Get Creative! Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board #CanYouTopThis

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The Elmer’s “Can You Top This?” round 2 challenge opportunity came just as I was about to create my vision board. I figured it was someone’s way of being sure that this is the year I make that vision board. I am so excited to get started on this project. And the best part is that I get to giveaway three $100 gift card prizes (see the details after the project).

Every year we all set our intentions and every year, by March they are out the door. For 2010, I went through a process of setting my intentions with every intention of reaching all my goals. I even posted them all here so I would be held accountable. Didn’t work!

I just finished reading the Idiot’s Guide to Vision Boards on my Kindle for iPad and the free Vision Board e-book by Christine Kane. I decided this was the year, I’m making one. In the next week I will post more details and resources for creating your visions board.

My Vision Board Project Supply List

• Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display board (foam or cardboard)
• Elmer’s Craft Bond Permanent Tape Runner
• Elmer’s Craft Bond Permanent Tape Runner Refill
• Elmer’s No-Wrinkle Dual Tip Glue Pen
• Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive Squares
• Elmer’s Project Popperz Peel & Stick Numbers & Symbols in Black
• Elmer’s Shimmer ‘n Shine Shimmering Shapes Washable Art Glazes
• Elmer’s 3D 10 Classic Rainbow ‘n Glitter Colors
• Elmer’s Project Popperz Classic Colors Markers (8 pack)

Vision Board Craft Plan

1. Write out a list of goals that you would like to achieve (that you would like on your vision board).
2. Find pictures, quotes, words or headlines to glue to your vision board. Magazines work really well for finding pictures and headlines to represent your goals. You may also use pictures that you have or search for pictures online and print them. What you choose is up to you. I started by going through magazines and cutting out anything that appealed to me.
3. Separate all the items you found in step 2 into piles for each of your goals (if you have more than 1).
4. Lay out the items onto your Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board. Do not glue them down yet. The order is not important. Do what feels and looks right for you. There are many theories about creating a vision board. My personal theory is create your vision board so that it inspires you. It needs to make sense to you and no one else. I left white space so that I could add elements and decorations after. The scrapbooker in me wanted to make it pretty!
5. Once you are satisfied with the layout of all the items, begin to glue everything down. Use Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive Squares to put pictures onto the Tri-Fold Display Board. I adhered all my pictures to scrapbooking paper before putting it on the board. Feel free to be as creative as you would like when adhering your items to the board.
6. Use the Elmer’s Craft Bond Permanent Tape Runner and Refill to adhere larger papers or items to the board. I found this tape runner worked really well for gluing things onto glitter paper which is often hard to get things to stick to.
7. Use the Elmer’s No-Wrinkle Dual Tip Glue Pen to adhere the magazine clippings to the board. The glue is perfect for magazine or newspaper because it doesn’t wrinkle.
8. Add any additional elements or decorations to your vision board. I used the Elmer’s Project Popperz Peel & Stick Numbers & Symbols in Black for the year.
9. Finalize your vision board with your name and label anything that you feel needs a label. I used the Elmer’s 3D 10 Classic Rainbow ‘n Glitter Colors to highlight anything on my board that needed a little glitter. I used the Elmer’s Project Popperz Classic Colors Markers (8 pack) to add my name and put some decoration around some of the goal pictures.
10. Put your vision board in a place where you will see it every day. This is my completed project:

Vision Board Example Video

This video is about 10 minutes long, but I go through and explain in great detail why I chose the different items on my vision board. I won’t be insulted if you do not watch the entire 10 minute video. I created it for anyone who wonders why I chose different items or if you want an in depth explanation of a vision board.

Elmer’s #CanYouTopThis Vision Board Example from Michele McGraw on Vimeo.

My 10 minute detailed explanation of my vision board

Can You Top This? Win $100 Gift Card

My challenge to you is to try create a project using an Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board and top mine! Get Creative and win!

The contest ends on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 10:00 pm ET. I will choose 3 project that topped me and all 3 will win a $100 gift card. Yes, there are going to be 3 winners on each blog.

Here are the rules:

• You MUST use an Elmer’s Tri-Fold Display Board (foam core or cardboard)
• Post your final project on your blog or as a note in Facebook.
• You must include the hashtag #CanYouTopThis and submit a link to your project in my blog comments by Wednesday, January 5th.
• You may enter once on each of the following blogs in addition to mine, but you can only win once.
  • Mallery’s Deals
  • Savvy Chic Savings
  • Mommy2k
  • Our Crazy Boys
• Need a little inspiration? Go to the Can You Top This site for ideas.

Win an Elmer’s Prize Pack from Sticky Bits

You could also win an Elmer’s prize pack if you add your project to Sticky Bits. Upload a picture of your final project and attach it to the Elmer’s products that you used to create your project. Contact me if you need help with this ([email protected]). You can see samples by clicking on the products in the supply list that I used to create my project.

I can not wait to see what you all come up with. I had a lot of fun creating my vision board and I will keep you all up to date on my goal achievements for 2011.

Disclosure: I was compensated by Collective Bias and Elmer’s in exchange for creating this project and hosting the contest on my blog.