Just One Man!

Happy Sunday!

Weather is pretty dismal here today......I need to sit in the sunshine on Bank Holiday weekends!

What ever is it?! LOL

Do you recall the journal page I did the other week?

Got up at 5.30 this morning........had to do this.....well the stanza needed finishing didn't it? ;)

Here are the two pages side by side in my A5 journal book. As you can see I did tweek the first page a bit by adding words in the petals round the edges.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping.
xoxo Sioux

WOYWW - One more week!

Well...with only one more week to go to the big 2nd anniversary Pass it Forward event over at WOYWW with Julia the head workdesk diva...I thought I'd share the little cutting station I've decided to dedicate to this little side table in my dining room.

I nearly made a faux pas and posted a picture that included the piece I've created for the event as it was hanging from the china display cabinet over it!!!

But luckily saw it just in time ;) Phew!

On the table is my handsome Vagabond....how I love him! LOL

My guillotine cutter.

A set of T!m stamps from way back that I picked up recently 'cos I love the sentiment.

My new T!m tiny tags and tabs die arrived on Saturday from the ever so prompt Jennie and I could not wait to try it...and of course lots of leftover bits from my experiments with said handsome devil! HOL

This set up means that if I ever get my act together and hold a dinner party again I can have it cleared away in no time at all. :)

Thanks for looking....now go take a look at more desks around the world over at Julia's place.

TTFN Sioux xoxo

***EDIT***EDIT***EDIT***

Sorry to shout!
I just need to say that I have been leaving comments today and cannot cope with the tantrums of Blogger! I for one have not enough time in the day to
1. Leave comments and be directed to sign in yet again to blogger
2. Having done just that a number of times I don't have the time to go back and check to see if it has published
3. Having done that a number of times if I don't stop trying now I will just lose the will to live and you would not want that now would you!
So sorry if you do not get a comment from me I've done loads I promise!
I'll try again later in the week when Blogger may have stopped his tantrums.....if not see you next week for the PiF event :)

Comfy for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a fun hanging piece today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog
using another of the Mabel Lucie Attwell stamps.

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

The Last Straw!

Just to let you know I'm not about to keel over and admit defeat on the dismal front!

But this could have been the last straw today...

...I nearly could not get into my bottle of wine the metal bit just kept moving round and round and not coming off!!

Help.......sound of a bugle and the cavalry to the rescue

...YES! T!m and his scissors save the day ;) Phew!

TTFN
Thank you for the biggest hugs in the world that you have left already.....it means a lot....and yes Clare I am too independent for my own good! LOL

Sioux xoxo

Am I Bothered?

Well yes.......quite frankly I am bothered but also I'm not....nothing but contrary then!

The eagle eyed who come here to see some creations will have noticed that I have hardly posted anything in that line for a while....except for my DT commitments to The Artistic Stamper that my conscience would not allow me to miss!

Quite simply I'm finding it difficult to adjust to living on my own and having to do everything myself....it is such a effort! LOL
If there is a crack in the wall I need to mend it, grass needs cutting...that would be me then! Need to eat....make that too, get the right kind of stuff to mend the crack.
...I'm not thick, I sort of know what I need but don't need some idiot telling me to use something I know is completely wrong...I haven't lived with a man who knows about these things for 33 years without some knowledge rubbing off!!
Do the weeding, clean the bath, replace light bulbs, do the hoovering, replace strimmer plastic stuff that now does not seem to want to work.....clean the plastic chairs 'cos the darned visiting pigeon pair seem to like perching on the edge and leaving evidence all the time.

...oh! Go to work full time.....do the dustbin man's job for him as well (you know the recycling boxes and where to put stuff nightmare I can never remember!)....go for walks 'cos I need the exercise re my diabetes......is it any wonder I never have the will to actually make anything?

If only I could afford to pay a man that can I'd be laughing! HOL

I know there are lots of people out there who live on their own and manage very nicely thank you and must think me some sort of wimp...but after living with someone for 33 years it is a very big shock to the system.

One that must have been praying on my mind more than I cared to admit 'cos I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night on Sunday with the realisation that yes........I really am on my own!!!

I've been in the dismals ever since and was soooo in the dismals on Monday that I could not pull myself together and my boss said take the day off, sit in the garden and have a glass of wine!

I was so in the dismals that I thought it can't get any worse so you know what? I went and collected Pip's ashes....it's a pleasant 5 minutes walk to the funeral directors...but that was about the only pleasant thing about it!

