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!

And there's more!

Good Evening Everyone

Well, it looks like I will be busier than I thought next week as I am now back on your screens before the pod on Tuesday night!

I will be back for another Craft o'clock on Monday night 5-7pm as usual on Ideal World... 

No idea what's in the show yet, but as usual there will be some last chance buys at fabulous prices so I hope you can watch!

See you Monday :o)

Happy Crafting!

Serif Pick of the Day Show Times

Good Afternoon Everyone

I have now had the show times confirmed for the Serif Pick of the Day I am doing next Tuesday over on Ideal World and Create & Craft.... there's a fair few so here goes... 

I'll list them in channel order as it's easier (for me!) to follow...

Ideal World

Tue 9pm (launch) and 11pm

Wed 8am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm

Create & Craft

Wed 12noon, 3pm and 5pm

I hope that makes sense!

As most of you will know by now, I love the Serif Craft Artist Professional Software and use it alot, not only for my digital crafting, but also for designing my own embellishments, toppers, decoupage etc etc so I really hope you can watch and I can introduce you to the wonderful world of Serif Craft Artist and show you just how we, as crafters, can get the most out of it!

Happy Crafting!

Paper Flowers

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Just a quickie, sooooo many people have asked about the flowers I have used on the card below so I thought it easier to let you all know on here..

They are a box of paper flowers by woodware, all white so you can ink them, spritz them, distress them, stamp onto them and so on... They feel like thick handmade mulberry paper which, as we know, is a pain to punch through!

They also have the creases on the petals so we don't have to!

I use them all the time as it saves me getting the big shot out or lots of punches and they go a loooong way!

Here is a link to them in my shop Paper Flowers 

Anyway, I hope you treat yourself... and find time to organise them into little storage boxes, like I did lol

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!

Craft o'clock!!

Hi Everyone

This is a real quickie, just to let you know I am now back on Create and Craft (well, Ideal World really) sooner than planned!

I'm doing Craft o'clock next Monday 9th at 5pm til 7pm

And by the looks of the show line up, some fabulous bargains to be had!!

Hope you can watch and, as always, send me your emails... I love to hear from you all!

Happy Crafting!

New Year Freebie :o)

Good Afternoon (nearly evening) Everyone,

Happy New Year!! 

I hope you enjoyed your time off over Christmas and the New Year and managed to find some time to be crafty :o)

Anyway, two things I need to tell you about today..

Firstly, I will be back on Ideal World on Tuesday 17th January at 9pm for the launch of a very exciting Pick of the day from Serif!

I will give you the times of all the shows, as soon as I know, but I do know we launch at 9pm lol

I am very excited about this pod as the Serif software is somewhat of a favourite of mine, and they are local to me (just down the road! lol)

More details to follow.... ;o)

Secondly,, I have just finished getting the colours perfect on my second set of Designed By Phill Backing Papers - whoo hoo!

This new collection is a duo set of Candy Pinstripes and Candy Checks, all complimentary colours (as you would expect from me) and all very perfect, pretty and more importantly useful!

This collection is available now on my website (just added it ten mins ago!) and here is a quick linky to it Designed By Phill Backing Papers 

Here are a couple of sample sheets for you to have a nosey at :o)

I hope you like them, I do! lol

Anyway, enough rattling... keep warm and safe in this dreadful weather.

Happy Crafting!

Create & Craft Shows

Hi Everyone...

Just a quick note to let you know I have had some shows for Create & Craft confirmed for next week...

There's quite a few so I guess I'm going to be a busy boy over the festive season!

Here are the details:

Tuesday 27th at 9am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm and 5pm!

Wednesday 28th at 1pm, 2pm and 4pm

Thursday 29th at 11am, 2pm, 3pm and 5pm

Monday 2nd January at 9am, 11am and 12noon

These shows are a mixture of Hunkydory shows, Special Sale shows (some superb bargains to be had!!), Paper Clinic and a new printer show...

It looks like my Craft Ambassador role will be put to good use over the next week! Wish me luck!

Anyway, I hope you can watch and can find time to send me an email or two!

I'll take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful crafty Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!!

Thankyou all for your continued support and encouragement :o)

Create and Craft Shows

Morning Everyone

Just letting you know that I am back on Create and Craft next week :o)

All the shows are Brother shows, including some printers and labelling equipment... The particular printer I will be showing you is one that I love, especially for printing onto different textured cardstock...which is something I do alot of!

Anyhoo, the shows times are :-

Monday 12th December at 8am and 1pm and 3pm and 6pm (busy day!)

Tuesday 13th December at 10am and 7pm

Wednesday 14th December at 6pm

These are special 4 day deal shows and some of the products I will be showing are brand new, not been seen before, including the new A4  Printer (which would make a brill Christmas prezzy and addition to your crafting tools!)

Hope you can watch and remember too email in... I will find something to give away!

Happy Crafting!

Just For You... :o)

Morning Everyone

It's another cold start to the day here in Nottingham, the heating is on, I've mashed a cuppa and made this lil Christmas Text Background Paper for you.... 

It seems to be that designing papers is another addiction I can add to my list! :o)

As I'm off to Germany tomorrow to the Christmas markets for the weekend (in the hopes I can get a few of the  gifts on my list ticked off!) I thought I'd give you all a lil gift too...

I've literally just finished this one... I hope you like it :o)

Just click on the paper below and it will open in another window, then just right click on it and save on your computer....

And remember.... I'd love to see what you do with the paper, or indeed any of my others, so please do send me a photo of your projects... You never know, I may just pop it on the blog for all to see :o)

Happy Crafting!