I'm so honored to be featured as Guest Designer at My Sheri Crafts this week -- especially as they celebrate their second anniversary! I love all the inspiration the designers bring each week, and this week is packed with project ideas for a child's birthday. This challenge is perfect for me because I'm always making something for my son's toddler friends.
For this special occasion, I decided to make a shaped card with fun, cheerful colors:
Card Details:
Card Base - gumball machine from Wrap It Up, page 44, cut @ 5.5 inches
Papers - solid cardstock by Recollections; blue polka dots by Heidi Grace Designs
Cricut Cuts - gumball machine from Wrap It Up, page 44; tag from Wrap It Up, page 63
Other - sentiment stamp by The Paper Studio; bakers twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon; patterned embellishments by Recollections; doodling with white Gelly Roll pen
I've seen some super cute versions of this card using colorful buttons. But as soon as I saw these patterned button embellishments in my stash, I knew they were calling my name for this project. The colors work for a child's birthday card, but I think a fun-loving adult would enjoy it just as much. :)
Again, I'm super-honored to be part of the MSC team today. Head over to My Sheri Crafts to see what the other designers have made in celebration of their second anniversary!
I'm also entering this project into the following challenge:
I'm so honored to be featured as a guest designer on Decorate to Celebrate today! I love this craft blog and all the fabulous party ideas shared by the designers and challenge participants. I just wish I had more events to try all those great ideas! (Wait, did I just ask to get busier...?! Uh oh.)
I did help host a baby shower last weekend, which fits -- with a little stretching -- into Decorate to Celebrate's theme for Challenge #8 - Baby Birthday. We celebrated the impending birthday of Baby Sophia with a Curious George themed shower.
For the shower, I made a monkey decorations, monkey favors, Curious George invitations, and a banner:
Invitation:
Card Base - 5x5"
Paper - Recollections
Other - Curious George image edited with Adobe Photoshop to be a dark-haired baby wrapped in pink blanket; invitation text arranged with MS Publisher; ribbon by The Ribbon Boutique
Monkey Decorations:
Cricut Cut - monkey from Create a Critter, page 46, several monkeys cut at various sizes (7-9 inches)
Paper - Recollections
Hung the monkeys on vines draped from the ceiling around the room.
Banana Favors:
Cricut Cut - monkey from Create a Critter, page 46, cut at 2.5 inches.
Paper - Recollections
Sentiment - "Thanks for going BANANAS for Sophia" text arranged with MS Publisher; printed on 1" strips of red cardstock
Wrapped the sentiment strips around the bananas and secured with a staple; double-stick tape then secured the monkeys over the staple.
Banner:
Paper - Recollections
Cricut Cuts - banner from Birthday Bash, page 64; font also from Birthday Bash; monkey from Create a Critter, page 46
Other - ribbon by The Ribbon Boutique
The mom-to-be and guests really seemed to love all the Curious George decorations, and I had a blast using my Cricut for party purposes.
If you have a baby birthday (or any event) to plan, be sure to share your creations at Decorate to Celebrate now through October 5. And many thanks to Rhonda and Amy at DTC for featuring me as a Guest Designer today! Now, get to crafting! :)
I'm so excited to be featured as guest crafter today at Carson's Creations -- many thanks to Georgiana for such an honor! If you've come from Georgiana's blog, thanks for visiting! If not, please visit Georgiana and check out her amazing creations.
I'm sharing one of my favorite craft projects with you today -- a diaper cake decorated with Cricut die cuts!
Diaper cakes are wonderful baby shower gifts. I was blessed by a diaper cake when my son was born, and I began making them for my expectant friends. I learned to make diaper cakes from this YouTube video by CreativeBabyShowers:
For this diaper cake, I chose a sea creature theme; it's the recipient's nursery theme and colors. Once you've made your diaper cake base as shown in the video, you'll need the following items:
completed diaper cake base
ribbons in two widths (Mine are 1.5 and 2.5 inches.)
die cuts (I used cuts from Create a Critter and Playtime cartridges; see end of entry for more details.)
floral stems or bush
double-stick tape
scissors
STEP 1: RIBBON
Wrap the wider ribbon around the diaper cake layers to hide rubber bands. Secure with double-stick tape placed along rubber band line every few inches. Repeat with the smaller-width ribbon layered on top of the first ribbon, again securing with double-stick tape.
STEP 2: DIE CUTS
Place your die cuts around the diaper cake as desired; secure to ribbon with double-stick tape.
STEP 3: FLORAL ACCENTS
Cut small sprigs from your floral stem or bush and use as accents for the cake topper and around the die cuts. Stems need to be approximately 3 to 4 inches long. Wedge the stems between or under the rolled diapers; do not use glue, as it will damage the diapers. I used a greenery bush that reminded me of seaweed to keep with the sea creature theme.
STEP 4: TOPPER
Secure die cut as topper of the diaper cake. I used regular transparent tape to fasten the die cut to a wooden skewer and stuck the skewer between diapers. But don't limit yourself to just die cuts -- I often use a small stuffed animal or teething toy as a topper.
And now you have a super cute diaper cake! Below are some close-ups of the topper and die-cuts for this sea creature diaper cake:
Cricut Cut Details:
All animals are from Create a Critter; frog, whale, seahorse, jellyfish, and octopus cut at 3.5 inches; turtle and fish cut at 2.5 inches.
Topper tag is <princess> and <princess_s> from Playtime, cut at 2.25 inches.
Letters for "LANDON" from Opposites Attract using Opposite font, cut at 1.25 inches.
Embossing for topper tag is Spots & Dots Cuttlebug folder.
Textured cardstock is Core'dinations; non-textured cardstock is from The Paper Studio.
Inking with cyan and green Colorbox petal point ink pads.
I've enjoyed sharing this project with you today. Thanks again to Georgiana for such a special honor! I'm really, really proud of how this project turned out, so I'm entering it into a couple challenges, too:
I'm so honored to be featured as Guest Designer at My Sheri Crafts this week -- especially as they celebrate their second anniversary! I love all the inspiration the designers bring each week, and this week is packed with project ideas for a child's birthday. This challenge is perfect for me because I'm always making something for my son's toddler friends.
