Starting a Mini Altered Houses?

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Melanie Statnick has put together the materials list and instructions for these cute mini houses.

Supply List

To create your own village, you will need:
  • Wooden houses
  • wooden pieces including hearts, tags, bingo tiles, fence , rulers.
  • Tissue paper,
  • decoupage,
  • flat brush/glue brush,
  • glossy accents,
  • letter stickers,
  • Walnut Ink Spray
  • a heat gun.

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

Instructions

Step 1. Decoupage tissue paper to wood houses. Apply glue directly to wood. The tissue paper will move around and might rip. This is the look we are going for. Grungy, wrinkled look. Dry with heat gun and set aside.

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

Step 2. Spray all wood pieces with your Walnut Spray Ink. Dab with paper towel and dray with heat gun. This will the wood an antique look with some grunge.

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

Step 3. Using glossy accents glue fence onto front side of your houses and continue with the other wood pieces. You can arrange them how you like.

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

Step 4. After your pieces are glued and dried, you can now add your word art. Last use Glamor Dust, Liquid Pearls, or Stickles to add details.

How to make a Mini Altered Houses?

Happy Creating!

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I’m a Canadian Mixed Media & Collage Artist out of North Carolina. I create art daily from my private studio and my artwork is fun and whimsy. I teach mixed media and art journaling online  and I hold mixed media workshops around the USA.

My artwork can be found in art galleries and shops extensively in NC with international private collections. I have created my personal line of original stamps to purchase and use in your art.

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Comments

  1. Rachel Thomas says

    These are so Gorgeous, Melanie! ♥️ And lots of scope to play and individualise them in. Thank you so much for this great tutorial. I’m besotted with tiny houses!

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