Diaper Cake

While I was working on restoring my computer to working order, I actually did some projects without using Design Studio! I am so accustomed to using the software to lay out my cuts (even if I am not creating a new design) that it took me a few minutes to get going "the old way!"



A friend wanted to make a diaper cake for a baby shower so a few of us got together, rolled the diapers, tied the layers and covered the tiers with receiving blanket "frosting." She had some items to add for decoration at home, but we got started cutting out cute shapes from the New Arrival cartridge and just couldn't stop!


These were all done using the circle feature and the circle blackout in the opposite color. Then we punched holes, added eyelets and threaded narrow ribbon through the holes to create "ornaments" for the cake (we tucked the ribbon hangers between the rolled diapers). These could be reused as tags or for a mobile in the baby's room.



Here are two more views of the cake - my friend had a baby bottle for the top and some rubber ducks, finger puppets and socks to add for decorations but since I was leaving for my son's Parent's Weekend at college I took a few quick photos and just put a bow at the top for these photos.


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Apparently the cake was quite a hit at the shower - I will post a photo of the final version if I can.

Baby Boy frames (by request)

Nellie from the Cricut message board contacted me because she was having difficulties adapting one of my baby bug frames to use for her great-grandsons (one already here and one due very soon - Congratulations, Nellie!). She told me she wanted the word "sweet" at the bottom, stars and moon in the corners, the New Arrival train at the top and a monkey and a giraffe on the sides.



I tried one and sent her the file - I had just used Animal Kingdom for something else so that cartridge was the one that came to mind for the giraffe and monkey. I sent it to her and she mentioned she had been trying to use the ones on ZooBalloo - I looked and they were much "cuter" so I did another version that way.



I really like the tail on the ZooBalloo monkey!

The "smoke" from the train looks cute going up through the top border of the frame but if you use a background filler (from my post a few days ago) you will need to cut an extra bit from the waste and place behind the hole as pictured below.



Here is a photo of these frames without the background filler.



Nellie was happy with the result and I am sharing it in case any of you need some baby frames.

Sweet baby frame using Animal Kingdom giraffe and monkey

Sweet baby frame using ZooBalloo giraffe and monkey

Have fun with these!