Mama Elephant | Watercolor Poinsettias. Blog Hop + Giveaway

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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.

Subtotal minimum amount must be met before any shipping fees/tax/customs | Free item(s) will be automatically added to your cart | Free item(s) valid only a single order. Orders cannot be combined | Limit one free offer per customer/order | Free offer valid 10/15-10/31 or while supplies last!

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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Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!

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!

SHOP MAMA ELEPHANT OCTOBER RELEASE

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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