Bumbleberry Blog — altenew watercolour markers

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When you need a background in a hurry then why not create a quick abstract background with watercolour brush pens. These allow you to add colour instantly, and you don't need to neat and perfect to get the look. To make more of an impact, choose contrasting colours to allow your stamping to pop! Here I used a bright pink along with a rich dark teal for that instant WOW! factor.  Written and photos Abstract background with Watercolour Brush pens:  Start by drawing lines down a...

 Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. If you caught my post last week for Bumbleberry's you'll have seen the grey tulips I painted and so many people really love how it turned out. I love creating with that grey but this week I used it along with adding a pop of colour on this very simple card design. When choosing the stamp, I decided to go with a closely drawn floral arrangement for a loser style card and the PinkFresh Studio Full Bloom stamp was perfect for this card! Written and photos Adding a...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Easy bold cards can really back a bunch, and when you combine bold colours with simple die-cutting you can make a card very quickly. I'm using the Altenew Watercolour markers to create a bold background very quickly and then combine this with some simple die-cutting from PinkFresh studios and this simple easy card came together in no time. With this card, I ended up creating a mini-slimline card however you can easily use this method to create an A5 card or use the technique with other supplies to create...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I recently got some of the Altenew Watercolour makers, and I thought they would be great for loose colouring. They are very pigmented as is, or you can dilute with water for a softer palette.  When creating the card, I thought the loose sketchy feel of the PinkFresh Studio You Are My Favorite stamp set was perfect for loose colouring with watercoloyr markers.  This bright fresh card is giving me all the warmth of summer! Written and photos Loose colouring with watercolour markers:  Start off by heat...