Ken Oliver June Challenge Day 2

It's day 2 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.

So back to the challenge and todays inspiration comes from Giovana Smith, Giovana would love to travel to Italy for her vacation and enjoy an alfresco coffee.

Supplies

Color Burst:
Pthalo Green, Yellow Ochre, Sepia, Merlot, Indigo, Tangerine

Liquid Metals:
Pewter, Copper

Ken Oliver Water Media Paper 5 x 7
Stamped image from Crafter's Companion

MDF Home Decor using Color Burst

Dunja Ducker from the Creative Team has made this decorated MDF Board home decor project, she mixed Color Burst with stamping and fibres.

Hey have you heard we are having a Creative Team Call?.  It is open to world wide submissions and you can get the full details here on how to submit.

Supplies:

Color Burst – Merlot

Color Burst - Alizarin Crimson

Color Burst – Lemon Yellow

Color Burst – Orange

Color Burst – Violet

Liquid Metals – Metallic Jade

Liquid Metals – Verde Gris

Liquid Metals – Yellow Gold

Best Ever Craft Mat

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

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:

Color Burst

Turquoise, Ultramarin Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Fuchsia, Tangerine

Liquid Metals 

Mandarin, Metals Sky, Metals Rose

Click It Ink Pad Lamp Black

Creating cards with Color Burst

Jessica Frost Ballas combined Color Burst with Hero Arts Stamps to create two cards with very different sentiments.  The versatility of Color Burst means that no matter what the occassion you can create a fitting card.

Jessica says

Hi Jessica here!  It must be the week for stenciling and Color Burst powders!  I saw Ken demo the powders and stencils in some of his CHA videos and wanted to give it a try!

  I started by taping a stencil to a piece of watercolor paper and then I sprinkled various Color Burst powders randomly over the stencil.  I wanted a more abstract look so I didn't assign colors to specific areas of the stencil as he did.  Then I spritzed the paper lightly with water, let it soak for a few seconds and then blotted off the color.  

I let it air dry and then repeated the process with more powder and more water.  I did this a few times until I was happy with the variation in colors and shades!  After the panel was totally dry I trimmed it down and completed two very different looking cards with the pieces!  

I love how the sympathy card almost looks like stained glass. 

Party Invitations made with Pegz Stamps

Continuing with the Birthday team Krista Riley is back on the blog today with another great idea using the Pegz Stamps. Her little boy Aedan's 6th Birthday was this week and the party theme was Dinosaurs.  Check out Krista's blog here for more details.

Silly Monster layout using PegZ Stamps

Creative Team Co-ordinator Krista Reilly has been getting creative with our PegZ Stamps, these stamps  allow you to create words and phrases to stamp on layouts, cards, gift tags and more with the Uppercase Set of Pegz Clickable Letterz Stamps by Ken Oliver. Simply click any of the 36 letters together and then you're ready to stamp. The characters are 1/4" tall. This set coordinates with the Symbols and Numbers Set 

Krista has used them with the Click It Ink Pads on this super cute layout for her son who has just celebrated his Birthday, Happy Birthday Aedan !.

Trust Your Strength Tag

Creative Team member Zoey Scarpelli has taken tags to a whole new level with Color Burst,  see how she has created this work of art on her blog here.

Zoey says:

Hello Everyone! I'm Zoey and I am super excited to share with you my first projects as Creative Team for Ken Oliver!

I created this colorful tag and I had so much fun playing with the color burst!

The star is from the Ken Oliver Studio Set 1 and guess what I used to stamp it? Yes, you guessed it right... I used Color Burst! I used Alizarin Crimson and Yellow Ocher.

I have to admit that I had to try this technique few times before getting the perfect stamp because I was adding too much water - this one you see in the tag is a second generation stamp and I am truly impressed how the result is vivid!

The background of my tag is covered with tissue paper, gesso and then colored with Ultramarine Blue Color Burst. I added strips of drywall tape and covered with some more gesso before blending the Terre Verte Color Burst with the background. 

I completed the background with some more stamping, sewing machine stitch  and other little details to create some more interest!

Before assemble everything together I cut a piece of vellum and colored it with Alizarin Crimson Color Burst and I love how the transparency of the Vellum still "mix" with the background creating a fantastic Violet-blueish shade!

If you want to check out the tutorial, head over my blog!

Stay Happy Stay Creative, till next time! 

Ciao Zoey