Compass

Had to make a man card again.

This was a quick little make.

Some T!m background paper, A Papertrey Ink die cut shape and matching stamp..the compass also Papertrey.

Thanks for looking ;)

I've got something lined up for tomorrow if you want to come back then ;)

xoxo Sioux

A Wish.....

Well I expect some of you can guess just what it is I'm wishing for! ;)

Wanted to join in with Hels this week at the Sunday Stamper where the theme is "Wish".

Well......heavens will I be able to contain myself if my wish ever comes true?! ROFLIA

xoxo Sioux

What's all the fuss about?

I have to say that I can't understand what the big who ha is about with the release of Ranger Distress Paints!!!

We have a home grown equivalent in Paperartsy Fresco Paints.

I don't have many colours but having had a play yesterday I find they do just what T!m says his "new" paints do....so I'm afraid I am not going to jump on the band wagon and covet Rangers new release...there is no comparison because, if only for monetary terms, the Ranger paint is £4.99  for 1 oz and Paperartsy is £3.30  for 50 ml.....and 50ml compared to 1 oz is approx twice as much!!!!!!

NO CONTEST!!! ;)

British really can be best :)

xoxo Sioux 

Destiny or Wings!

I had some fun with this tag this evening ;)

Dylusions ink sprayed through a mask onto a Kraft coloured tag.
Heart Throb coloured with Dylusions too just dipping a brush into the bottle of ink and painting on.
I'm entering this in the Stampotique challenge this week (SDC 84) where the theme is "Love"
Thanks for looking
xoxo Sioux

Time Postcard for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing a postcard 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 ;)
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So what's his problem?

So the last time I saw that man was 29th December....we have texted, e-mailed and talked on the phone....but...and it's a BIG BUT....we have not met since then!!!

I am wondering what he is doing on a dating site if he does not have the time to actually date!!!

The clue is in the title "Dating" site. ROFL

I told him to just say if he was not interested, that I'm a big girl and can deal with it....but he says he really likes me.....said it more than once!

If you really like someone don't you usually try to make an effort?

Hey....it's all part of the journey.

I believe he truly is a workaholic....I understand why he has to be....he is a nice guy but I'd rather like a man who wants to be with me.....once a week would be good for starters!!!

It's not too much to ask is it?

 xoxo Sioux

P.S. Thanks for the multi-dating warnings......believe me it's crossed my mind more than once.....this girl is no fool.....but...and it's a BIG BUT....I just don't believe he is the sort...nor has he the time to fit them in!!! ROFLIA :) Besides we are not an item ;) LOL

Tag Card 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 ;)
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And Then....?

Hiya....had a bit of a play last night in my Dylusions journal...

So here is my latest page.

MMmmmmm.......so yes, me and that man met up again on Saturday after he had finished work at midday......we chatted and drank coffee, I like him......when he left we hugged....God I miss the hugs from a man!!! ROFL

Thanks for looking

xoxo Sioux

P.S. I've got an Artistic Stamper piece lined up for Saturday...why not come back then? ;)

New Year - New Life!

Today is a new year.

Today I am looking forward and not looking back!

Time to grab life while I can.

Time to open my heart to what might be ahead.

I wish you all more happiness than sadness in 2013.

Take care and thank you for your entertaining comments throughout the year.

Hugs

xoxo Sioux

I'll leave you with this...I think I like it best of all the things I made this year because it says it all really....I need to have a brave heart and truly listen to what it is telling me! ;) 

I saw this inspirational quote on Dyan Reaveley's blog a while back,

"If you don't like something - change it...

If you can't change it - change your attitude..!"

Here is to embracing change!
And lets not forget embracing a good man...
...whoever he may be! ROFL

Happy Christmas

Just popping in to wish everyone who visits here a very Happy Christmas.

Take care....thank you for the support in both my down times and good times....remember to hug the ones you love.

xoxo Sioux

AAh! Bless

Aaaah bless.....Louis won SCD.....such a close year this year.

Seems that Darcy rather liked the result as well ;) ;)

xoxo Sioux

Yikes it just might be real!

I talked (on the phone not just on-line typing chat) to that man at last.

Yikes!!! He seems real :) Yikes!!! He seems genuine :)

Yikes!!! He seems awfully busy with work commitments!!! Mmmmmm?

He does not seem like the sort of bloke who has women lined up in the wings....

...but you never know! LOL

Somehow or other I don't believe the sort of bloke that buys a fire engine because it was made in the year he was born, or takes his "home from Uni" daughter to grandma to help decorate her tree can be all that bad ;)

I'll let you know if we eventually meet up ;)

xoxo Sioux

Heart Tag 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 ;)
Thanks

Wanted!

Hi folks!

