Post by invaderkatie on Nov 25, 2014 1:42:10 GMT
I'm not sure if this has been asked before, I tried to do a search here & at other forums, as well as on YouTube, but I couldn't find the answer I need.
I bought some Light Modeling Paste from Michaels, in the hopes of doing some techniques, a la Jennifer McGuire, on my cards. I didn't want to make an online order just to get the embossing or texture paste and read online that they were similar to modeling paste. My Michaels only had the light modeling paste in stock, so I got that. I came home, and made a quick distress inked background for a scene style card. I was planning to use the modeling paste to make faux snowflakes on the background, I let the cardstock dry for a bit and then put the modeling paste on with a stencil. Well, much to my surprise, as it dried it took on the color of the background, like it had soaked up the ink. It says it dries opaque on the package, I thought that meant opaque white like the product. I'm not sure if I bought the completely wrong thing, this is all very new to me & maybe I should have waited until the other varieties were back in stock.
So my question is, did I do something wrong, or did I just buy the complete wrong product for what I'm trying to achieve? Should I just bite the bullet and buy the embossing paste online, or do you know of a big box store that carries it? I am local to multiple Joann's, Michael's, and Hobby Lobby stores.
I bought some Light Modeling Paste from Michaels, in the hopes of doing some techniques, a la Jennifer McGuire, on my cards. I didn't want to make an online order just to get the embossing or texture paste and read online that they were similar to modeling paste. My Michaels only had the light modeling paste in stock, so I got that. I came home, and made a quick distress inked background for a scene style card. I was planning to use the modeling paste to make faux snowflakes on the background, I let the cardstock dry for a bit and then put the modeling paste on with a stencil. Well, much to my surprise, as it dried it took on the color of the background, like it had soaked up the ink. It says it dries opaque on the package, I thought that meant opaque white like the product. I'm not sure if I bought the completely wrong thing, this is all very new to me & maybe I should have waited until the other varieties were back in stock.
So my question is, did I do something wrong, or did I just buy the complete wrong product for what I'm trying to achieve? Should I just bite the bullet and buy the embossing paste online, or do you know of a big box store that carries it? I am local to multiple Joann's, Michael's, and Hobby Lobby stores.
