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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Mixed Media Canvas with Color Burst and Scrapmatts

We love seeing projects that the Creative Team make for other Design Teams, especially when they incorporate Color Burst and are as stunning as this.  Dunja Ducker created this canvas as part of the Scrapmatts Design Team and you can find the supplies details and instructions here.


Don't forget there is still time to submit your projects for the Ken Oliver April Challenge. Full details here. Email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com or share them on social media with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge. You could win some Color Burst for your stash.









Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Color Burst Mixed Media Canvas


Dunja Ducker from the creative team wow's us today with this gorgeous canvas.  Using the reverse of a canvas is a great idea for a mixed media project.  So many different textures and elements combined, amazing !.

Don't forget there is still time to submit your projects for the Ken Oliver April Challenge. Full details here. Email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com or share them on social media with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.



Supplies:



Sunday, April 24, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 7

It's the final day of the April Challenge.  Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback so far, we cannot wait to see your submissions, so just to remind you here are the details:

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts. (If you haven't got all the supplies above don't worry you can still enter as long as there is Color Burst in the project)

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational project is from 
Tracy Pounds


Supplies used:

Re-purposed frame with glass
Dry erase marker

Thank you for following the teams posts all this week, we cannot wait to see your submissions.

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 6

It's day 6 of the April Challenge.  Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback so far, we cannot wait to see your submissions, so just to remind you here are the details:

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts. (If you haven't got all the supplies above don't worry you can still enter as long as there is Color Burst in the project)

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational projects are from 
Krista Riley and Dunja Ducker

Krista Riley

Supplies Used:

Paper Flowers
Adhesive Gems

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Dunja Ducker

Supplies Used:

Stick It Adhesive
Color Burst - Lemon Yellow, Terre Verte, Ultramarine Blue, Indigo Blue
Liquid Metals - Metallic Jade, Yellow Gold, Verdi Gris





Friday, April 22, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 5

It's day 5 of the April Challenge.  Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback so far, we cannot wait to see your submissions, so just to remind you here are the details:

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts. (If you haven't got all the supplies above don't worry you can still enter as long as there is Color Burst in the project)

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational projects is from 
Sharon Callis 


Supplies Used:

Color Burst - Caribbean Brights and Earth Tones Collection
Liquid Metals - Precious Alloys and Heavy Metals
DCWV 'Birds & Butterlies' Color and Create page.
Silhouette Studio Collection Die Cut
IKEA Large Frame

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 4

It's day 4 on the blog of the April Challenge.  Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback so far, we cannot wait to see your submissions, so just to remind you here are the details:

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts. (If you haven't got all the supplies above don't worry you can still enter as long as there is Color Burst in the project)

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational projects are from 
Buffy St John and Giovana Smith



Products Used: 

Color Burst - Tangerine, Fuchsia, Turquoise, Orchid, 
Liquid Metals -  Amethyst
Water Media Paper - 5x7" 11x17" 
Click It - Lamp Black 
Stamp - Impression Obsession
Taylored Expressions - Shade Tree

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Supplies Used:

Color Burst -  Pthalo Green, Terra Verte, Fuchsia, Orchid, Yellow Ochre, Merlot.

Liquid Metals -  Saffron, Rose, Amethyts, Yellow GoldWater Media Paper
Stick It.
Baby Die : Sugar Pea Designs.
Banner and leaves die: Crafter's Companion.
Flower die: Heartfelt Creations
Picture frame.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 3

It's day 3 on the blog of the April Challenge.  Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback so far, we cannot wait to see your submissions, so just to remind you here are the details:

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts. (If you haven't got all the supplies above don't worry you can still enter as long as there is Color Burst in the project)

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational projects are from Yvonne Blair and Nikki Davis



Supplies used:


Color Burst - Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Turquoise 
Liquid Metal- Sky Blue


Dies-Impression Obsession 
Number die-DIE282-T
Alphabet typewriter- DIE159-M
Doilies-Wilton

Frame recycled from Goodwill.

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Color Burst: Sepia, Turquoise, Ultramarine Blue, and Terre Verde (black was made by mixing other colors)
Liquid Metal: Metallic Sky, Copper and Pewter
Ken Oliver Crafts Tool-It-All tool
in'spire by Spellbinders Anchors Away die
Black colored pencil
Sea shells from our Spring Break 2016 Florida trip

 


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 2

It's day 2 on the blog of the April Challenge blog.

