can browse through ideas AND download the layouts and designs to print and create your pages on your printer. All of the elements are digital. Alphabets, papers and other design elements are high-resolution digital graphics that you download and use in design applications like Adobe PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, and Lumapix. The cost of these applications vary, from $30 to $300 but for digital scrapbookers, the ability to “play with” pages before committing to print them can be more economical than the cost of papers, stickers, stamps, glue and embellishments that are required for conventional scrapbooking.

Scrapbook.com has over a million layouts and ideas. Overwhelming for sure – but because designs are categorized, it is much easier to find the look you want rather than wandering up and down aisles of papers and stickers at the store. Other great sites for digital scrapbookers are: designerdigitals.com and scrapgirls.com With fall upon us, now is the time to capture autumn occasions or finally put together the best of summer 2011!