Guest Post: DIY Magnet Project

*****Today Jen is here with a diy tutorial!! These are SO adorable and I'm super excited to see how she made them!*****  Hi, I am Jen from The Cozy Project. I LOVE being creative... and throughout my life have had various outlets... painting, sewing, tailoring, drawing, mix tapes (those count, right?). My current adventure involves crocheted cup cozies. My Etsy shop has been open for about four months and I have been using Twitter to promote it and to stay in touch with other crafty types. When Carissa asked for guest posters I was super excited to share my little DIY magnet project. Recently I had been looking for cute and fun little items to include in my packages when I shipped orders from my shop. As I was rifling through my craft box one day I came upon a package of magnets and had an itty bitty "A-ha!" moment. I decided it would be super fun to make little magnets with my hand drawn cozied coffee cups on them. So I went about making it happen. These are easy to make and could be tweaked in all sorts of ways. I hope you can use them to make something that will be exciting and fun for you! Here is what you will need: -thin sheets of cardboard -card stock or other thick paper -good ink pen or thin point permanent marker -colored pencils -scissors (not pictured) -Spray adhesive -Mod Podge and sponge applicator -magnets (any kind will work, but preferably not rolled strip) -serious craft glue Let's get started. First using your pen or sharpee, draw whatever you would like for the image of your magnet onto the card stock. I drew a few different images and then photocopied them onto my card stock because I knew I wanted to make a lot. You could also substitute magazine clippings or construction paper cut outs for this step if you wanted. Once I had the card stock sheet of drawings, I colored them with colored pencils in various different colors and cut them out into individual pieces. Next I sprayed the thin pieces of cardboard with spray adhesive... following the instructions on the can. Once it had set for about a minute I laid out my cardstock pieces with enough space to allow for a cardboard border on each magnet. After I had pressed the card stock pieces into place on the cardboard, I cut out each magnet piece leaving the space around the edges for a border. Then using Mod Podge, I brushed over each piece to further seal the cardboard and the card stock. Then I left them to dry about an hour. Once dried I used my glue to attach a magnet to the back of each piece.... and Ta-da!! I had lovely little magnets to include with my cozies. Not only where they cute, but they also had my website on them to remind people where they could find me again. Hope you enjoy!   ***Thank-you so much Jen for showing us how to make those adorable magnets! I'm definitely going to give it a try! Check out Jen at her shop the cozy project and her blog  thecozyprojectblog.blogspot.com. You can also "like" her facebook page