Hello everyone!! I've been having a lot of fun with my Countryside and State Fair Mister Huey's Color Mists lately, and I wanted to share a fun technique.
This page went up on the blog back in March, and I had a few questions about how I did the border. I love the look of the masked off circles, but wanted it to be a bit more free, so I allowed for some overspray alongside my masks. I love the extra color that it adds to my background! Here's a step by step of how to recreate the look, as well as a variation on the technique.
I started by gathering the mists I wanted to use. I went with a collection of blues and greens - Mister Huey's Clover, Pickle, Bonny Blue and Bluegrass. I love how they compliment each other and knew that the colors would layer nicely when I misted.
I created a mask by using a pinked circle punch on a spare piece of cardstock. I started by masking off a circle in the center of my border, so I could be sure my border would be evenly spaced. I held my mist about four inches away and sprayed directly at the mask, and then moved it so that I was ready to spray my next circle.
On my "yum" page, I made sure to keep the area to either side of my circle masked off so that I had a clean border running the entire length of the page. For my "in a tree" page, I just used the smaller mask for a different effect.
When you use a smaller mask, the overspray fills the border area - I love that there are darker and lighter areas where the mist colors overlap. This variation works best with shades of mist that are similar. To finish the page, I pulled together a variety of pieces from State Fair and Countryside that follow the same blue/green color scheme.
Supplies: patterned paper - Countryside Besty, Countryside Wildflower, Countryside County Line, State Fair Midway, Sassafras ; stickers - green Addy alphabet, Countryside labels ; veneer - buttons, butterflies ; tag - State Fair die cut tags ; mist - Mister Huey's Pickle, Clover, Bluegrass and Bonny Blue ; punch - Martha Stewart ; other - Hambly overlay and washi tape, Tiny Attacher
I can't wait to see what you do with this technique! If you give it a try, please link me up!
Lisa, this is AMAZING! You are the "Mist Master." I am literally going to use this technique tonight :) Can't wait!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: Marisa Kraft | 05/17/2011 at 04:24 PM
One question...what brand is this punch? Always looking for new punches :)
Posted by: Marisa Kraft | 05/17/2011 at 04:43 PM
I have got to get my hands on some of these misters...I just love them. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: ANNETTE | 05/17/2011 at 07:56 PM
Thanks Lisa! I've been having fun with these mists myself -- now I have another wonderful technique!
Posted by: Linda | 05/17/2011 at 08:57 PM
hi marisa! i used the martha stewart punch all over the page pinked circle - love this punch!!
thanks everyone for the kind words - please share if you give it a try!
Posted by: lisa truesdell | 05/17/2011 at 11:10 PM
I love these, Lisa!!! Thank you so much for sharing your technique!
Posted by: Rebecca | 05/18/2011 at 06:19 AM
I don't think I could hate one of your layouts! Love your work!
Posted by: janet d | 05/18/2011 at 09:16 AM
this looks so cool lisa! i would have started over with the overspray, but next time, i'll think of you and keep going.
Posted by: emily pitts | 05/18/2011 at 11:36 PM
Hey Lisa --- I did Maggie's challenge this week and used your technique to make my circles. Thanks so much for the tutorial :)
http://www.studiocalico.com/forums/galleries/show/43645
Posted by: Marisa Kraft | 06/04/2011 at 12:29 PM
This is gorgeous! Mists alone won't produce such adorable creation. Your creative skills made it stand out! The color combo is also good! Great job!
Posted by: Scrapbooking Ideas | 08/10/2011 at 12:58 AM