clipboard tutorial

I bought this gem of a clipboard at Big Lots for $1.50. My sister in law, Amy, made me a smaller version of this a few years back. My mom was over tonight and we decided to make a big one...super easy, inexpensive and great for you fellow SAHM's (and working momma's of course) who like to write up...you know, lists and important things we mom's need to remember. My personal favorite is to-do lists, and not gonna lie, sometimes I write things down that I've already done just so that I can check them off. ha! No? You don't do that?!

Anyway...these would make the perfect Valentine gift for teachers, the secretary's at your husband's work...etc.

Supplies:

• clipboard
• scrapbook paper
• mod podge
• ribbon
• distress ink (optional)



1. Trace your board onto your scrapbook paper. I cut my paper smaller on purpose because I wanted the raw wood edges of the clipboard to show.

2. Cut out around the metal, so your paper lays flat (it doesn't have to be perfect)

3. Mod podge your paper on to the clipboard

4. Distress if you like

5. While waiting for the glue and distress ink to dry, cut your ribbons. I cut fourteen 6 inch pieces. You can do more or less to your liking, but I just wanted to cover the whole top part.

6. Tie them around in double knots...pull them tight so they don't come undone.

7. Put a layer of mod podge over the top

Let dry, and your done!

How cute and easy are those?!