How to get rid of "scrapper's block"?

[QuiltyMom]

I'm having another serious case of Scrapper's Block. I've been so busy with life outside of scrapping (sigh), that when I sat down last night to finally work on a page after a month away I just couldn't do it. I'm usually a slow scrapper, but nothing flowed. It was sad.

So, how do you get back into the swing of scrapping after being away?

 

[navaja77]

Try looking through photos and finding something that inspires you to create. Take it slowly and make sure you have a good amount of time to sit down and scrap. I find that I need to step away sometimes and think about what I want to create then come back to it. If I sit and stare at it, nothing happens.

Do you keep a journal of ideas of what pages you want to create? If you don't, maybe write down what page you are thinking of working on and sketch some ideas. Get the mind back into scrapping by doing that first and then sit down and scrap. You know how back in school when we did papers? Before actually writing the paper, it helps to do an outline. This helps alot when you finally sit down to draft that paper. The same process can help with scrapping.

 

[StefanieS]

I tend to look at the most recent photos or products and then just start playing..
Watching a process video - like watching Cheryl scrap also gets those juices flowing.

 

[gonewiththewind]

I watch scrapbooking process videos as well (sometimes even my own ).

Mostly I've discovered I just have to keep going until I finish that first layout. Then I close it out and move on to the next one. It's like riding a bike, if you haven't in a long time. You have to let your body remember what it's supposed to do. The first ride might be a bit shaky, but after you remember, it's smooth sailing.

 

[scrappyjedi]

I posted this over in the scrapping slump thread, but I usually get over a slump by organizing my supplies, especially if I have new downloads to unzip! Sooner or later I spot something that I just have to scrap with right away, drop the organizational task, and run with scrapping. It almost always works for me!

 

[michelepixels]

Doing one of the challenges always helps me.

 

[QuiltyMom]

These are all great ideas! I'll give them all a try. Maybe I'm trying too hard. I've been so distracted by all the other incomplete tasks around my house that I just can't settle down. We're still unsettled from receiving all the furniture and goods from my in-law's move that were still tripping over things, and I know I'll not get to reorganizing things until July. Sigh.

I'm trying to complete a couple of albums, and I guess I'm just wanting to get them done. Perhaps if I just work on something else for a while that doesn't have any looming deadlines on it. Maybe I'll just go drool over the gallery and find some pages to lift.