Kraft Florals & Butterflies

Good Evening Everyone

You asked for them.... you got them! :-)

Following the huge success that was my First Kraft Collection of Digital Papers (Kraft Kisses) and the feedback from everyone that you wanted more.... here they are!

Kraft Flowers & Butterflies

I adore working with Kraft cardstock and papers so it was only a matter of time before I designed my own :-)

This is a collection of 10 designs, some butterflies and some florals... 

Of course, this collection will also work perfectly with the Kraft Kisses collection :-)

Kraft is a natural, neutral colour which is probably why I like using it... it's so versatile! 

So, I have created the same 10 designs in 5 finishes! White, Black, Beige, Grey and Brown.... all of them are (in my opinion) beautiful so good luck choosing which to use first! lol

I have also included a free, bonus design in the same 5 colours, but you will need to treat yourself to the collection to see it ;-)

That's a whopping 55 sheets in total!

The whole collection is available for only £5 from my online store.. 

Click the pack shot below to take you straight to them :-)

These are high resolution, 300dpi pdf files and I have tested every sheet and they print beautifully onto cardstock or paper!

Once checkout is completed, you will receive and email with your download links so you can save them on your computer and print them whenever you want them :-)

Happy Crafting!

Here's a little snapshot -- 

Kraft Kisses....

Good Afternoon Everyone

You asked for them.... you got them! :-)

I adore working with Kraft cardstock and papers so it was only a matter of time before I designed my own :-)

This is a collection of 10 designs, some girls, some masculine, some text and some general use... 

I thought this was a great way to get the most out of this collection... 

Kraft is a natural, neutral colour which is probably why I like using it... it's so versatile! 

So, I have created the same 10 designs in 5 finishes! White, Black, Beige, Grey and Brown.... all of them are (in my opinion) beautiful so good luck choosing which to use first! lol

I have also included a free, bonus design, but you will need to treat yourself to the collection to see it ;-)

That's a whopping 51 sheets in total!

The whole collection is available for only £5 from my online store.. 

Click the pack shot below to take you straight to them :-)

These are high resolution, 300dpi pdf files and I have tested every sheet and they print beautifully onto cardstock or paper!

Once checkout is completed, you will receive and email with your download links so you can save them on your computer and print them whenever you want them :-)

Happy Crafting!

Here's a little snapshot -- 

Snowflake Wishes.... Freebie

Good Evening Everyone

I know, 2 Blog Posts in the same day.... like that ever happens! lol

This is a special post as I really wanted you to all have a sheet of one of my new background papers, Snowflake Wishes...

So, here it is...

This is just one sheet, you can, of course, buy the full set for only £4 on my website here --> Snowflake Wishes & Naturals, the set gives you all 20 colours in the Snowflake Wishes AND the full set of 

co-ordinating Naturals (Like handmade mulberry paper) in the same 20 colours, ...

they work perfectly together!

Happy Crafting!

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There, finished!

Good Afternoon Everyone

Well, it's a dreary day here in Nottingham.... perfect crafty weather!

So, I have mashed myself a cuppa and thought I'd pop the details on for the card I made using my DigiStamp Dreams Image - There, finished!

Many of you have seen this card on my Facebook and Twitter pages and left me some lovely comments, thankyou! :-) But you also wanted to know what I've used etc so here are the ingredients :-)

• DigiStamp - There, finished by my own designer, Kevin
• Pro Markers (naturally lol)
• Pinflair Snow Dust
• Glamour Dust
• Snowflake Wishes Background Papers (My own)
• Sentiment is my own
• Magnolia Snowflake Die
• Snowflake Punches
• Pearls
• Pearl Strings
• Walnut Stain Distress Ink

The items above that are linked, will take you to my website where you can (if you so wish) purchase the ingredients :-)

The Pinflair Snow Dust is well worth the investment... gives great dimension and a lovely snowy effect and it lasts for ages!

Here's the photo of my card :-)

Hope you like it

Finally! New Paper Set :-)

Good Evening Everyone

Well, what a dreary, wet day today has been (still is!) 

Typical bank holiday weather! I hope the rain hasn't spoiled any Jubilee celebrations you had planned..

