Color a Card with Cut 'n Color Stamp and Die Sets, Tree of Life

Hey everybody, I hope you're having a great day! I am having an artful day in my workroom, creating shaped cards with my newest die and stamp sets...this set is called Tree of Life.  You can use the stamp and coordinating dies for lots of projects ranging from cards to mixed media art.

These sets are beautiful and intricately detailed.  I designed them especially for coloring.  You can color with Color Burst, watercolors, or your favorite markers.

To get started, I stamped the Tree of Life image on my Water Media Paper from Canvas Corp. with Archival Ink.  You'll want to use a permanent ink that it waterproof and won't run when you color over it.

 



 Then, I colored using my newest Color Burst colors, Rich Moroccan Shades.  The color palette is beautiful and includes Cadmium Scarlet, Cerulean Blue, Gamboge, Olive Green, Burnt Umber and Lamp Black.  And, I colored with a watercolor brush and water. 

 

When I'd finished coloring, I cut a shaped card from my Water Media Paper and cut out the colored image with the die set. Before I cut the die, I applied Stick It adhesive to the back side of the Water Media Paper...it really makes gluing intricate die cuts very easy. 

I made a couple examples for you to see...one with a background of Cerulean Blue, and one with a background of Gamboge.

If you'd like to see how I made these cards, please watch this Facebook Live broadcast from my Facebook page Ken Oliver Crafts. And, make sure to LIKE my page.  

The stamps and dies are brand new and will ship next week, so make sure to ask your local retailer to pre-order them for you.  You will love coloring and cutting these dies! 

 Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day! 

Ken

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

Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge Day 8

Welcome to day 8 of the May Challenge, we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  

The theme this month is 'May Flowers' and the to make it a 'light' challenge they could use any Ken Oliver Craft products alongside products from ANY other manufacturer

Now it's your turn to get in on the fun!
 Facebook or Instagram with the tag #kenolivermaychallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is June 3rd. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on June 6th.

Today we have a project from our team leader

Sharon Callis

Supplies

Ken Oliver Water Media Paper

Ken Oliver Liquid Metals

Ken Oliver Color Burst

Ken Oliver Cut'n'Color Butterfly Daisy Mandala and Daisy Stamps

Xyron Creative Station Lite

Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge Day 6

Welcome to day 6 of the May Challenge, we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  

The theme this month is 'May Flowers' and the to make it a 'light' challenge they could use any Ken Oliver Craft products alongside products from ANY other manufacturer

Now it's your turn to get in on the fun!
 Facebook or Instagram with the tag #kenolivermaychallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is June 3rd. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on June 6th.

Today we have a project from

Jeanne Streiff

Supplies: 

Cut 'n Color - Poppy Flower Stamp

Cut 'n Color - Poppy Flower Die

Color Burst: Lemon Yellow, Aquamarine Blue, Lime, Terre Verte, Alizarin Crimson, Tangerine, Merlot

Stick-it

Best Ever Craft Mat

5 x 7” Ken Oliver Crafts/Canvas Corp Water Media paper

Ken Oliver Craft May Challenge Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of the May Challenge, we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  

The theme this month is 'May Flowers' and the to make it a 'light' challenge they could use any Ken Oliver Craft products alongside products from ANY other manufacturer

Now it's your turn to get in on the fun!
 Facebook or Instagram with the tag #kenolivermaychallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is June 3rd. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on June 6th.

Today we have a project from

Dunja Ducker

Supplies:

Color Burst : Lime Green, Tangerine, Fuchsia, Alizarin Crimson, Indigo
Liquid Metals:  Platinum, Amethyst
Butterfly Daisy Mandala DieButterfly Daisy Mandala Stamps
Mixed Media Paper KN04502
Best Ever Craftmat

Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of the May Challenge, we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  

The theme this month is 'May Flowers' and the to make it a 'light' challenge they could use any Ken Oliver Craft products alongside products from ANY other manufacturer

Now it's your turn to get in on the fun!
 Facebook or Instagram with the tag #kenolivermaychallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is June 3rd. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on June 6th.

