Hello and thank you for stopping by today to help celebrate Mama Elephant 4 Years Stampede (more about this below). I fell in love with their new Floral Series – Poinsettia stamp set and created a simple Christmas card to share in this post today.
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I started by stamping a sentiment first and I went with “Fa La La La” from the O’ Tiny Tree set and “Wishing You All The Happiness Your Holiday Can Hold” from the Merry Christmas Wishes set. The latter was a one line sentiment so I cut it apart to create a two line one, you can also mask a part of the sentiment if you don’t want to cut it.
I stamped 3 poinsettia flowers onto a sheet of Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink and MISTI (this watercolor paper is textured, so I like using my MISTI to be able to double and even triple stamp images).
I used Daniel Smith Watercolors and went with traditional red and green pigments to watercolor my images. I only have a sampler sheet from Daniel Smith (you can catch a glimpse at it at the very first photo), but I am loving it for simple coloring like this one. And there’s quite a lot of pigment in each one of those dots, so it does go a long way.
I added white gel pen accents to my images to create highlights, wrapped a bit of natural twine and adhered several small and medium clear drops from Pretty Pink Posh.
MAMA ELEPHANT STAMPEDE
Welcome to the very special #celebrating4years with Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop!
Our newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!
THIS YEAR’S PROMO
From 10/15-10/17
Take 10% off the entire store | In stock items only. No rain checks | No coupon code needed. All prices as marked.
From 10/15-10/31
Spend min $100* – get a free ‘Just a Note’ 4×6 stamp set | Spend min $150* – get a free ‘Just a Note’ 4×6 stamp set and ‘Zipper’ creative cut die.
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GIVEAWAY
To celebrate this mega anniversary release, up for grabs are three $25 gift certificate to the ME store! That’s a total of 9 winners for the 3-day Stampede! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. Winners will be announced on the last day of Stamp Highlights. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!
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BLOG HOP
We have so many amazing guest designers joining for for this Stampede. It’s a long list so we’re breaking it up into 3 days so everyone gets some love. Here are today’s designers, make sure you ‘stampede’ your way through all of them and check out what they created with the newest products! Mama Elephant.
Jennifer McGuire
Melania Deasy
Lisa Spangler
Anna Kossakovskaya
Yana Smakula – you are here
Eunji Jung
Remember to come back tomorrow for MORE!
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Mama Elephant Floral Series – Poinsettia Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Floral Series Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die Floral Series Poinsettia Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp Pix’s Happy Holiday Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Pix’s Happy Holiday Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die Pix’s Happy Holiday Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp Merry Mantel Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Merry Mantel Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die Merry Mantel Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp Meowy Woofmas Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Meowy Woofmas Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die Meowy Woofmas Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp City Sidewalks Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die City Sidewalks Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die City Sidewalks Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp Wooly Winter Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Wooly Winter Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp and Die Floral Wooly Winter Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant O’ Tiny Tree Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Merry Christmas Wishes Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp Retro Holiday Labels Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Home Collection Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Birch Trees Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Die Framed Tags Union Square Shop at: SSS |
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
Mama Elephant Floral Series – Poinsettia Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant O’ Tiny Tree Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Mama Elephant Merry Christmas Wishes Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS |
Arches Cold Press Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor 238-Dot Color Chart Shop at: |
May Arts IVORY Twine String Burlap Shop at: SSS |
3L Scrapbook Adhesives – EZ Runner Grand – Permanent Shop at: |
3L Scrapbook Adhesives – EZ Runner Grand – Permanent – Refill Shop at: |
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS |
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
Medium Water Brush Shop at: SSS |
Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS |
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Very pretty!
Love your colouring, very pretty
Your Christmas flowers are so pretty. My mom always gets one of those plants from us and then we plant it outside in the spring. This year I think some squirrels dug it up because I can’t find it anywhere. They are always digging up anything I plant it seems. Maybe I need to plant more paper flowers like on your card, then they can’t dig them up. I love how pretty your flowers look and I love the sentiment too. I bought the sentiments from ME, the retro ones. They were calling my name.
Your card is elegant.
Beautifully simple card.
Your beautiful coloring on the poinsettias make this such an elegant card.
Amazing colouring thank yoh so much for sharing
Awesome coloring! Love this card!
beautiful!
Amazing card! Great release!
Thank you for the inspiration!
Such a great Christmas card, thanks for sharing
What an elegant card that is! Beautiful.
Gorgeous! One of my favorite flowers and you’ve colored is so pretty.
Such beautiful colouring on the poinsettias!
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Beautiful card! Love your water coloring!
Love your poinsettia card, it is beautiful!
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What a beautiful elegant card! The floral stamps are beautiful, and your coloring is perfection – thank you for sharing!
Those stamps are beautiful, and so is your coloring!
A beautiful card with a lovely traditional look. Your water coloring is so, so pretty.
I have so many poinsettias stamps, but I think I need this one too!
Such pretty water coloring. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card…happy 4th anniversary to ME!
Very pretty! Those poinsettias are lovely, and I love the highlights and twine.
What an elegant card Yana. Love your watercolouring. A very clean and classy style. Never disappointed in an offering from you. ❤️️
I was hoping somebody was going to use the poisettia set….your card is really pretty.
Love those poinsettias…perfectly designed… and your card is beautiful and perfectly colored.
Lovely coloring and beautifully elegant
Loved the coloring on the poinsettias !! Such an elegant card. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Beautiful card!
Very pretty card. Beautiful poinsettias.
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Pretty poinsettias and cute sentiment.
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Love the colors…love the elegance of the card.
Very pretty!!
Beautiful watercoloring Yana! I love your card! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
Gorgeous card Yana! Love this gorgeous poinsettia set, thanks for sharing, have a wonderful day!
Beautiful! I love the white accents you added to the florals, adds so much!
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Beautiful card
Absolutely stunning card!
Love the poinsettia flowers!! Beautiful!