Altered Bulletin Board

When we built our house, I had to have stainless steel appliances.  It seemed like such a great idea at the time.  That is until we had children.  Not only is cleaning the fingerprints off a loosing battle, they aren't magnetic.  Am I the only person in the world who didn't realize this?  Or even consider it?  So over the past few years I've been making things for the kids to take the place of not having a magnetic refrigerator.  The first was the Magnetic Alphabet Board.  The next big void that I needed to address was a place for all the girls' artwork.   I bought this bulletin board, size 24 x 36, from Staples to hang in the kitchen.  The only problem was it seemed so boring.  It sat for a few weeks unopened until one day I saw a framed bulletin board that had pictures around the perimeter.  It was much smaller than this but it gave me the push I needed to alter my own into something a little more personal and interesting. 

As you can see, the frame relative to the size of the board is kind of whimpy. So what I did was mask off a three inch border all the way around the piece with painter's tape.  Next I sprayed it in several coats of black paint followed by a sealer.  Once I took the tape off, I had the illusion of a much larger frame more suitable to the size of the board.  I added the word CREATE and a bunch of 4x3 photos.

The board still felt like it needed something else so I dug out some Upsy Daisy patterned paper from the "See You Later Alligator" line and an EK Success border punch and made the scallop border.  The green in the paper is coincidently a perfect match to my wall colour.

Once topped with some inexpensive twill, I was ready to tackle the tacks.  I bet you can guess what tool I dug out for this one.  That's right, my Epiphany Crafts epoxy tool.  I used a bunch of Upsy Daisy rub-ons and made them into toppers for my tacks.

Supplies:  Bulletin Board & Flat Tacks (Office Supply Store), Paper & Rub-ons (Upsy Daisy Designs),  Epoxy Tool (Epiphany Crafts), Punch (EK Success), Chipboard Letters (Lil Davis Designs),  Black/White Spray Paint and Sealer (Hardware Store), Twill (Michaels)

In other news, I had a wonderful day yesterday with 35 wonderful ladies.  We had a great time playing with Epiphany Crafts' Studio Tools and making Christmas pages.  I loved seeing all the different interpretations of the page and all creative ways the tools were used.  THANKS so much to all of you for such a relaxing and enjoyable day.

Happy Sunday to everyone and thanks so much for stopping by.