I will pull myself together it will get better......I thought it was....but hey ho the 1 year anniversary of Pip's death has been more traumatic than I thought.

I'm going out with my girlie friends on Friday.......sod the crack in the wall!
Sorry to be a misery guts...but real life is not all "sunshine, lollipops and rainbows"!

Things are not all bad!
Come back Saturday for a fun little Artistic Stamper piece ;)
TTFN Sioux xoxo
P.S. I'm not seeking sympathy although you all very kindly give it and thanks for that.
...just telling it how it is! I tend to use this space as a little diary to myself and I sometimes forget that others actually read the $!*£ too!!!! HOL

What a waste!

What a waste of a fabulous voice!

It would probably not have stood a chance anyway (Can you really see a classical song winning Eurovision?!!!).

..but the delivery of the French song was not good and so did not deserve to win....bless.

....I think nerves got to him.

Having said that......although the Azerbaijan song was "nice".....it was not the best vocals of the night either!!!

Hey Ho! That's Eurovision!!!

TTFN Sioux

Outstanding!

Quick post!

Outstanding performances on Eurovision for me were...

...

Austria

Slovenia

UK

Serbia

Georgia
Hungary

...France was a less than best performance...don't think it has a chance now.....but I still like it!

xoxo Sioux

It's Cava Time Again! Eurovision Style

Yep it's cava time again!

What the ? happened to Blogger then?!

All I know is it lost my post I had done just waiting to add a piccie!

So here I am starting again and with something not quite like the post I had ready!

I'm relaxing all day today in the garden with a nice cold glass of cava and one of my summer concoctions! It's got feta, tomato, red chilli, black olives, garlic, olive oil and fresh herbs.....the ones growing at the moment here are mint, basil, thyme, Greek oregano and parsley.....it's scrummy.......what to come round and share?

Today is also Eurovision final day.......I'm so excited!

Love, love, love it ;)

My favourite this year is France...it's also classical which would be a first if it won but I do like my classical....it sends shivers down my spine which is always a good sign of a winner.

...but it's also the bookies favourite and I've been too late to place a little wager this year.....I confess I nearly missed seeing the whole previews as it's usually on a little later in the month!

I scored all the songs in both semi's....yep I am that barmy! And what do you know I picked 8 out of the 10 qualifiers in both heats.....sad or what?!!! LOL

As a second choice I'd go for Hungary......which I feel could have won but she does not have quite the live voice....at least in the qualifiers it did not sound as good as the pre recorded vid.

Now.....there may very well be a renewal in fortune for the UK this year....I'm not a fan of Blue and quite frankly did not think much of it when I first heard it a few weeks back but it's grown on me and they do have a big fan base still in Europe....which counts for a lot....so you never know!

I'm going to read my mag now and have that cava and a bite to eat.....got to make it through to the final tonight! HOL

xoxo Sioux

P.S. My little day surgery op last week was to remove a growth from my ear.....yeeew!

I kid you not......it had grown like Topsy within the space of a couple of weeks and I was in danger of being the Elephant man by Christmas at that rate! HOL

Can't complain about the NHS as from initially seeing my doctor to having it removed was only 5 weeks......and the good new is it was non malignant.....phew!

Perhaps I can concentrate on some fun stuff now?

TTFN  

Sometimes for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing something different 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

Page Three Girl!

Bet you are wondering what is coming with that title? LOL

Have I ever told you I was once a page three girl?

No?

Well I was....and I was only about 7 or 8 and no front teeth either!

Those of you who have enjoyed the programme Lambing Live recently will get a lamb fix from this photo that once appeared in the Isle of Wight newspaper to celebrate the arrival of Spring.

I seem to remember I had to hold on to those lambs for dear life or they were off like a shot!!!

Hope you have a lovely weekend and thanks for your comments you have been leaving.

I have been a bad blogger and have hardly left a comment anywhere recently!!! I've been feeling $#!£ but my cold is much improved at long last :) Thanks for your well wishes.

........I'm not being negative or feeling sorry for myself but have to say it is just not the same feeling under the weather and not having your DH around to make a soothing bowl of soup or a hot cup of something for you ;(

Also had stuff on my mind...
...minor day surgery today that I hope does not turn into anything major!

