Nine projects with Peace on Earth from Stampin' Up!®

Are you making Christmas cards yet? Want a change from traditional red and green?

The gorgeous Peace on Earth dies (165924) and coordinating Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper (165917) from Stampin’ Up!® are ideal for making serene cards which will stand out from the crowd.

I used these dies and this lovely Peaceful Garden paper at my recent all-day class here in Derbyshire. I did not use the Peace on Earth stamps because the sentiments don't exactly scream Christmas to me.

We spent a relaxing day crafting, with a buffet lunch (SO many sandwiches!) to fuel our afternoon.

I created a tutorial of nine projects (10 if you include the handmade envelope) for people to choose from. Some cherry-picked their favourites, ignoring the tricky ones. Some only made the tricky ones, working on the theory that I was there to help if needed. And I believe some of them managed to make them all!

 

Let's take a look at the projects, starting with this fancy card featuring a whole load of Stampin' Up!® products. I began with the idea of doves flying out of an envelope, and as I have the Jolly Delivery Dies ready for my next Christmas class, I thought I may as well use them. 

For this class I decided to make more use of the lovely Two-Tone 12"x12" cardstock because it is now available in all colours. I love that you get two shades, giving you more versatility, and the fact that it's lighter so it doesn't add so much weight to your projects.

However, for the envelope mounted on this card I used traditional A4 cardstock in Cloud Cover, to give it a bit more rigidity. The inside of the card is lined with some Cloud Cover designer series paper from the Peaceful Garden pack. This is primarily to cover the slit in the envelope flap, but also looks lovely, giving the impression of doves against a cloudy sky.

The doves are die-cut from a mix of white cardstock and glimmer paper. I found some old white glimmer paper in my stash, and used this for the class alongside the Peaceful Garden glimmer paper (165929) which coordinates perfectly with the paper.

You can find a tutorial for this and two more of these projects here

 

 

Perhaps the fiddliest card of the Peace on Earth day was this Peekaboo Tent-fold Easel Card which looks harder than it is to make. I have a tutorial for a similar card to this coming up soon but you can see roughly how it is made from this photo: 

 

This is a lovely way to show off the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper, and the doves are the perfect elements to fly out from the centre. My card says Happy Christmas as I was still waiting for my Traditional Labels stamp set to arrive when I made this, but the Just for You fits beautifully here. 

 

There is one retired element here - I seem to have a lot of those wooden elements left over, and they are ideal for adding a bit of weight to the easel. This one is stained white using Craft White ink. 

 

All easels need a "stopper" to prevent the main panel from sliding forwards, and I love that the mini envelope from Peace on Earth dies is just perfect for this. 

Next up is this fancy fold with matching envelope, and I take no credit for this. It’s a direct CASE from a Stampin’ Up!® project for the Creativity Now event earlier this year, which showcased the Peace on Earth bundle and Peaceful Garden suite.

The card is made from a 12"x4" strip of Designer Series Paper and all I did was change the Peaceful Garden paper design. Be warned though – if you make one of these, you need a paper pattern which works in all directions, as one of the ladies discovered on the day. 

 

I absolutely love the NOEL cards, the first of which I have already shown you in this post. This is a CASE of a card by UK Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator Kim Fee. 

I made it my own by using darker paper and a different word. Any four-letter word will work, and we had fun thinking up some ideas which weren’t particularly festive!

I love that this card is a “twofer” in that you get two for one. Cut the letters out of the white background to make the first card, then use the letters on the second card to minimise waste.

These Party Alphabet Dies are £93 but you can get them way cheaper during October if you add them to your Starter Kit when you join Stampin’ Up!®

If you‘re in the UK, you can join my team here.

This Sending Love and Joy card is an old favourite design which is great for showing off your Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper, and indeed works with almost any patterned paper; you can even mix Stampin’ Up!® packs because the colours all coordinate!

 

To get the dove flying towards the left, I simply turned over my patterned paper and cut from the back, then smoothed it out a little using a bone folder. 

 

For the Merry and Bright card I covered the whole card front using the Crumb Cake design of Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper. 

You may have noticed that some of the doves have eyes. Not on the glimmer paper of course but for the white ones I added a dot with a Stampin’ Up!® journalling pen. I think it gives them more life. 

As the Peace on Earth event was in September, I wanted to show that the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper could also be used for birthday cards. I CASEd this one with the blending brush background but am ashamed to say I can’t remember where from. I usually save the info but I am in the process of moving into my new craft room and cannot find anything! 

This design would work with many Stampin’ Up!® dies and punches – it’s simply some Cloud Cover ink applied with a blending brush, then some sprigs and stars laid on top. You can clearly see here the two different shades of Secret Sea from one piece of Two-Tone cardstock. 

Finally, this is the perfect card to end on because it uses those fiddly little scraps you always have at the end of a craft session. This card is from the Creativity Now Stampin’ Up!® event and would work with literally any patterned paper or plain cardstock. Try it!

I have a tutorial for three of these Peace on Earth cards for sale in my Buy Me a Coffee store, along with other tutorials, my colour combo book and lots of resources for demonstrators. 

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