Stenciled Clip Boards

Written by: Cathy Carroll

When I finally decided to go ahead and make my Communication Center

I needed something that would fit on the small wall 

to hold papers that we needed to keep.

After some thought I finally decided on clip boards.

So, off to Dollar Tree to pick them up.

At first I decoupaged them with patterned scrapbook paper 

but, 

it really wasn't the look I was going for.

 Back to the drawing board.

I then decided if I painted the wall with chalkboard paint

I could cover the clip boards with drop cloth fabric and stencil them.

This is a picture before I got the wall painted.

But, even then I fell in love with them

and 

they fit perfectly all lined up in a row.

On to the directions to cover a clip board.

You will need:

clip board (size of choice)

fabric or paper of choice

glue gun

stencils and sharpie (color of choice)

scissors

Begin by laying your clip board down on your fabric and cutting around it

leaving about 1 1/2 - 2 inches as a border.

(You can see this is one I decoupaged and nixed)

Turn clip board face down and glue each corner by turning the fabric up 

as it is in the above picture.

Glue in place.

Then turn up the bottom edge and glue to board.

Proceed by doing both sides in the same manner.

Smooth the fabric towards the top and cut two slits - 

one on either side of the clip board clip as above.

Turn the flap that is made under and glue along the edge of the clip.

Glue the edge of the fabric down along each side of the clip.

Next, turn it over and glue the top flaps down as you did the other flaps.

All done covering them.

Now comes the fun - embellishing them in the medium of your choice.

I stenciled these three following the instructions for

China Plate Stenciling.

It's very easy and I just used a Sharpie pen.

I used the bird stencil and then a basket weave border I had.

You can also use ribbon glued along the bottom edge 

and

then embellish that as you choose to match your decor.

Here they are on the now black chalkboard painted wall 

and

I am loving the look.

The drop cloth with the stenciling really stands out 

and 

makes a statement.

And, they are making my life much nicer by organizing all those papers

that were just lying around loose.

Think you might cover some of those ho hum clip boards lying around 

and 

make them oh so pretty to use?

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