StencilGirl & Ken Oliver Blog Hop

Hi everyone, welcome to day 2 of the blog hop with StencilGirl and Ken Oliver!

Today I'm sharing a project I did using Ken's awesome products with StencilGirl stencils. I'm mostly going to be using the Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst collection, along with some of his very cool Click It stamp pads. If you want to see more, Ken has put together a great video on Color Bursts showing how to use them.

For my post, I've wanted to play with one of the Tim Holtz Folios for a while and this seemed like the perfect time to do it. Below is my final project, and I'll share a few tips on how I used Ken Oliver Crafts products with stencils for some fun techniques.

First up, the cover (using the Falling Feathers stencil by Lizzie Mayne) with the flap closed (I just doodled on that using dimensional paints.)

Without the flap covering it:

And the back cover (using the Nature Notes stencil by Roxanne Evans Stout:)

For both of these, I used a mix of Color Burst and DecoArt Media fluid acrylics along with lots of dimensional paints (of course!) To start, I gesso'd the whole thing and then just spritzed some Color Burst powder around and sprayed with water.

I let all of it dry (it lightened a lot as it dried) and then went through with paints, stencils, and more color burst. For the stenciling, I tapped some powder (like in Ken's video) over the stencil and then spritzed with water to get the shapes. You do have to be careful - both the Color Bursts and the Click It stamp pads will react to water, so you need to plan for that as you build up your layers.

I wanted to get more saturated color around my stenciled images, so I mixed some of the Color Burst powder with rubbing alcohol and then used a pipette to drop it onto the folio. Because I'd outlined my feathers in dimensional paint, that acted as a resist and kept the liquid to the background area. I just used a paper towel to dab any seepage. I love the effect! You can see it even more clearly on the back cover.

Now for the inside...

I decided I just wanted three pages, so I glued down the tabs to work the way I was picturing it, and added some Ranger watercolor paper to make the actual pages in my little booklet.

For the pocket on the inside cover, I made more feathers. Again, just tap the powder over the stencil and then spritz through it with water.

Then I just cut them out and embellished and made them a little pocket. I thought it would be fun to journal on the backs of the feathers.

For the first page, I created a stenciled background using the Color Burst and the Curvy Ladder stencil by Julie Snidle. I used the Love Story stencil by Cathy Nichols along with acrylic paint to stencil the design on top and outlined with dimensional paint.

For the second page, I used book paper to help create the background and then built layers on top of that.

To get the pattern on the right side, I started playing a bit with the Color Bursts - I mixed some of the powder with my gel medium to create a colored gel.

I used my palette knife to spread that through the Love Collage stencil by Traci Bautista, waited for it to dry, and then used it as a gel resist to get more color onto the background with Color Burst and water. It worked so well, and I love how vibrant the gel turned out! I also used the Click It stamp pads with some Dina Wakley stamps to do the left side.

For the third page, I did even more experimenting...

First, I made my own color mist by mixing some of the Color Burst powder with water and then spritzing through the Doodle It Tornado Bloom stencil by Maria McGuire.

Then I stenciled some blooms onto the page with white paint (keep in mind it will pick up color from the dye below it) using the Nosegay Stencil by Cecilia Swatton. I outlined again with dimensional paint, and then made a dimensional colored glaze using some Color Burst mixed with Diamond Glaze (you could use Glossy Accents or other similar products.)

I apply this with a rubber brush so that it doesn't gunk up and ruin my regular brushes. It worked pretty well!

And that's it! I had a lot of fun experimenting with all of the different ways I could use Color Burst and the Click It ink pads - these are really fun and versatile products, and I hope you enjoyed today's project! If you're interested in trying them out for yourself, you can find Ken Oliver Crafts products at Blue Moon Scrapbooking and of course, all of the stencils can be found at StencilGirl or your local store.

And now for the really fun part! Each of the creative teams has a fantastic giveaway, so make sure you visit and comment on all of the blogs this week to enter to win. Leave a comment here to be entered to win a $50 gift certificate from StencilGirl: to enter, comment by Sunday, March 29th at 11:59PM Central Time  (one comment per person per blog, please.) Make sure to check all of the posts each day to find out about the other prizes and enter to win - the Ken Oliver Crafts team has some fantastic prizes as well!

Today's hop list:

• StencilGirl Talk
• Debbie Seyer
• Gwen Lafleur <-- you are here!

Thanks for visiting, and make sure to visit StencilGirl Talk every day to get each day's participants in the blog hop! 

Comments

[cathy]

Can't wait to try this new product - maybe I will win the sample pack! Really love all the colors you used.

[Mary C. Nasser]

You blow me away, Gwen! :)
The dimension and details of this are absolutely stunning!

What great ideas to mix Color Burst powder with rubbing alcohol, gel medium and Diamond Glaze!!

[Linda Carreira]

Wow! This is awesome! Love your art, Gwen. What a creatve and talented person you are.

[joy meadows]

Gorgeous creation! Thanks for sharing your process in doing these beautiful pages.

[Denise Spillane]

Wow Gwen! This turned out so beautiful. I love the art scientist in you!

[Carol Buck]

Gwen, Amazing as always. I could see this as a class. Love the use of the different mediums with the Color Burst. The colors are so beautiful. Thanks for introducing me to this product, there goes my budget.

