The Misting Continues!

Today I am sharing part two of misting week...
Using Mists in place of Paint or Inks
My first two projects are going to show you how mists can be used to replace paint,

starting with one of my final  projects created for ScrapGal.

My son loves to draw. And when I say loves, I mean LOVES! It is literally his passion. I wanted to scrap a page about it because his talent is such an important part of who he is right now. So I scanned a few of his latest creations, created a 5x7 collage of the photos in Picasa, and cut them apart. I was actually inspired by a chipboard word key chain by Maya Road

and decided to use two of the words for my title. Thankfully, I had the purple and green mists on hand. The purple is a Tim Holtz color wash and the green is by Studio Calico. With just a few spritzes, the words were covered perfectly. A lot quicker than if I would have pulled out my paints, grabbed a paintbrush and painted each word with a few coats.
Next I decided to add a few droplets of each color to the page for a more artsy feel. And to coordinate with the color of my title and the paper I used to mat each photo.
I would say the most time consuming part of this layout was scanning the photos and creating the collage. Everything else came together quickly.

Next project...

You are probably wondering, where on earth did she mist here? But once again I pulled out my trusty white Studio Calico mist to cover the two end pieces of the Maya Road chipboard album I turned into a banner. I have to admit that the white mist can be a little tacky, and take a while to fully dry. But it was still quicker than using a few coats of white paint!

Now for two examples where mists can replace inks!

This layout is a good example of using mists to color embellishments. This paper flower was a creamy white. But I was really hoping to match the color with the little bit of her sash you can see on her flower girl dress.

I grabbed my Bubblegum Metallic and Sunflower Yellow mists by Maya Road and sprayed until the color matched. I started with pink and then sprayed yellow over it. I wasn't sure if it would work or not, but I did end up with the perfect orange/rust color. Talk about a successful experiment! That doesn't happen to often in crafting for me :)

For this layout, I literally sprayed my acrylic stamp lightly with four different color mists and stamped onto white cardstock. Then I hand cut out each image and used it as a frame for the different parts of my layout.
One thing I have learned about mists and stamping is that it can be a little hard to control the amount sprayed onto stamps, so you are not going to typically get a clean, stamped image. But I was ok with that for this layout, because of the word bubbles on the patterned paper. I liked the cartoonish feel of the stamped image, and I wasn't looking for perfection.

As for mists themselves, so far I have only used mists by Maya Road, Studio Calico, Tattered Angels and Tim Holtz. I have yet to try the October Afternoon Sprinklers, but plan to soon. Would love to know your thoughts on the OA mists if you have used them!

*EXTRA TIP* I have noticed that the Tattered Angels and Tim Holtz mists *will* make you papers curl up. Especially if sprayed on the background. I did  not have that problem with the Studio Calico and Maya Road  mists. So any kind of  large surface or background spraying will be reserved for my SC and MR mists!
But the Tattered Angels and Tim Holtz work really well as a "paint" substitute or for droplets. And that is probably what I will use them for most. I especially love the Tattered Angels glimmer mists for coloring chipboard since it has such a nice shimmer to it.

And again, I would love to see any projects you have done or plan to do using mists in place of paint or ink!
On Friday, I will be discussing one of my favorite ways to use mists - Masking!