Welcome to the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blog Hop!
We have some beautiful projects to share AND PRIZES to give away! The hop will run for 2 days (3/4/16 – 3/5/16) with a list of participants on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs each day at 8am EST. Visit the fabulous designers from both team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win 4 great prizes during the hop!
The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!
Ken Oliver Crafts will be giving away a set of Color Burst to two lucky winners!
Impression Obsession will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificates to two lucky winners!
Four chances to win a great prize through the hop!
Comment entries will be open until 9pm EST on Sunday March 6th and all winners will be announced Monday March 7th on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs. Good luck!
My first project today was made using the Impression Obsession Butterfly Block and Ken Oliver’s Color Burst Merlot. The frame was made using the Nesting Rectangles.
Color Burst is a new product for me and I had lots of fun experimenting. For this project I lightly sprinkled a very small amount of the Merlot powder on my craft sheet and misted it with water. It was amazing to watch how the powder reacted with the water. I laid a piece of white cardstock down over the ink and gently moved my fingers over the back to make sure I had full color coverage on the sheet. I picked up the cardstock, turned it over and used my heat gun to dry it. Some of the spots were darker and some lighter which is reflected on my Butterfly Block. I probably should have used watercolor paper because I think the ink would have dried in a more vibrant color. The plain white cardstock dried a little bit dull. I decided I would brighten it up by covering the sheet with versa and embossing it with clear embossing powder.
I cut the rectangle frame and Butterfly Block. I applied double stick tape all the way around the back of the frame and then attached it over top of the Butterfly block. I attached thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and then attached it to the card base.
For my second project I used the emboss resist technique on the Ken Oliver Mixed Media Art Board.
I stamped the Impression Obsession Full Bloom Hollyhocks a few times across the art board with versa and embossed with white embossing powder. I had three boards so I decided to use the same image on all three and paint with different colors. I used the Color Burst Alizarin Crimson, Color Burst Ultramarine Blue and Color Burst Merlot. I gently sprinkled each powder into my palette bowl and applied water. Wow! The color was so bright and vivid. I used a large brush and mixed the color with more water and washed the color over the entire board. I didn’t take pictures of all three individually but thought you could get a good idea by seeing them all together. The white embossed hollyhocks burst out of the color so perfectly. I am excited to try the emboss resist on a card front with some of my more intricate stamps.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects and there is so much more to come. Just follow along the hop list below to see all the ways the designers used these wonderful products.
Friday- March 4th
Saturday – March 5th
Kittie Caracciolo (you are here)
Your cards are just gorgeous!!! I love the butterflies and the white hollyhocks really pop against the beautiful backgrounds. Thanks so much for sharing the how-to!
OMG LOVE the Hollyhocks!!! Will definitely have to try this! Thanks for the opportunity to win some of these color bursts! Don’t have any yet!!! Love the card also, how did you make the frame??
You do stunning work! I love the dies you use so much, hugz
The butterfly one is really beautiful – just love the different shades of the one color!! Just lovely!! Thanks for sharing.
Kittie, I love this idea of transferring all that wonderful color via craft sheet to a cover plate die. I’m inspired to try it!
As usual, you made magnificent cards I cannot wait to receive my Butterfly Block. Unfortunately, the trip to Switzerland takes time ! And now, it seems I will have to make a new order to get some KO Color Burst : they look so bright, I have to try them !
Wowza … absolutely stunning use of color
Gorgeous projects!!! LOVE!
Love both of your projects – those hollyhocks are great! And the butterfly die is so pretty – love the color burst colors you used to! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful…especially love the butterfly
Hi Nice to meet you via the blog hop, I just love your work and the hollyhock remind me of my grandmother. So thank you for that.
Crafty hugs Pen x
I have been obsessed with Color Burst. I have not yet tried using it on a background die as you did. Great idea!
This is a product I have been wanting to try as well. Thanks for sharing your experience with it, and your results are lovely.
Gorgeous pieces of work! I love them both!
Such beautiful colors on IO products. Ready to play with all! Thank you,
Wow! That cut file is great. Love how you colored it.
Gorgeous cards!!!
Gorgeous! Love that Butterfly Block! Pretty hollyhocks too!
WOW! Love that color. What a pretty card!
The die-cut panel is quite pretty and does look vibrant.
Your card is gorgeous and the die, well it’s to die for. Very detailed and beautiful. The art boards are beautiful love that you used three different colors for the same image. Would look lovely framed and hung in row.
The butterfly die is gorgeous and the color is incredible!
Both projects are beautiful! TFS
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cordialement marithé
Wow! Absolutely amazing!!!!
Incredible colors and they stand out against white elegantly!!
Wow. Elegant cards. Colors are perfect.
Wooww beautiful!!!
Your Butterfly block turned out to be just beautiful. The clear embossing obviously worked to brighten it.
Love the use of the Color Bursts with
The cover plate! Beautiful!
realy love your cards especially the butterfly
Beautiful projects Kittie!
Beautiful creations! Love seeing the Bursts with the Emboss Resist Technique–super cool!
