Baby Shower Fun

Hello Bloggy Friends, it is I.

Ok sorry for all of the dramatics. It's been a really long time and I apologize. When you have an autoimmune disease, you really don't have control over when you feel good and when you feel bad. It's been tolerable, but generally bad over the past month and a half. But that's not why you are reading my post. I have fun stuff for you today. Yesterday, I helped out at a baby shower. I took my Cricut, iron, fabric paint, and set out to make custom onesies for the expecting parents. The guest are the ones that picked out what they wanted, I just cut it and showed them how to apply to stencils to the shirts.

Here are the results:

Thanks for stopping in! Stay Crafty.

A diaper cake for baby shower

So I've been seeing them everywhere, all over Pinterest, Etsy, the blogiverse, etc. The diaper cake. I hate given gifts that never get used or returned, so this was the perfect option. I picked up a pack of newborn diapers ($10), 2 packs of washcloths ($2), some travel sized baby powder and lotion ($4), and a set of binkies ($3).




I rolled each diaper and secured them with a small rubber hairband. Then started making the bottom layer. Once I felt I had it big enough I secured the whole layer with a piece of yarn. Next time I will use a BIG rubber band!! I did this for the next two layers too. In between the layers I placed white tulle.




I rolled each washcloth to look like roses and secured them with rubber bands, then stuffed them around the two top layers.




I tied the binkies around the ribbon. For the topper I used my New Arrivals cartridge and cut the stork at 5 inches twice, flipping one layer. I then cut the baby at 2.25 inches.





Well what do you think? It's not a complete failure, but there is room for improvement.

Well I'm off to try on my holiday party dress and make sure it still fits, LOL.

Stay crafty

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Scrappy Saturday

Good Evening,

I spent quite a few hours down in the scrap cave attempting to knock out a special order for a coworker. I was able to get a few layouts done for her grandson's baby book. He won't be here until sometime around the beginning of December, but I have another book that needs to be done about the same time.

Here are some photos (ok a lot of photos)

































Thanks for stopping by, stay crafty.

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Week 13: Made it Myself Mondays

Morning Bloggers,

It's time again for Alex's weekly linking party. It's quite simple, there are only a couple of rules:
- Link up any project, new or old
- Link up to 3 projects
- Place the above button on your blog post

Over the weekend, I accomplished a lot of crafting and it feels so good to be able to say that. Here's a card that I made using the following sketch

Here's my card (sorry about the darkness)

I'm in the process of making a baby boy album and figured I could use this card to go with it.

Details:
5 x 7 Card (from a set of Martha Stewart card bases) in blue
Pattern Paper mat is 4 7/8 by 6 7/8
Brown mat is 3 x 4 7/8, punched with Fiskar's Treading Water punch
Off-white mat is 2 1/2 x 4 7/8
Baby feet cut from New Arrivals at 2 1/4
Scalloped circle and circle cut at 2 from Mini Monograms

Hurricane Irene Crafting #1

Good Evening Everyone,

As Hurricane Irene makes it way up tue East Coast, I decided to hunker down in the scrap cave, "for safety reasons". LOL. Actually my area isn't getting much at the moment, but it's suppose to get worse overnight.

I started the morning out by going to my local craft stores. Got A LOT of stuff:





Here's what I got:
Wal-mart - Cricut Lite: Cupcake Wrappers and Cherry Limeade, 6x6 Cricut Mats
Michael's: S.E.I paper pack on clearance, 2 8.5x11 cardstock packs, ATG refills, Zots, Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder, ink dauber
A.C Moore: 18x24 self-healing mat(55% off) and 3 spools of ribbon

After I got home, I got busy down in the scrap cave.













One of my BFFs is having her first grandchild this December.
In my true fashion, I'm making her an album.

Check back in a few for another post that addresses some challenges.

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Challenge #6 - Ribbons & Bows

Good Morning Everyone,

Today's is Wednesday and it's time for another weekly challenge over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff. This week, the challenge is to use ribbon and/or bows on your project. Here is my project for the week:

Details:

• The card base is from a pack of Martha Stewart cards that I got on clearance at Wal-Mart last year. It's a pastel green/blue color and measures 5 x 7.
• The yellow mat is cut at 4 7/8 x 6 7/8, then punched along the bottom edge
• The polka dot mat is from the DCWV mat stack called Mango Frost and measures 4 1/2 x 6 1/2
• I added the ribbon and bow about a week ago but couldn't figure out what type of card I wanted to make. I should have waited, because it needs to be moved over a bit. 
• The rattle is cut from New Arrivals Cricut cartridge @ 3 inches on all layers. I added Stickles to the cutouts on the top part.
• "New Addition" is actually cut from Graphically Speaking (this cartridge has such great word art on it) @ 3 3/4

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. To enter your own project, click here.

Stay Crafty

Baby Girl Frame

Good evening bloggies,

As I sit here watching Glee, I thought I would post my project that I just completed. A friend of mine is having her third baby this month. After two super adorable boys, she's having a girl.

I wanted to send her something she could put in her daughter's room. I still need to go out and buy a frame, but here's the part that will be inside the frame.






What do you think? I cut the squares at 2 inches and arranged them randomly. The B-A-B-Y are cut at 1.75 inches from the Don Juan cartridge. The outfit and carriage were both cut at 3 inches. Everything else was cut at 2 inches. All the other cuts are from New Arrivals.

Well that's all for now.

Stay crafty

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