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!!!

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/ ‎

Dream Cards using Color Burst

Giovana Smith is back today with a quick tutorial for four beautiful cards, she takes you through the steps of creating your own masterpiece using a masking technique and Color Burst.

Giovana says:

Hello friends, Giovana here today, bringing you another set of cards, I love creating them as a set, more fun with my Color Burst!!

So, let's get started!

First, cut panels from Watercolor paper, size 3.5" x 4.75", then mist your panels and tap a little bit of Color Burst: Sepia, Indigo, Merlot and Yellow Ochre.

Then stamp the butterfly on a piece of paper to create a mask, the pretty butterfly is from  Studio Collection Set 1

Stamp the butterflies using the watercolor panels, I used Lamp Black, Turquoise and Burnt Orange Click it Ink Pads. Create the word "Dream" using the PegZ Uppercase Set, stamp it on Versamark Ink, add White embossing powder on a piece of vellum, then wrap them around the watercolor panel. Cut panels from Watercolor Memories Paper to add behind and add stitches.

Finally add sequins and rhinestone and your cards are done!!

2015 Photo Folio

Hello and a very Happy New Year.  Starting off 2016 today we feature Creative Team Member Buffy St John who has created a truly memorable Photo Folio to commemorate 2015 and she shares with us not only pictures but a video too!.

Buffy says: 

Well it looks like another year has come and gone...where does the time go?

Every year I create a photo journal of the year that is ending; to record memories, visits with family, my gardens and the classes that I have taught as well as taken...(yes, I take a lot of classes!)

Today I would like to share a Photo Folio that I have created using

Ken Oliver's Studio 12x12 Collection Pack papers, stamps and Ink.

I love this collection pack, it has 2 sheets each of beautiful images plus 2 sheets of double sided 4x6 cards for journaling PLUS a sheet of beautiful matching ephemera!

I backed the ephemera sheet with a sheet of Stick It and cut out the pieces to use within the project.

 I used every scrap of this collection in this project.

The stamps in these sets are beautiful and crisp, and I use Lamp Black Click It to insure a perfectly stamped image.

To read Buffy's Blog, please visit:

Lets Go Paint Something: Photo Folio 2015

To view the photo slideshow of this project, please visit:

https://youtu.be/HMh8e6RBn30