My Cards and Tags: Altered Snow Globe Tags using Paper Smooches' Super 2 and Reverse Confetti's See Through Tag Dies

"Cityscape" is our theme this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I made my version of a snow globe scene on these two tags:

I started with one of my favorite techniques, which is creating a panel out of random strips of washi tape.  All I did was stick the tape to white cardstock.

Next I got out the city dies, laid them on the washi tape panel, and ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot.

It looked a little like Crazy Town, so I toned down some of the blaring parts with white acrylic paint.  I outlined the buildings and some of the windows with a black Sharpie.

These were TOO white now (I know-- it is silly), so I added some color back in with acrylic paint.

Next I started working on the tags.  These tags came from a Reverse Confetti die called, "See Through Tag."  I used Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  Once they were cut, I stamped them with some text on the background.  The text is from an Inky Antics stamp set (designed by yours truly) called, "Encouraging Words."

I cut some circles out of black cardstock using Simon Says Stamp's Circle Loops dies and glued them around the hole opening.  Then I colored the tag backgrounds using more acrylic paint and Infusions color stain.

Next I glued the citcyscapes to the tag backgrounds.  

I added some paper behind the cityscapes to show through the hole openings, added some white paint through a snow stencil, and outlined some parts of the buildings again (as well as the edges of the tags) with a black Sharpie.  I added some eyelets and twine to the top and finished them off with some Small Talk- Occasions sticker sentiments.

Here are the supplies I used which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Paper Smooches Super 2 die	Reverse Confetti See Through Tag die	Inky Antics Encouraging Words stamp set	Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Die Set	Simon Says Stamp Stencil FALLING SNOW SSST121324
Dylusions Dyary Tape Strips	Dina Wakley Washi Tape 3	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Salvaged Design Tape	Sizzix Big Shot	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
Paper Artsy Are You Cerise Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy VIOLET STORMS Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy RUSTY CAR Infusions Colored Stain CS17	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint
Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley LEMON Media Acrylic Paint	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Craft Consortium Grunge Light Tones 6x6 Paper	Craft Consortium Grunge Dark Tones 6x6 paper	Black Permanent Sharpie Marker
Crop A Dile	We R Memories Eyelets	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Tim Holtz Occasions Small Talk Stickers	LDRS Creative Sweet Sensations 6x6 Paper

How will you incorporate a cityscape this week?  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!