Make Your Own "Recordable" Circle Journal

Creative Director Kerry Zerff puts a new spin on a circle journal. Create your own CD journal to capture your favourite songs or pictures. A perfect gift idea!

Decorate the CD and make its pocket

1. Randomly stamp a clear Scraptivity™ music stamp in red and black StazOn ink on a CD. Leave to the side to dry.
2. Cut cream cardstock to 6” x 6”
3. Cut burgundy cardstock to 5” x 6”
4. Cut a portion of Creative Imagination’s Music transparency to 5” x 6”
5. Machine stitch the inside edge of the burgundy cardstock and attach to cream cardstock with adhesive ONLY on three sides to create a pocket
6. Attach the transparency to burgundy cardstock with adhesive ONLY on three sides to create another pocket 

Create the tag Insert – Play list

Computer generate onto cream cardstock. Trim to 3 ½ x 4 ¾. Mat onto black cardstock. Add black and grey fibers to the topside of the tag using staples that were previously inked with black StazOn.

Create a journaling pocket

1. Cut cream cardstock to 6” x 6”
2. Cut burgundy cardstock to 5” x 6”
3. Cut music patterned paper to 4” x 5.5” and attach to burgundy paper using a temporary adhesive to keep in place for sewing. Machine stitch around the edges
4. Use a Versamark ink pad to randomly stamp in the center of the patterned paper. Add gold embossing powder and heat set
5. Press a small Scraptivity™ music note clear rubber stamp onto a scrap of cream cardstock and attach to page with staples inked with black StazOn
6. Attach small photo on top of gold embossed portion of the patterned paper
7. Handwrite “Rock Star (wannabe)”, or other phrase, underneath the photo. Add music nail head
8. Score 1/4” in from the left side of the burgundy cardstock. Run a bead of glue down the inside of the small strip and attach to the cream cardstock. When the glue is dry add brads at one inch intervals.
9. Inside, create a pocket to hold journaling tags or hand journal on the inside