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Amanda's January Blues

2012-02-01T09:00:00.002Z

Hello from a very chilly Scotland......my January blues could be my hands these last few days, it's been bitterly cold here!

Can you believe its Febrary now? Don't know about you but I have no idea where January has gone, not that I mind it being a bit closer to Spring :o)

As you probably know the fabulous Lou has set this months challenge of "January Blues" (check here for the original post and more details) The freebie for this month is available here and it is another lovely paper from Anice, perfect for any occassion.

For my card I had a bit of a play around with the Papercraft Factory cds. Part of what I love about the Funky Hand cds that are Papercraft Factory is the ability to mix and match between them. For my easel cards I used the paper, writer and image from the Birthday Boy collection on Happy Happy Birthday and the template from the 12 Crafters Crafting cd. I printed the paper out as a full page on one side then the template on the other side, this way when you fold over the easel part the paper is double sided and as you can see from my picture the stripes match up!

So please come and join in the Get funky fun and show us your January Blues. Please do remember our only rule here at Get Funky is that you must use at least one Funky Hand item on your creation. Feel free to make what you like and combine it with any other challenge you want, but please use a Funky Hand item to be entered into the prize draw for a free download of your choice.

Feeling Blue!

2012-01-27T09:00:00.001Z

Hello! Jenny here & it's time for me to share my 'January Blues' project with you!

I've used some blue & white spotty paper from the Rainbow Polkadots download combined with a present digi image from Twelve Crafters Crafting - I enlarged the digi image (which has 7 different presents on it) to fit the A4 workspace in Papercraft Factory before printing it onto white card. I've cut out just one of the presents leaving a tiny white border around it to help the image stand out. I then coloured it with Promarkers before adding some shimmer dots to the heart & bow & fixed it to the card with 3d foam. I've then tied some embroidery thread around the card front - leaving the knots visible, before adding a few more gems.

I do hope you've been enjoying this month's challenge so far. If you've yet to play along please remember our one and only rule - use at least ONE Funky Hand product in your creation - and remember you can get your hands on the fantastic Funky Freebie here! You can find all the other details on how to enter in the challenge launch post written by Lou, here!

Amanda will be up next with some more 'January Blues' inspiration for you so please pop back here on 1st February!

Stay Funky!

Jenny

Very Blue!

2012-01-24T09:00:00.000Z

It's my turn (Ruth) to hopefully provide some inspiration for the January themed challenge which was set by Lou and it is:

January Blues

You MUST use a Funky Hand product in your creation - there are so many entries each month that fail to follow this rule and if you don't use the Funky Hand product then you won't be eligible for the prize each month.

And to make it even easier, Anice creates a freebie paper each month that fits in with the challenge theme!! To snag the freebie, click HERE.

I've made a word book with papers from Happy Happy Birthday, creating the letters in Word and then layering it up. Some glitter glue around the letters with flowers and gems and various ribbons to hold it all together.

So there you have it!! Remember to use a Funky Hand product in your creation and good luck with the challenge!

January Blues- Floral Style

2012-01-21T09:00:00.001Z

Morning folks, Allison here to show you my card for Lou's anything in blue goes challenge for this month and Anice has kindly supplied you with a lovely blue

FREEBIE

to help you join in with the challenge- remember that you must use a Funky Hand product to be eligible to win the prize of a download

For my card I used papers from the Blue Magic collection from the Dreams Come True CD and used a die to cut out various sized shapes and then layered them into a flower

Leave your link below and good luck

AllisonX

Jules does the Blues!

2012-01-18T08:00:00.001Z

Hi Everyone

Jules here and it is my turn to show you my creation for the challenge
that the lovely Lou launched on Sunday.

Lou called her challenge

.. .. January Blues

so your creation needs to showcase the colour blue

This is my make which features papers from one of Anice's original CD's

The Funky One

My flowers were made with four different sized flower punches .. .. and I gently bent the
petals in half on the three larger flowers to give them a bit of dimension.

I join them all together with a brad but then rather than push the brad through the whole

card I open the brad on the back of the flower and

use a glue gun to attach the flowers to my card .. ..
no worries then about getting the flower centralised
as you have a few moments to move it around (but not many LOL!!!).

I hope you get chance to join in Lou's challenge

.. .. your project doesn't have to be a card .. .. it can be anything you like.

The only rule is that you use at least one Funky Hand product and if you

don't have any at the moment then the lovely Anice has provided

you with one here.

So what are you waiting for? Off you go and Get Funky and crafty!!!

Have fun

Love

Funky Fifteenth- January Blue's with Lou!!!

2012-01-15T08:32:00.002Z

Morning peeps!!

Its that time of month again for a lovely new challenge here on Get Funky and your driver this month is....Lou!!!

Yep its me!!

I have decided on a nice and easy theme this month of

January Blues.

so in more detail..

Its an anything goes month but you must use BLUE!!

Don't worry if you have nothing blue and funky because our super boss lady has made a wonderful

FREEBIE

for you all to grab to join in.

Before I show you my project I just want to make sure you all checked out the

NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP HERE.

It has been so much fun creating with the gorgeous new downloads so if you haven't been yet, please click on the red linked writing above to start!!

Right onto my project for the January Blues challenge we are having this month!! A couple of months ago Anice shared a link with us on Smash books and ooooooh I wanted one so bad!!! so I just had to make a funky one!!

I bought a plain chipboard album and set to work making this........

My inspiration page...

a page for quotes and sentiments i pick up along the way...

my wish list page....

my notes bit, which at the moment is my fav promarker combo's..

and of course, every girls dream...a page for my hotties...gerrard butler, Jude Law, Robert Downey Jnr, sparkly Edward, Jacob....oh and dear hubby too of course...:)

and the back of the book...

