I've used one of the new substrates from Thats Crafty! and some of the greyboard houses that do have stamps to go with them if you prefer but I used them in this project just as they were. I started off taking some time to play with the houses and cogs and decide where I wanted them.


I used some icing paste in an embossing folder to create some texture to add to different areas, I also moistened some cardboard so I could remove the top layer exposing the corrugated texture to use in areas too.





I then added another coat of black gesso and some gesso to some resin pieces I will be adding, before painting with two metallic paints to the main piece.


I then added a little black gesso in places that I wanted a little more shadow and also a little matt green paint in places to give a more mossy appearance.

I added a couple of dots here and there of Stickles for door handles and also just here and there for more texture.