Anyhoo, 

I have finally had time to finish off a new set of papers I have been working on... I looooove them!, but naturally I would as I designed them lol... I just hope you love them too!

As always, I have designed 2 sets of background papers that compliment each other perfectly... 

I'm a stickler for co-ordination!

I have called this new set my 'Damask Florals and Washed Out Damask' set...

There are 17 lush colours in each set, giving you a total of 34 papers in truly stunning, yet, useful colours.

As a crafter, I always design papers I know I can actually use and then created a colour palette that is yummy!

The full set is available now on my website for a measly 4 squid and is available for you to download straight away... here's a quick link Designed By Phill Background Papers 

Being as it's a dreary, wet day.... here's a little freebie of each design to give you some crafty sunshine :-)

Happy Crafting!

Challenged myself.....

Good Evening Everyone

OK, I'm writing this lil post for those of you that are not on Twitter and/or Facebook 

(namely my Auntie Sue and Elaine lol)

Last night I was colouring in (I can almost hear the gasps of shock lol), but this time, I challenged myself to see if 4 Pro Markers was enough to colour in an image and still achieve a lovely result... what do you think?

The image is a digi image by my new crafty friend, Sylvia Zet and I'm sure she won't mind me telling you that you can get here digi images here ... www.weestamps.com (You owe me one Sylvia lol)

I adore Sylvias style and beautiful artwork so, naturally, I have all of them! lol ;-)

So here are the fruits of my labour...

The image was coloured in using only 4, yep, 4! Pro Markers... which were Satin, Ivory, Vanilla and my trusty Sandstone.

Glittering was my forever favourite irridescent glitter, Glamour Dust.

And here is the card I made using the image...

The punches I have used can all be found on my website at www.honeypotcrafts.co.uk 

The heart is a Silhouette punch which is, naturally, on my website, but it has lots of tiny little hearts inside it too... one of my favourite heart punches ever!

The backing papers are also my own creation and can be purchased and downloaded straight away on my website ... just look at the 'Designed by Phill' category.

I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed creating it :-)

Happy Crafting!

New Papers... :o)

Hi Everyone (again)

Two posts in one day means I am catching up! lol

Anyhoo.... In between my crazy, busy week, I have managed to finish my latest set of background papers... :o)

I have called these my 'Best of British and Cracked Co-Ordinates' set.

This year is going to be a patriotic one... the Olympics, The Queens Jubilee so, do we need background papers for all our patriotic cards and scrapbook projects... course we do! And I have them here for you :o)

As always, all my background papers come in sets of 2, one patterned an one co-ordinating plainer one so that they work well together..

I have taken the British Flag and given it a revamp! Who knew that it  would look just as stunning in shades of red?! Well, I think it does lol 

So, with that in mind, I have revamped it into 17 lush colours that will work in just about any project we can do with, of course the cracked co-ordinates to go with them :o)

As always, I like to give you a couple of freebie sheets, to get your creative juices flowing, and here they are :o)

You can buy the full set of 17 colours (and I have included a free traditional flag too) by clicking here .. Best of British and Cracked Co-Ordinates for only £4, remember you can use these whenever, however and as often as you like as they are files you can save on your computer :o)

I will point out too, that although I have developed these papers into A4, you can change the size in your printer settings suit whatever project you are doing at the time ie: A5, 5x5, 8x8 etc 

Happy Crafting!

My New Papers....

Good Evening Everyone!

Well, I finally managed to calm myself down after the excitement of booking my Madonna concert ticket for Edinburgh in July this year 

(I know.... excited isn't the word!) lol

So, courtesy of a few cups of Sunshine Grey tea, I have now finished off my new sets of background papers...

Can you believe this is my 6th set of two! Where does time go!?

Anyhoo, this new collection is my Butterfly Whispers and Tarnished Polkas collection... I have worked so hard on getting the butterfly whispers set just right so I hope you love it as much as I do! The tarnished polkas have been designed to compliment the butterfly whispers papers perfectly so you can use them together if you wish...

