PixelScrapper - why it's a great place to join

I was approached by PixelScrapper at the beginning of the month to write an article about them and my digi scrapping as a way to help prompt the website. I feel honoured that I have been given this opportunity and hopefully you will come and join in the fun too. 

I've been a member at PixelScrapper for more than a year now (I think I found the site in the middle of 2019). It's a great resource for digital scrapping ... full of daily downloads and also monthly challenges. I try to take part in the wonderful challenges but there are months when I just don't get there. However at any stage you can dive in and take part in a challenge or two. They've even started a reward system now of getting extra downloads if you do 8 or more monthly challenges in any given month.

I have labelled my previous posts with the tag DigiScrapping:PixelScrappers if you want to see my layouts that I made for previous challenges.

The daily downloads are definitely a plus in building up my stash and allowing me to choose the items I want to scrap with. There are all sorts of elements, papers, wordarts, inky bits, templates and more to download. Every day you get 5 download credits to use for that day. Now and then there are even special days when you get added bonuses and can download a kit. The subscription services is another great feature... with this you get unlimited downloads. Mainly due to the exchange rate I haven't yet done the subscription, but it might very well become an option for me sometime in the future. There are monthly and yearly options to the subscription service.

So if you are wanting to know more about digital scrapping, PixelScrappers actually have a wonderful article all about the world of Digital Scraps. This will give you more insight into the hobby as well as links to various sites around the web to help you get started. You can also browse around the graphics, kits and commons areas to pick and choose things to download. The forum is a helpful place to start with lots of tutorials, tips and the monthly bloghop list too. The nice thing about the gallery is that you can post any layout there, you don't only have to use PixelScrapper goodies in your work. This makes completing the challenges even easier.

Now you might be wondering why I have switched to digital scrapping. Well for a number of reasons really:

1. I ran out of shelf space for all my paper layouts.

2. I can't stop scrapping as it's a great stress reliever and so digital made sense.

3. With Digital Scrapping I can scrap on the go - I scrap on a tablet using PixelLab and can take it with me wherever I go... I am not bound to a desk

4. There is no mess with digi scrapping... hehehe. This is definitely a plus as I don't have to tidy up. I can just close my tablet and call it a day! 

5. Yes I do miss playing with ink and doing lots of techniques, but I have learnt how to incorporate some of these in my digi layouts now too. I am keeping very close to my same style of scrapping just with a few adjustments.

6. Printing a book for the year plus any kits that I buy does add up but when I look at how much I spent on paper scrapping it's about the same cost. There isn't must difference in the budget department! 

7. The huge plus however is that I get a LOT more in a digi kit for the same or less than a paper kit cost, plus I get to keep the goodies forever and can use them over and over and over again... oh and I never run out of e's in my alphabet stickers.... hehehehe.

8. I can also scrap photos over and over again using different kits everytime until I eventually decide that it's time to print. If I don't want to print a layout I don't have to... but it is a memory scrapped.

These are just some of the reasons why I digi scrap... there are lots more and I guess if you've made it this far and want to know more, you are welcome to drop me a comment.

Be sure to check out PixelScrapper for lots of fun goodies.