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[suslvgeo]

I am feeling like I need a change to the way I scrap. Has that ever happened to you and what did you do?


It has not been "fun" for me lately and I am working on ways to bring back da fun!! Give me some ideas peeps!!

[Retiree3]

Sometimes I feel like I do the same thing on each LO. ACOT challenges provide me with the changes that I needed. I also get some inspirations from books and magazines.

[deerewife]

come to my house on your way to Colorado and scrap some of my pictures - that should be a good change for you. I have a spare room with a comfy bed - and big tractors and combines!

[LyndaKay]

I looked at a lot of your LOs through the years to see how your style evolved and ended up reading some of your comments with your postings. It looks like you had a ball doing the Disney mini-book (which was terrific!). Maybe you could try another one. Maybe Cole building his Star Wars thingie. I don't know....I've never hit a slump because I haven't been scrapping long enough. Good luck

[scrappininAK]

sometimes I just get burned out (like a few months ago). I took a month or two off with little or no scrapping. Now I'm back and finally feeling like I'm loving it again

[Smiley-Scrap8]

Go Digi Baby!!!

[letumom]

Go Digi Baby!!!

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. When I couldn't eat paste this summer, doing digi was great, cause I had to "learn" something new. It was a wonderful experience. Then after I was back on my feet, I was able to go bi-scraptual and now I feel I don't have enough hours in the day to keep my regular job and try to get all the ideas I have in my head into projects and layouts! LOL! I seriously need to get a journal of ideas going!

[TraciL]

I go through tons and tons of magazines until something inspires me. Sometimes, I just take a break. This month I sort of forced myself to do the challenges and then all of a sudden I was in scrap mode.




Maybe let yourself do some basic simple pages and give your creative self a break.

[milmomma]

I've decided I'm done trying to find a style, or fit my page to a style. I don't do well with just one style. I'm Tryscraptual. I try everything. When I'm in a big funk I scraplift something that is eye catching to me. Usually it doesn't turn out like the original but I still like it

[reckshow]

Some things that help me:

1. scraplifting as a challenge - can I recreate a lo? or just looking at a page in the gallery and thinking about what I would have changed.
2. don't use pictures. focus on a quotation, or journaling.
3. change your process. if you normally choose a set of pictures and choose elements to go with it, start with an element and build your page from there.
4. change the size you're working in - scrap to 5x7 instead of 12x12. or make a bookmark, not a 12x12 layout.

and one i am just starting - use challenges! this really helps me think about things carefully and in new ways. for example, i did the faithbooking challenge for november, and it was great process for me to re-think how i might use some elements and pictures.

hope that sparks something for you!

Regina

[PezKat]

Doing challenges has really gotten me to broaden my horizons a bit. Also not necessarily scraplifting, but browsing through the galleries of ladies whose work I admire... either just for inspiration, or try to figure out what it is that I love about their pages (hence my new distressing kick a la Laura F.!). Get out a tool you haven't used in a long time. Look back through earlier albums and scraplift a layout of your own that you love! And think about what kind of 'feel' your photos have and try to represent that on a page... I always say that & then I forget to do it, lol! But your pages are great, you know!

[Laura Fiore]

Doing challenges has really gotten me to broaden my horizons a bit. Also not necessarily scraplifting, but browsing through the galleries of ladies whose work I admire... either just for inspiration, or try to figure out what it is that I love about their pages (hence my new distressing kick a la Laura F.!). Get out a tool you haven't used in a long time. Look back through earlier albums and scraplift a layout of your own that you love! And think about what kind of 'feel' your photos have and try to represent that on a page... I always say that & then I forget to do it, lol! But your pages are great, you know!

This was really sweet! Thank you!!!!



Sus, I've felt like that pretty often. And I'll try a new style, work on a few techniques, even went as far as getting advice on my layouts from someone who's work I really admired. It helped! If there are cool styles that you want to try out, go for it! If you need a break, take that too (although you can't tell Pam I said to ). Maybe even try another hobby to break up the boredom for you? OR, find something fabulous to photograph, so you can't wait to scrap it!

[-Mo-]

FUN....you say???? Come back to NC and crop with "THE girls"!!! LOL I'm just sayin'!!!!

[girlsmommy]

1. Shopping
   
2. Scraplifting
   
3. Alter something (you could do a frame for Cole with his bday pic and legos glued all over the frame)
   
4. Use a sketch

[allysonc]

Yeah Sus! I know how you feel. I'm loving scrapbooking again.

What helps me is to look at different people layouts. I may take one idea from each one or whatever. Then I start to put my twist on things and may use there ideas to come up with something I really like. I like to look at color combos from magazines and other people's layouts.. Scraplift.

Maybe get a few new items to use to have something new to play with.. I finally bought some of those prima bling flourishes and some die cut paper etc etc.

It makes it more fun to try a few new things

I'm sure some of the cherry's will come up with somemore clever ideas!

[-Tracy-]

I know this is not really feasible for you being CT and all, but man...taking that break was really really helpful for me. It's hard when you *have* to scrap - after a while it does seem to take the fun out of it.

Hope you find some mojo soon.

[LyndaKay]

I've decided I'm done trying to find a style, or fit my page to a style. I don't do well with just one style. I'm Tryscraptual. I try everything. When I'm in a big funk I scraplift something that is eye catching to me. Usually it doesn't turn out like the original but I still like it

I LOVE your word, "Tryscraptual".

[alykasn]

I haven't had the layout mojo for a long time, I've been doing altered items, canvas pics and covered wood projects. Since I've been doing this I've felt like I really want to do some pages with old photos of my dad with different colors than I usually use. I got a bunch of vintage looking stuff in blues and yellows, so not me but I really want to get some stuff done so I can get to working with it. I'd say- try to do an altered project, something you never thought you would be interested in.

[Nikki_E]

I have to take a break from it sometimes and work on my other hobbies.

[jdcrew2]

Try to think of new materials to use and change the way scrapbooking is done!