I am going to have so much fun filling smash book in!!The papers are from the Happy Happy Birthday Papercraft factory cd rom and I love them, they look kind of 3D in real life.

So its over to you now peeps!! Anything Goes as long as its Blue!!

but please remember to

use at least one funkyhand product on your creations

to enter our challenge, thank you.

Its only a teeny rule!

Linky your creations below, we can't wait to see what you make!

Hugs Lou xx

Thank You Challenge Winner

2012-01-15T08:30:00.028Z

Thank you to everyone who took the trouble to join in with the December 'Thank You' challenge this month. We all know it's a really busy time so we do appreciate all entries that we received.

It took me a while as all the entries were so good this month but finally I decided..and the winner is..

Gilly

(click here to see Gilly's gorgeous card)

Congratulations Gilly! To claim your prize please contact me using the Contact Us page on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com

Now I'd like to hand you over to Lou, who is in charge of the first Get Funky Challenge of 2012.

Enjoy the new challenge!

Anice xx

Thank You!

2012-01-13T09:05:00.004Z

It's my turn (Jackie) now to wish you all a happy new year and to show my card for our December challenge (it seems a long time ago now!) which is to make a thank you card. There is still time to take part in the challenge but not much as it finishes tomorrow. There is the Funky Freebie paper too if you don't have any Funky Hand products and it's available here

I love this download and it definitely makes for a very quick and simple card.

Make sure you pop to Anice's Blog Funky Hand Thoughts on Saturday morning to see news of our first BLOG HOP of the year to launch not one but two fantastic new downloads created by our wonderful leader. The winner will receive a copy of each download so you don't even have to make a decision as to which one you would like!

See you on Saturday.

Amanda's thankyou

2012-01-11T08:00:00.001Z

Morning all and welcome to the last few days of this month's Get Funky Challenge. The new challenge starts on the Funky Fifteenth so just a few days left to enter for this months Thankyou Challenge set by the gorgeous Anice.

My card was made using the fabulous funky freebie paper that Anice made for the challenge, it's really a lovely paper to work with, aren't the colours just so lush? The freebie paper is available to download here. The letters were simply cut out and matted onto some white card, and layered with candy pink card and the paper. I've used a pre-cut scalloped card and added just a scrap of ric rac and a cutie bag charm.

Please remember our only rule here at Get Funky is to use at least one Funky Hand item on your creation. You can make whatever you want : cards, scrapbook layouts, gifts, pictures, tags.......literally anything your wee heart desires, and you can enter as many different challenges as you like. Sadly though if your item doesn't have a Funky Hand item on it you won't be entered into the prize draw for the download of your choice (I honestly don't know how you'd choose!! and keep your eyes peeled for a couple of new downloads coming soon)

Hope you can join us before the end of the challenge :o)

Hugs

Amanda :o)

Thank You!

2012-01-08T09:00:00.000Z

Hello! Jenny here! It's time for me to share my 'Thank You' project with you...

I've used this month's Funky Freebie in two different sizes...

The letters come from the smaller version, which I made by shrinking the freebie in Photoshop and the squares come from the freebie in its original A4 size. I've layered up both with 3d foam. The flower comes from the Shabby Saturday Download.

I do hope you've been enjoying this month's challenge and that you've been able to make some useful thank you cards! There have been some fabulous entries so far and if you've not yet joined in you still have time. You can find all the details on how to enter here.

Amanda will be here on the 11th with some more 'Thank You' inspiration for you...so make sure you pop back here then!

Stay Funky!

Jenny

Ruth and Betty say 'Thank You!'

2012-01-06T09:30:00.000Z

Happy New Year! It's mine (Ruth) turn to provide some inspiration for the current challenge which is:

Thank You

I got rather carried away with Betty and made 6 of these little beauties and they are little - 90cm square! Only because I have some rather bargain envelopes that I got before Christmas and they fit perfectly inside!

Don't forget that to be eligible for the prize you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation and if you've not got anything then Anice creates a special download for each challenge that is perfectly themed and you can snag it HERE - so no excuse not to join in!

I've stamped Our Betty (from Your Special Day set) onto some off-cuts of card that matched the card blank (and also the tag) and coloured her with Promarkers and added a little glitter glue to her dress. The tag has been handwritten and I've used ribbon and embroidery thread from my stash. Nice, quick and easy to make!

Good luck with the challenge and please remember to use a Funky Hand product!

Allison's Thank You

2012-01-03T09:00:00.000Z

Happy New Year everyone and for my card this month I used the wonderful freebie Anice is giving you to help you join in- and it's fabulous

This month's Funky 15th Freebie is available here

I just cut elements from the paper for my card this time and it's quick and simple especially if you have lots of people of thank at the one time.

REMEMBER- if you are joining in you must use at least ONE Funky Hand product on your creation and you have up until the 14th of this month to play along

Just pop your link below and Good Luck

AllisonX

Don't forget to say "Thank You"

2011-12-30T08:00:00.014Z

Hi Everyone

Jules here.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you are gearing up for the New Year celebrations - what a fast year 2011 seems to have been.

Happy 2012 to everyone when it arrives

from all here at Get Funky! xx

But before the New Year starts it is nice to make a few thank you cards to show your gratitude for the lovely presents you have received and/or the hospitality that may have been shown to you over the festive season .. .. .. hence our challenge theme this time around .. .. ..

THANK YOU!

Here is my take on the challenge .. .. and can you believe this is my first ever stepper card!!!

(but it won't be my last .. .. I really enjoyed making it and couldn't wait to share it with you).

I used Anice's freebie paper to make my card alongside the

"Birthday Girl" collection from the Happy Happy Birthday Papercraft Factory CD

I hope you get chance to join in and share your "thank you" creation with us .. .. remember the only rule is to use a Funky Hand product on your project .. .. and that could even be the freebie paper that Anice has supplied here. (I love this paper soooo much!!! I can't believe it is a freebie!!!!)

