Welcome Hannah Marie!

Warning this post is picture heavy but very cute!

Tonight was a very special night, I got to meet the newest edition to the family of one of my co-workers ... she welcomed a beautiful baby girl just over a week ago.

We all got together to celebrate this joyous occasion with a Baby shower, food, gifts, good friends and of course the guest of honor.

Please welcome to this big crazy world the precious Hannah Marie!

Isn't she just so cute?!?

I wanted to try to make a diaper cake for the shower, so off to the store I went and came home with a box of diapers and a few other supplies and started rolling up tiny little diapers.

After all the rolling I assembled all the diapers into the 3 tiers, then decided that the bottom tier was in need of another row. The diapers had Minnie and Mickey Mouse on them so I made sure that all the Minnies were on the outside rows.

Now how to decorate the cake? Up to my craft area I went and started up the Cricut, I used the New Arrival and Baby Steps cartridges for this project.

Here is a look at my first diaper cake.

Had to have the Nurse Ducky since my friend is an LPN

I started by painting several coats of Pretty Pearls onto a Decoware letter H for the top of the cake.

After painting, I embossed Welcome Baby by Inkadinkado onto a piece of pink cardstock, colored in 'Baby' with a Copic and fussy cut it out and attached it to the H.

Then I cut out the Baby cuddling with the moon from the Baby Steps cartridge. I stamped this super cute face from the Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment and used my white Gelly Roll pen, a couple of Bic markers and some chalk. The face on the moon is from the Critter Faces Set A Medium by Peachy Keen.

The sentiment is from a set of Dollar stores stamps and is embossed in Recollections Party Pink.

The next 5 cuts all come from the Baby Steps cartridge.

I used the Peachy Keen The Cornies Assortment for the face on this cute little bib and patterned paper from a Momenta Super Paper Pad.

I would have to say that this is my favorite cut of them all, I used the Peachy Keen Monster Mash Assortment for this little toy and added letter brads in her initials H.M.I. 

Here I cut out a mini circle using my Spellbinders Circle Dies and a Fiskars punch for the heart to match the paper. Then I stamped a tiny face using the Peachy Keen Hot Cocoa set and added 3 white button brads which I colored with a Copic to make them pink. 

Next I stamped a face from the Critter Face Set A Medium in Memento Rose Bud and added a cute little pink bow to the top.

Finally I cut out the soother with some paper from Recollections and stamped a sweet baby face from the Peachy Keen Cutie Pie Face Assortment.

This shower was a day of firsts for me. I've always wanted to make a Onesie card and so what better time to do so then for a Baby shower.

The onesie on the cake and the card match

I used the New Arrival cartridge and cut out 2 shadow layers to make the base then cut the top layer from the Momenta Super Paper pack.

I cut out a scalloped circle using the Mini Monograms cartridge then embossed the Sweet Dreams Puppy from Inkadinkado's Baby Love with Recollections Party Pink.

Added 5 Copic colored button brads to it and there you have it... my first Onesie card.

The inside sentiment is Baby Star Dust by Stampendous, also embossed in Party Pink. 

One last picture of Hannah and I by her Diaper cake

What an amazing night I had! I'm so glad I got to meet little Miss Hannah Marie.  I will be entering this into the Peachy Keen Challenge 13-6 Anything Goes.

Make sure to head on over to the Peachy Keen Blog and check out all the great creations by the very talented Design Team.

A Little Bird Told Me....

This week's challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps Blog is 13-5 Photo Inspiration.

Here is the photo

You can use the photo or the colors anyway you like, so here is the card that I made.

I used a stamp from the Inkadinkado Branches Cling set with Memento Rich Cocoa ink along with a Tombow and a Copic to make the winter berries.

Next I cut the little Blue Bird from the Create A Critter cartridge and stamped this adorable face from the Peachy Keen Critter Faces Set A Medium and added some darker blue details with a Copic.

Both the outside and inside sentiments come from the Pink By Design Simply Everything stamp set. The front sentiment is cut out using a die from the Spellbinders Fancy Tag One.

Today is the last day to enter, so make sure to head on over and check out the great inspiration and amazing projects.

Wild About You!!

A while back I found this great tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers for making a Flat Backed Treat Box and hadn't gotten the chance to make one yet. So what better time to make one for this weeks challenge over at the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog.

The challenge is to create a 3D object of your choice but it must include a bear somewhere on the project.

PKC 13-3 3D Objects: Bears, Bears, and Bears Oh My!

Once my box was made and secured together I started by pulling out the Create A Critter cartridge and cutting out my bear at 2 1/2" and the heart shaped balloon with it's shadow:

I chose this adorable face from the Peachy Keen Critter Face Set A Medium, she's looks so in love! I gave her a pink little bow and a small heart brad for her dress. How cute is she??

The sentiment on the balloon comes from the Pink By Design Jungle Fever stamp set and is embossed in Recollections Violet Embossing Powder. I then added some Divine Twine in Cotton Candy for the string.

The front sentiment is from the Pink By Design Be Mine Stamp set and is also embossed.

Check out the amazing inspiration the Design Team has put together this week....  It's super cute! So make sure to head on over, check it out and enter the challenge yourself.

I will also be linking to this weeks Pink By Design's Will You Be My Valentine?? You've got to check out the cute Valentine's Day projects going on now.

Also go see Paper Playtime's Challenge #2 - Use some Brown. Your project doesn't have to be completely brown but it must have some brown in it. There's a $15 gift certificate to The Robin's Nest up for grabs. so make sure to go there and check out the Design Teams projects!