Chipboard used for front/back covers?

[K. Benko]

Does everyone use chipboard for making front/back covers for their books, and then cover with cardstock/dp? And if so where do you get it from?

[buggainok]

I am quite a "saver" and recycler, so I use the cardboard from cereal boxes, used spiral notebooks, etc. It's not quite as thick as the chipboard you can buy, but when you cover it with cardstock on one side and pattern paper on the other, I think it works just fine.

[MSBetsyZ]

You can also just glue two pieces of cereal box together if you want it thicker. You can purchase chipboard at an office supply store if you really want, though. I bought a huge package of 8-1/2 x 11 stuff years ago. Art supply stores would carry bookboard, but that's kind of a pain to cut because it's SO thick...

[kphorse]

If I buy chipboard, I buy it here... Search Results : All That Scraps, Warm fuzzy place to indulge your passion for scrappin

I also save the cracker and cereal boxes too...

[KristaTracy]

If you have any packages of SU Designer Paper, you can use the cardboard from there. It is white and of medium thickness, so it cuts easily with a guillotine cutter or Big Shot.

[STAMPINGODDESS]

My biggest source of "free" chipboard are the backings from the used legal pads at work. I "rescue" them from the trash and/or recycle bins. For sturdier cardstock, I order the On Board Sheets from SU.

[jovian7]

I also recycle - cereal boxes and other chipboard items. I use Collage Pauge or the like to cover with designer cs and it makes it nice and stiff.

[AZShann]

You can get thicker chipboard from art stores or actual book stores that are arsty book stores. I got mine at a little shop a long time ago. It's thicker than normal and was in a big piece (poster size or close).

Or you can use the backs of legal-size paper packs. I save the thicker ones.

MsBetsy and I are talking the same thing...bookboard is what I bought.

[polargirl]

Scrapbook.com sells chipboard for mini books etc. I think that they have different weights. I get chipboard from my work. An 8 1/2x11 piece of chipboard comes with every pack of forms they order which I rescue before it hits the trash can.