How to Do Scrapbooking with Non-Traditional ItemsUsing Fabrics in Scrapbooking

Hi! This is Stephanie. I'm going to talk about
adding fabrics to your scrap book pages. You can go to any kind of sewing store. If you've
been a quilter, you may have some of these things laying around.

You can even use pieces
of shirts or things like this. The cool thing about fabrics is they're thin enough like
a paper. They come in so many different colors and patterns. You can also add a neat look
just by pulling a string on the edge, and it sort of frays it and gives it a different
look.

You can get samples. This happens to be a sample for curtains that I was able to
get for free. It's going to be neat to use for a mat for a photo or just to enhance the
page. Corduroy gives a neat textured look, so you can use that.

It'll be neat on a western
or cowboy kind of page if you have your little boy dressed up as a cowboy. Burlap is fun.
It comes in many different colors and it's nice to fray. I use burlap in this page because
it had an autumn feel to it. It kind of gives that kind of feel.

I just use little squares
of it. I also use just regular material here. I found some pumpkin material that went good
with my theme. This is a strip of leather that I found with sewing on it.

As you can
see, it doesn't add a lot of weight to your page, but it adds a neat depth and just really
gives a neat visual look. Rage your fabric stores. Rage your closets and I'm sure you'll
find some fabrics to use on your pages..