Colorful Corkboard

So you've got all of the coupons, important papers, pictures of friends, business cards and pictures your students or kids have drawn for you right? Where are they? STUFFED IN A BOX.  Well hey, why don't you drive your butt to hobby lobby, get a cork board for 5 bucks and paint yourself something cute to display all your invoices.  Let me tell you what you need.

-Cork board (small)

-Stencil or rubber stamp

-Paint (as many colors as you want, I used 3)

-Letters (they have cheap cute ones at Hobby Lobby)

-Sponge brush

-Regular paint brush

-Glue gun

Optional: 

-Ribbon

Here's how you pull this puppy off:

1.  Ya better let that glue gun heat up!

2. Since cork board can suck up paint, I like to just pour the paint around on the board itself.  After you're done doodling with paint globs, smooth the paint around and cover the board completely with your spongy brush making this your base coat

3. Whip out your stencil and sponge paint (in a different color) wherever you want your stencil places.  I had a victorian stencil in a strip so I just painted them side by side, covering the whole board.

4. Paint the wooden edges of the board in whatever color you'd like (or if you're feeling extra crafty, glue gun some ribbon).

5. Glue on your letters to spell your name, favorite pet, business, favorite room or inspirational saying.  Mine says Emalee because I made it for my little.  Put them in the upper

6. If your letters were white like mine, you can paint them whatever color you'd like!

7. By now you're board should be pretty dry so you can add little touches.  I painted little dot clusters in blue randomly on mine.

Let that sucker dry and you're all done!  Proudly hang that beaut up on your dorm room wall, by your work desk or in your kitchen for cute, easy organizing.  Wahoo!