Just Plain Misting and Droplets!

I don't know if you are like me, but I was a little late to the misting bandwagon.
I am not typically a *messy* scrapper.
I like things neat, organized and *clean*. Which surprises people sometimes when they find out I was a preschool teacher and used to deal with all kinds of fun messy, messes :)

Mists are definitely messy.
And every once in a while I like to step out of my comfort zone to try something new.
So I challenged myself last year to start using mists a little more on my projects.
Going back through my work from the last year, I was surprised at how many times I did actually use mists.

Today I want to share with you a few of my projects using just basic misting or droplets on your background.
My first layout...

"Got Mud" has some brown mist sprayed lightly at points around the yellow cardstock. I wanted to portray the "dirty" feeling of mud and thought the brown mist would be a good choice. If you click on the photo, you might be able to see it a little better, but the largest section of mist is around the brown and green chipboard embellishment.

For "Nature is a Great Place to Do Watercolors", I had the same idea. I wanted to portray the feeling of using watercolors, so I lightly sprayed some blue and yellow mist in the upper left and bottom right corners. One thing I have learned is that I was pretty heavy handed with mist in the beginning. But after practicing a few times, I learned that light, brief, gently sweeping strokes with my wrist made for the best misting :)

Then I discovered the white mist by Studio Calico! 

For "Can I Paint My Room?" I once again sprayed the background, but then decided to add a few droplets to go with the theme of "painting". As far as droplets go, for me the best way to do it is to remove the actual sprayer component, hold the nozzle in your hand and tap lightly on the tubing to release the mist. I felt like I had more control this way! It was a nice little tip I learned by watching Shimelle Lane's Glitter Girl video "The Mists of Magnitude" at 2p's in a Bucket.You can see it here. Just scroll down a bit and you can see where the video starts. I think there are some great tips in it!

I also decided to use droplets of white on "Happy Winter" when after completing it, the layout still felt like it was missing something. I thought the droplets would add a little more visual interest.

If you are new to misting, or have just been wanting to use the mists you have more, misting on your base or using droplets is one of the best places to start! I would love to see any projects you make using those techniques. So please link them on this blog post, whether it is in a gallery or on your blog, and I will be happy to come visit and leave a comment! :)

I will be back on Wednesday featuring one of my ScrapGal projects that uses droplets in colors other than white :) Plus I will be talking about replacing stamp ink and paint with mists on your projects.

Happy Misting!! :)