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 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, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Scene making in the card world can often look intimidating with beautiful intricate scenes with a whole host of colouring media used! But scene making doesn't have to be complicated, pairing it down with some simple die-cutting and stencilling you can easily create a scene without stamps. What's more, add some ink blending in and there's not a pen/pencil or paintbrush insight so this is perfect for beginners! Written and photos Creating a scene without stamps:  Start off by die-cutting the mountain scene dies from Altenew out of...

 Hello Crafty Friends, I here from a lot of people they love the final result of the turnabout stamps from Concord and 9th. But they find it daunting to use them. Changing colours and rotating to achieve the pattern. Well I come up with a solution were you cant go wrong. Let me Explain.    By staying with a Monochrome design, then adding the colour to the images at the end. Even if you forget to turn the jig, to line up the next step you will not have to abandon ship. As your stamping in black on all 4...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When I was setting out to make a birthday card, I wanted to customise it for my niece and what better way than creating custom cards with alphabet dies! The beautiful Lea's Ornate lowercase alphabets die from PinkFresh Studios caught my eye and knew these would be great for creating whimsy custom cards. I paired it with an ombre pink colour scheme to create a fun bold modern birthday card.  Written and photos Creating custom cards with alphabet dies:  To start off, place a piece of white card...

 Hi There, I hope your all well. I have been really inspired with all the amazing releases lately. But some times you find you don't know what to do when you get a new stamp set. So today I took the smallest stamp but wanted to make the biggest impact. Products Simply Said Stamp Set Concord & 9th https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/simply-said-stamp-set Lawn Fawn Inks ( Lobster, Carrot, Sunflower, Cilantro, & Merman) C6 Card Blanks Neenah Cardstock 110lb (cut a little smaller than the C6 card blank) Nuvo Crystal Drops Glossy (rainbow colours) Iridescent Sequins Versafine Black Onyx Ink Pad   Method Pick...