Teacher Appreciation Gift – Clipboard

It is teacher appreciation week and I am busy making last minute gifts – which seems to be the norm now that I am a mom. Today I am sharing this quick project to customize a floral clipboard with a rose gold vinyl quote for a teacher appreciation gift.

I’ve told the story before, but when I finally went to college, I had ever intention of getting my degree in liberal arts and being a second-grade teacher. Well, that’s not how my college experience panned out. I still love teachers and have so many friends in different levels of the education field. They are definitely worthy of all the thanks and appreciation they receive this week.

When I saw this pretty floral clipboard at Target I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it.

Estimated Time: 15 Minutes

Skill Level:  Beginner

Supplies Needed:

• Silhouette CAMEO®
• Silhouette Cutting Mat
• Silhouette Cutting Blade
• Weeding Hook
• Silhouette Studio
• “Inspiring” Design – Silhouette Design Store
• Rose Gold Adhesive Vinyl
• Clipboard

CREATING YOUR DESIGN: 

• Open up your Silhouette Studio®. 
• Select the Page Setup Window and adjust your cutting mat size to 12×12 (or the sized mat you are using). 
• Download your design from the Silhouette Design Store and then open your word art in Silhouette Studio. Click File>Library>Downloaded Designs>Select your downloaded file. 
• Select the design and click Object>Ungroup. 
• Delete the elements you don’t want on your bowl. I removed the binder clip.  

• Measure your clipboard and re-size your design to the correct space on your 12×12.

• Attach your Adhesive Vinyl to the cutting mat, color side up, and load into your machine.  
• Follow the prompts in the Design Studio to adjust your blade (if using a ratchet blade) for Adhesive Vinyl and double check to make sure your design has been selected to cut. 
• Select “Send” to start cutting. 
• Select “Unload” when your machine has finished cutting your design to remove the cutting mat from the machine. 

PREPARING YOUR DESIGN: 

• Remove your sheets of Adhesive Vinyl from the cutting mat – go slow so it doesn’t curl up. 
• Use your fingers or a wedding tool to remove the excess vinyl. Be sure to leave your design on the backing sheet. 

• Carefully remove the centers of the design – this is called “weeding”. 

CREATING YOUR ROSE GOLD CLIPBOARD: 

• Place a piece of transfer tape over your design. 
• Use the scraping tool to make sure the design adheres to the transfer tape. 
• Gently pull transfer tape and make sure the entire design lifts with it. 
• Place your design on your clipboard. 
• Use the scraping tool or your fingers to smooth the design onto the clipboard.

• Slowly remove the transfer tape. 

I can’t wait to give this pretty clipboard to a teacher this week and remind them how much they are appreciated.