Paper craft project no. 389: A trio of one layer Christmas cards

Excited to share that this week over at STAMPlorations, we're releasing a Christmas set I illustrated called Holiday Expressions: Yuletide Cheer. And we're celebrating with a mini hop too! If you hop on over the blog and leave a comment on the special stamp release post and on the participating designers blogs, you can be the lucky winner of the set :o)

Below is a preview of the stamp set. It's also now available in the shop and until October 7, it's 10% off.

I kept my one layer cards featuring this set pretty simple. With time being a precious commodity for me (my sweet baby Kathryn takes up 99.99% of my time these days), I stuck to plain stamping, masking, and coloring using my Japanese watercolor brush pens. These one layer cards were quick to make, which is another good thing since I can easily mass produce these cards :o)

Check out what Deepti, Lee-Anne, and Tenia created using the Yuletide Cheer set -- leave a comment here, on their blogs, and on the STAMPlorations blog by Friday and you could be the winner of this set :o)

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Paper craft project no. 388: Thankful for family one layer card

I've got a lot to be thankful for to my family -- I'm surrounded by my parents, in-laws, and husband who help me in taking care of my daughter, Kathryn. After a long labor (46 hours), I ended up delivering my baby via C-section in late August. I had planned on a normal delivery all along and didn't anticipate the delivery route I ended up with. The unplanned C-section had/have its own set of challenges (many of those I'm still dealing with at the moment), and without my family, I wouldn't know how to deal with those challenges without going insane :o)

Here's our first family photo:

Anyway, today's one layer card is for my parents and it's also for the special stamp release we're having over at the STAMPlorations blog this week. It features the set I illustrated, Holiday Expressions: Thankful for Autumn (now available in the shop at 10% off).

To create my card, I stamped the pumpkin first then placed the Shutters stencil over the card base and sponged green, yellow, and red inks. I used Inktense pencils to color the image. I stamped the sentiment and added the grungy frame (from the upcoming stamp club set, Mixed Media Elements) around. I finished the card by sponging brown chalk ink around the edges.

Check out what Becca, LauraJane, and Vicki created using the Thankful for Autumn set -- leave a comment here, on their blogs, and on the STAMPlorations blog by Friday and you could be the winner of this set :o)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile :o)