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I'm sharing an ATC today over on the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog

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Thanks for looking and happy stamping
xoxo Sioux

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Happnin!

Today in Brixham is the happenin! It's a party in the park where I live with live bands all day and into the night. SF and I enjoyed a walk to breakwater beach and swam together. So simple but so special for both of us as neither of our departed partners liked it!!! Yet another spooky thing we have in common ;)
Anyways we sauntered home and enjoyed a bit of an al fresco snack listening to the music.
Tonight it's up the park with a couple of bottles of wine and a picnic and meet up with friends.
Hope this glorious weather brings good things your way. Enjoy!!
xoxo Sioux

Sweetheart

My sweetheart bought these sweetheart matching sets for us to use ;)
My hero.
Mange tout are arriving thick and fast at the moment!
Have a great weekend folks.
xoxo Sioux

Grace 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.
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Full of Love

My blog lies unloved and neglected :(

My SF and I just seem to distract each other quite a lot!!! ROFL

We shared another wonderful weekend together last week and these petals from one of my roses were just begging to be captured with my camera.

We are working our way to the point when we can share each and every day together.

Mmmmm.....I need to make a start on a "Save the Date" card!

Yes we have a date in May for our wedding next year........today is the anniversary of our meeting this May....just 2 months ago.....Wow!!

xoxo Sioux

P.S. I'm sharing a card tomorrow for The Artistic Stamper........see you then :)

I have a little box!

Hi folks...I was a very lucky girl on Friday ;) my gorgeous SF bought me a little box.

And in that little box was...?

Why my engagement ring of course :)

It was all a bit serindipity as we had planned to go to Exeter to look but on Thursday I decided to have my existing wedding/engagement rings cut off to be resized for wearing on my left hand and to allow me to actually try on a ring on the right finger!! LOL

Before I went in the shop I was looking in the window (something I don't usually do!) and spotted this ring. It really caught my eye....I have a yen for a Celtic trinity knot wedding band and thought this would go really well with that idea.

Luckily when SF and I called to look at it the day after he really loved it too! It seems we are even in tune on the jewellery front as well ;)

I am a very lucky girl to have found someone who loves me as much as I love him.

It needs resizing yet. It can't be done for a couple of weeks as my finger needs to regain it's shape after many years of being squashed by my rings being too small!!!

Well....I was much thinner when I married in 1977!!! Rofl

Thanks for sharing our happiness and for all your good wishes, we really appreciate it :)

P.S. We are both as crazy as each other! There was me taking photos of the box and the ring, and there was SF taking photos of me taking photos !!!!ROFL

xoxo Sioux

Flower Card for The Artistic Stamper

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

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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.
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Love Begins - A collaboration

My SF and I are so in tune with each other it is unbelievable.

We are both artistic, although he freely admits he leans towards the written word.

He wrote a poem to celebrate our meeting and love.......big sigh! ;)

This then inspired me to create a little art work as a backdrop to his beautiful words.

I could not resist the other week and bought myself yet another little journal book - a very lovely moleskin.

The landscape was created using Distress Inks....the mountains are simply some torn paper used to create a mask to smudge the inks over.

The trees and foliage are from Inkylicious and the wording was hand written with a calligraphy pen using Dylusions ink in melted chocolate (the ink is great for this purpose).

We are off to Exeter today to search for an engagement ring and to find out just what our ring sizes are!!!

So I hope you like this collaborative piece....the words are very special to us.

Lets hear it for SF please :)

xoxo Sioux

P.S. I have a little something to share with you for The Artistic Stamper tomorrow.

SB turns into SF!

Mmmmm.......this is a long post...

Hold on to your hats folks!

(you may want to keep it for a special occasion)

My very, very special SB and I shared a wonderful sun filled day on Saturday.

We smooched around Totnes.....lazily stopped for coffee....bought some nibbles from the deli to eat later in my garden.

I found a plant that I had coveted since seeing it outside the hotel in Florence last year...

...and it's now adorning the front of my house. :)

Garden is looking good at the moment by the way.

The poppies are a special favourite.

