Diaper Cake

I finished the diaper cake and I'm really happy with the outcome. I have to say, it cost WAY more than I expected but it's so cute! I bought a bunch of stuff that I really didn't need for the cake that I thought I would so I think there will be some returns - but I hate returning stuff so maybe I'll just give mom-to-be the extras and be done with it.

I read quite a few blogs about how to make these cakes - some people make them by rolling the diapers and using elastics to hold each individual one but I don't really like that look. I did the one I made in what is referred to as "boutique" look. I rented a cake pan from the Bulk Barn and used it as a template. Then, I fanned as many diapers as I could fit into it and positioned them until they looked good. Then, I took a big elastic and put it over the whole lot and then inverted the cake pan onto the cake round that I bought. The second layer was done with a smaller pan and the top layer, I just did by hand to make it small enough - though you could rent a pan that small if you want. I was just too cheap to put a $20 deposit on each pan. LOL! I bought the beautiful wired ribbon at Costco - as I mentioned in my last post. inside each of the rounds of diapers, I rolled up onesies, etc....the biggest layer has a whole sleeper rolled and shoved in the middle. I used baby spoons instead of dowels...though I think I might need one dowel through the whole thing to make it sturdier. The top top is baby sock rose buds....that's what took the longest - with a pair of pink booties on the top. I haven't figured out how to anchor the booties on yet. I'll pull the whole thing together with cellophane and ribbon on Saturday before I leave for the shower. I hope she likes it.

If you are looking for instructions on how to make these cakes - just google "diaper cakes" - there are tonnes of ideas! Hope you liked mine and thanks again for stopping for a visit!

There's Going to be a Wedding!

I think this is officially more posts this year than I did in total last year - it's a record!

This card was a challenge for me - I wanted to include red in the card but didn't want it to look too Valentine's Day....it's for a wedding shower that I'm attending. I originally did the tree trunk in black embossed but thought it looked a little too "Morticia Adams" so I did it again in silver and am now thrilled with the card. I embossed the tree twice - once in black and once in silver. On the black copy, I coloured all the hearts red and then crystal laquered them. Once they dried, I cut them out and either glued or dimensionalled them onto the card for layers. I also added some bling to the tree.....and a little ribbon. The congratulations sentiment was hand cut to match the matting on the main image. The white layer, though you can't see it in the photo is embossed card stock.

I have a baby shower to attend this weekend and will be trying my hand at making a diaper cake...complete with baby sock roses...I'll post photos of the outcome. I'm pretty excited about it - I got a huge roll of fat ribbon (3 colours) at Costco for $4.99 in the clearance bin - I didn't even know Costco had clearance!! This could take my Costco addiction to a whole new level.

Have a great second half to your week - and don't forget to stop by and check out the diaper cake after the weekend!!

Goodbye!

Check out the card I made last night...isn't it the cutest?? LOL! We have a coworker leaving for another role and she is an absolute fiend over shoes...she even goes as far as buying shoes too big and stuffing the toes if she loves them and can't find them in her size! I found the template for the shoe some time back looking for something totally unrelated on the internet. I saved it for "someday" and so glad I did! The card isn't quite finished....can you believe that I don't have a stamp that says "good luck" or "congratulations"? Guess I need to do some shopping!

It's a 5x5 card so that lots of people can sign the inside. Since the card base is glittery chocolate brown bazzil, it makes it a little tough to sign so I'm going to put 4.5x4.5 pink squares inside. Once I have a "congratulations" stamp or I've printed the saying off the computer, I'll be matting it and putting it on the right beside the pink dew drops popped up on dimensionals.

It's starting to look like spring finally....hoping that the bright sun will help get me motivated to do some bright scrapbooking! Thanks for stopping by!

Be yourself

It's been a long time since I've sat down and done a scrapbook page. Seems like all I have time for these days is to throw a few quick cards together and I'm lucky to have time to do that! I've been wanting to use this picture of my daughter for a long time and finally, I took some time tonight to paste everything down onto a page. I'm thrilled with the result. I can't for the life of me remember where I found the sketch for the page....I know that I need a sketch to start with and then can usually come up with a great page on my own after that. I need the initial inspiration. I chose the title "be only yourself" because she is just approaching the teen years and I want her to remember that being yourself is the best person to be! I hope you like it!

Another birthday card - I had to take this one and the one from yesterday's post to work and have my coworkers help me pick which one to use for the upcoming birthday! They are both so cute - very feminine!!

This was another card made with Bazzil Bling card stock - so cute! I blinged up the little pile of packages with some self adhering gems....and when I was thinking about it, I should have crystal lacquered the 2 polka dots that I couldn't adhere gems to. OH well - next time! More ribbon and some Heidi Swap miniature flower gems to finish it off. The pile of gifts is pop dotted onto the card stock as well to give the card some additional dimension.

I need to start finding creative ways to use my stamps for male birthday cards too - these last 2 cards are so pink and cute...but I do work with some men too... and would like to make their cards as well. Guess I'll have to keep surfing blogs!

Well so much for my new year's resolution to post more often - it's been 20 days since my last post! Sheesh! I have, however kept the resolution to craft more often than last year! This past weekend, I had some friends over to scrapbook and make cards - 4 hours just flew by! I made a beautiful cardstock book of sorts from a kit that I got from Bo Bunny - I'll be posting it soon. You'll fall in love with it! I just need to put photos in now.

I've been making a few cards - experimenting with my stamp sets and trying my hand at my own creations rather than lifting from blogs. I spend far too much of my time surfing blogs and not enough time using up my own supplies!

I have lots of birthdays on my calendar in the next couple of months that I need to get cards made for. This one is for a coworker - I made it with some glittery card stock that I had from a card kit I bought and one of my favorite stamp sets from Stampin' Up called The More the Merrier....it's a hostess set and I love it! Some of the cupcakes are cut out and put on with dimensionals, I've glitterized, flocked and crystal laquered those little cakes - I even did a little paper piecing! If you click on the picture, it will enlarge and you can see more of the detail in the card.

I think that my next purchase for my craft room will be that new gadget you can buy to help you tie perfect bows - I can't remember the name of it but I've seen blogs and YouTube videos on how to use it. I believe it's just a piece of cardboard but what headaches it will avoid!

Hope you enjoy the card...check back soon - I have more to share!

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope yours was wonderful - ours was! I took the tree and decorations down today - it was time. We are having a small get together tomorrow evening for New Years. I hope that whatever you are doing, you are with people you love!

I did have a few minutes before the busy Christmas rush to get down into my craft room and make one more card. We bought our god daughter a gift card for Christmas and I saw this great little idea for a gift card holder on Heather Summers' blog (her link is on the right of my page) and I just had to try it. So simple but looks like I spent hours on it! I used my new favorite Christmas stamp set from Stampin' Up - stamped it on the kraft and then again on white. I cut the little white snowman out and popped him up on the card...again, some glitter and flock and some heat embossing on the title and what a great little card!

Happy New Year everyone!