Mini Music Clipboard Project with Tim Holtz Supplies!

Hi friends!!! Happy Monday!!! I invented my own term for this day... Happy "Back to Normal Life" Day! Hahaha. Holidays are officially over. The tree and the decorations are taken down. (Our house feels naked now)... All the shopping and eating is over... I really don't mind actually. I'm sort of glad to get back into my normal routine and slow down the pace a bit. I like to organize and nest in January and I've already spent a lot of time in the studio in 2020. I have lots of fun things to share in the next two weeks or so. Then I'm off to Phoenix for five days for Creativation. Yippee!! It's all good. I hope your new year is off to a happy start. 

Today's project sort of happened by accident... But sometimes those are the best, right? On Saturday I was gathering supplies from my studio to use to make my projects for the new The Greetery Release and I found a Tim Holtz Mini Clipboard I had bought a while ago... Well, the wheels started turning and then five hours later I made a clipboard, but no cards! Hahaha. Don't worry, I stayed up until midnight making cards - and I can't wait to show them to you. 

My clipboard ended up being a fun mixed media, vintagey, warm, creation. I used vintage sheet music that I bought from my friend's antique store. That book of sheet music gets a lot of use! I wanted my project to be neutral tones so I can add things to it later that have more color. I used loads of Tim Holtz supplies some yummy gold mousse, and my favorite gold paints. Let's take a look!! 

 

Here's a close up of just the top. I used a metal adornment and smudged it with gold mousse with my fingers. It ended up sort of looking bronze. I love it! I glued the charm adornment on with E6000 glue. The sheet music was affixed to the front of the clipboard with Collage Medium (Matte). It is inked, painted, moussed, stenciled, splattered....yum.

 

Here's a close up of the stenciled portion. I only used two ink shades: Vintage Photo and Antique Linen.

 

I used a corner rounder before affixing the sheet music to the clipboard. I used the Collage Medium to affix it to the board and then a layer of Collage Medium on top. Kind of like Mod Podge. Lots of inking around the edges!! The gold you see is mousse that I rubbed on with my fingers. It has such a pretty effect. So much nicer in person. Hard to capture the shimmer in a photo.

 

I used Tim Holtz wallpaper sheets for the back of the clipboard. I looooove that the screws come off to take off the clip so you can decorate your board and put it back on. So easy and looks so polished. This print is so pretty.

 

Supplies are listed out at the bottom of this post!! 

 

I love mini stencils!!!

 

 

 

I only stenciled the lower right corner of the sheet music. 

 

I splattered beautiful rich gold paint over the entire sheet music. MMMMMMM. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Something a little different! Hope you liked it, and hope I've inspired you to try something different too! Happy Crafty New Year! I'll be back soon with lots of fun things. Have a great week everyone! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supplies used for this project. (Affiliate Links Used)

 

Comments

[Geneva]

Interesting idea....beautiful results...you continually amaze me with all of your talents.

[Jules]

Wanda! You have the best ideas! This is awesome! AND useful. The new year is off to a great start in your studio!

[Jen Petersen]

I love this project you created! So beautiful!

[Anne Sturgeon]

Wow that's gorgeous... I could use that size to do my crossword puzzles from the newspaper. I am also doing some organizing. My husband bought me a portable craft table for Christmas. So now I am mobile in my little space. Happy is contagious...

[Nancy]

Love this !!

[Teresa Doyle]

This is really awesome Wanda. A fun project to start the new year off with!