Bumbleberry Blog — Gina K designs

 Well Happy New Year, Crafty Friends, Looking Forward to what 2021 has in store for us. After a difficult 2020, we face this new year as a fresh beginning. First on the card makers agenda is Valentines, letting our love ones know we love them. Our children our always close to our hearts and after seeing  MFT, latest release I fell in love with I'll Love You Forever Stamp Set, designed by Birdie Brown, who as you may or may not know is my favourite illustrator.     These are primely designed to welcome a new baby, but I just...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I'm showing you how mixing old stamps with new styles that come out means you can get more from your supplies. The main stamps came out in an Altenew Release for last Christmas, but to stretch the stamp further I've combine it with a recently released stencil to add a modern twist to the card. This Altenew stamp set is still available to purchase, so even if you've not got it you can still pick a set up and craft away! Written and photos Mixing old...

 Hi There, Crafty Friends. Changing the colour of your background can build a different theme. Rainbow bright colours are more summery. Browns, golds, orange and red's create an autumn feel. Pastels create a spring feel. So one background stamp becomes more valuable in your stash.  I love creating different colour combinations.  This background has a autumn feel that is added to by using embellishments. In this case its the skeleton leaves. I love this Concord and 9th brushed background as there are other elements for a totally different design idea. Its like a buy one get one free.   PRODUCTS...

Hello There Crafty Friends, If your like me, and a  huge fan of Jennifer McQuire. Then you problemly seen her using the Gina k, Wreath Builder Templates. As the name contains the word wreath we tend to think it is only for making flower wreaths. But its so much more.  I have been road testing it, and have used many different stamps. (Words, Images and Flowers). I have 3 cards for you today.          Creating A Background Pattern       A Frame              Products     Card One   Gina K...

 Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I'm so excited to share these cards with you today as Bumbleberry Papercraft was asked to create some cards using the Concord & 9th Big Thanks stamp and die set for the July issue of Simply Cards & Papercrafts magazine. I was lucky enough to do this feature and I'm up on the blog showing you them today! I created 5 cards with the one set showing how versatile such a bold and simple set is. This colour scheme is also a great colour scheme for either gender...