Baby Sprinkle Diaper Cake

Hi friends!  I've created a baby diaper cake that combines diapers, Cricut cuts, receiving blankets, and wash cloth designs.

This is a diaper cake I made for a friend.  She is giving a baby shower for her niece.  Since it's a second baby, they're calling it a "Baby Sprinkle Party" instead of a "Baby Shower Party."

Baby Sprinkle Diaper Cake

Here is what you need:

• About 50 diapers (I used size #2 Luv's diapers)
• Baby Blankets (I used 3 receiving blankets and 1 baby fleece blanket)
• Ribbon
• Rubber Bands
• Corsage Pins
• 23 Baby Wash Cloths
• Marabou (pink fluffy stuff)
• Googly Eyes
• Foam Board (6" circle hand cut)
• Cake Board
• Cricut Cartridges:  April Showers, Create a Critter, StoryBook, Accent Essentials
• Cardstock: pink, green, purple
• Cuttlebug:  Divine Swirls folder
• Adhesive
• Stickles

Front of Diaper Cake

First, put the diaper cake together:

Base Layer

• Lay the fleece blanket out and fold in fourth length-wise.  Form a circle and pin together with corsage pins.
• Lay receiving blanket out and line with 5 diapers along one edge.  Fold receiving blanket, enclosing the diapers within.  Form a circle and put inside your fleece blanket layer.  You won't need to secure the ends.  Do this again with another receiving blanket.
• Roll diapers from open end and secure with rubber bands.  Fill the space still available inside of fleece blanket.
• Wrap a ribbon around and tie a bow.

Back of Cake

 

Top Layer:

• Lay receiving blanket and line with 5 diapers along one edge.  Fold receiving blanket, enclosing the diapers within.  Form a circle and secure with corsage pins.  *Tip:  Enclosing diapers within your receiving blanket will make it more thick and attractive.
• Fill inside of top layer with diapers that have been rolled and secured with rubber bands.
• Wrap a ribbon around and tie a bow.
• Set the top layer on top of base layer.

Frog made with wash cloths

Decorating the Cake (using wash cloth designs):

• Frog:  The frog was created using 3 nine inch baby wash cloths, small clear hair bands, two pipe cleaners and googly eyes.  Instructions for assembly are available from Topsy Turvy for $3.99 (sorry, I'm not authorized to give you the instructions free).  Purchased instructions include template for the frog's crown.
• Lily Pad: 
• cut eight 4 1/4" pink leaves and eight 4 1/4" green leaves from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge: [Accnt41-s] found on page 72 of the folder. 
• cut a 6" circle from foam board
• attach the pink leaves around the top of the form board
• attach the green leaves around the bottom of the form board
• top with marabou (about 6" is enough)
• place frog on top.  Frog is secured to lily pad with a pipe cleaner.
• Flowers around the fleece base layer:  each flower is created using 2 nine inch baby wash cloths.  You can purchase the instructions here for $3.99.

Decorating the Cake (without using wash cloth designs):

• I have made a lot of really cute diapers cakes without any wash cloth designs.  You could cut the frog from Create a Critter, hot glue to popsicle stick and insert it onto the top of the cake.  The flowers around the base can also be done using Cricut cuts.  Here is an example of a diaper cake decorated entirely with Cricut cuts. 

Decorated Cake Board

Decorating the Cake Board:

• Baby's Name (Berkley) = cut letters and shadow at 1 1/2" from Cricut StoryBook cartridge.  Accent with Stickles.
• Flowers / Umbrellas / Watering Cans / Rain Boots = cut three each at 1 1/2" from Cricut April Showers cartridge.  Flowers are accented with Stickles.
• Frog / Lily Pad / Crown = cut at 4" from Cricut Create a Critter cartridge; [Frog] found on page 24 of the folder.  Crown is accented with Stickles.  Lily pad is embossed using Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" folder.

Added Note:  If you are giving the cake as a gift, wrap with clear cellophane and tie with a bow. 

I hope your enjoyed todays project, and as always, comments are appreciated.

Thank you for stopping by and Have a blessed day!

~ MARILYN

Wedding Towel Cake

Bridal Shower is tomorrow for my future daughter-in-law.  I purchased towels on her bridal registry and decided it would be more interesting and fun to give them in the form of a wedding cake.

