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What Do You, With all those Backgrounds and Scraps....................... We All Need Tags For Birthdays, Thank you 's and Little Gifts.

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What Do You, With all those Backgrounds and Scraps....................... We All Need Tags For Birthdays, Thank you 's and Little Gifts.

 Good Morning Crafty Friends, I do hope your staying well. I love making backgrounds but sometimes they mount up and I don't want to make a big project, or I only like a certain part of the background. I had received a Gell Press for Christmas, SO I HAD PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM. Well with Christmas over and a year of birthdays coming up, I decided to make some tags, for all those little gifts I will be sending. Here's a small collection I made.  Products Any Scraps, Back Grounds etc..... Altenew Holiday Tags Stamps https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/holiday-tag-sentiments-stamp-set Altenew Holiday Die Set...

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New Baby Cards Using The Incredibly Cute ,I'll Love You For Ever Stamps by MFT.

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New Baby Cards Using The Incredibly  Cute ,I'll Love You For Ever Stamps by MFT.

 Well Happy New Year, Crafty Friends, Looking Forward to what 2021 has in store for us. After a difficult 2020, we face this new year as a fresh beginning. First on the card makers agenda is Valentines, letting our love ones know we love them. Our children our always close to our hearts and after seeing  MFT, latest release I fell in love with I'll Love You Forever Stamp Set, designed by Birdie Brown, who as you may or may not know is my favourite illustrator.     These are primely designed to welcome a new baby, but I just...

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Using Your Dye Based Ink To Blend, using Concord and 9th Inkpads (Clean and Simple)

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Using Your Dye Based Ink To Blend, using Concord and 9th Inkpads (Clean and Simple)

 Hi There Crafty Friends, I do hope your all keeping well, today I decided to see how blending my dye inks would turn out. I always used Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock, as it is great for blending (due to it being so smooth). So I pulled out my blending brushes and inks and this is what I came up with. I was so impressed with the beautiful blend I achieved. I had to share it with you all. Products Just Want To Say Stamps by Concord and 9th https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/concord-9th/products/just-wanted-to-say-stamp-set Polynesian Paradise (Parrot and Flowers) Stamp by My favourite Things https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/products/bb-polynesian-paradise?_pos=43&_sid=ea45f92bb&_ss=r...

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Using Stamps & Mask / Stencils To Create A Water Coloured Affect With Zig Clean Colour Markers.

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Using Stamps &  Mask / Stencils To Create A Water Coloured Affect With Zig Clean Colour Markers.

 Hello Crafty Friends, Moving on from my Christmas projects, I been noticing a new tread of stencil and masks. I thought I try one from Altenew .  Products Altenew Eucalyptus Jar Stamp https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/eucalyptus-jar-stamp-set Altenew Eucalyptus Jar Mask https://www.bumbleberrys.co.uk/collections/altenew/products/eucalyptus-jar-mask-stencil Zig Clean Colour Markers  (mid green, olive green,light blue,cobalt blue, and blue grey) Memento Ink Pad in Pistachio Versamark Ink Pad White Embossing Powder Distress Oxide Ink Pad ( crushed olive) Gansai Tambi  Starry Nights (red gold) Nuvo Drops (copper penny)   Method Stamp and emboss in white embossing powder. and using the zig pens to water colour your image. Then stamp...

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Creating Ombre Patterned Backgrounds With Stencils

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Creating Ombre Patterned  Backgrounds With Stencils

Well Hello There, I do hope you are all staying well. I'm a huge fan of Distress Oxides like most crafty folk. The colour blends and combinations you can archive are amazing. A few months back the most talented Kristina Werner brought out a video all about the different combinations, she had come up with. I add the link here well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3Cah5esns I decided to make a swatch book of all the different combo's. Which I keep handy on my desk.     It inspires me to use my stencils more and to achieve the tone of...

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