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WHY do you scrap? What is Your Motivation?-PP 3/4

AnneofAlamo

AnneofAlamo

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So, over the past 8-9 years I have been over a 100 designer teams, at one point I had 28 designers all in different stores! CRAZY
I was like a crazed CT hoarder!
Then I went to ONE! I was honored to actually work for Tangie Baxter as her assistant. But I did NOT scrap ONE page for almost 2 years! bhahhha

I set a three point reminder of why I scrap in these pages long ago:

It is still my mantra for making pages and being in the scrapworld on line.




I have watched HOURS of tutorials on YOutube and I have a bookcase full of Photoshop magazines and classroom books. I love to learn new techniques and warp them to my style.
THis is MY hobby! I love it! Being a CT, is fun and makes me push myself, but seriously, the process of making the page is almost as much JOY as the printed page is to my heart!

What makes you open that program and start a page again and again?
 
It's fun.
I do love that I'm recording memories, but I wouldn't HAVE to scrap to do that. I could have my pictures autofilled into QPs, or just print them in a grid, or whatever. I do THIS because it's fun. I like the creative outlet and the introspection and reflection and learning and growing and making pretty things and being a part of the community.
 
To tell stories... to make a digital mess and create, rather than a physical one. To uplift myself. (I love looking through my own AJ pages to remember emotions and see where I've been over the last few months)

I think all my pages have fulfilled one or both of these... and I honestly get "irked" (that's really too strong of a word) when I see pages made from photos that aren't their own. It has taken me a really long time to even think about the fact that they may do this hobby for other reasons so I definitely try to temper myself back a notch or two! :giggle
 
Oops I must irk you sometimes. When I have a quote or something I want to remember I may borrow a picture. Sorry.
I scrap because for me it's therapeutic and doesn't make a big mess. (because I make big messes and don't like to clean them up) It keeps my mind engaged in the world around me and encourages me to think about day to day life. I go in streaks -- scrap or knit. Right now it's a lot of sorting out the world and creating a life plan to get out of the mess I'm in. I'd like to have a record of the journey but I might have to borrow more pictures (for the mental stuff)
 
AnneofAlamo said:
So, over the past 8-9 years I have been over a 100 designer teams, at one point I had 28 designers all in different stores! CRAZY
I was like a crazed CT hoarder!
Then I went to ONE! I was honored to actually work for Tangie Baxter as her assistant. But I did NOT scrap ONE page for almost 2 years! bhahhha

I set a three point reminder of why I scrap in these pages long ago:

It is still my mantra for making pages and being in the scrapworld on line.







I have watched HOURS of tutorials on YOutube and I have a bookcase full of Photoshop magazines and classroom books. I love to learn new techniques and warp them to my style.
THis is MY hobby! I love it! Being a CT, is fun and makes me push myself, but seriously, the process of making the page is almost as much JOY as the printed page is to my heart!

What makes you open that program and start a page again and again?
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Love this Anne! And Tangie Baxter? Oh wow.
 
carilyne said:
Oops I must irk you sometimes. When I have a quote or something I want to remember I may borrow a picture. Sorry.
I scrap because for me it's therapeutic and doesn't make a big mess. (because I make big messes and don't like to clean them up) It keeps my mind engaged in the world around me and encourages me to think about day to day life. I go in streaks -- scrap or knit. Right now it's a lot of sorting out the world and creating a life plan to get out of the mess I'm in. I'd like to have a record of the journey but I might have to borrow more pictures (for the mental stuff)
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No, that's not quite what I mean. :giggle I always appreciate how emotional your layouts are.
What I mean is more of the stock photos, and royalty free photos. And like I mentioned, I am getting better about it, because they may be using those photos for online only, or because they just like to create pretty pages. I know I can relate to the feeling of my photos not being "good enough", too. :heartlub
 
I can understand that @klee73010 There was a particular scrapper some years ago, I swear she must have scrapped the same photo 50 times and whenever it showed up in the gallery again I was like, WHAT ARE YOU DOOOOOING lol But I have learned to let go and let people do whatever they need to do with this hobby. I do not want to scrap the same photo 50 times, but if you do, well... I don't have to understand it to accept it :giggle
 
Okay I get that. I sometimes look if I want something specific but just can't stand the look of stock photos, they are too perfect. So I get that. Thanks for explaining (I wasn't offended or anything). Yes I agree. I often use a photo too because it evokes something in me.
 
