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   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The Pantone colour of the year is Magenta, and it inspired this trio of cards. The closest coloured cardstock I had in my stash is Hero Hues Azalea, which is more of a fuchsia pink than magenta, but I went with it and love how these three cards turned out. When creating with bold colours I like to choose a colour to soften and contrast against it and I think the colours paired beautifully with it. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Inspired...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Why not add some colour popping florals to your cards? It is so easy when you use bright contrasting colours within a triad of colour on the colour wheel. What's more you can easily keep it simple in the remaining techniques as the colours do all the work! Here we're working with the Magnolia PinkFresh Studio stamp with a geometric hot foil plate to add a little more contrast to the card. Let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Colour popping florals!:   First, hot foil...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. You're the best is a beautiful floral thank you stamp set from PinkFresh Studio and I couldn't help but heat emboss it and watercolour it in. And I went for a beautiful fresh floral colour scheme of blue, green and white to add a light touch during these darker months. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for You're the best!:   Start off by heat embossing the florals from the You're the best PinkFresh Studio stamp set, along with a sentiment as well, onto watercoloured...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I've got a trio of cards using one simple die and I've got a beautiful teal-inspired Christmas colour combination. This fun and whimsical 'More Holiday Decorations' die from Spellbinders can create stunning and elegant cards with such ease by using a beautiful colour combination. And if you pair it will some sparkle and shine it will catch anybody's eye! I've also shown you three ways to simply change the background with one die to get three different looks so effortlessly. So let's get started! Written...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team.  I'm really trying to stretch my supplies when it comes to Christmas cards and make different styles. Today I'm sharing a Art-deco inspired Christmas card with hot foiling using a beautiful plate from PinkFresh Studio. Pair it with the right colour scheme and sentiment and you have a fun alternative style Christmas card. Also, if you struggle ink blending then you need to try it on Speciality Glimmer Cardstock from Spellbinders. It is so smooth which makes ink blending a doddle. So let's get started! Written...