Try it on Tuesday

 Halloween for Try it on Tuesday

Hello from me to “Try it on Tuesday” for their Halloween theme.

OMG! Do you know when was the last challenge I entered?

9th March 2016! Whaaaaat!

And it was for Try it on Tuesday….spooooooky! 😂

Been too long. But a combination of trying to earn a living and being in constant pain for the past 3 years put paid to many things.

Anyhoo, still working but not for as many days and thankfully my pain, which was predominantly from rotator cuff injuries to both arms (one following on from the other) has ceased….hallelujah!

Smootched background of Paperartsy Fresco Paints with stamped images from Paperartsy, Stampotique and T!m Holtz.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping :)

xoxo Sioux

Family Matters

The past couple of days have been spent making a tag again (amongst other design projects).

One of the reasons it's been a bit time consuming is because I've decided to make my own "Found Relatives/Paper Dolls" (thanks for the inspiration for that Pam)...I want to use some of my old photo's of relatives and start a sort of family tree/memory book with them! Well...that's the loose plan if there is such a thing as a plan! LOL

I started by scanning a photo of two of my cousins (both deceased some time ago), touching up some dust/scratch marks and then printed out on photo paper and cut out....I will go back and digitally cut them out when I'm in the mood! ;)

I replaced the wheel they were perched on with a Tim Holtz image I stamped onto old french book pages and cut out....repeating this in the top corner with one of his smaller images. The ticket was stamped onto a bit of scrap card previously inked at some point and fastened to the tag with a brad bought many moons ago...might as well start using my stash instead of hoarding it for a change! ROFL

The background of the tag was Dylusions sprays in turquise, lemon and pink.

I made my own word fragments and gave them the "epoxy" look with glossy accents.

n.b. I have no idea if they were buddies or simply putting on a brave face for the camera! :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

xoxo Sioux

I'm entering this in the February Craft Stamper Make it Take it Challenge which is Anything Goes!

Impossible elephant!

I made a little quirky card using Tim's images.

Bicycle stamped in archival plum

Elephant stamped in archival coffee...Using a stamp positioner to get him poised just right... LOL ;)

Sentiment in archival aquamarine
birthday wishes cartouche stamped in fired brick.

Layered onto a distress coloured base of fired brick.

I needed that...been missing some stamping recently...too busy with life, work and trying to sort out my Etsy studio!

I've had one sale so far from a dear friend...

(what a lovely surprise that first sale was)

...and I think something pretty awesome can't be far off...

...fingers crossed.

Thanks for looking.

xoxo Sioux

Card available in my Etsy studio...see side bar.

Pearl of a Tiny Journal

I was watching Girl with a Pearl Earring last night.....again!

How I love that painting.....and the book.....and the movie! ;)

And how I love that I have some rubber (Stamp Fransisco) to be able to do this little page in my tiny journal when the muse got me late last night. :)

It's a little Moleskin 9x14cm with a kraft cover....the pages seemed quite thin but they do seem to hold up to the ink being spritzed all over them! :)

Stamp happy......thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

Miss the Noise!

So here is the second page of the double spread in my small journal.

Here are the pages side by side.

I'm entering this at Hels Sunday Stamper where the theme is "Life".

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux

February Journal Page

So January came and went!

Here are the finished pages for the month...

...don't look too closely 'cos there is nothing interesting believe me!!!

February pages made and started...

...close up of the fold out flap for extra space...

...I know it's only part of the T!m saying...and his ends more positively...
...but when I made this it fitted my mood much better ;)! LOL

Thanks for looking...I'm of to link it to Kate's 365 366 (I keep forgetting it's a leap year! Not that it makes any difference to me!) journal.....

xoxo Sioux

Vision

The Sunday Stamper celebrates 4years of challenges this week :)

Huge congrats to Hels...

...for she's a jolly good fellow and all that! ;)

Can't remember the last time I joined in at this...or any other.......challenge come to that!

I'm afraid my Scanner syndrome has rather got the better of me lately!!! ROFL

So nearly running out of time 'cos it closes at 9 tonight here is my little offering.

Hope you like and thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

ATC Zettiology

Only just noticed I never posted this....only nearly 12 months since I typed it up!!!
Seeing as I have not shared much arty stuff recently here is an ATC.

Not too sure this is as zettified as it should to be!! LOL Still not quite got the Zetti vibe yet!!

The houses, funny person and sentiment down the side "Wherever I lay my hat that's my home" are stamps from Home Impressions

Thanks for looking and happy stamping :)

xoxo Sioux

Gothic Fly with Me

I've made a gothic arch tag for Hels Sunday Stamper this week.

It' a colour theme to use blue and orange.

Here is mine.

Bit of masking to achieve the effect background stamped with a script from The Artistic Stamper and background coloured with DI's rusty hinge, spiced marmalade, vintage photo.

Arch from AS again stamped in Adirondack eggplant and watercoloured a little.....because it's not Distress the inks separate out a bit but it's good 'cos it's got a blue tinge to it ;)

T!m raven/crow sits on the T!m hand coloured a spooky shade of green!

Which is a bit the way I was feeling yesterday at work.....me not likey having the flu jab on Tuesday for the first time ever....felt like I was on the verge of sickening for a cold!!!
Today I feel heaps better....thank goodness.

Hey, suppose it's better than getting the flu! LOL

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux

Shine On...