I love your motivations @AnneofAlamo - some good things to keep it all in perspective.

I scrap for the creative outlet and the social part of it too. I love getting validation for creating things I love. I guess that's why I'm here at TLP, so I can create and get and give love!
 
Honestly... to release my photos from their digital prison and have them in a format that can be enjoyed.

Some of my fondest memories growing up are about photos.... my dad's slide shows or paging through albums at my grandmother's house. Since going digital, I found that I really missed having photos in that shareable format. Since focusing more on that over the past three years, I have printed hundreds of pages as photo books. I love to pick them up and page through them. My in-laws always ask if there are any new books each time their over, they both love to look through them.

Second is to tell the stories... or at least get things labeled. The amount of things that I have forgotten is astounding!

Third is a creative outlet. I'm not terribly creative, but I still need an outlet. I'm also a horribly practical person at times, and this is a hobby with purpose for me!
 
I have always loved photos and I am driven to create. I also love to re live happy or special moments in time and share them with my family (and anyone else that cares to show an interest)! So....I scrap
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Great question! Anne -- 100 different teams? You were a CT hoarder, weren't you?! :)

My main goal is to scrap the memories so that when my kids and I are older, we can look back and appreciate all the different things we did and we enjoyed. (I have a terrible memory.)

I do it digitally, because I could never commit to actually cutting real papers and I couldn't stand the mess that I would make just to create a simple "paper" page.

And I print out books so that we can enjoy them in a tangible manner.
 
I love that you laid it all out for yourself, Anne!

I scrap to get these memories and stories down and to really force myself to cherish the small everyday moments. It's also a great creative outlet. I love doing challenges to stretch myself and learn new skills.

I am digital because I can't make paper look the way I envision it in my head.
 
I was a paper scrapper way before I had children. My mom gave me PSE for Christmas one year & I didn't even open it for a really long time. I had scrapped with a cheapie CD-Rom program for a while. I think I finally started PSE cuz that's what a lot of products were geared towards. I sat down & figured it out, then hit the ground running. It's like with TLP. I was registered here a long time before I ever joined in. My feelings were hurt super bad at another sight & I found love here. At that time it was a whole new scrapping style for me, but it suited me better.

I scrap because I can't sing. Lol. No really, it's my one artistic outlet. I've always loved taking pictures. I love putting all the little pieces together in my LOs. I don't feel right if I go too long without scrapping. I've started bringing my laptop to work. I don't get a whole lot done on the page during the day, but at least it gives me a lot of time to stare at the page & think about it. My kids love to see the pages. I have lots of treasured memories to share for future generations.
 
I think WHY I scrap has evolved over time. Originally it was simply a way to document photos of our newly born niece. My journaling was very minimal and was often just a date and place recorded. Eventually I grew to love the creative aspect. Learning how to use drop shadows was THE most exciting thing back then. I've continued to learn and refine along the way and the Lilypad quickly became home for me during this journey. When having children became an impossibility I struggled with the "why am I still doing this?". I realize now, I want to record my life with my hubby and our families and friends. For us. I want to have not only photos but all the stories and memories, in words to go along with them. I've always felt photos can instantly recall a memory and this gives us a way to include our words and be creative as well.
 
Scrapping has always been my me time. Time out at classes, crops and retreats (when I paper scrapped) and time out participating in challenges, galleries and forums now I digiscrap. It has got me over a very hard time in my life, as it has given me a focus outside of the current traumas I have faced and let me concentrate on happier times. I have always scrapped for me. I am not artistic but I enjoy being creative.

