Greyboard or chipboard sheets, (you can reuse cardboard packaging for this).

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1 For this project you will need: Greyboard or chipboard sheets, (you can reuse cardboard packaging for this). Twine or cord Eyelets and eyelet setter Fabric Glue gun If you re using a patterned fabric choose a fabric that has an all over pattern. Patterns with straight lines in it will be more difficult to use as the pattern will be more difficult to keep straight as you stretch it to form your cover. It is important to use fabric and not paper or cardstock as the fabric creates the hinge of your album.

2 Step One Cut out three pieces of greyboard two to form the front and back of your album and one is for the spine. If you want to customise the size of your album this is the stage you need to do it. This album has been made to accommodate 6x8 inch size pocket page protectors so the cover pieces have been cut out to 7.5 x 9 inches to leave plenty of room inside the album for the pages. The spine piece has been cut to the same height, (9 inches) and then 3 inches wide. Shorten or widen the spine depending on how much space for pages you think you re going to need. Once you have your pieces cut out place them on the fabric, making sure the back of your fabric is laying down with the right side facing down. Use a little bit of glue stick to hold the pieces in place on the fabric so they re next to each other with around a 5mm space between the spine piece and the two other pieces like in the image above. Trim the fabric so you leave around half an inch around the bottom edge and sides. The top edge needs to be left long. Step Two Wrap the bottom and side edges of the fabric around the board edges gluing it in place as you go along.

3 Step Three When you get to the top edge fold over the fabric to form the top edge Step Three Put glue along the top edge of the board then fold it over again to hold in place, making sure to pull the fabric taught. Don t put glue anywhere else on the front of the board you need to have your fabric loose like in the image, left.

4 Step Four Fold the edges of the remaining fabric inwards and then glue the fabric edges to the board, again just putting the glue around the edges and pulling the fabric to keep it taught as you go. When you get to the corners tuck it in neatly, if the fabric is thick you might need to cut off some of the fabric corner to decrease the bulk.

5 Step Five Next you need to make a paper template to add the holes to the album spine. Cut the template to the same size as your spine, (in this case it s 3x9 inches). Draw a line down the centre of the template. If you have pocket page protectors you already want to use then you need to use the holes on those to get the placement of the holes right, (so the pages sit in the middle of the album). When your template is finished place it on the spine of your album and make holes with your eyelet setter or a bradawl using the drawn holes as your placement guide.

6 Step Seven Step Six Set eyelets in the holes. To neaten up the inside of the eyelets you can use a second eyelet to cover over the back of the first one so you end up with an eyelet set on both sides of the each hole. Next you need your page protectors for inside your album. If you want to make your own pages to fit your album make a paper template the size to fit inside your album and make your pages to fit.

7 Step Eight To add the pages to the album cut a long length of twine or cord, around 1 meter long and then cut it in half so you have two pieces. Open out your album and thread one of the pieces of cord through the bottom eyelet hole from the back then thread on the pages. Repeat this process with the other eyelet hole and piece of cord. Thread cord back through the holes and shut the album

8 Tie the loose ends of the cord in a bow. Keep them long as you ll need to untie and loosen the cord when you want to add or take away the pages inside your album. Your album is now complete! Now all that s left to do is fill your album. Small pocket page albums are perfect for keeping in photos you want to keep but don t want to make full page scrap pages for. Scrapbooking Day is the perfect excuse to make an album. Make up a kit from your supplies to help you match up what you re using throughout your whole book then grab your photos and scrap!

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