CropStop "Throw Me a Punch"

If you've not been to the CropStop Blog or Message Boards you may not know that there a ton of ideas posted each week. If you follow my blog you know that I post an embossing folder project every Friday, and every few months I also issue the weekly challenge. Well, this month I also got put on rotation to show you a punch idea! How cool is that?! CropStop has a whole Forum devoted to Punches! CropStop sells Martha Stewart, Fiskars, and EK Success punches! And I love me a border punch....

For this card I used the Martha Stewart Simple Scallop Two Dot punch. (That's a mouth full, Martha!)

I also used thus yum-er-luscious October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper (sold out at the CS store, unfortunately). Is this vintage enough for ya?! I loved making this card!

I used circle and scallop circle Nesties and Tim Holtz stamps (Going Somewhere), plus Hero Arts stamps. And of course, Tim distress inks (vintage photo). The dark brown ink is Memento rich cocoa. I think the pearls are Queen & Company, colored with Copics.

Here is the inside. I used Hero Arts stamps, plus punched the printed paper with the Martha punch.

I was inspired by this sketch from Mojo Monday (Jan. 4th , 2010). I took some time over the weekend to print out all the sketches from the blog and put them in a binder. If you've not seen them, these are awesome sketches! I don't play along often at the blog, but I do use the sketches from time to time.
PS - This also fits the 365 Cards Day 129 Challenge - Aged Look. I "aged" this up with Tim Holtz inks and stamps. Plus I "aged" the pearls by coloring them with a tan Copic.