Juicey juicing diet day 1

Hey guys,
I know its been a long while since I've posted and Im sorry. I'm actually here to share that I am on a juicing detox. Dave and I are doing it together and its only been one day. I have to say I feel bad. Everyone says the first three to four days are the worst. I can't wait to feel better. It all started with watching a documentary a couple of months ago called fat, sick and nearly dead. If you haven't seen it yet go watch it it puts everything you eat into perspective. The fact is I am addicted to junk food and I love it so much, I'm finding it really hard not to just grab some junk food.
It's going to take some time to change for the better. I'm just glad that I have somewhere to put all my thoughts on the matter thanks for reading
Oh by the way if you decide to do juicing do not forget to add ginger xx I actually forgot to put ginger in my lunch juice and its vile. Maybe I'll try it tomorrow with ginger xxxx

Thanks for stopping by
Love
Fiann xxxx

Masculine Card

Hello Fellow Cardmakers

Today I have a lovely card to share with you. One that I'll give to a boy. Masculine cards can be quite tricky. I just went for a simple and easy card.

Masculine cards can be hard to make especially when you're used to blinging everything and choosing girlie colours. Masculine cards tend to be plain and simple. especially for beginners like me. colours are important too. Blues yellows Greens Reds Oranges Browns are common in masculine cards. The patterned paper used are more plain and simple, lines instead or swirls dots or circles instead of flowers. These are just some tips to help you guys with masculine cards. I hope it helps a little with your guy cards in the future. 

First I got some backing paper and adhered it to my base with my ATG gun. I cut out the access using my tonic scissors. I grabbed some toppers from my stash and picked one I thought would be suitable. its tricky trying to find something not feminine especially when it comes to forever friends. They are so cute. I just hope this guy isn't too cute.

I used some PVA glue to stick my topper down and got some white card stock and stamped my sentiment with memento tuxedo black in. I stuck it to the top of my card. I love how plain this card looks and I hope the recipient will be happy with it.

The simplicity of this card is nice. Boys tend to not really care for bling or other accents on their cards. I bet any guy would be happy to receive this card

That's all for now 

Love 

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
• Forever Friends Toppers
• ATG Gun
• PVA Glue
• Dovecraft Back to Basics IV paper pack
• Card Stock

Cute Card

Hello and welcome to my blog today.

I have a cute card to share with you. I first got some white card and used my Fired Brick distress ink on it. I then stamped some poppies in Versamark ink and used Zing clear embossing powder and then used my heat tool. I love this technique and got it from Britta swiderski. Her videos and blog are amazing. If you've never heard of her go check her out on Youtube and on the website. She is so inspirational.

I bought a stamp a few months ago. when I saw it I had to have it. It was just so cute. I have no idea who the maker is or even what the stamp is called but I think it's just adorable. If anyone does know what company made this stamp I would love to know leave a comment below please.

I stamped the image using memento Tuxedo black ink and coloured it in using my promarkers. I didn't want to cut out the image as it looked difficult to get all the image without bending or ripping the card. so I decided to cut out a arch pattern. I coloured the background using a neutral colour  promarker. I stuck the image onto my distress inked background.

For the sentiment I used a stamp and coloured the background with some vintage photo distress ink. I then stuck some self adhering gems on one side. I stuck the sentiment onto the background and then the background onto some black card stock.

I thought the card needed a little something so I got out my marabou feathers and stuck two behind the image using glue. I love using marabou feathers. It gives the card that little extra texture.

I think this card turned out fantastic and I'm really happy with it. Please leave a comment below telling me what you think of this card. I would love to hear from you, be it good or bad.

Well that's it for now

Love

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Promarkers
• Dovecraft Heat Tool
• Zing Clear Embossing Powder
• Poppy Stamp (company unknown)
• Versamark Ink Pad
• Marabou Feathers
• Pvc Glue
• Tape Runner
• Black Card Stock (Company Unknown
• Self Adhering Gems
• Distress Ink - Fired Brick, Vintage Photo
• Stamp Set (company unknown)

Quick and Simple Butterfly Card

Hello Fellow Card Makers,

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

I've finally found some time to write a blog post. Time just flies by I have no idea where the time has gone. I've been doing some overtime at work and playing computer Games. The Sims 4 was released a while ago and I've been playing that a lot.

