Pop it Ups Designer Challenge - Artsy

Hi all! It's that time again - time to share my cards for Karen Burniston's Pop it Ups Designer Challenge! This month was a very fun one for me. We got to choose between doing a cutesy card or an artsy card, or both. I was so ecstatic! A challenge made just for me. I have a very cool card in the works for tomorrow, so today I thought I'd share one of the cards I created for the Elizabeth Craft Designs CHA booth using Karen's new Tag Pivot die. I think this is just about the most awesome die of all time and I am going to be wearing it out!

I took a quick pic of it while I was working on it, just to show you how I made the inked background. After cutting Ranger's manila cardstock to A2 card size, I sponged on various colors of Distress ink. I stamped the number image from Tim Holtz's Mercantile stamp set and stenciled the gears using a Stencil Girl stencil. After all my stamping and stenciling, I scored it and cut the pop up element using Karen's die.

I cut tags from various materials - black Kraft Core'dinations, cork, and a piece of French text. It's so fun to mix and match the tags on this die.

The gears were cut from cardstock that was covered with metal foil tape. I aged them by covering them with Black Soot Distress paint and then wiping it off. Finally, I added strips of Tim's Tissue Tape and a length of idea-ology Jute String.

Here's a quick video showing the card in action. How great would this be for Father's Day or a masculine birthday?

Great news! Simon Says Stamps is now carrying Karen's latest dies. You can find them, and most of the other supplies I used there via the links below.

Karen Burniston Tag Pivot Card Tim Holtz Mercantile StencilGirl Gears idea-ology Laboratory Tissue Tape *Tim Holtz Idea-ology LONG FASTENERS Brad Hardware TH92703 Attachers *Ranger Inkssentials 8.5 X 11 MANILA CARDSTOCK plus Bonus Tag! Surfaces *DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 THE ADHESIVE CORK STACK Matstack MS-019-00004 *Tim Holtz Idea-ology PEN NIBS TH92909 idea-ology Paper String - Stripes *PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Idea-ology NUMBER BRADS Metal Hardware TH93123 Ranger Rusty Hing Mini Distress Ink Ranger Forest Moss Mini Distress Ink Ranger Gathered Twigs Mini Distress Ink Ranger Tumbled Glass Mini Distress Ink Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM FOR WAFER-THIN DIES Accessory 656499 3M Foil Tape 3381 Silver, 1.88 in x 50 yd 2.7 mil (Pack of 1)

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Thanks so much for stopping by today. Make sure you come back tomorrow for a fun card that's full of motion (one of my favorites yet!).