This technique might be my very favorite one yet. I love the way a resist can give something as simple as spray paint a look of fabric with patterns. Foam stickers come in tons of different designs, but when you get sticky-backed foam sheets to cut yourself, the possibilities are really endless.
SUPPLIES
- Cotton clothesline rope
- Vase
- Craft glue
- Fabric spray paint (regular spray paint would work, too)
- Scissors
- Sticky-back foam
Coat your vase in a thick layer of craft glue. You can use a paint brush to do this or your fingers.
While your vase is still wet, begin wrapping your cotton clothesline. You could also use a thick cotton yarn if you wanted.
The point for using fabric spray paint is that your yarn/rope needs to be made from something that will take paint/dye. If you decide to use spray paint, the material of your cording will not matter as much. Wrap until your entire vase is covered.
You will be using sticky-back foam as your resist. This means wherever you place a sticker the paint will not reach. You want to use a sticker made of foam that will not absorb the paint.
The craft store has tons of cute ready-made foam stickers in a variety of shapes. I wanted random triangles, so I decided to cut sticky-back foam sheets into my own stickers.
Cover your rope-wrapped vase in stickers. Try to leave space between the stickers.
Take your vase outside and using several light coats apply your paint.
I like to let my paint dry for a few minutes between coats.
If your stickers start to peel up a bit and paint gets underneath, you can always touch up later with white paint.
I opted to turn mine into a planter for a pencil cactus. I love the added pop of color hot pink aquarium gravel gives it on top.
No vase, dish or random vessel around my house is safe now that I have discovered my new favorite DIY trick. What shall I paint next?