I had so much fun making this page....featuring 3 of my hottest male fantasies!! ROFL

Rufus, Richard and Luca (Inspector Montalbano)...and mystery man?...well one of these days I'm hoping he will turn into reality and will be "The one that I want"...I have to believe there is someone out there for me....I absolutely hate living on my own, I've come to realise I function better as part of a couple ;)

I made this at my weekend away with crafting friends Sue and Laura

We went to Jamie Oliver's in Bath on Friday for my birthday and crafted all day Saturday and Sunday morning too...we shared such a lot of wicked laughs and surprisingly I actually made a few things!!! My heart has just not been in crafting of late

Big hugs and thanks for sharing the weekend girls. :)

xoxo Sioux

Xmas Lady 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

I'm in the mood for love

I've made a tag today for Hels Sunday Stamper.

So am I in the mood for love?

Well obviously yes, otherwise I would not have signed up to a dating site!

I some how don't think it's ever going to work with anyone who lives more than say 25 miles away though.

So how nice that someone in Exmouth started e-mail conversations with me a few weeks ago...which led to telephone conversations...which led to actually meeting up for the first time yesterday. :)

Heavens! It's a bit weird meeting someone like that...he seemed a nice chap for someone but not for me....There was no chemistry thing going on....so we agreed that was the end of it!!!

Hey ho...back to the drawing board...and my fantasies! ROFL

xoxo Sioux

Home for Christmas for The Artistic Stamper

It was nice to see all the "Anything Goes" creations for last months challenge, some very, very arty beauty there folks :)
So..... how do you feel about this one then?

"Home for Christmas"

Yes it's a seasonal challenge for December over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)

I decided to make a quadruple ATC display.

I made a background on white card by spraying Dylusions in vibrant turquoise, lemon zest and London blue and bleached out some colour by spraying water through a stencil and blotting off.
I then cut 4 pieces of card just a little smaller than ATC size as I knew I wanted to mount them on black ATC card blanks.
I wanted this to have a Christmas feel but perhaps not conventionally so!

On the first ATC:

...I stamped the Santa in Archival black, and added a touch of stickles to the circle surrounding him and a little white sparkly embossing to his moustache.
...stamped the holly motive in Distress peeled paint on each edge and added some red glitter to the berries.
To finish I added some mini journaling words.

On the second ATC:



...I stamped the word Home in Archival black all around the edges,
...I stamped two of the cute house images in Versamark on black card and heat embossed with sparkly white powder and cut them out and attached,
...stamped two hearts in Distress aged mahogany and cut out and attached.

On the third ATC:

...I stamped the Christmas greeting and candle images in Archival black,
...added some red glitter to the berries, added a touch of stickles to the circle surrounding the flames with some heat embossed sparkly white powder too.
To finish I added some mini journaling words.

On the fourth ATC:

...I stamped the Christmas greeting in Archival black,
...stamped the oblong star image in Versamark on black card and heat embossed with sparkly white powder,
...stamped three crowns in Distress aged mahogany onto a piece of previously inky coloured card, cut out and attached.

To finish I heat embossed gold powder on all the edges using a embossing pen to make a shabby border.
The atc's were joined together with some tissue tape.

List of stamps used:
Mini Christmas 1 plate
Crowning Glory
Home Sweet Home A5 plate
Mini Journaling Words 1

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

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "Home for Christmas"

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 December 31st and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

The winking gets worse!

Well the most odd people keep winking at me on that old matchmaker site, sadly none have been as debonair as David Niven was!! ;) Still, I'm keeping an open mind ;)

One of the recent winks was from a man who has never been married and is aged 52.
...now I wonder why? Said in my most sarcastic voice ever! ROFLIA!!!

As.......in his own words.....(this is what he does for fun!!!)

"i go on the laptop and enjoy going to my friends and looking after their pigoens"

You would think if he liked pigeons that much he would, at the very least, know how to spell it!!!

God help me!!! ;)
Needless to say I won't be getting in touch with that one! ROFL

On a much brighter note I got myself out in the real world tonight with my oldest chums and saw the Budapest Cafe Orchestra
appearing in our local theatre.
If you enjoy live music and appreciate good musicians then do try and catch them at a venue near you, it transported me to one of the best holidays ever  :)

xoxo Sioux

Fish and Flowers for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing not one, but two cards 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

Wishing for December 14th!

So...folks....why am I wishing for December 14th to arrive?

The Hobbit goes on general film release (UK premier on the 12th)

I can't wait to get my fix of RA as Thorin :)

Not only is he nice looking and ooozily (is that a real word! LOL) sexy, but he appears to be an all round nice guy.....I like that ;)

xoxo Sioux

P.S. I've got two little somethings to share with you for The Artistic Stamper tomorrow.

...see you then ;)