Tuesday, December 15, 2015

*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.)

baby jesus, free digi stamp

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:

baby jesus, free digi stamp

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.


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.

♥.


23 comments:

  1. I absolutely love your baby Jesus, as well as your story. So sweet! Thank you for this gift!! I think you are very talented.

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  2. Thank you Elena, such a beautiful little drawing. Very generous of you to give this away I sure it took quite some time to draw. I am sure it is very much appreciated. I hope you have a very Happy Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous new year.

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  3. I am so glad Maia has such a great influence on you...this drawing is simply adorable!!!!

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  4. It is adorable - and so sweet of you to offer it for free - Thank you! LOVE seeing your illustrations - your work is darling!

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  5. Your illustration is so adorable. Thank you for the free file!

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  6. He's perfect! And thank you. Merry Christmas!

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  7. oh, I LOVE this Elena! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!

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  8. Thank you SO MUCH for the digi!!! I have a wish list of your work...lol...and hope to purchase some soon!

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  9. Elena, I love your dear Baby Jesus! I don't see any link to click on?

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    1. Thanks, Annie! Did you click right on the bolded "baby jesus" words? That should bring you directly to the zip file you could download. Or, if you have your browser set to download automatically, it may just download when you click the link, without even alerting you to the fact that it just downloaded it. I hope that helps! If you still have trouble, email me: mom2sofia@gmail.com

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  10. This is such an adorable digistamp and thank you so much for sharing it!! I can't wait to make cards with this :) Merry Christmas!

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  11. Thanks so much for the digi image! I saw it on Instagram and loved it. Thanks again!!

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  12. OMG, this is wonderful digi stamp, Elena!!! It's very cute!!! I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Hugs Jenna

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  13. Love how this digi came to be, Elena! You're such a thoughtful Mommy. If my printer were working properly, I'd have used this for my Christmas cards. I have saved it for future use. Thank You! You are a great illustrator, keep going! Your work is adorable and I'm a very tough customer. LOL I love everything you have done. I hope you branch into stamps. ;) *Wink*.
    Paulette S.
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    Since my blogger profile is in frozen limbo without a blog, and a closed email address.

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  14. Seriously so cute. Kids need to request more images!

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  15. SQUEAL!! This is AMAZING!! =) I KNOW you're meaning this to be Baby Jesus, which it is an AWESOME one and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way you did the Sentiment and the Falling stars!! I'm thinking this would be SUPER SWEET for Baby Shower Invitations/Announcements too though!!?? My Baby Sister is expecting in April and I'm thinking I might have to play around with this!! SO EXCITED!! I'll be sure to share when I have something I LOVE!! =) THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and I hope you have a FABULOUS Holiday Week and an even MORE AMAZING New Year!! HUGS!! =)

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  16. Thank you! What a sweet illustration.

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  17. Thank you so much for the beautiful digi. I found this today on Instagram via Jennifer. It's beautiful. Happy New Year!

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  18. The best baby Jesus that I've ever seen. So sweet! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)

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