How to make a mini clipboard calendar w/ brandy

Make a Mini Clipboard Calendar W/ Brandy

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I started with a bare mini calendar andtook the hardware off.

I started with a bare mini calendar andtook the hardware off.

After a coat of gesso for texture I have decided on the Bubbles Stencil and my Mud Paste.

After a coat of gesso for texture I have decided on the Bubbles Stencil and my Mud Paste.

Fur added fun, I'm putting some tiny aqua colored glass bits in my mud!

Fur added fun, I'm putting some tiny aqua colored glass bits in my mud!

Pack it in there good :)

Pack it in there good :)

And then a sprinkle of extra bits on top....

And then a sprinkle of extra bits on top....

I love it!! Let's give it a drying with my heat tool.

I love it!! Let's give it a drying with my heat tool.

Now I'm adding several sprays of Sky Colorations Spray and dry it.

Now I'm adding several sprays of Sky Colorations Spray and dry it.

I'm going to go a little darker...so I add several more sprays. I love the pattern the drying spray leaves!

I'm going to go a little darker...so I add several more sprays. I love the pattern the drying spray leaves!

Now I'm going to move on to my clipboard hardware. Give it a nice coat of gesso, so your paint sticks.

Now I'm going to move on to my clipboard hardware. Give it a nice coat of gesso, so your paint sticks.

First I painted it with the black Zinc Medium in the set.

First I painted it with the black Zinc Medium in the set.

I did a grid shaped chipboard too. Then began to randomly add the Nickle Medium in areas.

I did a grid shaped chipboard too. Then began to randomly add the Nickle Medium in areas.

Now's when it really comes to life! I used my finger to dab just a tiny at a time to every raised area textrue on the clip and randomly on the chipboard with Chrome Medium.

Now's when it really comes to life! I used my finger to dab just a tiny at a time to every raised area textrue on the clip and randomly on the chipboard with Chrome Medium.

I glued the smaller portion of chipboard to the bottom of the board, & put the hardware back on. I've decided to go a little deeper colored , so I'm adding a couple sprays of Steel Colorations Spray.

I glued the smaller portion of chipboard to the bottom of the board, & put the hardware back on. I've decided to go a little deeper colored , so I'm adding a couple sprays of Steel Colorations Spray.

Dry it completely.

Dry it completely.

Now to give it an aged look I like to add Warm Colorations Spray in just a few spots. (I'll be putting my calendar over the foam tape spots. :)

Now to give it an aged look I like to add Warm Colorations Spray in just a few spots. (I'll be putting my calendar over the foam tape spots. :)

A scrap of paper, some coordinating flowers and a buttefly later, I have completed my Clipboard!

A scrap of paper, some coordinating flowers and a buttefly later, I have completed my Clipboard!

Great details.

Great details.

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  • Sky Colorations Spray
  • Steel Colorations Spray
  • Warm Colorations Spray
  • Mud Texture Paste
  • Bubbles Stencil
  • Oxidized Silver Texture Set