Creative Grace

Baby shower gift

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Hi friends!

First of all, I want to let you all know I have a *BIG* surprise in store for you!  Be sure to check back here on Wednesday to find out what I have up my sleeve :)

Today I share with you a special card for a baby shower.  Turns out, a couple guys I work with are about to become Dad's.  We are having a special staff baby shower for them tomorrow.  

I always make it my challenge to figure out a way to give a baby gift for fellow teachers/staff that students can be a part of.  I found this cool picture on Pinterest a few weeks ago of a unique "guest book" where guests left a thumb print on a canvas.  The prints eventually became leaves on a tree.  I thought this would be a great way to let a bunch of students be a part of a special gift.  Soooo.... with some help from some great peeps, I managed to get some inexpensive canvas, get a tree trunk and branches cut from paper, and have all of the students I teach who know these two gentlemen leave their print on the canvas.  

I have to admit, I LOVED the canvas with just that, but I was encouraged to embellish a bit. Be sure to check out my Facebook page (Jill Grace {Creativegrace} • A Muse Studio)  to see the end products!

This weekend I tackled the baby cards - my goal was for them to match the canvas.  They are a little *different* from your traditional baby card, but I'm not a traditional baby person I guess! LOL  And it gave me another excuse to play with Washi tape ;)

Hopefully this will make the new Dad's happy!

Sweet little bird

I managed to sneak away a little time last weekend to play with some of my new A•Muse|Studio stamps.  I am so drawn to stamps of little birds and was *thrilled* so get a stamp of little music notes!  Total cuteness.  

I just love the harlequin image that's stamped in the background.  This makes such a sweet little thank you, don't you think?  

Alrightie then, the goal for me today is to get a bit of my thesis done, then maybe I can play with more stamps this evening - I'm totally enjoying these new stamps (for more info on them, click here)!  What are you up to this weekend?

Happy St. Patty's day!

Top 'O the mornin' to you all and happy birthday to my Mom!  I always have a blast making a special card for my Mom's birthday (although, I think my Dad has more fun - he always sends her a flower arrangement and insists that the florist puts a potato in it - seriously - I can't make that up).

In the past, I've made her classic St. Patty's cards for her birthday, but this year I thought I'd try something different.  She loves stamps of flowers and plants, so I thought I'd try my hand at using only that on a special birthday card (that I *hope* she gets in the mail today).  This isn't really my usual style, so don't be too critical! LOL

It was fun playing with my new A•Muse|Studio stamps on this card! I added some detail to the leaves using colored pencils, and a white pen on the flowers.  The little bird makes me happy.  The rest of the card is growing on me :)  Although there's no shamrocks or leprechauns in this photo - hopefully this will do the trick!