Pretty In Pink

After colouring the digital stamp with my alcohol markers, I decided to add a layer of Wink of Stella to the background. I was pleased to discover that it gave the image a starry appearance, as if she is walking through a deep night scene.

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STORE CREDIT

My apologies to anyone who has been trying to use their store credit to purchase digital stamps. The store is still having issues that are under investigation (and hopefully repair) by the Big Commerce Team. In the meantime, please email me if you'd like to purchase any of the digital stamps using either your store credit or gift certificates. I am able to process them manually.

Cheers,
Beccy

Colouring For Texture

Sometimes I play around with my markers just to see what kind of result I'll get. In this case, I used long narrow strokes to colour the water and sky, not worrying too much about blending the colours together. For the sand, I chose a stippling technique that I think gives it a coarser, grainier texture.

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Hot Tip Tuesday

Love a bit of washi tape? Then consider creating your own!

DIY washi tape can be made very simply with strips of double sided tape and some tissue paper. You can decorate the tissue with inks, paints, markers and stamps or purchase pre-decorated tissue paper or even serviettes.

Tissue Paper + DS tape = DIY washi tape

Thinking Of You

Pre-coloured digital stamps are so useful for quick card making. I printed two of the Beachside Bliss seagulls, fussy cut around them and used some foam tape to mount them on pieces of beautiful hammered cardstock. The card on the left has a little blue ink brushed into the background, while the card on the right has a blue cardstock base. Both quick and easy!

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Everything Papercraft - Framing

Framing is one of the principles of visual design, along with balance, contrast, proportion, repetition, and a few others. Interestingly, framing is most noticeable when it’s missing or incorrectly used in a piece of art. Most of us are familiar with the concept in relation to the borders around a painting, but it also applies within the artwork itself. Framing helps to focus the viewer’s attention on a particular part of the image, known as the focal point, as well as making the entirety of the image more aesthetically pleasing.

As paper-crafters, frames are often created by layering mats of cardstock or paper. Sometimes we draw borders with fine tip pens, small stamps or even by inking around the edges of a cardstock panel. Many cutting dies have built in frames, such as faux stitched borders or embossed edges. Less formal frames can be created by stamping on either side of a focal image or by layering die cut embellishments at the top and bottom of a panel. Have a look at some of the cards or pages you’ve created, you’ll be surprised how many times you’ve sub-consciously used the principle of framing.

Faith Over Fear

Kathy has created an inspiring slimline card using one of the images from the La Femme set of digital stamps. As always, she has beautifully decorated the inside of the card, combining two of the sentiments from the same set.

Kathy's Blog

Faith Over Fear

I've used one of the images from the La Femme set to create this wrap around card. The base has been double embossed with both embossing powder and an embossing folder for a fabulous, shiny finish. Last month I made a similar card using the Popping In set of digital stamps. Here's a little TUTORIAL for those who are interested.

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A Day At The Beach

These two fabulous cards were created by Carla, using the new Beachside Bliss digital collection. Both creations feature kraft cardstock, a staple in most card maker's supplies as it teams so well with other colours, as you can see from the wonderful background on Carla's first card. It's also reminiscent of natural places making it perfect for woodland and beachside themes.

Carla's Blog

January Winners

Congratulations to the January Challenge Winners!

Faith A, Pam Sebring and Pamela Duncan

You are the randomly chosen winners of last month's challenge.

If you already have a Beccy's Place store account, I'll be adding a $20.00AU credit very soon.

If not, please email me at beccy@beccysplace.com to claim your prize.

New In Store

Our latest digital designs

Beachside Bliss

digital stamps

Available in Store Now

La Femme

digital stamps

Available in Store Now

February 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 28th of February 2023 (AEST).

To keep things interesting, I'll be adding an additional optional element to the monthly challenges.

This month it's a Flip-A-Coin challenge!

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 February 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 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 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.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER