Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Peace on Earth


Hi everyone.  Today's card is for a "new-to-me" challenge called Merry Monday.  My friend Bonnie is on the Design Team and I have been ogling her gorgeous Christmas Cards all year.  Now that I'm in my Christmas card-making mode, thought I'd enter.

Here's the wonderful sketch for this week:



and I used all dies to make this card (along with sentiment printed from my computer).  I had a little trouble lining up the letters perfectly ... but it just goes to show that this is hand-made :)  I used some pretty Christmas Designer Papers from last year that I've been hording.  Happy to be using more designer paper as my "collection" has gotten out of hand!! :)

Here's a close-up:




Stamps:  none ("on earth" is printed from my computer)
Paper:  White (C.C. Designs), Be of Good Cheer DP - retired, Silver Glimmer (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, High Rise Alphabet - lower case (MFT), Tree Die from Holiday Cheer set (Sizzix), Holiday Shapes - star die (Simon Says), glue, adhesives, and dimensionals



22 comments:

Bonnie said...

This is ingenious, Loll! It's amazing to see the different takes on this sketch! I'm so glad you decided to join us at Merry Monday! And good job on using some of the decorative paper.

Anonymous said...

Love the card Loll and if it lined up perfect, well, heck, you might as well buy a card. That is what makes handmade cards special. Hugs!

Carole said...

A sparkling spectacular yet simple card. Love it!

Sue said...

Ingenious use of the sketch, Loll, love how you used the tree for the A. Sue x

Barb Ghig said...

Such a beautiful Christmas card, Loll! I love the patterns you chose for the alphas and tree...perfect with your CAS design!

Canonbury creations said...

Fab take on the sketch Loll, love it!
Val x

Darlene DeVries said...

I absolutely love this card Loll. Having a tree for the A is brilliant!! So simple and perfect. :)
Darlene

Mary H. said...

I am really liking the way you are interspersing these embellishments in the center of your words. This is lovely. Had you not pointed out that your letters were not perfectly aligned, no one would notice! I still had to look pretty hard to see what you meant. This is just a very pretty & clean, elegant card. TFS & Bonnie's cards are marvelous. You are both such an inspiration to me! Hugs

Susan said...

An absolutely brilliant interpretation of the sketch! And a perfect CAS card - I love it!

Unknown said...

Ohhhhh Lol, this made me do a little happy dance! It's so clever - think all my Christmas cards are going to be either this one or your gorgeous Joy poinsettia one.....they are both amazing. What inspiration.

Hugs.
Karen x

Susan Joyce said...

Love your take on the sketch Loll, fabulous Christmas card. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday for the first time.

Marcia Hill said...

Love this card and your letters look just fine to me! And the card is SO cool that no one's going to notice if anything is not perfectly straight. :0)

Julia Aston said...

what a great design with the letters and tree Loll! love the papers you used!

Sherry Eckblad said...

Love your card. The colors the elements, just everything about it. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday.

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Stamps and Paper said...

Just love how you have used the letter A for the Christmas tree Loll and really clever idea and your papers are lovely...your Christmas cards are so inspirational....you've inspired me to make a start of my Christmas cards...

Anne

Notes by Nina said...

I love your take on the sketch, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

shirley-bee said...

Fabulously clever card, Loll! I love the little star on the tree too!

Cathy said...

Brilliant card Loll, such a clever design. The papers you used look fantastic too :) Cathy x

Lesley said...

Wow, Loll, this is absolutely fabulous! Love what you did with the sketch and the traditional colours you used! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday!

Bonnie said...

Congratulations on being the winner at Merry Monday with this card! It's awesome!

Darnell said...

I'm not surprised to see that you won this challenge your very first time entering it, Lolly! You always make winning cards IMHO! This design is drop-dead spectacular! So pinning! Now, how to make this work for me as a CASE w/o buying more NBUS?!! xxoo Dolly