Downloads
- CD/DVD holder template (PDF)
Toolbox
- heavy paper or decorative card stock
- scissors
- pen
- bone folder
- double-sided tape
- round paper punch (optional)
I burn a lot of CDs, either for my own use or to give to friends and family. I have found myself sticking them in plastic bags or an envelope, and even, on occasion, an actual CD holder. It occurred to me, though, that I am perfectly capable of coming up with a more stylish way of holstering my CDs and DVDs when needed, so I did! I am going to use this new design to make holders for the upcoming birth announcement of my second daughter in July. What a fun way to send a CD full of pictures and short videos to all of my family.
The first thing you need to do to make these holders is to download our free CD/DVD holder template and print it onto paper or card stock. Then cut it out.
Next, place the template on a piece of heavy paper or decorative card stock
Cut around the outer edges (black lines on template) on your paper. To help with cutting out the semi-circle, you might want to use a round paper punch.
Use a ruler and a bone folder
Apply double-sided tape
Finally, you can decorate the holder and label it to create your finished product.
I quickly made up three of these and can’t wait to make even more!
11 comments so far:
Oh very cool! Thanks for sharing, I’ll be linking.
Such a great idea – they look lovely. I am always giving people CDs so I’ll definitely do this.
Thanks, Fiona. We’d love to see some of the CD holders you create. Feel free to post photos to our Flickr pool!
Great idea! I never seem to have any CD cases or envelopes when I make CDs to give away. This allows me to personalize each envelope, and when I run out, I can always make more. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting, Kim. It’s definitely nice to be able to make a CD holder at the last minute if you need one!
Wow! I love these!!! I couldn’t think of a party favor for my mom’s 50th Birthday party, but after seeing this, I decided to make a cd of her favorite music and using this to make the covers.
What a great idea to use them as party favors. I am now thinking I might make a CD of my favorite Christmas songs to hand out to my guests at the annual Christmas party.
A lovely idea. What I’m doing right now is mailing them out, so I’m looking for something rectangular to avoid the non-machinable square envelope surcharge. I did buy a pack of cardstock, so we’ll see what I can come up with.
Please let us know if you come up with a solution. We’ve been trying to come up with one ourselves.
Thank you very much !
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