Bumbleberry Blog — spellbinders

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I had a real urge to create a mixed media card today, and I wanted to do this with a Christmas card. It isn't necessarily a traditional style Christmas card, more of a subtle nod to Christmas, other than the obvious sentiment on the front. If you're unsure where the start with mixed media, just remember to break it down into layers, building up the card with different media. I went for a white an red theme, as I'm sure you can get some white poinsettias too,...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I'm showing you a fun and different way to colour your die-cut flowers and it is such a quick technique! Here I have used a beautiful floral die from Crafty Merkai, and along with some adhesive sheets you can colour die-cuts quickly with glitter. This is a great to use up glitter in your stash and make cards on demand. I've used this technique for a bold and contrasting birthday card, but this technique would suit a Christmas card with glitters in beautiful Christmas colours....

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today, I'm getting creative with the Spellbinders Stitched Ornament today making two fun and different style of Christmas cards. This is such a great way to switch things up and show you how to get two looks with one die set. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Two looks with one die:  Start by die-cutting the outline ornament die from the Stitched Ornament die out of Brushed Rose Metallic Cardstock. In addition, die-cut the filigree dies that come with the set out of white...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I'm back after a long break but with I've got a beautiful modern Christmas card that will wow! Many companies are coming out with a range of Christmas dies, stamps and hot foil plates for all styles of Christmas cards. I do love a modern style card, but with a nod to tradition, so I'm pairing Spellbinders Christmas dies and hot foil plates with traditional Christmas colours for a nod to the traditional. So let's get started! Written and photos Modern Christmas with a nod to tradition...

 Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The Paint your world collection from Spellbinders is the ultimate collection for the artist within you. I've had fun creating this messy, but pretty, painters palette and use the Painter's Palette die set to create a shape card. And the background is so easy to make, simply smooshing ink to create paint splatter.  Written and photos Ink smooshing to create a paint palette:  Smoosh Chiffon and Catching Rays ink pads down onto a glass mat and spritz it water. Repeatedly press a piece of watercolour cardstock down into the...