Peace and Joy

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog today.

Well, it's December 29 and another Christmas Day has come and gone. We are still celebrating the holiday season though. Our son and his family are here from California. It's been such a wonderful visit. They leave in a couple of days, and I am not anxious to see them go.

Yesterday was my hubby's birthday and we had a celebration for him here at our home. My Pittsburgh son and family came for dinner and a great evening of family time. Since this was his 70th birthday we are planning a family vacation sometime next year. He wants to go on a cruise to Alaska. That is on my bucket list as well.

Now onto my card for today. This is another of my Christmas cards and one I made for the color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. 

I was the hostess, and I chose garden green, cherry cobbler and coastal cabana for the color trio. Optional was to use designer paper. And I said to get creative with the optional item.

For my card I used some of the contents from the Stampin' Up "Nests of Christmas" Paper Pumpkin Kit and made an alternative card instead of following the kit directions.

I cut one of the card bases down for my card front so I could just use the coastal cabana dsp and the foiled arch. The arch is in shaded spruce, but I did say you could get creative with the designer paper option. I layered this panel on shaded spruce cardstock.

The bird and the greenery are from the kit. I added some additional berry sprigs and cut those with a die from CottageCutz. I added the "peace and joy" phrase cut in cherry cobbler to complete my card. If you have this kit, check out Tami White's Blog. She has several ideas for alternative card designs using this kit.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time......God bless.

Card Details:

Paper: white, cherry cobbler, garden green, shaded spruce (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Accessories: Nests of Christmas PP Kit (Stampin' Up), Peace and Joy Wreath die, Christmas Greenery die (CottageCutz

I am also entering:

1.  613 Avenue Create has an anything goes w/optional any Winter Holiday.

2.  Peace on Earth has an anything goes challenge w/optional mood board. 

3.  Aloha Friday has a Christmas/Winter challenge. 

4.  Cut It Up has an anything goes challenge. 

5.  Simon Say Stamp Wednesday challenge is to use dies.