Every month when I get my Paper Pumpkin kit I love making up the projects and creating alternate samples. It’s great fun and there always seems to be bits left over that I can use on other projects. Not one to waste anything I even use the boxes as storage in my craft studio. Still I was always left with the piece of heavy chipboard that’s used to protect the shrink-wrapped kit contents. I’ve now got quite a collection of these and really had no idea what to do with them until now. So for today’s simple Sunday project I bring you my reversible clipboard project.

CHIPBOARD SIDES

To make my clipboard I took two of the pieces of chipboard. Then I chose two different patterns from the In Good Taste Each piece was covered 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack. In the end I chose a wood plank pattern and a tile pattern and cut each piece to 8″ x 11″. In fact these patterns were two sides of the same sheet, but they didn’t have to be.

Next I covered the surface of one of the chipboard pieces with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) and placed it in the centre of one of the pieces of DSP. Then I pressed it down firmly and set it aside while I repeated the process with the other piece of card and DSP.

Once both pieces were fixed I cut across the corners of the DSP ready to begin folding in the excess paper.

First I folded in one of the long edges and glued it down. Then I tucked in the little excess sections at each corner and pressed them down with my Bone Folder. This would create a neater finish and completely hide the chipboard on the finished project. I repeated this process on the other long end and then folded over and glued the DSP at the shorter ends

Once both pieces of chipboard were completely covered I simply had to glue them together back-to-back, and leave them to dry.

CLIPBOARD CLIP

The covered chipboard looked great, but for this to be a clipboard I needed obviously clip. Among my stash I found a fairly large foldback clip but it was a rather uninspiring black. So I decided to cover it with a scrap of the DSP I had left.

I measured around both sides of the clip and cut the DSP to fit. Then I attached the paper to the clip using liquid glue.

With that done I added the clip to the top of my clipboard and used it to hold a pencil in place too.

Despite being made from card this clipboard is remarkably sturdy. What’s more, I can put the clip on the long side or short side depending on what I am doing. This makes it much more versatile than clipboards I’ve purchased. Now with a stack of the chipboard on hand I fancy making some more of these. I just need to decide which DSP patterns to choose first.

BATTER UP

Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park with the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit. This month’s timeless kit with a “throwback” theme contains enough supplies to create nine cards and coordinating envelopes featuring classic colours, pinwheel and pinstripe patterns, and vintage-washed paper pieces. This kit makes it easy for you to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to bat for you. There’s no “batter” way to root for your home team and honour the all-stars in your life!

A beloved baseball-themed kit would be incomplete without the sport’s signature, sticky snack – the official bubble gum of the MLB. A favourite in the field, the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit contains a couple of sticks of the chewy staple; chew while you craft, slide a piece into a card, or save it for later.

If you are a current or previous subscriber make sure your Paper Pumpkin subscription is active before May 10th to get this kit. If you’ve never subscribed before look out for a special introductory promotion on May 7th!

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