How Do You Make A Scrapbook Cover?
Let the cover of your scrapbook reflect the time, care and attention you’ve given to its interior. Embellish an existing album cover or make your own cover for the scrapbook pages. Step 1 Remove the scrapbook pages before you embellish or cover your album. If your scrapbook’s pages cannot be removed, do any work on the cover before you assemble the scrapbook. Step 2 Decorate the cover of a scrapbook album with decorative stamps, stickers and/or paint. The same types of stickers and stamps used inside the scrapbook can be used on the cover as well. Step 3 Incorporate the theme of the scrapbook into the cover’s decoration. For example, if the scrapbook commemorates a wedding, display traditional wedding motifs on the cover. Step 4 Create a decorative border on the cover with stamps or traced or printed clip art images. Remember to decorate the spine of the album as well. Step 5 Cover your album with fabric. (See “How to Make a Fabric Book Cover,” under Related eHows, for instructions.) M
Memories are one of the most precious treasures for most people. If you want to keep the best moments in your life well documented and safely stored, the scrapbook is one of the best choices for you. The scrapbook is a creative way to store the small memorabilia and trinkets that you have kept, display the many photographs you have taken, and write down your personal reflections and experiences in life. To make a sturdy and beautiful scrapbook, however, you need to start off with a scrapbook cover. • Preparations. Before making the scrapbook cover, make sure that the pages in the actual scrapbook are protected. You can do this by removing the pages of the scrapbook first. Most scrapbooks have metal spines that will allow you to add or remove pages. If the pages cannot be removed, however, you will need to start off your scrapbook project with the cover. Moving the scrapbook pages too much can cause some of the décor which you have placed to fall off or become misaligned. This is what m
