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 scrapbooking technique can cure your burnout.  Just try a new technique on one page layout 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. Clean out your photos. Why are you hanging onto blurred or poor quality photos?  Give yourself permission to toss them, and watch your backlog shrink.

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

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. Gather your friends together for a scrapbooking crop.  There’s inspiration and motivation in numbers.  If you prefer not to set up a party of your own, check out your local scrapbooking store for a group crop.

8.  A trip to your local scrapbooking store to see all the new products can also inspire you to start creating scrapbooking pages.  

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.  Scale down your scrapbooking supplies.  Give away or sell some of your stash and cure supply overload. 

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.  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.  Let others see your scrapbooks.  Show your pages to your friends and family.  Seeing how others react to your albums can motivate you to create more albums.  

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