What to do with all this scrapbooking stuff

**babymav** · 05-04-2004, 10:25 PM

My sil bought me a box full of scrapbooking stuff for christmas. So now I have a box full of pictures, a box full of scrapbooking stuff and a box full of albums that are empty. Were do you guys get your inspiration from. I look at this stuff everyday and say to myself everyday that I will start today but have no clue where to start LOL

God please inspire me so I can at least get one box emptied LOL

**SusieJD** · 05-06-2004, 05:14 PM

Oh, how lucky! I've got lots of scrapebooks (even on line!). I love making them.

Here's a great place to go for ideas:
http://www.diynet.com/diy/cr_scrapbo..._13776,00.html

Have fun!

Susie in MN

**Missy** · 05-06-2004, 05:28 PM

I am a scrappin fiend, LOL. Dh says i take pics just so I can use my papers.

You can find tons of inspirations in magazines, and in books. I find alot of inspiration by looking at papers, and embellishments. When I am 100% again, i will see what I can find to help you out. Gotta shake this yicky sinus infection.

**TrueFaithMom** · 05-09-2004, 05:22 PM

I think it IS overwhelming sometimes! I sort my pics into stacks to scrap or not. Then I sort the "to scrap" stack into pages/groupings and stack those criss cross if that makes sense (so all the page groupings are in one stack) then I grab a grouping of photos and my cardstock and pic which photos I'll use and then play with the paper and in an half hour or 3, I'll have a set of pages! Don't be afraid to cut your photos up, get rid of background that doesn't add to the photo. If you have lots of pics and can't possibly use them, maybe you can use them for border pieces ... such as cropping 4-6 photos real small around the face and having a border of "smiley faces"...

Have fun!