August 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 31st of August 2019 (AEST).

To keep things interesting, I'll be adding an additional optional element to the monthly challenges. This month we have a photo to kick start our creativity. You can use the colours, composition or any other element from the photo as inspiration for your project. As always, keep in mind that the additional challenge is just an optional extra!

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 August 2019 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 re-mastered 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 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 only redeemable for digital stamps.
• 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.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Cute Little Valentine

I wasn't thinking of any particular occasion while creating this card, but once it was all put together I realised it would be great for Valentine's Day. The various shades of pink and red, combined with the hearts and sweet sentiment are the perfect combination for a cute little Valentine.

Stamps:

The Button Collector

Cute As A Button - with Kathy

We've got buttons as far as the eye can see over at Kathy's place.

She's been busy whipping up these adorable cards full of colour, embellishments and cute paper.

In the photo above, you can see that Kathy has used a piece of yellow vellum, cut to shape, to form the fabric top for the jar of buttons. Since the vellum is translucent, you can still see the lines from the image below. Kathy has added a few additional lines with a white gel pen to accentuate the puffy shape of the lid.

This cute baby card has a removable tag with a space for a photo of baby.

Wouldn't these make adorable birth announcements?

For more inspiration visit:

Kathy's Blog

Button Collector

I have LOTS of buttons at my place, mostly for crafting, but some are just for decoration. My favourite way to display them is in old jars with rusty tin lids or textured corks. Although I sort most of my buttons into colour families, I do have one really big bottle that is about 1/3 filled with vintage style buttons in all shapes, sizes and colours. It sits on a shelf in our entry way among a collection of other items that have a country vibe. 

Stamps:

The Button Collector

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Truly Great Friends

To create this card, I adhered the flowers and leaves to the very bottom of my 6" x 4" tent fold card blank, taking care to position the pieces almost to the edges on both sides. With a pair of sharp scissors, I then fussy cut around the bottom section of the card front, leaving about 1/8" as a little border. Red card stock glued on the inside panel gives a fabulous contrast to the image.

Stamps:
Painted Blooms

Poppy Fields of Home

Karin has chosen to use the poppies from the new Painted Blooms digital stamp set for the collection of cards she's sharing with us today. The poppies hold special meaning for Karin because she has fond childhood memories of Remembrance Day services in Ypres, the city of her birth, where cascades of poppies were released from the top of the Menin Gate to the moving tune of The Last Post.

Karin used Derwent Coloursoft pencils to colour each of her cards and she kindly included two colouring guides for those who are curious about the exact colours she chose - thanks Karin!

Karin's Blog

Roses with Embossing

I was really inspired by the way Jackie used the new Painted Blooms set in her recent projects, creating fabulous backgrounds and building up dimension with layered images. I decided to have a go myself and printed out the single rose three times at different sizes and with one of the images flipped so they wouldn't all look exactly the same. About 15 minutes of fussy cutting later and I had all the elements ready for my layered card.

Stamps:
Painted Blooms

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Colour

Bright and cheery colours plus a hint of sparkle makes a sweet little card. This one was quick and easy to make - print the image, colour with a selection of copic markers and finish with a layer of clear Wink of Stella.

Stamps:

The Button Collector

Everything Papercraft - Layering

Layering is a technique that most of us do without knowing it’s an actual paper crafting technique.  Basically, it’s the construction of a project using different layers of paper or card, often with further techniques or embellishments applied to each layer. White on white cards rely on different layers and textures, rather than colour, to distinguish between the different areas.

Layering is also a technique many colourists use, but rather than layers of paper, they will lay down layers of colour. If you watch colouring or painting videos, you will notice that the artist never stops at just one application of a medium. Rather, they build up the intensity and depth of colour gradually, often mixing different tones and tints to achieve shape and dimension.

Bright and Colourful - with Judy

Are you ready for a feast of colour?!

Judy has created an amazing collection of projects using the most beautiful mix of colours.  She has done such a great job with her colouring that all the little buttons look real, as if they are ready to be sewn on to a pretty dress or colourful shirt. Happily for us, Judy has kindly shared her colour palette!

A gorgeous easel card featuring some of the individual button

images from the set as embellishments for the inside of the card.

Two fabulous tags that are sure to brighten up any gift.

For more inspiration visit:

Judy's Blog