Bumbleberry Blog — Catherine Pooler Inks

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I'm sharing a beautifully soft ink blended card to create a bright happy card! Here I used one of my background hot foil plates along with a coordinating stencil. All it needed was a bold sentiment to finish it off. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Soft colours for a bright happy card!:  Start off by hot foiling the Geo Arch hot foil plate in Copper Hot Foil onto white card. Peel away the foil to reveal the pattern. Use stencil one...

   Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team.  I'm really trying to stretch my supplies when it comes to Christmas cards and make different styles. Today I'm sharing a Art-deco inspired Christmas card with hot foiling using a beautiful plate from PinkFresh Studio. Pair it with the right colour scheme and sentiment and you have a fun alternative style Christmas card. Also, if you struggle ink blending then you need to try it on Speciality Glimmer Cardstock from Spellbinders. It is so smooth which makes ink blending a doddle. So let's get started! Written...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I had a real urge to create a mixed media card today, and I wanted to do this with a Christmas card. It isn't necessarily a traditional style Christmas card, more of a subtle nod to Christmas, other than the obvious sentiment on the front. If you're unsure where the start with mixed media, just remember to break it down into layers, building up the card with different media. I went for a white an red theme, as I'm sure you can get some white poinsettias too,...

 Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When I first saw this Pagonia Mania Plate from Crafty Meraki, the pattern reminded me for the feathers of Peacocks. This spurred on the colour scheme for the card and I wanted to do a very loose background with gold hot foiling. Therefore ink blending resist with hot foiling was the perfect technique to create this bright and colour card. So let's get started! Written tutorial and photos for Ink Blending over hot foiling:  Start by hot foiling the Crafty Meraki Pagoni Mania Hot Foil Plate in...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I'm back after a long break but with I've got a beautiful modern Christmas card that will wow! Many companies are coming out with a range of Christmas dies, stamps and hot foil plates for all styles of Christmas cards. I do love a modern style card, but with a nod to tradition, so I'm pairing Spellbinders Christmas dies and hot foil plates with traditional Christmas colours for a nod to the traditional. So let's get started! Written and photos Modern Christmas with a nod to tradition...