 The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts.

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

Today's inspirational projects are from Kimberly Jones and Diana Hetherington



Supplies used:

Color Burst Tea Lights

Color Burst: Turquoise, Ultramarine Blue, Chartreuse, Pthalo Green, Lime Green, Tangerine, Chartreuse, Fuchsia

Liquid Metals: Platinum ,Pewter, Verdi Gris, Yellow Gold, Copper, Iron Oxide


There's No Place Like Home Clear Stamps from Impression Obsession

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Supplies used:

The Crafters Workshop Stencil
Stampers Anonymous Classics #4
Ranger clear and opaque texture paste




Monday, April 18, 2016

Creative Team April Challenge - Day 1

All this week on the blog we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  The theme this month is 'Family' and the challenge was to create using three Color Burst colors, one metallic color, Stick it, any stamp and die cuts.

This month we will be opening up the challenge to you. Create a project following the brief above and share it on Facebook with the tag #kenoliveraprilchallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is April 29th. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on May 1st.

To start us off today we have projects from Jeanne Streiff and Laurel Beard




Supplies used:

Liquid Metals - Metallic Rose, Metallic Mandarin
Color Burst - Turquoise, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Burnt Orange, Merlot, Orange, Tangerine

Stencil from Stencil Girl
Die from Simon Says Stamps

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Supplies used

Color Burst - Fuchsia and Orchid 
 Liquid Metals  -  Metallic Rose and Platinum




Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Color Burst Coaster

Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team made this great coaster using the Color Burst Liquid Metals and the Butterfly Stamp from the Ken Oliver Studio Collection.  These would be a great gift idea and a way of adding your art to your home decor.



Diana says:

Diana here to show you a coaster that I created using liquid metals and a heat tool in a few easy steps!!

To create this piece this piece you just need to start out with a piece of Ken’s Water Media paper,drip some Liquid Metals onto the paper and then using your heat tool spread the liquid metals around.

Repeat this process by adding more liquid metals until you are happy with the background. 

Stamp and cut out the butterflies from the Ken Oliver Studio collection line, gluing them and some chitchat stickers to the paper.

Cut the finished piece into a circle and mount onto a cork coaster.

Allow to dry fully before applying a top coat of Ice Resin and viola!! a totally usable piece of art!!!

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Color Burst Magic Tag

Yvonne Blair has used her Color Burst and Liquid Metals with the new range of Ken Oliver Water Media Papers available through Canvas Corp.  We love the sentiment and the use of the stamped and cut butterflies as embellishment.

You can check out more on Yvonne's blog here.

If you have created any projects using the Ken Oliver range of products why not tag us on social media, we would love to see your work.




Supplies





Seam Binding (white)

Stamps Impression Obsession (Yvonne Blair Designs)

Mini Shipping Tags.



Saturday, April 9, 2016

Birthday Greetings

Creative Team member Jeanne Streiff has created a beautiful watercolor card, the base card is from the Ken Oliver range of Stitched Water Media Greetings cards.  

Jeanne has a tutorial over on her blog here.




Supplies

Color Burst - Lemon YellowSepiaTerre Verte,

Stamps and dies from Impression Obsession

Friday, April 8, 2016

Birthday Wishes with Watercolor Floral's 6x6 Papers

Are you looking for a unique Birthday gift idea, today Buffy St'John from the Creative team has the perfect solution using the Ken Oliver Watercolor Florals 6x6 papers.


Buffy says:

Hi Everybody! 

Buffy here with you again today and I have created a super cute birthday “booklet” for a dear friend whose birthday is coming soon.

I wanted this little booklet to be quick and easy, colorful, whimsical and fun.

I decided to use Ken’s Watercolor Florals 6x6 Collection

These papers are so beautiful and there are 4 each of 6 designs!


What is SO cool about this collection is that each image has a vibrant image and the other side is the pastel … of the same image!!!!!!!!!

The booklet has 6 pockets and 6 tags … these papers are perfect!



I stamped affirmative messages on each tag …

And personalize each one before I present it to my friend.

I also plan to put a couple of gift cards in the pockets

For an added surprise.


Wouldn’t these be great for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day?

I hope you enjoyed this little project

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials used:




White card stock

Faber Castell – Pitt Pen Artist Brush Black

Scor Tape

Sizzix Bigz XL Die – Pocket and Mini Album