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I have a friend that sends me a digital scrapbook on occasion. The results are really nice, but it leaves me with a lot of "How do you . . .?" questions. Finding the bests sites to use for storing the files must take
some real know-how. Plus, I suppose additional sites are required to find all the necessary embellishments, to make the pages as unique as a traditional scrapbook. Then, there is the problem of saving the finished
files in an alternative place besides the designated website. If the site goes down because of a motherboard failure, all is lost. Then what? Naturally, going green with digital is a lot less mess than the traditional
method of saving memories . Share your best ideas, if you love digital scrapbooking and do it every chance you get.

Tina,

You point out some very good concerns and questions that need to be addressed if you are considering moving into the 'digi' world.

Personally I love digital scrapbooking and have found a solution to all the issues you stated above. To read more about how digital can help you go green click here!

Warmly,

Tammy Morales
Your Scrapbook Coach
Publisher, ScrapbookersInnerCircle.com

I have to say...tha tI use the Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 4.0 and I love it because it is a stand alone program, so if the internet goes down, not a big deal. It has tons and tons of page layouts where you just add your own photos and you can change the paper, embelishments and anything you wish with ease. It comes with tons of embelishments too, and you can always add your own if it is the right format. I have to say, instead of scrapbooking a page taking me an hour or so to plan out, cut the peices, arrange and put all together, it now takes me less than 10 mintues from start to finish of printing out the page. It is so simple and easy to do, and such a time and money saver (don't have to buy all those embelishments anymore). You save the files on your computer if you want to, and you can always save them onto a disc.
If you want more info, feel free to ask :)

Tammy N, great information. Digital scrapbooking can be a quick and efficient way to create memories. And as you mentioned it is great way to clear up the 'clutter'.

Just started to scrap digitally recently. Bought Photoshop Elements 8 and then watched a few tutorials and decided to just go for it. Went to an all day crop and took nothing but my laptop loaded with pics and a few books/magazines with digi articles and sat down to work on creating some pages. Got a little stuck trying to crop a photo I had already placed on my background. Finally figured out it was best to crop the photo and then drag it to your background. When all was said and done I created 6 pages and definitely feel I have the basics down. Want to learn more such as drop shadows, and brushes, and the cool stuff. Will still scrap my photos traditionally too, but love the options digi-scrapping gives me.