10 Scrapbooking Questions

[LJSDesigns]

I am curious about the following life and scrapping questions.

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
3. What is your favorite color?
4. What color do you scrap with the most?
5. Title or no title on your layout?
6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
8. How many photos on your average layout?
9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?

That's it. I'd love to see all of you answer, so that I can learn a little more about what makes the scrapper in you tick.

[AmieN1]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
43, I scrapbooked my dental hygiene school requirements! lol So started in college- but didn't start digital until 2008

2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
23-ish years probably

3. What is your favorite color?
Teal/turquoise

4. What color do you scrap with the most?
Prob blue- as it's everyone in my house's favorite

5. Title or no title on your layout?
Almost always a title- but if I can use wordarts for a title I love that

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
Buttons

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
stitching

8. How many photos on your average layout?
Average would prob be 3

9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
Everything but the kitchen sink I love pretty things & want to use ALL.THE.THINGS

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
Sister does some paper scrapping & I've helped a few other moms I know get started with digiscrapping- but none that are close family or friends. They do joke that they can't wait to see that on a layout when we take pics & events though!

[Kiana]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
47 see math below

2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
-- 16yrs so I was around 31yrs old at the time

3. What is your favorite color?
purples and blues

4. What color do you scrap with the most?
pretty much all except oranges

5. Title or no title on your layout?
usually no titles unless using word arts or premade

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
flowers, foliage, butterflies, wordart

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
I would say these could be limited qty or left out: basics like buttons, clips, arrows

8. How many photos on your average layout?
no more than 4

9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
depends on my mood

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
nope

[nesser1981]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking? 43. Maybe 15, I've always had scrapbooks
2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.) Digital since summer 2006, paper w/ stickers & funky scissors since 1995/1996 ish.
3. What is your favorite color? Purples/Blues
4. What color do you scrap with the most? More blues than anything or neutral
5. Title or no title on your layout? title
6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit? flowers
7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without? reskinned alphabets, I usually pull from my stash of stand alone alphas
8. How many photos on your average layout? 3 or more
9. How would you describe your scrapping style? LOL, whatever you'd call Cindy's. I think it's classic
10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap? My MIL paper scraps, I had a few of my Air Force friends that have tried digi over the years, but I don't think any of them stuck with it.

[StacyLynn]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
50. I was 24 (same year I gave birth to my first child), but I used to collect photos, tickets, programs, memorabilia and such and put in photo albums way back in high school.

2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
26 years paper scrapping... 2009 I started digital, 15 years

3. What is your favorite color?
purple

4. What color do you scrap with the most?
I thought I scrapped pink the most (3 girls) but apparently after peeking in my gallery, I use a lot of browns/tans and wood backgrounds.

5. Title or no title on your layout?
title

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
foliage

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
hmmmmm maybe frames or journaling cards? I don't use those that much anymore.

8. How many photos on your average layout?
1-3

9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
Lots of layers n clusters

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
I taught all my kids to scrap, but they don't anymore...
My sister in law does paper scrapping occasionally.

[HavaDrPepper]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking? 68. Scrapping as we know it today, 43 years old.

2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.) 25 years starting with CM products in 1999. Switched to digital in 2008. However, I was cutting out newspaper articles and putting them into artist books since my teens. I also always put my photos in albums (magnetic... eek!) So in all reality I've been doing some sort of scrapping for over 50 years.

3. What is your favorite color? Purple

4. What color do you scrap with the most? Teal/Blue and autumn colors. I have a thing for autumn kits!

5. Title or no title on your layout? Depends on the layout

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit? I've been using flowers and foliage much more in the last few years.

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without? Stitching, paint, frames

8. How many photos on your average layout? More than 1

9. How would you describe your scrapping style? Classic with the photos and journaling the focus of the layout.

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap? Yes, some of my closest friends I met through scrapbooking. I also found out in 2002 when I cleaned out a closet in the master bedroom that my mother had made a scrapbook of their wedding back in 1954. It was falling apart so I took it apart and put it into a CM album. She also did scrapbooks of my childhood that were falling apart. I also transferred them to CM albums. Sadly, she had passed away before I actually started with CM.

[jacinda]

1. How old are you?
51

2. How long have you been scrapping.
About 20 years

3. What is your favorite color?
Navy Blue

4. What color do you scrap with the most?
Blue and green

5. Title or no title on your layout?
Always a title

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
Leaves/greenery

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
Mixed media/paint splatters etc

8. How many photos on your average layout?
Used to be multiple. These days more often 1-2

9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
Clean, photo focused

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
No

[LeeAndra]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking? I'm 44 and I've been scrapping since I was 23...
2. How long have you been scrapping?... which is 21 years!
3. What is your favorite color? Pink!
4. What color do you scrap with the most? I'm the only human girl in this house so sadly, not pink. Probably some boring neutral brown or white.
5. Title or no title on your layout? If I can use a wordart piece as a title, great. Otherwise, no. There are no titles left in me after 21 years!
6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit? Mixed media for my background!
7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without? String. I just can't get it to look or sit right on my pages.
8. How many photos on your average layout? Depends. My favorite pages are moment pages which are usually only 1 or 2. The event pages are 4-6.
9. How would you describe your scrapping style? Nowadays, pretty simple. I'm living my life more fully than I ever have so when I sit down to scrap, I scrap a page in 30 minutes(ish) so I can get back to living!
10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap? I got my mom into paper scrapping about 10 years ago.

[nietis]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
Going to be 40 this year. I started scrapbooking at 24, I think.
2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
I've scrapped for 16 years, I started in November 2008.
3. What is your favorite color?
Blue.
4. What color do you scrap with the most?
I just browsed my gallery really quickly and it seems that I use brown a lot.
5. Title or no title on your layout?
Always title.
6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
Patterned paper.
7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
Flower.
8. How many photos on your average layout?
I'll say plenty. If I scrap without template, I usually do 1 photo layout, but if it's a template, I tend to pick one with a lot of photos on it.
9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
Layers & clusters heavy.
10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
No.

[MamaBee]

1. How old are you? How old were you when you started scrapbooking?
48... I started scrapbooking when I was 30, unless you count yearbook editor two years in a row in high school then it would be 16.

2. How long have you been scrapping. (I know I could probably figure it out from the question above, but that is math and math is ugh for me.)
I did paper when I first started, but it wasn't until my son was born that I switched to do more digital... so 17 years.

3. What is your favorite color?
My favorite color is navy or dark teal.

4. What color do you scrap with the most?
I don't know if I have a certain color that is most - I know pink is the least.

5. Title or no title on your layout?
99% of my layouts have titles

6. What is one thing that you need in every scrapbook kit?
leaves... or branches, something with greens. I find it hard to use flowers without them. and Scatters... love scatters and if they are in the kit, I will use them.

7. What is something that seems to be in every kit that you could do without?
Depends on my mood, but usually odd 3D objects.

8. How many photos on your average layout?
I don't think I have an average... it's as many photos as I need to tell the story. I usually start with the number of photos and find a template with that number. We do need more one photo templates. lol.

9. How would you describe your scrapping style?
Everything but the kitchen sink? is that a style? lol. Again, it depends on my mood... I love a good artsy page, too. I struggle with clean version with tiny photos/elements and lots of whitespace.

10. Do any of your real life family or friends also scrap?
My mom does a lot of shutterfly scrapbooks and my aunt also digitally scrapbooks. I have a few IRL friends that scrapbook, but it's traditional paper based.