As with all my previous sets of papers, they should all work together as they are the same colour palette :o)

As usual, here are a couple of freebie sheets for you to play with and, naturally, you will need the full set which you can get for a teeny £4 by clicking here

  Butterfly Whispers and Tarnished Polkas Collection. 

Now then, something different for you... a little job if you like...

I want to see what you have done with your freebie papers of mine and, as a little incentive, I will give away 5 CD's containing 5 full sets of my background papers!! (10 different designs, in full sets) 

I'll even sign the CD for you ;o)

All I need you to do, is email me a photograph of your card/scrapbook page/project at enquiries@honeypotcrafts.co.uk but remember to include your name, address and tell me what you particularly liked about the papers you used. (colour, style... whatever)

You have until 12noon on Friday 17th Feb to email me, any emails I get after that won't be included.

I will ask Carol to choose the 5 she likes best and I will let the winners know on the Friday evening :o)

Good Luck!

Ok, here's your two freebie sheets of the new papers and the older ones can be found by scrolling down the blog :o)

Happy Crafting!

Love my Gorjuss Girls Stamps!

Good Evening Everyone

Well, I've just got home from my Thursday evening class and wanted to share with you what we did...

You all know I love my Magnolia Tilda and Edwin stamps, but I also (in case you haven't already noticed!) love The Gorjuss Girls stamps too... what fun we can have colouring them in!

I love how they have masses of hair to colour in and that's usually where I spend the most time (and use the most pro marker pens to blend and shade!)

Anyhoo, I just wanted to show you how versatile these stamps are., how they can look just as stunning in different colour ways so here's a few pictures of the two colour ways I have done tonight...

I have used my own design for the backing papers, it's my Bubble Hearts collection and, of course, you can go on the website and purchase the full set by clicking here.... Bubble Hearts Background Papers 

What do you think?

Happy Crafting!

Soooo, tonight I have been finishing off....

Good Evening All

It's still so cold, with no end in sight so I am bringing you some more crafty warmth, but this time, I need your help...

I've been working on these new papers for a while and need to know what you think... It's been a pain trying to get the balance between foreground, background, shading and text just right.... 

Do you think I have it right now?

Here's a lil freebie sheet for you to have a play with.. but please let me know what you think... honestly, no being nice to spare my feelings 

(well, maybe just a little nice) lol

Happy Crafting!

New Papers And A Couple Of Freebie Sheets :o)

Good Morning Everyone!

Well, it's another frosty, freezing morning for us all by the looks of the car windows outside so I thought I'd bring a little crafty warmth to you all with a couple of free sheets from my new set of Background Papers (that I have literally just finished!)

This collection is called Shabby Text and Bubble Hearts and you can get the full set on my website for a mere £4 by clicking here....

.. Shabby Text and Bubble Hearts

PS - There are some lovely NEW COLOURS in this set :o)

Remember the card I made a few days ago with the watercoloured image? Well, if you look at the background paper, you'll see it is one of my new Shabby Text ones :o)

Here's a photo to remind you...

And here are a couple of free sheets to give you a small taster of what they look like :o)

I hope you like them... I love them, but then I'm biased as I designed them lol

Keep Warm!

Happy Crafting!

Been playing with my Aqua Markers...

Good Evening Everyone

So, as most of you know by now, my favouritest 'hobby' is colouring in my stamped images... 

Pro Markers are one of my favourite pens to colour in with and they seem to have 'taken over' our crafty life because they make it so easy to achieve lovely results...

So, last night I decided to use my Aqua Markers...  I love watercolouring images too, be it with my distress inks, my watercolour pencils or my Aqua Markers... and as the Aqua Markers were the last of these to be added to my ever growing collection of things to colour in with, I got them out again and do you know, I loved every minute!

It was so nice to have a change from my Pro Markers!

Anyhoo, I thought I better make a card with the lovely image I watercoloured so here it is... 

Hope you like it!

PS - The background paper is from my new set which is coming sooooon :o)

Remember, I sell the Aqua Markers on my website too ;o) and I encourage you to all have a go with them if you haven't already as, like the Pro Markers, they are sooo easy to use... 

Click here to take you straight to them on my www - Aqua Markers

If you need any advice on which colours to  get you started, give me a holler :o)

Here is the image... 

