Day One Stencil Girl and Ken Oliver Crafts Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to day one of a blog event that I know you are going to love...the Style Contributors for Ken Oliver Crafts and I have teamed up with the design team of Stencil Girl Products to bring you some of the most amazingly inspiring art all created with products from Stencil Girl and Ken Oliver Crafts!  

Our blog event is March 23rd through March 27th...so, check back with us every day this week!  You'll have the chance to win some incredible prizes from Stencil Girl and Ken Oliver Crafts. 

I'm first up on the hop this week and I can't to show you what I've made with Color Burst and 1 stencil from Stencil Girl. 

I've created a dramatic wall decor piece that will look great in almost any room!  And it's created

with

Color Burst from Ken Oliver Crafts

 and

 Celestial Grove Stencil

from Stencil Girl Products

This is how easy it is...cut a piece of heavy weight water color paper to 11"x11", I used Strathmore 140lb cold pressed paper

I chose a warm color palette, Alizarin Crimson, Orange and Lemon Yellow.   If you haven't used Color Burst before, you're going to be in for a treat!  Color Burst is ultra fine paint pigment in powder form.  It's really fun to use because it's in a fine tip applicator bottle that makes the basic application as easy as spritz (with water) and sprinkle!  Then, I sprinkled Color Burst on the surface of the paper...a little goes a long way...

then spritz with water.

Immediately you'll see color burst all over the paper!  It's not just an art medium...it's an experience to watch the color develop as it interacts with water! 

 You can spritz a little more water to help blend in the color...and you can use a heat tool to dry the paper. 

You can achieve some really intensely colored backgrounds just by simply spritzing and sprinkling!  Make sure to use a heat tool to dry the paper in between layers of color.  As I started to build up my layers of color...I added some ultramarine blue and violet to really get those colors going.

When I got my layers of color how I wanted them, I mottled the background by adding big drops of water to the surface of the paper to "lift out" pigment.  Drip water onto the painted paper, then lightly blot off the water to reveal the mottled pattern you'll get from removing pigment. I even let a few drips run down the page.

Then to finish the composition, I stenciled the Celestial Grove stencil onto the paper by laying the stencil on the surface of the paper, then sprinkling Color Burst over the stencil, then lightly misting the stencil with clean water.  When you remove the stencil, you will be amazed! 

 To give this piece a finished look, I inked the edges of the watercolor paper with a Burnt Orange Click It Ink Pad. Inked edges look great.  

 The next step is really easy too...

Paint a 12"x12" artist's board with black acrylic paint and let dry, 

Lightly sand the edges of the painted artist's board with a sanding block, 

then affix the piece of watercolor paper to the artist's board by applying a thin coat of Mod Podge to the backside of the watercolor paper and placing it on the board.  Let it dry, and just like that, you've created a beautiful gallery style watercolor wall decor piece that will look great in any room! 

I was so excited about our blog event that I created a couple of cards with another stencil...

Pressed Leaves. 

I used the same techniques, sprinkle and spritzing with a stencil them affixed the stenciled water color paper to a piece of coordinating cardstock and then glued it to a 6"x6"  white card base.  

I love the simplicity of these cards, they are very elegant and very artful.  

Make sure to visit the other blogs on the hop today...I think you're going to love what you see! 

Stencil Girl Talk

Heidi Blankenship

Mary C. Nasser  

Carolyn Dube

Thank you for visiting our blogs today and I hope that you'll be inspired to create something wonderful with Stencil Girl Products and Ken Oliver Crafts! We have a crafty haul of prizes from Ken Oliver up for grabs, just leave a comment below and you'll be eligible to win!

Winners will be randomly selected from our blogs, just leave a comment to become eligible for a prize. It's easy!

We'll list the daily winners in the comments sections of our respective blogs so watch for the winners names.  

Here's what we're giving away!

12 Daily Prizes - 1 Pack Ken Oliver Crafts 6x6 Papers(24 pieces).

2 Grand Prizes on Friday- 1 Complete Set of Color Burst (6 Colors); 1 Complete Set of Click It Ink Pads (6 Colors); 1 Set Pegz Alphabet Stamp Set;

Leave a comment on each StencilGirl Talk post and the team members posts to be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from Stencil Girl!

Join us every day this week, you can enter every day...

Thank you again and

GOOD LUCK!

March 31,2015

Our contest is closed. 

The winners from day one are:

Heather G

Mandy Lewis

Linda Bagley

Tommy McDowell

Anita Houston

Kim S

If you see your name here, please email me at knoliver62@gmail.com with your mailing address and I'll have your prize sent out to you ASAP.

Thank you again!