*free* baby jesus digi stamp

I'm still a beginner illustrator, so I feel like I should be open to requests. You know? Like, when you're just starting to build your portfolio or resumé for any job, you'll gleefully accept any account.

Soooo, when Maia (5 years old) asked me to draw her a baby Jesus that she could color, I made it happen.  Because, the budding portfolio. And also, baby Jesus.

As an aside, we'd just come back from church, she was singing Christmas carols, looking through my stamps and was SHOCKED to realize that Jesus was notably missing from my stash o' Christmas stamps. I mean, we teach her that Jesus is the reason for the season, but then all I have is one angel in a sweeping landscape of Santas and elves. (They are super cute, though.)



So, later that evening, I sat down to watch Mary Poppins and sketch a swaddled baby Jesus.  Monday morning, I was ready to make an illustrated version. Maia promptly colored herself 5 versions of baby Jesus, to be handed out to teacher and friends at school. I colored one to show off, and made the quickest card:



Because Jesus' gift of life is free, I'm offering this sweet baby Jesus image as a free digi stamp.  The card you see above is a standard 4.25 x 5.5 inch card, so that will give you an idea of how large the image is (if you do nothing to shrink it down.)  When you click on the link, it will automatically download the zip file to your computer or ask you to save it.  You'll get both a png and jpg format.

BABY JESUS

I really hope you enjoy printing and coloring the babe! If you'd like to see more of my illustrations, I have a Christmas collection available in my Etsy shop - click! And I am working to put out a Valentine collection, sometime in the early new year.  Thank you for all of your encouragement and support as I hack my way into the world of illustrators.

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Dear Santa... {free digi}

Hi there!

I have all all-digi card to share today:



You may remember that I used this sweet girl before, and even offered her as a free digital stamp - click!

I colored her dress a Christmas red, and printing her out along with a cheeky sentiment.

I printed her twice, so that I could cut her out and pop her up. I added her onto a woodgrain notecard (it seemed fitting, with her bear hat!) and added an extra pop of red with the red and white twine.

If you want to use her for yourself, click over to *this blog post* and follow the download link.

I'll see you back here tomorrow for a new free digi! woot!

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Lauren's mermaid party and a free mermaid for you!

I'm so excited to share with you the party that I helped put on for my niece, along with huge help from Marlyn (Montreal Confections.) All of the goodies on the sweet table were made by Marlyn and were completely stunning.

Are you ready? It's gonna be a long post, full of yummy and crafty pictures...

This is my niece, Lauren. She just turned 4 and is currently obsessed with all things mermaid. Ariel, to be specific. The wig is killing me.

It's not exactly Ariel, but we created our own version.  I used Lawn Fawn's critters in the sea and the frame from sweater weather for the paper decorations. The mermaid? She's my own creation.  I illustrated her, and I think she fits right in with the critters! I love her to bits. If you love her too, you'll want to keep reading...



Here's what the entire party looked like, at a glance. I love the linen tablecloth that we used for the main table - we kept it wrinkly because I thought it looked like textured sand. Yes? ha.



The party table was bright and airy, and a little dreamy. It turned out exactly how I hoped it would! My sister bought the watery-colored hanging balls from Michaels, and I added a honeycomb garland (that I made from scratch, thank you very much). We kept it simple and fresh.

My favorite thing on the dessert table was this cake. I mean, that's my artwork.in cake form. It was all piped and airbrushed to perfection.



Marlyn has a tutorial video on youtube today. Even if you would never recreate these desserts, please go and watch the video! It's amazing to watch an artist at work - I love seeing behind the scenes stuff! CLICK!



I know my card-making friends will appreciate this: look! sugar enamel dots!

If one cake wasn't enough, Marlyn made a second cake. She knows how much I love her buttercream. hee.



The shells and little pearls were the perfect simple touches.



I created labels for the water bottles, and a few food markers using a mix of stamps and digital artwork.

Everything was kept light and white, with pops of color.



These cupcakes were labeled mermaid sightings and were so cute!



I love the sugar tails sticking out!



Of course, Marlyn made cookies. Like this one, just for Lauren, and the number 4 on top of the ruffled cake.



And the school of dolphins. hee. They make me smile! Marlyn hand-cut these to match the lawn fawn stamp!



My sister added some special touches of her own, like these starfish sandwiches,



and these pearly oyster cookies. so cute!

I made the take-home favor bag, and my sister stuffed them with goodies.



All in all, I'd say the birthday girl was pretty happy with what we created for her!

I hope you like it too! I have a special gift for you to take home too. If you like the mermaid that I illustrated to match the lawn fawn stamps, then download her and print her out for yourself!

I'm offering her to you in JPEG and PNG formats. Click on the link that suits you, and save to your computer. If you will use her with the lawn fawn critters, you'll need to shrink her down a bit!

Thanks for stopping by!

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the girl with the bear hat - a free digi stamp

Hey there!

I know not all of you are into digi stamps, but as I work and practise on translating my hand-drawn doodles into illustrated artwork, I just love to be able to share a little something with you.

I drew a few back to school images, but I had in mind that she could be used for just about anything. Stick her next to a dear Santa sentiment, or a happy birthday and it would be just as cute. I love her bear hat and little school-girl dress.

I used a stencil on the background and printed her again so that I could fussy cut and pop her up. The sentiment is by Altenew.



This is my little gift to you, thanks for visiting my blog! I hope you like her.  If you decide to download and color her, leave me a link in the comments so I could come see - it always gives me a thrill!



If you want to download the png file, click HERE.

If you would rather download the jpg file, click HERE.

If you want to check out last month's free digi stamp, click HERE.

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Going to the beach blog hop and free digi!

If you follow me on instagram, or even on the blog, you know that I've developed a little love for doodling.  On the side, I've started to learn adobe illustrator so that I could have nice, stamp-like perfect images of my drawings.

Since our family is getting ready for the beach, I drew a beach girl and asked some of my favorite crafty friends to help me show her off:

Elena ♥ Deasy ♥ Laura ♥ Dana  ♥ Iwona ♥ Miriam ♥ Jocelyn ♥ Audrey ♥ Cheiron ♥ Veronica ♥ Jingle

Life is good!

Once I decided on her size and printed her out, I paired her with some beachy lawn fawn stamps, and got to coloring.



I love her princess-leia buns and the strawberries on her suit!

And, just to show what else you could do with a digi stamp, I printed off a larger version and decided to test her out as a blond:

A little more of a pop-art feel to this one! I paired her with the scripty hello die from lawn fawn and sponged purple ink to cover the background. Tip: print her out a 2nd time on thin computer paper, cut her out and paint the back of her head with a 2-way glue pen. When the adhesive dries, you have a mask to use for this kind of treatment.



It's hard to tell, but the purple panel is popped up on foam squares - even the little bits inside the scripty die-cut letters.

I hope you like her! Since I'm just growing my skills, I'm offering her as a free digi.

You can download the JPEG or the PNG versions.

Follow the links to whichever format suits you, then right click and save it to your computer.

If you decide to download and use her, will you leave me a comment?  If even a handful of you like the idea, I'd love to offer a just-for-fun digi here and there.

Special thanks to Deasy for formatting the file for me into the download-friendly versions!

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