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May your stocking be full

September 2025 Peace On Earth Challenge #95 which is an anything goes Christmas challenge although there is a mood board for anyone needing a boost for ideas. I had the stocking already done as I was playing with this die a few posts ago, and I decided to use it here.

The stocking is from a small die by Marianne Designs, purchased in the Netherlands and I cut it using different PP so I could paper piece a little to give it more definition. PP is from a Recollections pad. The background layer is actually from a store bought card received last year that I thought would work for something else one day and it works well here I think. The tiny sentiment is from a GKD set, and the star banner is from Scrapbook.com. The lacy piece is a border die from Crafters Companion that was poorly cut. I layered it with another poorly cut piece and decided it would work as a kind of mantlepiece to hang the stocking from. The twine is from my stash and it took me forever to tie it into a satisfactory bow. The threads kept separating but I managed in the end. I added some sparkle to the snowflakes in the stocking as well as some red dots to the leafy area.

This card is a fairly simple one and although there are layers its still flat enough to be mailed as regular postage, although not to the USA, as their regulations have changed and anything that isn’t paper means it has to go as a package, which is becoming expensive.

Thanks for spending time with me today.

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  3. Beautiful Christmas card with attractive plaid background and lovely stocking. Interesting about USA mail selecting cards made with items which are not paper being classified as a parcel. Guess that includes little bling gems. Some birthday and/or anniversary cards I have sent to the USA have a thick velvet ribbon on the front running down the side but these were mailed to family over the last couple of years. Guess I shall think twice in the future about the type of cards being mailed to the States.

    overbthe last couple of years to the USA.

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  4. What a delightful Christmas card. The plaid background is perfect with the stocking. The lace with the star garland is a perfect place to hang the stocking.

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  5. It’s a gorgeous stocking, I would love to have one like that myself!! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Peace On Earth!

    Diane POE Co-Owner

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