clipping mask error after using live paint

[Carla358166472u6z]

please help,  Created an image on illustrator and used a clipping mask and it worked well. I then released the clipping mask to use the live paint tool. After finishing with the live paint tool i tried to re apply the same clipping mask but now it wont allow me to. I have tried to isolate the object, i tried to make the path into a compound path  but it wont allow me to do that either. what do you guys suggest? 

[Monika Gause]

Maybe what you formerly used as a mask is now in the background. Make sure that it is the frontmost object and then try again.

[Carla358166472u6z]

do you know how i can do that?  I think the live paint is what made the clipping mask not work.

[Ton Frederiks]

Did you keep the clipping mask out of the Live Paint?

If that shape was part of the Live Paint group it may have been split up.

Try to create a new one on top.

[Carla358166472u6z]

how do i keep the clipping mask out of the live paint?

[Ton Frederiks]

You could lock it, or put it on another layer on top and hide or lock it before you select the objects for Live Paint.