Bumbleberry Blog — Ink blending

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I love to ink blend, but I love it more when it's over heat embossing. Emboss resist is such a fun technique to use with your stamping and if you combine it with metallic embossing powders and dark colours you can get rich & luxurious embossing in no time! What's more, you can easily adapt this to any stamp set you wish, or occasion. And for added variation, why not create an ombre effect with your ink blending.  Written and photos Rich & Luxurious embossing:  To start...

Hi There Crafty Friends, I hope your all staying well.  If like me, your not a fan of fussy cutting. I've come up with a few, ways of cheating, winging it, what ever you like to call it.  Let me explain. When images of animals contain tails, ears , or feet. It can be impossible to fussy cut them. I have three ways of getting around this problem.  1. Stamp down the animal image directly on your card, then stamp the image  on a separate piece of card stock. Colour the body of your animal cut it out and lay...

Hi There Crafty Friends, I'm back today with a pretty little rainbow cake design. I've noticed rainbow cake is all the trend at the moment.  Here my take on a yummy slice of cake card. I also add my bonus card today showing a masking technique.     Products My Favorite Things birthday Take The Cake https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/birthday-take-the-cake?_pos=1&_sid=42ba02cd5&_ss=r Neenah Cardstock 80lb https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/neenah-classic-crest-80lb-8-5x11?_pos=3&_sid=e6d6736d1&_ss=r Gina K Amalgam Ink Pad https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/obsidian-amalgam-ink-pad?_pos=1&_sid=344b5aaac&_ss=r Gina K Black Cardstock https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/heavy-base-weight-card-stock-black-onyx?_pos=1&_sid=6c8236d69&_ss=r  Alcohol Markers White Jelly Roll Pen Gina K Connect Glue https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/connect-glue?_pos=1&_sid=a40778682&_ss=r Nuvo Drops Crystal Drops (gloss in rainbow colours) 6 x 6 inch Card Blank   Bonus Card...

Well Hello Crafty Friends I see our old favorites Perfect Pearls are making a come back. With Ranger releasing new colours at CREATIVATION 2020 So I though I dig mine out, their about 10 yrs old and still perfect. excuse the pun!     Products My Favorite Things Birdie Brown Set Magical Friends https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/bb-magical-friends Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Card Stock Cut To 4 1/2" x 11 3/4"  Folded at 5 3/4 " to create top folding card. https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/lawn-fawn/products/black-licorice-cardstock?variant=1535461359626 Plus a scrap for sentiment MFT Mini Cloud Stencil https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/stencil-mini-cloud-edges?_pos=1&_sid=f232af918&_ss=r Hero Arts White Unicorn Ink Pad White Paint For Splats Rangers Perfect...

Well Hello, Hoping All is well, with my "Crafty Friends." This week I've been playing with the  MFT Super Boy Stamp and Coordinating Dies.     Products   Stamps https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/bb-super-boy?variant=31597126778962   Cordinating Dies https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/bb-super-boy-die-namics?variant=31597127827538   Masking Stencils (Radiating Rays) https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/my-favorite-things/products/stencil-radiating-rays?variant=41101401098   One Piece of Neenah 80lb Cut to 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" and  another piece to stamp and colour your image. Distress Oxide in Mustard Seed Black Card Stock 6 x 6" Scrap of MFT Basic Strips Black / White Paper Scrap of Black Card Stock Glossy Accents Alcohol Markers White Embossing Powder Little Black Gems Card Blank 6...