What you'll need:
- Piece of cork cut to fit your frame (or cork liner and foamboard)
- Frame (I painted mine Almond to match the rest of my craft area decor)
- Acrylic Paint
- Decoration! (buttons, fabric/paper flowers, ribbon)
I used a piece of old foamboard to beef it up a bit and give my tacks more thickness to work with. Cork liner on foamboard works just as well as the thicker cork pieces.
**You can also use 2 layers of cork liner if you want!**
Painted with Aqua or turquoise acrylic paint (watered down 20%). The more water, the less the color you put on the cork. I wanted it to look slightly washed on. I put on quite a few coats to get enough color. You could even layer multiple colors - and I bet that would look awesome!
Added some ribbon, fabric and paper flowers, and some buttons and brads. Maybe you can tell - this part is not one of my strengths! I just used hot glue to attach these here and there randomly.
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