This is another card I did with the new Peace set just out by Flourishes. I just LOVE this set. It has this large Peace/dove image. To give you an idea of the size of this image, the panel it is stamped on is 4 3/4″ x 2 7/8″. This card measures 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″, and fits into the envelopes made for a 1/2 fold card (1/2 sheet of paper size). I love working with large images as it makes the card making go so quickly!!! Plus, especially for Christmas cards, this size card/envelope is plenty large to stick in those school pictures or family photos we all send at Christmas time, plus the much loved form letter! And I’m not joking — I LOVE to get those letters at Christmas to keep me up to date on the lives of family and friends. There’s a silly little thing we do here at Chrimstas time. My DH always brings in the mail, as I wait, anxiously, for Christmas cards. If it’s a store bought card with no letter or photo, only a signature, he knows I’ll be disappointed. If it has either enclosed, I’m much happier. If it has both enclosed, I’m delighted. If it’s a hand stamped card, I go through the roof — LOL!!! It doesn’t take much to entertain us around here — LOL!!!

OK, back to the card at hand — this was done for a color challenge on SCS — and the colors were Always Arthichoke and Groovy Guava. I love Guava, it just wouldn’t have been my first choice to put on this card, but I worked it in (I LOVE a challenge) and am happy with the results. I used Waxyo’s technique for the heavy ink distressing, using 3 colors of ink — Groovy Guava, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust. It’s fun to do as you watch the piece age in front of your eyes!!! I further distressed with the distressing tool on SU’s Cutter Kit — a great, great little gadget I couldn’t live without!

Check out the panel behind the Peace panel. Know what it is? It is tree wrap — like you use to wrap on the trunks of small trees — found at the hardware store. Quite inexpensive — a huge roll, 3″ wide, just a couple dollars. I love it’s texture — goes so well on these autumn/tree type cards. My pine boughs are actually the Christmas Tree from the set called O Christmas Tree also by Flourishes, just released. Please see post prior to this for more on that fun set! Finished off with accents of brads, swirl clip and hemp. Peace panel is up on mounting tape. That’s it — another card that is fairly quick and easy to produce without too terribly much fussing!!!

Again, the link to Flourishes is not yet in my sidebar, but here it is: www.flourishes.org. Thanks for looking!