Peace on Earth

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The Christmas countdown is in progress. I hope you are on track with all your Christmas preparations. I just finished all my decorating. It takes longer than I plan but oh so worth it when it's finished. 

Now I need to move onto finishing up my cards and getting them in the mail. I have about 35 cards made and I just need a few more. I have a couple of the Stampin'-Up Paper Pumpkin kits sitting around and the designs are more simplified. So, I just may finish up another 10 cards using those kits. 

I am not sure about all the baking and candy making that I do each year. I give a lot of the treats away, but I always eat more than I intended to especially with the chocolate treats. Who can resist good chocolate candy (LOL)??? I have to decide soon because time is running out. 

Well now let's move onto my card for today. This one I created for the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #868. LeAnn was the hostess, and she chose crumb cake, soft succulent and evening evergreen for her color trio. Optional was to use a die.

crumb cake, soft succulent, evening evergreen

For my card, I used the new Peace on Earth Phrase die from CottageCutz. It's cut in the evening evergreen shade. I added a berry sprig and some pinecones on the image panel. I placed the phrase in a stitched label die. It's from Stampin'-Up. 

The background paper is from the Stampin'-Up "Painted Christmas" collection. It has all the challenge colors.

To finish off the card I scattered a few soft succulent gems. And, that's my card for today. So until next time .......God bless. 

card details:

Paper: soft succulent, evening evergreen, whisper white, crumb cake, soft suede, merry merlot, painted christmas dsp (Stampin'-Up)

Paper Size: A2

Accessories: peace on earth phrase, christmas farmhouse floral dies (CottageCutz), stitched label dies, in-color gems (Stampin'-Up)

Die I used to create card:

I am also entering:

1.  Beyond the Blue has a Christmas challenge with non-traditional colors.

2.  Crafty Catz has an anything goes with an optional twist of Christmas celebrations.  

3.  Paper Funday has an anything goes with optional of Holiday. 

4.  Jingle Belles has a "It's a Wrap challenge. 

5.  Addicted to Stamps has a die and/or stencils challenge.