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Speed up your crafting by making two cards at once!

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Speed up your crafting by making two cards at once!

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When you can make two cards in one go it is a win win surely! What's more this design can lend itself to so many styles and occasion by just a switch of the colour scheme or sentiment or cover plate die! For this card, I've kept it very simple for you and there is no stamping need in this 2 for 1 card making project! So let's get started! Written and photos Two cards at once:  To start off, use an Altenew Ink Blending tool...

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What Do You, With all those Backgrounds and Scraps....................... We All Need Tags For Birthdays, Thank you 's and Little Gifts.

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What Do You, With all those Backgrounds and Scraps....................... We All Need Tags For Birthdays, Thank you 's and Little Gifts.

 Good Morning Crafty Friends, I do hope your staying well. I love making backgrounds but sometimes they mount up and I don't want to make a big project, or I only like a certain part of the background. I had received a Gell Press for Christmas, SO I HAD PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM. Well with Christmas over and a year of birthdays coming up, I decided to make some tags, for all those little gifts I will be sending. Here's a small collection I made.  Products Any Scraps, Back Grounds etc..... Altenew Holiday Tags Stamps https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/holiday-tag-sentiments-stamp-set Altenew Holiday Die Set...

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Elegant cards with a few easy steps - Altenew stamp & dies!

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Elegant cards with a few easy steps - Altenew stamp & dies!

    Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Elegant cards don't have to be complicated and with today's card, I'm sharing some easy tips to create them in no time.  This card combines a variety of Altenew stamp and dies to create beautiful fresh and elegant thank you card. My tips will cover composition, colour and balance so let's get started and create elegant cards with a few easy tips! Written and photos TITLE:  Next, when you have stamped the flowers out, also stamp a few leaves using a few soft shades of...

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Tranquil card with shades of blue - Altenew Flower Garden

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Tranquil card with shades of blue - Altenew Flower Garden

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Colour can evoke different emotions and I took the Altenew In The Mood For Colouring class where we looked at 6 different colours and how they can radiate a different feeling or emotion. This is such a fun thing to think about when making your card, what emotion do you want the recipient to feel and which colour best represents this. One colour I love create with evokes calm and tranquil emotions, so I paired it with a single rose and used tranquil blue hues to create a...

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Using Stamps & Mask / Stencils To Create A Water Coloured Affect With Zig Clean Colour Markers.

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Using Stamps &  Mask / Stencils To Create A Water Coloured Affect With Zig Clean Colour Markers.

 Hello Crafty Friends, Moving on from my Christmas projects, I been noticing a new tread of stencil and masks. I thought I try one from Altenew .  Products Altenew Eucalyptus Jar Stamp https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/eucalyptus-jar-stamp-set Altenew Eucalyptus Jar Mask https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/eucalyptus-jar-mask-stencil Zig Clean Colour Markers  (mid green, olive green,light blue,cobalt blue, and blue grey) Memento Ink Pad in Pistachio Versamark Ink Pad White Embossing Powder Distress Oxide Ink Pad ( crushed olive) Gansai Tambi  Starry Nights (red gold) Nuvo Drops (copper penny)   Method Stamp and emboss in white embossing powder. and using the zig pens to water colour your image. Then stamp...

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