I wanted to share with everyone this great tutorial by Amy Duquette. It is an awesome project and it is really well written too.

CD Memory Magnet by Amy Duquette

This project is perfect for school photos, sports team photos or for a favourite photo that you may have that you want to keep around you so you can see it often. I am using a photo of my grandma and my son that was taken a few days ago. This will become a very special picture for my son as he grows up because my grandma was just diagnosed with lung cancer. He will be able to take this magnet with him in his many journey’s life has for him.

Digital Supply List
Reckless Kit and brown tag from Faded Tee kit by Traci Reed available at Scrapbook Graphics
Circle journaling - Daniela Peuss
Font - Digs My Heart

Paper Supply List:
1 CD
1 magnet (I am using an old business card sized magnet)
1 sheet of white cardstock 8 1/2 x 11 (if you don’t have any on hand a good tip is to use the back of a sheet of patterned paper that you don’t like the pattern and won’t use…just make sure its thickness is that of cardstock)
scissors
embellishments
adhesive

Step 1
First thing you need to do is create the basic layout of the magnet in your favourite image editting software. I am using Photoshop CS. I created a 4 3/4 inch circle on a 5×5 inch document and filled it with white. Next I opened up the paper I wanted to use and resized it down to 5×5 and then SELECT>ALL and closed the paper without saving. I went back to my circle layout and with the circle selected I EDIT>PASTE INTO the paper. Another way to get the paper to fit into your circle is to past the paper on a new layer and then group the layers (ctrl + G) and then LAYER>MERGE VISIBLE and voila there is your circle.

Once that step is done you can continue adding your digital elements and even your photo like I did and then print it out on your cardstock. Make sure you use the correct settings on your printer to get the best print out. If you want to add some dimension and texture to the magnet you can print the photo out by itself and glue it on or use pop dots.

Step 2
The Next step is to add whatever extra embellishments you want to your circle. In my case I added 2 blossoms by Prima and a black brad from Hot Off The Press and inked the edge with green fluid chalk from Colorbox. You can add as much as you want or as little as you want, its totally up to your personal taste.

Step 3
Next its time to adhere the magnet to the CD. I used double sided tape to do this to make sure it really sticks!

Step 4
Almost done! All you need to do now is glue the circle to the CD. Again to make sure it stays put I used doublesided tape. Thats all there is to it. Simple, easy and fun and kids will love this project too!

I hope you enjoyed learning something new.

~Tara~

Tags: B&W, digital, photoshop, tutorial

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