The winner of the challenge will win a download of their choice .. ..

mmm... the only problem will be which one to choose LOL!!!

See you again next year!!!

Love

Jules xx

Thank you from Lou !!

2011-12-27T09:00:00.002Z

Morning Funky Peeps!!

I hope you have all had a wonderful christmas and are stuffed full to the brim with yummy food and happiness, I know I am!!!

Now before I carry on and waffle away to you a little about my makes, I have 2 very special words to say.......or scream......:)

Its a perfect time then to get your hands on some Funky goodies!!! I loooove a sale!!!

Don't worry if you don't have any Funky Hand downloads yet because Anice has made an awesome Funky 15th Freebie and it is available here it's gorgeous!!! I used it on all of my makes and I think its fair to say I may be addicted to it!!!!!

Hope you can find some time to join in the fun with us this month - you have until 14th Jan 2012 to add your entry to Mr Linky below, can't wait to see what you make!!

We only have only ONE rule, You must use at least one Funky Hand product.

Huge hugs Lou xxx

Merry Christmas to you all!

2011-12-24T16:24:00.000Z

Deb's Thank You

2011-12-22T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning - Deb's here with my share for this month's Funky 15th challenge which is

THANK YOU

I decided to take the opportunity to make a last minute stocking filler gift for my MiL of some

Thank You Notelets with matching gift box using spots and stripes Design Papers from

Dreams Come True Papercraft CD - Award Winning Collection

I love the elegance of these papers simply printed onto some pearlised heavy weight paper - and Spots & Stripes are always so versatile - don't you think?

As always Anice has been kind enough to provide a fabulous Funky 15th Freebie for those that don't yet have any Funky Hand products!!!!?????!!!! but would like to take part in this month's challenge -

as we only have 1 rule

YOU MUST USE AT LEAST 1 FUNKY HAND PRODUCT

This month's Funky 15th Freebie is available here

and it's gorgeous!!!

Why not check out all the other gorgeous downloads, Papercraft CD's and stash available while you're there and treat yourself to an early Christmas Pressie :o)

Hope you can find some time to join in the fun with us this month - you have until 14th Jan 2012 to add your entry to Mr Linky below.

The lovely Lou will be back on 27th December with some more inspiration for you.

In the meantime I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

on behalf of Anice and the rest of the Funky Funkettes.

TTFN

Kathy says Thank You!

2011-12-18T09:00:00.001Z

Anice is bringing the 2011 Funky Fifteenth challenges to an end with a great big

THANK YOU challenge

We all have plenty to say Thank You for don't we? We're all hoping that Father Christmas will be bringing us some lovely presents in a few days time for a start - but with Christmas and New Year just around the corner it's not a bad time of year to reflect upon other reasons to say "Thank You"too

My little set of cards has a "Thank you for the Gift" theme and I've made them in the shape of gifts.

Once I'd got started on these, they didn't take long to make and at less than 8cms square they are sooooo cute! Of course, one of the beauties of the Papercraft series of CDs is that you can make your images any size you like....

I've used the fab gift image from the "Happy Happy Birthday" CD to make these little shaped cards along with the "Blue Magic" papers from the "Dreams Come True" CD

If I'#d been more on the ball I'd have printed all the papers onto cardstock and built up the layers from that, but I wasn't, so I did more cutting and sticking than I needed to - I'll be making more of these little cards so I'll definitely be doing it that way when I do.

The two layers of the little bows are only stuck to the card under the !knot" so they stand out nicely and add a bit of dimensional interest.

If you use this idea in your own crafting, just remember to line up the bottom edges of the ribbon and card, leaving more of a "sticky-up" bit at the top - otherwise your card won't stand up!

To make the tiny tags I just printed the sentiment a few times then used a ruler and knife to cut them out. I trimmed off the angles at the top and used a needle and some fine silver thread to make the hanger - the the knot layer of the bow holds the tags on to the card and the tags themselves hang free, just like on a real parcel. The tag could just as easily say "Happy Birthday" so I'm thinking that I'll be using this idea again and again....

Materials:

Shaped card made using Gift image from Happy Happy Birthday" CD

Papers "Blue Magic" set from "Dreams Come True" CD

cardstock, inks for edging, silver thread

As always there is only ONE rule for entries. You need to use at least one Funky Hand product on your challenge entry. Anice makes it really easy for you every month by designing a Funky Freebie paper that you can find HERE so even if you don't have any Funky Hand products in your stash yet, you can join in.

There is a prize of your choice of any Funky Hand download collection for the winner of the challenge. The winner will be announced on the 15th January along with the brand new challenge, here on the Get Funky Blog.so there's plenty of time to get busy with those Thank You messages. There will be a new Thank You idea along every few days till then and next up it'll be Debs here on the 22nd to inspire you

Happy Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Crafting from me!

December Challenge - Thankyou

2011-12-15T09:00:00.015Z

Hello Get Funky Challengers!
Can you believe it but today is the beginning of the last Get Funky Challenge for 2011? Well it is, and I thought I would give you a bit of break from all those Christmas cards you have been making and start putting together your THANK YOU cards.

So this months challenge is a pretty simple one really, I want to see any type of card or other creation with a Thank You theme. Maybe you want to say thank you for a really great Christmas present or for a wonderful welcome over the Christmas period. But that doesn't need to be the only things you could be thankful for. Maybe you would like to tell your best friend thanks for their friendship. It really is completely up to you.

Here is my challenge card to get you started...

