I'm feeling....... good! :-)

Good Afternoon Everyone,..

OK, I'm the worst blogger ever! lol

It's only because I'm busy designing new crafty loveliness for you :-)

I have to just say thank you to you all too,.. my latest range of Stamps, Paper Pad and Cosmic Shimmer products have been flying off shelves everywhere, to the point that even I have struggled to keep my stock maintained in my own shop! lol

If you've bought your goodies already, I hope you have been making fabulous things with them!

My aim is to bring you great quality products that work well on their own, together, or with all the crafty stash you already have,..

This is why I always give you the Cosmic Shimmer Range in co-ordinating colours to the paper pads,.. and stamp sets that work well on their own or when combined with others (like the Elegant Alphabet & Numbers set,.. perfect on its' own or with the Scribbled Sentiments as it's the same font!) the hard work is done, which means you get to have the fun part, creating great cards and crafty projects without worrying about matching colours and products etc

If you haven't seen the latest range yet (or treated yourself to any), here are a couple of photos with links to the relevant section on my website for you to get them :-)

The Stamps

The Paper Pad & Cosmic Shimmer Range

Anyhoo, enough rattling on,..

I wanted to give you something,.. a freebie,.. a 'Thank You' of sorts, for all your support and for trusting me and my designs enough to spend your hard earned crafty cash on them!

So, here's a lovely 8x8 paper, designed by myself,.. it was meant to be a part of the new Graceful Butterflies & Dragonflies Paper Pad that I launched a few weeks ago, but I decided on a softer colour scheme... but, I also love monochrome so didn't want to waste it!
Feel free to save this paper, print it and use it as much as you want (all I ask is that you don't sell is as a printed sheet and please tell people it's my design (if they ask!)

Happy Crafting!

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!

To save this paper, just right click and select save as :-)

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It's good to share :-)

DigiStamp Dreams - Special Thankyou Offer!

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Firstly, I need to just say a Huge Thankyou to everyone for the overwhelming support and fabulous feedback since our launch of DigiStamp Dreams... You're the best!

Secondly, to say Thankyou...

I have nagged and nagged at Kevin and managed to get you a great deal on Collection 1, AND  a freebie sheet of sentiments that you can print out and use time and time again! whoo hoo!

You can now buy the whole collection 1 set of 12 DigiStamps for an amazing £24!

That works out at only £2 per DigiStamp.... saving you a mahoosive £18!! -- incredible!

And, you will still get the Freebie sheet of sentiments :-)

Here's a card I made using the Flowers In Bloom DigiStamp :-)

For those of you who have purchased the DigiStamps already, I will be emailing you all today :-)

Happy Crafting!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

I've been playing again .... :o)

Good Morning Everyone!

Well, it's a dreary start to this Wednesday morning so I thought I'd spread a lil crafty happiness and share with you all a new background paper that I have been working on...

This is from my forthcoming Shabby Roses Collection (tell you more when the time is right! lol)

You can also go onto my website and purchase my 'Intricate Snowflakes Collection' now :o) 

Anyhoo... here is my lil pre-Christmas freebie gift to you... 

Just click on the image and it will open in a new window, then right click and save to your computer...

Remember to let me see what you do with it :o)

Happy Crafting!

Lil Freebie for you...

Hi Everyone

As you have probably heard me say a hundred, nay, a thousand times over the last few days lol, I am going on my holidays in a few days for a wee while so I thought I'd let you have a lil freebie background paper that I designed myself...

It's a lovely vintage coloured snowflake paper.... there'll be more soon, but I was thinking..... I could let you all have a freebie and a play whilst I am away, then you could show me what you did with it in your craft projects when I get back... sound like a plan?

I love background papers (as most of you know) and I like to create my own when I can't find the 'right' one, so here it is.... Have fun and enjoy using it...I hope I do this post right so you can click on the image, then right click on the image again once it opens in full size...(fingers crossed!)

Anyhoo

Happy Crafting!

See you all soon, with lots of holiday stories!

Love, as always

Phill

x

* FREEBIE has now been removed *
Let me know if you wanted it, but didn't get chance and I'll see what I can do :o)