Bumbleberry Blog

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and a lovely New Year. Today's card features the Altenew Flowing Hearts stencil and it is two stencils in one. It is perfect for double stencilling and this card creates such an impact with a simple technique.  Written and photos for Double Stencilling:  Start off by trimming down a piece of Gina K Soft Stone cardstock to 5.25" x 4. Position the Flowing Hearts Stencil off to one side and using a blending tool, blend on a soft pink ink...

Well Hello and Welcome, Its that time of year when we start going back to our usual routines. No more festiveness. It's a shame those morning lie in's, are so good. Especially on dark cold mornings. But alas, penny's need to earned and bills need paying so back it is. The next big date on the card makers agenda, is Valentines Day. So the latest releases from the states are definitely on that theme.   One such set, is  My Favorite Things, You Have My Heart https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/bb-you-have-my-heart   I think this little lady and her dog are so cute. Also...

Hello lovelies! Happy New Year! I hope you all had an amazing time celebrating and are walking in to the new year feeling refreshed, looking forward to the year ahead!This week I have a simple watercolour card to share with you all using the "Staggering Branches" stamp set from Hero Arts! This style of stamp is usually out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying to push myself this year to try new things and not get stuck in a creative rut (we all know what it's like to hit that wall!). I secured a piece of watercolour paper in...

Hello There, Its the day we've been preparing for and all our cards have been made. I have one final design to share with you all. This is adding your own drawings to your stamp image to stretch you stash. I am a big fan of this one as ive shown you different examples over the year.         Stamp and Mask the Tree    Start Stamping and Masking your elements    Stamp your characters and keep to the side ready to 3d on at the end once they have been coloured.      Start Planning your idea and...

Hello lovelies!Christmas is just a few days away now and I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season with loved ones! I have a clean and simple card to share with you today using Waffle Flower's "Secret Admirer" stamp set! I cut two panels using Mama Elephant's "Basic Rectangles" Creative Cuts, the black panel using the largest from the set and the white from the second largest. I secured my white panel in my Misti stamping tool and stamped my images and sentiment using Gina K's Amalgam Jet Black ink. I coloured my images with alcohol markers and added details...