FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Mar 18, 2023 18:43:27 GMT
Ok, maybe two questions:
1. Do you mix up your digital collections when creating a page? Like using some papers/embellishments from one collection and mixing with with another collection?
2. How long does it take you to create a page? Is digital scrapping much faster than actual paper?
The thought came up because yesterday I made a card (actual paper) and although I knew what design I wanted, by the end of the process the papers had completely changed and two hours had gone by. One little 5x7 card >>2 hours. Guess it didn't help that I was also trying to make it match the decor (birthday)
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 18, 2023 22:50:14 GMT
I usually stick to one collection / kit only, because it's quicker and easier, and everything co-ordinates. I don't have to go hunting through my digital stash to find stuff to match. If the kit I am using doesn't have something I want (maybe striped paper or a blue label or pink ribbon) I will get one from another kit (and re-colour it if necessary), or make my own. I mention those things because that's what I had to do on my three most recent layouts!
If I use a template, it can be a lot quicker to get a page done.
I think for the most part digital scrapping is probably quicker than traditional paper scrapping, but I can be quite slow. Sometimes I will go back and forth changing things, adding things, re-doing things, whereas if I was doing a paper layout, I'd just get it stuck down and done.
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Mar 19, 2023 0:38:35 GMT
I haven't digi scrapped much in the last few years, but I'm a mix all the things from all the collections type scrapper, which is exactly how I do it in papers as well. While other people make gorgeous pages using only a single kit I feel like my pages are flat and missing something, and I prefer the contrast I get from adding in supplies from other kits/designers. It's exactly how I scrap in paper as well.
It probably takes me about the same amount of time to make a page digitally as it does in paper, so doing a page in digi is not about saving time for me.
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Mar 19, 2023 1:44:14 GMT
I am a slow paper scrapper and slow digi-scrapper too. I have mixed my digi-supplies up to create pages. I created a vacation digi-album of a road trip and could not find one package to make it all work. I didn't want too many duplicates of embellishments, so I hunted for other kits that matched.
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on Mar 19, 2023 4:16:04 GMT
I try not to mix kits. Only because I'm not good with matching and the papers and ephemera in a kit all goes together.
I'm not sure digi is faster for me because I'm too much of a perfectionist.
I like digi because I can do it anywhere. I can be in the living room watching TV with DH rather than stuck in a room by myself. And I buy a kit once and I can use it as many times as I want until the end of time.
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Post by scrapcat on Mar 21, 2023 15:01:30 GMT
1. Most of the time yes - that's how I paper scrap too. I like curating to bring things together. And I tend to purchase bits and pieces. 2. Also depends, but generally it is faster. Especially if I have a sketch or my idea ready. Because I don't make a ton of paper layouts, when I do, I take more time to make it last I guess?! But I relate to most endeavors taking longer than I planned.  |
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Mar 21, 2023 19:25:15 GMT
I usually don't mix kits because I find it easier to just use one kit that all coordinates. Sometimes I will need something that isn't in that kit (say a staple or word tag) and I'll get it from another kit. I would say 95% of what I use on a page comes from one kit.
I can create pages in as short as 5-10 minutes if I am making the base in the Project Life app and then just adding a few embellishments in the Studio app. I also can take over an hour if I am building the page from scratch in the Affinity app. Most pages are somewhere in between those two extremes and probably take around 30 minutes.
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Post by marykate on Mar 25, 2023 21:30:44 GMT
I often use only one kit: it's just easier that way. However, with my favourite designers, I will sometimes mix and mingle with their kits, because I already know they will play well together.
If you're well-organized and hyper-focused, I'm pretty sure digital scrapbooking can be a whole lot faster than trad. paper scrapping.
However, I'm neither well-organized nor hyper-focused, and I suspect my typical digital layout takes a lot longer than a trad. paper scrap layout! The thing about digital scrapping is that you really don't have to commit until you finally flatten your layers and save-for-web. You can keep swapping out this paper for that, testing out fonts, adding and subtracting various elements, moving things all around the page ... you can spend a lot of time trying to make it just right, because there's no glue involved, and you haven't really just cut that paper into small scraps, you still have the 12x12 original
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Mar 26, 2023 21:57:53 GMT
Thank you for your responses ladies. Personally I would probably use only the stuff in a collection for the same reason others mentioned about it all coordinating. But honestly crafting digitally seems more like work to me. I have to touch all the pretty paper and all the things. I really thought most of you would say "yeah, bam, bam, pause, bam! Page done! Or close to it. Guess not.  |
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