I love how you talk in your videos trying to act like you're not a maniacal creative genius haha I adore your channel so much! You inspire me. xoxo You're like the Macgyver of crafting...or inspector gadget even lol Thank you for being so fantastic.
This looks awesome. I had learned this method a few years ago and used it to make a stone "floor" in a castle my daughter and i were making. The main difference was that I had cut my "stones" to 3 or 4 different sizes (all rectangle and squares). What i really appreciated from your video was the coloring techniques you used here as i really liked the way it turned out! I just happened across this video but i was so impressed that now I am going to go check out the rest of your channel!😊
You took the words out of my mouth, Ara. I wanted brick work on the outside of my Dollhouse so this will be idea for it. I will also checkout the other brick video. Thanks so much for the tip! I will be sure to mention your Channel when I do the work.
This would definitely be a great technique to use in building an ancient fireplace, housing a cauldron for a witch’s kitchen or maybe a pilgrim’s home.
Not sure what I like best the stones on the cardboard or the stones in your ring but, just to say I would be hard pressed to choose think I will plump for the egg carton stones, thanks for a great presentation, appreciated, love yer work.
Thank you so much! My ring is moissanite. It's the second hardest gemstone, and much cheaper than diamonds. But it looks very similar to diamonds. I love it!
I have always loved collecting cute little miniatures, but it's only been recently after watching your videos that I have even thought of making my own! All I can say is WOW! 😮 You have such clever, unique and cheap techniques for everything you create! You are a wealth of knowledge and a great instructor. Thank you for sharing and inspiring your viewers😊😊
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I love doing dioramas, but I challenge myself to do crafts without spending money, and this is exactly what I've been looking for for so many of my projects😊😊
I have saved many egg cartons and randomly ripped them into “stones” to add to the exterior of my witch dollhouse. This video has awesome tips and tricks. I will definitely be using your methods. Thank you for what you do!
That is a really neat way of placing the stones and doing the grouting. I love the wrap around look. I'm new at doing miniatures and I really appreciate instructional videos. BTW, Ara from Bentley House Minis, sent me. She shared the link to this video in a patreon post.
Thank you so much! Welcome to my channel and the world of miniatures. Ara is a fantastic miniaturist and a wonderful person. I really appreciate her sharing this video. I'm also a Patron of hers. I'll have to go check out the post. Thank you again!
This is a really great idea! I have discovered many tricks/tips employed by those enjoying different hobbies from mine (model railroading) and this is another. Subscribed. Thanks for sharing.
I love this whole project! The hearth stone work is super convincing! Thanks because, like I have said beforehand, the fact that you dont go overboard on measurements, it makes the techniques you use much more translatable into different scales.
Thank you! A lot of my viewers don't make miniatures, so I don't like to be excessive in instruction. It's a better balance between entertainment and information.
You're welcome! Here's a video from Little Gretchen's Workshop showing a similar technique. Instead of cutting the stones, she tore them so they look more like rocks. ua-cam.com/video/-6GDYzjXFzo/v-deo.html
I am obsessed with your channel. Your knowledge, creativity, technique and artistry are so amazing! I watch your videos with the excitement of a kid in a candy store! You are brilliant! And your voice is very soothing. Thank you so much!
I was pondering how to raise the height of my Victorian oven so this idea is perfect for a convincing old stone base. Really glad I found your channel. Look forward to future creative ideas that are so clearly illustrated and narrated. Bless you.
How funny is it that i just watched your wine box kit and said i gotta see how she does her egg crate flooring!! And there it is!!! I think yours have really turned out amazing. Im probably going to "borrow" some of your techniques. Ill give you credit in my video tho. Lol
I have made several fireplaces, walkways, chimneys and floors using coffee carrier trays, which is the same effect as the egg cartons. I have then painstakingly used a toothpick in between with spackle ~ I like this method of grouting better! Thanks so much for the tips! The hearth looks great :)
I'm making a Christmas town that has two levels and needed a stone wall to separate the lower from the upper level. Your instructions were amazing. I really learned a skill that will help me in other towns, war, battle and sci-fi dioramas . Thank You!
New Sub 👍🏼 I love the results. I paint miniature+ ceramics and always use egg cartons to cushion and separate my works. Eventually, the egg trays start breaking down and, I will, soon, try my hand at diorama making and the e.ts will definitely have another great purpose in art. I thank you for your inspirational content. Have an inspiring week of Happy Crafting 🖌️🙂
Oh, this is very helpful. I really like the result with the powder. I'm glad you experiment for me lol. I literally have no room to make a mess at the moment.
