If you’ve been scrapbooking for a while, you know how easy it is to get burnout and lack of motivation to create pages.  It seems we still tend to pile up a stack of photos just waiting to be placed in an album, but we haven’t found just the right paper or embellishments yet, or maybe we can’t decide what scrapbooking techniques to use on them.  Here are a few ideas to help overcome scrapbooking burnout.

1. A new scrapbooking technique may be just what you need to spark your imagination. Grab some photos and try one out today.

2.  Don’t think you have to get through your entire photograph backlog.  Just pick one photo today, and showcase it on a page.  Just getting started may be just what you need. 

3.  Give yourself permission to throw out poor quality photographs.   Your backlog will start to shrink and just looking through your photos may inspire you.

4.  Go through and organize your scrapbooking supplies. Can you use your materials in a new way? Or can you create new color combinations?

5. Flip through scrapbooking magazines for inspiration.  They are filled with great page ideas, techniques to try and information on the latest products. 

6.  Enroll in a scrapbooking class.  The excitement of taking a class can often spark your interest to start scrapbooking again.

7.  Plan a scrapbooking crop for your friends.  If you don’t want to plan one yourself, attend a crop at your local scrapbooking store.

8.  Go shopping!  Browse through your local scrapbooking store or craft store and get inspired by all the new products available.  

9.  Allow yourself to make mistakes.  Trying to be perfect is a sure way to get scrapbooking burnout. 

10. Sell or give away some of your scrapbooking supplies. Scaling down can help you overcome supply overload.  Sometimes too many choices can keep you from taking action. 

11.  Don’t try to take on too much.  Are you trying to create a whole album in one night?  Try to scrapbook just one page at a time.  

12.  Join a scrapbooking community online challenge.  You can find these on message boards and forums.  Competing with others may jump start your motivation.

13.  Try digital scrapbooking.  Learning how to creative scrapbook albums on your computer can be inspiring.

14.  Check out the message boards and galleries at online scrapbooking communities.  The excitement of the members and seeing their ideas and pages provides plenty of inspiration.  

15.  Put your scrapbook albums on display.  Let your family and friends enjoy your page layouts.  See their faces light up as they appreciate your pages will motivate you to get scrapbooking again.  

Just a few of these scrapbooking ideas will chase your scrapbooking burnout away.

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SherryD
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