Altered CD and DVD Cases
I'm the type of person who keeps almost anything - "hoarder" might be a good term to describe me. Okay, I'm not quite that bad but I do like to "collect." So, when I started receiving those AOL and other internet service provider CDs in the mail, what else could I do besides save them because surely there must be something I'd be able to use these cute little plastic and tin containers for. I was even more excited when they started coming in DVD cases too because those were even bigger and I knew they'd really come in handy eventually.
Well, imagine my delight when I started seeing the actual CDs used for altering a few years ago. I went through a phase where I did my share of altering them but I never used the cases for anything. Of course, I kept them anyway. This past year, I started experimenting with them, trying to find different things I could use them for and I found out that they're really a lot of fun to use. Here are some ideas I came up with:
- Calendar/date book
- Photo album
- Mini scrapbook album
- Book for quotes
- Greeting card
- Storage for small things
- Earring holder - use a piece of cork and put your earrings through the cork and keep the cork stored in the case (my husband's idea)
- Picture frame
- Note pad
Here are a few of the projects I've created using my stash of cases:  Memos to Myself DVD case
Cardstock - Bazzill
Sticker strips - Christina Cole (by ProvoCraft)
Letter stickers - Scrapworks
Circle cutter - Whale of a Punch
Ink - Distressed (by Tim Holtz)
"S" CD Holder
"S" - Alpha Blanks (by Pinecone Press)
Flower rub-ons - Heidi Swapp
Patterned paper - Melissa Frances
Ribbon - May Arts
Flowers - Prima
"Grandma's Brag Book" CD holder:
(outside)
Patterned paper - Dirty Laundry (by KMA)
Ribbon - American Crafts, May Arts
Paint - Making Memories (inside)
an accordion book that folds out
Letter stickers - Shabby Princess (by Bo-Bunny), David Walker
Ribbon stickers - Shabby Princess (by Bo-Bunny)
Flower stickers - Shabby Princess (by Bo-Bunny)
Patterned paper - Dirty Laundry (by KMA) and KI Memories Quotes CD Holder:
This has sheets of cardstock folded over and tied together, with quotes on each page. I did this one so it stands the tall way (opposite way that you open it) so it can stand up on a table. (outside)
Letter stickers - Rob & Bob Studios by ProvoCraft
Flowers - Heidi Swapp
"Q" - Petals & Possibilities
Ribbon - Michael's (inside)
Patterned Paper (quotes) - K&Co.
Stickers - K&Co.
Paint - Making Memories Greeting Card CD holder:
Patterned paper - BasicGrey
Flower - Heidi Swapp
Words - Daisy D's
Paint - Making Memories
Saying on inside
"Love" CD holder:
Letter stickers - Shabby Princess (by Bo-Bunny)
Flower - Heidi Swapp
Patterned Paper - Me and My Big Ideas
Brad - Bazzill I'm sure there are many more ideas to use these for and I'd love to hear what you've come up with!
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