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Doubling up on your sentiments - Altenew Circle Greetings: Thanks die
Altenew Altenew dies altenew ink blending tool Altenew sentiment strips 2 altenew stencils circled greetings circled greetings: thanks ink blending thanks
Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When I finished this card, I wasn't quite sure what to call the technique. So doubling up your sentiments seem to work because the sentiment on the front continues and doubles up as a sentiment inside the card too! It's not often that I put a sentiment inside the card, but when I saw the Altenew Circled Greetings: Thanks die, I thought it would be great for a window card. So, why not continue the sentiment inside the card. Let's get started! Written and photos Doubling up on...
Great Background Stamps, Create Versatile Canvas On Your Work Creating A Theme Using Different Coloured Ink.
Autumn Background Concord & 9th Concord and 9th Gina K Gina K designs Gina K Inks
Hi There, Crafty Friends. Changing the colour of your background can build a different theme. Rainbow bright colours are more summery. Browns, golds, orange and red's create an autumn feel. Pastels create a spring feel. So one background stamp becomes more valuable in your stash. I love creating different colour combinations. This background has a autumn feel that is added to by using embellishments. In this case its the skeleton leaves. I love this Concord and 9th brushed background as there are other elements for a totally different design idea. Its like a buy one get one free. PRODUCTS...
Creating a scene without stamps - Altenew Cloud stencil and Mountain Die set
Altenew altenew cloud scene stencil Altenew dies altenew mountain die altenew stencils catherine pooler inks ink blending
Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. Scene making in the card world can often look intimidating with beautiful intricate scenes with a whole host of colouring media used! But scene making doesn't have to be complicated, pairing it down with some simple die-cutting and stencilling you can easily create a scene without stamps. What's more, add some ink blending in and there's not a pen/pencil or paintbrush insight so this is perfect for beginners! Written and photos Creating a scene without stamps: Start off by die-cutting the mountain scene dies from Altenew out of...
Are You Finding Turnabouts Hard To Stamp? Here's A Simple Way, to Use Them!
Coffee Concord & 9th Concord and 9th Daisy d's designs die-cutting Diecutting Jo Summers Monochomatic Turnabout
Hello Crafty Friends, I here from a lot of people they love the final result of the turnabout stamps from Concord and 9th. But they find it daunting to use them. Changing colours and rotating to achieve the pattern. Well I come up with a solution were you cant go wrong. Let me Explain. By staying with a Monochrome design, then adding the colour to the images at the end. Even if you forget to turn the jig, to line up the next step you will not have to abandon ship. As your stamping in black on all 4...
Creating custom cards with alphabet dies - PinkFresh Studio Lea's Ornate Lowercase dies
alphabet dies Catherine Pooler Inks colorblock gradient stripes die-cutting lea's ornate lowercase Neenah Solar White Pink Fresh Studio Pink Fresh Studios PinkFresh Studio Stamping Verity Biddlecombe
Hello there, it is Verity here from Pretty Little Button for the Bumbleberry Design team. When I was setting out to make a birthday card, I wanted to customise it for my niece and what better way than creating custom cards with alphabet dies! The beautiful Lea's Ornate lowercase alphabets die from PinkFresh Studios caught my eye and knew these would be great for creating whimsy custom cards. I paired it with an ombre pink colour scheme to create a fun bold modern birthday card. Written and photos Creating custom cards with alphabet dies: To start off, place a piece of white card...