Today we have a project from

Giovana Smith

Supplies:

Color Burst: Fuchsia, Turquoise, Lime Green, Alizarin Crimson.
Liquid Metals: Metallic Sky and Metallic Mandarin.
Stamp: Poppy Mandala.
6" x 6" Mixed Media Art Board.

Ken Oliver Crafts May Challenge Day 1

It's challenge time !!!

Starting today we will be sharing projects by our Creative Team for their monthly challenge.  

The theme this month is 'May Flowers' and the to make it a 'light' challenge they could use any Ken Oliver Craft products alongside products from ANY other manufacturer

Now it's your turn to get in on the fun!
 Facebook or Instagram with the tag #kenolivermaychallenge or email your submissions to sharon@kenolivercrafts.com.  You could win some Color Burst for your stash.  

The deadline for submissions is June 3rd. Winners will be announced her on the blog and Facebook on June 6th.

To start us off today we have a project from

Diana Hetherington

Diana created awesome bunting using the Ken Oliver Butterfly Mandala dies and stamps with Color Burst

Supplies:

Ken Oliver Water Media banner kit

Butterfly and Daisy stamp & die

Butterfly and Daisy mandala stamp & die

color burst 

click it ink pad - black

Emerald Creek clear embossing powder

DecoArt modeling paste

DecoArt gesso - black

TCW stencil (for the lettering)

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Cut'n'Color Poppy Flowers Card

Giovana Smith has a great card and tutorial to share with us, recently the Creative Team got to create with the new range Ken Oliver range of Cut'n'Color dies and stamps.

 Here's Giovana to tell you more:

Hello friends!! Giovana here today showing you one of the new Cut' n Color Stamp and dies from Ken Oliver Crafts! The set I used today is Poppy Flower Stamp and Poppy Flower Die.

Working with them was super easy!! Here are the picture details:

Stamp the Poppy flower image on a piece of Water Media Paper, then die-cut the image.

Start coloring the image, starting with the flower in Color Burst Fuchsia, while this gets air dry, color the leaves with Lime Green and Terra Verte, then add Lemon Yellow to the flowers.

 Cover the edges of a Kraft Water Media card, using a stencil add Lemon Yellow Color Burst and spray water.

 After background is dried, stamp sentiment in Crimson Click It Ink pad.

 Add flower to card, add pearls and little drops of Yellow Gold Liquid Metals. Set aside to dry.

And this is the look of the finished card.

Butterfly Daisy Mandala Wall Decor

Creative Team Member Yvonne Blair has used the Butterfly Daisy Mandala Cut'n'Color Stamp and Die to create this gorgeous wall decor piece.  We love how she cut out the Butterfly elements to create embellishments.

Supplies Used:

Fuchsia Color Burst

Lemon Yellow Color Burst

Terre Verde Color Burst

Sky Blue Liquid Metals

Yellow Gold Liquid Metals

Butterly Daisy Stamp and Die Mandala 

Stick-it adhesive

Tool it all

Stamp-Impression Obsession

Water Spritzer

Foam Dimensional Tape

Glitter

Seam Binding

Paint Brush

Heat tool

Cut'n'Color Daisy Card

Laurel Beard from the Creative Team has been creating with the new Ken Oliver Cut'n'Color products. By using a combination of Color Burst and Heat Embossing she has made this bright and inspiring card.

Supplies:

Liquid Metals:  Metallic Rose, Metallic Jade, Metallic Amethyst, Metallic Saffron

Butterfly Daisy Mandala stamp and die

Laurel says:

I had a great time playing with the new Cut N’ Color products! I have to say I was absolutely impressed with this line. I tried it out for the first time LIVE via Periscope and was blown away at how intricate the dies are! Look at how they got out all the detail of this image! It was an unexpected surprise! I heat embossed the stamped image first and then water colored it with colors from the Liquid Metals line and look at all that shine!!!!! I popped up the die cut image on a card base that I scored with my scoreboard and adhered a sentiment and done! The image takes center stage here!!!!!

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:

Ken Oliver Cut'n'Color Poppy Mandala Stamp

Ken Oliver Cut'n'Color Poppy Mandala Die

Color Burst

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.