I'll be trying to keep myself occupied this weekend...probably busy doing nothing....partaking of a few glasses of wine on Sunday as it's the first anniversary of Pip's death.
I wish my mojo and the sun would return :)

xoxo Sioux

Flowers in Life's Garden for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a 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

Little Things for The Artistic Stamper

It's time for The Artistic Stamper monthly challenge for May

"Ladies and Girls"

I created a quick and easy card using the very cute "Walkies" stamp, colouring the image with Copic markers.
Me being me I just can't do stamping without changing something around!!!
The full stamp has a cute little doggie too...

...but I masked him off inked up with Archival black and then drew in the line of the skirt with a black Sharpie pen as the image would not have been balanced with the sentiment I wanted to add. :)
I'm still not happy with using Copics but I do keep trying! LOL
Thankfully this image is a nice easy one to practice on ;)

I even practiced with the 0 colourless blender that magically takes away colour and added a few spots on her light blue skirt......it's a bit subtle but it is there ;)

One of the things I used to do when I first started making cards was try to build up a stash of card stock in different colours to use as backing mats and layers.....it cost me a fortune!!!
Then I discovered stamping and ink pads and now it is simple to colour a plain cheapo piece of card with Distress Inks or Adirondacks dye or pigment inks
(I use 160 gsm from the stationers).

After colouring and adding the sentiment I edged the image with a gold marker pen and matted and layered it onto a piece of digital background paper.
Because the paper is quite a busy design I decided to abandon using any embellishments to let the image be the focus.

You really must pop over to see all the creative "Ladies and Girls" that the rest of the team have made and here are the links for you.

Alison, Hels, Jennie, Minxy and Kat our guest designer.

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Ladies and Girls"

The rules are simple... all you need to do is make a piece of art, be it a card, ATC, wall art, altered art ;)... 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 May 31st and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

Tonight Matthew I'm going to be?

Remember the programme? Stars in their Eyes?

Well tonight Matthew I'm goin' to be...(and the dot dot dot is a clue!)

Donna from Mamma Mia!!! HOL (How I love that movie! ABBA runs through my life ;) )

The 30th birthday party was a scream.....did I say it was fancy dress?

Usually it would not be a problem as there is a big hire shop in Torquay that supplies West End shows but as luck would have it they had a fire a couple of weeks back and so this little idea came to fruition (through the tears if you remember) after watching the ABBA marathon on TV!

Bought the bib and brace, blouse, feather boa, shoes, wig.....all in my little town...what a result!

The rest is stuff I had :)

My sore throat had calmed down but I fear too much singing and dancing might have started it up again....hey ho....it was fun! :)

xoxo Sioux

Old Fashioned Grace for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a card today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog
The result of the tag giveaway is also announced!

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

WOYWW - Sowing the Seeds

It's WOYWW time again!

This time last week I thought for sure my sore throat and cold would have vanished by now but sadly not!!! Well.....the sniffles are better....but the sore throat is definately still here ;(

I've done my best to fight through it and at last I've sown my seeds in trays.....a bit late (though not as late as last year) but I'm sure they will catch up eventually....especially with the fab weather we are having :)

If you click the photo to enlarge you can see some lettuce, marigolds and pansy seeds have already come through and I only sowed them on Sunday!

To see what other ideas are germinating across the globe go visit Julia and be amazed!

Thanks for looking....love to stay and chat but the sore throat is telling me not to!!! LOL

xoxo Sioux

Eek! If you are 30!

I'm due to attend Phil's God daughter's 30th birthday bash next weekend.

She has goth tendencies so hopefully this card will go down a treat! I can't tell you how nice it is to make this sort of card and know the recipient will "get it"!! LOL

Eyes, spider web and spider all Inka-dinka-doo......numbers Papertrey Ink dies embossed with a T!m folder....letters by T!m (Vintage Market die strip) stamped with my dance background (as is the mat layer inked with DI rusty hinge) available from The Artistic Stamper. The eyes were coloured with rusty hinge also with glossy accents added.

I decorated the insert too with a computer generated sentiment "Not so scary as you think!"

(I remember I did not want to be 30 and I'm thinking she does not relish the thought either!)

...printed out and then die cut with a Papertrey fillable frames 10 die and added some stamped twiddly bits also PI!

Thanks for looking :)

Happy Stamping

xox Sioux

Cracking time!

Thought I'd post this tonight before the Whisky 'O Lins get the better of me!

Got to hit this cold on the head somehow! LOL

(BTW....don't know if that is how you spell it but that is what is otherwise known as a hot toddy made with lemon, honey, hot water and whisky of course!....magic for the old sore throat) :)

I could not wait to get home from work today

(not just for the whisky 'o lin....cheeky!)

