Ken Oliver June Challenge

It's Challenge time again, this months theme is 'Vacation', over the next few days we will be sharing creations from the Creative Team 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.

To start our June Challenge inspirations we have a Canvas by Diana Hetherington, this mesmerizing canvas is an ode to long summer nights.  Diana used Color Burst in various colors along with the Liquid Metals Copper, Jade and Rose with Texture paste.

Color Burst Time

How quick and easy is it to up cycle a clock?.  Diana Hetherington shows us how quick on her blog today.  She used Color Burst and the new Cut'n'Color Butterfly Mandala.

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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Meditation Room Canvas

Creative Team member Diana Hetherington shares with us today the final installment in her series of canvas panels for her meditation room. By using Gesso, Color Burst and a heat tool she has created these soothing backgrounds.  You can see more on this project and how all three look hung together here on her blog.

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

Kimberly Jones

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

Stick It

Water Media Paper

Lamp Black Ink Pad

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

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Diana Hetherington

Supplies used:

Color Burst

Liquid Metals

Stick It

The Crafters Workshop Stencil

Stampers Anonymous Classics #4

Ranger clear and opaque texture paste

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!!!

The Seven Chakra's, Meditation Room Decor with Color Burst

Creative Team member Diana Hetherington has created another project for her Meditation Room, it represents the Seven Chakra's, here is Diana to tell you more...

Diana says:

I am here to share with you a very quick and easy banner to create for any occasion! I have made mine to hang in my new room downstairs ... if it ever gets finished!!!

so to begin my project I decided to use the ATC cards as i absolutely love the weight of them when creating with color burst! I painted on the colour that corresponds to the chakras. I then cut out 7 circles from the ATC cards.

As I had already printed out the 7 chakra symbols I wanted to be sure that they would stick to the circles I used Stick it.  I just pressed the symbol onto the sheet and cut out and then pressed into the centre of my circles. it was so easy and no glue stuck to my fingers!! loved it!!

I then traced around each after they were stuck with a black udi pen.

I then used my liquid metals and applying using a paint brush to the cardboard. Once dry I sewed the edges as well as strung them together, here you have it.. I plan on using this as a sign to 'do not disturb' when I am downstairs meditating!!

Creative Team March Challenge - Diana Hetherington

The Creative Team were challenged this month to create projects under the Floral/Spring Team and we are sharing their fabulously creative uses for Ken Oliver products. The brief for this month was to create a project that was not a card, tag or Journal !, tricky but the team as always knocked it out of the park.

Diana Hetherington created this calming canvas, we are all in the mood for meditation looking at this.

Supplies Used

Liquid Metals

Color Burst

12 x 12 Wooden Canvas

Altered Spray Bottle using Studio Collection papers

Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team has taken her spray bottle that she uses with her Color Burst and gave it the wow factor !.  Have you upcycled using Ken Oliver papers and products?,  Post your projects on social media and tag #kenolivercrafts, we would love to see them and who knows we may even feature you on the blog :)

Diana says:

So I have had some creative envy of the size of Ken’s spray bottles but wanted one specially for me. 

so what did I do.. well I took some of my left over bits of Studio Collection paper and decorated my  own!!!!

I hope you stop by and check it out!!!

 http://missusgmoments.com/recycled-spray-bottle/ ‎

Soul Protection Canvas made with Color Burst

Hello everyone.
 Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team has astounded us this week with another project using Color Burst powders.

 She added in some clear gesso to the mix as a base and things sort of went crazy from there!!

It went from this:

to this in a few random easy steps using an array of color burst, a bit of deco art paint and some liquid nails!

To see the process please hop over to her  blog here for all the details.

Color Burst Card Backgrounds

Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team created backgrounds using Color Burst for her cards.  Color Burst works great with stencils and the color combinations are endless.

Diana says:

Hi everyone!!  today I wanted to share with you a few quick and easy cards I created using one sheet of watercolor paper to create the card fronts!.  Now I am not a card maker but I am always searching for one so thought I might get ahead of the game this year the steps are pretty easy…. lay a stencil, sprinkle, mist, dry, cut, add ink and glue!!!!

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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.

Canvas Art with Color Burst

Diana Hetherington from the Creative Team has made this stunning canvas using 12 Color Burst Colors !. You can read all about the techniques used on her blog.  

Diana says:

Hello everyone! I am here today to share with you another canvas I have created as part of my 'Heart' series.  I have used 12 colors from the current color burst range and applied them using my favorite technique of just puffing and allowing the whole process to be a life of it’s own.

There was a lot of drying time between each colour and I also used a paint brush to add bits of color in the spots that my water flicking took out.

For more information about the process please visit my blog here.

See and buy the range of Color Burst product here.

Color Burst Meditation Plaque

Today Creative Team member Diana Hetherington has created a stunning mixed media project on one of the Ken Oliver Photo Mats and Color Burst.

  

Diana says:

Hello everyone! today I am here to share with you my very first posting as part of the Ken Oliver Creative Team. I am so thrilled to be a part of this wonderful new adventure and I have so enjoyed seeing so far what my fellow design team members have created for you!!

For my project I wanted to create something directly from my heart, (as I most always do) and I wanted it to be a piece for me to concentrate on during my daily practice of meditation. So because I was using it for that purpose I knew it had to have a special meaning to me/special quote. 

I started off using one of Ken's Mixed Media Photo Mats; and let me tell you I sure put it to the test!!! you can believe me when I tell you it can take a load of water before it even thinks about warping, as you will see in my step outs on my site how I started sure isn’t how it ended. That to me is my favourite thing about creating!!! 

and here is my direct link:  http://missusgmoments.com/peaceful-moments/

Thank You Diana for sharing today.