We made a small detour to Broadsands beach on the way home and walked by the sea listening to the waves rolling in, watching the birds as they flew by.....stopping to sit on a bench to admire the view, chat, kiss and cuddle ;)

And then...

...and then...

Yes...he asked me the big question!

You know the one?

"Sioux?"...he paused...

...I turned to him and said "yes...?"

"Will you marry me?"

I paused...

...I said YES! :)

So Special Boyfriend is now Special Fiancé ;)

Wow!

This is a whirlwind I know...but when something is right it is right and this is soooo right :)

We are so right for each other...we love each other...we want to grow old together...

...although, as you know, I already have a head start on him on that score!!! ROFLIA ;)

We celebrated later in the garden with rosé Cava (of course!)

and shared an al fresco spread.
(Elder flowers picked near Elberry Farm on our circular walk back to the car)

A perfect day in so many ways.

We watched Casablanca together in the evening...although I managed to nod off about half an hour from the end!!!
He said he did not want to wake me as he was enjoying me sleeping in his arms?

Special huh?

He is the hero I was holding out for :)

Going to have to find a ring now....it needs to be just right...

...oh dear I suspect this could take some time! ;)

xoxo Sioux

Time 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 ;)
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Wow! 4 weeks ;)

My very special SB and I celebrated the 4 week anniversary of our first meeting on Saturday. We revisited Dartmouth, taking the ferry together this time ;)

Things just get better between us with each passing week :)

Please excuse the wonky candle in the photo, it drove us both crazy too!!!!

xoxo Sioux

Male - Love U card for The Artistic Stamper

You all created some great "Words" entries for last months challenge and thanks for playing along :)
So..... how do you feel about this one then?

"Male"

Yes, love 'em or hate 'em (and I am soooo lucky to have found that special someone I love and who loves me in return) that's the June theme over at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ;)

I made a card for the theme this month.

I firstly stamped Franswar in Archival black (making sure I did not ink the hat he wears ;)) onto a square piece of card smaller than the base card.

I then masked him and stamped the new background stamp "marbled 2" in Distress Ink mustard seed on one side and the other new background stamp "random background" in Distress spiced marmalade on the other half.

Oooh! I am so loving those two new backgrounds ;)

I stamped the crown from "Crowning Glory" on to some designer paper and cut out and glued to the base.

The letters were cut from Sizzix dies and coloured with Distress in peeled paint and aged mahogany, with the "U" being covered with Adirondack dimensional pearls in wild plum before being glued down with glossy accents.

The wording "special delivery" was added to each corner and a touch of Distress aged mahogany was added to the edges to age a little.

This was then matted onto another piece of card slightly larger and both mats and layers were edged with a dark marker for definition.

You really must take a look at the "Male" creations the rest of the team have made.

So don't forget.............the monthly challenge is "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, etc.)... 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 June 30th and the winner will be chosen by Random.org shortly after :)

Thanks for looking and happy stamping

xoxo Sioux

I'm Ready!

Yikes!  Heaven help me! LOL

Flip! Flip! Flip!

This is powerful stuff ;)

Enjoy.........I am. We are! :) :)
xoxo Sioux

Wow! It can work ;)

Hiya all! If any of you out there are considering Internet dating, having read some of my encounters, I wish you all the best and good luck in finding that special someone for you.

However.......a word of warning........be strong and err on the side of caution...I have been fairly lucky and none of the men I met for coffee were what you might call predatory or only looking for you know what ;).....but then again I was fairly sure of this before I even continued a conversation on-line!! ;)

I started at the beginning of October 2012 and in the past 7 months have met a total of 7 men (I'm fussy........it could have been more!!!)

A lot of the men on-line were just out of the question for one reason or another, and why so many men over 65 pushing 70 wanted to meet me I'll never really know!!! ROFLIA...

...I always wanted to meet someone much nearer my own age.

