I bought a four pack of 6" x 6" square cork pieces from my local hobby store. You'll also need four different colors of my paint (mine is from target, but any acrylic paint works great). Painter's tape allows you to tape off part of your cork. And finally if you want to add dimension to your message board, I suggested some white dimensional letters.
I wanted to add paint to each of my squares on a diagonal so I added one piece of tape that went from corner to corner on my cork. Fold the tape over to the back of the cork as you will paint the sides.
I used a foam brush to heavily coat the corner of my cork with paint. Repeat these for each color of paint. Remove the tape after the tape is slightly dry but before it's all the way dry.
Here's how my four cork boards look:
Now here's where my vintage alphabet pins came in handy. I simply pinned the letters I had collected ("hello") on one of the boards. You can often find items like this in antique stores, or on Etsy.
For the remaining letters I used some Tim Holtz letters from Ranger. I tried a few different types of glue but found that white craft glue helped them stick the best.
Here's a look at the finished message board. I used 3M removable tape to hang my boards.
Here's a closer look at the boards:
Love this idea? Want to give it a try? Be sure to pin one of the images to your favorite DIY craft board for inspiration later.
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These are so fun Jen! Love the fun, fresh colors you used!
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