My Story.

vicky — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:12:18 GMT

Welcome.

(sp? - the Bhg.com website spells digiscrapping as digiscraping. Is that not like to scrape something LOL)

You could say Scrapbooking started a long time ago ((((((((((( in my family)))))))))))) by my grandmother. She was famous for journaling under her pictures in the family photo album little funny comments to remember each picture. She then had the fantastic idea (and she got alot of flack too) for taking the expensive photographed pictures of her children, clipping around them and putting wallpaper behind it and then framing it. I will upload it later.

I took 4 years of photography class in school. Our teacher was a very creative man with long hair and a boatload of patience working with teenagers. I was fascinated by the different special effects one could create by using different photographic techniques and timing in the darkroom. I played mostly with black and white photography. I experimented alot with lighting,angles, and composition. Ok, I am even guilty of photographing the local rock band and being the one to make their flyers using a typewriter and a copymachine. Let me say the typewriter was not that modern at the time and didnt have correction tape. I was not that great at typing at that time and it took a couple of hours to make one flyer we could use without mistakes. LOL.

I took the typing class in high school too. We typed on the first computers. Our teacher was a strict woman who did not stand for extra noise in the classroom and wore her hair up in a bun. She taught us how to format floppies and use them to boot the computer. I still don't get it. I loved every second. It's amazing I passed that class with the boys behind me relentlessly tugging on my long hair. Yes, I even typed their notes for their shop class for them and earned a little extra money doing it.

I started digiscrapping in January 2007. I was actually just surfing around. I fell upon my first Digiscrapping website where they offered freebies. I made a friend online and we had fun looking at different freebies and trying to find what we needed online to make scrapbooking layouts. I decided to try and create my own freebies and found I thought it took too much time away from the freetime i have with two small children to help with. I wasnt digitalscrapping anymore, I was looking for a font, or trying to make a paper using texture. I wanted to go back to making my layouts.

This site started because I needed a way to see the freebies I had/and the ones that were out there in one place. I spent too much time hunting after particular designs I liked. I filled my hard drive needlessly with designs I never used but loved. DigiScrapDepot.com was born out of a necessity I felt for us scrapbookers who needed a place to come. A 1- Stop Shop if you will.

I begged my husband to make the site for me. I told him what I "needed" and he tried to make sense of it. Good for him! He has learned alot about scrapbooking then he probably ever thought he wanted LOL. After a month of careful planning, and alot of babysitting the site came to fruition.

Since then we have opened our doors to let the visitors and designers come in and show off their hard work. We try to make the site functional and educational. Allowing visitors to leave comments about the designers work that will inspire them.

Well it was a crazy little idea of mine that my husband did not feel would pay off. Now I can tell him that i have made so many great connections with designers all over the world and that is why I do it. I love to design myself and have somewhere to put them LOL.

from Vicky, Admin!

vicky — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:24:36 GMT

Well the site being down has been a blessing in disguise. Just look what some beautiful visitors have to say:

A Huge Thanks

scrapinnana — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:13:34 GMT

I would like to take a moment of time to thank you for the great site you provide. I just recently began scrapbooking in Photoshop Elements with the use of templates. Prior to that I had been using another program but when it was updated I was experiencing problems with the layouts. With some help from a wonderful designer and a book in hand I learned how to make my scrapbook pages in Elements with the use of templates. When I found your site with the freebie template offerings I was elated. I just want to thank you for all the work you do in bringing us these freebie postings each day. I have used a number of the templates that I downloaded and make my scrapbook pages. Once again thank you for all your hard work in bringing all these freebies to us.

Sandy

a/k/scrapinnana

VERY Enjoyable site!

arcticflowergir — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:25:35 GMT

DigiScrapDepot is absolutely my most favorite and most visited website! I am retired and I start each day with 2 cups of tea and peruse your website.

I have downloaded so many incredible freebies that I have had to purchase 2 extra external hard drives!

I appreciate the designers sharing their very talented and beatiful work! Please keep the site up and running. I would be so depressed if it was eliminated!

Thank you so much, Vicky, for your efforts and all the time involved. Your site is absolutely the BEST thing on the Web!

Sharon

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A Huge Thanks

VERY Enjoyable site!