Clipboards

Today I painted 2 clipboards that started out as brown $1.69 6 x 9 clipboards from Office Max.  I promised myself that I wasn't going to obsess over trying to make them perfect.  I'll be using them for Big Picture Classes and Stacy Julian's Finding Photo Feedom that starts this week.  So they are just for me and for fun.  I ended up not liking the acrylic paint on them so I ended up covering most of the clipboards with paper and Mod Podge.  Then used some embellishments and flowers to dress them up a bit.  Both papers are from Close To My Heart.  I've had them awhile and I don't believe they are available any longer.  The flowers are Prima and I added a little pearl to the center of each.  I've decided in the future when I paint something that I have to use a better quality acrylic paint.  After 3 coats of the yellow you could still see a brownish cast.  And I like something that leaves a smoother coat without brushlines (if that's possible).  I'm also switching to Claudine Helmuth's Multi Medium as I don't like the Mod Podge either.  I need to get some gesso to and try that.  So more experimentation will be in my future as I work to find products that I like for these type of projects. 

Clipboard

Clipboard at left is made with acrylix paint, cardstock, rub-ons, ribbon & Mod Podge. I left the back just painted - no paper or embellishments back there. I mod podged the entire clipboard after I was done adding the paper & rub-on's so that with use everything would stay in place. The holes on the right where the ribbon is were pre-drilled. The hardest part of this project was cutting the paper to the shape. Another pink project - see how I pick pink when I'm not working on my own stuff?!