October 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 October 2020 (AEST).

To keep things interesting, I'll be adding an additional optional element to the monthly challenges. This month we have a photo to inspire us! You can use the colour scheme, shapes or textures or perhaps there's a single element that gets your creative juices flowing. It's up to you to interpret the photo inspiration in whatever way you wish. 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 October 2020 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

Bright and Cheerful

Our last card for this month's Encore Week was created by the lovely Deanne, and she has brought us a beautiful project that's bursting with colour! From the pretty background paper to the bright and cheerful image, this card is sure to bring a smile to someone special.

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Jackie's Encore Projects

Today's fabulous Encore Week creations are from Jackie Trinder. She has created a beautiful card in shades of purple, blue and green featuring the frame and sentiment from the Country Floral digital set. Her second project is a tag decorated with the two ladybugs.

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Pre-Coloured Digis

Creating three-dimensional paper tole images is a lot simpler with pre-coloured digital stamps. I printed one image, three times, then fussy cut particular sections so I could layer them together to give the illusion of dimension.

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Judy's Florals

This month's Encore set is Country Floral, a pretty set featuring cute little ladybugs and simple blossoms that are great for a variety of occasions. Judy has used the frame image, one of the sentiments and the little bugs to create a fabulous, colourful card. The flowers and lady bugs have been fussy cut and layered to give lots of great dimension to her project.

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Hocus Pocus

I really enjoyed colouring the background of this image. Instead of carefully blending the shades of grey marker, I tried to keep them quite mottled, which to me, looks rather like an old oil painting. I can just imagine this little collection of bottles sitting on a dusty, long-forgotten shelf in a creepy apothecary somewhere.

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Stay Spooky

I've coloured my witch's hat in shades of purple and red, not all that spooky I guess, but certainly a lot of fun! I tore around the edges of my sentiment to add a little texture and to contrast with all the straight lines.

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Spooky Tag

It's only in the last few years that Halloween has really gained popularity here in Australia, which means I don't have a lot of decorations come October 31st. Each year I've been slowly adding to my collection with a combination of purchased items and a few homemade projects. This year, I made a spooky tag to hang off a fabulous big key I bought somewhere in my travels.

I used the long sentiment from the Witch Starter Kit set, printed on plain card stock and then distressed with paints, water and ink. I separated a length of twine so that it would be thin enough to pass through a needle, then sewed the printed card stock onto a piece of black card... à la Frankenstein's monster.

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Karin's Cards

Today, Karin is sharing two beautiful cards that she created using the Bees and Blooms set of digital stamps. She coloured all the images with Derwent coloured pencils and then mixed and matched different patterned papers and pretty embellishments to complete the duo.

For more of Karin's work, visit her blog:

Karin's Blog

Everything Papercraft - Beading

Beads have made a huge comeback in recent years with manufacturers turning out some gorgeous designs in a variety of mediums including glass, clay and crystal. Papercrafters often use beads to embellish projects because they are readily available and simple to work with. They can be easily attached to paper creations with glue, thread, sticky mediums, wire or double sided tape. Beads are very popular with artists who create collage and altered art pieces because of the wide variety of different shapes, sizes and construction materials.

If you're sewing beads onto your cards, it's a good idea to use a piercing tool or needle to make holes in the card stock before you start sewing. This will make the placement a lot easier. Be sure you don't pull the stitches too tight or you may end up tearing through the card stock. Secure the loose threads on the reverse side of your finished piece with a spot of glue or tape to ensure the stitching doesn't unravel.

Here's an example of two beautiful, beaded cards.

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Yellow Flowers

For this card, I combined all the images from the Bees and Blooms set to create a little garden montage. Everything was coloured with Copic markers, including the very light blue shading in the background.

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