Shattered Glaxies with Color Burst

Creative Team member Kimberly Jones has combined Color Burst and Gelli printing to make this mini art Journal.

Kimberly used Indigo, Ultramarine Blue, and Violet Color Burst watercolors to create a rich, saturated background on 4 3/4" square Fabriano Medioevalis Cards. When the pages were dry, she sprinkled a bit of Alizarin Crimson, Yellow Ochre, and Orange Color Burst on to the Mini Circle Gelli Plate and spritzed it with water.  You can see the full tutorial on her blog here.

Color Burst Indigo Moon Accordion Book

Creative Team Member Kimberly Jones has created a truly stunning Accordion Book with Color Burst and we are over the moon !

Color Burst Indigo Moon Accordion Book

Kimberly says:

"Hello everyone! My name is Kimberly Jones and I am over the moon to be a part of Ken Oliver's new Creative Team! To celebrate this new venture, I decided to create an accordion mini book using Color Burst. These amazing powdered watercolors are so fun to use because they literally burst into vivid, surprising colors with just a spritz of water!

This fun project includes Color Burst, Khadi paper, plaster cloth, glitter, and more! For a step by step tutorial please visit my blog Serendipity Vintage Studio. Hope to see you there!"

Serendipity Vintage Studio: Colorburst Indigo Moon Accordion Book 

Thank you Kimberly for sharing with us today.

Faux Embossed Leather Suitccase Album

Here's a fun mini album that I wanted to share today...that is basically distressed folded paper and chipboard; it looks like an embossed leather satchel or suitcase and the 5x7 mini accordian album slides out to reveal your photos and memorabilia.  It's fun to create and fun to share.  

I started out by creating a 5x7 accordian album.

The album is basically very easy to create, requiring only heavy cardstock or chipboard, some liquid glue and some creative scoring.  

Next, I created a suitcase with a piece of Coredinations French Roast colored cardstock cut to 12"x7" and scored to create a simple folder.  I embossed the cardstock with Spellbinders Imperial M-Bossabilities Folder, sanded it to reveal the core color of the card stock,  and folded it over, and glued it in place to form the suitcase.  

I "clamped" the edges together with paper clips to hold the glued edges in place until they had dried thoroughly.

After the adhesive had dried, I created straps as faux closures and a handle with the same card stock.  

I inked the edges with Quick Quotes Chalking Inks, Mocha Mama. 

This image shows the suitcase with the mini-album extended from inside.  

While the glue was drying on the mini album suitcase, I created a few embellishments and ephemora with Graphic 45 Boardwalk papers die cut and embossed with some of my favorite Spellbinder's dies.  

Here's a list of supplies and tools I used to create this mini album suitcase:

Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine
Imperial M-Bossabilities Folder Side A
Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles
Spellbinders Office Supplies
Spellbinders Mix'd Media Elements
Spellbinders Labels and Tags
Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk Seaside Chic
Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk Coney Island
Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk High Style Holiday
Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink Mocha Mama
Core'dinations Core Esssentials French Roast
Core'dinations Sand It Gadget
Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

And, when I'd die cut, distressed, and inked the all the emphemora and memorabilia, I affixed all the pieces behind one of the suitcase straps.  I loved how this turned out and I can't wait to work on the mini album that goes inside.

With the embossing, the sanding, the cool die cuts, this was an exciting project to design.  I hope you like it and please leave a comment below.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.  

Thank you for stopping by!  

Ken