Bumbleberry Blog — Claire-Anne Brodie

Good Morning Crafty Friends, I do hope your all keep well. Today I have a blog post showing how to get a the most out of smaller stamp sets. We tend to disregard them, thinking we are better off getting larger sets.  Think again my crafty friends. Here are just three of the techniques using them.      1) Background Stamping a pattern background.  2) Focus Using them to create a focal point.  3) Repetitive  use them more than just once repeating many times.    Products Friendly Hello Stamp Set by Concord & 9th https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/friendly-hello Gina K Inks Wild Dandelion,...

Hello lovelies!This week I'm sharing a birthday card using Lawn Fawn's "Year Ten" stamp set! I love the cute little cacti and the punny sentiment! I cut a panel from white card stock using the second largest of Mama Elephant's "Basic Rectangles" Creative Cuts. I used the "Candy Store" stencil from Heffy Doodle at an angle on my panel and blended Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink over it. I removed the stencil and splattered some water over it with a paintbrush, cleaning up any excess water with a paper towel. I masked off the white portion of my panel with...

Hello lovelies!This week I'm sharing two cards I made using the Hero Arts "Fresh Citrus" Bold Prints background stamp! I love these stamps, they make it easy to produce multiple cards! I cut a panel from white card stock using the largest of Mama Elephant's "Basic Rectangles" Creative Cuts. I used my Misti stamping tool to stamp the background on to my panel with Gina K's Amalgam Jet Black ink, making sure to remove the foam from my Misti beforehand. I stamped a small portion on a small piece of scrap card stock I had left over from a previous...

Hello lovelies!Valentine's Day has passed but I like to make my stamp sets work more year round, so to create this card I combined the images from Lawn Fawn's "You're Just My Type" stamp set alongside sentiments from Mama Elephant's "Big News" stamp set! I stamped out my images from Lawn Fawn's "You're Just My Type" stamp set using my Misti stamping tool and Gina K's Amalgam Jet Black ink. I coloured them using my alcohol markers, added details with a white gel pen and fussy cut them out. I cut a panel from white card stack using the second...

Hello lovelies!This week I'm sharing another love themed card, I like to have a few extra of this style on hand to show my appreciation for people throughout the year.  I die cut a panel from watercolour paper using Mama Elephant's "Basic Rectangles" Creative Cuts and a large scalloped panel from black card stock using Mama Elephant's "Framed Tags" Waverly Creative Cuts. I removed the foam from my Misti stamping tool and secured my watercolour panel to stamp my background using Hero Arts' "Candy Hearts Peek-A-Boo" Cling stamp set and Gina K's Amalgam Jet Black ink. Once the ink was...