Miniature Stone Floor Easy and Cheap Miniatures Diorama

[@auntiedebbiejean9830]

This method is brilliant! I can’t believe after 8 years this is the only video I’ve found that uses paper towels for grout. It is so much easier than dealing with real gout or plaster. After my sample piece which turned out so realistic I’ll use his method for the whole fireplace.

[@meredithgray5228]

I just received a 25 pack of cup holders for this. I'm going to go around the frame of a mirror and give it to my husband for Father's day. I think it's going to look great in his man cave. I'll probably have to hot glue them down, then go over it with mod podge to get it to stay down on the curved edges. Thank you for the idea!💗

[@ktheinz]

This is one of the best floor tutorials Ive seen, and I have watched a lot.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

thanks so much!!

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[@tammybradford8804]

I made the stone floor right inside the mushroom house I built. I love it, but not sure why some of the “stones” seem to be popping up and how I can fix it. Love this channel! I really love minis and it has given me much needed inspiration with the holidays being over.

[@wonderwend1]

That colour was subtle but very noticeable in making it 'natural'. Superb

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Thank you so much 😊

[@DarkDioStudio]

What a great idea for a medieval diorama! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

you're welcome, glad it gave you some ideas 😊

[@shirleymiller9267]

The color of the floor is perfect-subtle, yet beautiful!

[@kristynlyons2605]

I love this idea! So simple but I never would have thought of it. Love it.

[@judichristopher4604]

I am blown away...YOU are soooo smart! "Thank YOU for (killing) the sound when you did the drying... My ears love you. Hint: Use cheap eye make-up (Dollar Store) with a brush to color the stones... I make Fairy Houses and have resorted to the makeup... saves you fingers ;) Thank YOU for sharing this... Beautiful job...

[@livinglife8333]

You can wet the cut tray and press it flat until it drys into a flat sheet. Also you can add water to the glue and use tissue paper in layers and press a large area into stone shape.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

This is great. I think it will look great around the pond as well as on the floors. I will probably try this for the outer bit of the stable to make it look realistic. Thanks for uploading This. I agree about the mess it's half the fun!

[@d2parrotperson]

I love this technique. I learned it from you last year and have used it in 3 of my projects so far. I am so grateful for your sharing it! That is a beautiful floor. Love the colors you chose.

[@thesentimentalsoul3683]

This one of the best tutorials I've seen. TYVM for sharing.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Wow, thank you so much! I actually just uploaded a new stone tutorial today, if you're interested kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHSUfZ56jq-BZpo

[@thesentimentalsoul3683]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive great. Ty

[@melodyhigh1135]

Love this video! Great explanation and the Stone looks very realistic. I want to do the lower portion of my miniature potting shed in stone. After watching this video I think I feel confident enough to try. Thank you!

[@Katharine1212]

Wow, I love this sooo much! I'm going to have to start going for coffee so I can collect cup trays, lol. Thank you!

[@chintamanivk]

Thanks for sharing such a simple bit effective way of doing flooring... Thanks

[@littlegreycoconut]

It's beautiful! I'm going to try to make a stone wall with this method, for my Alice In Wonderland diorama. :)

[@margaritadonoso3387]

Beautiful very clear explanations and wonderful result. Thank you very much for the video. Kisses from Australia 😘😀🙋‍♀️

[@glchild251]

You make this so easy to follow. Thank you.

[@sickofsnow1506]

Going to use this for fairy garden pathway. Thank you. Very cute idea

[@alisonmary1443]

Absolutely fabby, just wow. I have no use whatsoever for this floor but loved this. :)

[@kathrineshaw9901]

Absolutely wonderful.....thank you so much for your tutorial!

[@selagu-go4634]

Very inspiring...you are ! You make it look so easy but it takes a true artist to know what they are doing.

[@bewilderbeastie8899]

I'm going to use this to make a patio for my dollhouse garden. Also, an excellent excuse to just get messy. :P

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+Bewilderbeastie that's so awesome to hear! Have fun :)

[@bewilderbeastie8899]

Do you happen to have any suggestions for a more geometric pattern? Just cut instead of tear?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+Bewilderbeastie yes, you can cut them and make a pattern

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+Bewilderbeastie and I should add, paint the backs with glue instead of dipping so you can see where to lay them

[@bewilderbeastie8899]

Thank you for the pointers!

[@remlya]

The effect is fantastic, very realistic. But I think it would be easier to use a brush to cover the surface with glue then laying down the cardboard pieces rather than gluing each individually.

[@d.duarter7785]

Awesome!! I am soo glad I found you channel! Thank you for sharing your ideas!! Love all👏😍

[@P.S.ItsAllShiny...]

I am soo glad I found you channel! I love this technique! I also love the tree trunk technique!! Awesome!! Thank you for sharing your ideas!!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

aww, I'm so glad too! You're welcome and thank you so much :)

[@billienuhfer447]

Clever! Thank you for sharing your talents with us!!!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

You are so welcome!

[@valeriekesslerangeliclizar1386]

wow what an ingenious idea! I hate the feel of cup holders but now I can make them useful!

[@dindranew.6808]

What a great technique! I want to see this as a floor in a miniature Dracula's castle!

