Scrapbooking Page Ideas Coming From Fabric and Empty Cereal Boxes

One of the newest scrapbook page ideas is to use fabric as a page base. It is not really all that new but it has recently taken on more meaning and become more popular. And the best part is that you can get these fabrics at a fraction of the cost because they only need to be small amounts. That is part of the reason it has once again become more popular. But what that means is that you will be buying fabric remains. Remains are just left over scraps of fabrics. Sometimes they will just give them to you as samplers. These fabrics are so different and so beautiful and luxurious and yet you pay almost nothing. But the most important thing is that the variety of these fabric designs which present you with a fresh look and feel facilitates scrapbook page ideas.

How do you make a page using fabric. Several simple steps are involved. To begin you will need only a few tools most of which are around the house. Otherwise you can buy some of the new little kits coming on the market for under $15. These kits have some of the more professional tools that make it easier to construct pages of fabric but even household tools can do the trick and you won't need to buy anything. 

Here is the list of tools and when to use them:

Table top covered with newspapers. An important step. This is so when you use glue you won't get you counter top covered with the glues and such. The table provides a stable place to mount fabric to the card board or thick paper stock. Thick paper or cardboard is preferred. You can purchase the cardboard if you want but here is yet another idea. Why not take that empty cereal box and cut pages out of that box. You accomplish two things doing this. First, you get the page foundation you need to mount the fabric. Second, you are re-purposing that cereal box instead of creating more trash with it. So in a sense you are going green with your scrapbooking efforts. How cool is that?

Other tools will be something that allows you to smooth out the fabric onto the cardboard. This can be done in several ways but one simple way I have found is to start with one side and attach the fabric and then stretch over to the other side and attach. The glue used to apply the fabric is moist so expect a little curling of the cardboard. Solve this problem of curling by placing something heavy over the entire surface of the page and let it sit for several hours.

And there you have it! Now you have a new way to support you pursuit for new scrapbook page ideas.