You can count me as a CM starter, too. But, I have pulled apart all my early pages. They were truly dreadful
All those funky shaped pictures and the stitckers...Oy!
Anyway, I started back in 2002, I think. A good friend invited me to a CM party. So, I played with paper (and not very succesfully) until Dec 2004, when I found Digital Scrapbooking 2 Magazine in a Michaels. I was HOOKED! I have been strictly digital over the last few years, until late last year when I got the bug to try hybrid. I will never go back to paper, but it is fun to do those mini albums from time-to-time.