Today’s mini tutorial is by the incrediably talented Alison Cope. She provided this to the girls at weScrap and I just love this one. I have to dust off my molding paste and give this a try.

How to Use Molding Paste

I love trying new techniques and new products. One of my loves is to create layouts with lots of layers and texture. One of the coolest products that I have been experimenting with lately is 3D Molding Paste. It’s kind of like a soft off white paste and hardens once it has dried so it can take almost any thin 3D shape you can imagine.

Here’s a recent layout I created using 3D Molding Paste; “Frosty Kisses“:

And here’s the general idea of how I created my masking snowflakes on my page.

First you will want to stick down the thick mask on your cardstock. You can create your own 3D mask by adhered together a number of thick cardstock identical die cut shapes. I used a snowflake mask from Tattered Angels.

Spread your 3D Molding Paste across your masked image. Spread the compound out and thin out your application of the paste as you get to the edge of your mask.
TIP: Make sure your mask is clean. I had used my mask with some Copics and forgot to clean it and my molding paste became tainted with green ink.

Spread the compound out over the ends of your images. Smooth or rough up the paste using a paint brush to get your desired effect.

Allow your paste to dry. See the container for drying directions.

It’s as simple as that and a jar of paste goes a LONG way!

~Ally

**If you happen to have a tutorial you would like to share please email it to me and if it’s posted you will earn three ballots for the monthly draw!! Ally just earned two ballots for this wonderful tutorial.
~Tara~

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