Thursday, June 1

New Releases


New Digital Stamps

Café Elements
digital stamps
Includes images, sentiments, papers, embellishments, and card toppers.


Fairy Folk
digital stamps

June Challenge


Create a card or paper-craft project using any Beccy's Place image, upload a photo of it to your blog or other hosted site, and submit a direct link below. The challenge runs from now until midnight on the 30th of June 2023 (AEST).


To keep things interesting, I'll be adding an additional optional element to the monthly challenges, and this month I want you to add some doodling or handwriting to your creation. Here are some tutorials to help inspire you...

PLEASE READ THE CONDITIONS CAREFULLY
BEFORE ENTERING THE CHALLENGE
  • Entries that don't meet the conditions will be deleted from the challenge.
  • Your project must be created during the month of June 2023 and entered into the challenge during the active challenge period. Due to an automated system, late entries cannot be accepted.
  • Each month I will include a digital image from my library of freebies as well as a bonus challenge, such as a card sketch, bingo grid, etc. You DO NOT have to use the image or bonus challenge on your project, but you MUST use a Beccy's Place image, either free or purchased, to be eligible for entry.
  • You can enter as many times as you like and you can submit your card to any other challenge you wish.
  • At the end of the month three different random winners will be chosen to receive a $20.00AU store credit for any digital stamps at Beccy's Place. To redeem the store credit, winners must have a Beccy's Place customer account. (Please note, you do not need an account to enter the challenge. It is acceptable to create an account in the event that you win. Accounts can be closed at any time.)
  • Store credit won during any Beccy's Place challenge is redeemable for digital stamps in the Beccy's Place online store.
  • Entries can be uploaded to the challenge from any hosted site including blogs, online galleries, Google photos, etc. If you do not have access to a hosted site, please feel free to email your photos to me and I will add them from the Beccy's Place Guest blog.
  • Beccy's Place designers may enter the monthly challenge but are not eligible to win prizes.

Tuesday, May 30

Hey!

One friendly cockatoo sending birthday greetings to a friend!


Stamps:

Sunday, May 28

Bright and Bold


Check out the awesome cards Anesha created with the new For The Birds set of digital stamps. Bright colours, fabulous patterned paper and fun die cuts resulted in three great cards that are sure to bring a smile to someone's face.


Friday, May 26

Inspired By Nature


Carla has created two beautiful cards inspired by nature and the changing of the seasons. She embellished the image panels from our new Card Panels 1 set and layered them onto beautiful coordinating backgrounds.


Thursday, May 25


Selected, retired digital stamps at an incredibly low price for just 48 hours.
No rainchecks. No repeats.

Nasturtium
digital stamps

Tuesday, May 23

Tutorial - Diagonal Cut Cards


Quick, resizable, folds flat for postage AND it's a two-for-one!!


1. Start with a piece of cardstock - I'm using an A4 piece but the size doesn't really matter, so use whatever you have in your stash. Place it vertically on your scoreboard and score at the halfway point. Turn it 90 degrees so that it's horizontal and score again at the halfway point.


2. Cut the cardstock diagonally from one corner to the other. Your cut should pass through the intersection of the two scored lines. These two pieces will be individual cards (the two-for-one I mentioned earlier).


3. Fold along the score lines to form the card base.


4. Time to decorate! Cut a piece of patterned paper that is 1/4" shorter and 1/4" narrower than your card base. (For example, if your card base measures 6" x 4", cut your patterned paper to 53/4" x 33/4")


5. Cut the patterned paper diagonally from one corner to the other. These two pieces will fit on the front panels of your card base with a small border around the edges. Secure them in place with glue or double sided tape.


6. Decorate the front in whatever manner you wish. I found that an image panel fixed on one side of the opening provided enough weight to hold the card closed. Just remember to only apply adhesive to one side... you don't want to glue the card closed!


7. I added a white panel to the centre of my card for a personalised message, as well as a little image and some sentiments.


Stamps:

Sunday, May 21

A Little Bird


Glittered edges and a big blue bow are the perfect embellishments for the cute card Deanne created with the new For The Birds set of digital stamps. Head over to her blog for more great projects!


Saturday, May 20

Panels

Using the pre-coloured digital image made this card super quick and easy to create, and the narrow strips meant that I could use up some of the cardstock offcuts that accumulate so quickly in my drawer!


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Friday, May 19

Make Mine A Budgie


It's handy to have versatile images that can be coloured in various ways for different people or occasions, such as this little bird. In the digital set, he is a Peach-faced lovebird, but with a few colour tweaks and added markings, he becomes a cute budgerigar.


I've coloured the image with alcohol markers, but you can easily use your favourite colouring mediums to complete the project. Remember to use the appropriate paper for your medium, which will make the process much easier.


Colour the head, neck and wings with a bright yellow, then add shading around the eyes, under the beak, either side of the neck and under the wings. Blend the yellow shades using a variety of markers for a nice smooth transition.


Now colour the rest of the bird with a light green shade. Add your darkest green in the shadow areas - under the tail, at the bottom of the stomach, and under the loose feathers. You can even add some additional texture to the bird if you wish. Blend with the medium markers for a nice, smooth transition.


Beaks and feet are generally the same colour - a warm grey or earth tone.


Colour the stick however you wish, remembering to contrast the colour of the bird's feet with the colour of the stick so they are both discernible.


Time to add the markings that will make this bird recognisable as a budgerigar. Use a dark, warm grey to add little lines around his chin... a bit like a goatee beard.


Now use a blue-green pen to place markings on either side of the face, right next to the beak. These markings should resemble upside-down commas.


Finally, use a lighter shade of warm grey to add textured "stripes" on the sides of the face and shoulders. Make sure you keep them quite rough and textured like the tips of feathers, rather than having smooth sides like a triangle.


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