This card has been created with a collection of a few different items from three of my Papercraft Factory CDs. The papers are all from Colour Me Happy, the Blissful Baby Collection, the coloured digital stamp is from the Craft the Year Away CD and the Easel card template is from Twelve Crafters Crafting CD. I decided to see how many papers, digital stamps and templates from different craft CDs I could use and still have it all work together.

The sentiment was created in one of the Papercraft Factory CD workspaces. I used the Courier New font at size 18 in black. Then I just centered the words using the workspace before printing it out on white card.
Infact everything this card was printed out on is white card. White card and paper will always give you the best results with digital craft items you are printing either from a craft CD or from a craft download.

I also used just a few other bits of stash from my craft collection on this card.

I used the pre coloured digital image of the umbrella but I decided that it needed a little extra so I just doodled around the edge of it with a white Sakura Glaze pen. As usual I inked around the edges of all the layers with a black ink pad to give them a little lift. Using a silver Sakura pen I dotted each of the rail drops, which hasn't really showed up that well on the photos but they are sparkling nicely here on my desk as I write this! Around the main topper and the sentiment I used a black Sakura glaze pen to draw simple line boxes just to give the card a more modern feel.

I wrapped white button twine around the main part of the easel card over the top of the image and then unwrapped the ends of the knotted twine to give a little bit of a untidy finish to it. To hold the easel part of the card back I used a red heart shaped button which tied the red of the umbrella into the whole card.

Right this is my card, now for you to come up with something to enter our December Get Funky challenge.

As always there is only ONE rule for entries. You need to use at least one Funky Hand product on your challenge entry. I make it really easy for you every month by designing a Funky Freebie paper that you can find on my website www.funkyhand.com so even if you don't have any Funky Hand products in your stash yet, you can join in. My Design Team are pretty pleased with this months Freebie download, a few of them have used it in their card examples so hopefully you will like it as well!

Oh, I forgot to tell you what you can win! There is a prize of your choice of any Funky Hand download collection for the winner of the challenge. The winner will be announced on the 15th January here on the Get Funky Blog.

So, I hope you feel inspired to join us this month. Keep calling back every few days as the rest of the Funky Hand Design Team will be sharing their Thank You cards to give you lots more inspiration. If you would like to make sure you don't miss any new posts follow us on Facebook by 'Liking' our page http://www.facebook.com/funkyhand

Happy crafting!
Anice xx

And the winner is

2011-12-14T12:53:00.000Z

I would like to say a huge thank you to those of you who took part in my first Get Funky! challenge. I realise this is a busy time for all of us so thanks for sparing me a bit :)

The winner for the November challenge is

Lynn

Congratulations Lynn. If you would like to contact Anice via the link on the side bar then she will sort your prize for you.

Christmas papers two ways!

2011-12-13T09:00:00.003Z

Morning all and welcome to the home straight of this month's Get Funky Challenge. You have until Wedesday night to get your entries in to be in with a chance of winning a Funky Hand download of your choice!

For both my cards this month I have used the Twelve Crafters Crafting cd rom cos I LOVE it and it is just so easy to use, I have to confess most of my cards have been made with it this year.

My Christmas card uses the Christmas Trees template and it gives these cute wee trees which are not only dinky and sweet but saves on the ink at this expensive time of year. All I have added is a wee bit of bling and a charm on some ribbon.

For my non Christmas card I have used the Wintery Magic colour scheme and it screamed "Baby Boy" to me. The plaid paper is my absolute fave and looks fab for a boy. A few pearls and dew drops and another scrap of ribbon and that was that as they say. The wording is all done on the writer part of the workspace which is fab to use as you can get the exact shade of ink for the papers you've used.

I hope you will find some time between the office party and that last minute shopping to join in with us. Please remember our only rule is to have at least one item from Funky Hand on your creation. This month's Funky Freebie is a gorgeous Christmas tree theme so why not snag it and use it?

Keep warm all and have a fabby Festive Season

Hugs, Amanda xx

Funky Crafters Crafting!

2011-12-11T09:00:00.000Z

Hello there! Jenny here! It's time for me to share my funky Christmas and non Christmas projects. As you know, the challenge this month has been to make a Christmas project using traditional colours AND a separate project which is not Christmas themed but uses Christmas papers! Here's my Christmas projects (I made two simple cards so I thought I'd show you both).

Everything you see comes from the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD except the little heart bubble stickers which I had in my stash! I've used the pre-coloured wreath digi stamp and added some Glossy Accents & glitter & some doodling with white pen. The sentiments paper comes from the 'All I Want' collection on the CD. On the 2nd card I've printed off the presents digi stamp in it's smallest form, coloured it with Promarkers and rearranged it to make a tree shape. The tiny star comes from the 'All I Want' collection's star paper & I've added some heart stickers & doodling.

My non Christmas project uses some of the same Christmas elements from Twelve Crafters Crafting as I've used above just in a non Christmas way!

I've used the star paper again, as well as some of the fantastic plain black paper from the same collection (All I Want) which looks like it's much more expensive textured paper! The present comes from the same digi stamp that I used on the tree card just printed out A LOT larger! I've coloured it with Promarkers & added a star & heart sticker on top.

I do hope you've enjoyed his month's challenge and that you've had fun looking at your Christmas papers in a different way! There have been some fabulous entries so far and if you've not yet joined in you can find all the details here....you still have a few days left to enter - closing date is 14th! Also, don't forget to get your hands on the Funky Freebie before then too!

Amanda will be here on the 13th with some more Christmas and non Christmas makes so make sure you check back in here then!

Stay Funky!

Jenny

Christmas or not..my second go!

2011-12-07T09:00:00.002Z

I know what you're thinking, 'Haven't we already seen cards from Anice for this challenge?' Well, you would be right. Unfortunately we have had a few changes in the Design Team this month and it's meant that there was a bit of a gap in the dates for posts so, as the Funky Hand leader I thought it would only be right to fill in.

