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

2.  Is your photograph backlog keeping you from starting to scrapbook?  Just choose a single photograph to be your focal point on a page layout.  Just starting can get rid of scrapbookers’ burnout. 

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. 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. Browsing your local scrapbook or craft store may encourage you to start scrapbooking again.  Try buying a scrapbooking kit that has everything you need to make a complete album.  

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

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

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. 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.  

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

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 tips and how to find a scrapbooking crop online.