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10-12-2011, 09:41 PM
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what do you do when you lose all mojo??
what do you guys do when all mojo is lost??
buy a new kit? visit someones gallery?? look at old photos??? take new ones....  my mojo is just lost and I can't seem to find it. POOF gone. 
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10-12-2011, 09:44 PM
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I do some of the portfolio challenges... I usually start out with the lifts and then go from there... sometimes I just start with a kit and see what happens but it's very rare for me to find my mojo that way... and I've also found that if I start something and then walk away for awhile, then add some more and then walk away again over and over again really helps me... it may take me a few days to do a layout but that tends to help when the mojo seems to have disappeared.
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10-12-2011, 09:55 PM
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oh i so know what you are going thru...i would say grab a template and a kit and go from there...
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10-12-2011, 09:58 PM
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10-13-2011, 03:17 AM
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When I'm not inspired, I take a break. There are so many things one can do during a break, it's actually refreshing not to scrap for a moment. And it always helps. Remember this is a hobby, there are no obligations involved. Take your time and enjoy.
My last break lasted for about 2 months. I didn't feel like scrapping, so I didn't. And now it's all back. It always comes back, just don't push it.
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10-13-2011, 03:48 AM
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Yes, taking a break is what helps best here as well.
When my mojo is gone, not even templates or scraplifting can bring it back. I just hate everything I bring into my canvas then, really weird. Another thing that sometimes helps is taking new photos. I sometimes get inspiration from that.
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10-13-2011, 04:57 AM
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I'm like Adrianka - I just take a break. Quite often during my daughter's basketball season I go through this - I have so little free time during this season that my mojo just goes out the window so I take a break and come back to it a month or 2 later.
When I do feel I'm ready to get back to it but I need a jump start, I'll find a layout that I LOVE in someone's gallery and do a total scraplift to get me into the flow of things.
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10-13-2011, 07:31 AM
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10-13-2011, 07:40 AM
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I just went through this... lol! Nothing was kicking it back into gear and I'm a bit hybrid mojo-less lately - which doesn't make me happy at all!! I even started to go through a organizing frenzy which usually always works... nope, didn't budge it...
So, I started to plan out a big project... I'm going to scrap our 2011 mini-vacations into one book... I'm really excited about that (I rarely scrap vacation photos)... and that seems to get me over the scrapping mojo block. Can you believe I only scrapped 11 pages last month... that is for the WHOLE month - geez, I use to scrap that in a week for new releases! *sigh* Hope your mojo comes back quickly!!
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10-13-2011, 09:35 AM
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10-13-2011, 12:19 PM
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I haven't really lost my mojo, but I'm stuck in a 'rut'. I'm getting tired of all my pages looking the same. I mainly look at galleries online and bookmark pages I like (I have a folder on my computer, "LO Ideas"). I also tend to shop for new kits to inspire me (I already have so many that I haven't even used yet, yet I keep buying more)... this is what I did too when I paper scrapped.. I "collected"!
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10-13-2011, 12:24 PM
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I ended up realizing this week that even though I may not envision my own personal style to be a certain type of scrapbooking, but sometimes I really need to use those templates and kits for certain people that I scrap about in my life. For example, I didn't think that I was into scrapping with doodly kits like La's, but then when I had a great picture of my DD to scrap, I ended up realizing that there was no other kit than one of La's to use for this particular photo. Maybe my style isn't La's, but oh my, La's style definitely works for my DD! (And now I have a whole bunch of La kits in my wish list....ha ha!  )So maybe step out of your comfort zone? Look through some challenges? Try a template or a kit you never would have tried before?
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10-13-2011, 12:50 PM
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Collecting is a female problem, there are many of us who do it. :-)
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10-13-2011, 01:06 PM
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Sometimes I take a break. But sometimes I need to scrap (for CTs) or whatever. If I can use a template, I do, and that seems to help. If I'm not able to use a template, I usually browse through galleries, not to scraplift, but just to pick up some inspiration. It seems to help me.
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10-13-2011, 09:34 PM
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I've done everything mentioned here
But I'm voting also to take a break Also, I'm very aware of how my mojo operates--about 5-10 days in a month he'll call a strike and hide in his metaphorical bunker. So sometimes I just browse galleries and stores, pinterest, read, etc and eventually he comes back out
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10-13-2011, 10:39 PM
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I have to have organized photos and have some shots that really speak to me! SO typically when I'm not in the mood to scrap I'll spend time working on my photo editing, organizing pics, looking through old pics, etc. Then as I'm browsing through kits in the stores I am more likely to be inspired by a kit-photo combination.
good luck! the first year with a baby is the hardest; ok, well, maybe the second year is . What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't be hard on yourself. Life is cyclical - it will come around and you'll eventually be inspired by this stuff again.
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10-13-2011, 11:02 PM
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I'm working on a layout and kinda following the idea mentioned about taking some time with it. I really don't have to finish a lo in one night right?!
the trying a new style might be an awesome idea. I'm pretty much a loyal fan of La... and shes about all I buy lol SO I'm a pretty set kinda girl. I've seen some new designers that I haven't normally bought from that I would love to try. I really to get my hand into the portfolio challenges. I actually haven't tried a challenge since they've changed them around. I kinda got a little overwhelmed in the beginning and haven't been back to look at those threads. 
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10-13-2011, 11:12 PM
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For a short slump I usually spend a few days organizing photos or scrap supplies, and all the new goodies I rediscover get me excited about scrapping again. When I'm in a slump that lasts longer than a week, a break is the only thing that works. I read or do crochet projects, and as long as I keep taking pictures and recording stories I know it will be there to scrap when I'm ready. Most of my breaks have only been couple weeks, but when my 2nd child was born it was about a year before I really got back into scrapping. Good luck!
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