Jackie has set us a real little teaser this month making not one but two cards for the challenge. The first needs to be a traditional Christmas card using red, green and gold etc and then, this is the real crafty teaser to make a non Christmas card with Christmas papers. All the Design Team creations have been made using the latest Funky Hand craft CD release Twelve Crafters Crafting. We thought it would be a good way to show that Twelve Crafters Crafting wasn't just for Christmas cards but can be used all year around for lots of different projects!

Here is my first card, the traditional coloured Christmas card....

This cards was created using a paper from the Vintage Christmas Collection from Twelve Crafters Crafting and the topper was made using a coloured digital image and sentiment from the same CD. I layered the presents topper onto some gold coloured paper and then folded back one corner. I then used a metal snowflake that I found in a set in my stash..I'm really sorry I don't know where I got them from, I've had them for years. The snowflake is attached with a tiny brad in the center. Here's a close up..

My second card sort of created itself. You know sometimes you have an idea and as you make the card it sort of takes on a life of it's own and ends up being nothing like you first planned? No? Maybe it's just me then!!

I wanted to make a card that was for something completely different to a Christmas card so I decided on a congratulations card. The 'You Passed' topper/sentiment could be for passing an exam or even a driving test. I used the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD again but the Angel on the Tree collection this time.

As I mentioned before this card sort of grew of it's own accord! In the workspace on the CD I resized the spotty paper and I was going to just reduce the lined/block paper and physically layer it over the top. Instead I layered them over the top of each other in the work space. When I printed off the paper I cut them apart using a scalpel so the spotty paper then became a frame. I laid the frame directly onto the white card base after giving it a good grunge up with my trusty dried up black ink pad! Next I laid the paper with the lines/blocks on the card. I decided to set it at an angle so you could see the white card base showing below. The colours in the Angel on the Tree collection are very subtle so I decided that I would add some random doodling using a black Sakura Gelly glaze pen on both papers to make the colours stand out and to match the sentiment topper 'You Passed' that I had printed in black. I used the Impact Label font in the writer on the CD in the workspace to create it, which I then just mounted in the centre of the card. Here's a close up of the doodling and how the two papers are layered to show the white base card below...

Right, that is my second go at this challenge finished. You have until the 14th of December to enter into this months challenge to have the chance to win a Funky Hand download of your choice and there will be more inspiration coming up here before that date.

The only rule for Get Funky challenges is that you use at least ONE Funky Hand paper or product on your creations. I try to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join in so, if you don't have any Funky Hand products yet then pop over to my website www.funkyhand.com where you will find a Funky Freebie download paper to help you get started. These Funky Freebie papers change each month so grab this months before the 14th if you would like to join in with the challenge or just try out a Funky Hand product.

We love to see your creations and visit your blogs so please don't be shy, join in with our challenge this month.
Happy crafting!
Anice xx

Spot The Difference!

2011-12-03T19:10:00.002Z

Hope you are enjoying the challenge set by Jackie this month! I've had a lot of fun with it - the theme is

Make A Christmas Card and Non Christmas Card with Christmas Papers

Easy eh?!
Now spot the difference with my two cards! The template and papers are all from Twelve Crafters Crafting - I've simply used different paper collections. Betty is of course the same just a different sparkly dress and sentiment!

And for more of the Christmas variations, pop over to my blog - I've been busy!

Don't forget that you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation otherwise you won't be entered into the draw. And if you've not got any Funky Hand products, Anice always creates something each month in keeping with the challenge that you can snag for free - so no excuses eh?!

Good luck and enter via the blue frog below

Allison's Christmas and Non Christmas

2011-12-01T09:00:00.003Z

Happy first of December everyone and time for another make for this month's challenge using the wonderfulD Twelve Crafters Crafting Cd for both cards.

Remember you must use a Funky Hand product to enter and Anice has even provided you with a fab Funky Freebie

For my Christmas card I used papers from the Funky Christmas paper collection and the pudding digi tal image and the writer in the Papercraft Factory workspace for the words.

My non Christmas card I cheated slightly and brought the star template from the Happy Happy Birthday Cd into the workspace and used the star paper from the vintage paper collection and the star digi images and coloured them using pro markers.

You still have until the 14th of December to enter so why not collect your Funky Freebie and join in by leaving your link below.

AllisonX

Time for Jules

2011-11-29T08:00:00.003Z

Good Morning Everyone

Jules here sharing the projects I made for the challenge set by my lovely Funky playmate Jackie.

Jackie gave us a "double whammy" this time and is looking for:

A Christmas project using "Traditional colours"
meaning red, green, gold, silver etc

"AND"

A non Christmas card or project using Christmas papers

I must admit it was quite nice to make something other than a Christmas card
as these seem to be coming out of my ears at the moment LOL!!!

So here are my shares both made with the new Twelve Crafters Crafting CD

This is my Christmas card using the Vintage Christmas collection

and here is my non-Christmas card made with the Angel on the Tree collection

If you fancy entering the challenge and winning a download of your choice then the rules are simple.

Follow the theme set by Jackie

and make sure you use at least one Funky Hand product on your creations.

If you don't own any Funky products yet then there is a freebie paper available to

help you on your way .. .. .. . you can find that here.

I hope you have been looking at the lovely creations my other Funky playmates have been posting .. .. lots of lovely inspiration and ideas for using the

Twelve Crafters Crafting CD for Christmas and non-Christmas makes!!!

Have a great day

Love Jules xx

Lou's Christmas 'v' Non christmas!!!

2011-11-26T08:44:00.000Z

Morning Peeps!!!

I hope you all got yourself some fabulous funky bargains in the birthday sale yesterday!!

