I started scrapbooking - I guess real scrapbooking - in 2000 after a 2 month business trip to England and I saw this thing called scrapbooking on a HGTV show. I've always played with photos and layouts since middle school on and was editor of my high school's yearbook for two years.
For digital... my mom was frustrated when it came to layout and I purchased the software package, making memories (I think that is what it was called)... I was frustrated with the ugly designs that came with the software and happened up on SSD. My son was just born and I found it so much easier to scrap on the computer then pulling out all my scrapbooking stuff on the kitchen table.
I only scrap for family scrapbooks... it's rare that I will create a page that won't be printed for our scrapbooks.