Amazing!

The other week I went to an art exhibition held at Torre Abbey in Torquay.

"Death and the Maiden" showing works by the late Robert Lenkiewicz......to say he was eccentric is probably putting it mildly! There is a real embalmed body on display...that of Diogenes....a tramp that was one of the painters muses.

Now I find some of his paintings hauntingly beautiful but none of the ones I like were on display and quite frankly the body was not art to me....but.....but.....

The entrance ticket included looking around the rest of the permanent art, ruins and gardens which was great as I had never visited before......how sad when it's on my doorstep!

The most amazing thing was that I saw a painting by a pre Raphalite who I greatly admire

William Holman Hunt

Yes I could not believe it! The real deal right in front of me....it made my day! :)

See you Saturday for an Artistic Stamper piece for the October monthly challenge.

xoxo Sioux

High Life tag

A little tag for Dragons Dream Tag it on with the theme of mother and using embroidery this week.

T!m sewing pattern lady coloured with (very watery) neo colour....wording done on the computer and sewn on with red thread.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux

LIM Sketch

Had to play with a bit of my stash from yesterday and join in again with Less is More who have a sketch challenge this week.

Inkylicious Julianna stamped in versafine....lips coloured with Distress worn lipstick and Victorian velvet.

Hero Arts sentiment stamped with Cat's Eye chianti.

Thanks for looking
Must dash need to plant my garlic....bought yesterday at the garden centre.

xoxo Sioux

On with the show this is it!

I've been to the Exeter Westpoint Creative Stiches and Hobbycraft show today with my talented friend Sue (yes yet another Sue! LOL)

We had a fab time wending our way around exhibitors stalls......and a nice variety of things to see for a change....not too much of one thing....although there were to be fair quite a number of knitting and wool stalls to choose from! LOL

Sue's passion for all things material and yarn was catered for and mine for inkyness was too.

Now.......would you like to see my show stash?

Well of course you would.....who does not like a nosey? HOL ;)

Spent far more than I had intended (don't we always!) but hey........you can't take it with you and my fixed rate mortgage comes to an end real soon and the fab news is I'm going to be that little bit better off each month! Things are looking up ;)

My most prized buy was the Scor-it-all........I saw it and went OOOooooh! really loud as I have been wanting coveting this quality scoring tool since forever.....and this was a bargain believe me. Kraft resist paper from T!m...it's lush.

A foam stamp that spoke to me......something along the lines of buy me, buy me!!! ROFL

Blank card top up for the Xmas card marathon that will have to start soon. Some masks which were another show bargain, ink refills and pad and my first ever Distress stain.
The new 7 Gypsies rulers....now they are fabby!
And last but not least a couple of sets of stamps from Inkylicious....who kept my friend enthralled with a stamping demo whilst I did some retail therapy on the stall! LOL

Finished the day on the way home with coffee and cake at the garden centre just down the road.

I hope to get some play time tomorrow.

TTFN

xoxo Sioux

Art card for Less is More

I confess the concept of less is more does not come easy to me! LOL

I made this for the challenge over at Less is More where it's anything goes this week (and they are trying to get to 1000 entries wow!)

Used T!m wings - Artistic Stamper Art and crown - Papertrey sentiment

Inks - Distress old paper, pumice stone and wild honey....Archival black

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

xoxo Sioux

Keep Calm! for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a tag card today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog

Curious? Then just hop on over to The Creative Team Blog for all the details.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping
xoxo Sioux

P.S. I appreciate each and every comment here but time is short in all our lives so please do not feel obliged to comment both here and on the creative team post.
...I'll see your comments and share the feed back all at the same time if you use The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog post ;)
Thanks

Fashion Icon

A tag for the challenge at Dragons Dream Tag it On this week with the theme

Dedicated Follower of Fashion

I find it fascinating that......after I had finished the tag and just wanted to add some words from the song in my own writing down the side......I googled the lyrics and spookily I had included elements of them in the design!!! I swear to God that I only knew the words to the repeating chorus and could not sing the rest of it if my life depended on it! LOL

(there are an awful lot of verses by the way).....I wrote

"One week he's in Polka-Dots, The next he is in Stripes!

'Cos he's a dedicated follower of fashion."

The fab graph paper background is one of the new ones at The Artistic Stamper in archival chrome yellow...birds and umbrella man from the small acrylics in the QVC TSV...I stamped the umbrella from my other larger acrylic man, cut out and added some polka dots....base tag coloured with DI faded jeans, old paper and brushed corduroy.

Ribbon was white and coloured with fired brick.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping :)

xoxo Sioux

Bird Art for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a piece today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog

Curious? Then just hop on over to The Creative Team Blog for all the details.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping
xoxo Sioux

P.S. I appreciate each and every comment here but time is short in all our lives so please do not feel obliged to comment both here and on the creative team post.
...I'll see your comments and share the feed back all at the same time if you use The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog post ;)
Thanks

Aslan Awaits for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a journal page today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog

Curious? Then just hop on over to The Creative Team Blog for all the details.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping
xoxo Sioux

P.S. I appreciate each and every comment here but time is short in all our lives so please do not feel obliged to comment both here and on the creative team post.
...I'll see your comments and share the feed back all at the same time if you use The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog post ;)
Thanks

Lucky Numbers!

Another month another challenge at The Artistic Stamper :)
This time I got to choose the theme.....yay! So I chose

"Lucky Numbers"

Why not join us for the September challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)

This month the team are additionally being asked to use T!ms tissue tape in our work...and you've guessed it! It's on special offer this month too......I love special offers don't you? ;)

So I decided to cover a chipboard frame that I would never have used in a month of Sunday's as it was a funny green colour!!!
What possessed me to buy the stuff in the first place is beyond me!! HOL

Anyway now it fits perfectly into my collage type layout on the card :)

I stamped the golfing man from the Men's Plate in Archival black and coloured him with Distress vintage photo, aged mahogany and antique linen before attaching him to the back of the frame.
The small bingo card is stamped in Archival sepia and aged a bit with Distress vintage photo on the tattered edges.

The fandabby dossie large Happy stamp from the new Journalling Words set was Archival again and the numbers were added in Distress aged mahogany as was the vintage stamp from Airmail bird collage elements.

Just to finish it off I drew the corner lines with a Sharpie pen and circled the number 50 on the bingo card too for good luck ;)
Oh!......and I aged the card base itself with a touch of antique linen.

Head over and take a look at the "Lucky Number" creations the rest of the team have made and here are the DT member links for you.

Alison, Hels, Jennie, Kat, Minxy and Tina

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Lucky Numbers" and you just might be the lucky one this month if you follow these few simple rules.....all you need to do is make a piece of art, be it a card, ATC, wall art, altered art, scrapling ;)... just remember that it must include some rubber stamping and the theme of NUMBERS... and... if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry you will be entered into the draw twice! The prize is £15 worth of stamps from the Artistic Stamper shop... along with the KlingOn to mount them onto.

I hope you get chance to play at the challenge... it is open until September 30th and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

P.S. I've got on-going blog candy here....be quick entries close 17:00 GMT this Sunday 4th September.