Hi from the Netherlands

Hi all! I've been lurking here for years, but never properly introduced myself. I'm Maaike and live in the Netherlands with my husband, kids, and my very old golden retriever. I work in healthcare. Around 2011/2012 I started digiscrapping but did not realize it, LOL. I wasn't very pleased with the limited options the printing service had for creating (printed) photo albums and therefor started adding my digital drawings, backgrounds and elements to it, saved it as a photo and added the whole thing for printing. It took about 2 years before I realized there was actually a name for this hobby and even stores that sell items for it. So you can say I was pretty late to the party. Nowadays I'm still designing (but professionally) and hardly have the time for making my own scrap pages, even though I love it. However, I occasionally buy kits because they are so lovely... but they end up in folders. Hope I can use them when I retire or something, LOL. Happy to meet you all!

 

Thank you Sylvia! Great to see some familiar faces here!

 

Hi Anja! Thanks for the warm welcome!

 

Thanks for the welcome, umyesh and Dawn!

Yes, I still think it is funny up 'till today... Since I thought I was the only one with this hobby, I started to question my sanity, haha. I knew what scrapping was, hybrid I mean, but I never linked that to my more artsy style, with lots of scribbles, watercolor splashes etc. since the scrapping pages I was familiar with were usually adorned with lots of buttons, bows and these cute stickers. In my immediate surroundings, I’m still the only one who digiscraps. Here, at least, I can freely talk about how enjoyable it is without being seen as odd or having to explain terms like 'layout' or 'elements' if people ask me what I like doing. 'Making photo albums' doesn't really cover what I/we do, but most of the time I'll just say that so at least people understand it a little.

 

Thank you, Angela, Heather and Esther! Happy to be here!

 

Exactly. But I noticed it is really hard to explain to people...

 

Thanks for the welcome, Jagruti Patel!

 

Thanks Kim, Christa & Krista!
There a simply too many gorgeous goodies, right? I drive my husband crazy since my folders take up a lot of space on the external hard drive. Ofc I 'do use it all' so I need that stuff.