CD Keeper

Create Your Own CD Keeper

Follow these easy steps to create a cute holder for your CD's or DVD's. 

Building The Cover

1. Trim two pieces of mat board to 6" x 6".
2. Trim two pieces of patterned paper
   to 8" x 8".
3. Glue mat board to the center of the patterned paper.
   
4. Use a craft knife to cut corners of the patterned paper.
5. Fold the edges in and glue down.
   
6. Trim cardstock to 6" x 6" and glue to the inside of the mat board cover
7. Measure and punch holes in the cover.
8. Embellish.

Building The Inside Pages

1. Trim cardstock to 12" x 6" and fold in half – you’ll need as many of these as the number of pages that you want to include in the album.
2. Cover with patterned paper.  I used two different ones for each page but kept them the same throughout the book. The smaller strip is 2" x 12" and the larger is 4" x 12".
3. Cut or use a large circle punch to make ½ circle on the top half of the page, in the larger pattern – this helps you to pull the CD out of the pocket.
4. Trim a piece of patterned paper to 2" x 6" of the same pattern as the 2" x 12" and glue to the inside of the page, underneath where the half circle was cut.
5. Machine or hand stitch along the seam of the patterned papers.
6. Glue top and left side together.  Machine or hand stitch along the bottom edge and the left side.
   
7. Measure and punch holes on the top.
8. Attach book together using coil binding or binder rings.

Now get creating!  Don't forget to post your own CD Keeper in our gallery under "Show."