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Hi There Crafty Friends, I'm on Holiday from work this week, so I am planning to do all those crafty jobs I need to sort.  Today, was the turn of coloured craft stock. Sorting in to plastic files and labelling colour and brand. It took far longer than I had first thought. at least 60 different shades, including company's as, Lawn Fawn, Gina K, and Bazzill. Not to mention, Tonic, Doddlebug,The Paper box, and Only God knows where. Purging seemed to be the only way I can run more, of a professional operation her from the box room. Well enough...

Hey lovelies!I'm back this week to share a birthday card using Mama Elephant's "Stackable Cuties" stamp set!  I cut a panel from white card stock using Altenew's "Cube Cover" die and another panel the same size to back it with. I placed some Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink on my glass craft mat and sprayed it with some water, I placed my backing panel on to my ink multiple times making sure to dry it with my heat tool between layers. Once I was happy with my background panel I splattered both panels with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink and...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I have three cards for your with sentiment spotlighting to create modern focal points and lovely clean and simple cards. You don't need loads of intricate stamps to create cards - modern, bold and clean and simple cards can be very on trend. And can also suit many different recipients. So have a look in your stash and browse the Bumbleberry store for you next sentiment stamp set, ideal for making cards just like these.  The cards use three techniques: tonal stamping, ombre stamping and faux...

Well Hello Crafty Friends   Its nice to see you!   This week is a look at the Birth- Yay stamp set from MFT, Cute images with six sentiments, nine images, including a Rino, Tortoise, Monkey and Toucan.     I think these stamps are so cute and perfect for any age. Products  Birth-Yay Stamps https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/bb-birth-yay       MFT Stencils Grassy Edge and Mini Cloud Edge https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/stencil-grassy-edges?variant=12668132851794   https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/stencil-mini-cloud-edges?variant=44532834954   Ink Pads In Blue and Green (I used Versa Magic, but any brand would do Die or Pigment). Masking Paper (Eclipse) Alcohol Markers Black Memento Ink Pad Black Gelly...

Hey lovelies!Today I'm sharing a simple card using the "Flying With Friends" stamp set from Mama Elephant! I'm guilty of always wanting to add "more" to my cards but sometimes a simple small scene is all you really need! I cut a panel from watercolour paper using the second largest of Mama Elephant's "Basic Rectangles" Creative Cuts. I stamped the elephant on the left first using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink and created a mask for him before stamping my second elephant sitting next to him. I coloured my images and created a soft background for them using my Altenew...