Surfing the galleries

So even if you have only been scrapping for a short time, you have probably had an experience where you sit down to scrap and end up staring at the screen for 15 minutes. Or maybe you start working on a layout and keep trying to change it, but just can’t seem to get it “right.” Even the most practiced scrappers will experience this block.

Last post, I encouraged you to look at some sketches for inspiration. Today I want to share another tip – just head to your local online gallery. Tons of scrapbooking sights have galleries. One of my favorites is the gallery at DST. Take a look at all of the beautiful layouts there! Really any scrapbook page can be used as a sketch for your next layout. Or maybe the colors on the page, an element, or a filter on a picture inspire you. Just look around the gallery and find some layouts that make you say – Wow, I love that. Then find the link in the gallery that says “Add to favorites.” This will bookmark these layouts so that you can go back to “My favorites” later.

When you find a layout that you want to work from, just go for it. Use what inspires you from the layout to create your own. This process is called scraplifting. It is a nice idea if you upload your layout to a gallery to mention the person you scraplifted or even to link to their layout.

Here are some fun scraplifts that I found:
This layout:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=44346&si=scraplift&what=allfields
Is a scraplift of this one:
http://www.thedigiboutique.com/studio/showphoto.php?photo=7757&cat=500&ppuser=183

This layout:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43522&si=scraplift&what=allfields
Is a scraplift of this one:
http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/35576/cat/500/ppuser/7749

This layout:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=43317&si=scraplift&what=allfields
Is a scraplift of this one:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36205&cat=504&limit=recent

Now you go and create one of your own. And if you really enjoy scraplifting you can check out this blog:
Digi-Scraplift