I also have a poor memory so I try to now put the stories down when I can, unfortunately I am still scrapping years old photos which I can't remember much about, but I do try and attach meaning to the photos with other memories even if they don't relate specifically to what was happening in the photo at the time.
 
I struggle with trying not to judge those who use stock photos, too! (@klee73010 ) For a long time I thought this one lady must be a professional photographer and all her grandkids be models before I figured out they were stock photos, lol. I guess if I was on a whole lot of CT teams I might have to use stock photos, too, because...

My photos suck. Sorry about the language, but they just do. My daughter's photos suck. My husband's photos suck. There are two good photographers in our family and I don't have access to their photos. I take photos anyway and scrap them anyway because they are a memory that is priceless. I scrap because I like having the names and places and dates and notes that go with each photo.

I scrap because I love paper-crafting: altered junk, rubberstamping, cutting - pasting - inking - the whole nine yards. I digi scrap b/c I can't keep my paper mess cleaned up enough to do it. One paper layout and the room is trashed. I scrap like I cook, with much passion and mess and arms flailing everywhere. One digi layout and I can share it online (without scanning it and having to piece it back together in parts or photographing it), I can go back and fix it (I'm really bad to get the year wrong), I can change it, I can print it later or much later or much much later, and I don't have to wait to get the photos printed until I can scrap it! Digi scrapping allows me the creativity I crave without the mess I don't need. I like that I can sit & scrap in my recliner and "watch" tv with the hubby instead of being in another room. I like that I can be working on a layout and go purchase something I want to add to it right then and download it and have it right then. Immediate gratification is a lovely thing!

Although I have a vague idea that I want to scrap me, my childhood memories, my high school memories, tell my stories for posterity...it is much more important to me now that I scrap my grandkids as they grow. I am creating their books about them for them. I treasure the poems my mother wrote and the doll clothes she sewed for me, the afghans and hats and footies my grandmother crocheted for me, and the quilts my great-grandmother made for me. Scrapbooks is what I am making for my grandkids. To be honest, I have quilt fabric, doll fabric, and yarn ready in case I magically turn into superwoman and get to also make them doll clothes, quilts, and afghans. I sew and crochet and quilt but never seem to get all the projects done there that I wish. Digiscrapping is one page at a time. I like that!
 
This is a challenging question, I started scrapping so I wouldn't forget. I am not the best at remembering the little details and I get joy from looking back at past pages. This is why I really want to have them printed and in my home. I also enjoy the process, which is a whole new world of fun. I try to keep my scrapbooking grounded with an end goal in mind -the tangible page, which I believe is a better place for my photos than the digital abyss.

@AnneofAlamo that number of CT is mind boggling.
 
No joke, I was literally just thinking about "scrapping motivation" this morning, so when I saw your post earlier I did a double-take. We're on the same wavelength, from different parts of the country! What alien race is taking over our brains?! :backing (sorry, the kids just watched Aliens in the Attic lol).
Anyway, back to the question: I digital scrap because I can't have a mess of actual paper supplies taking over my house. Or rather, when I had a child, we lived in a small apartment and DD tried to reach for a pair of scissors, so... no more paper scrapping. But that was, like, 7 or 8 years ago. I still digiscrap because I like the ability to express myself in a medium related to how I store my pics (digital), and I like that I can save a TON of work in a very small (electronic) space, and I like that I can express myself in many different ways. And yes, I like the community. I've been to a crop before (for paper scrapping) about 16 years ago--way before I knew about DS--and it was fun, but online is different. I've "met" people from all over the world online. And what's better, I've actually met some people IRL, too! :) And we can all hang out, no matter our time zone!
Oh, and I love saving money, so DS supplies that can be resized and reused? That. Is. AWESOME.
 
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