....to play with the Fresco paints from Paperartsy.

I took the lead from my blog chum Helen who mentioned that she would have used a darker shade on her crackle....thanks Helen ;)

I decided to buy a very limited palette of the colours just to try them and when I looked I thought whoops perhaps I should have gone for some of the darker colours....as luck would have it I had bought both the black (Little Black Dress) and white (Snowflake)....very useful to darken or lighten other colours....whew!

I was not keen on having a totally black under colour so decided to add a bit of white to the black for a charcoal colour on the first layer. (I used a bit of textured card...no crackle yet)

It dried in no time :)...then added the crackle glaze using a credit card splodger! I used a very very thin layer too so this bottle will last for ages....I like that!

The photo might show the crackle layer looking glossy but it is dry!

Hey! Now for the magic......I painted a layer of yellow (Haystack) using about the same amount of paint as on the first layer.

Oooh! That is a scrummy yellow....very nearly Austrian yellow I would say

....if you have ever been you will know what I mean ;)

Waited for it to dry.

....although the instructions say you can use a heat gun too if you are in a hurry!

And lookeeeeee what you get

Scrummy crackle or what?

BTW, this is destined to appear on my WOYWW piece for the upcoming pay it forward anniversary

Thanks for looking

TTFN Sioux xoxo

P.S. Here is a hug in a mug I had last night......courtesy of another blog chum.....thanks Gez!

It was lovely....but drastic measures are called for tonight!! HOL

WOYWW - A right mess again!

WOYWW is here again and my desk is a right mess..........again!

How long can I go on dumping the dregs left over from finished projects at the side here before it becomes a mountain? LOL Don't answer that :) !!!

Spent the day in bed yesterday.....I'd like to tell you it was because a certain someone with the initials RA knocked on my door and one thing led to another ;) ! HOL

But sadly it was because I've caught a stinker of a cold.......I manage to get through the winter this year without having at least 2 stinkers as norm.

....and now the weather is like the Med I come down with one........life is never fair! LOL

On my desk is the frantic aftermath of playing with the dance stamps I designed for The Artistic Stamper.......the empty drinking chocolate tin (which I keep meaning to cover in some pretty paper) is used to put scraps of paper in that can go straight in the re-cycling box later.......I'm all for re-cycling in principle but sometimes I can't help but think there are not enough hours in the day when you live on your own to do the dustbin man's job for him as well!!! LOL
There are some masks of my dancers cut and ready in the plastic bag for future projects :)

I need to crack on with making my piece for the big celebration at WOYWW in a few weeks...but first I must away to my bed again!!
You don't need to see me in bed so why not pop over to Julia and see non sickly people and their desks which may or may not be tidy!!

TTFN Sioux xoxo

Dance to the Music of Time for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a tag 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 ;)
You never know you just might get lucky with this one today!
Thanks

Dance to the Music - Part Deux!

As promised yesterday I'm sharing more of the design possibilities I envisaged for my premier plate of stamp designs :)
....sorry this is in a digital format but the "hot off the press" rubber has not made it to me yet!

You will be the very first to have it if you are going to the Big Scrapbooking and Stamp Show today at Ally Pally!

Not only are there ballerina images on the plate but I've also included extra bodice tops for them one solid to stamp in a different colour and perhaps add your own wording on top and one with different writing so it's possible to mix and match ;)

I do like to get mileage out of my stamps ;) ;)

STOP PRESS ### STOP PRESS ### STOP PRESS

I got rubber!!

Did I mention I also designed a dance themed dictionary background? So useful for lots of projects not just to go with the ballerina. ;)

All cut out and ready to stamp....see all those stamps you get? Lots of words too ;)

Just a few quick tips I thought I'd share.....the ballet dancer is easy to cut out but when you start wanting to cut her out of thicker stuff like grungeboard it might be a plan to cut out to this point

....then cut up the side of her leg marked 1

...then cut the other side marked 2
....complete the cut on the other leg marked 3 ;)

The wings have been designed to use on both the small and large ballerina ;)

Same wings but on the small ballerina they are over sized.
...think the enigmatic Angel in Barbarella! ;)

Can't be bothered to get out the stamp positioner? Stamp and mask the ballerina...lay the wing stamps over where you want them...put your acrylic block over.

..pick up.............ink and stamp!