Its me, Lou, with my christmassy 'v' non- christmassy makes for our lovely Jackie's Challenge- to make a traditional christmas something and a non- christmas something!!

The funkettes have all been using the latest Funky Hand craft CD Twelve Crafters Crafting for both cards.

For my first make I used the awesome Funky Freebie Anice made, co-ordinating with the vintage christmas colour way on the cd, I absolutely love it! those little trees are way too cute!! I teamed them up with a little gingerbread man and some hearts using some funky scraps from my stash of scraps and a little poem I found on google written in the workspace on 12 cc.

Then it was onto my nono- christmassy make!! I just had to use the pillowbox template from the workspace too, It is fabulous. You can resize it if you want but I just have to tell you that the size it goes on to fit an A4 piece of paper is fabulous, I made my mum one the other day for her friends new baby and we fitted a cute little onesie in it!!

I used Angel on the Tree colourway for this one, the parcels are one of the digi's from the workspace and the text is done in the writer part of the workspace and it my very favourite text on there! it makes the coolest ever labels!!!

Now for the important bit......please include at least one Funky Hand paper, digital stamp, stamp image whatever you have from Funky Hand, on your card to be in with a chance to win the prize of a Funky Hand Download collection of your choice.

If you don't own any Funky Hand products yet don't worry as Anice always include a Funky Freebie paper on the website www.funkyhand.com each month especially so you can join in.

Hugs Lou xxx

And here's the linky doodle for you to add your fabby makes!!!

Funky Hand isn't just for Christmas..it's for everything!

2011-11-23T08:30:00.003Z

Hello Get Funky! followers, Anice here this time. Our lovely Jackie set us quite a little crafty tester this month making a traditional Christmas card (well as traditional as Funky Hand gets anyway!) and then using Christmas papers to make a completely different sort of card.

All the Design Team are using the latest Funky Hand craft CD Twelve Crafters Crafting for both cards so without going on any further I'll let you see what I came up for this months challenge. First here's my Christmas card..

It's an easel card using the template you will find on the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD ROM The papers are all from the Merry Christmas collection from the CD. You'll also find the Christmas Tree digital stamp and sentiment. They have both been coloured using Promarker pens. I blinged it up a bit with some green sequins around the top to get a bit more sparkle on the card.

The second card is completely different..

This was also made with papers from the Christmas CD Twelve Crafters Crafting, the collection I used is O' Christmas Tree.
I used two different papers from the collection and the 'It's a Boy!' topper was created in the workspace of the CD using the characters drop down section, in matching colours to the papers. It's very easy to use the letters in the workspace, re size them to the size you want and then overlay them slightly so that they all become one word..obviously this is three words but it makes it easier to cut it out to make your own personalised topper. I just added some very simple doodling onto the papers and letters with a black Sakura pen and added some blue foam hands and feet that I found at the bottom of one of my stash boxes!

There, I think that proves that Twelve Crafters Crafting can be used for other crafting as well as your Christmas cards

Making this card is good practice for me as we have two little boys about to be born into our family. So I'll be making baby cards very soon to send out! I wont use this as both Mommys will probably have seen this one here and that would be a bit naughty!!

So, there you go that's my cards for this months challenge. I hope they have inspired you a little to get involved with the challenge this month. The ONLY RULE we have here on the Get Funky Challenge blog is one that alot of our entrants seem to over look..please include at least one Funky Hand paper, digital stamp, stamp image whatever you have from Funky Hand, on your card to be in with a chance to win the prize of a Funky Hand Download collection of your choice. If you don't own any Funky Hand products yet don't worry, I always include a Funky Freebie paper on my website www.funkyhand.com each month especially so you can join in.

So, lets see what you create, we are really looking forward to visiting your blogs!
Anice xx

You're A Star!

2011-11-20T09:00:00.000Z

Good morning. Deb's here to share my DT projects with you for this month's challenge - picked by the very lovely Jackie.

And it's a double whammy this time:

Here's what Jackie would like to see:

1, A Christmas project using "Traditional colours" meaning red, green, gold, silver etc not the lilacs or blues etc which are around at the mo
2, A non Christmas card or project using Christmas papers please.

Here's what I did:

For my tag I used:
Design Papers from Twelve Crafters Crafting Papercrafting Cd-Rom ' Dear Santa' Collection
Tag template
Santa Digi image - pre-coloured
Holly & Berries Digi image - coloured with PM's

Here's my second project:

And here's what I used for this one:
Design Papers - Dear Santa Collection - Twelve Crafters Crafting Papercraft CD
Star Digi image - coloured with PM's and lashings of Glamour Dust
Sentiment - Writer on Papercraft CD using Impact Label and Kontrapunkt Fonts
Spellbinders - Edgeabilities - Classic Scallop

I hope my projects show how versatile the new Twelve Crafters Crafting CD really is - and that it's not just for Christmas :o)

DON'T FORGET

You MUST include at least one Funky Hand Product on your project to be in with a chance to win the prize of a Funky Hand Download collection of your choice.
If you don't own any Funky Hand products yet don't worry, each month there's a new Funky Freebie paper which can be found here: www.funkyhand.com so you can join in.

Anice will be back on the 23 November with 2more fabulous projects for your inspiration.

Please add your project to the linky below.

Have a fabulous day.

Not Just For Christmas....

2011-11-18T09:00:00.002Z

Hello Funky Followers!
Kathy here today with my projects for Jackie's 2 part challenge:
Here's what Jackie said on the Funky Fifteenth of November

So my challenge for this month is a cheeky double whammy. I would like you to make

1, A Christmas project using "Traditional colours" meaning red, green, gold, silver etc not the lilacs or blues etc which are around at the mo
2, A non Christmas card or project using Christmas papers please.