Seems appropriate to post my tag for the "Whole of the Moon" theme at Dragons Dream today.....seeing as it's the full moon tonight!! LOL

Only just in time but here it is :)

T!m trees in Distress inks....mask for the moon and weathered wood, scattered straw and wild honey for the sky.....and hints of the same for the moon surface too. T!m birds and Hero Arts sentiment in black soot.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux

T!mtastic Hallowe'en

Yeh! It's back.......Grungy Monday that is :))))))
Here is my piece for Grungy Monday No 22 hosted by Linda at Studio L3.

This week the challenge is A Holtz-ian Hallowe'en.
I'm so glad I can join in this week......I love a bit of the dark side!! ;)
Whooooa (said with a spooky accent LOL)
I believe T!m's skelibob helped me win The Stamper of the Year title back in December 2009 ;) so I revisited the theme using the dancer again....only this time I did not have to draw it from scratch as it's now a stamp!!!! How cool ;)

At the time I could not get the skeleton for love nor money anywhere in the UK so I had to order it from Simon Says who came up trumps......I was very panicky in case it did not arrive in time for me to finish the piece (it had taken me a couple of years to pluck up the courage to enter!).....but luckily it did and the rest is history as they say!
Little did I know that 5 months later my DH would pass away.
....my tag says "Is this my beginning or is this the end?".....these are issues I'm still working on!

Thanks for the inspiration T!m........I could not have done it without you ;)

And thanks to Linda for hosting this great way to start the week ;)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!

xoxo Sioux

P.S. The link to my stamp sets are in the side bar if you are interested.
I'm sharing a piece for The Artistic Stamper tomorrow...so do come back and take a look :)

AKA Mr Mojo!

Hiya all!

It's been a glorious weekend here weather wise....hope you have had some of the same :)

It really is the start of the countdown to Christmas with Strictly back on our screens and I had a little wager and am quite pleased that I managed to get 25/1 on Russel Grant before the odds went down to 20/1! Now I'm not a fan of RG but I feel he is so enthusiastic about being there and learning to dance it just might see him through ;) Who knows? But at least it will add a little spice to watching the show! LOL

I could not go to bed tonight without finishing this page in my A5 journal to enter into this weeks Sunday Stamper from Hels.

The theme Hels chose is Mr Mojo...or lack of!! What a fickle partner he is!!! LOL

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.....hopefully with Mr Mojo in tow. :)
EDIT...EDIT...EDIT...
It seems I had not quite finished after all!!!
Had to add to it this morning with another Elvis song that woke me up in the middle of the night!!! ?
Heaven help me LOL

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

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

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

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.

I Smell Children!

Sorry but I just could not help it!!

This is my entry for TIO whose theme this week is "child's play".

I don't know why....but this was the first thing that popped in my head when I saw the theme and I could not shake it off until I had committed it to a tag! LOL

Perhaps I'm the one who ought to be committed!!! ROFL

Googled image of the fabulous over the top Robert Helpman as the scary child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (one of my all time favourite movies).

The background was neocoloured and the girl (Stamp Attack) is stamped and coloured with Copics.

Somedays I cannot explain how my brain works!

I expect I'll be asked (politely) to leave the playground now! ;)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux

Perfect Specimen for The Artistic Stamper

The monthly theme is "Men/All things male" for the August challenge over at
The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)
Additionally this month the design team will be using Core-dinations Adirondack and Distress collection card stock in all our makes as....
...Yippeee! Yes they are on special offer at The Artistic Stamper here :)

At first glance this looks like it has nothing to do with the theme but stay with me!

I made a matchbox with two different colours of Cordinations card stock from the T!m Holtz Adirondack and Distress collections.
It is sturdy enough to make the 3D matchbox and also to run it through a printer as I did to print the templates I made for the top and bottom of the matchbox.  (I measured a bought matchbox and drew the template in my software package).

I embossed the matchbox sleeve with a Sizzix T!m collage folder scored the printed lines for neat edges and sanded the raised pattern. Then I added some Distress Ink tea dye to the raised pattern and walnut stain to the edges before gluing the sides. I then stamped the words "Goods" and "Checked" in Archival inks (both from the Ephemera #1 plate) onto white shrink plastic, cut out in a tag shape not forgetting to make a whole first for the string to go through before heating and adding to the sleeve with twine.

The inner box was scored on all the lines, folded and glued. Distress Ink walnut stain was added to all the sides and edges.

The handle of the drawer is a T!m Ideaology hitch fastener.

The image from the Men's plate 001 is stamped in Archival coffee onto a spritzed background and the word " Perfect" is from the same Ephemera #1 plate (I just masked off the last two letters of perfectly) stamped onto shrink plastic again. I typed the word specimen and printed it onto a piece of card stock to match the sleeve and tore the edges and glued the words in place before adding some tiny black brads to the corners, similar ones can be found here.

Why not take a look at the "Men/All Things Male" 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 "Men/All Things Male"

The rules are simple... all you need to do is make a piece of art, be it a card, ATC, wall art, altered art, 3D piece ;)... just remember that it must include some rubber stamping and the theme... 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 August 31st and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

Paris Bag

I have been playing today ready for my trip to Paris shortly ;)

I bought a blank canvas bag from the wonder that is Trago Mills!!!

I decided that it would make the ideal bag for Paris as it sits nice and snug on the shoulder and there is a full zip across the top.....can't be too careful can you?

It desperately needed some decoration so that is what I did today...along with trying to work out exactly what I need to take with me......I hate packing!!

I feel the need to take my art journal with me.....to be in Paris and not make some art seems to me to be almost rude!! N'est pas?

TTFN

xoxo Sioux