Masks & Misting

Hello!! Jody here today with a mask and some misting!  First off, I started with the beautiful dark woodgrain paper from Fancy Pants.  I've been itching to do some misting lately so I took out my Studio Calico Mr. Huey's white spray ink.  I love Mr. Huey's because the ink is opaque and provides a fabulous contrast on your layouts, just like in my layout below!  I've had this sweet photo of 2 of our girls in mind to scrap for a long time and this woodgrain paper was the perfect fit!  The photo was taken on the dock of the Fox River in our little town.  My hubby, Brad, works the boat patrol during the summers and our girls I brought him dinner on this particular night.  There's something so calming about being near the water.  Ahhhh.. summer days!

To create my misted background, I used a 6" gold foil doily as my mask and then actually used the same doily right on the layout after I dried it off with a paper towel.  I wanted the wood grain and misting to be very visible on the majority of my layout, so I stuck with smaller elements to frame my 4x4" Instagram picture, such as the several of our Clique Kits exclusive printables & flair, Fancy Pants journaling cards, May Arts Burlap String and the awesome hand punched map paper confetti.  Your layout doesn't necessarily have to be nautical or travel themed in order to incorporate certain elements.  Our girls were just near the water and I felt these elements still worked very well.  I also used the May Arts Natural Burlap String to create a little circle of rope at the bottom right of my layout.  This was symbolic of the boat's rope that Brad used to tie the boat to the dock.  I also used the burlap string to tie around my title journaling card for some added texture.

There are some close ups of my layout.   You can see several of the little exclusive printables peaking out from behind my photo and the gold foil doily.  I printed my printables out onto glossy photo paper, which turned out fabulous!!  I used an aqua colored fine point Sharpie marker to write my journaling right onto my exclusive printable tag. Try printing out your Clique Kits printables onto a variety of paper types such as vellum (like Erica did in THIS POST), cardstock, photo paper, linen paper, and more!!  We'd love to hear about something you printed yours out on, so please feel free to share!

Here's a much closer look at my gold foil doily masking element and the misting.  I wasn't shy about spraying my paper at all.  I just placed my gold foil doily right onto my paper and gave my Mr. Huey's a good push down onto the spray nozzle!!  I think the key to utilizing any mask is to let the ink dry on the paper for a few minutes before you actually move your mask off of your project.  After I let mine dry, I carefully removed my 6" gold foil doily and dried it with a paper towel.  Then, it became one of my page embellishments! 

Another fun way to create more page elements from the products in your kit is to USE YOUR TOOLS!  Check out the cute pink journaling card that serves as my title below.  I used a Martha Stewart heart punch along the bottom, then added that heart to the other side of my photo, holding the 'rope'.  That fun negative heart space was the perfect spot to add another Clique Kit's hand punched anchor shape from map paper. 

It's hard to believe that May is already half over, say it ain't so!!!  Before we know it summer vacation will be upon us along with warmer weather and more sunshine!!  June is the perfect time to join our Clique by subscribing to our monthly kits!!  We have opened up additional subscriptions for June and we have one with YOUR name it!  Just go here to subscribe today!! SUBSCRIBE ME NOW!

Thank you so much for spending your time with me today!  I hope you'll try out some misting on your next scrapbooking project.  Until next time my friends, happy scrappin'!!

~ Jody