Took an old wooden serving tray - painted it red - and covered the bottom with old wine corks. I really had not realized how differently sized wine corks could be. It was a bit more of a puzzle than I had expected. The hot glue and pushing them in place helped some but there are still variations the result in little holes.
A few days ago I saw this tutorial on Crafty Chi’s blog about making rubber stamps from old corks. I meant to do it then, but other crafts called to me and after seeing Kimberly Pye’s Korkinesse yesterday I was reminded that I hadn’t yet to try making the cork stamps. So today I made one of a little bird.
The image reverses when stamped, something I forgot. Luckily, I chose something that didn’t matter. Carving into the cork was easier than I anticipated, but it did make a mess and I had to be careful around the more narrow areas. The cork surface isn’t the best for stamp. It’s uneven, and the holes need to be filled in. I’d have to get a matching ink pen to fill in the gaps, and as you can see I used a ballpoint pen on the one on the right and it shows. This was definitely fun and inexpensive, using materials I already have so I think I’ll be playing around with these little guys.
