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Antique Record Album Scrapbook From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-502

Project by Susan Persson Dumke.

Susan shows how to turn an old record album book into a new treasure. Decorating the cover with paper and ribbons and using the inside of the album as a place to hold pictures and memorabilia makes something from the past just as useful today.

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Materials:

old record album with post binding
marbleized paper
Frances Meyer Victorian black embossed paper
Colorbox pigment ink
2 yards woven word ribbon
4 small brads
Art Accentz Terrifically Tacky Tape
one large hook-and-eye-type hook
Elmer's acid-free rubber cement
Xyron repostionable adhesive

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D
	alternate designs

Steps:

1. Unscrew posts that hold album together; set aside paper album sleeves.

2. Cover front, back and spine of album with marbleized paper or paper of your choice. Cover it like you are wrapping a gift. Wrap ends to the inside.

3. Cut embossed paper to fit the inside front and back covers. Use Terrifically Tacky Tape to adhere paper to book (figure A).

4. Cut a 2-inch piece of Terrifically Tacky Tape and place on front and back covers where ribbon will lie. On outsides of front and back, adhere ribbon horizontally across book in the middle. Loop ribbon over the inside and outside of each cover separately. Leave the rest of ribbon loose; you will tie it together later. Use woven word ribbon with two different phrases, one for the front and another for the back.

5. Rip one side of a sheet of embossed paper. Measure book. Adhere a piece of paper equal to 1/4 of the width of the book dimension over the edge of book closest to the spine (figure B).

6. Rub ink lightly over embossed image on paper (figure C). This will make image jump off the page.

7. Assemble pages back together using posts from binding. Pull excess ribbons to the center of book, wrap them around front page inside of book, fold over, and seal with Terrifically Tacky Tape. Punch small hole with needle and attach brads to hold on hook-and-eye.

8. Fray ends of ribbon. Close book and tie outside ribbons together.

9. Fill pages with all your treasured memorabilia (figure D).

Variations:

Cut vellum pages the same size as record sleeves, place one between each sleeve.

Decorate each album sleeve as you would a scrapbook page (see again figure D).

You can also use albums that are not post bound; you will just not have the ribbons wrapped to the inside of book.

RESOURCES :

inks - ColorBox
Clearsnap Inc.
Website: www.clearsnap.com

Terrifically Tacky Tape
Provo Craft
(Art Accents has merged with Provo Craft)
Creative Xpress is the retail mail order division for Provo Craft.
Website: www.creativexpress.com

brads
American Traditional Stencils
Website: www.AmericanTraditional.com

Frances Meyer paper
Chartpak Inc.
Website: www.chartpak.com

Xyron adhesive systems
Xyron Inc.
Company Contact: Amy Romano
Website: www.xyron.com

GUESTS :

Susan Persson Dumke
Plant City, Florida 33567
E-mail: suediodesigns@msn.com