And here's the finished card

Happy Crafting!

Lil card for you, using my new set of papers...

Good Evening Everyone

As promised, here's a lil card I have made using the new stepper card blanks from Papermania and my new set of papers, Dreamy Floral and Whitewash Pastels... 

You can  find the new papers and the new stepper card blanks on my website... I'll warn you though, the stepper cars have nearly sold out already because my savvy class members have been snapping them up!

Here's a couple of quick links for you..to save you hunting!

Stepper Card Blanks and My New Papers

For this card, I have used - 

Gorjuss Girls Stamp - 

Kraft A5 Stepper Card - 

Woodware Plum Punches - Super, Large and Tiny

My Papers

Mini Wooden Buttons

Tons of Glamour Dust

Heart Charm

Crystal Lacquer

Fence Die

Magnolia Tag Die

Pro Markers and the Fine Nibs

Heart Embossing Folder

I have made links of the items I sell on the list for you, in case you want to pop over to the website and treat yourself ;o)

Anyhoo, here it is... I have gone for a minty colour scheme... I hope you like it :o)

Happy Crafting!

And there's more....

Good Evening Everyone

It's Friday!!! Which actually doesn't mean I get a weekend off, but everyone is always happy at the weekends lol

Anyhoo... There are a few things I need to tell you tonight (Whilst my dinner is in the slow cooker) 

Firstly, I have added some fabulous new stepper card blanks to the website by Papermania in white and, my favourite, Kraft!

If you haven't seen these yet, treat yourself, they are superb value at £3 a pack with expandable envelopes!

They were only delivered yesterday and, naturally, I took mine first to play, I'll add a photo of my card tomorrow or Sunday night :o)

Here's a quick link to them on the website Stepper Card Blanks

Secondly, I have created a new set of background papers, Whitewash Pastels and co-ordinating Dreamy Florals :o)

Here are a couple of freebie sheets from the set to give you a taster ;o)

As always, the full set of 32 sheets is only £4 and these can be found on the website here Whitewash Pastels and Dreamy Florals 

I will also have some details soon for my shops' 5th birthday party! Where has 5 years gone?! 

I would love it if you could come along and say Hi and maybe share a glass of something fizzy and sparkly lol

That's about it for now so have a great weekend and Happy Crafting!

New Background Papers :o)

Good Evening Everyone...

I have been slaving over the computer the last few weeks to make sure these were ready in time for you to use them on your Valentines cards!

My new set of background papers is called Polka Hearts and Crumpled Plains!

Now, as you know, I have to have complete co-ordination, which is why I did the Crumpled Plains to match the smaller hearts from the Polka Hearts set..so I hope you like them...

They are literally, hot off the press tonight!

I have made a card with them to show you how I have used them and have popped a couple of photos on below to, hopefully, give you some inspiration :o)

As with all my background papers, the full set is only £4 and you can find them on my website here Polka Hearts and Crumpled Plains 

And, as a lil thankyou, I have popped a couple on here for you to dowload for free, but naturally, like me, you will need the full set lol

And, as another lil thankyou, I have added a new colour, Chocolate, for free too, so you are getting a colour palette of 16 :o)

Anyhoo, enough rattling... I love the papers and hope you do too...

Here's my lil card I made tonight with them :o)

Happy Crafting!

As promised...

Good Afternoon Everyone

As promised, here is a quick card I made using my new Candy Stripes and Candy Check backing papers...

I have used the complimentary lilac tones from the papers and coloured Tilda in with my flexmarkers and promarkers to co-ordinate, finished off with some punched and die cut flowers, bit of lace, tiny punched butterflies, pearls, and, naturally, inked my edges using Colorbox Fluid chalk ink pads :o)

I hope you like it and it gives you some ideas of what to do with the papers.

Remember - There is a post just below with a couple of sheets of the new papers for you to download for free, however, the full set of 30 complimentary colours is available on my website here Candy Papers for only £4!

These are instantly downloadable through the 'my account' section of the website once you have purchased, so no need to wait for delivery... they'll be with you straight away!

Happy Crafting!