Joy to the World & Peace on Earth

*Note: if you’re here to see today’s Color Hues Challenge post (more Christmas, of course), click here.

It may be a bit early for the sentiment in the title of the post, but definitely NOT too early to be thinking about Christmas cards. Last year at this time all the cards that I needed were completed. There’s a long story behind the fact that I am not nearly ready, but I’ll save it for later if the original plan pans out in the end. In the meantime, I’m making Christmas cards when I can. Work on our house last week and the fact that volunteer work always seems to increase at this time of year, has meant crafty time has been diminished for the last couple of  weeks. I’ll be working with our Dining Room Ministry program Saturday, but there appears to be a good amount of time for crafting as well. I have big plans . . .

For today, I’m sharing two cards that were quick to make since the gold foiled backgrounds were already prepared. I’m entering them in the Peace On Earth Challenge where they have a lovely mood board for inspiration, but where any Christmas themed card is welcome. This time I’m not focused on anything on the moodboard.

The beautiful foiled background is Pinkfresh Studio’s Lush Vines which I’ve used over and over. This time it was foiled on Concord and 9th’s Evergreen cardstock.

Both of the sentiments were die cut once from gold metallic paper and layered on four green die cuts for dimension. This JOY is from Savvy Stamps and has been in my collection for years. 

The die cut for this sentiment ended up in the envelope with the Savvy die. I haven’t (yet) figured out where it came from. The sub-sentiment is from Papertrey Ink’s Sending Joy set. 

The sun is shining here and we’re due for possibly 60° temperatures, possibly the last day this fall. I’m hoping to get out for a long walk after lunch.