Bumbleberry Blog — Altenew

Well Hello Crafty Friends, I was recently watching a fellow crafter ( Carissa Wiley)  stamp on vellum and I was inspired by the beautiful soft look it gave to her work. I been also trying to step out of my comfort zone to use different colour combinations as I said before. So armed with the vellum this is what I came up with.           Products My Favorite Things All The Encourage https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/all-the-encouragement My Favorite Things Paper Pad Positively Peppy https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/positively-peppy-paper-pad  My favorite Things Tropical Flowers https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/tropical-flowers?_pos=1&_sid=cc72776f5&_ss=r Lawn Fawn Vellum https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/cardstock-vellum-pearlescent?_pos=1&_sid=1051accf8&_ss=r Altenew Ink Pads in Sun kissed,...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I have been taking a few more card making classes over on Altenew and this was inspired from the Beautiful details class. There were many ways to add beautiful details to cards, and I really loved the first video of the class by adding finishing touches in a sketchy manner with a pen. Another video from the class inspired me to do some no-line watercolouring with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers. For this card, as I wanted to do some no-line watercolouring, I've used the...

Good Morning All, Things seem to be slowly going back to normal, with the shops reopening and thing coming over from america. So we can start to see the new releases, that Katrina has uploaded. I as you know was so excited when My favorite Things release landed on our shores. Well in Bumbleberrys Shop. Anyway enough chatting lets get on with today's card design's. I have three examples today, to show why I love stencils so much.       Products All Cards MFT Stencil Rectangle Trio https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/rectangle-trio-stencil MFT Hello Beautiful Stamps (Later Release) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/hello-beautiful Versafine Black Onyx Neenah...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The cards today show you how to colour stamping on coloured cardstock, show you how to do this on light and dark coloured cardstock. For these cards, I've use the lovely Altenew Watercolour Doodles stamp set along with a great sentiment die. To add more interest, I have added shine to the cards with both embossing powders and metallic cardstock. So let's get started.  Written and photos Coloured stamping on coloured cardstock:  For this first card, we want to stamp on dark coloured cardstock. The trick for...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. We all love to colour our stamped images in, whether that's with ink, pens, pencils or paints. But what about keeping it simple with coloured cardstock. This allows you to play with bold colouring to allow your design to pop and allows you to make many in one go as it is that simple! Written and photos Simple colouring with cardstock:  To start off, stamp a variety of the flowers in embossing ink onto Peony and Azalea Hero Hues Cardstock. Cover these with gold embossing powder and...