Today we’re shaking things up with a sketch challenge — aka the perfect creative prompt when your crafty brain is like “…what do I make??” 😅
A sketch gives you a blueprint — but you get to bring the magic ✨

And oh my gosh… I LOVED this layout!

🕊️ Peaceful Doves & Winter Magic

For today’s sketch, I went full elegant Christmas vibes — think peaceful winter nights, candlelight, glittering snowflakes and soft dove wings floating through the air ❄️🤍

I used the gorgeous Stampin’ Up! Peace of Earth bundle to create a layered focal piece — and paired it with strips of soft blue & neutral tones from the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper to mimic the sketch layout. I then added glittered leaves, twine, and a bold circular background to anchor everything.
The sentiment?
Peace, Love & Joy — because honestly, what more could we want this season? 🌟

I adore how serene this turned out… like a little handcrafted Christmas wish card for the soul.

📬 Inside the Card

Soft, simple and meaningful — I added a delicate dove, subtle stars and a touch of shimmer to keep the peaceful theme flowing to the inside too.

Handmade Christmas card in soft winter blues and creams featuring two layered white die-cut doves above a black textured circle wrapped with white twine. Blue glitter foliage and silver stars accent the scene, with a sentiment strip reading “PEACE, LOVE & JOY.” The background has distressed soft stripes and layered torn-edge paper for a vintage winter feel.

Close-up of the handmade dove Christmas card showing detailed die-cut doves, blue glitter leaves, textured black circle, and layered sentiment that reads “PEACE, LOVE & JOY.” Twine loops and small star embellishments add dimension over soft neutral and blue striped layers.

Inside of handmade Christmas card with clean white panel. Bottom corner features a soft blue ink-blended area with a white die-cut dove holding a branch and small glitter stars, with subtle ink splatter for texture.

✂️ Play Along With Us!

Use the sketch to inspire your Day 6 creation and share it using:
✨ #TSL12daysofChristmas
And don’t forget to check out what my crafty besties created too 👇
🔗 Maheswari’s blog
🔗 Rochelle’s blog

💖 Want the Tutorials for ALL 36 cards?!

Yep — during these 12 days we’re sharing 36 festive projects across all our blogs 🎄
And if you’re a member of The Stamping Lounge, you get every PDF tutorial plus videos, classes & inspo all year!
Come join us & bring your crafty heart home 🛋️✨👇
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Treat yourself — you deserve crafty joy 🎁
See you tomorrow for Day 7 — it’s another goooood one 🤭💫

Happy stamping,

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HAPPENING NOW

The brand new November Global Creative Project tutorial is now out. Earn for free from me for placing an order in my online store or head to my tutorial store and purchase the PDF tutorial.
New Creativity Kits have been released in my online store. Head here to check them out.
A fabulous new Stampin’ Up! class featuring the Brushed with Beauty suite has been announced. Check out all the details for the Stampin’ Up! online classes here.

Events coming soon

These are two upcoming amazing events with The Stamping Lounge run by myself, Maheswari Rajaguru and Rochelle Laird-Smith. We will be running an online class using the brand new Stampin’ Up! Brushed with Beauty Suite and we also have our 12 Days of Advent calendar class that is coming up and open for registration now featuring the Stampin’ Up! 12 Days of Advent Calendar. Click the images or links to find out more and enrol OR sign up to The Stamping Lounge membership to get access to both are these events which are included in the membership.

supplies for day SIX card

Product List

Peace On Earth Bundle (English) [165925] $68.25	Secret Sea A4 Cardstock [165296] $25.00	Cloud Cover A4 Cardstock [165293] $25.00	Basic Beige A4 Cardstock [164512] $25.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00
Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [165917] $21.75	Peaceful Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Paper [165929] $18.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $15.75	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $17.50	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00	Secret Sea Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [165289] $19.25	Black & White & Gold Baker's Twine [166005] $15.00	Hues Of Blue Flowers [165930] $15.75
Spotlight On Nature Dies [163580] $61.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75