[@marijoswick]

That’s awesome. Thank you for this tutorial. Just what I was looking for

[@joaopedroveras1044]

I love your channel 💖💖💖 so easy and low cost

[@terrysilva6430]

I was looking for a way to make a garden stone wall and this is perfect!! So awesome

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Glad you like it!

[@joescustoms8321]

Very cool idea, very natural looking stone effect, you have a new fan

[@littleredwagonstudio]

magical!!! I love using the cup trays....TFS...xoxo stephie

[@jeannebeverly9924]

My goodness but you're creative!

[@jlgreer01]

Amazing... You make everything look so easy and attainable! I can't wait to start in my own!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+janice greer yay! That's what I always hope for :)

[@sherryroberts7716]

Your video ROCKS !! LOL Just gorgeous!! I love it..... ! I imagine the stone walkway could be made with much smaller "stones," correct? My dollhouse is very small.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Lol it rocks! And yes, can be made any size. If you look at my more recent videos I do a stone pathway using peat pots and I paint those ones. There’s many different ways these can be used and coloured, they could be made into tiny bricks as well.

[@sherryroberts7716]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive How awesome! Thanks for these great ideas! When I make miniature stuff, I feel like I am real small and walking around in my creation! LOL

[@diecast_MikeEspo]

Awesomeness. Just great 👍. Mike Espo .

[@lorremortimer2183]

Thank you sharing that beautiful can be affordable, so ❤️ your channel!

[@YvonneG]

love these, it is so easy, now i will be saving my cup trays. thanks for sharing. have a great day.

[@teerex1011]

Brilliant ideas. I'm going to try this but is it possible to use mod podge instead of the glue for sticking the kitchen towel on the masking tape and then again using it for the "stone" pieces? Thanks for all your great ideas

[@veilbreak5867]

Great tutorial, I bought a lovely big dolls house a few days ago from our local on line buy and sell. As a project. It was cheap. £12 because the front door is missing and theres water damage to the floor on the ground. Easily fixed. I 'll try this floor thanks. It could be a wall too

[@MsSylvana63]

Simply brilliant ✨🙏🏾✨

[@yiotaklm5446]

Hi from Greece!Thanks for the idea!!! I am making a fairyland house and I will try this technic on the walls!!!!!:-):-):-)

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

that's awesome, have fun!

[@JaydaHeartTV]

I loveee this! So smart and your voice is so calming 😊 you sound so sweet

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

aww, thanks!!

[@familyvideoacct]

i really love this floor type. i want to try this style next!

[@shridevi407]

This is just amazing 👌👏👏👏I’m in love with the outcome 😍

[@barbarabell1171]

That was an awesome video!

[@SOMBREROSUE11562]

BEAUTIFUL! Can't wait to do this.

[@rodadams8422]

Absolutely beautiful 👍🌻🌷

[@mariad4183]

Wow! You are so talented girl! ...it looks so real tyfs with us! xoxo

[@kristinemazda4711]

This is so amazing ...you are very creative ....great job 🤗🤗

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

thank you very much!

[@begosanchezfotografia9304]

Great tutorial, thanks. Which acrylic sealer do you use?.

[@ablare4717]

So awesome. I just got an amazing idea using this craft for something else. I'll post when I'm done.💗

[@peterplantec7911]

You did a nice job. Thank you.

[@BrookeBradshawsChoices]

I agree. Very beautiful and realistic.

[@denisef7290]

great video , I love watching and learning ,your floor is just beautiful! Thank you for sharing your teachings :)

[@xaraxania]

fantastic, i was trying to figure out how to make a realistic looking floor, thanks so much :D

[@mastersadvocate]

That is a cool way to make a "stone" floor! Thanks for sharing! ~Janet in Canada

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+mastersadvocate it is, I really like the final look of it. Thank you :)

[@bransonhauntedhills]

Thumps up because I did enjoy watching! It turned out great and looks so much like real stones. I love the idea of coloring them with chalk too. Now I just need to figure out where to get some of those cup holders. Have you just saved yours from getting drinks or did you order them? I am going to tell my friends to start saving them for me.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

+bransonhauntedhills thank you! And yes, I save mine and I have my family save trays for me whenever they go to a fast food place too :)

[@erikabott9209]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive I use egg cartons comes out beautiful thank you for your Video 🙂 😀

[@logowatchman]

Another great video. I'm new at this and your videos are my main source for techniques and ideas. Keep them coming!

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

wow, that's awesome to hear! Thank you very much. Happy building!

[@Horusromulus]

Awesome technique :)

[@joellenjohnson8186]

love the floor great idea

[@nettieboyce]

Thank you for sharing , I will defiantly be doing this on some of my projects

[@heathertaylor-willockx3632]

Great tutorial. Love the results!

[@In_time]

Wow, off topic, but what polish are you wearing??! 🤩 💅🏻

[@bigdreamer02]

How would you make different grout colors if you didn’t want white? Love the tutorial. I am planning on trying it soon.

