The idea for this years circular came from a discussion with our Lodge Secretary on the Grand Lodge Certificate.  The discussion centred around the change to the certificate over recent years, the addition of  small amount of colour being one of those changes.

But what if we where to make a more radical change to the certificate?  What if we where to produce a full colour version?

With Christmas approaching I decided to experiment and attempt to colour a portion of the certificate and use that for the front of the December circular.  

Many time when I've produced a circular I'm asked how I achieved the result. Each year the answer is different so for this years circular the following pages describes how it was produced...