I got these cute little clipboards from Stampin' Up! - I used my Great Rewards points & got them free, so I figured I'd try to see what I could come up with for them. I wanted a little clipboard at school, and knew I needed to get it done today b/c after this, I'll be either swamped with stuff, or too tired!! :-)The clipboards are only 9" x 4.5" - perfect for those long list notepads. I had gotten some paper when I was home this summer (from my favorite store - JoAnn's!) called "Cloud 9 Designs". I hadn't heard of it before, but I loved the colors they had. So I measured the clipboard with a blank sheet of paper, to make a pattern for the top (to be sure my paper covered up around the clip). Then I went to town on cutting! Clipboards are very easy, but a little tricky to be sure that you get all the paper cut the same and that there are no bulges. Instead of using glue on this, I used Art Accentz's Terrifically Tacky Tape (the red stuff). It holds like superglue! Then I just added 2 coordinating stickers and it was done! Took me about 20 minutes to do. I didn't know how much ribbon to put on the top - it's so small, I didn't want to overdo it. I think this looks ok....right? :-)
At any rate, tomorrow is our last in service day before the kids come. I'm ready & excited about starting a new year in a new grade level. I'm nervous too - always am at the beginning of a new year, but once the kids get there and I get going....it's old hat.
I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend!! Have a great week!
2 comments:
That is such a cute clipboard! I love the colors too. I still have the one you made me and won't let anyone else use in the house use it. =)
the clip board is CUTE--neat size.
hey, you'd better have some creativity left, you've got a classroom full of kids!
:)
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