Color Burst Birthday
Posted: October 10, 2015 Filed under: Color Burst, Oodles of Love | Tags: color burst, Penny Black creative dies 15 Comments
It was my son’s birthday yesterday so I wanted to make a card he hadn’t seen rather than reach into the stash. Unfortunately I am dealing with a sore wrist/hand/thumb at present and of course holding pens, paintbrushes, scissors seems to be the worst thing for it. I needed a technique which didn’t require me to over use the right hand. Working with color burst powder was great because it creates its own magic with the help of some spritzed water. I should have stamped a single sentiment instead of stacking die cuts though.
I created the coloured panel one powder colour at a time by spritzing water, then dropping powder. I tried to take it slowly so I could see how much each colour was going to react before I added the next spritz or sprinkle. I love the way the larger drops of water have their own darker border and then there is a fine splatter of colour around them.
Supplies:
Creative dies: Oodles of love (Penny Black)
Inks: Color burst watercolour powders(Ken Oliver)
Cardstock: Canson hot pressed watercolour paper, Neenah epic black cardstock
Also: Stick it adhesive sheet (Ken Oliver)
Heather Telford 
Beautiful colors!!! Love ‘splash’ ! Take care of you Heather !
Lovely & exciting background. Although I’m pleased to hear that you 2nd guess yourself too (and I consider you an expert!) I think your stacked sentiment looks just great. Hope the sore wrist soon heals up. I love the color bursts, but find the brusho crystals easier for me to control. Just love watching the magic that happens with EITHER of these products. TFS & have a good wkend. Happy Birthday to your son.
Hope your son had a nice birthday. So sorry to read about your hand!!!
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:53:39 +0000 To: jillianfoster82@hotmail.com
Color Burst magic … love it
Terrific effect with Colorburst. Hope your hand is better very quickly. No stopping you, though! Thanks, Heather.
What a fun card for your son! I love all the bursts of color and the die cut sentiment is perfect although probably not too easy on your wrist. Take care!
wonderful masculine card – hope the wrist, hand, arm heals quickly!
What a wonderful mix of colours Heather and a great masculine card. Sorry you are having trouble with your hand, wrist and arm and hope it soon heals. x
Hope that the hand/wrist/arm is feeling a bit better and heals up totally soon. Happy belated Birthday to your son, I’m sure he loved his card! It’s so much fun to play with Brusho’s or Color Bursts…there really is something magical about it. Love the die cuts that you used. You have such a fabulous stash of PB products.
hi Heather, I love the new card. I sympathize with your wrist and hand problem. I battle with carpal tunnel. I have flare ups off and on. I have begun to recognize them when they first start so I catch it early. I right away dig out a hand and wrist brace, then I put something like ben gay on my wrist (inside of the wrist) and elbow (outside of the elbow) and I put on the brace and sleep in it all night and wear it part of the day. I don’t let up when the pain starts to get better and in a few days to a week it goes away again. I have special scissors that I use and a lot of other tricks. it doesn’t stop me much now. i’m so praying that your hand will get better soon.
Beautiful card, love the colors! Sending many good thoughts and wishes for speedy healing, hang in there!
The only good thing about the sore appendage is that this lovely card is a result. It reminds me of happy childhood days when our teacher at school showed us how to shave crayons onto a piece of wax paper, lay another piece of wax paper on top and iron the layers together with a clothes iron. I loved watching the shavings melt into new colors and shapes, just like your card. Get well soon!
What a fun background! And I think your sentiment choice was a good one… it’s hard to know if a stamped sentiment would have stood out against the spatters enough, maybe.
Any difference you are finding between the Ken Oliver powders and the bister you were using before?
Love the look of this card and technique. I do not own either KO powders or bister?! my question and decision is: if I’m going to choose one to buy which one? which is the easiest to work with? thank you for such a creative card.
Hi Mary,
I am going to play around with some Brusho soon which I believe might fall somewhere in between the properties of Bister and Color burst. I will wait until I have done that before making any recommendations.
Thanks for dropping in and for commenting.