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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. 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. 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.  Start organizing your supplies.  Just seeing all the cool materials you have to work with may spark your creativity.

5.  Scrapbooking magazines are designed to bring inspiration.  Read your favorite magazine today for new techniques or the latest products. 

6.  Take a scrapbooking course or workshop.  This is sure to bring your some motivation.

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.  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 scrapbooking supplies.  Sometimes have less is more.  You may have so many choices you don’t know where to start. 

11. Don’t try to make an album tonight.  Just make one single page layout.  One page a night leads to many completed pages over time.  

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.  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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