How to Refill a Post Bound Scrapbook Album

Refilling pages in a post-bound scrapbook album is easy.

Post-bound scrapbook albums come with sheets held together between cover boards by metal screw posts that can be opened and lengthened to expand the album. Adding pages to refill a post-bound scrapbook album is done with removing the posts or, for larger additions, by using post extenders, which are included with most scrapbook album page-protector refills. The pages or sheets of the post-bound album are page protectors where you slide your layout page in through the top of the album. These albums allow adjacent pages to lie relatively flat when open without a wide gap between the pages.

Things You'll Need

• Post-bound scrapbook album
• Scrapbook refill pages or sheets
• Penny
• Post extenders (optional)
• Screwdriver (optional)

Instructions

Instructions

1. Open the post-bound scrapbook album's front cover. Move the existing album pages to the right side. Unfold the protective chipboard flap near the spine of the album. Inside the flap will be two or three screws or metal posts. These are the tops of the posts that hold the pages in the scrapbook together.

2. Firmly place a fingertip on a post to keep it from turning and move the pages to the left. Unfold the chipboard flap. Inside the flap, you will see two or three screws or metal posts with slots; these are the bottoms of the posts that hold the pages in the scrapbook.

3. Place a penny or screwdriver into the slot of the post. Unscrew the back of the post. Set the backs of the posts aside. Repeat the steps with the remaining posts in the scrapbook album.

4. Separate the front and back covers to add or remove the pages. Thread the top-loading refill pages onto the album's metal posts. Continue adding pages until you reach the desired number of pages.

5. Put the scrapbook covers back on. Screw the backs into the posts. Close the flaps over the posts in the front and back of the scrapbook photo album covers to conceal the posts. The covers should lie flat.

6. Add your scrapbook layout pages by sliding the completed layouts from the top into the page protectors.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure the openings in the protective pages are at the top before threading.

• If the posts are too short to accommodate more pages, add post extenders.

• Leave the other half of the post inside the album or all of your pages will fall out.

References

• Cropping Corner: Albums
• Jenni Bick: Adding Pages to Post-Bound Albums

Resources

• Youtube: How to Convert Post-Bound Scrapbook to Snapload