Christmas Countdown Clipboard Class...Right Here!
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:05 pm
Okay, is everyone ready? Got your supplies? If not, this class should be pretty quick and easy to follow at another date. We are gonna be making an altered clipboard and making it a countdown to Christmas. Here is my finished project....
The first thing you want to do is take your patterned paper and trace the clipboard on the back so you can cut it out. Use a heavy duty glue and glue onto the front of the clipboard. I used Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. I also did this on some scrap paper so when I smoothed out the glue it didn't get all over the place.
While I was waiting for the glue to dry, I got to work on the blocks.... this is where that chipboard that comes in our ups orders that we all hoard is gonna be used. I marked it every 3 inches on the top and on the side....I marked them so I would know which ones not to cut out. Cut around the 1-6...
This is what it will look like after you cut it out...
Now, score your box lines and fold up into a cube. I used that heavy duty glue and glued the ends together with strips of cardstock...
Okay...do that twice to make 2 cubes. Next I took my Club Cracker box and cut in right in half length wise....
Now, I had to cut the box again, it was the exact size of the clipboard but I wanted my cubes to be a bit snug...
Put your cubes in these pieces and to see where you need to reattach the pieces...
I used my heavy duty glue again and glued mine to the very bottom of the clipboard. You can glue yours anywhere you want. I put mine where I did because I didn't have enough ribbon to make mine hang. If you glue yours up a bit higher you can use a matching ribbon and clip it under the clip. Mine at the bottom stands by itself. For the cubes, I had to cut squares and attach with adhesive to all the sides. The 12x12 cardstock when folded around was a wee bit too small. I inked the edges to give it a polished look....
Now you are ready to decorate any way you like. The numbers for the cubes are: 0,1,24,7,8 and on the other one: 0,1,2,3,5,6(which doubles for 9)
The first thing you want to do is take your patterned paper and trace the clipboard on the back so you can cut it out. Use a heavy duty glue and glue onto the front of the clipboard. I used Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. I also did this on some scrap paper so when I smoothed out the glue it didn't get all over the place.
While I was waiting for the glue to dry, I got to work on the blocks.... this is where that chipboard that comes in our ups orders that we all hoard is gonna be used. I marked it every 3 inches on the top and on the side....I marked them so I would know which ones not to cut out. Cut around the 1-6...
This is what it will look like after you cut it out...
Now, score your box lines and fold up into a cube. I used that heavy duty glue and glued the ends together with strips of cardstock...
Okay...do that twice to make 2 cubes. Next I took my Club Cracker box and cut in right in half length wise....
Now, I had to cut the box again, it was the exact size of the clipboard but I wanted my cubes to be a bit snug...
Put your cubes in these pieces and to see where you need to reattach the pieces...
I used my heavy duty glue again and glued mine to the very bottom of the clipboard. You can glue yours anywhere you want. I put mine where I did because I didn't have enough ribbon to make mine hang. If you glue yours up a bit higher you can use a matching ribbon and clip it under the clip. Mine at the bottom stands by itself. For the cubes, I had to cut squares and attach with adhesive to all the sides. The 12x12 cardstock when folded around was a wee bit too small. I inked the edges to give it a polished look....
Now you are ready to decorate any way you like. The numbers for the cubes are: 0,1,24,7,8 and on the other one: 0,1,2,3,5,6(which doubles for 9)
