Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge - Artsy or Cutesy

Morning all, I am back today with my second post as a Guest Designer for Karen Burniston's Monthly Designer Challenge and today I am showcasing the fabulous TAGS PIVOT CARD die. If you would like to see yesterday's card using the HEART PIVOT CARD die you can find that HERE.

Once again I have gone for an Artsy approach creating a multi layered background using stencils and paint. I began by brayering the background of my card with Broken China Distress Paint using light strokes to leave some of the white areas visible. I then added stencilled areas to the background using white paint and Weathered Wood Distress Ink through an arrows layering stencil. I love adding layers to my design. I added the fabulous clock die cut using the CLOCK AND GEARS die which I know is going to be one of those dies I use over and over again. This time around I die cut from metal foil tape applied black paint to the surface, allowed to dry for a few minutes and then removed the excess paint and I then added Alcohol Inks to the top. I die cut the clock image several times and also cut the clock in half and added two halves to the front and pivot.

The inside of the card has also been coloured with Distress Paint and again further layers added with stencils. I have also added more of the clock die cuts along with the gears again all cut from metal foil tape.

These pivot cards are great fun and I love the movement they give to a design. You can see Karen working her magic HERE in one of her latest videos.

This card was created with my nephew in mind who will be 21 this year hence I used numbers in my design combined with the clock and gears. I also added "Time To Celebrate" using label letters along with Remnant Rubs for added interest.

The TAG PIVOT CARD die comes with coordinating dies making it so easy to decorate and the tags in this die set could be used on so many other ways and on so many designs.

A few pieces of tape have also been included in the background once again for a further layer of interest and texture.

The challenge team have created fabulous designs to inspire you further, all of which you can see HERE.

Thanks so much for popping by and leaving a comment. Tracy x x x

Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge - Artsy or Cutesy

I was absolutely thrilled when I received an email from Karen asking if I would like to be a Guest for her monthly challenge, of course the answer was yes and I have had great fun creating my cards for this months challenge. I have a card today and one tomorrow using a fabulous range of dies designed by Karen Burniston, all available from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

My first card uses the fabulous HEART PIVOT CARD die which I absolutely love as I love using hearts in many of my designs and it was definitely ARTSY all the way for me with this card. I used kraft card as my base and added hearts using a layering stencil and Crackled Texture Paste. Once completely dry I coloured with Distress Inks and Distress Stain to highlight the cracks. The HEART PIVOT CARD die comes with 6 coordinating dies and I used the hearts dies to add coordinating hearts to the front adding one of the larger hearts to the pivot giving it a rusty appearance and adding rusty wire randomly around the outside of the heart. I love the texture of this piece it is so tactile.

What I love about the PIVOT dies is that they add wonderful movement and dimension to a design, adding more interest and a surprise element to any design. I continued with the stencilling on the inside of the card this time using Distress Inks and I also included random stamping along with a piece of chicken wire for further added texture.

I will do step by steps for the rust technique over the coming weeks.

Karen has a video HERE if you would like to see step by steps for these fabulous dies.

I thought this would make a perfect Valentines card for my husband so I also included 14 using numeric alpha parts and I also included a few remnant rubs for a further layer of interest.

I love the little keyhole that also comes with the HEART PIVOT CARD die which I added here die cut from black card adding a touch of wax to the top to highlight.

I completed my design with one of my favourite sentiments.

The challenge team have created fabulous designs for you this month to inspire you further, all of which you can see HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x