by Jane Pinder
Art Moulds and toilet paper – this is really taking papercrafting too far! When I first found out that you could use sheets of toilet paper in the Art Moulds I thought that it would not pick up all the design too well. How wrong was I!
What’s more it is so easy and so cheap! This will have you dashing off to the supermarket to buy loo rolls in every colour you can find!
I remember explaining this to a lady at a stamp show somewhere, several years ago. I told her that you take a sheet of loo paper, fold it up and then wet it before pressing it into the mould. The look I was given still makes me smile today. The penny dropped as I realised she had misunderstood me. ‘Oh’, I said, ‘wet it with water from the tap!’ I think the lady thought I meant…… I’ll leave that to your imagination! So as we go through this process, just remember where the moisture comes from please! Having chosen your Krafty Lady Art Mould, you then need to select your loo roll. You can use a coloured one, but you can also add colour once the paper has dried.  Start by tearing off one sheet of paper, fold it up and wet it with water. Then press it into the mould, making sure you press it in firmly. Don’t have the paper too wet. You can press the paper in the mould to help remove any excess water.  Repeat with another square of paper and so on until you have filled the mould. Having filled it up, you then need to allow it time to dry. You can, if you are very careful, remove it from the mould while it is still wet and then leave it to dry. This is good if you are planning to make several from the same mould, then you can just line them up to dry!  Once they are dry, you can add colour to them with pens, paint, ink pads or re-inkers – the choice is yours. Further embellishments can also be added in the form of Glitter Glue or beads and wire.  This African Head Art Mould has been highlighted using a brown ink pad. It picks out the detail really well. The piece is mounted onto some corrugated card that has been highlighted with a gold ink pad. Beads and jump rings have been added along the lower edge of this panel before it is layered onto a leaf stamped card. This, in turn, is layered onto another leaf stamped card.  The Ceiling Rose Art Mould
This Ceiling Rose Art Mould has again had the detail picked out by wiping a dark ink pad over the dried shape. This is layered onto a script stamped card, with a gold tassel trapped between the two pieces.  This last sample used the Ceiling Rose mould once more. Postage stamps are caught between two layers of Mica and it is all on a base card stamped with a postcard and a cut out viola. Keep the colours simple and you really cannot go wrong! 
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Japanese Lace Paper Set
One can also use 5 or 6 layers of toilet paper that one wets with tap