Today I have a quick card to share with you. I love making these cards as they can be made quite quickly so if you have a tendency to forget a birthday or not have any on hand to give. It's easy to make.

I used purple cardstock for my base and scored it with my Martha Stewart scoreboard and  bonefolder. I used some patterned paper and stuck it to the base with my ATG gun. I used my sizzix big shot and a die to cut out a image of a butterfly. I stuck the body of the butterfly onto the card stock leaving the wings to be able to come away from the card. It gives it a little depth to the card.

I got an old ready made sentiment from when I first started and went over the edges with a purple Promarker. I adhered it to the card with my ATG gun. I felt the card needed something else so I got some self adhering gems and stuck three onto my card

I love how cute and simple this card looks. It's nice to have a few cards like this to give to people when you forget birthdays. I also would recommend not putting a sentiment on it until you know who you're going to give it to. I have a few sentiments ready made for cards. I can pick one when it's needed and write in the card straight away ready to give.

Please leave a comment below, I would love to hear from you

Love

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Papermill Purple card Stock 
• Martha stewart 12" Score board and bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine 
• Sizzix butterfly Die
• Me to you With Love Paper Pack
• Purple Promarker
• Self adhering Gems
• Purple Glitter
• ATG Gun

A little shopping spree

Hello everyone,
I have been a little naughty and bought a few distress inks. I needed a few to finish my set. When I got onto the website where I buy my distress inks I found that ranger has bought out 4 new colours. Three of them were out if stock so I decided not to buy them ones just yet.

I filled my basket with all the ones I needed and looked at the price. I closed my eyes while clicking the submit order button. I find that by doing this I don't really feel bad about buying a lot in one go. I do it when buying stamps too. If I didn't see myself doing it I can't be judged.

I told Dave about buying them all and you should have seen his face when I told him how much it came to. He just doesn't understand why I need all these colours.

It is kind if like an addiction. When I love a product and love using them for crafting I do tend to go a bit bonkers and have to have every colour there is. It also happened with my promarkers. I told myself it was a brilliant deal and got all of them in one go.

Do you have a addiction like this for crafting products?
Do you have to buy the lot because you can't choose only one?
Please leave a comment below so I know I'm not the only one that goes a little overboard when it comes to buying products for crafting

Thank you for stopping by today I really appreciate it

Love

Fiann xxx

Just a little something

Hey Fellow Crafters,

I know it's been almost a month since my last post and I'm really sorry. Trying to find some inspiration is a little hard these days.
I've had a lot of stuff to be getting on with. It was Dave's Gran's 90th birthday. We went up to have a meal. It was lovely to see his family. Then it was Dave's birthday. Then his parents came for a visit. Then it was my friends birthday. Along with a that I was getting so stressed at work that I couldn't find enthusiasm or motivation to do some card making. Everything is going okay at work now and I've just let the stress go. No point in worrying.
So I am hoping to be back in my crafting room soon and finding inspiration so I'll be card making until I run put of supplies. Lol.
What do you guys do when there's no inspiration. Any tips or tricks to get the crafting juices flowing please leave them in the comment's below. I would love to hear from you.

Well that it for now thanks for stopping by

Love
Fiann xxx

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No. 8

Happy Valentines Everyone.

This will be the last Valentine's card in the series this year. I hope you all have a brilliant weekend and enjoy your Valentine's day whether it be with a loved one or not because everyone can enjoy the day.

Today I have a card to share with you. I used card stock from the Papermill and scored it using my Martha Stewart 12" score board. I used some backing paper from Dovecraft paper pack to cut into strips and I stuck them to my card stock with my ATG. 