[Trish Busby]

Very inspiring. Will put products on my list.

[Judy]

Beautiful book. I love that you mixed the Color Burst with various products and the results.

Thank you for sharing.

[April]

Stunning! I love the combination of textures you used. What kind of dimensional paint did you use? It looks wonderful!

[Lisa Riel Abate]

Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful techniques. Your work is beautiful!

[Amy]

This is amazing!! thanks for showing us

[Dolly LaBelle]

Wonderful instructions. What great color combinations. Very vibrant!

[Marlene]

Loved your project! Thanks for sharing your technique.

[Gwen Lafleur]

Thanks April! I mostly use either Liquid Pearls from Ranger or Tulip or Scribbles - the ones you get at the craft store.

[Amy Jones #8546]

This is absolutely beautiful. All the designs and colors are amazing. Thank you for the tutorial.

[Gwen Lafleur]

ha! Well, the good thing is that the powders aren't super expensive and they only come in 6 colors (so you can mix to make more) and they're really versatile! That should help justify it, right? I'll have to think about a class along these lines... this particular project took a while and needed lots of drying time, but there's probably something we could do!

[CarolN]

You are so talented and this project is absolutely wonderful.

[ros]

thanks for sharing with us, your work and the colours used are beautiful

[Laurel]

WOW! Gwen this is awesome! it just jumps off the screen at me :) thanks so much for sharing the steps you used to make this wonderful journal (folio)

[Michele Haderer]

That is a fabulous project! I love your feathers!!

[Linda]

just gorgeous!!! I thought it was fabric

[MargieH]

OK - now I have to get that Folio! LOL! Have it my cart from an online store, wondering if I need it :) Love how colorful and fun your project is. Just beautiful!

[Mary Holshouser]

I love the album. The little pocket with the feathers for journaling was a fun idea. The colors are so bright and vivid. I can't wait to try the color burst. I hadn't seen the click-it before either so I'll be getting that.
thanks for sharing a wonderful album. You had so much fun making it and I thoroughly enjoyed looking through it.

[1aquagirl]

Oh, my! How beautiful is this?????

[Marguerite Harty]

Your way of using the Color Burst is so inspiring. You make me want to go try all the techniques now. Thanks for sharing.

[mjmarmo]

Wow - amazing projects! Love seeing the Color Bursts being used so many ways!

[Tasha Freeman]

I love that you experimented with the bursts. It is cool to see how versatile they are. I love your project!

[Frieda Oxenham]

What a treasure and so beautiful and colourful.

[Nan Robkin]

WOW! Love that layering! And the steps are so beautifully clear in this blog post! Thanks!

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[Bea Savellano]

So many ideas. Thanks...bea

[Robert Rosendale]

Wonderful!! Thanks for all the useful tips.

[Susan Peterson]

Breath taking beautiful folio. I particularly liked the page with the flower blooms.
The color blooms are very versatile.

[Apryllx]

Gwen, I am absolutely in love with the blue & purple heart page!

[Maria McGuire]

Absolutely AMAZING! Thinking I NEED one of those Folios now :) You are super duper creative and I love how you "see" such creative ways to use products :)

[Sue Chesley]

I love how you made the colored dimensional paint with the diamond glaze and color burst! Genius, girl! Thank you for he ideas and inspiration:-)

[Cindy L]

What a great way to use the folio in this project. I would never have guessed by looked at the end result. I also love the way you use the alcohol and the Color Burst. Can't wait to see what's up tomorrow!

[Sallee Haerr]

your work is just gorgeous! Your use of color is inspiring!

[Marianne Schmitt]

Absolutely love the feathers...thanks for sharing!!

[Nan Leiker]

That was a beautiful tutorial using Color Bursts and Stencil Girl stencils. I love the deep colors you can get with Color Bursts. Thank you for the inspiration!

[Sherry Cheever]

Love this portfolio and all the different techniques you tried with Color Burst!

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Wow! Your detail and amount of work is tremendous. Thanks.

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Oops. Can you explain or give us a link on dimensional ink. (Sorry SG members for the extra post. Blame my golden Sandy).

[Teresa Godines]

Stunning project!!! TFS

[Denise Huntington]

OMG! I just love this. It's gorgeous! I thought at first it was a leather journal. I adore your colorful bohemian style, Gwen, and I need to get my hands on some of those Color Bursts! Thanks for sharing your process.

[Martice Smith II]

Awesome project, Gwen! Your ideas are super fun! Beautiful details and use of stencils. Thanks for sharing your process.

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I am totally blown away. The colors are amazing as well as the use of the stencils. I love this project. thanks for sharing.

[Ken Oliver]

Gwen, i am in love with your style...your folio is awesome! I love the intense color and how your color and texture work together. Thank you so much for making Color Burst look so good!
Ken

[Caroline Duncan]

Your folio is gorgeous!! Love the colors and all the layers... looks like it was great fun to make!

[sue Knoll]

Gwen you did such a wonderful job and I love all the colors you used!!'Color bursts look like fun! Thanks!!!😄🎨😄

[Kimberly Carmichael]

Wow! love all your pages.