This is a hard question. When I started digital scrapbooking, I had 6 years of pictures to scrap (like dating my husband, trip to Europe, getting married) plus the pictures of events that were currently happening. I decided to start with the current pictures and move forward, my reasoning as follows:
1. Recent pictures were the most exciting because they had just happened
2. After a week, I have a hard time remembering people's names and details of events so trying to journal about events from 6 years ago would have been hopeless
...and...
3. Just thinking about scrapping the endless files of pictures from events and people I don't remember made me want to set fire to the computer and say, oops, all of the pictures are gone now...
So I just pretended that those pictures never existed. Actually, as I got faster at scrapbooking it was easier to catch up on current events so I had time to go back and scrap pictures from years ago. I am officially caught up now, but I cheated. Here's how you can too. (These rules are also the same for when you want to scrap something fast like you have a printing coupon that expires in two weeks)
rules for catch-up scrapping
scrap only the most important pictures
cram the pictures in!
forget the journaling
ditch the elements and fancy stuff
save (or pin) layouts with lots of photos
One of the best ways to catch up fast is to use templates. Come back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to create your own templates (and use them)!