A few goodies!

I expect some of you are wondering what I spent my hard earned money on at the show on Saturday!

Well the answer is.....Not A Lot!!! LOL

But here it is anyway.

I went with 3 friends this time and we took the "Knitting with Wire" workshop and made a bracelet each and got to keep the spool of wire we used (at the top of the picture)

...you can add in beads as you knit but to save time we just made plain ones...

...3 of us were unsure if we could even remember how to knit!!!! ROFL

To be frank there was not a lot that floated my boat although we had a great day out and shared a fab picnic in the car... before going back into the show for more browsing.

Yeh, I know, we live sophisticated lives don't we! LOL

Anyways.....I bought two wood mounted stamps from a bargain box (£2.00 each) particularly like the three rows of lines for journaling me thinks ;)

Some fancy charms and a stylish broach finding...

...and the bezels for jewellery/steampunky type art if I ever get round to using them!

You all know what it's like all you fellow Scanners! ROFL

xoxo Sioux

Flowers Dance 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

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

Love Me Do! for The Artistic Stamper

Great to see all those "Vintage" lovelies created for last months challenge :)
So..... February brings us

"HEARTS"

for the monthly challenge over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)

This little thought popped in my brain as soon as I saw the theme!
Well It's about time something popped in my brain...
...bit lacking on the creative front round here just lately!

Anyways, I went with an ATC and already had the faux wood effect background made using Distress Ink pine needles and peeled paint and decided to stamp the man from Men's plate 1 onto white card and colour the background to blend in 'cos that looks a bit like wood too

(I know wood is not really green but you get my drift!? LOL)


I cut an extra little square piece of white card to cover the words as I wanted to change it up a bit and stuck it down and coloured it with a little Distress Ink worn lipstick and attached a shrunk plastic heart from Stitchels curly dot plate that had been coloured with a copic marker.

The lady from Twenties 1 plate was stamped with Adirondack wild plum pigment ink in wild plum onto piece of paper that had been coloured with Archival chrome yellow then cut out.

The word LOVE from journaling words was stamped in Archival black and the heart in Distress aged mahogany before handwriting the words onto a spare piece of chrome yellow coloured card.

You really must take a look at the "Heart" creations the rest of the team have made and here are the DT member links for you.

Alison, Jennie, Kat, and Emma

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Hearts"

The rules are simple... 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... 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 February 29th


(ooh! that means it's a leap year....perhaps I should pop the question to RA!!!! ROFL)


and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

Crafts for Crafters

So....anyone going to Craft 4 Crafters at Exeter Westpoint on Saturday?

I'm going ;)

Have been good and spent every weekend this month not going anywhere that involves the slightest chance of shopping LOL...

...'cos I find that just stepping outside my front door at the weekends invariably means that I end up spending money I have not got!!!

So indulge me on Saturday.....I just hope there is something that I really, really want when I get there.......or all that denial will have been in vain!!! HOL

Come back tomorrow for the new monthly Artistic Stamper challenge.....see you!

xoxo Sioux

Breathe

I fell in love with this Hollies version of the song when it was released in 1974.

It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it :)

So here is my journal page.....not by any means fabulous but I'm just thankful I've managed to make something for no good reason than to make something!!! LOL

I wrote an affirmation in my 365 366 journal on Friday and it looks like it worked!!!

(I did not realise it was an affirmation at the time nor that anything would come of it!)

Wow! I could get all alternative if I'm not careful ;) LOL

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

Mmmmmm!

Roasted veg for dinner tonight!

Yes I know there is lots but what I don't have this evening goes in a big pan and makes roasted veg soup for the rest of the week!

yum...yum...yum :)

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

In my Garden

Happy Saturday fellow Scanner's!

You know who you are ;) LOL

Here are a couple of things I'm enjoying today in my garden and what a gorgeous sunny day it is too...even if it is a bit on the chilly side :)

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

I think I'm a Scanner!

I was at the doctors yet again this morning for my yearly diabetic tests and some more bloods!

There I was waiting to see the nurse and flicking through a magazine ("Red") browsing an article when a surge of bright white light ignited in my head!

I believe I am a Scanner!

This explains quite a lot...

...you don't know how frustrating and depressing it can be unless you share these feelings that include...

"I can never stick to anything."

"I know I should focus on one thing, but which one?"

"I lose interest in things I thought would interest me forever."

"I keep going off on another tangent."

"I get bored as soon as I know how to do something."

"I can't stand to do anything twice."

"I pull away from what I'm doing because I'm afraid I'll miss something better."

"I'm too busy, but when I do find time I can't remember what I wanted to do."

"I keep changing my mind about what I want to do and end up doing nothing."

I have made bold the phrases that are particularly relevant to me although all the rest are hanging around in the background most of the time.

This is a bit of a revelation and....I hope I'm not coming across as some sort of weirdo...but if I can find out how to break this or go with it which seems to be the answer in the little I read...

...perhaps I can start to concentrate on something or anything or everything LOL and...

..."Enjoy the Journey" !!!