Well..............I got to fly!! :)
But see you tomorrow :)

I'm soooooo looking forward to seeing your ideas with this stamp set...I just know you can come up with some fabulicious ones!!!  ;)

If you are going to Ally Pally don't forget to pop along and see Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course Hels who will both be doing demo magic on the stand.

Now if......like me....you can't make it...just make sure you pop over to Jennie's blog as some of the new stamps are being revealed and given away by the ever generous Jennie.

There are new Mabel Lucy Atwell images...

...gorgeous additions to the Steampunk range and soooooo much more ;)

Just leave a comment and one of the "hot off the press" designs could be yours! ;)

TTFN xoxo Sioux

I'll be back!

Bit delayed with the sneak peek! Had an emotional day yesterday......I had an ABBA fest on ITV yesterday. Should not have had any more wine after what I drank on Friday at the reception but hey I fancied some Cava along with my ABBA!!!

Oh! Nearly forgot the odd couple of cuba libra's too ;) HOL

ABBA was the connection me and Pip had when we met (insert sound track of "Waterloo") so you can imagine why it was emotional! Have tried to avoid emotion recently.....but I did cry...however it was a sort of happy/sad crying if you get my drift?

Yet again one of my favourite ABBA songs did not feature in the countdown.....are me and Pip the only one's who loved "When I kissed the teacher"?

Mamma Mia was great (again) I do love that movie :) Yet more tears! ;)

Just thought I'd share this till I can get back to you later with some stamping.

...Here is a photo from our wedding day (1977!). When I look at this I think my God! You were thin! Although at the time I thought I was fat....now I am fat....I think I'm thinner than I am!
Very weird!!! HOL

Do you like the Guinevere sleeves!!! The big tie, the dapper suit? The flowers in the hair?

Always did like the flower power era (que another ABBA song "Our last Summer") but was a bit young to fully understand it at the time! LOL

Can you see the connection to ABBA? No?

How about me with my curly permed hair like Anni-Frid and Pip looking like Bjorn?! Well I thought so....heck he even had the same bags under the eyes!!! LOL

Very happy days :)

TTFN Sioux

Dance to the Music!

As promised yesterday I'm sharing some of the design possibilities I envisaged for my premier plate of stamp designs :)
....sorry this is in a digital format but the "hot off the press" rubber has not made it to me yet!

If you are going to the Big Scrapbooking and Stamp Show today and tomorrow at Ally Pally you might be the very first to have it!

There are 3 large (10cm) and 2 small (7cm ideal for ATC's) ballerina images on the plate in a mix of silhouette, silhouette with added script and outline.

To go with them are two sets of wings...one in outline and one with a crackle pattern.

One of the fun things is that by using one of the large images with one of the small you can achieve a super bit of perspective stamping.....you could make your own corps de ballet!

Use the outline stamp on any printed papers and cut out for an ever changing look.

How grungely cool would that be using some of T!m's paper stashes? ;)

There is so much more on the design plate that I can't wait to share.....pop back tomorrow and I'll run through a few more ideas! :)
I'm soooooo looking forward to seeing your ideas with this stamp set it's unreal! LOL ;)

If you are going to Ally Pally don't forget to pop along and see Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course Hels who will both be doing demo magic on the stand.

Now if......like me....you can't make it...just make sure you pop over to Jennie's blog each day as some of the new stamps are being revealed and given away by the ever generous Jennie.

There are new Mabel Lucy Atwell images...

...gorgeous additions to the Steampunk range and soooooo much more ;)

Just leave a comment and one of the "hot off the press" designs could be yours! ;)

TTFN xoxo Sioux

I'm Dancing! All the way to Ally Pally!

First of all a big thank you to everyone for your kind comments
...it makes me warm and cosy inside ;)
I am one of the luckiest (and happiest) people in the world right now!
Never in a million years did I think that winning the Craft Stamper Magazine "Stamper of the Year" title at the end of 2009 would see me have the opportunity to be a "stamp designer"!!!!!
Unbelievable but true.

 I'm thrilled that The Artistic Stamper have chosen to release my first ever stamp set based on the "Dance to the Music of Time" theme that won me the title.

But who knows?....if you don't like the set...it may well turn out to be my last!!! LOL Just as a reminder...for those who have never seen the winning piece...here is the canvas I created back then.

After the less than perfect past year I've had, I can't tell you what a big kick I get out of announcing my first ever stamp set will be debuting (ooh! Get me!) at the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show at Ally Pally this weekend. ;)

...don't forget to pop along and see Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course Hels who will both be doing demo magic on the stand......possibly with my stamps if they have managed to cool by then!!

