Personalize Your Album Cover with Iron on Transfers

Recently I was investigating some ideas I'd had for adding titles on scrapbook spines, and I tried using iron on transfers-- and it worked very well!

I typically use Westrim strap hinge albums. These albums are covered with a heavy-duty cotton fabric, making them ideal for iron on transfers.

You can purchase iron on transfermaterial that you can use in your ink jet printer at your local office supply store. Create a design on your computer and reverse the design so that it appears backwards. Also be sure to remember that color WILL show through an iron on transfer, so make sure your design takes that into account. Print it on the iron on transferpaper. Generally, you have to let this print out dry for 24 hours.

Once the paper is dry, iron the image onto the album cover, following the ironing instructions that come with that particular paper package.

Voila! You're done!