Hybrid Project ~ Mini Message Board

Friday, June 15, 2012

Hello everyone!  Casharina here, bringing you another hybrid project!  When I found a set of 4 burner covers from a little this and that store for a buck, I KNEW I could do something with them!  I decided to create a mini message board for a teacher.  This project is another simple project that could be created for your home, or as a little gift to give someone to brighten their day!  I think it’d make a CUTE door hanger as well!

 Gather your supplies:

• Mod Podge
• A set of burner covers (may be already decorated, colored, and used, we’re going to cover them!)
• E600 or another type of all purpose glue (be sure it’s STRONG)
• Paint
• Photo paper (I always use Office Depot brand Matte finish)
• Printer
• Digital supplies (I ended up using the beautiful Blossom collection)
• Ric rac or ribbon

Directions:

• Paint the covers – I only painted the outside edges of each cover but I wish I would’ve painted the whole thing.  Also, next time I do them I’ll probably either leave it all white or paint them in a color that matches my theme a little better.  When I did the painting I had a whole other “theme” in mind for the boards.  I was originally planning to use the Darling Paper Collection  by adding the black and white damask paper as a background and then adding a large monogrammed letter in the center for the Teachers name…however as you see, that is NOT how it ended up!  LOL!  Nope, I had to get too crafty and add more colors and take advantage of the fun embellishments that the Shabby Shoppe has to offer!  It was fun and I do LOVE the colors, but next time I think I’ll design the cover and then choose the paint!  SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY: if you KNOW what colors you’ll use, go ahead and paint up the covers, otherwise wait until you’ve designed them and then paint.
• Design your cover – first open a page as large as you need to create your project.  I chose to use an 8.5×11 sheet of paper, so I opened an 11×8.5 document.  I then chose the elliptical marquee tool and set the feathering to 0.  I created a circle as large as I could to cover the whole page, be sure to hold in the shift key while dragging the circle out to create an even circle. This is where I chose to design my layout, inside this circle.

  The paper will not be large enough to completely cover the cover.  You can either add an additional portion of paper to the top and bottom (that’s what I’ve done, and then I added ric rac to cover the seams), or you could paint the whole thing and create a smaller circle to paste in the center of the cover and then mod podge this.

• Design a layout – I chose to add in different embellishments and frames to add various papers using the gorgeous Blossom collection!  I just love the rainbow, flowers, and vibrant colors of the papers, beautiful!!  I also used a monogram stamp from the Carousel Monograms set, and created the ABC sheet from the font Traveling Typewriter - one of my favorite free fonts by far!

• After I was finished I printed the page.  I then printed a second sheet of ALL orange to use as filler for the top and bottom.  To ensure the whole burner cover was covered I cut the all orange sheet into two pieces and taped a portion of it on the top of the circle and one on the bottom of the circle and then traced the cover onto the back of the photo papers.
• Cut the outline and then you’re ready to mod podge the design to the burner cover.  Before adding the print, make sure you’ve got your covers painted in a color you love! ;)  I always apply a thin layer of mod podge onto the back of the photo paper and the cover, and then I apply another layer on top of the design to give it more of a finish.
• Add ric rac to cover the seams of the paper – optional

A little extra:  Add decorative magnets by placing small pieces of scrapbook paper on the back of glass decorative stones, and then adding a magnet.

• I chose to cover both a large burner cover and a smaller burner cover and attached them together using two pieces of ribbon glued to the back using E600 (an AWESOME glue for these types of projects.)
• As you can see I also attached a simple gift card which I designed using the Muffin Man recipe templates and an Affair to Remember kit!

Okay that’s it for today, if you choose to make a project like this we’d LOVE to see it in the hybrid gallery!!

Check back Monday for Layout of the Week!  Until then, I hope you all have a lovely weekend (and a Happy Father’s Day to all of the guys in your life – and if you missed Kylie’s free Father’s Day card simply CLICK HERE!)

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