Rubber Stamping Altered CD Book

Altered CD Book by Karen Bourke

1. Take an old CD and use a ruler and pen to drawn a line down the centre of it. Use a craft knife or a strong pair of scissors and cut it down the middle (See Picture 1)
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2. Tear some strips of music paper. Glue two to each half of the CD and then trim around the outer edges. (See Picture 2)
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3. Tear some printed tissue paper and glue to the remaining CD pieces. (See Picture 3)
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4. Take two vintage images which have been printed onto a transparency sheet (printed onto plain paper would be fine as well.) Place one on each of the CD pieces and when you are happy use a thin line of Diamond Glaze on the outside edges to stick down. Trim around the edges. (See Picture 4)
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5. Choose various text and stamp onto the CD with pigment ink and then emboss with black embossing powder (I used Heidi Swapp corner stamps.) Heat set just long enough to melt the powder and leave to cool completely. (See Picture 5)
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6 Take a co-ordinating colour of chalk ink to colour around the outside edges. (See Picture 6)
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7. Use another CD to cut out a circle of co-coordinating paper for the inside covers of the CD book. Cut in half and glue to the inside of the book. Use a Crop-a-dile to punch holes through the two pieces of CD. (See Picture 7)
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8. Again using the spare CD cut circles out of light weight cardstock. These will be the pages of your book. Fold these circles in half and cut a small semi-circle from the centre of the folded edge and punch matching holes with the Crop-a-dile. (See Picture 8)
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9. Place the pages of the book in between the two halves of the altered CD. Thread a co-coordinating coloured ribbon through the two holes and tie. (See Picture 9)
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