DIY Decorated Clipboards using Baer Design Studio Digital Papers

My daughter's bedroom is a tween DIY dream room!  Hope is constantly surfing Pinterest, Etsy,You Tube, etc in search of inspiration and ideas. We fell in love with the idea of having a dream board station (aka hanging clipboards) above her daybed.  The idea is to clip photos, magazine pages, her creative thoughts/ideas, sketches, etc near her dreaming station (aka her bed).

Here are the steps we took to create Hope's Dream Board Station:
1. Cut a board to 56" wide.  We used a piece of board left over from house trim. It came in white, so we did not need to paint it.
2. Attach knobs.  We love the selection at Hobby Lobby and purchased the same glass knobs that we used for Hope's dresser drawers.
3. Hang the board onto to the wall.  We screwed it directly into the wall so that it was secured into wall studs.
4.  Purchase clear acrylic clipboards. We found them through an office supply store.  The clipboards we used are approx. 8" x 13".  We purchased ones that had a moveable clip on top of the board.
5.  Next, I printed out 4- 12 x 12 inch Floral Snowflake Papers from www.BaerDesignStudio.etsy.com. I choose these papers because they matched the colors of Hope's room and I wanted 4 coordinating papers. I did not want the same pattern on each clipboard.

6.  I have a large format printer, so I printed the papers onto a Premium Photo Paper.  If you do not have access to a large format printer, you can have the papers printed at an office supply store such as Staples or you can have them printed as 12 x 12 photos at a photo center such as Cosco Photo. They are 2.99 for a 12 x 12 inch print.
7. I used adhesive dots to attach the paper FACE UP to the BACK of the clipboard. This is why I purchase clear clipboards.  I wanted to be able to change the decorative paper as needed and did not want it to get destroyed when using the clipboard.  I was careful to line up the paper to the clipboard first and then one by one I attached the adhesive dots to the corner of the clipboard and then pressed the paper FACE UP onto the clipboard.
8. Since my paper was only 12 x 12, I had an inch of clipboard exposed.  I used washi tape to create a trim.  I attached the tape to the front side of the board.
9.  I cut 4 pieces of tulle ribbon to create a thick ribbon. So, in total I cut 16 pieces of ribbon - 4 per clipboard. Next, I threaded them through the movable clip hanger on top of the board.  This is specifically why I choose the clipboards I purchased for this project.  The moveable clip is not a standard feature on all clipboards.
10.  Lastly, I took the ribbon attached to the clipboard and tied a loose bow around the knob.  I wanted it to be loose enough so Hope can take down her clipboard and then be able to attach it to the knob again without re-tying the ribbon. I fluffed the 4 ribbons on top of each clipboard and VOILA!