Then I was looking on the Just Bex forum and there was a challenge on there do decorate/alter a coaster.........hmmmm....I don't even know if I have a coaster, and anyway what would I do with said coaster once it was 'done'.......but I went and hunted a Guinness coaster down... what other kind would it be in my house being Irish! Then came the most challenging thing.....what 'theme' or 'reason' would I use to decorate my coaster..... and I got to thinking about achieving.
I recently, well 9 days ago, managed to pass the 2 stone mark on how much I had lost with weight watchers. Now in scale of how much I still have to lose its the first step, but for me it was a big step, I have been 'playing' at losing weight for years and joined (Again!) WW in January and between then and about 5 weeks ago I was still 'playing' I lost a stone but I was gaining and losing the same weight every few weeks, anyway about 5 weeks ago, I managed to kick myself up my own behind (yoga experts eat your heart out!lol) and since then I have lost 16lbs.........and you know what I am proud of myself!
So I decided to alter the coaster to celebrate my achievement and I am going to keep in my office/craft room to inspire me to keep going!
Recipe:-
1 Coaster
Basic Grey paper from the Infuse range
Stazon ink - Saddle Brown
Stamps - See Dee's Large Swirl Letters #50697
Ribbon - Hot Off the Press
Chipboard Lettering -Provo Craft Alphaletterz 2 1/4" chipboards
Flowers -Sen Plus
Brads - Hot Off the Press
Eyelet - unknown
One Coaster
Using my Cropodile I punched a whole in my coaster!
I used some sticky stuff and covered the coaster with some Basic Grey PaperI then cut it out with my trusty Precision Knife
And a bit of embellishment, stamping and ribbon and this is the final product!
4 comments:
Love the coaster.
Janice
That is so lovely and especially for what it represents - well done on the terrific weight loss. I've been watching my weight now for about eight weeks and have lost ten lbs. so I'm quite pleased - need to keep it up though because there's more to lose (and sadly I've been there before and then put it all back - hopefully not this time)
What a GREAT idea! I have hundreds of coasters!
fab coaster, love the flowers. Congrats on the weight loss, I lost 3.5 stone last year and feel so much better but I have put about 4 pounds back on over the summer hols so I'm determined to get it off again.
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