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 Hello and Welcome  I am very much into the "Christmas Vibe" at the moment. I like to get ahead, so that all the cards are made well in advance. Today's card is great to mass produce as you can die cut many houses out of many different cardstocks and add on or more to your project. Products Home for the Holidays Stacks Die (Concord & 9th) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/home-for-the-holidays-stacks-dies-c9?variant=39572246331474  Home For The Holidays Stacks Stamps (Concord & 9th) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/home-for-the-holidays-stacks-3x4-c9  Mix and Match Holiday Sentiments (Concord & 9th) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/mix-match-holiday-sentiments-4x6-c9?variant=39572246364242  Mix and Match Holiday Sentiments Dies (Concord & 9th) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/mix-match-holiday-sentiments-dies-c9?variant=39572246397010  (This was left over...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When autumn arrives, the trees turn and you start to see this lovely transition from green to reds and browns. For today's card, I've created an autumnal wreath with warm tones for a soft and elegant card. This features a lovely layered stencil wreath from PinkFresh Studio and combined it with a beautiful tone-on-tone background to add subtle texture.  Written and photos Autumnal wreath with warm tones :  Start off by blending through 4 of the Thrill of Hope wreath stencil layers using muted warm toned greens and...

 Well Hello, I'm back fortunately the water company in my area fixed the burst water main.  But Unfortunately only to break all the roads phone lines and internet cables. So after three weeks and  a lot of discussion and a change of provider I'm here again. Anyway enough about that drama.  So while ive been away the Christmas to do list has started, as card makers we have to be way ahead to give ourselves the time to get them all ready to send. So out come the releases with the amazing seasonal products. Of Corse we enjoy purchasing some...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. The new release from Catherine Pooler Designs features some new inks, stamps, dies, stencils as well as some coordinating patterned paper and sequins. For today's card, I'm showing you that you can stencil over patterned paper for a fun interesting look which just needs a sentiment over to the top to finish it off.  Written and photos Stenciling over patterned paper :  Start off by temporarily adhering down the Wavy lines stencil over some patterened paper.  Next, with a palette knife, apply a coordinating colour of glitter paste over...

Hi everybody! I'm still on the Autumnal vibe and today I've used thenFalling Leaves Stamp and Stencil Sets and they are beautiful! Using the stencil with  the stamped leaves takes all the stress out of coloring in just a couple minutes. Instructions:  Cut a mini slimline card base 6.25" x 3.25" Stamp your sentiments from the set bottom right.  Either stamp out your design right over the card base or trim a piece of card a quarter of an inch smaller than your base and sentiment and stamp on that. (originally I had the one layer but spilled ink on...