Inspirations

Inspirations
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Alter It

This week I thought I'd experiment with my paints again. There is a technique at Technique Junkies called smooched cork. I thought I'd try using CI paints instead on the cork. I had purchased a bunch of cork hot pads at IKEA some time ago. I thought I try using the paints on the cork. I stamped the images (all Stampotique) on the pad with Jet Black Archival ink. I used a water pen with the paints to color the images. I used a sponge with sky blue paint to sponge color on the sides and around the edges. The paints worked quite well on the cork and the images really shimmer. Now, I can use the cork mat as a wall hanging or to hold hot pots.
Barbara Washington - designer

6 comments:

Creative Inspirations said...

Great idea Barbara!

Holly said...

What a cool idea! I love substituting the CI Paints in place of H2O's and Smooch. :-)

~ Kendra ~ said...

What a neat idea! It turned out nice!

Carla said...

Awesome idea Barbara!

Carla said...

Awesome idea Barbara!

Kianel said...

Great idea to use the paints on the cork, terrible effect and so "textured"!
Love from France, Kianel.