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Does scrapbooking take you away from other hobbies?

Since you began scrapbooking have you stopped doing other hobbies? 

If not what else do you do? If yes... Why?

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Oh, yes, I've stopped out crafts. I used to counted cross stitch and haven't picked that up in a long time. I used to read and do not do that. I used to do genealogy and have no time for that now. I used to enjoy recipes and baking and don't do much creative with that anymore --- oh so much stuff!

 

Here are your comments!

I've never really had any other hobbies. I used to do some casual online gaming on pogo, but I gave that up long before I discovered scrapbooking. The only other hobbby I really have other than scrapping is singing, and of course I haven't given that up! Dawn

It's always a balancing act for me. Right now, I'm focused on spending more time with my DH - so my scrapbooking suffers. I love making things - my latest hobby is making things with acrylic sheets. g_robb53

No, I can still manage to cook and bake and, of course, go to the beach in the summer. I do my crocheting at night while watching t.v. and I read at the beach and before I fall asleep. I found digiscrapping just when I retired from teaching, so I guess it's taking the place of my work schedule. Belle33

My other hobby is reading and no I would never stop Dawn Miner

Yes I did lots of crafts, between working and scraping and my family, it takes up all my time ! Jules

Now that you mention it, I used to do other things but I find I am always concerned about staying caught up on my lessons that I sort of pushed other things away. It is not a complaint, but my family notices that I am always working on my next lesson. ccynden

I used to do a lot of cross stitching, but hardly do any these days. I still do a lot of genealogy, and if I'm away from here any length of time, it may be family commitments, but it may be I've following up a new lead in my family history. JanetMM

I have learned to knit at times when I am not by a pc. I knit must of the time in the car, waiting for the grands. I do not spend equal times on the two. I talk about digital scrapbooking more. 204cg

I read a lot and do a little counted cross stitch in-between scrapping. At the moment I am trying to catch up on editing the holiday videos and transferring VHS tapes to digital formats a1bjm

Yes, scrapping--and all its related activities--has taken over from counted crossstitch, quilting, basketmaking, soapmaking, cooking, and oh dieting. LOL! lovinlifegurl

I don't think so. I really wasn't into many hobbies before scrapbooking. I read occasionally and also oil paint and I pretty much still do them, but just not to the extent that I scrap. NancyP

Not really, no. Still read and hike and go for drives. Tammyshere

I haven't stopped doing other hobbies. I just find that I go through periods where I do one more than the others. I love to cook, scrap, crochet, cross-stitch, bike and sew, JustaMommie

I have always cycled through my hobbies. I did cross stitch for years til I got tired of paying for frames. I have always knitted, but after I knitted everything I could think of and give away, including socks, I burned completely out. I have also made stacks of lap sized quilts, but have burned out on that too, once I discovered Digi. Your supplies are inside a computer, cost very little, you can undo anything and start and finish a layout in very little time. No ripping, no finding a place to store supplies. Plus, and most important to me, I seem to have a knack for designing a layoutsh that I never had for knitting, quilting, sewing. I have found my inner artist. In quilting, you cannot move a slider to change the color of your fabric!! Nanscraps

I used to sew & make cards back in the day. A friend got me started on paper scrapbooking and I began buying loads of stuff. Then I came across digital scrapbooking and wish I had found this before the paper scrapping. I haven't done much paper scrapping because like some people above, I get this frenzy where I want to get as many lessons done as possible in as short a time as possible. Crazy I know. Anyway, I've almost completed a paper scrapbook for a friend's daughter who is getting married so that's good. When I get back from the wedding I want to finish my granddaughter's scrapbook which I started quite a while ago and have not gotten very far on. I get frustrated when things/people get between me and my digi scrapping classes. Obsessed a bit I think. I will have to be careful in future Maggie