Holiday Cork Sign

You may remember that my

new favorite surface to paint on is

CORK!!!

I bought several of these cork panels

in the stationery aisle at Walmart.

I love that they can hang either vertically

or horizontally, with the attached keyhole hangers.

This is what they look like before you paint them.

I used two coats of red paint

(applied with a paint roller)

and one coat of Plaid Extreme Glitter

(for added glitz!!)

I taped off a stripe at the top

and painted it green, and then coated

the stripe with Plaid Extreme Glitter in green.

I made a pattern of the names I wanted

to use to personalize these holiday

cork signs ... and then I applied the pattern

lines with transfer paper and a stylus.

Paint over the pattern lines with

white paint and a medium round brush.

I left some extra space at the right

side of the sign to add a little holiday

icon ... like a sprig of holly or a Christmas tree.

For the tree, paint a medium green

triangle and use the round brush loaded

with light green to make the branches.

For the sprig of holly, I painted

two loose loops in two different shades

of green paint.  I went over the loops several

times to make them stand out.

Then I added the holly sprig inside the loops.

I sealed the signs with Multi-Purpose Sealer

and used a permanent black marker

to outline the details.

I added some dip dots to the tree for interest,

and a light brown trunk shaded with

dark brown on the left and lower sides.

So simple!

Peace and Holiday Cork Signs