Bumbleberry Blog

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I love to ink blend, but I love it more when it's over heat embossing. Emboss resist is such a fun technique to use with your stamping and if you combine it with metallic embossing powders and dark colours you can get rich & luxurious embossing in no time! What's more, you can easily adapt this to any stamp set you wish, or occasion. And for added variation, why not create an ombre effect with your ink blending.  Written and photos Rich & Luxurious embossing:  To start...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. It can be a hard time for everybody and I wanted to make a card that you could send to someone to show them they're in your thoughts. For this card, I mainly focused on Die-cutting to create the main elements of the card, choosing a dark cardstock for the floral to pop off. Please know that you are in our thoughts here at Bumbleberry Papercrafts! Written and photos You are in our thoughts:  To start off, trim a piece of Slate Gina K Cardstock down to 5.5*4.25". With...

Hi There Crafty Friends, This week blog has, had me making design after design. I became so excited with all the colour combinations and the different looks I could achieve with just one simple alphabet stamp set from my favorite things. Let Me show you.   Products MFT Pumped Up Alphabet https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/new-releases/products/pumped-up-alphabet?variant=32037207048274 Gina K Mini Cube Inks in Coral Reef,Tangerine Twist,Wild Dandelion, Key Lime,Blue Lagoon, Wild Lilac, Passionate Pink. https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/gina-k-designs/ink-pads Hero Arts Neon Ombre Ink Pad Chartreuse to Blue Random Little Star Stamp Neenah 80lb Cardstock Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Card Stock Various Card Blanks.   Method Firstly I picked...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I'm so excited to be part of the Altenew Birthday hop for Bumbleberry Papercrafts, and we do love Altenew here at Bumbleberrys! I have three cards today, using three different stamp sets from Altenew, but keeping it cohesive with the colour scheme and the use of a stencilled background.   You can start at the beginning of the hop over at Altenew's Card blog right HERE. For all the details on the prizes, make sure you read to the end of the post and you'll also find the next...

Good Morning, I do hope you are all well. Today I decided to pull out the pencils, again as I forgot how great they are. I think pencils are under estimated as a medium.     Products   MFT Stamps Sky High by Stacey Yacula  https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/sy-sky-high Gina K Amalgam Ink  White Neenah 80lb 4 x 6" and Black Cardstock Cut to Just a fraction larger than the neenah.  Cardstock 5 x 7 " Card Blank Black and White  Doodlebug Washi Tape. Nuvo Drops In Gloss Black and White Polychromos (yellow, Jade, Magenta,Venetian Red, Medium Flesh, Burnt Ochre,Walnut Brown.   Method  This...