Day 1 - "A"

This year I'm beginning my favourite challenge with a nice, simple A-Frame card.

It happens to be my favourite type of fold too, so it's a double win for me!

YOUR TURN: Create a card or paper craft project using the letter "A" as your prompt.

Click on the link below to add your creation to the challenge:

CLICK HERE

INSPIRATION WORDS:

Angel, accordion cards, a-frame cards, altered, aperture, A2, acetate, acrylic, alcohol ink, aqua, alabaster, almonds, apricots, apples, amethyst, antique, Arctic

Stamps:

   

A Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

Welcome to the Eighth Annual

Month of Holiday Cards Challenge

Every year I look forward to the start of the Month of Holiday Cards challenge. It's one of the bright spots in the year, which is particularly welcome in 2020! I love to see all the fabulous creations that are added to the challenge, and I really enjoy visiting each of the blogs to see what everyone is creating. The sense of community is heart-warming and it's a real pleasure to be a part of it all.

Before we get started, here's just a brief reminder of the conditions of entry for the November challenge. They're a little different to our regular monthly challenges, so please have a read through to make sure your entry meets the guidelines:

• Each day throughout November, I'll post an A-Z letter prompt and card idea to get you inspired. You then use the prompt to create your own holiday themed project, take a photo of it and upload it to the challenge. Remember though, there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, which means you'll find a few random challenges thrown into the mix!
• Follow the link at the bottom of any of this month's posts to upload your creations to the challenge. There's no limit on how many cards or projects you create but they must be holiday themed (any holiday) and created during the month of November 2020.
• All the projects submitted will be eligible for prizes throughout the entire month, so get your cards in early!
• Store credit won during any Beccy's Place challenge is only redeemable for digital stamps. All values are in Australian dollars.
• 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.

~ ~ ~ How To Win ~ ~ ~ 

Daily Comments

Every day a clever, funny or inspirational comment will be chosen,

winning its author $5 store credit at Beccy's Place.

Weekly Winners

Every Saturday during November I'll select three cards from amongst the submissions.

Each card artist will win $10 store credit at Beccy's Place.

Random Winners

Races, lucky numbers, random draws and other fun activities will happen throughout

the month winning lucky card artists $10 store credit at Beccy's Place.

Monthly Winners

At the end of November, three random cards will be chosen from amongst the submissions.

The creators of those cards will each win $20 store credit at Beccy's Place.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Are You Ready?!?

 

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No rainchecks. No repeats.

Candy Corn

digital stamps

Jack-O-Lanterns

It's pumpkin season at Deanne's house and she's creating lots of wonderful autumn themed projects to get the festivities going, including these two fabulous cards. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Halloween or as a seasonal greeting, her cards feature lots of warm, fall colours, cute embellishments and fabulous patterned papers.

Stamps:

Pumpkin Season!

If you're not in the mood for pumpkin season then this glorious card by Judy will definitely tip you over the edge. She's used wonderful autumn colours and beautiful patterned paper to embellish the card and accentuate the big, round pumpkins.

Stamps:

Broderie Borders

I have several large border punches that don't see the outside of the drawer too often, simply because they are so large. But today is the day! I have used one of the punches to add a pretty broderie border down both sides of my card.

Stamps:

Back In Stock

Eucalyptus Clear Stamps

are back in stock!

Christmastime

I've made my mitten extra "snuggly" by stippling the marker rather than colouring with smooth strokes. The pigment doesn't blend evenly giving the impression of soft wool or fur. I made the background paper by using some of the alcohol markers I used to colour the image, which ensures a nice, consistent theme.

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Handmade Gift Giving

I've been looking forward to sharing Kathy's project since she emailed the photos to me. It's such a great idea and so much fun that I feel sure many of you will want to create something similar for the young-at-heart in your lives.

Here's what Kathy had to say about creating this awesome hand-made gift:

For the Gingerbread set, I wanted to make a fun gift for our 3 year old niece… so printed off the gingerbread house on white paper to make it a coloring sheet. I attached magnet strips across the corners and along the edges, so that the finished coloring sheet can be attached to the refrigerator. I printed the candies (colored version) from the gingerbread house onto white paper, and traced the "snowy peaks" onto fun foam, trimmed them all, and attached magnets to the back of each. The final touch was to add sparkly Stickles to the spice drops and “snowy peaks.” 

You can find more inspiration from Kathy by following the link to her blog:

Kathy's Blog

Jolly Holiday Easel Card

It's been a very long time since I've been in an old fashioned candy shop, but as a child, I can vividly remember buckets of multi-coloured and multi-flavoured hard candy sticks, almost like a candy cane, but without the bend in the top. I was fascinated by the range of flavours available and probably tried almost every one of them! These days I've seen multi-coloured candy canes in the grocery stores. I've never tried one, but I sincerely doubt they're as good as when I was young... but isn't that always the way?

Stamps:

Everything Papercraft - Collage

Collage is a collection of assorted items organised in a visually appealing or artistic way. Collage techniques have been used for thousands of years, first emerging when paper was created in China around 200BC. These days collage techniques are used in painting, mosaics, wood projects, photo montage and even digital arts.

In papercraft, we arrange papers, photos, embellishments, stamped images and textiles to decorate cards, scrapbook pages and off-the-page projects. Admired for its relatively low cost and endless creative possibilities, collage is still popular today with professional artists and primary school children alike.

STAMPED COLLAGE CARD