I'm thrilled and a little giddy with excitement that I can share my "Dance to the Music of Time" theme with all you fellow stampoholics.
Even more.....I'm really thrilled at the prospect of seeing projects made by you using the stamps!

I'm hoping that I have given you the means to make some scrummy pieces of art ;)

You will be the first in the whole wide world to get hold of them at the show if you are there.
I have not even got a set yet!!!

Yes....they are really that "hot off the press"!

Now if......like me....you can't make it....just make sure you pop over to Jennie's blog each day and leave a comment as there are lots of new stamps (not just mine! LOL) being revealed and given away by the ever generous Jennie.
You never know one of the hot off the press designs could soon be yours!

xoxo Sioux :)

P.S. I'm off to a local wedding celebration tonight and, although I can't show you the full plate until the official release on the web site on Monday, I'll be back tomorrow with a little info on some of the design possibilities.....I've packed a lot onto this plate!!!!!

If you liked this?

If you liked this...

...there is every chance you just might like what I'm going to share with you tomorrow! Although Jennie is giving you a little teaser today ;)

If you are one of the lucky people making the journey to Ally Pally this weekend for the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show
...you might be able to grab yourself some rubber that is "hot off the press"!

...don't forget to pop along and see Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course Hels who will both be doing demo magic on the stand.

Now if......like me....you can't make it...just make sure you pop over to Jennie's blog each day as some of the new stamps are being revealed and given away by the ever generous Jennie.

There are new Mabel Lucy Atwell images...
...gorgeous additions to the Steampunk range and soooooo much more ;)
Just leave a comment and one of the "hot off the press" designs could be yours! ;)

xoxo Sioux
P.S. Today is the day if you would like to win my stamp set! Yeh! :)
P.S. I'll be back tomorrow with a little preview!

Somethings Coming!

If you are one of the lucky people making the journey to Ally Pally this weekend for the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show....don't forget to pop along and see Jennie from The Artistic Stamper and of course Hels who will both be doing demo magic on the stand.

There are also some fab new stamps being launched too ;)

Now if......like me....you can't make it (I have a friends sons wedding celebration to go to)....just make sure you pop over to Jennie's blog each day as some of the new stamps are being revealed and given away by the ever generous Jennie. Just leave a comment and one of the "hot off the press" designs could be yours!

Apparently there are some stamps from a very special guest designer making an appearance at the show too!

I wonder who that could be?

xoxo Sioux

Key to life for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing an ATC 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

What the butler saw for The Artistic Stamper

Another month another challenge over on The Artistic Stamper creative team blog.

"Build it up"

I decided to play with some die cutting ;) to layer the stamps.

I started by die cutting some yellow cardstock and some silver coated card with the Sizzix tag and bookplates...it's fab that you can now have this large tag in any cardstock you choose ;)

...I found that the magnetic three holes die fitted nicely along the bottom :)

I then cut an oval from the centre using nestabilities and made a frame from this oval by cutting the next size down die from the centre of this.

I grunged the edges with some Viva Inca Gold silver paste.

...love the shiney metal glow ;)

I cut some of the separate reinforcers  from the same tag die using brown cardstock and hand wrote "Peep Show" on them before sticking them down and adding some small bingo numbers from the Lost and Found stack underneath.

Stamped the lady from Nudes 063 plate in Staz On black on the silver tag.

Stamped the dapper gentleman and the butler from Mens plate 001 in Archival black onto some previously inked card and cut out.

The bookplate from the same die set was cut from card that I had printed out with some old advertisments I had found in a book of Coronation memorabilia bought for 20p at the charity shop.....think I will get a lot of use from this;) and computer generated wording attached to back.

....loved the fact the tea set was called "Ever Hot" !!! HOL

Layered the oval frame over the lady using dimensional sticky pads added the dapper gentleman on this layer......using more dimensional pads attach the yellow tag over the silver one and add the butler image on the front.

Hope you like my slightly risque take on the challenge.

...I think I am in Ooh La La mode pending my trip to Paris later in the year! ;)

 

To see all the other creative "Dimensional Layering" that the multi talented team have made here are the DT member links for you.

Alison, Hels, Jennie, Minxy and Tina 

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Build it up"

The rules are simple... all you need to do is make a piece of art, be it a card, ATC, wall art, altered art, tag ;)... 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 April 30th and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux