
Cork Board tutorial
Repurpose an old picture frame by creating a stenciled, fabric-covered cork board.
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The supplies you will need to make a covered cork board: empty picture frame, cork board cut to fit in picture frame opening, fabric that's as big as the cork board plus a couple of inches around each side, paint, sponge brush, freezer paper, pencil, iron, ironing board, scissors, a hot-glue gun, glue gun sticks and either a saw or large X-acto knife.
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Step 1: Print off your computer an image you'd like to stencil, such as numbers, letters or a silhouette of an animal. Tear off a piece of freezer paper that's as big as the image, plus a couple of inches around all sides. Place the freezer paper on top of the printed image, waxy side down, and trace the image onto the freezer paper.
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Step 2: Cut out the inside of the traced image on the freezer paper, leaving plenty of paper surrounding it.
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Step 3: Repeat the cutting step for all the images you want to transfer to the fabric.
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Step 4: Place the freezer paper stencils you've created on the fabric where you want them to go. Make sure the waxy side is touching the fabric. Using a warm iron, iron the freezer paper's smooth side until the waxy side adheres to the fabric. It only takes a few seconds.
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Step 5: Place some sort of padding, like newspaper, under your fabric so the paint doesn't bleed through.
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Step 6: Using a sponge brush, dab the paint into the opening of the stencil. Don't brush side to side, which might cause paint to creep under the outer edges of the stencil. Work in an up-and-down motion.
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Step 7: Keep dabbing on the paint until the area is covered. Don't worry about painting over the edges of the freezer paper. Allow the paint to dry.
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Step 8: Once the paint has dried, carefully peel off the freezer paper.
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Step 9: Wrap the fabric around the cork board and staple it to the back side.
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Step 10: Pipe a ribbon of hot glue into the lip of a picture frame, then place the fabric-cover cork board into place.
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Step 11: Once the glue has dried, hang the framed cork board somewhere that's easily accessible.
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Step 12: Use push pins to attach pictures, grocery lists and other items to the cork board.
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