Sending Warm Wishes

It's July at Peace On Earth and here I am sending 'warm wishes' lol,
but we ARE a year round Christmas challenge blog so
July or not we must go on!
We have a cute 'inspiration' board that can inspire you or not
as we want to see your Christmas creations.

Being I always try to follow the inspiration board in my eyes I had
the choice between mittens and stockings but there are plenty of other
things to inspire you as well, just take a peek!

I had a stocking die in mind to use but when I opened my Christmas (one of 5)

die books I saw this much neglected Poppystamps (2015) 
Stacked Stockings die so it seemed to call to me and here we are!
I die cut the die several times to paper piece in each stocking different from

one another.  All papers seen on this card are from my Christmas paper
scrap bag, and believe me there are lots and lots of them to use up!
I add a Cheery Lynn Designs trim from my 'spare parts' bin and a sentiment
from The Ton's Styled Christmas Sentiments stamps and die, 

I love the big size of these.
I also added a bit of bling for interest, yes, I know it adds to the postage but

I don't much care about that,  I just think it makes my card complete!

Hope you join our Christmas in July over at
Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create .... Any Holiday

Dragonfly Dreams .... Christmas in July With Sparkle
Girlz Creative Christmas ....Socks
Inkspirational #372 ....Christmas In July

Die Cut Diva's ....Christmas In July
Pearly Sparkles #121 .... Christmas In July

 

Kitty Christmas

Hello friends, it is once again a new month and a new
challenge at Peace On Earth. 
We have a fun mood board for inspiration but you can
create anything Christmas!

I loved everything in this cute and pretty mood board but
let the kitty in the upper left corner inspire me.

Back in 2024 around Christmas time I purchased a set of

Stamperia Clear die cuts Classic Christmas and that is where my

cute Christmas kitty comes from.  The papers I used are from
Simple Stories Make It Merry paper pad I received free with an order

from Scrapbookdotcom.  I adhered my image to a Tutti Designs
die cut scalloped rectangle.

Hope to see YOU over at Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts #574 .... Christmas In July
C.R.A.F.T.  Challenge #783 .... Christmas
The Card Concept #228B ..... Christmas (inspired by colors)
Clean and Graphic Style

Girlz Creative Christmas .... Anything Christmas
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #276 .... X is for Xmas  In July

Merry Christmas

 Time for our second challenge this month  at Peace On Earth
and we have a fun inspiration board that
seems to be all about 'birds', but you can create anything
Christmas themed.

I have so many bird things I could of chosen to work with but I

am still trying to use up some of my Stamperia clear die cuts
Christmas Classics that I purchased back in 2023.

The frame and other die cuts are from Waffle Flower's Lacey Layers 2.
The holly paper is Wild Rose Holly Lane, which I also have had

for a few years.

Come on over to Peace On Earth and join us!!

Neutral Christmas

Hello Peace On Earth fans, we have a new challenge starting today
and as always a fun mood board for inspiration but you can create any Christmas
themed project!

I let lots inspire me on this board, the colors, the Santa, the bits of nautical,
I had fun with it! All pieces including the design paper were cut from scraps

of papers.  My Santa is a die from scrapbookdotcom that I received FREE with 
an order, he is a picky little guy to work with and he is to have 'bushy' eyebrows too

but I didn't allow enough face space to use them, poor Santa!
The small sailboat I popped up, both it and the
Starfish are dies from Impression Obsession.
I love how this guy turned out. 

Get ahead of the 'game' and come and join in some Christmas fun with us at

Peace On Earth!!

Entering the following challenges:

Christmas Crafts All Year Round .....K & L (Kris Kringle)

Christmas Puppies

It's time for a new challenge starting today at
Peace On Earth!
We have a fun mood board for inspiration but you can use
anything as long as it is Christmas themed!

Some cutie pie animals in the board which made me think of my Katy Sue 3D
puppy cards I created.  I have several different ones but am just posting these two

for now.  Each card below that is shown I have 2 of each.  These cards are 

4 1/2 x 4 1/2 and very 3D.  I have a doodle dog and the one reminds me of when he was a puppy!  Not much more to say about these
cards as you just punch out all the pieces then use a thinner

adhesive pop up in-between all the layers, easy peasy!

Card #1

Card #2

Aren't they just the cutest??
Come on over to Peace On Earth where we offer Christmas fun year round!!

Entering the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More #517 .... Christmas

ABC Christmas  .... K is For Knitwear

Krafty Chicks #820 .... Christmas

52 Card Throwdown .... Animals

 

Season's Greetings

Hello All, it's that time again for a new challenge at
Peace On Earth and we have a pretty mood board to inspire for
the month of May but you can create anything Christmas!

I let all the pretty pink colors inspire me and also this being the year
I am trying to use some things up I grabbed some

Stamperia Ephemera from the Pink Christmas Collection.

