Cork Board Mini Memento Board

Materials:
*12" x 12" sheet of cork board
*Ribbon
*Fabric
*All purpose adhesive
*Scissors
*Sandpaper
*Ruler
*Pen
*Cardboard
*Thumbtacks
*Buttons, brads, or other decorative items

Directions:
*Trim down cork board so that it measures 9" x 12".
*On the back side of the cork board, align the ruler with the bottom right corner with the ruler pointing upward and measure out 1/2" going up, leaving a small mark with the pen.  Then line up the ruler with the same corner with the ruler pointing to the right and measure out 1/2" to the right, marking this spot as well.
*Using your ruler, draw a straight line connecting the two marks.
*Cut off the corner, following the line you drew.
*Repeat the above procedure with the other corners.
*Sand down any rough edges on the cork board.
*Cut a length of ribbon slightly longer than the diagonal distance between the top left and bottom right parts of the board.  Stretch the ribbon across the board and glue down one end of the ribbon to the top left edge where the corner used to be.
*Pull ribbon as tightly as you can without bending the cork board and glue down the other end.
*Repeat for a length of ribbon going across diagonally in the opposite direction.
*Where the two ribbons cross one another (which should be approximately the center of the board), adhere the bottom ribbon to the board, then adhere the top ribbon to the bottom one.
 *Arrange lengths of ribbon to form a diamond shape, with each corner of the diamond located at the halfway point of one of the sides.
*Glue down the points of the diamond, then glue down any intersections of ribbon.  Set aside to dry.
*Cut cardboard so that it measures approximately 9.5" x 12.5".
 *Cut fabric such that it is about ½ to 1 inch longer than the foam board on all sides.
*Lay fabric face down on a flat surface and place cardboard on top.
*Run glue along the edges of the backside of the cardboard and adhere the fabric to this.  Make sure to pull the fabric as tight as you can while gluing so that you won’t end up with bunches of fabric on the front side.  Let dry.
*Once the cardboard part has dried, line up the cork board and cardboard pieces and glue together.
*Glue buttons, brads, or other small items to the tops of thumbtacks to liven them up.

Like this craft idea?  Check out my memento board blog post for a variation on this idea.