I used a heart stamp from Hero Arts and stamped it with Versamark ink. I used aqua marine heat it up embossing powder. Then used my heat tool to melt it. I used my patterned scissors along the edges. I used Milled Lavender Distress ink to soften the edges against the card stock. 

For the sentiment I used my embossing pen to do the I and U. The love sentiment is by a sentiment in Papersmooches A Holly Holiday stamp set. I used silver embossing powder for the I and U and I used red Embossing powder for the love. I cut the sentiment out with my fiskars paper trimmer to get the lines straight. I used milled lavender around the edges and stuck it to my card with foam adhesive. I added some red dash lines with my gel pen around the whole of the card to bring it all together.

I love how this card turned out.  The colours would make it perfect to give to a guy for Valentines day. It's not too feminine for a guy but could even be given to a girl as well. I love making a card for both genders. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. Feel free to leave a comment below. I would love to hear from you. 

Love 

Fiann xxx 

Supplies

• Papermill Card Stock
• Dovecraft Back to Basics IV Paper Pack
• Hero Arts Untitled Heart Stamp Set AC002
• Papersmooches A Holly Holiday Stamp Set
• Versamark Clear Ink Pad
• Emboss Embossing Pen 
• Dovecraft Heat Tool
• Heat it up Crimson Red and Aqua Marine Embossing Powder
• Silver Embossing Powder (Company Unknown)
• Fiskars Paper Trimmer
• Distress Ink Milled Lavender
• Inkssentials Blending Tool 
• ATG
• Foam Adhesive squares
• Patterned Scissors
• Red Gel Pen (Company unknown)

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No. 7

Hello Everyone,

I have another card to share with you guys. I really enjoyed making this card and I think it turned out nicely.

I used some cardstock from The Papermill and scored it with my Martha Stewart 12" score board. I absolutely love this score board. Scoring cards without it is possible but a score board is so much easier. If you are wondering whether to get one or not how about trying a cheaper version and if you use it every time to score a card like I do now then you can get yourself a good quality score board and tool.

I used my big shot machine to cut out a circle in the lower right corner of my card stock. I stamped two hearts from Papersmooches Zoo Crew stamp set and cut them out with scissors. I got my Xmas red Stickles and covered the hearts with it to make it red and sparkly. After the stickles dried I got some embroidery thread to do inbetween the two hearts then glued the hearts and thread together. I would definitely wait until the Stickles dry properly before doing anything else to the hearts or you'll get Stickles everywhere. Trust me I learnt that the hard way. Not a pretty sight cleaning dry Stickles from your desk.

I cut out a circle border from backing paper and stuck the edges of the thread to it.I stuck the border to the circle hole. When you open the card you's still see the heart in the corner. The border makes the card look tidier and gives it a clean finish.

For the sentiment I stamped Love using a stamp from Crafty impressions Star Greetings. I wrote the rest in my own hand writing with memento duo pen. I really should work on my own handwriting.

I cut out the sentiment strip and put it in the centre of the card and cut off the excess. In the top left corner I put three gems from biggest to smallest. The last thing I did was go around the edges with a red gel pen.

That's the card for today I hope you like it. Thank you so much for stopping by today feel free to leave a comment below I would love to hear from you guys.

Love 

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Papermill Card Stock
• Papersmooches Heart From Zoo Crew Stamp Set
• Crafty Impressions Star Greetings Stamp Set CICSA6021
• Me To You With Love Paper pack
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad and Duo Pen
• Fiskars Circle cutter
• Embroidery Thread
• ATG
• PVA Glue
• Winter Woodland Glitter Adhesive Enamel Dots HCXE05
• Martha Stewart 12" Score Board and Tool
• Embroidery Thread
• Scissors
• Sissix Big Shot Machine
• Xcut Circle Nesting Dies
• Red Gel Pen

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No. 6

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for stopping by today. I have a cute card to share with you guys today. 

I scored my card using my Martha Stewart score board and tool. I cut out strips from my backing paper pack and put them on the card with my ATG. I positioned two of them along the  fold of the card and one going across the card.

