Bumbleberry Blog — heat embossing

Hello, and Welcome To This Week's Wednesday  Blog Post. Its Jo summers here from Daisy D's. I love some of the amazing, back ground stamps available. We tend to use them as the are called, for back grounds. But as they are so beautiful , I decided to make my card and use this as a focal point. With the weather now turning to Autumn, I brought in some autumnal tones.     Products MFT Poppies Back Ground Stamp https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/bg-poppies-background?_pos=1&_sid=9b32fd66c&_ss=r&variant=22635081924690   MFT All About You Stamps https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/all-about-you?_pos=1&_sid=55e4fdfc7&_ss=r Bristol Smooth Card Stock Black card Stock Wow Opaque White Embossing Powder. Wow...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When I saw the All my Love stamp set from Concord & 9th I thought it would be a beautiful stamp to watercolour with heat embossing. This technique is great for small stamps like this where you may struggle to keep within the lines or where you struggle painting small designs. What's more, adding a light wash of the colours over the design, allowing the colours to bleed out the lines adds a lovely soft touch to your edges without stark white borders. Written and photos All My...

Well Hello Crafty Friends, I feel so blessed to do what I do as a hobby, and create with these beautiful stamps and dies. At first I wasn't sure if I needed this cute set, but then the ideas started flowing and I knew I need the Oh Gnome stamp set and Mushroom House die. Welcome Home, New Home, New Address, Happy Birthdays an Belated all sprung to mind. My son used to work away in another country, This would have made a perfect reminder that we loved him and missed him.   Right Enough Chat, lets get on with...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. If you like to use pencils to colour images in, but are tired of colouring onto white cardstock, then why not try coloured instead? It is very easy to do when you know-how and can add so much atmosphere to your card with such a simple change. For today's card, I used the Slate cardstock from Gina K Designs to create an elegant yet modest sympathy 'I'm here with you' card. Pair this with soft subtle stencil background and you've got a match made in heaven! Written...

Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. I have 3 CAS cards for you that are so easy to make and you could make many different designs with this simple technique. Solid creature stamps like this set from PinkFresh Studios are perfect for silhouette stamping and heat embossing, useful for making quick cards in a hurry that look effortless.  Written and photos - Silhouette Stamping and Embossing:  To start off, die-cut a circle out of masking paper. Now make sure there is plenty of space around the circle to protect your card when you...