Decorate Recordable Memories

Creative Director Kerry Zerff from Scraptivity puts a new spin on including sound or digital files in your scrapbooks. Create your own CD journal to capture your favorite songs or pictures. It’s a perfect gift idea!

Supplies Needed:
- music stamp by Scraptivity
- red and black in by StazOn
- cream and burgundy cardstock
- music transparency by Creative Imaginations
- music patterned paper
- sewing machine
- fibers
- stapler
- gold embossing powder
- clear ink by Versamark
- heat embossing tool
- gold brads

Decorate the CD
Randomly stamp a clear Scraptivity™ music stamp in red and black StazOn ink on a CD. Leave to the side to dry.

Make a Pocket for the CD

• Cut cream cardstock to 6” x 6”.
• Cut burgundy cardstock to 5” x 6”.
• Cut a portion of the Creative Imagination’s Music transparency to 5” x 6”.
• Machine stitch the inside edge of the burgundy cardstock and attach to cream cardstock with adhesive on three sides to create a pocket.
• Attach the transparency to the burgundy cardstock with adhesive on three sides to create another pocket.

Create the tag Insert – Playlist

• Computer generate your text (playlist, CD contents, etc.) onto cream cardstock.
• Trim to 3 ½” x 4 ¾”.
• Mat onto black cardstock.
• Add black and grey fibers to the top side of the tag using staples that were previously inked with black StazOn.

Create a journaling pocket

• Cut cream cardstock to 6” x 6”.
• Cut burgundy cardstock to 5” x 6” .
• 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.
• Use a Versamark ink pad to randomly stamp in the center of the patterned paper. Add gold embossing powder and heat set to create an embossed photo mat.
• Stamp a small Scraptivity™ music note clear rubber stamp onto a scrap of cream cardstock and attach to page with staples inked with black StazOn.
• Attach small photo on top of gold embossed portion of the patterned paper.
• Handwrite “Rock Star (wannabe)”, or other phrase, underneath the photo.
• Add music nailhead or charm to the bottom corner to embellish.
• 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.
• Inside, create a pocket to hold journaling tags or hand journal on the inside.

Use this idea for decorating CDs of photographs, songs, documents or even movies. It’s a great way to package your memories in a personalized way.

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