Painting with Corks

I've found that some of the best art is art that is both easy to do and inexpensive to make. We have tons of corks at the house. And I mean, TONS. I've been trying to come up with great, unique ideas to use them in the house, both practical and decorative. 

I had been thinking about this 'dotted' Etsy painting I pinned months ago that I've wanted to use as an inspiration to create my own art. It wasn't until recently that I thought to use a cork as sort of a 'paintbrush' and use it to apply paint onto the canvas. 

I really like how each dot is different depending how much paint was on the cork and how hard I pushed the cork against the canvas.

I'm loving this cheap and easy DIY art.

Have you used something in a way it wasn't meant to be used to create your own art?