Altered thimble house

I have had this thimble display case for a couple of years and decided it was time to alter it.

After two coats of white paint the dark brown wood was still showing through so I decided to go with a light blue colour.

I thought the wooden roof was particularly awful, so used it as a template to make a replacement chipboard roof.

I filled each section with a mixture of patterned papers ( a really good way of using up your scraps) and stamping.

The edges of the shelves were made using a border punch.

I haven't filled all of the sections but may add more as time goes on. The two characters are Milly Molly Mandy from one of my favourite books as a child, and Nurse Nancy from Twinkle magazine. I traced the images and coloured onto shrink plastic before shrinking with a heat gun.

I hope I have inspired you have a go at altering your own thimble display!

Thanks for stopping by It's a Creative World

Debbie xxx

Comments

[Karen]

This all looks beautiful Debbie! I LOVE that you used Milly Molly Mandy!!! She was my favourite too and I still love her haha xxx

[Leanne]

I've a little house I've not gotten around to using yet... thanks for the reminder, and it's a lovely project x