I stamped my hero arts hearts stamps in various colours. I positioned the hearts on the card. There was no room for a sentiment so I didn't add one. There's already a few hearts on the card so I didn't think it needed one. This was an easy card to make and I really love how it turned out. I just love how all the hearts come together nicely. I didn't add any dash lines to the card because the card was already full of hearts and I didn't want to over crowd the card. 

Today was just a short post but the card was quite easy to do. I hope you guys like it and I would love to see what valentine's cards you're making. Please share yours in the comments below I would love to hear from you.

Love


Fiann xxx

Supplies

• The Papermill Cardstock
• Martha Stewart Score Board and Tool
• Hero Arts Untitled Heart AC002
• Me To You With Love Paper Pack
• Foam Adhesive
• ATG
• Impress Lilac Ink Pad
• Versafine Imperial Purple Ink Pad
• Impress Poppy Red Ink Pad
• Brilliance Rocket Red Ink pad

Valentines Card Series 2015 No. 5

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog today. I am sharing a simple card with easy techniques. U hope you like it.

I got a pre-scored DL card I got ages ago. I can't remember where I got it from exactly. I cut some red backing paper and drew some lines in pencil so I could write my sentiment. I wrote it in pencil first then I went over it with my memento tuxedo black duo pen.

I stamped two images from Newtons nook stamp set called newtons antics. The first was a cat sleeping the second was two cats together. I coloured them in with my promarkers and cut them out with small scissors.

I went around the ages of my images with my mwmwnto duo pen them around the edges of my red backing paper. I stuck the image on the backing paper with glossy accents. Thus is a really glue and is a must have. I stuck the backing paper to the base card with my ATG. This is the first time I've done anything on the inside of my card. I got a pin backing paper from the same paper pack and did the layout the same as the outside.

When I looked at the front of the card I thought it needed a little something. So I added 5 gems in each side then I used brilliance rocket red ink pad and inked the sides.

I really like this card. I think its really cute and not like the cards I usually do. I think its good to get out of your comfort zone once in a while and try something different. Have you done something out if your comfort zone lately?

Thank you for popping by today please leave a comment below.

Love

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad and Duo Pen
• Brilliance Rocket Red Ink Pad
• The Papermill Card Stock
• Papermania Acrylic Block
• Newton's Nook Newton's Antics
• Papersmooches Zoo Crew
• Me To You With Love Paper pack
• Promarkers
• Glossy Accents
• Pencil
• Dovecraft Ruler
• Scissors
• Big Crystals Stickers

Valentines Card Series 2015 No. 4

Hello Everyone, 

Welcome to my blog. Instead of doing a traditional valentines card today I thought I'd do something a little different.

I started off with pink card stock for my base which I scored with my Martha Stewart score board. I cut out a circle with my Martha Stewart circle cutter. I stamped my images from Lawn Fawn love and breakfast stamp set. I embossed some pink paper using a spellbinder embossing folder. They do have hearts on but I thought the card could do with a little texture.

For the sentiment I stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set as the images. I used memento tuxedo black ink pad and stuck the sentiment on the embossed card with some foam adhesive. I stuck my images to the circle with glossy accents then on to the embossed card with foam adhesive. The embossed card I stuck my to the base using my ATG.

I love how this card turned out. I think it looks really cute and suitable for all the people who don't really like celebrating Valentine's day or the recipient may not be and boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband but might be someone who you love like a friend or a family member you're close to.

Thank you so much for popping by today feel free to leave a comment below I would love to hear from you

Love

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• The Papermill Cardstock
• Hobbycraft Multicoloured Paper
• Brilliance Rocket Red Ink Pad
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad and Duo Pen
• Lawn Fawn Love and Breakfast Stamp Set
• Letreset Promarkers
• Sizzix Bigshot
• Spellbinders M-Bossibilites Hearts Embossing Folder

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No.3

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog, today I'm sharing a love card today. The inspiration behind this was when people carved their initials into a tree so it'll be there forever.

