Bumbleberry Blog

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I absolutely love the Magnolia Blooms Collection from Yana Smakula with Spellbinders, so when I saw the new Anemone Blooms Collection that Yana recently release I knew I had to pick it up and play with it. What I love about these collections is how elegant and beautiful they are, making it effortless to make absolutely stunning cards! Today's post I'm creating foiled panels to die-cut from as I just love the new Satin Pastel Hot Foils. So, let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I'm showing you how to style and design a modern card with a simple monotone scheme. Here I using a modern grey for cardmaking and creating a beautiful thinking of you card - this is a great card to send as an alternative to a sympathy card. Here there is a touch of colour with the heat embossing and hot foiling which pairs beautifully with the soft grey tones.  Written tutorial and photos for Modern grey for cardmaking:   With a piece of Granite Hero Hues card...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I really enjoyed creating a card last week with a lovely soft colour palette and wanted to continue along that theme for this week. Today I'm creating tone-on-tone for contempory elegance with a beautiful 3D embossing folder. This can easily be achieved with regular embossing folders, so don't be put off to give this a try. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Soft tone on tone:   Open the Altenew Craft Your Life Kit Garden Rose 3D embossing folder and apply Salt Water Taffy...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I'm sharing a beautifully soft ink blended card to create a bright happy card! Here I used one of my background hot foil plates along with a coordinating stencil. All it needed was a bold sentiment to finish it off. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Soft colours for a bright happy card!:  Start off by hot foiling the Geo Arch hot foil plate in Copper Hot Foil onto white card. Peel away the foil to reveal the pattern. Use stencil one...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Have you tried out wax seals? I was always intrigued by them, but it wasn't until Spellbinders came out with the Sealed by Wax Seal Kit that I decided I really wanted to give this a try. It looked like a lot of fun with a little wax seal station setup so I took the plunge to get it and I love it. If you just want to do a little craft with no end project in mind this is ideal. You can experiment with colours and added...