I love your tutorials! I'm muddling my way through a mini project where I want some grungy exterior walls and your egg carton stone method looks like just what I was wanting. I've used pressed paper packaging to make rough bricks for a dollhouse chimney, but I had been thinking somewhat smoother stone surfaces would be nice. You nailed it!
thanks for this tutorial . You said more details and make me understand more .For example , I just knew that I have to paint blue in the piece ( never think of that ).I am not about color
Waoooo so real.. congrate.. btw could you pls list down the material and color needed..so I can find similar material/brand/color in my country. Thank u
Thank you for explaining the processes you used to achieve the wonderfully realistic stone effect. Watching your videos, I'm impressed by your attention to detail - which of course add to the illusion you are making. I have an idea to make model of the room that the Borrowers lived in; from the BOOK (which was read to me in 1952, when it first came out) not the films. In this, the scale would not be too important since all the contents should be authentically 'borrowed' - a cotton reel table for example. On second thoughts, would you make one? Then I can make one too, following your instructions! very best wishes from the UK. Jacky
I love that idea! I actually had planned on making a Borrower's diorama but Bentley House Minis made a similar idea so it's less of a priority. The videos are really fun and have great ideas. ua-cam.com/video/CFho17D680U/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/eEYDn4BHDj0/v-deo.html
Thank you for this tutorial. I've been planning on added egg carton stones to the base of my dollhouse, but dreading and avoiding it because I think it'll look so bad.
Egg carton stones almost always turn out great. If you're nervous about adding them directly to your dollhouse, you could make the stones on a cardstock or cereal box template first and then attach them to the dollhouse if you like how it looks.
This is wonderful and so well-explained! Do you think it would be possible to tint the grout beforehand by mixing chalk pastels into the plaster before laying it down?
Yes! In this video, I show how to use the mortar method as well as the grout method. You can tint the spackle with pastels or paint. ua-cam.com/video/iqE0xu5KQs8/v-deo.html
I consider myself a fairly creative and ingenuitive person, but many of the techniques you come up with and just genius. How do you come up with all the things you share in your videos? What’s your background in? Art? Engineering? I’m just curious! 😊
Thank you so much! I'm always been artistically inclined. I've tried a lot of different crafts and have been good at most of them aside from knitting and sewing. I come up with a lot of techniques by getting lucky and the first thing working out or a bit of trial and error.
Perfect! I don't have any of those because I don't drink coffee but I have some great inserts from boxes with nice big stone texture. They're a prized possession at this point. Idk what I'll use them for. It's gotta be great 😆
I love how you talk in your videos trying to act like you're not a maniacal creative genius haha I adore your channel so much! You inspire me. xoxo You're like the Macgyver of crafting...or inspector gadget even lol Thank you for being so fantastic.
Thank you so much!! I love everything about this comment 😆
This looks awesome. I had learned this method a few years ago and used it to make a stone "floor" in a castle my daughter and i were making. The main difference was that I had cut my "stones" to 3 or 4 different sizes (all rectangle and squares). What i really appreciated from your video was the coloring techniques you used here as i really liked the way it turned out! I just happened across this video but i was so impressed that now I am going to go check out the rest of your channel!😊
Very cool! I hope you enjoy it
This is such a fantastic method for grouting! I can't wait to try it!!
Thank you Ara! It's a great tool for the tool box.
You took the words out of my mouth, Ara. I wanted brick work on the outside of my Dollhouse so this will be idea for it. I will also checkout the other brick video. Thanks so much for the tip! I will be sure to mention your Channel when I do the work.
@@panacheluxury4262 Thank you for watching!
@@queencityminis, You're Welcome!
You can use card board for this! Or strofoam its much easier
This would definitely be a great technique to use in building an ancient fireplace, housing a cauldron for a witch’s kitchen or maybe a pilgrim’s home.
Absolutely! It's a rustic aesthetic.
Not sure what I like best the stones on the cardboard or the stones in your ring but, just to say I would be hard pressed to choose think I will plump for the egg carton stones, thanks for a great presentation, appreciated, love yer work.
Thank you so much! My ring is moissanite. It's the second hardest gemstone, and much cheaper than diamonds. But it looks very similar to diamonds. I love it!
