If you have some wine, champagne or sparkling wine corks
lying around why not recycle them into wine cork “I love you” stamps for
Valentine’s Day? It’s quick and easy and
they have a myriad of creative uses! Use
them to stamp your envelopes for Valentine’s Day. You can surprise the kids by stamping their
lunch bags. And if you are really
creative you can even make some letters for stamping monograms. How about a star for schoolwork? Since the stamp surface is cork, they have a
textured look when stamped.
Note: This tutorial
is not for children. Please take care
when using craft knives
Materials:
·
Wine or champagne corks
·
X-acto knife or craft knife. You can get narrow blades for the X-acto,
which makes it easier to cut around.
·
Stamp pads
·
Sharpie marker
·
For embossing – embossing power, embossing stamp
pad, and heat gun
Instructions:
1.
Draw your letter and/or heart shape on the end
of the cork.
2.
Use a craft knife to carefully outline the
letter or shape all around about 1/8” deep.
Use short in and out cuts.
3.
Turn the cork on its side and cut all around
about 1/8” deep. Remove the cork from around the heart.
4.
Working back on the end of the cork where you
cut around the letter, use the craft knife to cut out small sections
and remove. When you have finished clean
up any excess cork with the craft knife.
5.
Have fun stamping. You can use regular stamp pads in the color
of your choice or an embossing pad and embossing powder. To emboss use an embossing stamp. Sprinkle on desired embossing powder. Tap off he excess powder and use a heat gun
to set it. Another technique is to stamp
with gold or silver. Then use a fine
line sharpie marker to outline all around with dashes and dots.
Stamp |
Stamp in embossing pad |
Sprinkle on embossing powder |
Shake off excess |
Set with heat gun |
Outline with marker |