Circles - Neil Walker

Good Morning,

How are we all?

My computer has decided to die on me

and I'm finishing

this post from my iPad so I apologise

now if this text is different from the rest of 

the post.  I bought myself an Apple MacBook

a little while ago but have not quite

mastered the differences between Windows

and Apple when writing these posts.

The actual text is not so bad but the 

resizing photos is giving me some problems! 

I hate change!! Still might have to get on with 

it now!

So this week we gave the DT the word 

Circles

this was because on 5th March 1963, the Hula 

Hoop received its patent after being 

invented in 1958!  Bet you didn't know that! 

Neil will start us off......

Rather than a finished project this week I

 thought I'd share a way of making a pretty

 cool background paper. I've done this in

 my journal though I think it would be pretty

 good as a card background paper.

Use the mask and Distress ink to begin to add a

 random set of circles to your page.

Repeat with another couple of colours. Use

 the corner section of the mask to add detail

 to the corners.

Ink up the Cover a card stamp with the

 same colours Distress ink and add random

 stamping to the page. Keep the stamp off a block

 and just press parts of it onto the page.

Cover the whole page with a lighter colour

 Distress Ink and begin to add more stamped

 images using the Seth Apter stamps.

 (I love these!) in Archival ink.

Layer upon layer of circle goodness.....

Use the Tim Holtz masks and Ground Expresso 

ink to fill in any gaps and add more detail.

Edge the page in Ground Expresso and you

 are finished. I've done this page in my Journal

 but I think it would make a cool background

 paper for cards too. I may just have to wander

 down to the studio again and try a couple of

 different colour combinations for cards.......

Neil used -

Tando Masks - Neil Walker - Frame 1

Distress Ink - - Fossilized Amber

Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch

Distress Ink - Mermaid Lagoon

Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Tim Holtz - Layered Stencil - Bubble

Tim Holtz - Layered Stencil - Speckles

Impression Obsession - Cover a Card -

Swirls and Stars

Seth Aptor Stamp Set - Ink Spots

Seth Aptor Stamp Set -Solar System