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

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. 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. 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.  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. 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 ideas and how to find a scrapbooking crop online.

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