DIY Clipboards of Craftiness for Your Command Center

I love being organized. Love Love LOVE it.

But as a crafter, the chaos is inevitable. Heck, sometimes it helps! But when I started noticing more than a few unfinished projects, and I couldn’t find what I was looking for in my blogging notebook, I knew I needed to try a different organization system for my tasks. DIY clipboards would be just the thing I need.

I want to share one of my DIY projects helping to keep me on track,

You know those pretty clipboards in the office section of everyones favorite big box store? Yes! I want to put them all in my basket,  but I wanted to make a few that reflected MY style and MY needs. These can easily be customized with papers and embellishments that match YOUR craft area for a great command center.

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To create the magnetic Succulent Clipboard with pockets:

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Supplies:

1. Old Clipboard. Any style works. If you don’t have one stashed away in your basement, dollar stores sell them cheap, too.
2. Modge Podge. I make my own using a 50/50 mix of school glue and water. Mix these up in a plastic bowl using a foam brush.
3. 12″ X 12″ Designer Series Paper
4. Coordinating Cardstock for the pockets. I was using scraps, but you will need less than 2 pieces of 8 1/2″ x 11″ cardstock.
5. Magnet sheet. Or if you want to be super frugal, use a few of the unused flat magnets from neighborhood businesses.
6. Stampin Up Oh So Succulent Stamps and Framelits.

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Steps to create the succulent DIY clipboards:

1. Glue magnets using modge podge to one side.
2. Cut DSP to fit. For the difficult corners at the top, I recommend using a large piece of scrap paper (newspaper even!) to first cut that to size using a craft knife.
   1. Modge podge your beautiful paper down to your clipboard. Use a credit card to keep it smooth.
   2. Any excess around the edges can be glued around the corners.
3. For each Pocket:
   1. Cut your cardstock to 3″ x 6 1/2″, score at 3 and 3 1/2″.
   2. Cut more cardstock to 2″ x 3 1/2″, score alongside every 1/2″
      1. Score on wide side at 1/2″, Cut out so only the center 1/2″ remains.
      2. Fold like an accordion and adhere to the larger piece.
   3. Adhere your pockets to the side of your clipboard. Ensure you have enough space between each pocket to access what you put in it.
4. Did you want to make that giant 3D succulent for your pocket?
   1. Cut out 5 descending sizes using the framelits from Old Olive cardstock.
   2. Sponge Pear Pizazz Ink (or a brighter green than your cardstock) in the center and the inside of the petals.
   3. Sponge Berry Burst Ink to shade the tips.
   4. Slightly curl the petals with your fingers to give them dimension.
   5. Stack the petals with dimensionals between the largest, 2nd, and 3rd layers. Attach the other two layers using paper adhesive.
   6. Add a Berry Burst embellishment to the center.
   7. Experiment for your other succulents! Try combos with Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, and Rich Razzleberry. Succulents are each very unique, so it’s easy to make one that looks realistic.

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I made one clipboard for each category of my most common notes (which normally just get written down on a scrap piece of paper, never to be seen again ugh!!).

1. Inspiration
   • I adhered a piece of cork board to the bottom so I can easily pin small pieces of inspiration and quotes.
2. Ideas
   • Using my favorite crafty paper (I’d Rather Be Crafting from Echo Park) and a small notebook I decorated next to a matching post-it note pad, I can write out my next idea while I’m finishing my current project.
3. To-Do List
   • The succulent clipboard has a post-it note pad which I customized with a checklist stamp (Thanks to my stamping friend Michelle for sending these to me!) to help me write out my daily priority list! And I stamped that little pink succulent magnet to match!! Isn’t it cute?

Inspiration to make these came from these challenges:

• SUO Challenge 203 – Anything but a card
• Love 2 Create – Anything Mixed Media Goes

Can you see these clipboards being super-functional for your command center? Let me know what you might use your clipboards for! I’d love to see what you decide works for your style! 🙂

Looking for more DIY projects? DIY Pet Paw Print Personalized Wall Art: Easy as Ink, Stamp,Write, and Frame!

Happy Crafting!

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