2015 #15 Inspired By Fibre Paste {By Liz Borer}

Topic 15: Gels and Mediums

Hi there everyone, Liz here. Tonight I’m back again playing with something new to me! I went to Stamperama recently where I bought some Golden Fibre Paste on Leandra’s recommendation. I’ve not used this before so I started playing with it to see what I could do with it. I have to say that I love this paste because of the textured finish and the fact that it is very light when dry. It does take a while to dry even when helped with a heat gun but it’s worth the wait.

I decided to use the paste to make some embellishments and frames that I could then use on a book cover. When making these pieces I spread the paste onto some palette paper because this is non stick and could be put to one side while the paste is drying. Once dry run a palette knife under the edges of the paste to start to lift it off the paper – it will then peel off easily.

I spread the paste through two different flourish stencils. I didn’t try to get a smooth surface – I wanted texture and some depth. In fact when I removed the stencils I found that the paste was raised around the edges of the design adding texture. When dry slide a palette knife under the flourishes to remove them from the palette paper.

To create the Fibre Paste frames I drew an outline onto the palette paper that was slightly bigger than the stamp that I wanted to use. I used this as a guide when spreading the paste. I used a palette knife to spread the paste around the guide line to create a frame. This is fun because you can create and shape you want with as much texture as needed. After the paste had dried I removed it from the paper and painted it with Honeydew and a little Mermaid .

Here are some other ideas I had while playing with the paste. The top two pieces are fabric; on the right I just stamped into the paste to make a texture and on the left I used the end of a paintbrush to draw a design into the paste. The bottom two pieces are both on Grey Board and again I drew into them with a stylus this time. When the were dry I sanded the top to smooth it a little.

The book is made using two canvas covered boards as the covers. To start with I spread Grunge Paste as smoothly as I could through two different stencils. I wanted to create layers of texture on the covers. I stencilled Grunge Paste onto both of the covers. When this was dry I stuck some lace down the edges of both the covers.

I then stuck the FibrePaste flourishes onto the covers using a strong glue. When dry I painted everything with white Gesso .

To add some colour to the covers I painted small areas of different colour randomly onto the covers. While the paint was still wet  I blended the edges away from the main colour using a wet wipe and my fingers. I used Nougat, Honeydew, Mermaid and Wisteria. In between these colours I blended some Antarctic which seemed to ‘pull‘ all the colours together. I also used this colour around the edges of the covers. When adding the clours don’t forget to spread the paints over the lace.

I used some flourish stamps from EEB03 and EEB05 which I stamped around the edges using Mushroom Pigment Ink. I then rubbed White Fire Treasure Gold over the raised flourishes and around the edges of the cover. This is a picture of the back cover to show that I had not forgotten to decorate it as well!

EEB03

EEB05

The stamps that I had chosen when making the Fibre Paste frames where then stamped onto cream card and coloured with colours that toned with the background of the book covers. I rubbed the edges of the frames with more Treasure Gold and attached the stamped images behind the frames. I stuck the main image onto the front of the book using silicon (or similar) glue because the background is ‘lumpy’.

I painted the second frame with Wisteria and then rubbed Antarctic over it to catch the texture. Then I rubbed Treasure Gold around the edges before attaching the frame onto the stamped image. This picture was stuck on the inside front cover of the book, which I had lined with some patterned paper .

To finish the front cover of the book I die cut some ivy leaves and flourishes out of craft metal (I wanted the embellishments to be tough enough to be handled as this is not a decorative item). I painted the leaves with Honeydew and then washed some HeyPesto over this to get a variegated effect. Finally I rubbed Treasure Gold over the leaves and the flourishes. I painted two fabric flowers with Wisteria and Lavender and rubbed Treasure Gold over the paint and then attached the flowers, leaves and flourishes onto the front cover as shown.

This photo shows part of the top of the cover to show the layers of texture and the frame.

I made pages for the book using various materials. Some of the pages are heavy watercolour paper ready to be used. I also made a couple of large envelopes out of patterned paper. This picture shows a stamped and embossed piece of vellum and an embossed piece of acetate which I rubbed Staz On Ink over and then some Treasure Gold.

Finally I bound the book with all the pages inside it. I hope that you have enjoyed my adventure into book making! I really liked using the Fibre Paste and will go on experimenting with it. I’ll be back soon with more ideas.

Liz

What a fantastic experiment Liz, great to see the different contrasts using the two pastes. The fibre frames look like they have just literally been ripped from old paper adding so much depth to the centre focal image. The soft colour hues and Treasure Gold add the perfect finishing touches. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
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