This piece looks as though Santa is taking flight with his

gardeners dream of a flower filled sleigh!  I used a Lawn Fawn

cloud stencil and a die cut negative from a circle for the stenciled moon.

I embossed the snow with a TH Sizzix Snowfall folder.
The sentiment is from The Ton.

We would love to see your take on our board
at Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

Sunbird Spark #60 .... Pastels

Country Barn

 Time for a new challenge at Peace On Earth
and we have a country barn mood board for
inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it
is Christmas themed!

I created a cute barn scene and I have to say this was the most
'pickiest' Cottage Cutz die I have ever used!  So MANY tiny pieces
to put together, look at the lean-to, each one of those stones was
a tiny piece to attach and color.  I did die cut the entire piece from a
white scrap of card stock, then colored each tiny piece with

Copics and Olos.  It took me about an hour and a half to put this together.
The background is Sizzix TH Falling Snow EB folder.
Whew, this was one time consuming project, I think my eyes are still crossed!  Much cuter IRL!!

We would love to see your projects over at Peace On Earth.

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... That Song (Frosty The Snowman)
The Paper Funday #86 .... Dies and/or Punches
Unicorn Challenge #119 .... Dies

Merry Christmas

Here we are in April and it's the start of our first challenge
this month for Peace On Earth.
For inspiration we have a fun mood board but
you can create anything Christmas themed. 

I let the upper right photo inspire me to create my deer

from Memory Box Woodland Deer and stole (borrowed) the scarf from
Poppystamps Woodland Fawn.  The background paper is from another

freebie from scrapbookdotcom Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas Lodge.

The sentiment is Hero Arts Christmas Messages, the die cut the deer is on is a 

Spellbinders Essential Arches.  Stickles Crystal was applied to the antlers
and the snowbank.

Come on over and have some Christmas fun with us at
Peace On Earth!

Winter-Ful Life

 It's the start of a new challenge at Peace On Earth and we have a
mood board for inspiration but you can create anything
Christmas themed!

While looking through my Christmas stamps for a Christmas sentiment

I came across  this never been used before Christmas/Winter stamp set
from Creative Expressions Snow Fun!  It contains five different ice skating

critters all decked out for winter.  I chose one for this card plus
a few of the other stamps included to complete my card.

I paper pieced , colored and used stickles for my card and even
added a few silver snowflakes stamped with Lisa Horton Limited
Edition Silver Shine ink.  Have you tried her inks yet?
I love everyone I have used so far and this one has such a pretty shimmer.

We surely would love to see YOU over at our Peace On Earth challenge!

Entering the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks #811 .... Christmas

Addicted To Stamps & More ....Christmas

Joy & Cheer

 We are well into our year round Christmas challenge at
Peace On Earth and have a  mood board fitting for the 
month of March to give you some inspiration,
but you can create anything Christmas themed if you prefer!

I think without me even telling you, you can see what inspired me.

I had this very neglected Sunny Studios Perfect Gift Box dies
to make my little holiday boxes.  I used all scraps for these,

and boy do I have the scraps to use up.  However, the background paper is

Piatek Trzynastego North Pole (2017), I think this paper is now known as P13.
I used a Zutter round corner punch to round each edge.  

The sentiment is from The Ton's Styled Christmas stamps and dies.

I also had a little box left over so I added to the inside of the card.

I hope you will be as inspired as I was to come on over
and join us at Peace On Earth!

Merry Christmas

 It's once again time for a new challenge at
Peace On Earth
and we have a fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything Christmas themed!

I knew as soon as I saw the mood board that I wanted to use a Katy Sue 3D

ornament shaped image I had put together, after all it features Rudolph

so how I resist??   The background paper is from Simple Stories Make It Merry.

I added some 'dazzles' around the edge of the red card stock for some

shimmery sparkle.  The sentiment is from The Ton.

Come on over to our year round challenge at Peace On Earth,
we would love to have you!

Peace & Love

 Hello Peace On Earth fans, it's once again a new month
and that means a new challenge at
Peace On Earth!
We have a fun mood board for Inspiration but you can
create anything Christmas themed.

Our design team always tries to use the board for inspiration if possible
and I hit the nail on the head this time with my cute heart balloon snowman
die cut with a Cottage Cutz Woodland Snow Lady which sadly to say
is no longer available for purchase.  She actually comes with a birdhouse
but to fit my theme I added a Poppystamps heart balloon.
The papers are Doodlebug Milk and Cookies (2017) and the

sentiment is Hero Arts Christmas Messages which I thought
was perfect for my card!  She is even holding a bell, adding more
from the mood board!

Come and join us at Peace On Earth and get an early 'jump' on your 2026

Christmas cards, we would LOVE to have you!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge .... Have  Heart
Cut It Up #338 .... My Heart
Festive Friday #202 .... Die Cuts~Heart~Pink~Love Sentiment

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ....ATG

Winter Wishes

It's time for another Peace On Earth challenge and I certainly hope
you play along with us this year as then you will be so much ahead
for when the holidays roll around! 

