Genius Platform

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big shot, cutting frames, genius platform, magnetic dies, thin dies

I recently purchased the new Genius Platform–which is really a neat product when using the nesting thin dies to cut frames and such. With it’s magnetic board, (place them horizontally)

 the dies stay in place really well. The only down side is they cannot be used with a prestamped image that you are trying to cut out–like for instance the new Hero Arts stamp and dies sets. Once you stamp the image it needs to be turned over to cut–so you cannot see to place it on the die — my recommendation is to cut and then stamp for those particulars dies.

Lay the dies like this–horizontally–not like this below

they tend to shift–you will feel the pull of the magnets and your dies will not stay where you place them.

This is what you end up with after the cut~(run through your die cut machine–like a Sizzix Big Shot)

The hardest part is getting them exactly even inside each other–you have to eyeball it. All in all it is a pretty neat tool and I am glad I purchased it. It was a bit pricey at $49.95–but you do get this die set with it, so that helps a bit 🙂

Happy nesting and cutting!

Kyra

Mini Clip Boards–Dressed Up!!

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altered clip boards, clip boards, diy, paper creations

 

I decorated 4 mini clipboards to attach papers, bills, reminders, lists, etc. –one for each member of the family and they fit perfectly in the slots of the magnetic chalk board from IKEA!

Here is the step by step of how I did this project–it is very simple.

First I painted each board around the edges and the back and under the clip–( haven’t done that to this one yet)–I gave each one 2 coats and let them dry. I measured across and lengthwise under the clip and cut 4 pieces of different paper that went well together, but reflected each of our unique personalities. I used a corner rounder on the bottom of each paper.

I then adhered each paper to the dry clipboard with a couple of coats of satin modge podge and let it dry.

Here they are all finished and ready to be put to use in my attempt to organize!!

You can do this with any size clipboard–just cut the paper accordingly. I love them, and now when I pay my bills I smile just slightly~

Have a whatever day 🙂

Kyra

Organizing My Family (or trying to :) )

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chalk board, diy, family organization, IKEA, luns magnetic board, organization

It has been a long time since I posted–life, summer and vacation have been getting in the way of my time and creativity, but this is the latest project and I am liking how it turned out–but it is still in the trial phase here!

I found these LUNS magnetic chalk boards at IKEA while we were on vacation–they were a bargain at only 15 dollars each! I left the key holder hooks off and the metal chalk holder trays out and inserted mini clipboards for each of us in the family to clip bills, papers for school or anything we don’t want to lose:).

I found these cute silhouette magnetic clips at Big Lots and put our appt. cards in the ones that match the family member.

 

Hopefully this system will work–I like how it looks in the kitchen. In my next post, I will show you how I turned the plain mini clipboards into decorative ones suitable to hang on the wall!!

Have an organized day!!

Kyra