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I've done different grout colours using a thin paint brush and regular craft paint

[@tammybradford8804]

I would paint the paper towel after it dries whatever color I want the grout. Hadn’t thought about it but I will try it. I am interested to see how it turns out😀

[@SpyroLUVA]

That'll make great castle walls too.

[@pallavi675]

its simply amezing........

[@sinMajus]

What brand acrylic sealer did you use? How thick did you apply it? At 8:02, it looks like you applied a pretty liberal amount. Did that disrupt or subdue the chalk coloring at all?

[@wezholly4629]

I don’t suppose this would work for an outdoor fairy garden? Or do you have any ideas for that at all? Other than using actual pebbles of course, I’m struggling to find flat ones! Thanks in advance, and I only just found you but I love your videos! X

[@VegemiteQueen1]

100 bonus points for muting the heat gun, thank you.

[@cybersis85]

That is just awesome

[@ZombieQueen819]

Great video thank you

[@loridennis4683]

Gorgeous

[@1234circle]

Thank you just made my first one and it turned out great....:)

[@aglaesidonie805]

Thank you so much for your video. I plan to create a doll house for my little girl but since I am French and I do not understand your language, can you tell me if the colored sticks you use are greasy pastel, dry or chalk sticks... Thank you...

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I think they are called “chalk pastels”. You can also use paint, like acrylic and watercolour, anything that will add a bit of colour or you can leave them plain too. Have fun!

[@aglaesidonie805]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive Thank you so much for replying to me

[@allisallaboutthedog6103]

Would mod podge matt be a similiar sealer?

[@margaretgaleano7230]

Fantastic

[@mucksforbucks6343]

I'm going to use this idea to make a rock chimney for my log doll house exterior.

[@allisallaboutthedog6103]

Do you wait for the paper towel to dry before you start laying the "stone" or does it matter cause its all glue?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I always let it dry to the touch then continue, just makes it easier for adding the stones, less slippery. Since this video I found a dot of hot glue to set them in place is much faster and then spread the pva glue over top once they are all down

[@spannercrafts4239]

Wow! That's fab! I only just started watching your craft yesterday now I'm totally hooked really want to try somthing! On one of the tree stumps you used your own made clay would air dry clay work rather than oven baked?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

You can use all sorts of different clays I'm sure. I don't think it really matters what kind of clay, as long as you can carve in the lines for bark and it keeps those lines while it dries.

[@spannercrafts4239]

@@WhereTheGnomesLive ooh that's great thank you not sure what to start with I think I might try the spooky tree first as iv never made anything like this but really want to

[@yashsultania9391]

How to make this study for putting flower pots pls advice will this stay in daily water

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

You would have to weather proof it with an exterior sealer but I think daily water would eventually break it down regardless of the sealer. Weather proofing is good protection from rain but then drying out in between rainfalls

[@marilynlamm2425]

Nice!

[@yvonnetj7777]

How can I make the stone water proof,want to use outside.Also the trees that you made.

[@ncredbird3998]

After the paper is dried and painted can it be considered water proof or would I need to do another step to make it compatible with being an outdoor decoration?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

yes, it would have to be sealed with an exterior sealer

[@nym3l0dy]

So cool

[@kathykendall4215]

Where did you get the cup trays? Also -- I really wish this video (and the others on your old channel) were in a downloadable format, like the ones on your new channel. I just found this Sunday, and I can see a lot of possibilities. Unfortunately, the Internet we have at home is limited to 20 GB share (cell phone) data per month, and my husband uses it for work. I've downloaded over 12 GB of youtube videos the last few days, so I can watch them later at home, and I'd love to be able to download this one, as well. (I'm visiting our son right now, who has an unlimited data plan.) I'm thinking some of these techniques could be used to replicate the Pueblo Indian cliff dwellings . . . ? Thanks for doing them, and for making at least the tree house videos downloadable. Kathy

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I get my cup trays when I go through mc-donald's for a coffee. I'm not sure why you can't download this one, I just checked the settings and I have it set to be downloaded on all platforms as I do on all my videos. There's nothing I can do on this end to make it work for you... maybe ask youtube, like the help section? They might know what's happened. I don't have a new channel, this is the same channel I've had for a couple years. My other channel is even older, the other one I have for crochet. Which channel are you speaking of?

[@judichristopher4604]

... and Coffee and Tea stain works well too.

[@gertvoortman7741]

learning better all the time

[@GLITZYONE]

Fabulous!

[@francoisematt]

COULD you also paint glue onto floor board then add the small pieces ...and then paint over glue over the whole area?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

absolutely.. I think I did say that in the video.

[@stevengilbert257]

Can you apply this method directly to a wood wall for an exterior skipping the cardboard part?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

sorry for the late reply! Yes, you could for sure

[@danatyler6719]

Can you use newspaper instead of paper towel?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

do you mean for bark? Or for under these stones?

[@mike1968442]

Beautiful!

[@MissieLotus]

Do you use school glue or glue all?

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

Glue all. School glue takes longer to dry but it can be used and it will turn out just fine

[@pawpads9397]

thats so sweet

[@pamelacunningham7196]

Thanks for sharing .

[@littlewolf7153]

I got to use this for my craft love it

[@WhereTheGnomesLive]

I'm so glad!