Ingredients:

• Towels:  2 bath, 1 hand, 1 finger tip purchased at Bed, Bath & Beyond
• Cricut Cartridge:  Accent Essentials, Plantin SchoolBook, Storybook, Sweethearts
• Punch:  Heart punch from Martha Stewart
• Other:  Glimmer Mist "Iridescent Gold", Glimmer Mist "Lemon Zest", Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight", white tulle, gems, Stickles, corsage pins from Michaels, Popsicle Sticks from Michaels, green paint, hot glue.

Towel Cake

Towel Cake Recipe:

• Bottom Layer:  Roll finger towel and 1 bath towel together.  Wrap the hand towel around and secure in back with corsage pins.
• Top Layer:  Roll 1 bath towel.  Secure in back with corsage pins.
• * Bath Towels are folder length-wise into fourths.
• Tie white tulle around both layers.
• Bells on bottom layer:  cut image and shadow at 2" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [Bells] found on page 56 of the folder.  Gem glued to center of bow image.  Tie onto tulle with white twine.
• Flowers = cut 20 each (all from white card stock):  one set at 2", one set at 1 3/4", one set at 1 1/2" - from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge; [Accent24-s] found on page 54 of the folder.  Spray half of 2" and 1 3/4" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Iridescent Gold."  Spray other half or 2" and 1 3/4" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Lemon Zest."  Set aside to dry.  Spray all of the 1 1/2" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight."  Set aside to dry.  Once dry, the flowers will be colored as white shimmer, yellow shimmer and peach shimmer.
• Flower Stems = paint round popsicle sticks with green paint and set aside to dry.
• Flower Leaves = cut at 10 (from green card stock):  one set at 1 3/4", one set at 1 1/2" = from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge; [Accent41-s] found on page 72 of the folder.
• Flower Assembly = bend each flower petal in the center.  Glue together one each: 2" in white, 1 3/4" in yellow, 1 1/2" in peach. Other flowers will be assembled as:  2" in yells, 1 3/4" in white, 1 1/2" in peach.  Glue gem to center of each flower.  Glue one leaf to back.   Attach to green popsicle stick using hot glue.  I chose to make some flowers without the 2" flower layer.

• Poke the flower sticks around the bottom cake layer. 
• Top flowers are attached with foam tape.
• Car at top = cut image and two shadows at 3 3/4" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [CarCuple] found on page 65 of the folder.  After assembled, hot glue a green popsicle stick to the back of the car's shadow.  Attach the second shadow to the back using foam tape around the popsicle stick.
• Date on back of car = cut at 1/2" from Cricut Plantin SchoolBook.

Cake Board

Cake Board:

• Flowers = cut seven flowers from white card stock at 1 1/2".  Spray with Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight."  Once dried, glue around edge of cake board.  Add a gem to the center.
• Names "Jessica & Dave" = cut letters and shadows at 2" from Cricut Storybook cartridge.  Glue around edge of cake board.  Punch two small hearts and glue on either side of the "&" symbol.  Add stickles to "&" symbol.
• Heart & Couple Silhouette = cut image and shadow at 5" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [HeartCpl-s] found on page 40 of the folder.  
• Text "I Do . . . " cut at 1" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [Ido-s] found on page 60 of the folder.

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Glass Etching - Storybook cartridge

 

To make a glass etched flute:

• Using vinyl, cut an initial from Storybook cartridge to a size to fit your flute.  Mine was approximately 1.5". 
• Use the negative of your cut and place on the flute.  (Remove the initial and use the stencil portion of the vinyl.)
• Use painter's tape to cover outlining edges of the vinyl.
• Apply a good amount of Armour Etching cream.  Be careful not to get any on the rest of the glass.   Wait about 30 minutes (even though instructions say less time.)
• Rinse under running water in your sink (yep, it's safe.)
• Remove vinyl and painter's tape and admire your etched glass.

 

* Note - I found that the less expensive glasses etch the best.  I purchased my flute in a package of 4 from Walmart.     The Armour Etching cream is expensive but lasts and lasts and lasts.   Use a coupon to purchase initially.

