How to make mouse pads and coasters from cork - DIY
Marble table top, check. Marble vase, check. Marble phone
case! Check! Every time I see any cool marble or marble-like accessory or even
desktop wallpaper I gotta have it.. so it was no surprise at all that I was
suddenly googling (more like looking on Pinterest really) marble mouse pads..
yes such a thing exists.. sigh..
While looking on there I found a lot of cool ones I also
found a lot of DIY ideas for making your own mouse pads.. some easier than
others.. so I decided to give it a go.. and even though marble was the plan..
that quickly changed when I started browsing freepik.com.
I’ve been collecting cool designs and playing around with
Adobe Illustrator a lot recently that’s why I go on freepik frequently to
download some of those cool graphics.. it was there that I found these Islamic prints,
which were similar to a gift wrapping paper in craft color that I bought recently
from Diwan.. since it was Ramadan, I thought I would go for the marble mouse
pads but also make some with these cool big patterns. I also dug out some free printables that I got from melstampz.blogspot.com she has some awesome freebies on her blog. I got the faux marble sticker roll from a wallpaper shop.
I made this video tutorial that will take you through the
process step by step.. but you can also follow the guide below.. Happy
Crafting!
So to start with you will need these tools:
- Pencil Divider (you can use a plate if you don’t have one)
- Pencil
- Round Ruler
- 2mm Cork
- Faux marble sticker paper or wrapping paper or printed design on 150 gm paper
The first step you need is to mark a circle, you can do this
with the divider or using any round object, make a bigger one for a mouse pad,
and a smaller one for the coaster.
Repeat the same step on the pattern of choice.. you don’t
have to use paper by the way, you can do this with fabric or sticker or any material
really.
Finally, stick the round paper to the cork, and remove the
rough edges. If you’kll use faux marble sticker like mine it sticks right on,
just make sure to remove the backing an inch at a time to make sure there is no
air bubbles. If you’ll use wrapping paper then you can use a hot glue gun or
normal glue or double face adhesive (my personal favorite).
And Voila! You’re
done.
Enjoy!
Credits:
Paper patterns from:
freepick.com
http://melstampz.blogspot.com.eg/
Music provided by NCS
Track: Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release]
Find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ULJ92aldE
Syn Cole:
• https://soundcloud.com/syncole
• https://www.facebook.com/SynCole
• https://twitter.com/SynColeOfficial
• https://www.instagram.com/SynCole/
And here are NCS links for more awesome music:
•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_aEa8K-EOJ3D6gOs7HcyNg
• http://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsounds
• http://instagram.com/nocopyrightsounds_
• http://facebook.com/NoCopyrightSounds
• http://twitch.tv/nocopyrightsounds
• http://twitter.com/NCSounds
Follow me on Pinterest for more inspiration:
https://www.pinterest.com/shahinazhussein/
Comments