Insider Tips: Nic

Hey all!  Nicole S. here with today's insider tip about misting.  My love for Mister Huey's mists has been sparked recently first by the amazing new colors that were just released... LOVE!...and second by the lightbulb moment I had about masking.  I realized I don't enjoy just haphazardly misting on my layout.  It freaks me out a bit with the randomness of it.  :)  But once I realized I can MASK off shapes and/or mist objects that are cut out and then apply them to my page... well, now I'm a mist convert!  For this page I wanted to create a circle of Lemonade mist to contain a bunch of embellishments and my title.  I could have just sprayed a piece of cardstock, then cut out a circle and adhered it to my page.  But I wanted it to be on the background page itself.  So I just traced a circle in the middle part of a scrap sheet of cardstock and cut it out. 
Then I positioned the mask on my background paper where I wanted it and sprayed away.  (I had to use some other scraps to completely cover the background edges too.)  Here's what it looked like afterwards.

Then I started designing my page and embellishing my Lemonade circle.  I used lots of bit and pieces from Into the Woods and Sunny Clearing, some older SC stamps, and Zing embossing powders.


Supplies:  Into the Woods and Sunny Clearing kits;  Mister Huey's Lemonade mist;  embossing powders:  Zing Opaque Rouge and Zing Opaque Blush; Zap Heat Tool; adhesive foam tab squares
 
Don't be afraid to try masks of all different shapes and sizes...the positive and negative parts of die cuts too.  So many fun options when it comes to masking and misting! Have fun!

Comments

[Lindy]

OMG Nicole this is awesome. Mist's always freak me out too. This is great. I'll have to try this. Thanks for the lightbulb moment.

[Amanda J]

This is pretty amazing!! Think I might have to put those 3 new bottles of Mister Huey to work later ;)Thanks for sharing!!

[kathleen p.]

Oh wow! Brilliant!!!!!!!

[Kimber-Leigh]

love this idea nic...since i feel the same way about "just spritzing" on the paper...it scares me too!

[amy tangerine]

so simple yet so brilliant!

[Michelle Clement]

Love this! :)

[Vera]

Brilliant! I love how the circle grounds your title and embellishments!

[Leslie]

OH, how I love this layout!! Beautiful!

[Kelly Rodgers]

Absolutely gorgeous Nicole!

[Ren-Yi]

thanks for reminding me about the masking! i love the technique and will have to try this out soon. a brilliant way to anchor things and not having to add an actual layer! :)

[Lisa Dickinson]

i love this idea (and that page? oh my - such a fabulous design!!)

[Trista]

An "a ha" moment for me! Thanks for the great tip. And such a pretty base for your design!