Tips for getting your mojo back.

We all experiance it at one stage or another - scrapper's block! We sit and shuffle papers and photos and then pack it all up again, feeling frustrated.

So how do we get around this?

A few things I find helpful in getting my mojo back are....
* Recipe challenges - they tell you what you have to use so it gives a great starting point.
* Surf the net checking out the awesome blogs. If you're not sure where to start, go to your fav manufacturer and check out their DT's blogs.
* Find a layout you like in a mag, and scraplift it.
* Have a jar with different techniques, & products written on pieces of paper. Choose a few and use them your layout.
* Start with a sketch. Page Maps has a fantastic variety of sketches, but there's heaps of other sketch sites.
* Watch some crafty "How to" vids on You-tube. Then try the technique yourself.
* Try making a card or a tag, sometimes working on something smaller is less daunting, and can get those creative juices flowing.

What are your suggestions?

shopping for scrapbook supplies always inspires.
Or looking through my old supplies that I haven't seen in awhile can re-inspire me.
I'll even challenge myself to use 3 OLD supplies.

Another thing that gets my mojo going is switching albums -from my 2 kids to a heritage or BOM album or even a page not about us but for a friend. I find it easier to "slap" a page down for someone sometimes, then I'm back in the grove.

I like to blog surf, look through some scrappy magazines, take some new photos & visit my fave LSS. Some good music & a clean house helps alot too.

Clean house = guilt free scrapping!

Yeah but for me, if I get the house cleaned, I'm too wiped to then scrap!

I think they are all of them are great to do when you lost your mojo! I surf the net for inspiration, then clean up my area and start with a fresh sketch to get things working again!