DIY refillable CD/DVD Book: to keep those Cd & DVD organized

It's DIY time again!

This CD/DVD book came about when I had to organize all my loose file CD. My CD filer was full, so I thought of buying a new one, that was refillable & it wasn't available in the local store, or they were too expensive to buy. 

So my idea bulb went flickering & thought of creating one for myself, with some materials that are just hanging around the house + buying what's available at the mall.

Materials:

1. Old paper, stored in your house with prints. (magazine paper, old kraft paper, stored gift wrap paper, etc.) 

These paper were all used & stored, and now will be reused again for this project.

Kraft paper's former life: Packaging for a T-shirt
Fiber paper's former life: Packaging for bouquet of flowers
Gift wrapping paper's former life: Gift wrapper 

2. Board such as Cardboard, Illustration Board, or  an Old corrugated box.

In this project I used the Corrugated board as the cover for the CD/DVD Book

3. Loose CD/ DVD sleeves

4. Post & screws to hold the book together.

5. Cutter and scissors
6. Hole Puncher
7. Cutting Matt
8. Glue or a Glue stick

Instructions:

1. To start the project, you will need 4 rectangle boards for the cover.

2. Cut 2 rectangles measuring 1.5 cm by 14 cm on  a corrugated board (you can also use illustration board or a thick cardboard) We will call this as the Board A. There's a printable template available at the bottom of the page.

3.  And then cut another 2 rectangles measuring 13 cm by 14 cm on  a corrugated board (you can also use illustration board or a thick cardboard) We will call this as the Board B.

4. After cutting the boards, you will have to cut 2 wrapping paper with the size of 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. This paper will be used to cover the corrugated board.

5. Prepare your Glue stick/ Glue. Apply glue on one side of the board, then stick it to the wrapping/special paper.

6. If you're using liquid glue, spread liquid glue on the board and spread the liquid glue thinly all around the board, to keep the special paper from having wrinkles.

7. Once the board is glued to the paper it should look like this.

 

8. Next, Apply glue on the exposed part of the special paper.

9. Fold the corners pointing to the center of the board.

10. Followed by the flaps, which then will be glued on the board.

 11. (Optional) Cut a 4.5 x 5 inches sticker paper to create a clean finish to the cover.

12. This will serve as the covers of the Cd book.

 13. Punch holes on cover, Board A. Insert the post to front cover, put the loose CD/DVD sleeves on the post, then the back cover. Then you're done.

Enjoy!!!

Board and Wrapper Template