We have a snowy cold cute and fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is Christmas themed!

Today's card  uses Northern Lights paper by Recollections (2018).
This pad of papers is getting smaller and smaller and that makes me 'happy'!

I also used a Hero Arts Peeking Snowman Fancy die (2023)
that I have used before but last time I gave him a top hat
but this time made a 'her' making it more girly by adding pinks,
Stickles and some Nuvo drops.
The sentiment is from The Ton.

Come on over to Peace On Earth and have some holiday fun

with us and be inspired by our fabulous design teams!!

Entering the following challenges:
Cut It Up .... Favorite Die
Crafty Gals Corner .... ATG or Snowman
Try It On Tuesday .... It's Cold Outside (and boy is it lol)

POE Jan 26

 Can you believe it is already 2026, wow, as you get older
the years seem to fly by and we are already into our first
challenge at Peace On Earth.

We have a pretty winter-y mood board to create your holiday
card from if you need the inspiration,
otherwise it's any Christmas creation you would like!

If you follow my blog you know that I was a bit addicted to the Katy Sue 3D
paper kits and have fallen for many of them.  This one is the 
Christmas Flower Pots kit which makes 8 cards with 4 different designs.
I have to admit, I tried numerous times to get good pictures of these
beautiful cards, they are MUCH prettier IRL!
They are also very much 3D.

The back of the card has an easel so the card can display upright.
The tree pulls out of the basket and is attached to a card that

you can write your holiday greeting on.

This is the second card in this design but with a pink bow.

I have six more of these types of cards, maybe you will see them later on,

but I hope to see YOU at Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

Christmas crafts All Year Round ....B is for BLUE

Cozy Days

Hello friends, it's our last challenge for Peace On Earth
for 2025, but we will be back in full force in 2026!

We have a cozy warm mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything new Christmas themed! 

I used one of my favorite die sets from Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug
I filled it with some fun things also included in the die set.

The background piece came from my 'spare parts' of die cuts and all was placed on
a background paper 'Noel' that I received FREE from scrapbookdotcom with an order.  The cozy days sentiment is
PPP Fall Additions for the mug.

Take a break from all your Christmas activities and come on over
to Peace On Earth for some challenge fun!

Entering the Following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Jingle Belles .... ATG Christmas
ABC Christmas ....Y is for YUMMY
Christmas Kickstart ...ATG Christmas

Christmas Santa

 Hello Friends, today at Peace On Earth we have  a pretty
inspiration board that has a somewhat vintage look.
But, you can create anything as long as it's Christmas themed!

I always try to go with our mood boards as close as I can
so on this one I let the upper left big Santa face inspire me along with the colors.
Years ago I purchased these BIG stickers (1986), yes I've had them that long,
from a local Apple House that my sister, my mom and I myself used to go to for
lunch, they had the best grilled green olive/cream cheese sandwiches, plus a cute gift shop
which is where these stickers came from. These were so large that I had to make A6 cards
not my usual A2.  I decided to make three using all three stickers instead of putting them away for another 20 years.  I had some pretty vintage color papers  from P13 Cozy Winter that
looked good with the kraft card bases, so all in all these are pretty simple cards
using just the papers and big stickers!

Card #1:

Card #2:

Card #3 

Christmas will be here soon, come and have some holiday fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:

Let's Craft & Create .... Vintage Feel
Christmas Crafts All Year Round .... Santa Claus Is Coming To
 Town

Christmas Kickstart .... It's Christmassy

Gingerbread Bakery

 Hello friends, as Christmas is fast approaching we have another
challenge starting today at Peace On Earth giving you another
chance to get those Christmas cards done!

We also have an inspiration  board but you can create anything as long as it is Christmas!

I used some cute gingerbread papers from Echo Park Have A Holly Jolly Christmas.
I also die cut a few  IO gingers to add to the front.
I layered the gingerbread bakery 'sign' on a piece of red card stock.
That's it, another easy peasy holiday card!

Come and join us at Peace On Earth, we would love to see you there!

Wishing You A Merry Christmas

 Hello friends, it is getting closer and closer to Christmas
and at Peace On Earth we are ready for it!

We have a fun inspiration board if you are inclined to be
inspired by it, but you can create anything Christmas themed!

Those fun ornaments in the bottom left corner inspired me knowing I had this 
great Cottage Cutz Deer and Birch Tree ornament die.  We actually tried to give this
same die away at one of our other challenges but it went unclaimed...sad!
But I used my die for this card and die cut three of them and a The Ton sentiment.
The paper once again came from a  favorite designer P13 Cozy Winter.

Were you inspired by our inspiration board?  
We hope so and would love to see your results at
our Peace On Earth challenge.