(As you know who says ;))

Thanks for reading my strange post today...

...I don't think I have lost the plot, I believe I have found the plot today!!

xoxo Sioux

P.S. Then again it could just be because now my blood sugars are a bit low instead of being a bit high!!! LOL

No Mortals 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

Have you seen the latest Sizzix previews from T!m today?

Oh dear.....help my wallet!!!!

I'm going to NEED both alphabets, the bag, the tag, the matchbooks (easy to make but even easier now! thanks) and the envelope for sure ;)

Thanks for sharing T!m (I think......LOL)

xoxo Sioux

Dreams 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

Diet Watch Monday Returns!

Hi!

The last time I posted about my weight was 28th November and I just knew the next few weeks would not be conducive to sticking to the Dukan diet!!!!

I decided to take the que sera sera attitude! LOL

Two weekends away including my birthday...

...3 Christmas meals out...

...Christmas itself...

...and the New Year when I hosted a little get together with some close friends and we had cheese fondue....ooh er!!!!

I stuck to it pretty well during the week but come those outings I did not hold back! HOL

Soooo on 28th November I was 73 kilo and now...

(I don't know how the hell I've managed it 'cos I had to eat up stuff that was still in the fridge last week too)

today I'm...

...72 kilo!! :)

xoxo Sioux

And the winner is?

I had 9 lovely comments for the "Faded Glory" ATC

 

 

And Mr Random says that

8

 

is the winner :)

So that is you

Alison

E-mail me your snail mail address and it will wing it's way in the post to you.

Thanks to everyone who entered.

xoxo Sioux

Love Card 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

Garden Goodness

It's been a clear and sunshiney day...

...so I took a couple of photo's of what I like in my garden at the minute :)

Swiss Chard

Oxalis

Bulbs growing

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

Vintage for The Artistic Stamper

Last months challenge was a popular one :)
I am so sorry I did not get to comment on many but my computer has been up the Swanee!!!

So.....this month's challenge is "Vintage" over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)
I made an ATC.
The design team were also asked to use Perfect Pearls Mists in our work as they are on special offer this month ;)

I sprayed my blank ATC with sour apple and a blank piece of card with mandarin Perfect Pearl mists and helped them to dry by using a heat tool.
The ATC blank then had Distress Ink scattered straw roughly sponged on and all the stamping was done in Archival directly on top.
Postcard in black, franked stamp in aquamarine (Ephemera 1 plate), crown in crimson (Crowning Glory) and swirl (Swirls, Splats and Dots A5) in coffee.
The butterfly (Insects and Butterflies 1) was stamped in coffee onto the mandarin coloured card twice and cut out.
I then stamped the butterfly directly on the ATC in black to get an image of  the feelers and then the two cut outs were glued on top.
The word fragments were computer generated and layered onto black card and the edges ages with brushed corduroy Distress Ink.

I love that the stamping....even though it was done on top of the mists.....still takes on the sheen and twinkle, but I find it almost impossible to show how gorgeous the effect is ;(
So if you would like to see what the effect is for real and fancy winning this ATC for your collection, please leave a comment and I will draw a name via Mr Random on January 8th.

 

You really must take a look at the "Vintage" creations the rest of the team have made and here are the DT member links for you.

Alison, Jennie, Kat, and Emma

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Vintage"

The rules are simple... 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... 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 January 31st and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking...
...HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)
and happy stamping.

xoxo Sioux
EDIT: The draw is closed to win the ATC.
Thanks to those who entered :)

A Happy New Year - A New Personal Challenge!

I got to thinking about 2011 and my general opinion was...

just what the hell did I do all year?! LOL

So in an effort to make sense of what happens around here...

and believe me it is not going to be earth shattering stuff, some days it's challenging enough just to get by and I can foresee some of my entries will be along the lines of got up, went to work, fell asleep on settee!

But then again it could go something like got up, met RA, dot, dot, dot!!!! HOL

(In my dreams.......sigh)

...I'm taking the plunge and joining in with the fabulous Kate Crane and her Journal Your Year Calendar.

I like to pop over there and admire her pages and Gez and Anesha have also inspired me to have a go ;) Thanks girls.

I'll confess I am not good at sticking to stuff like this......but I'm going to give it a go.....if only to see what fun stuff I really get up to ;) HOL

I bought a little sketch book from Paperchase when I went to Bristol for my birthday at the beginning of December. Sorry about the glare, the cover is plastic, I'll be covering it at some point.

I hope to take this with me wherever I go as it is so portable and then there can be no excuse for not making a scribble in it every day!!!

Here are the pages for January......the squares are inchies and because the journal is so small (5 and 7/8th inch by 4 and 1/8th inch) I thought I'd make an additional flap over element to hold some extra days and be a place for a stamped image. (Paperartsy, T!m Holtz).

Thanks for looking

HAPPY

NEW

YEAR

xoxo Sioux
P.S. Come back tomorrow for The Artistic Stamper new monthly challenge....see you there....after I recover from the midnight Cava LOL!!!

Must be Santa! 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