Do you ever get into a scrapbooking rut when you feel like you can’t come up with a clever page design for your layout? I know I have been there! When it happens to me, I usually head over to the TDP gallery for some layout inspiration. But today, I’m going to encourage your to head to your OWN gallery! That’s right! You should scraplift yourself!
When I’m feeling bad about my scrapping skills (and don’t we all sometimes?) a quick stroll through my gallery to look at my favorite layouts can usually get my mojo flowing again. One of the easiest ways to get back to scrapping and get those layouts finished is by scraplifting your own layouts. A lot of people might say that they don’t want such similar pages in their albums, but I promise that nobody will notice when they admire your work! If you want to shake things up from your original layout, you can always rotate your original or change the number of photos for a quick fix.
I find that using this scraplift yourself strategy gets me in a positive mindset about scrapping and helps me get my layouts finished without too much stress. The greatest part is that the pages come together so quickly! I use the original layout as a template and then just clip the new papers to the originals and swap out the embellishments. It is so quick and easy!
Here is an example for you:
Here is the original layout-
And here is the new layout I created with my scraplift
As you can see, they are quite similar, but when separated in an album, it is no big deal at all! It got my layout done on a day when I might have otherwise given up on getting a page done.
I would love to see what you can come up with when you scraplift yourself! I’m hosting a challenge over on the TDP Challenge Forum and you should come play along!
About the Author: Katie is a member of the Creative Team here at The Digital Press. She lives in Central Florida with her husband and their four sweet, crazy boys. When she’s not dodging Nerf bullets or trying to dig out from under the never ending pile of laundry, she enjoys photography, cooking, going to Disney World with her family, and, of course, digital scrapbooking.