15 Tips to Chase Away Scrapbooking Burnout

It happens to every scrapbooker.  No matter how long you’ve been scrapbooking, you’re going to face scrapbooking burnout at some time.  There can be so many reasons for it.  Maybe you just can’t decide what papers to use or which embellishments.  Here are a few tips to help you overcome your scrapbooking burnout.

1. Learning a new technique can spark your creativity.  Just find some photos and try out the technique.  It’s always best to try a new scrapbooking method as soon after you learn it as possible.

2. Ignore the backlog of photos and just scrap one photograph.  Choose a favorite photo, and make it your focal point. Sometimes getting started is all the motivation you need.

3.  Organize and clean out your photos.  Start going through your photographs and get rid of the blurry or poor quality ones.  Your backlog will start shrinking.

4. Your supply stash can bring inspiration.  Organize your supplies, and see if you are inspired to mix embellishments or papers in a new way.

5.  Your scrapbooking magazines are a great resource of inspiration.  Read one today for review of the latest products and ideas for page layouts.

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

7.  Attend a scrapbooking crop.  Either sign up for one at your local scrapbooking store or plan one yourself and invite your friends and family.

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

9. Stop trying to be perfect. Thinking every page you create must be a work of art only stops you before you ever get started.  Give yourself permission to make a less than perfect page layout.

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.  Try it page by page.  Don’t set a goal of creating a scrapbooking album a night.

12.  Sign up for a scrapbooking challenge.  You can find these online in scrapbooking community message boards.  Joining the competition and excitement will start your scrapbooking creativity going again.

13.  Join the digital scrapbooking craze.  It’s a lot less messy than traditional scrapbooking.

14.  Read online scrapbooking message boards and peek in their members’ galleries.  Just reading about the excitement of other scrapbookers may jump start your own creativity.

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.

Try these tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear.

Christine Perry is an avid scrapbooker and has over 10 years of scrapbooking experience. Her favorite scrapbooking subjects are her reluctant teenagers. She invites you to her website, http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more scrapbooking ideas and how to find a scrapbooking crop online.

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