Are you suffering from scrapbooking burnout? Are your photos and scrapbooking supplies piling up
and you don't have the motivation to create a single page layout? Here are a few ideas to help you
cure your scrapbooking burnout.
1. Learning a new scrapbooking technique can cure your burnout. Just try a new technique on one page
layout today.
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. 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. 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. Sign up for a scrapbooking class. The excitement of a class is a terrific boost to motivate you
to get more pages done.
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. A trip to your local scrapbooking store to see all the new products can also inspire you to start
creating scrapbooking pages.
9. Don't think you have to be perfect. Scrapbooking doesn't have to be complicated. Allow yourself
to make mistakes and make simple pages. Not every page needs to be a work of art.
10. Have a scrapbooking supply sale of your own. Give away or sell some of your supplies. Sometimes
have less is more. You may have so many choices you don't know where to start.
11. Try it page by page. Don't set a goal of creating a scrapbooking album a night.
12. Take a scrapbooking challenge. Many online scrapbooking communities organize challenges. The
participants all follow the same basic guidelines for a page, and then show off their creations in
the community gallery.
13. Join the digital scrapbooking craze. It's a lot less messy than traditional scrapbooking.
14. Join a scrapbooking community online and read their message boards and forums. Most of these
communities have galleries where members upload their scrapbooking pages for others to see and make
comments.
15. Show off your scrapbooks. When was the last time you pulled out your scrapbooks when family
comes to visit or let your children read through your albums? When you see all the pages you have
designed, you just may be motivated to create some more.
Try these tips today and watch your scrapbooking burnout disappear.