One of the most common things I hear at a scrapbook retreat is "Help! What does this page need?"
Lately, I have discovered the answers right in my stash. The problem is finding something that triggers the ideas that I have seen in magazines, idea books and online sources without carrying the hundreds of magazines with me or wasting precious crop time online looking for them.
I have definitely discovered that our Use the Stash Challenge list certainly helps me recall what I have in stock, and sometimes just seeing the list can inspire me to use something I might have otherwise forgotten I had. When I feel like I want to ask someone what does this page need? I just ask my little Use Your Stash notebook. I am often surprised at how quickly the points start to add up on a layout when I start rummaging through my little treasure boxes. Some things may only be worth 10 points, but 10 points is 10 points. and before I know it there are 60 more.
Another recent discovery I made? I spent a few nights in front of the TV before a recent weekend crop and jotted down all of the cute ideas that I really liked for embellishments and titles and etc... in a five subject notebook, separating them by what type of idea it was and what item was used. This really helped in two ways. First, I had refreshed my memory recently enough that some of it just stuck with me for the weekend, sort of like cramming for a test. And Second, that little notebook I created has proved invaluable when I get stuck for an embellishment idea. I have a lot of great ideas packed into it- gathered from all of my favorite idea books without actually carrying all of them with me.
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