Bumbleberry Blog — Altenew

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I have two cards for you, one was a mistake, but I went with it and still created a card with it. It has an even more, inkier/sketchy feel today and I love it just as much. These cards use simple colouring with ink blending for a beautiful soft look with subtle dimension. And you don't need to be an expert colourist or blender to achieve this look. The new crafting craze of make-up style ink blending brushes makes this technique so easy. Combined with emboss resist,...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I enjoyed making this card and think the stamp from Avery Elle is stunning, don't you? Today I decided to use my Zig clean colour real brush markers to colour this stamp in. They are lovely to work with on either watercolour card or like I have used in this project, Bristol smooth cardstock. You'll be amazed at how effortlessly they blend. Have you tried out Zig clean colour real brush markers before? If so, I would love to hear your thoughts on them, just leave a...

Hi There Crafty Friends, I'm on Holiday from work this week, so I am planning to do all those crafty jobs I need to sort.  Today, was the turn of coloured craft stock. Sorting in to plastic files and labelling colour and brand. It took far longer than I had first thought. at least 60 different shades, including company's as, Lawn Fawn, Gina K, and Bazzill. Not to mention, Tonic, Doddlebug,The Paper box, and Only God knows where. Purging seemed to be the only way I can run more, of a professional operation her from the box room. Well enough...

Hey lovelies!I'm back this week to share a birthday card using Mama Elephant's "Stackable Cuties" stamp set!  I cut a panel from white card stock using Altenew's "Cube Cover" die and another panel the same size to back it with. I placed some Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink on my glass craft mat and sprayed it with some water, I placed my backing panel on to my ink multiple times making sure to dry it with my heat tool between layers. Once I was happy with my background panel I splattered both panels with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I have three cards for your with sentiment spotlighting to create modern focal points and lovely clean and simple cards. You don't need loads of intricate stamps to create cards - modern, bold and clean and simple cards can be very on trend. And can also suit many different recipients. So have a look in your stash and browse the Bumbleberry store for you next sentiment stamp set, ideal for making cards just like these.  The cards use three techniques: tonal stamping, ombre stamping and faux...