 

Sweethearts cartridge

 

• Cards created using Sweethearts cartridge. Card on right "His and Her Towels" is one of a set of 8 thank-you cards. The lace at bottom of card is actually paper that was punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

Accent Essentials cartridge

• The part that took the longest to create were these little pink rose buds on the package. Each rose bud was created by combining six flowers (cut at one inch) from the Accent Essentials cartridge. The leaves are from a punch.

 

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Flower Pot

Flower pot made using a $1 can from Target.  All flowers come from Cricut Bloom Lite cartridge.  Bottom flowers cut at 2 inches, top flowers cut at 2.5 inches.   Flowers attached to popcycle sticks that have been stuck into styrofoam.

Paper colors are from Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge.

Grass is green grass sold for Easter baskets.  Butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.  Flowers and butterflies accented using Liquid Pearls and stickles.

Leaves are from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge (cut at 1.25")

Let's Play Dress-up

Little time-out stool for Neely painted in a melon color.   The little girl playing dress-up is from A Child's Year Cricut cartirdge.   Font for "Neely" is from Songbird Cricut cartridge.   Flowers are from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.   Paper colors are from Imagine More Cards Cricut cartridge.  Stool is accented with ribbon, butterflies, stickles and Glossy Accents.  Green twine used to accent ribbon image on front of dress.

Card has been added. Castle on front of card from Life a Party Cricut cartridge.

Pretty Pricess Stool for Haley

Pretty Princess Stool for Haley.   Crown and "Pretty Princess" cuts from Life's a Party Cricut cartridge.   Flower cuts from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.  "Haley" font from Songbird Cricut cartridge.   Accented with stickles, glossy accents, tulle and butterlies.

Pretty Princess Stool

Pretty Princess Stool - finished look

I spotted a little unfinished stool at Hobby Lobby yesterday for $14.99.   I really didn't pay that much - used my 40% coupon.

I spray painted the stool in a glossy plum color.

While the paint was drying, I cut out this crown and "Pretty Princess" font from Life's a Party Cricut cartridge.   Crown cut at 4 inches.   "Pretty Princess" font cut at 2 inches.

Once the stool dried, I applied the cuts to the stool with mod podge. Once mod podge dried, I applied stickles to the crown (for jewels) and Viva Decor to center of flowers. Flowers were cut at 2 inches from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.

Next morning:  I applied Clear Acrylic Gloss Coating.  Dries really fast - 2 minutes!

Finishing touches - hot pink tulle tied in bows around legs of stool.

And here is the final result.

Wedding Gifts ~ Glass Etching

Wedding gifts & card. Glass etching on glasses were from stencil made using Storybook Cricut cartridge.

Cards created using Sweethearts Cricut cartridge. Card on right "His and Her Towels" is one of a set of 8 thank-you cards. The lace at bottom of card is actually paper that was punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

The part that took the longest to create were these little pink rose buds on the package. Each rose bud was created by combining six flowers (cut at one inch) from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge. The leaves are from a punch.

Sympathy Cards

Sympathy card made with Cricut Bloom Lite Cartridge. Also used Cuttlebug folder Birds and Swirls.

Sympathy card made with Cricut Bloom Lite cartridge. Butterflies from Martha Stewart punch.

Sympathy card made using Cricut Imagine More cartridge. Flower made using cuts from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.  Center of flower made using Viva Decor pen.

DIY - Sugar Scrub

Here's an easy DIY gift.  I made my own sugar scrub by combing two ingredients:  sugar and Dawn dishwashing soap.   Just mix to consistancy that looks correct.   I purchased these containers at my local grocery store.  Added my own labels, ribbon and hand-made flowers.

The labels were created using Imagine More Cricut cartridge.

Flowers were created using Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge.  I used Viva Decor pens for flower centers.

Moo-velous Birthday Card

Have a moo-velous Day!  Birthday card created using Imagine More Cricut cartridge.   Flowers from Accent Essentials cartridge.  Stamp from My Pink Stamper Punny-licious set.

Inside of card.  Cow cut from Imagine More Cricut cartridge. 

Glitter Ornaments

Aren't these pretty?   I made these glitter ornaments using with only three ingredients:

1. Glass ornaments
2. Floor wax
3. Glitter (use fine or extra fine)

I decorated some of the ornaments with white vinyl.   Designs were cut from Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge and Cake Basics Cricut cartridge.