Trying to get excited about scrapbooking again....

I have been mostly sidetracked from scrapbooking for about a year, after I finished some albums. I've been working on other papercrafting, but really want to get back to scrapping again. We're going on vacation, but this will definitely be on my radar for September, so I'll check back in with you after that!

scrapnnana, join the gallery.  I would love to see your layouts.

I paper scrapbooked from 2000-2008.  Then I took a hiatus.  I digi scrapped from 2011-2014.  I have recently figured out I missed the paper and have started up again.  I am having so much fun with it.  I feel like I just want to scrap and scrap right now.  My biggest hang up, though, is supplies.  I sold all my scrapbook stuff in 2011.  So I have been slowly buying things and getting back into it.  I would say, look for some pictures that motivate you and start with them.  And do only what you like.  If you prefer mini albums, then do mini albums.  

I took a multi-year hiatus when my life got complicated and I went on survival mode and found it very hard to get back to scrapbooking as well.

It was overwhelming and what worked for me was a combination of Youtube videos for inspiration and changing formats at the beginning. I've always been a slow, perfectionist kind of scrapper. Sometimes I'd agonize over a layout forever. So instead of trying to pick up with traditional 12x12 layouts, I discovered traveler's notebooks. For some reason I found the smaller size to be completely freeing! Simple layouts came together quickly and if I didn't love a layout, no big deal - I just flipped the page and went on to the next. I couldn't use as much product either, so it took away all the angst.

The TN layouts were the gateway to getting back to regular scrapping. And having a better phone to take pictures and a way to print at home, which I had never had before, completed the circle.

I think you're right, OP, that starting with new pictures is a good idea.

Are you interested in Youtube process videos? There have been a few threads here with lots of suggestions for videos. Those could inspire you. Also, Pinterest if you're not into videos and would rather just look at a picture of the final product. Scraplifting could also help you get back into the swing of things.

I hope you don't feel guilty or in any way bad about about not scrapping. If so, work on letting those feelings go so you can enjoy your hobby and have fun with it.

Welcome back to scrapping!

I went through a 4 year period of not scrapping.(Move, divorce, working overtime, no where but the kitchen table to scrap)- I stored everything away for 4 years.  It wasn't until I moved into my house and had a little craft area set up that my interest peaked. I purged my supplies and set up my craft area. It still took me a while to scrap until I looked a lot on Pinterest, and took  a lot of recent photos and then I went from there. I have small periods of no mojo, but have done almost 4 albums in the last 2 years. When I really hit a scrapping block, I took Victoria Marie's Layering classes and learning new techniques helped get the mojo going again.

Lately I've been watching a lot of YT and that has helped as well. 

I took a long break myself when we moved and I was working full-time. I attended a Planner conference earlier this year (Go Wild 2017 in Nashville) with a neighbor and it gave me the spark I was missing. I'm a scrapbooker and a stamper, so I already had pretty paper and lots of perfect stamps. I also received a 3 month trial to Big Picture classes, which I just initiated this month. I find the Frugal crafter and Jennifer McGuire on YouTube very inspiring. I come to this board, Splitcoaststampers and Scrapbook.com a lot too. I try to engage in my crafty endeavors when I'm off work for a few days so I can get into my creative zone.