GIU-Day 5: CD Mini Album

Did everyone get a chance to see yesterday's project? If not, it's okay, you'll see it again today. This is my mom's Mother's Day gift, and yes it is late, but I've already told her about it. On Easter Sunday I took some very special pictures, individual and family. I'd been wanting to take these pictures for months. For my hubby's birthday I ordered these overalls for the family and I finally got an excuse to dress everyone just right and snap some shots.

Here's the supplies I used for the whole project: My Mind's Eye Bohemia Bluebird papers and embellishments, ribbon from Joann's, sticky adhesive, cd tin from Essential 7, old cd's, family pics, April 2011 KOM from Unity. Side note: my husband says to tell you not to go out and buy brand new cd's for this project, you can just save scratched, old, don't want, won't play cd's for this project.

Here's the cover again, I did change out the center of the flower for a shiny dot, the square just didn't look right.

Ready to see what's inside?

I took 8 cd's and laid them out in a row and glued the ribbon on both sides, to make an accordian fold album. Then I cut out background circles and glued those down too. On the cover I used a simple rub-on sentiment.

The first page. I wanted to keep it simple enough, because with 8 cd's and 16 layers of cardstock and all the pics added, I didn't have too much space left to add embellishments if I wanted it to still close. I used the family name stamps from the KOM.

Just the word "sister" added to a piece of chipboard.

I cut out the word "fun" from the word strips for this set. But this was his "pose" for the camera.

Just another word strip.

"Dad"and "mom" stamps on a diamond.

It's really hard choosing my favorites out of the family pics and getting them to fit, so I chose a couple for the next pages and split this one.

Now everyone knows, the bigger the "young" the harder it is to sit still. So I put a few different pages, because in one everyone is happy, but they are not looking at the camera. In another we have the starts of a meltdown, you know how it goes.

Trying a change of scene for this pic, it's funny (to me at least) to see how some of the kids are great with sitting still and getting pictures, but there's just that one that won't have anything to do with it. At least he's still in the picture. I just love how my P-I-T's pink boots are sticking straight out in front of her, she just HAD to wear them that day. And she had insisted that Mommy match in hairstyles and everything.

So for my mom, if you're reading this "Happy Mother's Day" But you might not be seeing this in person for a little while, I don't know if I can part with it-I might have to make me one too.

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