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Dollhouse printables, miniature printies

Dollhouse printables, miniature printies

Printie tips

Hints about how to fold cut and paste printies.

Texture

Use stone or brick printies? Wad the print up repeatedly and smooth it out, If some of the creases are too harsh, press with an iron (no steam) on the back side. Result, a paper printie with a stone texture!
Texturize a rock wall printie (on cardstock) by running around all the grouted areas with a fine embossing tool. Turn it to the back side and use a larger embosser to press on the rock areas, easy to see because of the grout lines. This is adaptable to many printed items that you would like to stand out a little. e.g take a photo of a cardinal, downsize it in the computer, print and cut it out, then emboss the back to give it a little fullness. Glued to a birdhouse he looks pretty good.

General tips

Consider what paper to use - for example: would a textured card stock work better than a smooth paper for your purpose? Or printable canvas/ magnetic paper, presentation paper, etc.?
Change the properties of the paper after printing to provide more texture - emboss, using an old mouse pad and embossing tool;also if you can dampen without ruining the ink, then impress from the back with a texture tool (this can work for rubber stamps). Use gesso or acrylic medium for various effects. "Roughing up" with a pin while still wet gives a furry texture to card stock; steel wool can work in some cases, or an eraser, etc.) Try aging or distressing techniques.
If appropriate for the item, mount printies on a thicker backing (like foam core or recycled egg cartons, which can also both be embossed)
Use clear prints, as grainy prints never work well.
Seal printies if you are not printing on colour laser ... so they last.
Colour the edges of cut paper - white edges give away that it is a printie; use sharpies or gel pens for this purpose. Use the edge, instead of the point, of your marking pen or crayon. Hold the pen so that the point faces the front of your printie. That was if the pen slips (and trust me it will) the slip mark goes down the back side instead of onto the face of your item.
Cut and glue carefully, as little white tabs showing is not very convincing :)
Butterfly Dreams - Printie instructions
Food labels for grocery or butcher shops? Try online grocers 1, and 2
Looking for more modern newspapers to scatter around the house? Go to Google images, type in the name of your local paper (or city paper) and front page. So the newyorktimesfrontpage gives you tons of choices!