Bumbleberry Blog — Cards

Well Hello There Crafty Friends, I am kicking off my Valentines 2019 collection today. Card One I thought I'd start by using those, cheeky raccoons from My Favourite Things Products Friendly Raccoons Stamps from My Favourite Things ,https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/friendly-racoons  Full of Hearts Stencil, https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/stencil-full-of-heart  Lawn Fawn Chilli Card stock  https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/lawn-fawn/products/chili-pepper-cardstock  Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Nuvo drops in Gloss White, Ebony Black, and Red Berry. White Embossing Powder 6 x 6 Inch Card Blank Method  Stick down your stencil, with low tack tapeBlend over the stencil with the Abandoned Coral Oxide and a blender tool   Then splash with a little water and...

Hello lovelies, Happy New Year!I hope you've all had a fantastic time over the holidays and you're settling in to 2019 quite nicely, today I wanted to share a friendship card and some matching tags I've made using the Mama Elephant "Heart In Bloom" stamp set! How beautiful is this floral stamp? I'm positively in love with it! I started by stamping out the large floral heart with the banner in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colouring it with my alcohol markers, I'm so used to colouring floral stamps with my watercolour paints it was refreshing to have a change!...

Well Hello Crafty friends, And A Very Happy New Year. 2019 Wow, how did that happen so fast, I must be getting older,  as the years, seem to be getting shorter. Oh well this year, I'm going to make a few resolutions, hoping to keep them longer than previous years. 1, Be more productive,with more blogs. 2, Give myself less of a hard time, when not able to fit everything in. 3 ,Me time, instead of saying yes all the time, my work load comes first. 4, Use down time to recharge my batteries by relaxing and pamper session at...

Hello lovelies!I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that 2018 treated you well, now we're speeding towards 2019 I thought I'd share with you some simple cards I made to welcome in the new year with you all! New Year cards aren't typically a tradition here in the UK but with Mama Elephant's "Happy New Year Wishes" stamp set how is a girl supposed to say no?! I started by making some very simple backgrounds using Distress Oxide Ink and metallic watercolour paint. I cut a panel of white card stock down to the size I needed for...

Hey lovelies!Christmas is only a couple of days away now, where has this year gone?! I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas (or happy holidays, whichever you prefer!) before the big day! I wanted to revisit which is probably my favourite stamp set I've bought for the holidays this year, Mama Elephant's "Yappy Woofmas" set is just too adorable for words! I stamped a couple of the images using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them using my alcohol markers. I added some highlights with a white gel pen and fussy cut them out....