Peace, Hope and Joy Christmas

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog this Saturday in September. 

I decorated my home for Fall and Thanksgiving this week. It might be a bit early for Thanksgiving but I had all the Fall decorations pulled out and once I put the containers away I didn't want to have to get them out again in a month. So I put everything out now. I love these upcoming holidays so decorating a bit early for them doesn't bother me.  Now I get to enjoy the decorations a little longer than usual.

Today I am back to roasting tomatoes and stuffing all the banana peppers that my hubby just picked. My plan was to do that yesterday but I was out of onions. So to the store first and then I will be in the kitchen for several hours. 

Now let's move onto my card for today. This one I made for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog.  There is a new release of Christmas dies from CottageCutz and I used the Peace, Hope and Joy ornaments to create this CAS card. 

I send a lot of handmade Christmas cards- usually about 60, in fact. And, I know some of the recipients don't appreciate a detailed card so I send them one that I have made multiples of and was reproduced easily and quickly. Aren't we all looking for ideas like that?

Since I was using 3 ornaments on my card, I knew the card would have to be a bit larger than an A2 size. So I created a 5 x7 card. That's a size I don't believe I have ever used. But you can still mail it with a first class postage stamp.

I wanted to use some background designer paper and I found this snowflake paper that I have had in my stash for a few years. HaHa - don't we all! I was initially going to layer it with vellum but I liked the look without it.

Next, I cut the ornaments in white cardstock. I thought the all white ornaments would be a good contrast again the dark blue paper.

Now this CAS card is ready for assembly. I decided to cut some pine sprigs so the ornaments weren't hanging in mid air. I used an older CottageCutz die (Lantern w/Pine Boughs) and white cardstock. 

Since this one was so easy to put together, I thought I would try another one with some non-traditional Christmas colors. I used a light purple designer paper from a Momenta "watercolor pack". Cut my ornaments from Stampin'-Up "gorgeous grape" cardstock and used the same color cardstock for my card base.

The card measurements are the same as the card above. I used a moss green cardstock for the pine sprigs on this card and scattered a few enamel dots.

Well that's it for me for this post. Enjoy your Saturday and hope you get some crafty time in. Until next time........God bless.

dies I used to create card:

 I am also entering:

1.  CHNC #507 is anything goes Christmas. 

2.  Crimbo Crackers has an anything goes Christmas challenge. 

3.  Krafty Chicks has a Christmas challenge. 

4.  Stinkin' Inkers has a x3 challenge. 

5.  The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge is anything goes.