I love these projects, especially the hollyhocks!
i haven’t tried the art board yet but your hollyhocks sure are a hit (in all the colors!). love that butterfly block and your card is gorgeous. i would have to make this a shaker! putting the clear embossing powder over the whole image was a smart way to brighten up the colors on regular c.s.
tfs, sandyh
Your card is so beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Well…I think Mr. Oliver knocked it out of the ball park with color burst stuff. beautiful
Very beautiful projects. I’m thinking that color bursts are going to be a must have. Such beautiful colors.
Beautiful Designs.
Beautiful projects, Kittie!! The embossed resist technique is one of my favorites to do with Color Burst!
HOW PRETTY, KITTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could even turn your first card into a shaker card! TRULY STUNNING!!!!!! I LOOOOVE the RICH COLOR you’ve created on ALL of your cards with the Color Burst! GORGEOUS WORK!!!!!!!!!! 😉
Beautiful cards. The butterfly block is amazing.
I love both your cards, the hollyhocks just pop out and are gorgeous!
Lovely projects, Kittie, as always!!! I’ve been wanting to try the color Burst products for a long time now and this hop is making me want to even more. 🙂
I’m swooning over all that color!
As always Kitty your cards are awe inspiring!
That butterfly card is just gorgeous!! ???
Kittie…I must say I loved both your projects!…such great ideas…the butterfly made such a lovely card…loved all the detailed steps and reading about your thought processes..but the hollyhocks really blew me away…I can just see those three art boards on the wall together….Really pretty work! “SWEET!”
The butterfly card is truly amazing!!!!! I have the color bursts, now to get the die ??
I just ordered the butterfly die it should be here Monday. After looking a the pretty card you made with it I can’t wait to for it to come so I can try this! I also have the hollyhock die but didn’t realize there was a matching stamp, I may have to add that onto my shopping list. Both of your projects are so nice Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow, I love both cards, thanks for all your inspiration.
Rene from OZ x
So beautiful! I want to run to my craft room and use my Colorbursts right now.
Love the look of that butterfly die cut against the white background.
Awesome cards Kitty, love your work.
I love both of your projects. Great cards!
Impression really out did there self on this butterfly die! I has remarkable lines and so many different elements to it, It looks incredible with the colorburst on it like a silhouette, but prettier! I really love the white embossing on the colors in the background! Stunning, just stunning!
Absolutely stunning. Loved all your cards. My favorite was the pink butterfly. What a great idea to emboss and make it shiny. Thanks for sharing
Your card and art board projects are beautiful.Thanks for sharing.
I like the techniques you used to create your cards.
Beautiful card and art project. The new color burst seems to be a very vibrant water color.
Great job on both projects !!
Beautiful projects. I really love the first one. The color against the white is perfect.
Love your beautiful creations.
Just delightful!!
Beautiful card love the color and the white background. SO pretty!
I think the color on the butterfly card is really nice. Good touch with the clear EP. Your art boards would make an awesome wall grouping. Love the hollyhock stamp!
Beautiful projects. I am really loving the butterfly one. It’s so pretty.
yup, every time Is see those hollyhocks I love them! and the butterfly is really pretty too!
Both projects are gorgeous but I really love the embossed resist! I haven’t ever seen embossed resist used with the Color Bursts but it looks amazing!
Very pretty!! I love your butterfly block, the color you used and the shine of the embossing on it!
Wow! I can’t decide which project I like best. Those butterflies are just gorgeous!!
Very pretty projects.
Beautiful projects
KathleenR
So gorgeous!!
What a beautiful way to showcase the wonderful butterflies.
BTW, a couple of your links did not work for me.
Dorothy aka etsdas
Love the butterfly block! The Merlot Color Burst is beautiful here and the clear embossing really made it pop!
Had to know Kittie would find a beautiful way to use the Color Bursts, just like all of your cards, lots of detail and gorgeous elements. Love how the different shades and the movement is created by the color shades. It’s very inspiring to see how easy it can be to make a gorgeous card!
WOW I would have never thought of watercoloring a die cut like that Great idea. Beautiful projects.
Great idea using versamark & clear emboss!
I loved how you used Versamark over your Colorburst piece to make it darker. Your two cards are beautiful.
I like the way you mounted the pieces to add dimension and shadows. This is a beautiful way to use the block die.
Stunning colors! Great techniques, too.
Wow both of your cards are stunning!
The butterfly die is so pretty and you made it really shine with the merlot color burst. Love the variation of color. The 2nd card is bright and cheery. Thanks
Loved the use of COlorBursts as a watercolor. Lovely creations!
Really pretty! Love this die, I don’t remember seeing it before… Awesome card! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
I love how the butterfly die looks against the white.
What a beautiful butterfly framed card. I’ll have to try this technique.
Love the way the Butterfly Block pops against the all white card. Very pretty.
Both of these cards are just terrific, Kitty! I really like the effects of the Colorburst product.
AWESOME! The intricate die sure made a beautiful card! I absolutely love how the Color Burst moves and blends!
Love the projects today. Guess what? I pinned of course. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415386765612272991/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415386765612272997/