I have always loved collecting cute little miniatures, but it's only been recently after watching your videos that I have even thought of making my own! All I can say is WOW! 😮 You have such clever, unique and cheap techniques for everything you create! You are a wealth of knowledge and a great instructor. Thank you for sharing and inspiring your viewers😊😊
Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that. I'm a frugal person and I enjoy reusing things, so it comes
naturally.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I love doing dioramas, but I challenge myself to do crafts without spending money, and this is exactly what I've been looking for for so many of my projects😊😊
That's awesome! Enjoy 😊
I have saved many egg cartons and randomly ripped them into “stones” to add to the exterior of my witch dollhouse. This video has awesome tips and tricks. I will definitely be using your methods. Thank you for what you do!
Thank you! Little Gretchen's Workshop has a great tutorial for egg carton stones too. She used the torn method and a different method for coloring.
I just love your simple and so innovative approach to mini-info!
Thanks so much!
Now you’ve inspired me to make a tiny model of my (someday) tiny house. This technique will probably be amazing for concrete panels! ❤️🫶🏼
Absolutely! I hope you make it
Ich bin begeistert. Vielen Dank für das tolle Video.
You're so welcome!
Really like the use of plaster for the grout.
Thank you 😊
That is a really neat way of placing the stones and doing the grouting. I love the wrap around look. I'm new at doing miniatures and I really appreciate instructional videos. BTW, Ara from Bentley House Minis, sent me. She shared the link to this video in a patreon post.
Thank you so much! Welcome to my channel and the world of miniatures. Ara is a fantastic miniaturist and a wonderful person. I really appreciate her sharing this video. I'm also a Patron of hers. I'll have to go check out the post. Thank you again!
Hi fantastic and enjoyable video. Really enjoyed it. Cheerz
Denise W.A.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very nice idea & process! Planning to use it to reproduce the ashlar foundation stones in model townhouse dollhouse cellar.
Thank you! That sounds like a great idea. I googled it and there are a wide range of looks. Have fun!
I had to watch this one again. I am getting ready to make my stone foundation on my Spooky Victorian Painted Lady.
Excellent! I hope it turns out great! If you run into any issues, feel free to ask a question and I'll see if I can help.
Beautiful technique!
Thank you!
Stone wall looks very realistic. Thank you for sharing your work.
My pleasure!
These stones look so realistic! You are an amazing artist!
Thank you so much 😀
This is a really great idea! I have discovered many tricks/tips employed by those enjoying different hobbies from mine (model railroading) and this is another. Subscribed. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much! Welcome 🙏
I'm excited to try this technique on my castle dice tower :)
That would work really well! Have fun
So easy but a huge impact! Looks real!
Thank you! It really does. I think I'll make a much bigger stone project and play around with the colors some more.
I love this whole project! The hearth stone work is super convincing! Thanks because, like I have said beforehand, the fact that you dont go overboard on measurements, it makes the techniques you use much more translatable into different scales.
Thank you! A lot of my viewers don't make miniatures, so I don't like to be excessive in instruction. It's a better balance between entertainment and information.
Thank you, I am new at this and information like this is so helpful. Thank you.
You're welcome! Here's a video from Little Gretchen's Workshop showing a similar technique. Instead of cutting the stones, she tore them so they look more like rocks.
ua-cam.com/video/-6GDYzjXFzo/v-deo.html
I am obsessed with your channel. Your knowledge, creativity, technique and artistry are so amazing! I watch your videos with the excitement of a kid in a candy store! You are brilliant! And your voice is very soothing. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that 😊
These are absolutely 😍😍😍
Thank you 😊
You make it look so easy. I must try it. Thank you
You can do it!
Wonderful!thanks
You're very welcome 🙏
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to make this for my great granddaughter’s dollhouse patio.
That sounds great! Have fun
I was pondering how to raise the height of my Victorian oven so this idea is perfect for a convincing old stone base. Really glad I found your channel. Look forward to future creative ideas that are so clearly illustrated and narrated. Bless you.
How funny is it that i just watched your wine box kit and said i gotta see how she does her egg crate flooring!! And there it is!!! I think yours have really turned out amazing. Im probably going to "borrow" some of your techniques. Ill give you credit in my video tho. Lol
Thank you so much! Borrow away! I love sharing with you guys.
You amaze me with your skills! Subscribed!
Yay! Welcome 🤗
I have made several fireplaces, walkways, chimneys and floors using coffee carrier trays, which is the same effect as the egg cartons. I have then painstakingly used a toothpick in between with spackle ~ I like this method of grouting better! Thanks so much for the tips! The hearth looks great :)
Oof! A toothpick for the grout lines. That's dedication! I'm sure it looks great but I agree this method is more efficient.
