Digi isn't "real" scrapbooking!

[Sarah]

Digiscrap is real. Real memories are being scrapped!

[christinap]

Great discussion ladies!

[Tree City]

WHY did S. Etc ask this question? I mean, aren't they just asking for this kind of Mean Girl scrapping talk?!

[christinap]

and now they are complaining there is no journaling or title.

[Ambelleina]

I understand. That word "real" chaps my hide. My friends who paper scrap don't think I do "real" scrapping and I hear (from society) that I am not a "real" mother since my kids are adopted. But "real" simply means it exists and is not imaginary. My scrapbook pages exist and so do I, so it's all "real" as far as I'm concerned! Sheesh.

That's ridiculous. Being a mother does not mean giving birth. A lot of women give birth but are never really mothers to the child that came out of them. A mother is the woman who raises you, cares for you and helps shape the person a child is, whether she contributed genetic material to the child or not. Same thing with men; just because you created life doesn't mean you are a father, just because you didn't doesn't mean you aren't. I can attest to that 110%.

There's a very strong possibility I won't be able to have children of my own and if I can't, I WILL adopt and I'll be damned if anyone tells me I'm not a real mother!

[Ambelleina]

Ps-We digi scrappers are being GREEN! Can't say traditional scrapping is exactly eco-friendly! ;)

"Oh, you digitally scrap? You're not a real scrapper."
"At least I'm not killing trees."


BOO YAH!

[conniep]

My son (10) was watching me scrap one day and said... "wow, mom, it's like you are a computer artist". Music to my ears

BEST quote evah!! lol

[conniep]

They are just jealous! lol

[MichaelsMomJo]

I have a couple of friends who are paper scrappers, pack up the house and go for a weekend crop types. They "tolerate" what I do, although I have to say they get pretty chapped when we get together on a Saturday and they make 5 trips to the closet or their car depending on whose house we're at, and I walk in with a laptop case that has my laptop, a mouse, my portable EHD, and sometimes my Wacom tablet! So I really think that they're a bit jealous and justify all the $ they spend and the hundreds of pounds of stuff they schlep around by arguing that it's "real" scrapbooking. Fine by me... my back's happier, and so is my bank account!

[Sarah]

They don't take into account the wear and tear on a counter, the cost of programs, or the risk of a computer crash.