What a great way to show just how brilliantly versatile the Twelve Crafters Crafting collection is. Okay, so maybe most of the fab digi-images won't be much use over the year - but the papers and templates certainly are as only a couple of the designs are totally Christmassy and the colours are fabulous for all sorts of projects - this challenge will prove it as every couple of days we'll be sharing our Christmas and non-Christmas projects with you.

I completely missed my friend's son's birthday - so I've made an "oops" card to send to him.
The sentiment was made using the writer facility in the workspace on the CD.
First I loaded my choice of paper and grabbing the corner made it much smaller.
Then I "wrote" my message and put it on top of the paper design - this way you get sentiment and paper all in one go.
I filled up the remaining space on the workspace with more paper designs before clicking the print button
Here's my card using the Xmas Presents set from Twelve Crafters Crafting - I've used 8 of them on this one!

Materials:
All papers from TWELVE CRAFTERS CRAFTING CD, Sentiment created on the workspace
Black Stickles, Glossy Accents, Imaginisce hot fix turquoise gems
Tools:
large and small star punches

I tend to keep my Christmas cards fairly simple, so that I can churn them out in batches, but allow myself some room to change the design from card to card so that I don't get too bored. I also love to use my growing collection of dies as they make creating lots of little bits to put on the cards a breeze. So I thought I'd share some photos of what I'm making this year.

I've used the Vintage Christmas set for these cards
I work in stages;
Stage 1 is to cut strips of a few papers and stick them onto scraps of Bazzill. card - you can get a lot of trees. baubles etc from just a 5x10cm strip
Stage 2 is to die-cut a batch of shapes from each of the card strips
Stage 3 is to edge the shapes with an ink pad or Krylon pen
Stage 4 is to assemble them onto your cards and add some glitter, gems etc to highlight

As well as the Funky Hand papers, on these cards I've usedCuttlebug and Spellbinders dies, Ice Stickles, Regular Stickles, Glamour Dust, Tiny star punch, Gold crochet thread

I hope you're feeling inspired have a go at our double-edged challenge this month. There's just ONE RULE - and you'd be amazed at how many people ignore it!

You MUST include at least one Funky Hand Product - paper, digital image, template etc on your project to be in with a chance to win the prize of a Funky Hand Download collection of your choice.
If you don't own any Funky Hand products yet don't worry, each month there's a new Funky Freebie paper which can be found here: www.funkyhand.com so you can join in.

Thanks for tuning in today, come back soon for the next double instalment of Funky Crafting!

Twelve Crafters Crafting....

2011-11-15T09:00:00.005Z

,,and a partridge in a pear tree :)

Hi everyone, it's the Funky Fifteenth! again, it doesn't seem two minutes since this time last month!

Please be gentle with me as this is my very first challenge for Funky Hand. I would like to begin by thanking everyone who took part in last month's challenge and also those of you who made our very first blog hop a great success.

So my challenge for this month is a cheeky double whammy. I would like you to make

1, A Christmas project using "Traditional colours" meaning red, green, gold, silver etc not the lilacs or blues etc which are around at the mo

2, A non Christmas card or project using Christmas papers please.

I made a gift card wallet using Christmas Cheer

and a birthday card using Xmas presents

The Design Team have all used the fab new addition to the Papercraft Series of cds, Twelve Crafters Crafting. If you don't already own it, ask Santa for it in preparation for next year's Christmas projects, you won't be disappointed!
Please make sure that you stick to our very simple rules and as always, the lovely Anice has designed a Funky Freebie paper for those of you who haven't already got any Funky Hand goodies and that can be found here FREEBIE

Don't forget to pop back regularly to see what my very talented teamies have been up to.

Thank you all and good luck.

Jackie xx

Winner of October Challenge and top 3

2011-11-15T08:05:00.000Z

Thankyou so much to everyone who entered my challenge this month, it was lovely to visit each blog and look at your creations. Apologies to those I was unable to leave comments for, for some reason Blogger isn't allowing me to comment on some blogs and in some cases I am having to comment as anonymous! I can assure you though that I did visit every entry :o)

My winner is Lynne with this gorgeous card

Congratualtions Lynne, please contact Anice using the Contact Us page on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com to claim your prize

My top 3 are as follows:

Carol

Debbie Johns

Made by Mandy

Please contact Anice in the same way as above ladies to get your top 3 badges

Thanks again to everyone who entered, can't wait to see what you all make of Jackie's fabulous challenge :o)

An Autumnal Partridge!

2011-11-13T09:00:00.002Z

Hello all! Jenny here! I'm the last Funkette up this month. Here's my Autumnal card...

I've used a basic brown card base, some beautiful paper from the Tea's Up! download (which, as you can see, is not just for tea time!) and the 'partridge in his usual type of tree' image (not just for Christmas!) from the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD. I printed the image on to water colour card & inked it up with Spiced Marmalade & Walnut Stain Distress Inks. The tree, partridge & pears are coloured with Promarkers.

I do hope you've enjoyed this month's challenge! There's been some fabulous entries so far and if you've not yet joined in you can find all the details on how to enter here! But be quick....entry closes on 14th! Also, don't forget to get your hands on the Funky Freebie before then too!

Jackie will be here on the 15th launching the brand new challenge which I have a sneaky feeling will be somewhat seasonal! Fa la la la lah! ;)

Stay Funky!

Jenny

Autumn can mean lots of things!!

2011-11-10T08:51:00.002Z

Hello Funky Friends,

It's Paula here, and i'm with you today to bring you my creation/interpretation of the autumnal theme set by our lovely Amanda.

Well, I started to work on a project to bring to you this time, but then remembered I'd already made a card the other day which was in autumnal colours - which is unusual because its a 'congratulations on your pregnancy' card. It's not a massive card, but I have put my biggest hugs and best wishes in there, so hopefully it's big enough for that!