Beautiful
Thank you 😊
I'm making a Christmas town that has two levels and needed a stone wall to separate the lower from the upper level. Your instructions were amazing.
I really learned a skill that will help me in other towns, war, battle and sci-fi dioramas . Thank You!
That's great to hear 😊 I'm so happy this was helpful to you. Thanks for sharing!
What great easy to follow tutorial! I can’t wait to have a go and feel like an archaeologist too hee hee.
Thank you 😁 Start collecting some egg cartons and have fun 😊
Love this technique for stone walls! You're channel is an inspiration and perfect for a weekend binge watch!❤
Binge watching is so much fun 😊 So relaxing!
Very good tutorial. Easy to follow steps. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you 😊
Espectacular 😊 gracias por compartir tu trabajo. Saludos desde Colombia 🇨🇴
My pleasure!
Beautiful!!!!!
Thank you!!
New Sub 👍🏼 I love the results. I paint miniature+ ceramics and always use egg cartons to cushion and separate my works. Eventually, the egg trays start breaking down and, I will, soon, try my hand at diorama making and the e.ts will definitely have another great purpose in art. I thank you for your inspirational content.
Have an inspiring week of Happy Crafting 🖌️🙂
That's sounds lovely! Thank you so much
You do such wonderful work. Hope my work looks somewhat similar.
Have fun crafting! Keep trying it doesn't turn out how you like.
I have never tried this but I need a hearth as well, so I will. Thank you!
Hope you like it! This is fun.
Oh, this is very helpful. I really like the result with the powder. I'm glad you experiment for me lol. I literally have no room to make a mess at the moment.
Hahaha 😁 My pleasure! I'm lucky. I have an entire bedroom I use as a studio with a big desk.
That was amazing!
Thank you 😊
Looks great!
Thanks!
I love your tutorials! I'm muddling my way through a mini project where I want some grungy exterior walls and your egg carton stone method looks like just what I was wanting. I've used pressed paper packaging to make rough bricks for a dollhouse chimney, but I had been thinking somewhat smoother stone surfaces would be nice. You nailed it!
Thank you so much! You leave such thoughtful comments. I really appreciate it.
What a great and beautiful technique, I have to try this in my kitchen! Thank you ☺️
You are so welcome! Have fun 😊
Oooohhh got to try this!
Have fun 😊
Very helpful video. I will try it
That's great! Have fun and let me know if you have any questions.
Wonderful 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🎁🕯🌟🕯🎁
Thank you very much 😊
Fabulous!!! Thank You!!! 🙏🏼 Sooo Easy!!!
Peace, Rudy 🕊️☮️🕊️
You're so welcome! It really is easy.
Thanks for the step-by-step instructions! Your stonewall looks amazing and I want to try your techniques. 🎉❤
Thank you :)
Beautiful!!!! I don’t come across those types of egg cartons anymore…..
I actually don't eat eggs so other people collect these for me 😉
Love this!
Thank you :)
Beautiful, just beautiful. You make it look so easy!
It is pretty easy! Thank you
Thank you so much for sharing all your techniques and experience!
You are so welcome!
Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
So clever! 😍
Thank you! 😊
That is what I'm planning to do for the wrap around porch on one of the houses I'm working on.
That sounds like a great idea!
Class!
😊
This is perfect for the dollhouse I am restoring! Thank you!
That's awesome! I love sharing these things with all of you.
Great video, can not wait to try 😊
Hope you enjoy!
I love the results you achieved with this technique!
Thank you 😊
Love it, thanks
Thank you!
Lovely
Thank you 😊
That is brilliant! Thank you for sharing your methods.
You're welcome 😁 Making miniatures is really fun but sharing the minis I make is extra fun.
thanks for this tutorial . You said more details and make me understand more .For example , I just knew that I have to paint blue in the piece ( never think of that ).I am not about color
You're welcome! Adding color makes the stones look a lot more realistic. Gray stones look fine but stones with different colors look more realistic.
This is awesome, I just started my first project and got everything I needed from this and your brick wall video.
That's awesome to hear! Thank you
Waoooo so real.. congrate.. btw could you pls list down the material and color needed..so I can find similar material/brand/color in my country. Thank u
Thank you! Just try to use similar color paints. It doesn't have to be exactly the same.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks! That turned out great.
