Impression Obsession - Neil Walker

Helloooo,


Welcome to a new week here on the blog,
the last week with our bricks and mortar 
shop!  Sad isn't it??
If you are around on Sunday, please pop 
in and see us, I think most of us will be there
for the last day.

Ok, this week we are going to focus on 
Impression Obsession - Cover a Card stamps
click here for details.

 Neil has been playing with 
some of the stamps to make some lovely
 papers for his Mini Album.

Just have a look at this ..... 

These stamps are perfect for creating layered

 background papers. 

Using your stamp almost like a printing plate.

Begin by sliding your ink pad (Orange Blossom)

 over the stamp (this gives you the look of a

 second generation stamped image on your

 first stamp) Lay your card onto the stamp

 and press down to transfer the ink. Repeat

 to get a further print which will be pretty faded.

Ink up the second stamp with the same ink

 (Orange Blossom) and pull a print over

 your second faded print from the first sheet.

Ink up the same image with Watering Can 

ink. Use a piece of paper towel to wipe 

off the ink from the pumpkins and re printer card.

You can see how the grey dulls down the

 background and allows the pumpkins

 to stand out.

Take another piece of white card and pull 

a print of your image in Dandelion. Re ink

 the stamp with Jet Black and re print, moving

 your card slightly off centre to create

 a shadow effect.

Ink up your stamp with Fern Green ink.

Wipe back some of the ink from the stamp

 with paper towel.

Taking the first card you printed, press your 

card onto the stamp as seen. Then press

 the corners of the card onto the stamp

 to fill the corners again.

The end result is a random distressed

 patterned card.

Ink up a strip of the second stamp with

 jet black. Wipe the edges of the stamp 

with paper towel and press your card to transfer.

Stamp the pumpkins in Cobalt. Stamp over 

with the second stamp in Watering Can.

Ink up the edges of the background stamp

 with Fern Green. Fade out the edges 

with paper towel and print.

By experimenting will colour combos

 and layering you will have a pile of 

gorgeous pattered card for you to use, 

you can die cut them, used them as backgrounds

 on cards too, or, like me, you could used

 them as the basis for a mini album giving

 you a co ordinated look to your project.

Lovely papers Neil and perfect for a mini album!

If you fancy having a go, this is what 
Neil used -

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card Stamp
- Ornate Floral
Impression Obsession - Cover a Card Stamp
- Halloween
A4 White Stamping Card
Archival Ink - Watering Can
Archival Ink - Dandelion
Archival Ink - Orange Blossom
Archival Ink - Jet Black
Archival Ink - Fern Green
Archival Ink - Cobalt 

So, tomorrow I'll be back
with a project from Dawn!

See you then,

Jane x