3D Deer Head Diaper Cake

I was asked by a friend to make a hunting themed diaper cake for her daughter's baby shower.  The only ideas she could give me was camouflage and orange.  So, I put my thinking cap on and headed over to the Silhouette Design Store.  In the Store, I found a 3D deer head which I thought would be perfect for the cake topper!  I proceeded to cut all the pieces out for the deer head.

I cut out two sets of antlers so that I could add some thin wire between them to be able to bend, if needed.  I then glued the antlers, and green "plaque", and slid the head pieces on the head.

Then it was time to work on the cake.  I rolled and rubber banded 76 size 2 diapers.  I use size 2 in case the mom-to-be wants to use the cake as a decoration for a while.

I could not find any camoflage ribbon, so I purchased 1/2 yard camo fabric and 1/4 yard orange fabric.

 I cut the camo fabric at 3" and the orange fabric at 1.5" to use as my ribbon.  I also made some bows out of the fabric to place on the backwhere the ribbon meets.

It was time to get images to place around the cake.  So, back to the Silhouette Store I went.  I cut several images that have to do with hunting.  I wanted a special image for the center front.  I found an antler monogram image, cut that out, and added the baby's initials.  Before placing the images onto the cake, I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

For the front, I knew I wanted to add his initials.  I found an antler monogram file in the Silhouette Store.  I added his initials and placed them inside.  I then placed the antler monogram center front of cake.  I also added a couple small images on the bottom and top layer of the cake on the front.

The last thing to do at this point was add the 3D deer head to the top.  I cut two pieces of fairly heavy chipboard the same shape as the plaque.  I then glued the deer head plaque to one piece of chipboard. I added two pieces of metal rod to the remaining piece of chipboard about 1" from either side so that the top wouldn't spin.  Now its time to glue the two pieces of chipboard together.  I spread wet glue all over it then added some hot glue to the top edge.  Put both pieces together fast so the hot glue doesn't dry.  Press hard, then add hot glue down the sides and on the bottom as needed so the pieces stay glued together.  I didn't like the raw edges of the "plaque" section, so I cut a thin strip of orange fabric and glued it around the edges with fabric glue.  The final addition, was a bow on the back of the plaque.

Left Side

Right Side

And here is a picture of it surrounded by all the presents at the baby shower. It was a huge hit at the shower!

I hope you enjoyed my version of a deer hunting diaper cake!!  Have a crafty day ~ Deb

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #123 FLOWERS

Welcome to a new challenge over at  Crafty Gals Corner  The theme this week is Flowers which if you following me you know i love and most cards i make contain flowers
This week I used  Beautiful Day by Miss Daisy Stamps    Being a country girl myself  i can just visualize this little girl looking out into the pasture watching the horses Hope you like her

This weeks sponsors for the challenge are:

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Hope to see you there 

Debs 2

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #122

Welcome everyone to this week's challenge "Bling"!!!  Everyone love bling right.
With Mother's day coming up i needed a tag for my mother's gift.  Using She's Charming  from Paper Shelter  Hope you like it  Would love to hear from y'all

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Prize: $15 gift certificate 

So come on over and join us over are Crafty Gals Corner and maybe you could be our next winner :) 

Have a great week all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Debs 2

Crafty Girl Challenge # 120 Anything goes

Wow What a week this has been for me Been busy busy busy lol  This week i had the pleasure of working with Witch Girl from Lia Stampz 
I made this sweet card with no sentiment so that i can use it later as a birthday or even a thank you card  I coloured it using mixture of the Spectrum Noir markers and pencil crayons   Hope you like it

Hope you join us for our challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner where our Sponsors are

Conie Fong

Prize:

 3 digital images 

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Prize:

2 images that the Design teams chose 

So come on over and join us Can't wait to see you creations   Peace and Happy Crafting 

Debs 2

Crafty Gal Challenge #119 Embelishments

Welcome to this week's Challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner  This week is all about Embellishments  As you will notice I have a common use of flowers They are almost in every project that I do   THis week i used the digi Winnie fruit punch by Polkadoodles 
Hope you like it

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Prize: 2 digital images 

Hope to see you creations 

Haver a fabulous crafty week!!!

Debs 2

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #118 Pastels

Well another week has come and gone... Afraid this week has net been a good one for me   Being a chronic pain sufferer this week has been a very bad one  So I know I could have done better.

So i used the image Lily's Fantasy Pet by Fabrika Fantasy

So come join out  Challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner some great sponsors and prizes can be won  Here they are

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Cant wait to see all your creations   Stay Happy Till Next time 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge # 117 3 layers

Hello Again  Time for another challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner.  The challenge is to use 3 layers ( not including embellishments )  This week I used Lily the Cat Fairy from our Sponsor for this challenge  Moonflower Digistamps 

I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir and shin han alcohol markers and used clear wink of stella on her wings to give it a shimmer look

  Hope you like Please leave a comment as I love hearing from you all  and here is our sponsor this week

Moonflower Digistamps 

Prize is $10 Gift certificate

So come on over and enter our challenge and you just might win 

Peace and happy crafting 

Debs 2