Bumbleberry Blog — heat embossing

Welcome Crafty Friends, I was as usually, eagerly awaiting the latest release from My favourite things this month. Hoping Birdie Brown, would have brought us a new design. I wasn't disappointed, Bring out the Sunshine is an adorable stamp set.       This Little lady reminds me of Holly Hobby back in the seventies. I loved the character as a child, and had a bag with the dolly in its pocket. I love that you can mix and match Birdies characters, to build a whole group of people. (Idea for another blog post) Today I wanted to give my...

  Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. As you will have seen Katrina is now stocking Pink Fresh Studios and I was so excited as the stamps and dies at Pink Fresh Studios are stunning. I also picked up a couple of liquid watercolours as well so I will show those off in another post. Today I'm using the beautiful Fancy Blooms stamp set to create a 'Hello, I'm here for you card'. Hello Fancy Blooms written tutorial and photos: To start off, trim a piece of Strathmore Tone Tanned Paper down to...

Hello There, My Crafty Friends, Its Jo here from Daisy D Designs, on the Bumbleberry blog.This week I decided to play around with making backgrounds   Memento Inks and Kaleidacolor                                                                                                                  Using Different Ink Pads I started to come up with so lovely combinations.  Then I tried...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Today I have a couple of cards using ink cubes: adding colour without stamping. This is a great way to get more out of your supplies and you can easily use your ink cubes with your die cuts. I have two cards using a gorgeous die from Altenew: Floral heart frame die and how to either use your ink cubes to create colour with your die or to create a colourful background for the die to overlay.  Ink cubes: Adding colour without stamping photos and written step-by-step:...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Have you used layering stamps before but want a different way to use them? Well, why not create a faux watercolour look to your stamping? Faux watercolouring with stamp layering can create some fun and unique looks; they may even look like you hand painted them, but without the fuss! If you've not even used a stamp layering set before, I've also got a basic card with normal stamp layering as well to start you off with. Faux watercolouring with layering stamps photos and written step-by-step:   Normal...