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.

Color Burst Florals

Artist and Creative Team member Dakri Sinclair brightens up our day with her vibrant floral art using Color Burst. You can see more of Dakri's work on her blog here.

Supplies

Ken Oliver Water Media Paper 8.5" x 11"

Ken Oliver Color Burst

Golden Fluid Liquids

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

Painting with Color Burst

Nikki Warner Davis has a great tutorial on her blog here showing how she up cycled a canvas to create a mixed media painting of the Historic Boehne House.  Nikki used Gesso, Color Burst and News Paper !

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.

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

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.

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 - Yvonne Blair

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.

Yvonne Blair has made a this fresh and floral memo board, the inspirational message is a great touch. 

Supplies Used:

Color Burst Colors:

Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Phthalo Green

Liquid Metals:

Sky Blue and Saffron 

8x10 Mixed Media Watercolor Mat

Ken Oliver Pegz Stamps

Ken Oliver Covered Bridges Paper

Watercolor Paper

Stencil Crafters Workshop

Impression Obsession Stamp

Bullclip

Black Pen

Jet Black Archival

Creative Team March Challenge - Sharon Callis

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.

Our Creative Team Manager Sharon Callis used a coloring book page as the basis for her project.  It's all about the love !

Supplies Used:

Color Burst

Liquid Metals

'Pegz' Papyrus Font Upper Case Stamps

'Click It' Lamp Black 

Color Splash 'Nebulous' 12 x 12 paper 

DCWV 'Floral' Colour and Create Coloring Pad

IKEA 8x8 Frame

Wall Decor using Color Burst and Liquid Metals

Yvonne Blair has created this bright and fun wall decor using Color Burst and the new Liquid Metals.  This would brighten up anyone's room.

Hi Everyone, Yvonne here with a piece of home decor. 

I started out by painting on Fuchsia and Tangerine Color Burst from my palette. I was kind of going for a mixed ombre look. Once it was dry, I then put a tad of the Metallic Pink on an acrylic block, picked it up with a small paint brush and splattered it on to the background. Then take a water spritzer and lightly spray a little bit of water to get the water drop marks. 

Next I stamped the images with Black Click it Ink, dried and then painted the sentiment piece with Metallic Pink and the Butterflies with the Tangerine and a tad of the Liquid Metals Pink. I also painted the Metallic Pink onto some white flowers...not covering completely as I wanted some of the white to pop through for visual interest. 

Now I have a cute home decor piece to hang or I could even tie it on a gift bag to be part of the gift! 

Hope you enjoyed! If you don't have those yummy Liquid Metals...what are you waiting for! They are a must have, wink. Until next time!

Allow Your Soul To Dance

Today Creative Team member Yvonne Blair has created this bright and inspiring watercolor framed quote using just three Color Burst Colors and a stamped sentiment.

Yvonne says:

Hi everyone!!! 

It's so close to Christmas now....I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday time! I like many of you have been running around like a crazy person trying to get everything done and ready! But I had to take some time to craft! It's the best thing for the soul sometime! 

I started out with three of my favorite Color Burst colors! Lemon Yellow, Orange and Alizarin Crimson (I think they are all my favorite, wink).  

I put a bit of the powder on my Ken Oliver "Best Ever Craft Mat" , spritzed with some water and used a water brush to paint a watercolorish scenery on my prestamped background.  

Once it is dry I added just a touch of Diamond Stickles to make it look like the setting sun was dancing a bit. 

Once all that was dry I wanted to make it seem more of a piece of art so I matted it with black card stock before adding it to my card foundation.  

I absolutely LOVE the versatility of Color Burst...there are so many WAYS to use it...and you get a different and fresh look with each way! 

I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for stopping by...till next time! 

If you would like to visit my blog, click here.

Color Burst Castle Collage on Wood

Creative Team member Kimberly Jones has created on wood today using Color Burst, 'Lamp Black' Click it Ink and  'Pegz Stamps'.  Full instructions are available on her blog here.

Kimberly says:

Every December the long winter evenings find me reflecting on the fleeting months that have flown by with their joys and their sorrows. I love dreaming about the fresh new year ahead and weaving fanciful plans for the days to come. Building castles in the air inspired me to create a gilded collage on wood using Color Burst and a few other simple elements. Please join me on my blog Serendipity Vintage Studio for all the details. Warm winter wishes to you all! 

Color Burst Inspirational Canvas Gift

Nothing says you care more than giving someone a handmade gift, today Creative Team member Yvonne Blair has shared with us a wonderful Color Burst inspirational canvas.

Yvonne says:

Hi Everyone, Yvonne here to share an idea for a Christmas Gift.

I took a piece of watercolor paper and spritzed it lightly with water...I then added my choice of Color Burst...then more spritzing until I had the watercolor look I was going for.  

Once it was dry I stamped one of my sentiment stamps in the center.  Put it in a frame and there you have it...a one of a kind gift.  I customized the color to the person receiving the gift.  It's a great way to create a unique gift someone hopefully will totally enjoy and be able to use year round! 

Thank you Yvonne for sharing this project with us.  To see more of Yvonne's inspirational projects you can visit her blog here.

Color Burst Wall Decor Workshop at The Paper Boutique in Springfield Illinois

This week, I am in the Land of Lincoln, in Springfield, Illinois.  It's really beautiful, I'd never been to Springfield before, it's the state capital...

and as luck would have it, I stayed near the state house, so I had a great view of the state capital building...really wonderful architecture!  I always enjoy local history and today I may venture out to see President Lincoln's Springfield home. 

I came to Springfield to teach a couple classes using Color Burst.  It's a new watercolor product that let's you create beautiful art with just a little sprinkle and spritz.  If you've not heard of it before, watch this quick video so you can see how dynamic creating with Color Burst can be.  

The video was made during a trade show, so there's a little background noise...it doesn't really matter so much...you can see Color Burst at work!  It's a truly exciting medium to create with,  

One of the workshops we offered at The Paper Boutique was a DIY Wall Decor project.  Here are a few of the finished pieces from our workshop.  I gotta tell you, it was great fun.

We start with a Canvas Corp 12x12 natural canvas, paint a little background color on it,

 And then begin our colorful journey with Color Burst.  Here's the dealio...this class is intense, you get a big helpin' of color theory, water color technique, and collage techniques. 

We spritz and sprinkle...and add layers of gorgeous color...

 and use wonderful stencils from Stencil Girl Products to create beautiful

water colored, stenciled works of art, 

that we mount onto our canvases.  

It's really cool, because everyone's art is different, and expresses their own creative style!

 This sunburst is really cool.

And this flock of blackbirds is awesome!  

 This floral stenciled piece is really gorgeous too...you can even see the depth in the watercolor! It looks 3-D!

At the end of the day, everyone creates a unique piece of art...that they can display in their home and be proud of...it's a really fun workshop!  

Thanks again to The Paper Boutique, Corynn, Jackie and everyone who came out to create some art!  It was a fun weekend!

Would you like to own a set of the newest colors of Color Burst before they even hit the market?  Visit my Ken Oliver Crafts Facebook page to find out how, you only have to "Like and Share" and ask your friends to like Ken Oliver Crafts too.  

I am out in Illinois and Iowa this week teaching and I am looking forward to sharing Color Burst with everyone...Color Burst is really addictive! 

Til next time, 

Ken