I started off with some brown Crelando card stock which I got a few months ago from Lidl. It's surprising how much crafting stuff you can get there. They dont always do card stock so I pick it up whenever I can.

I used some espresso Adirondeck ink and my hero Arts wood Grain background stamp and left it to dry thoroughly. When it was dry I wrote my sentiment on it in pencil. I didnt really want the letters to be neat and tidy as in most trees peoples carvings are usually uneven. I wanted it to look a little like that. I cut out the letters with my small scissors and on the back I stuck some foam adhesive. 

I got my pink card stock from The Papermill and scored it with my Martha Stewart score board. I then adhered my piece down on the card. I found that some part of the letters were sinking to the card base. To try and even it out I got my little foam squares and stuck them to the sinking parts so they were high as the rest of the card. it was mostly by the edges of the letters.

This is a really cool card and I love how it turned out. This is the type of card that you would give to your loved one to declare your love for them. It's quite easy to make with few supplies needed. The only tricky bit is the cutting out the letters without bending the card stock.

Alphabet dies are on my wish list now. They would have been so handy for this card and wish I had them. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and please leave a comment below i woyuld love to hear from you.

Love

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Crelando Brown Card Stock
• The Papermill Card Stock
• Hero Arts Wood Grain Stamp
• Scissors
• Foam Adhesive Large and Small (Company Unknown)
• Martha Stewart 12" Score Board 

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No.2

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog. Today I have another Valentine card to share with you. I absolutely love how this card turned out. I started off with some water colour card and my pink Distress inks. I used a ink blending tool to add the colours to the water colour card. then I sprayed some water all over the card. I love watching how distress inks react with water. It still amazes me.

I put the water colour card to the side to dry while I got on with the rest of the card. I got some red Crelando card stock and wrote in pencil the word VALENTINE and I cut them out with my small scissors.

When my water colour card was dry I stuck my letters on it with some glossy accents. I positioned the letters in 3 rows of 3. I cut out a heart and stuck that at the bottom as it was looking bare. I then added some glossy accents to the letters and the heart. I again put the card to the side to dry.

When everything was dry I stuck some foam adhesive to the back and stuck it to my card base. I just love how girly this card is. I would love to give this to my girlie girl niece. She'll just love it

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and feel free to leave a comment.

Love 

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Papermill Card Stock
• Windsor & Newton Artists' Water Colour Paper
• Martha Stewart Scoring Board and Tool
• Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick
• Water Spray Bottle (Company Unknown)
• Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
• Crelando Red and Brown Card stock
• Scissors
• Glossy Accents
• Foam Adhesive Squares

Valentine's Card Series 2015 No.1

Hello Everyone,

Today is the start of my Valentine's card series for this year. I shall be sharing Valentine's cards with you till Valentine's day. There will be two every week. 

The card for today is similar to a card I did for Halloween last year. It just goes to show that the same techniques can be used over and over again. You just need to changed the colour so it matches the theme of the card.

First I cut out some strips of backing paper then I got some copy paper and trimmed it to the right size for my card. I stuck the strips down with some glossy accents. I followed no pattern I just didn't want the same patterned paper to be side by side and tried to avoid putting the same colours together. I cut of the excess patterned paper with scissors. I put it to the side so the Glossy accents could dry properly.

I got some mirrored card and wrote my sentiment on it and cut it out with my scissors. I adhered them to the card with glossy accents. As the mirrored card was thicker than the paper I was sticking it to I added as much glossy accents to the pieces as I could so it would stick to the paper.

I stuck the paper down on to some card I scored with my scoreboard. I used purple instead of red or pink as the backing paper was full of these colours and I didn't want the card to be overwhelmed. 

Supplies

• Papermill Card Stock
• Martha Stewart Card Stock
• Copy Paper
• Me To You With Love Paper Pack
• Hobby Craft Multicraft Paper
• Mirror Card (company Unknown)
• Glossy Accents
• Scissors
• Pencil

Circle Card

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog. Like I said in the last post I've made a circle card and thought I'd share it with you guys today. It had to be a masculine card as I'm thinking of giving it to my father for his birthday next month. I may make another before then but I do like to have a few to choose from.

