I've gotten a bit less "strict" with the question of what's real the longer I scrap digitally. I still have an ingrained dislike of things that just feel entirely out of the question on my pages - thinking about curling ribbons or really thick and fuzzy flowers or buttons. Stuff I wouldn't have used in my physical pages anyway... LOL!
BUT, I've also come to embrace the "single photo" page concept - something I didn't really understand until I got farther along in digital scrapping. I couldn't figure out putting all of the time into a page with just one photo. Now, I get it and know when it makes sense (to me) to use it.
Love your hybrid pages! Too much going on in life to add mixed media like that to the mix - and glue and I are not the best of friends.... But they are lovely to look at!
Scissors and glue were never my friend either, but I am going to try to explore it :-) Your journey in scrapping sounds very similar to mine otherwise!
Loved scissors and fussy cutting - just not the glue! I had to glue something recently and I remember thinking, "Yeah, this is why the hybrid journaling stuff doesn't truly grab me." LOL!
I do miss the fussy cutting though.
I took up digital scrapping because life was just overwhelming and digital simplified it. It travels with me (and we are away from home as much as 3 months of the year). And digital does NOT require me to rope off the kitchen counters to work for three days, hoping I can get meals done around it. Not to mention - paper is heavy!
Off to check Deciduus - hoping I spelled it correctly!
As I've gotten older I've found myself often asking my Mum about her childhood & young adult years. Like you she has quite the story to tell, your daughters will absolutely treasure what you are doing here. Family history is so important.
Technical question; regarding printing on various papers & textures, is there a versatile ink that can print on most textures eg: when you print on brown butcher’s paper? Did you have any difficulties with inks soaking into papers, colours not printing true to the hue you desired?
Hi! Thanks for that lovely comment. As for inks and papers, I am very much dabbling in it again myself so no expert. The normal Canon Pixma inks seemed to work pretty well on the butcher's paper. I would have preferred a heavier, thicker paper for the background so I need to source that! Generally I find the colours print less deep/saturated on typical printer paper, but otherwise true. I'm hoping that my creative partner Rachel and I can explore more how to source and use alternative papers ( and also gather ideas from other people). :-)
I've gotten a bit less "strict" with the question of what's real the longer I scrap digitally. I still have an ingrained dislike of things that just feel entirely out of the question on my pages - thinking about curling ribbons or really thick and fuzzy flowers or buttons. Stuff I wouldn't have used in my physical pages anyway... LOL!
BUT, I've also come to embrace the "single photo" page concept - something I didn't really understand until I got farther along in digital scrapping. I couldn't figure out putting all of the time into a page with just one photo. Now, I get it and know when it makes sense (to me) to use it.
Love your hybrid pages! Too much going on in life to add mixed media like that to the mix - and glue and I are not the best of friends.... But they are lovely to look at!
Scissors and glue were never my friend either, but I am going to try to explore it :-) Your journey in scrapping sounds very similar to mine otherwise!
Loved scissors and fussy cutting - just not the glue! I had to glue something recently and I remember thinking, "Yeah, this is why the hybrid journaling stuff doesn't truly grab me." LOL!
I do miss the fussy cutting though.
I took up digital scrapping because life was just overwhelming and digital simplified it. It travels with me (and we are away from home as much as 3 months of the year). And digital does NOT require me to rope off the kitchen counters to work for three days, hoping I can get meals done around it. Not to mention - paper is heavy!
Off to check Deciduus - hoping I spelled it correctly!
This is really cool Lynn.
As I've gotten older I've found myself often asking my Mum about her childhood & young adult years. Like you she has quite the story to tell, your daughters will absolutely treasure what you are doing here. Family history is so important.
Technical question; regarding printing on various papers & textures, is there a versatile ink that can print on most textures eg: when you print on brown butcher’s paper? Did you have any difficulties with inks soaking into papers, colours not printing true to the hue you desired?
Is it a matter of trial & error?
Hi! Thanks for that lovely comment. As for inks and papers, I am very much dabbling in it again myself so no expert. The normal Canon Pixma inks seemed to work pretty well on the butcher's paper. I would have preferred a heavier, thicker paper for the background so I need to source that! Generally I find the colours print less deep/saturated on typical printer paper, but otherwise true. I'm hoping that my creative partner Rachel and I can explore more how to source and use alternative papers ( and also gather ideas from other people). :-)
Thank you, appreciate that. 😊