Pile It On! Challenge - Houses/Homes

We have another new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Houses/Homes'

Our sponsor this week is Fresh Brewed Designs:

Prize - tbc

My card is ultra simple...I used a Cuttlebug die (from the 'Winter' set) to cut out the house...then cut out the roof section again from some corrugated card packaging, layered it over the top, and added a scrap of red card for the doorknob. I popped the house up on 3D foam pads, and added a sentiment from a little set by OneFourZero.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile it On! - Houses/Homes
• Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Clean & Simple
• That Craft Place - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday - Cut it Out
• Wags 'N Whiskers - Clean & Simple

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Nappy Cake

One of my friends is having a baby...so I thought I'd have a go at making her a nappy cake!

It's been a bit of a labour of love...and took me most of the weekend...what with the shopping for bits...and then trying to put it all together...making sure it all looked neat! I finally added the finishing touches yesterday, after an exhaustive search to find a cuddly toy in the right colours and of the right size!

 

 Here's a close-up of said cuddly toy (and some sock flowers/candles)...I'd really been looking for a bear, but this little pup stole my heart!

Nearly all of the baby clothes, blanket & towel came from Boots...the little booties tucked into the folded towel on the bottom layer are from TKMaxx (as is the cuddly toy).

I made a little tag using Nesties, and Penny Black bear image ('Snug'), and alphabet stamps from OneFourZero...and wrote a list of 'ingredients' on the inside:

I followed the advice I'd seen on various blogs, and didn't use things for new-borns...I'm sure my friend will recieve plenty of those!

Just to show you...it's even fairly neat on the back!

The baby was due last Thursday (4th April)...but has yet to make an appearance! My friends are doing it the 'old-fashioned' way...and decided not to find out the gender...so that's why I've not gone for blue or pink!

**Edited to add**

I've just found out that the wee one arrived safely this morning at 9.25am...it's a girl!

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

• Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
• Ready Teddy Go - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Special Occasions

Home Sweet Home

Today's card is for this week's Less Is More's 'Houses' challenge. I used a little house stamp from OneFour Zero...stamping it repeatedly across the bottom of my card to make a row of houses. I only coloured one of the houses...just adding a little grey shading to the others. The sentiment is also from OneFour Zero.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Creations - No Flowers
• Little Red Wagon - Colouring
• Less Is More - One Layer Card with Houses

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - New Beginnings

This week's Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge theme has been set by Cathy...and rather appropriately, she has chosen:

'New Beginnings'

This could be New Year, New Baby, New Job, Wedding, Retirement...the list goes on...
I chose to make a 'New Home' card...and have used an image and sentiment from a set by OneFourZero as the focal point. The papers are by Daisy D's, the brads are by Papermania, and the raffia lace (behind the image to look like a picket fence...lol) is from Hobbycraft.

The design team have worked their magic again, and created some gorgeous projects...so make sure you stop by the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog for some more inspiration.

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Dawny's Sketch #7

There's a fab sketch by Dawny for this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge. I've stuck quite closely to the sketch, on adding a little ribbon (from the £Shop), but there's plenty of scope for extra embellishing with it, so I'm sure it's one I'll use again. One of my crafting friends is moving house in a couple of weeks, so I'm sending this card to her :0)
The image and sentiment, are stamps by OneFourZero, and I've combined them with paper by BasicGrey ('Boxer') and some distressed Core'dinations cardstock, that I've embossed with the 'Tiny Bubbles' Cuttlebug folder.