I started off by scoring some green card and die cutting it to make a circle card. The way I make circle card with dies is to have the die a little off the card at the fold. I used my xcut circle nesting dies. I then cut a smaller circle out of some Dovecraft paper pack.

I stamped my images from Newton's Nook Newtons's Birthday Bash Stamp set in memento tuxedo black ink and coloured it in with my promarkers. I cut it out with my small scissors and went around the edges with my memento tuxedo black duo pen to give it a finished look. I stuck the images on the backing paper with glossy accents. It was the glue that was on the desk I had to hand. It was easier than trying to find my other glue.

I stamped my sentiment in brilliance platinum planet but it didn't come out right so I went over the sentiment over it with my silver glitter gel pen. Then I went around the edge of the backing paper with my spice promarker to give it a little border. I stamped some accents from the same stamp set in brilliance rocket red and Mediterranean Blue.

I stuck the backing paper down onto my card base with some glossy accents then added some dash lines with my silver glitter gel pen and added glossy accents to the party hat to make it shine. On the inside I stamped a happy birthday sentiment and that's it for this card.

I love how cute this card turned out. Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. Feel free to leave a comment I would love to hear from you. 

Love 

Fiann xxx

Supplies

• Newton's Nook Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp Set
• Papermania Acrylic Block
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad and Duo Pen
• Martha Stewart Scoring Board and Tool
• The Papermill Card Stock
• Promarkers (Various Colours)
• Brilliance Ink Pad Rocket Red, Mediterranean Blue and Platinum Planet
• Glossy Accents 
• Silver Glitter Gel Pen
• Scissors

Cutting circles

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog today. I'm going to share the easiest ways to cut circles.

The first is by using a compass. Maybe you have one from your school days or have child with in school which has one in their pencil case. This tool was probably used in maths class and i bet you never thought you'd be using it again. You then use your scissors to cut out the circle and voilà your circle. I used this method when I first started making cards. It does get a bit time consuming and I usually end up making a square with my paper trimmer instead.

The second is with a fiskars circle cutter this is the first circle cutter I bought. I didn't really get the hang of this tool though. Sometimes it didn't go through my backing paper or the paper moved while cutting. I watched a couple of videos and took the tips on board but still weren't happy with the results I had. maybe you'll get better results. Measuring how big the circle wasn't good either and sometimes I made my circle the wrong size. Maybe I should have been more patient, but when I want a circle I don't want to have to fiddle around with my cutter for five minuets and make a few circles before hand only to find they're the wrong size.

The third way is to use a cutting machine and some nesting dies. Many companies make nesting dies but I use Xcut. They are brilliant in my opinion. Its easy to use and you know exactly the size you're getting. The only thing with this is that I have all my die cutting machine materials all on my big shot so I have to move all of them off before getting the circle then put everything back when I'm finished. I am really trying to find a good storage solution for all the Sizzix machine material.

The last method is using a Martha Stewart circle cutter. This is by far the best way to cut your circle. Its quick and easy to do. I'm also trying to find a good place to keep it. My crafting drawers are getting too full and its beginning to look like a game of Jenga on top as I'm balancing more than I should on there. The only thing I have trouble with this circle cutter is it's so easy to cut yourself as the blades are really sharp. Getting cuts is a normal occurrence if you're not careful. other than that this is by far the best way to cut circles. 

I hope this has been informative for you and its certainly inspired me to make a circle card. Do you have a different way of making circles? If you do please leave a comment below I'd love to hear from you.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and please leave a comment below if you have other ways to cut circles.

Love

Fiann xxx

Materials used 

• Sizzix Big Shot
• Martha Stewart Circle Cutter
• Fiskars Circle Cutter
• Xcut Circle Nesting Dies
• Backing Paper Dovecraft Back to Basics IV and Me To You With Love
• Crelando Red Card Stock
• Copy Paper (company Unknown)

Colouring With Pencil Colours

Hello Everyone,

I had a 36 Derwent Colour pencils for Christmas and I just had my first go with them. I haven't coloured with pencils since I left primary school. I can't remember using them after leaving school.