Oddly, I find myself in the reverse situation......as my SB is 7 years younger!
Yikes! It turns out I'm a Cougar!!!! ROFL

(SB? That stands for special boyfriend amongst other things btw...I'll let your minds drift on what else it might stand for.....as I know you lot probably will ROFLIA)

But when those pheromones work...they just work! ;)

In my heart, I truly never really thought Internet dating would work but have had to eat my words. I have found the right person for me and wonderfully I am the right person for him :)
Thanks E Harmony :) :) :)

There is lots to discover about each other yet but the nice thing is we are both looking forward to doing so :)

Yep.....I am definitely all loved up!!! :) :) :)

xoxo Sioux

Eurovision Baptism of Fire!!

Mmmm I had already had a Eurovision party planned for friends way before I even knew SB even existed on the planet!!

So when he asked last week if he could see me again on Saturday I had to explain that I'd love it and I'd love him to come but would understand if he felt a bit overwhelmed with meeting my friends all at once!!! :)

Bless him.....he said he would love to come and love to meet my friends because they are important to me :) I could melt sometimes....he is a darling :)

Any ways my friends were dying to meet him ;)

We ate drank and were merry as we watched Eurovision.....we had fun.....I made up a Eurovision quiz for fun too!
But what pray happened to the lack of votes for Ireland....last place with 2 points?!
Surely not!!!
I think perhaps I've lost my touch....but then again I have my mind on other things HOL ;)

And what do you know? A good man has at last turned up on my patio for breakfast! ;)

xoxo Sioux

My Dancer Stamps on offer!

Hey! What do you know?

My Dancer stamps are the special offer of the week over at The Artistic Stamper.

As Jennie quoted.......

"You've gotta' dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. (And speak from the heart to be heard.)” -William W. Purkey

So love that quote.....it has always spoken volumes to me ;)

They are half price up until next Wednesday at The Stamp of the Week so if you have been dithering over purchasing these, now is the best time to treat yourself.

Go on you know you want to!!!! ROFL

I never will get over the thrill of having my design made into rubber ;)

Thanks for your support Jennie.

xoxo Sioux

We will always...for The Artistic Stamper

I'm sharing something a little 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 ;)
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Could it be Magic?

Could it be Magic?

Ooh er!!!

I do believe it could IS ;)

Yes....that lovely man I met last Saturday and who I shared a fabulous evening with last night is now the official boyfriend round here :)

RA has definitely missed his chance!!! :) ROFLIA xoxo Sioux

In Remembrance

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of Pip's passing.

I'm convinced he is behind all that has happened recently...I have come to understand who I really am and what and who I am looking for in the rest of my life ;)

I truly believe everything happens for a reason....even though sometimes that reason seems difficult to comprehend.

To Pip..."Who was a bloody good laugh" as the quote said on his order of service...

Petula was his favourite so please enjoy...he would want us to ;)

xoxo Sioux

You just never know when a good man will turn up!

Just when I was beginning to think this on-line dating thing was not going to work...
...lo and behold I get knocked for six and have to eat my words ;)

Yikes! I met a genuine, good man on Saturday for the first time.

We met up in Dartmouth...I caught the bus and the passenger ferry across the river...it was a glorious afternoon and I'll admit it felt quite romantic doing this and seeing him waiting at the other side...........heaven help the hopeless romantic in me.

But perhaps he is a hopeless romantic too as one of my all time favourite movies is The African Queen (he confesses it's one of his too, along with Casablanca, which I also love ;))

We have so many similar things in common it's like looking in a mirror....as he put it.

This was such a lovely meeting....we walked to one of my favourite places to have coffee in Dartmouth, Bayards Cove...sat and chatted for ages....then we realised they were waiting to close so we thought we had better go....had a short walk around town as all the shops had closed and headed for The Royal Castle for one last drink...well I imagined that it would be the last drink, but we were getting on so well we decided to share a meal together...
...mmmm I can't begin to tell you how nice that simple pleasure was ;)


"It's the little things that make life big!" :)

He is tall....grey and handsome ;) With a sweet smile....oh dear....I think I might be getting all mushy here ;)

We waved goodbye as I caught the ferry back....it could almost have been a black and white movie! LOL

Perhaps the real journey has only just started.........we have a date for Friday. :) :)
It seems we like each other in equal measure ;)

xoxo Sioux