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Do you have some wheels that you would like to use more? Then check out this fast and easy technique for making a fun background. I learned this at a class taught by my SU demo, Shannon Clemens. This is easy to understand if you see it, but hard to describe. Hope this makes sense.
Multi-Layer Wheeling
Supplies to make sample: Quarter-sheet white or vanilla card stock
Standard size wheel, wheel handle, wheel cartridge
(The jumbo wheels are not usually a good choice for this technique.)
1st layer: With your piece of CS, tilt your paper so that you are starting at a corner point, and on the diagonal, wheel evenly across.
2nd layer: Turn CS 90 degrees, and again starting at a corner point and on the diagonal, wheel evenly across. This 2nd layer should cross the 1st as if you were making Xs.
For 3rd and 4th layers, to get a more random pattern, turn the wheel a little each pass before rolling across paper.
3rd layer: Turn CS straight, and starting at the bottom edge and wheeling straight on paper, wheel evenly across.
4th layer: Turn CS 90 degrees, and starting at the bottom edge and wheeling straight on paper, wheel evenly across.
See diagrams attached.
You should have wheeled across the CS in 4 different directions, completely covering the paper. If one of your passes of the wheel is less than perfect, it doesn't matter. With 4 layers, little mistakes usually don't show.
Quite a few of the wheel patterns work well for this technique. The ones that work best have a pattern that fills the width of the wheel, like Love Swirls. Patterns like Paw Prints don't work as well. Play around with the different wheels that you own to see which ones make the best patterns. For my sample attached I used Leaf Prints.
If you are using an ink cartridge, it is fast and easy to make a full 8 1/2" x 11" or even 12" x 12" sheet. Think of the projects you could make from that. Even if you don't have a wheel cartridge for the color you need, you can still do this technique. Just use a quarter-sheet or smaller piece of CS, and for each roll of the wheel, ink it up on an ink pad.
I just had to try this technique right away and found a cool variation. Try using a 2-cell ink cartridge. I used a turquoise/purple cartridge (non SU) that I happened to have with the Leaf Print wheel and it really came out neat. Thanks for the great idea!
Sue
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This looks really cool - I'll have to try it. Some of those wheels just sit around gathering dust for me, and this is the perfect incentive for me to drag them out of storage again, so thanks!!
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Which wheels seems to give you the best affect from doing this.
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Thank you so much. I love the wheels and bg stamps, now my supply has tripled. Thank you also for adding the pictures, that really makes a big difference!
Great new wheel technique
