Let's get creative and make our own scrapbook.

Materials Needed:

1 binder (2 or 3 inch basic notebook binder)
2 yards of your choice of theme material
3 yards of lace or edged trimming.
1 hot glue gun
10 hot glue sticks
Some notebook size page protector sleeves.
Some Pictures and decorations for the front of your book.
2 yards of ribbon.
1 yard of batting.

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Heat the glue gun
Cut the batting to the exact size of the note book as it is laid flat on the table.

Hot glue the batting to the book
(carefully not to burn your fingers)

Lay out your material choice.

Place binder on the material.

Cut the material leaving a 2 inch edge on all sides of the binder.

Start at one end and hot glue the edges of the material in a seam like pattern. Almost as if you are using the material to wrap a Christmas gift.

Continue gluing the material onto the folder and batting. Careful to do a nice fold in all corners.

Cut out two pieces of cardboard to the exact size of the inside cover of the binders.

Cut and glue batting to one of the cardboard sides.
Then cut the fabric larger once more than the cardboard and fold and glue a material seam on the back side of the cardboard. You now are covering the batting side with material. Repeat this step to the other cardboard piece.

Place a large sum of glue in the inside cover of the binder and then place the cardboard side face down on the glue and press firmly. This creates
an inside fabric cover for your Scrapbook.

Use The lace to trim the outside of the book. Add Pearl or liquid fabric paint to create the family or child's name upon the front cover of your book.

Use the ribbon to make ties by gluing the ribbon in two complete lengths to the inside cover of the books. This way the book can be tied with the ribbon to protect your valuable pictures and pages.

Get creative......add flowers....picture frames or what ever you like to your project.

It is simple and easy........and kids love to work on one too with you. It is a great family craft project.