Its been a bit of a topsy turvy week one way and another, but in all the muddle I at last finished altering this pretend clipboard....it looks like it has a large clip at the top, but is in fact a flat board - nice and easy to work with though.....or so I thought! Pretty paper + pva = BUBBLES! But thankfully they smoothed out enough in the end....so this:
...was transformed into this:
I covered the board with American Craft papers - the flowers & leaves were cut from one 12x12 sheet. I blackened the edges of the board with a Sharpie marker pen, and once I pva'd the board all over and waited for the wrinkles to disappear(ish), I got busy with embellishing it. I added pretty paper & a Foof A La button to a cheapy wire bound book, tied American Craft ribbons to the wires, then hung this from the top hole with a key chain. I created a pencil holder in the back of the little book using felt, then got busy with the hacksaw and cut a long pencil in half. I then embellished the pencil with matching paper and a ribbon tied around the top. I tied ribbons to plain silver bulldog clips (bought cheaply from Wilkinsons) and have them clipped at random to the board. So its a busy looking little project...but with me, more is more lol!
I have also made two dotees this week....they are both destined for a very long journey and will be unveiled once they have reached their new homes!
I was heading for my nest a couple of hours ago....but suddenly woke up! To think, in less than 12 hours, Brenda Pinnick will be on our tele's...yay!
Sparkly vibes to all my visitors, thank you for calling by! Sue x
