Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #138 "Punch It"

For our challenge this week at Stamptacular Sunday, you will create a card or project that uses at least one punch. To help make it even easier, you are also free to use any sort of die or cutting machine, such as a Cuttlebug, Spellbinders or a Cricut, for this week’s challenge. Be creative, use any theme, but please don’t forget to stamp.  We are STAMPtacular after all!

Here is my design team card for some inspiration:

 

I haven't used my Copics a whole lot lately, so I chose this image, "Red Cardinal" by Delicious Doodles, to color for this challenge.  I knew I wanted to do a vintagey tag, so I sized my print to fit my new, favorite Spellbinders Label Twenty, for my main element. 

I started with Pine Needles Distress Ink and swiped it over a crumpled manilla tag.  A spritz of dazzling diamonds Glimmer Mist gave me a beautiful, icy look that I also used on my image.  It still needed more definition, so I brushed on a layer of a coppery Glimmer Glam. That sealed the deal for me!

I had seen Tim Holtz' Sizzix die set of twigs and pine cones, so I decided to create my own.  I used my Silhouette to cut out the pine branches.  I wanted to use the new Holiday Distress Inks, so I took the Iced Spruce and swiped it over them. I made a pine cone using a MFT Mini Rolled Rose. I used Frosted Lace Stickles on the branches and pine cone to give them that snowy, icy look.

To finish off the tag, I added pearls I painted with a cardinal colored Copic, a pair of numbers from Thickers, and a punched-out snowflake. I used corrugated cardboard sprayed with Glimmer Mist on the snowflake and finished that with a pearl.  I took a piece of silk ribbon and tied a bow to the top of the tag. 

One final note - after I took my picture of this tag, the phone rang.  We looked all over the house for the phone.  It took two days to find it.  DH finally did - it was behind the tag, propping it up for its photo!  Go figure!

Don't forget to check out the cards from the other Design Team ladies. They are AMAZING!

 Our sponsors for our challenge this week are:

MELJEN’S DESIGNS

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

and

DELICIOUS DOODLES

PRIZE: Winner’s Choice of 4 Digis

SUPPLIES:  

Paper - Bazzill, Tim Holtz manilla tag
Image - "Red Cardinal" by Delicious Doodles

Inks and Markers - Copics, Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Inks Winter 2011
Die - Spellbinders Label Twenty, MFT Tiny Rolled Rose, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Silhouette SL
Other - Thickers numbers, Queen & Co pearls, silk ribbon, Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Glam, Stickles