Sick of snow yet? If you’re stuck in the house from yet
another snowstorm, why not make a snow-inspired craft? I first featured these
stenciled trivets back in 2011. Since we’ve had so many new blog followers over
the past three years, I thought I’d repeat one of my favorite easy projects.
Materials:
8” x 10” plastic
stencil sheet, permanent ink marker, X-acto knife with new blade,
repositionable
adhesive, 7” round cork trivets, stencil paint in your choice of color(s), stencil
brush, clear satin acrylic spray
1. Enlarge
the snowflake pattern to 6”. Tape to underside of plastic stencil sheet. Using
permanent ink marker, trace pattern onto stencil sheet.
2. Carefully
cut out snowflake. If you make a mistake while cutting, you can repair the
stencil plastic with tape and recut. When you’re finished you’ll have two stencils,
one a positive image of the snowflake and one a negative image.
3.
Apply repositionable adhesive to the back of the stencils. Allow to dry.
4. Place
stencil centered over cork trivet.
5. To
stencil, dip the tip of the stencil brush into the stencil paint. Remove excess
paint by tapping the brush onto a folded paper towel. Hold the brush
perpendicular to the stencil and dab the brush in an up and down motion over
the cutout edges of the negative snowflake stencil and around the cut edges of
the positive snowflake stencil.
6. When
stenciling is complete, carefully lift the stencil from cork. Allow the paint
to dry 24 hours.
7. Spray
surface of stenciled cork with two coats of clear satin acrylic.
Tie together
a set of two, one positive image and one negative image, with natural raffia to
give as a hostess gift whenever you’re invited for dinner or to a party
throughout the winter. Everyone always needs a couple of extra trivets, right?
2 comments:
Fun Design, Thank You..:)
Glad you liked it, Beaj. Thanks for stopping by.
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