Thank you Jan!
Easy peasy wow!!!! U solve my problem thank you so much🥰🥰🥰
You are welcome 😊 I'm happy to help!
Thank you for explaining the processes you used to achieve the wonderfully realistic stone effect. Watching your videos, I'm impressed by your attention to detail - which of course add to the illusion you are making. I have an idea to make model of the room that the Borrowers lived in; from the BOOK (which was read to me in 1952, when it first came out) not the films. In this, the scale would not be too important since all the contents should be authentically 'borrowed' - a cotton reel table for example.
On second thoughts, would you make one? Then I can make one too, following your instructions!
very best wishes from the UK. Jacky
I love that idea! I actually had planned on making a Borrower's diorama but Bentley House Minis made a similar idea so it's less of a priority. The videos are really fun and have great ideas.
ua-cam.com/video/CFho17D680U/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/eEYDn4BHDj0/v-deo.html
This looks so realistic. I like how you did the grout.
Thank you! Egg carton has such a great texture. It only takes a couple simple steps to make it look like natural stone. I love it.
Thank you for mentioning why you add the alcohol. I keep hearing other people say to do it, I was wondering what the purpose was.
You're welcome! I'm glad you found the video helpful :)
Love the look of these stones!
Thank you! Making egg carton stones is so easy and makes you feel super talented.
Thank you for this tutorial. I've been planning on added egg carton stones to the base of my dollhouse, but dreading and avoiding it because I think it'll look so bad.
Egg carton stones almost always turn out great. If you're nervous about adding them directly to your dollhouse, you could make the stones on a cardstock or cereal box template first and then attach them to the dollhouse if you like how it looks.
@@queencityminis I love so much that you respond to my comments! I hope your channel never gets so big that you stop responding.....is that rude? Lol
Learned so much from this video. Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure
This is so cool. May try it in my garden room box. Thanks for sharing and appreciate your talent! ❤️❤️
You're welcome :) A garden room box sounds awesome.
Looks beautiful! Thank you so much, this is definitely a keeper tutorial!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoy it.
Wow! 🤩🤯😍
Thank you 😊
Wanted to come back and see this again. Your work and your video are brilliant!
excellent!!
Thank you :)
I feel like an archeologist 😂😂😂😂
Same here 😆 Brushing away the powder is satisfying.
Chefs kiss*
Just brilliant
Thank you ☺️
This is wonderful and so well-explained! Do you think it would be possible to tint the grout beforehand by mixing chalk pastels into the plaster before laying it down?
Yes! In this video, I show how to use the mortar method as well as the grout method. You can tint the spackle with pastels or paint. ua-cam.com/video/iqE0xu5KQs8/v-deo.html
Thanks for your fantastic tutorial...All you taught will be very useful.
You're welcome! Have fun creating
I meant for the fire ring!
Thank you 😊
Welcome @@queencityminis
Your voice is only in the left earbud, but the music is in both. Great video but mixing the audio too pley in both ears would be nice.
Thank you so much for letting me know. I don't know how to do that. I use Premiere Pro so maybe I can figure it out.
@@queencityminis simplest fix would be too make the audio mono instead of stereo
@@PreviouslyFresh Thank you so much!
@@queencityminis np :D
Lol. I thought it was my earned "malfunctioning"! Whew!
Could sculpt on craft foam (pink stuff) use something like the texture of the egg carton to make the impression? Then your painting techniques?
That would probably work. It wouldn't look the same, but it's worth a shot
I consider myself a fairly creative and ingenuitive person, but many of the techniques you come up with and just genius. How do you come up with all the things you share in your videos? What’s your background in? Art? Engineering? I’m just curious! 😊
Thank you so much! I'm always been artistically inclined. I've tried a lot of different crafts and have been good at most of them aside from knitting and sewing.
I come up with a lot of techniques by getting lucky and the first thing working out or a bit of trial and error.
❤❤❤
Thank you 😊
Could you use flour instead for the grout?
You could try it, but it may be hard to wipe away bc of the gluten
Thanks!
My pleasure
I made my stone floor out of fast food drink holders that you get going through the drive through.
Perfect! I don't have any of those because I don't drink coffee but I have some great inserts from boxes with nice big stone texture. They're a prized possession at this point. Idk what I'll use them for. It's gotta be great 😆
Does it bend?
If you really try, but the cardboard, glue, grout and egg carton make it pretty stiff.