Monday, September 15, 2008

CD Album Tutorial

You would need:

4-6 pcs of CDs
Black Gesso and palette knife
Patterned Papers
Ribbons & Laces
Glue
Beads
Your favourite embellishments

[Step 1]
Apply black gesso on CD with a palette knife.
For those who have not played with gesso before, scoop gesso with knife and spread.

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May take sometime to dry depending on thickness applied.
Gesso works well on wood/glass/metal. I have also used gesso to cover cigar boxes. When gesso dries, it creates a smooth surface.

Cover on both sides of the CD. Make sure its completely dry before proceeding to the next step.

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Alternatively you can also cover the CD with patterned paper/cardstock.

[Step 2]
When gesso is completely dry, apply glue on sides of CD, add ribbon lace.

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After ribbon lace, apply more glue for ribbon beads that sits on top of ribbon lace.

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Cut out pattern from patterned paper and stick on one corner of CD. I've used 7gypsies patterned paper here.

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[Step 3]
After embellishing the CDs with chipboards/stickers/patterned paper/etc.

For this album, I've used 5 CDs. Covering on both sides, front and back.

Only when I've finished embellishing, did I punch holes on top with Crop-A-Dile. Instead of using a ring binder, I used several ribbons to hold the pages together.


Here are our takes

Cabbie's CD Album

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Felicia's CD Album

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Liza's CD Album

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Wati's CD Album

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We would love to see your take on this tutorial. Do share it with us, email us at artzdescrap@yahoo.com.sg

Happy Altering!!!

2 comments:

Chowchow said...

Beautiful beautiful works of art ladies.. Love them all!!!

cabbie lopez said...

talented ladies!!! i love your works!!!