Sep 18 2007
Simple Peace Christmas Design
I love this Peace set by Flourishes! The beautiful calligraphy turns into a bird…a dove that speaks of peace. This is a simple design. I love simple Christmas cards and I love the fact that I am actually making some ahead this year! The sentiment makes up the main image and greeting all in one!
White Peace
The main focus of this design is the sentiment/image and I decided to try embossing it in white embossing powder on this gorgeous blue metallic shimmer paper from Flourishes. It is available as part of their September promotion, Peace cardmaking kit and is great for starting you holiday designs early. Check it out before it is gone.
After stamped my image, I matted it with whisper white cardstock and then distressed the edges with my Heidi Swapp edge distresser. Love that little pink thang! 
I decided it needed a little extra border so I used a zig zag stitch right around the panel and the added two little pewter eyelets with my Crop-a-dile. The blue & white striped ribbon was tied through them as a little embellishment. At the top left, I added a fancier ornate brad that I picked up at the dollar store. What a find!
The main card base is super easy…my patterned paper picked up the white and blue and I adhered it to my card base. To edge the top, I added a strip of my blue striped ribbon to tie the design together and then another dash of zig zag stitching….you can never go wrong with a little stitching… IMHO! 
I don’t pull out my corner rounder often enough and so I decided to round the right edges with it…I love the clean look of it on white cardstock!
Wishing you a peaceful day!
Cornish Heritage Farms Staff Designer Coordinator
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Very beautiful! Love the shades of blue and the stitching, so pretty!
Oooooo, that’s gorgeous!
Love the simplicity of your card and how you used the ribbon twice. The patterned paper looks so beautiful with the white CS. TFS
pretty, J! love the rounded corners and your stitching!
What a different color palette for Christmas — so refreshing! I like the image embossed in white.
I too love the simplicity of your card..
love the style..the rounded corners..the
stitching..PP..and the peace stamp/dove
Great card.
This is such a beautiful, elegant card! I love all of your special touches you’ve given to it!
Lovely card… love the colors and the stitching. TFS!
This is so gorgeous! Love the white embossing and the corner rounder just does it for me! All the other tep in the process add more delights to the card. TFS.
Very simple and pretty. Love it.
So pretty, J! I just love the softness of the distressed edges.