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Pavers or Bricks Tutorial - from Jennifer’s Miniatures on Facebook. Made from polymer clay, takes much but the result is awesome. Looks like old bricks..
Thin, self-adhesive, wood veneer strips (all types of wood) used for edging countertops and tables, available at hardware and DIY stores can be cut up to make an inlaid wood floor or tabletop.
Using Egg Cartons
Try local nursing homes or hospitals for egg carton material - eggs are delivered on large flats with 5-10 doz. eggs per flat. Some electronics are packaged with egg carton material protectors.
Some fast food restaurants use brown or grey "egg carton" type trays for drinks trays.
Go to your local flower shop and ask about containers used for flowers (in urns or at cemeteries). The containers disintegrate naturally and are made of about the same material as the egg cartons. Although they are thicker, it is easy to peel the layers apart and they come in different colors.
Try looking at your garden supply store - peat pots are made of a paper pulp and could be used instead of egg cartons.
To use the whole egg carton, soak the curved parts in water and run through a pasta machine a few times to flatten. It adds some interesting texture in addition to flattening.
One side is generally smoother than the other and is good for bricks. Use a Rotary cutter and a ruler to get straight cuts for bricks, and tear the carton into irregular pieces of stones.
Paint and texture egg carton pieces either before or after applying to your project by sponging and/or dry brushing with several colours
Whirl the egg carton pieces in a blender and press the pulp into the back of a molded plastic brick or stone sheet.
Another method! Cut the egg cartons into the desired size and shape, then pound them with a meat mallet and dab different shades of grey to look like aged cement stones.
For glossy floors, use laminating sheets over the paper floor. Buy a box of the 8 1/2x 11 size at Staples/Office Depot, etc. It is the kind that does not need a machine - peel, and press by hand.
Faux flooring effects
use black clay, impressed with a rubber stamp, and then lightly brushed with mica powder. The copper looks great and so does the brass! Both look very antique! You could emboss them with a stylized stamp to look like copper ceiling tiles or a hammered look.
use textured wallpaper, cut out some stones and glue them down. Colour with art markers so each stone is a little bit different. Make a sunken room with a north/south symbol (Google for suitable image) embedded in the middle.
use a stylus to make grooves in the floor to simulate planks. Stain and wipe so that the groves remain darker. Use a permanent marker to indicate screws
Marble can be simulated by using a piece of vinyl floor tile in a marbleized pattern. Find tiles of different sizes and thicknesses at your local home improvement center. They are fairly easy to cut to use as flooring in a miniature room or cut into different shapes for table tops. One square foot tile goes a long way in miniaturing!
Skinny Sticks
these are wooden stir sticks often used in coffee shops like Starbucks and can be found in $stores. They are often used for hardwood floors.
make a pattern of the floor using a sheet of paper. Cut and paste all your sticks to the pattern. Use weights, and pay attention to warping. Skinny sticks can be very uneven - you may have to sand aggressively to get a smooth surface. Then you can use double-sided tape to fasten the floor in place.
Bricks
use Das clay and push it through a narrow piping tube, then let it dry, turning a couple of times. Dry brush it with various colours and give it a light coat of Rustoleum Stone Effect spray. Once this is dry, cut it into "bricks". When "laying" them, first put a thickish layer of coloured Pollyfilla on the wall and then push the bricks into it, it has a very nice effect but also a lot of work.
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