Ken Oliver June Challenge Day 6

It's day 6 of sharing projects from the team on our June Challenge. This months theme is 'Vacation' and you have a chance to join in too and win a pack of Ken Oliver Color Burst.

To participate create a 'Vacation' themed project using Ken Oliver products along with any other products and mediums you choose.  To submit you can either email your entry to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com, post to Facebook and tag #kenoliverjunechallenge or add your link to the project in the comments at the bottom of this post.  Deadline for Submissions is July 12th.

(p.s. we are working towards introducing an inlinkz option to future challenges, thank you for your feedback.)

Hey did you know that we are having a Creative Team Call?.

We are looking for Team Members who can work in all mediums, be

adaptable, relish a challenge, understand color and can work in a team environment to meet our various creative needs, deadlines &

requirements.

Full details on how to apply can be found here.


Today's Challenge inspiration comes from Dunja Ducker, how beautiful are these flip flops !, made using color burst, the Mandala Stamps and water media paper.

Supplies:

Color Burst – Turquoise

Color Burst – Lime Green

Color Burst – Lemon Yellow

Color Burst – Ultramarine Blue

PEGZ Clickable Alphabet

Best Ever Craft Mat

Water Media Paper

Poppy Mandala Stamp

Spread Love with Color Burst

Giovana Smith is back today with another great card made using Color Burst and the Water Media Paper.

Here Giovana explains how she created this great card.

I started stamping the little heart on a piece of Water Media Paper in Versamark ink and added White embossing powder, then I color the background with Alizarin Crimson and the heart with Fuchsia Color Burst. Then I took a Water Media Bookmark and added Metallic Sky, Yellow Gold and Iron Oxide Liquid Metals, set aside to dry and then stamped the sentiment in Walnut Ink.

'Grace' Card using Color Burst

Creative Team Member Giovana Smith shares with us a card she made using new stamps from Latina Crafter and Color Burst and Liquid Metals. 

Here Giovana gives us the instructions

Grace Card

I started stamping the flower on a piece of paper, cut it out and used it for masking. Then I stamped the flower several times on a piece of Water Media Paper in Versamark Ink and added White Embossing powder, I did the same with the leaves. I colored the flowers with Ultramarine Blue and the leaves with Terra Verte Color Burst , the outside areas was colored with Indigo Color Burst.

I stamped the sentiment and the little butterfly with Turquoise Click It Ink Pad. 

I added a scallop border, twine and rhinestones, finally added the panel to a Ivory card base. 

Cardmaking with Liquid Metals

Buffy St John from the creative team has had a preview of the new range of Liquid Metals and Caribbean Color Burst that will be available to buy soon, today she has created a 'Hello' card.  

Buffy Says:

Hi Everybody!

Buffy here with you today to share a sweet and simple "Hello" card.

I had a blast playing with the new Caribbean and Liquid Metals Color Burst sets!

The new Caribbean colors are even more bright, beautiful and oh so transparent!

Here are the Color Burst colors that I used

(I have listed them in their color family as well as in the order I used them, Liquid Metals will be available soon)

Alizarin Crimson, Merlot, Tangerine (believe it or not!), Metallic Rose (Liquid Metals), Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Sepia, Yellow Gold (Liquid Metals), Metallic Saffron (Liquid Metals), Chartreuse, Sepia, Metallic Jade (Liquid Metals)

I first stamped the image with StazOn (Black) and then went into the image with clear water.

Here are the other supplies that I have used

Click It Black Ink

PEGz Uppercase

Stamp – Penny Black “Divine”

Pitt Artist Pen Black – Faber Castell

Micron 08 Black Archival Ink

Ranger 118# Watercolor paper

Thank you for joining me today!

Cherished Moments with the Hometown Collection

Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team has created this great great layout using the Hometown Collection, PegZ Stamps and of course the indispensable Click It Ink Pads.

Diana says:

A little, let’s get back to my roots, kind of posting to share with you all today!

now don’t get me wrong, Color Burst and all things inky will be back on my agenda in the very near future, but how could I not resist playing with Ken’s Hometown Cottage Collection!

Every little piece was inked with the Click It ink pads in Lamp Black (love how they are flexible to go around anything!) and then glued and or sewn to my page.

You can see more on my blog here.

Personalized Teachers Gift

Creative Team Coordinator Krista Riley has created a beautiful personalized teacher's gift over on her blog today.  It's a perfect Christmas gift too.

Krista says:

Need an idea for a teacher's gift? Using Ken Oliver Crafts Pegz Stamps I was able to personalize a super cute notepad and cover. I just love custom and personalized gifts. Check it out here!

Also in this project, get a closer look at the amazing Ken Oliver Crafts and Zutter Tool-it-All. It is a must have tool for any die cutter!

I hope this inspires you to go out and create one of a kind gifts for everyone on your list!

'Hometown Christmas' Inspired Card Collection

Creative Team member Giovana Smith shares with us today a set of magical and charming Christmas Cards using the Hometown Christmas Collection.  

Giovana says:

Hello friends, Giovana here with a brand new set of Christmas cards. I think choosing one design and mass producing it makes it a lot easier when it comes to batch making your cards, especially at this time of the year when you don't have much time. 

For this set I have chosen my favorite papers and ink from the Ken Oliver Crafts range and I promise you, they are super easy to create! 

One of the pages that I have used is from the Hometown Christmas collection, this page has 6 small images (2" x 3" each), so first I cut them all out, then I matted them all with black card stock. Next I added die-cut frames in gold, silver and red to really help pop the images. For extra effect I added shaved ice to the bottom of each image to give them all little bit of bling. 

I then stamped the sentiment from the Hometown Christmas Set 1  clear Stamps using the Lamp Black 'Click It' Ink Pad.

As a final touch I added a piece of 'Stick It' to the back of the patterned paper (the one with the musical sheet) and cut six .5" strips and added one to the bottom of each card. 

And that's it! 

Hope you like them!

Day Two Stencil Girl and Ken Oliver Crafts Blog Hop

Hi, welcome to day two of a blog event with Stencil Girl Products and Ken Oliver Crafts! 

The Creative Team from Stencil Girls and the Style Contributors from Ken Oliver Crafts are teaming up to bring you lots of inspiration and ideas this week!  We're using stencils, Color Burst and Click It Ink Pads to create beautiful works of art that will get your creative wheels in motion! 

 You won't believe everything you can do!  

These feather stencils are just some examples of what you can do...these are from a recent workshop where we were just practicing stenciling techniques! 

Today, Debbie and Gwen are sharing projects on their blogs...the links to their blogs are below, so stop by to see how they've used Color Burst and Stencil Girl Stencils together!   And make sure to leave a comment...we have prizes to give away! 

Debbie Seyer

Gwen Lafleur 

And make sure to visit the Stencil Girl Talk Blog too...you can enter to be eligible for a Stencil Girl Prize Package!  

Color Burst is so versatile...you can even create watercolor paintings with it...I started this tulip painting last week.  I am just amazed every time I use Color Burst!

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 Crafts up for grabs, just leave a comment below and on the blogs you visit, 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 two are:

Denise Spillane

J Salvato

Jane Luxem

Shari Czerwinski

Julie Steed

Caroline D.

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!