"Hazelbank"

My card making table has been overtaken with drawing implements for the past couple of weeks and nary a card has touched my fingertips!  I've been working on a pen and ink drawing that will be auctioned this weekend as part of our little Village's 150th birthday.  It depicts an old blacksmith's shed that was built in the late 19th century and serviced our local area.  I had a wonderful time working on this piece, it's been such a long time since I sat down and did a "serious" piece of art.

 

Cupcakes!

My little fella turned 10 just over a week ago, so I hit the kitchen for the traditional cupcake cooking frenzy for his classmates.  I heard about baking cakes inside ice-cream cones ages ago and ever since then I've wanted to give them a go.  They were so easy to make and turned out great!  The kids at school loved them (probably because of all the sugar!) and there was no rubbish for the teacher to worry about later.

 

 

If you want to make them, don't fill the cones too high with cake batter as they seem to overflow easily.  Cook them as soon as you fill them or the cones will go soggy.  I decorated the tops with a marshmallow (for height), vanilla frosting (for ice-cream), a finger of Kit Kat and a Jaffa (for the cherry).

Design Team Cards

Here are some more cute Owlet cards from the design team...

 

New Release: Owlet Set

Little owls are so popular at the moment, they're in all the stores in various shapes and sizes and made out of all sorts of different materials.  They are fun to use as decorations around your house or even on your cards!  They can be coloured in bright hues or lovely soft pastels, try autumn shades or just your favourite colour combinations for cute personalised projects.

 

Available in Store Now

 

Here's a freebie from the set to get you started. 

 

Check out what the design team have been creating...

Marianne

 

Malin

 

Annie

Carla

 

Emily

Gail

Iako

 

- - - Design Team Call - - -

September 1st

Lacey Cards

I have some more design team cards to share with you today, all made using the "Lacey Set" of digital images newly released in my store.

 

Annie

Carla

Emily

Malin - front and inside

Marianne

Gail

 

Two cards from Iako

 

 

- - - Design Team Call - - -

September 1st

Owls Freebie

I have another free image to share with you today, this time it's a pair of owls cuddling up on a tree branch with the full moon in the background.  I printed it onto some brown cardstock and then coloured the image with nice soft pencils.  The dark background worked as the shadow and I simply added the highlights in graduated shades.

 

New Release: Lacey Set

My wonderful designers have been busy making some fabulous cards with this week's new digital set.  Don't forget to visit their blogs for more great card and project ideas... you can find a list of links over in the right hand margin.

 

Available in Store Now

 

Marianne

Malin

Emily

Carla

Annie

Gail

 

 - - - Design Team Call - - -

September 1st

August Challenge

It's time for a challenge!

Simply create a card or project using any of the Beccy's Place images, free or purchased, upload a photo of it to your blog and then submit a direct link below.  The challenge runs from now until midnight on the 31st of August (AEST).

 

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 one random winner will be chosen to receive either three images of their choice or one full set from my online store.  Good luck! 

 - - - Design Team Call - - -

September 1st

An InLinkz Link-up