Just lacking inspiration of what to do next. If I havent come up with anything soon I think I will more or less follow Kates tutorial in craft stamper. Ive found some Basic grey papers in just the right colours.
So watch this space!
Images from kanban outlet including the word strips. Little teddy charm from my pal Midnight crafter. Punches by woodware and ribbon from stash.
My cousin is a keen horsewoman and intends for Logan to ride early too ! so here are some thank you notelets Ive made as a gift. Only 9x9cm so not much space to fill - the horse paper is from K&Co and has been in my stash forever waiting for the right project and here it is!
This card is for the daughter of a very dear friend. Her baby was born on sat morning after half hour of labour! What a shock to be suddenly there!
This one is for my dear friend. This pregnancy has not been easy for her as she had 2 baby boys stillborn. Knowing that her daughter was going to have a boy meant she feared for her all the way through - you know that awful dread when you think your child is going to have something awful happen and there is nothing at all you can do except wait! Well thankfully all is well. Mum and Baby fine so deep Joy for them all.
I have made some little tags and added the ticket stamped images to them (told you I loved them!) I also added a tag to the suitcase with to someone special on. Ive made it so everything is removeable if she wants to re-use it - shes a crafter too and we love to re-cycle!
Here is the mini book/card out of the case.
And now the pages. This is a mixture of Penny black and stampin up stamps. Sunset orange adirondack ink and pink carnation archival ink. The pages are a little over atc size so its not huge just right :0)
More stampin up stamps - not sure about the "dream big" one though. Again a mixture of adirondack and archival inks. Ribon, brads and buckle from stash.
Paper by Die cuts with a view, flower punch by woodware - embroidered rose from Bits and bats - again not sure of stamp make but its one I use a lot!
A combination of the two pressie left overs - Nothing too fancy as I was all out of ideas after the presents LOL - Inch and a half squares inked and faux stitched mounted on black. The pressie was made in the melt pot or rather melted utee poured onto the craft mat and the present stamp sunk into it. Im sure you will see more of this stuff before too much longer .
A good sturdy box! So I decided to make another gift for my brother of a 3d picture box.
This was inspired by a class I did at Art From the Heart last May - I ran with the idea changing bits slightly to suit what I was doing. In the class we used a wooden box frame whereas this is all cardboard. Firstly I cut a piece of card to fit inside the box - laid the photo at an angle then added small squares of 7 gypsies papers (1 1/2 inch square) around the photo. Once I had decided I was happy with them I inked the edges with adirondack watermelon and put faux stitches around them. I then stuck them all together. I then used a Lil Davies stitching template to prick holes for the stitching around the photo then stitched them by hand with black DMC thread. I have then stuck this into the box.
I used my ticket stamps again on inked card - again the watermelon ink - and added them to the left corner with some black buttons.
I made the flowers following a tutorial my pal midnight-crafter had given at a past workshop and also some gorgeous rose leaves she has cut out on the Craft Robo. Again they have been coloured with adirondack inks salmon and watermelon. I have added some clear stickles to some of the petals. I lined the inside "walls" with black card then used silicone glue to adhere the roses along the bottom. 
The front of the box has been created using a piece of mountboard which I cut an aperture from then covered in co-ordinated seven gypsies paper. To fasten this to the box i made 8 little mountboard hinges hence the lovely flocked brads on the front of the frame - brads and alphabet from Doodlebug. The words in the corners were part of a prize from Tag you're it! from last year.
He says its from Kung foo panda - however my own search on the internet revealed a musician called Babatunde Olatunji said it although it also seems to be part of a poem too.
Any way "Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift, which is why its called the present"
I have taken a plaque - sanded it, gessoed it, painted it. the inside panel is alcohol inked. The lettering is lovingly (arrgghhh it drove me nuts!) cut out using the big shot - each individual letter. I was fine representing the future as a question mark and also the present with a gift but had a mental block on the past. Just chatted with my daughter Meghan (who is off crafting but has some seriously cracking ideas!) and she suggested a clock - so it has 2 clock faces in wax seals too.
The "present" I made using my melt pot for the first time - Thanks so much Jacci I LOVE IT! - I loved playing so much Ive made a few funny faces and squiggly things to make some atcs with. I just adore these ticket stamps which i have used to make tickets from grungepaper coloured with distress inks. Phew its been a tough one - think I should have used a lighter colour now its all done but i still quite like it - I just hope he does! Ive also made something else but I cant share that till Tuesday :0) 
Mum got a new cartridge for her slice machine yesterday so we thought we would have a play with it. The Josie and the cross are from the slice - the God daughter is from a sissix alphabet. Papers by blonde moments and ribbon and little teddy charm from stash.