  I am a beginner with colouring my card images with colour pencils. Comparing Derwent pencils and Promarker pens is not really ideal as they are so different and give different results. I have more experience with my promarker pens than the Derwent pencils. I Still prefer my Promarkers over the pencil but hopefully with more practise I will enjoy using them both, but for now Promarkers are my go to colouring choice.

Promarkers are fantastic but sometimes I just want to have a different result to the image. Using different things give different results and colour pencils seem like the alternative.

My first colouring practise went awful and I really had a hard time blending the colours. I don't think it's the pencils I think it's me. I used the wrong colours together which made it difficult to blend. I definitely need a lot of practise with these. I used some of my new stamps too. I will not be putting any of these on a card because like I said it was just practise. I do promise that I will be making a card soon.


Thank you for visiting my blog today and feel free to leave a comment. If you have any tips on colouring with pencils please leave a comment below I will be so grateful.

Love

Fiann xxx

Happy New Year

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and got spoiled and you enjoyed seeing the new year in with loved ones.

I really enjoyed spending time with David. This is the first year I've actually been off over Christmas and it's so nice to relax with him and watch some Christmas films in the evening without having to go out to work. The new job I have now is much better for both of us.

I was really spoiled this Christmas. I got everything I asked for and more. David is terrific at giving presents I wish he was as easy to buy for.

• Martha Stewart circle cutter
• Xcut sticker maker
• Fiskars stamp press
• Inkadinkadu stampmajig
• ATG refill
• Derwent 36 colour pencils set
• Clear stamps
• PS4 controller
• PS4 game Lara Croft game (awesome game love it)

and other gifts, these are just the crafty ones I thought I'd mention. I mentioned the game because it's my favourite and was a total surprise.

I have to admit the game I got him wasn't as exciting and was meant as a little joke. I got him Monopoly and we actually played on Christmas day. I was never any good at Monopoly and tended to cheat my way through. I was only a child so please don't judge me lol. I was the youngest playing with all my brothers and sisters and when I had 'no money left' they used to let me off every time. It wasn't until right at the end I presented £500 note from under the board which 'accidentally' got pushed under there with out me knowing.
   I decided I was too grown up for stupid play moves and David wouldn't let me win any way. I had to win by myself. I never won monopoly before, I was never any good at it. I think that's why my brothers and sisters used to let me play because They could get all my properties in the end and  I don't blame them.

I played fairly and never cheated and won the game. Dave had really bad luck and went to jail every time and I came second in beauty contest lol. It just goes to show that even though we have all this technology around a good board game can still be fun and especially fun when you win.

The rest of my time off was spent doing the usual stuff. tidying up, throwing empty sweet wrappers out. Throwing a box of biscuits and felt guilty about eating.

I realise that a new year means a new start. Instead of new years resolutions that I'd probably break in two to three weeks (i have no will power and cave in) I decided to make a few changes. If I feel it's not working I wont feel bad if they fail or get broken. Here are my changes

1. To go out once a week just me and Dave. To do something together instead of being stuck in the house every night.
2. To be more motivated at work. It brings in the money and I want to keep it that way. 
3. Work on my blog more therefore more crafting.

It's not much but it's something that I think I could do. I realised years ago that new resolution only last for a few weeks then I just give up and go back to the usual way I was. At least these changes can be done, Rather than the more common loose weight, get healthy. Don't get me wrong if that is your new years resolution good on you and I wish you the best of luck sincerely. I really do hope you succeed  xxx It's just not me I would give up by march and the guilt of it would get me down. but hey I bet your new years wishes, changes, resolutions or whatever you like to call it will go really well and we'll all change for the whole year and still carry on with our new ways. Yay us xxx

So I'll close saying happy new you to you all and I promise a card will be coming soon.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and please leave a comment below. Tell me your  own new years resolution or change for this year. I would love to hear from you.

Love

Fiann xxx