Bumbleberry Blog — Catherine Pooler Designs
Autumnal wreath with warm tones - PinkFresh Studio stencils and Catherine Pooler Inks
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Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When autumn arrives, the trees turn and you start to see this lovely transition from green to reds and browns. For today's card, I've created an autumnal wreath with warm tones for a soft and elegant card. This features a lovely layered stencil wreath from PinkFresh Studio and combined it with a beautiful tone-on-tone background to add subtle texture. Written and photos Autumnal wreath with warm tones : Start off by blending through 4 of the Thrill of Hope wreath stencil layers using muted warm toned greens and...
Stenciling over patterned paper - Catherine Pooler Global Adventures
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Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The new release from Catherine Pooler Designs features some new inks, stamps, dies, stencils as well as some coordinating patterned paper and sequins. For today's card, I'm showing you that you can stencil over patterned paper for a fun interesting look which just needs a sentiment over to the top to finish it off. Written and photos Stenciling over patterned paper : Start off by temporarily adhering down the Wavy lines stencil over some patterened paper. Next, with a palette knife, apply a coordinating colour of glitter paste over...
Watercolour background with reinkers!
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Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. One way to create a background quickly is to make a watercolour background. If you don't have watercolours, then you can fake it by using your reinkers. Watercolour background with reinkers is perfect for heat embossing on, and as I still love the Catherine Pooler Boho Fall release, I created another autumn thank you card. Written and photos TITLE: Start off by wetting a piece of watercolour cardstock with clean water. Add a few drops of re-inker to an acrylic block - these work great as makeshift palettes....
Use alternative colour combo for your leaves! Catherine Pooler Designs
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Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When you look at a themed stamp set, you can often go along with creating using a colour theme that makes sense with the theme. And whilst those cards will always turn out great, it is just as fun to create with alternative colours for a change. Today I'm stamping with the Painted Leaves stamp set along with alternative colours than you'd expect to see with leaves for this bright and happy slimline cad. Written and photos 'Alternative colour combo': Start of by placing a piece of...
Emboss resist CAS birthday card with Catherine Pooler Designs stamps, dies and inks!
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Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Emboss resist is one of the first techniques I learn with heat embossing, well after learning to heat emboss first I guess! But it is always one of the best embossing techniques there is! This technique combined with ink blending will always create stunning backgrounds in minutes. So today, I've used some fabulous Catherine Pooler products to create an emboss resist CAS birthday card. My cards have been depleted recently, so I'm building my birthday card stash back up! Written and photos Emboss resist CAS birthday card : Start...