Photo Album from a CD Jewel Case

This is such a fun and useful project!  The CD jewel case needs to be the thick case, not the mini case.  You can fit twelve 4" square photos in the album, so you need the extra thickness in the case.

The bottoms are 5 1/4 x 4 5/8" and 4 7/8 x 4 3/4".  I could have gone just a bit larger, but I wanted a little wiggle room.  The mats are 4 1/2 x 4 3/8". 

The accordion is made from two pieces of cardstock 4"x12", scored at 4" and 8".  The two pieces are held together with a piece of cardstock 4"x8", scored at 4".  The 4"x8" piece completely overlap the two accordion pieces; make sure the score lines are still able to fold cleanly.  I used red sticky tape on all of the pieces on the accordion, including the bottom and the mat.

I used red sticky tape to attach the punched tab for the handle.  I could have used ribbon, but the punched tab fit into the case.

Altered Altoids Box for Ella

My granddaughter is almost 1 1/2 years old.  I had created the first altered Altoids box when Ella was about 2 weeks old.  She has grown so much, a second box was needed.  I made the boxes look different on the top so my son would know which box was which. 

Coastal Cabana was chosen for the color to match at color of the box.  I used sticky tape to hold the ribbon to the paper.  There are pictures on the back of each card; that extra weight helps the cards stand alone.

My son is such a proud and doting father!  He takes the boxes to work with him.

Altered Altoids Tin: Ella's Photo Album

 This month's challenge was to alter an Altoids tin.  I chose to make a photo album because I have a brand new granddaughter, Ella.  She is two weeks old right now; we have many photos of her.  This is for my son to take to work and leave on his desk.

Colors:
Coastal Cabana (to match the color of the Altoids tin)
Blushing Bride

Stamps

Lovely Letters Alphabet
It's a Baby Girl, single stamp by Inkadinkadoo

Other:
Ribbon
Brads (to attach ribbon to card stock)
bling
button
corner rounding punch
Altoids tin
pictures of my beautiful granddaughter  :-)