Ken Oliver June Challenge Day 3

It's day 3 of our June Challenge, this months theme is 'Vacation', over the next couple of days we will be sharing creations from some of 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.

Today's challenge inspiration is from Jeanne Streiff, using Color Burst and a stamp from the Ken Oliver Covered Bridges Collection.  Let's hit the road for an adventure!

Looking Dapper with Sizzix and Color Burst

Jeanne Streiff has a great card on the Sizzix blog where she combined Color Burst and die cuts to create this rather charming card.  Perfect for Fathers Day coming soon.  You can she her instructions here.

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

Color Burst Card Backgrounds

Jeanne Streiff used Color Burst to create this bright background on her card for her Mini Misti project.  Have you used Color Burst to create backgrounds, share them with us by tagging #kenolivercrafts on social media or email them to sharon@kenoliver.com 

Jeanne has a giveaway on her blog here, you could win a Mini Misti too!

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

Jeanne Streiff

Supplies used:

Liquid Metals - Metallic Rose, Metallic Mandarin

Color Burst - Turquoise, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Burnt Orange, Merlot, Orange, Tangerine

Stick-it

Best Ever Craft Mat

Ken Oliver Crafts Mixed Media Art Board 6 x 6"

Stencil from Stencil Girl

Die from Simon Says Stamps

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Laurel Beard

Supplies used

Stick-it

Color Burst - Fuchsia and Orchid 

 Liquid Metals  -  Metallic Rose and Platinum. 

Watercolor Card Stock

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 Yellow, Sepia, Terre Verte,

Liquid Metals - Metallic Jade, Metallic Saffron

Stick-it

Best Ever Craft Mat

Stitched Water Media Greeting Card

Stamps and dies from Impression Obsession

Color Burst Fox Card using Stick It

Stick It is perfect for many craft uses and in particular for Die Cutting, it gives you precise adhesion with no mess or fuss, apply it to the back of your papers, use your favorite dies and the resulting die cut pieces are ready to use, no drying time and instant adhesion.

Creative Team member Jeanne Streiff had made this fantastic Color Burst Fox card for us today, isn't it cute !

Jeanne Says:

I used Color Burst (Burnt Orange/Sepia combo for the head and tummy and Fuschia/Burnt Orange combo for the ears). 
All of the Color Burst pieces used Stick-it adhesive and then were die cut to paper piece over the die cut card base.

Fox die is from Sizzix (660774 Fox #2)

Creative Team March Challenge - Jeanne Streiff

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.

So first up is Jeanne Streiff, she painted this bright and cheerful Sunflower that certainly has brightened up our day.

Supplies Used

6 x 6" Mixed Media Art Board 

Uppercase Pegz Letterz stamp set

Color Burst - Turquoise, Chartreuse, Lemon Yellow, Tagerine, Terre Verte, Burnt Umber, Burnt Orange, Sepia, Alizarin Crimson

Liquid Metals - Verdi Gris

Other supplies:

Sunflower Stencil (Crafter's Workshop)

Color Burst 'Power' Card

Jeanne Streiff from the Creative Team has created a motivational card on her blog today using Color Burst and a blocking technique technique, 

Jeanne says:

I used Color Burst in a sort of color block fashion by dabbing watercolor paper onto Color Burst that had been misted on the Best Ever Craft Mat. I started on the right (over the embossed phrase) and did that section in Ultramarine Blue. I then added Alizarin Crimson to the top left and Pthalo Green to the bottom left. I like how the colors bled a bit but the finished piece still looked "blocky".

Other supplies used are:

Impression Obsession stamps - F17109 Your Power, G16166 Lg. Parsley Stem

White craft ink, olive dye ink

Embossing powder

Heat Tool

Watercolor paper

Color Burst Card Backgrounds

Winter CHA is over for another year and Creative team member Jeanne Streiff was a very busy lady during the show.  Ken made some watercolor backgrounds using the new Caribbean Brights Color Burst and Jeanne added the finishing touches using the Ken Oliver stamps to create these fabulous cards.

You can read more about these cards on Jeanne's Blog here.

Hometown Collection Christmas Card

Creative Team member Jeanne Streiff has used the Hometown Christmas Collection with Color Burst and the Click it Ink Pads to create this beautiful Christmas Card.  The papers in this collection are perfect for all your holiday crafting, you can check them out here. 

Supplies:

Paper: Hometown Christmas Collection

Color Burst: Alizarin Crimson, Sepia, Terra Verte

Stamps: Hometown Christmas 2

Jeanne says:

It's so fun to use a pretty patterned paper for a card background. The beautiful muted colors in the Hometown Christmas Collection make the perfect backdrop for adding a few finishing touches to make a quick and easy Christmas card.

Color Burst Christmas Cards

Creative Team member Jeanne Streiff has combined the Hometown Christmas Collection with Color Burst to create two very striking Christmas cards that would be joy to display on any mantle this Christmas.

Jeanne says:

Hi! I'm happy to be here today to share a couple quick and easy cards using Color Burst (Alizarin Crimson, Merlot and Lemon Yellow) and Hometown Christmas Collection Set 2 clear stamps.

I sprinkled Color Burst (Alizarin Crimson, Merlot and Lemon Yellow) onto a stencil on watercolor paper and then misted lightly with water. I carefully removed my first paper and then put another piece of watercolor directly onto the stencil. Two different looks with a single Color Burst application. How fun!

Click here for a direct link to my blog post:

Thanks Jeanne for sharing.