Easy clipboard / note holder

This is an easy tutorial of how to make your very own clipboard or note holder! Also it's a great use for your decorative pegs!

So as you can see from the images above you hang it up and the peg easily holds all your paperwork and notes, of course its easy to turn into a clipboard, just don't hang it up!

what you will need

- cardboard
- various coloured card/paper
- a peg
- some ribbon
- some glue

So first of all you need to gather up all of your equipment a[s you can see they are pictured above.

2. Stick the paper onto the cardboard, then carefully cut around the edges removing the excess paper.

3. Stick on a second piece of paper but leave 1/4 of the other coloured paper so that it is still showing.

4. Glue on the peg, you can do this so that it is sticking over the top or is flat against the top of the cardboard.

5. Glue the ribbon across the join of the two pieces of paper.

6. If you wish to hang up the clipboard you will need to glue a small piece of string or ribbon on the back of the cardboard.

7. Place a small piece of paper over the top of where you have glued the ribbon to the back to add a little more strength to the ribbon.

Now you have completed your clipboard, have fun using your clipboard/note holder!!!

Another variation

I added a little extra card to give it a bit more colour!  ------------->

Retro rose

Hi again now as this post is a two step process I didn't post yesterday as I was working on this for you!

So lets begin first of all you will need to make a mould, I brought some silicone putty from eBay which enables you to make your own moulds!

1. Here is an image of the putty, as you can see it has two parts, part A and Part B.

2. Take a small amount of Part A, don't worry because a little goes a long way!

3. Now take an equal amount of part B.

4. Mix them together, if you are in a hot room or your hands are hot the putty will start to 'melt', but don't worry because this doesn't affect your mould!

5. You will need to wait until it turns a lighter purple and then press it gently over the object you wish to mould, I used a plastic roses which I purchased for £1 along with some other things! Leave it for 5 minutes then remove the object, leave the mould overnight to completely set!

Now we are going to make the retro rose!

1. You will need:

orange clay
pale brown clay
white clay
green clay
brown clay
and a rolling pin

2. Roll out your white clay, then roughly cut into a rectangle.

3. Do the same with your other colours then lay them onto of each other.

4. Cut from one corner to the other, then match up the two shortest edges.

5. Roll in the palm of your hand so that the colours swirl but you still have the stripy pattern, then press into your mould.

6. Carefully remove from the mould and poke out a small hole in the top of your rose to make it into a pendant, if you aren't making it into a pendant you can bake the clay in the mould.

Now you have a stylish retro rose!

Hello, again

Hi, I'm finally back WITH a project for you to try! I f you have been reading some of my older posts you will know that today is the start of the project a day campaign! If you'd like to get involved view the campaign page.

Now on with the project!

This is an easy and very basic project but gives you a great way to store your bracelets without just throwing them in your draw!

What you will need

toilet roll tube
card or paper
glue, I use a glue tape pen for simplicity

These are all illustrated below, as well as the finished product!

Now as I said this project is super simple and so only requires three steps! Yes, three steps!

So here we go

Step 1  Measure the length of your toilet roll tube, mine was 10.5cm.

Step 2  Cut the card to the same width as the length of your toilet roll tube. ( cut it so that it is wide enough to cover your tube ) Don't worry about the length of the card/paper.

Step 3  Add some glue to the card/paper and stick it onto the tube, smooth it down as you wrap the card/paper around the tube, if there is any excess card/paper overlap it. As you can see from the images above I overlapped mine slightly on the edge, this ensured that the tube edge was well hidden!

Another variation

You could stick a circle onto the base of the decorated tube and stand it up, it could then be used to hold your bracelets on the outside and pens on the inside!

Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy project, as you can guess I'll be back with another project tomorrow! Bye for now!

Projects on pause

Hi I know I haven't posted anything for a while, and all of my recent posts are just telling you to hang on for a few more days, and I am really sorry. I am trying to work on a few more projects for you to have a go at but I am going to wait until the 28th July before I post anymore projects, in the meantime I will try to post a few pictures of things I have made, and possible a few recipes.

Also on the 28th of July I am launching ' A project a day ' campaign, that you can take part in! I f you have a google account then follow this blog to show you are taking part, if you have a blog you can download the campaign button and insert it into your blog using a html code insert, to show everyone else that you are taking part! Of course this means that you will need to post a project a day for one week, like I am going to do! Hope you have fun taking part!

That's all for now, but I promise to post again soon,