Although there are endless amounts of scrapbooking supplies, tools, and embellishments available, you may come to a point where you are finding it difficult to get the right start on a particular page layout for one of your scrapbooks. Don’t worry, this happens to all of the most creative types in the world, and often it just takes something to get your mind of of the creative rut that it’s currently in.

You can find general inspiration everywhere around you, especially in advertising.  You may want to take a break and watch television but keep the general idea in the back of your mind, watching the ads for ideas.  You could also go for a nice drive and check out billboards and other advertising. On the other hand, you may want to go straight to the source and pick up some scrapbooking magazines that focus on page layout ideas and begin your project by mimicking one of the examples you like.

Don’t be afraid to just put it away all together and not think about scrapbooking for an hour or two. The ironic part is that it’s very likely that once you get your mind working on something else entirely, that’s when an idea will strike you for your scrapbooking page layout.

What about going to visit a friend? Meet someone for coffee and chat about your ideas. They might have a fresh perspective that they can share and lead you to scrapbooking bliss!

The ultimate source of inspriation will often comes from the pictures themselves if you can get your mind into it at the time. You can pull design ideas and colors from the photos, and match the backgrounds with the paper you choose, etc.  The best thing to do is not stress out about it and just have fun, take breaks, and share your ideas with others.