| If you have a fabric jacket, the ideal way to | | | | matt onto your album cover. |
| personalise it would be with embroidery. With a | | | | Another way to decorate your cover, or add to |
| little care, a stitched title could also be used for a | | | | your embroidery is to emboss a title motif. You |
| paper jacket. | | | | can in this way add a theme or decorate your |
| Start by ironing on a fusible interfacing onto the | | | | stitching. You can do this technique in many |
| wrong side of the piece of fabric you wish to | | | | different ways to add some style to your album. |
| embroider on to stiffen it and give it some extra | | | | For this example I will use hearts as the theme. |
| strength. Write out the word you want to use on | | | | First of all let's punch a row of hearts onto some |
| a piece of tracing paper. Lay the paper facedown | | | | medium weight card stock. Next lay the punched |
| on scrap paper and scribble over the back of the | | | | card down on a light box and then lay the paper |
| letters with a pencil. | | | | to be embossed facedown over it. If you don't |
| Next lay the tracing paper scribbled side down on | | | | have a light box, you can tape the cardstock and |
| the right side of the fabric. Firmly redraw the | | | | paper to a window, and the daylight will allow you |
| letters with a pencil and then lift the tracing paper | | | | to see the shapes that you need to emboss. |
| to reveal the transferred word. If you do not | | | | Using a round nosed embossing tool draw around |
| want to use your own hand writing for your | | | | the inside of the punched out hearts, gently |
| cover, you could also print a word off of your | | | | pushing the paper down onto the shape. Repeat |
| computer, then scribble over the back and | | | | this action several times until you have a heart |
| transfer it following the instructions above. | | | | shape embossed onto your paper. Take care not |
| Next thread your needle with the required colour | | | | to press too hard, or the paper could tear. |
| thread and start to backstitch the word on your | | | | Once you have finished embossing your row of |
| fabric. | | | | hearts, turn the paper so that your hearts stand |
| For this technique, you could either embroider | | | | out and then cut your embossed paper to size |
| your wording directly onto your cover, or onto a | | | | and mat as desired. Stick it onto your cover with |
| separate piece of material, which you would then | | | | double sided tape. |