I hope that my photos are OK for you this time, because my proper camera has broken (the motorised lens barrel won't go back in, and when I keep pressing the power button - all it does is clicks, so i've had to leave it like it. It's happened once before and it righted itself, but not holding out any hope this time.

Anyway, because I've taken these pictures on my mobile phone, I hope that the quality is good, but then again - the colours are so vivid anyway that half the battle is won already!

For my card, I've used the Craft The Year Away CD ROM and used papers from my favourite colour collection 'January Blues'. Well let me tell you - if you're looking for miserable colours because its just January... you are really mistaken. These are my favourites on the CD (did I mention that already?).

I've also used a digi from that CD too which is the pram, and the reason I've used the pram is because my best friend has told me that her daughter has announced that she's pregnant again - with baby number 2, so I did a little card to congratulate them - they already have a four year old son.

On the worksheet area of the CD, I loaded up three papers (brown, the cream and the unusual striped one). I then reduced them to a quarter of the page size (A6) then dragged the image of the pram four times. To make sure you re size everything to exactly the same size, click on each image while holding down the 'shift' key which will 'group' them together, then drag one of the corners to re size as desired. This re sizes all four at the same time. Each image of the pram was then dragged on to each of the quarters of the page - as follows:

You can see that once I have selected all four images that only ONE box appears around them all - also, the bottom right square on the box has turned green. This is because I clicked on it so I could re size the box, which basically means that all four of the images get re-sized at the same time. You can see all the other great digi stamps to the left of the workspace - well actually, that's not half of them judging by how far the scroll bar has still got to go down the digi-stamp page!

So, after printing the above out - which is only one click in the programme (then it brings your own printer option box up), I cut each of the prams out, but the plain white one was kept intact with its white background as that was to be its mat too (you'll see what I mean when you see the card).

After snipping up all the elements from each of the coloured images - wheels, body, canopy/hood, frill... I started playing around by placing them on the white version - I was seeing which combination would work the best. For those who aren't aware, this is what paper piecing is.

I didn't want the card to look either too masculine nor too feminine either because when all said and done, no-one knows what the sex of the baby is, and its not due until late May 2012 anyway although I'll bet they will want to find out.

The greeting on the card is the congratulations banner, which I placed over the striped paper to get exactly the look I wanted. I then matted the finished image onto the multi-coloured polka dotty paper from the same collection to bring the look together.

Even though the collection is called 'January Blues', I personally think that it is full of the warm colours of Autumn and the collection remains my favourite on 'Craft The Year Away'.

You still have 4 whole days in which to join in - and if you can't because you don't have any Funky Hand papers to craft with - particularly any autumnal colours, Anice has kindly designed a Funky Freebie especially for the challenge. In order to qualify for the challenge - you only need use this backing paper in some way on your project with anything else you have from your stash.

Here is a thumbnail of the freebie - which you can download by going HERE:

Here are the bits left over after I did the hack job on all three samples (enough to make 2 more prams, but nothing to mount them on):

Looks like child's play!

Here is my finished card complete with greeting:

So there you have it, a very different kind of card for the autumn theme - got the colours about right, and I need to add that, the news of the impending birth was announced in autumn afterall! Actually, I think its a good name for a girl and I'm pretty sure that I've heard someone call their kid that already...

Be sure to check out Amanda's post HERE and read all the rules before you join in the challenge... (well, there's only one, which is to use something by Funky Hand on your project - and there's no excuse because I already told you (above) that there is a freebie for those who don't have anything by Funky Hand already.))) This freebie will no longer be available once this challenge is closed, because there will be another one in its place to co-ordinate with the new challenge's theme.

If you do decide to join in with us, just add your card to the inlinks gadget at the bottom of each of this months posts... and remember that the challenge will change on the funky 15th November.

Thanks for reading and happy crafting one and all,

Paula x x x

Just to say ....

2011-11-09T09:00:00.003Z

Hi everyone, Katina here. Hope you're all well and enjoying this month's fab Get Funky Autumn challenge set by my lovely team mate Amanda. Today it's my turn to show what I've made for her.

I don't know about you, but I always seem to need a little card in a hurry to say thanks, get well or something similar and I never seem to have one ready. So I decided to make a little note card with an autumnal theme that will be winging it's way to the recipient very soon!

I made my white base card using the largest scalloped circle die I have and then covered the front with a brown scalloped circle the same size. I then printed off a sheet of this month's gorgeous freebie paper which is on the Funky Hand website. I cut a circle from this, mounted it onto a white circle and stuck it to my base card. The leaves have been drawn and then coloured with Promarkers. I shaped them a bit with my embossing tool and then used 3D foam pads to attach them to my card.

So that's what I did, now it's your turn! You still have a few days to join in but

don't forget that you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation and if you don't have anything just click on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com and you will find a Funky Freebie paper that will fit the theme perfectly!

Good luck and we can't wait to see what you create! Closing date is Monday 14 November and a new challenge will be set the day after.

Fifty

2011-11-06T08:59:00.001Z

It's now my (Ruth) turn to hopefully provide some inspiration for our current Autumn themed challenge!

I really do like making word books but this one does not use any templates - I've printed the pages and then made the letters using wordart, cut everything out, layered the letters and then stuck it down!

Some gold stickles around the letters with the smaller letters being die cuts plus some matching ribbon from my stash and its all complete! All the papers are from Dreams Come True.

Don't forget that you MUST use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation and if you don't have anything just click on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com and you will find a Funky Freebie paper that will fit the theme perfectly!

Good luck and we can't wait to see what you create! Closing date is Monday 14 November and a new challenge will be set the day after.

Funky Fall

2011-11-04T00:59:00.002Z

Hi folks, I can't believe it is my turn to post again already!! I'm sure someone has been reducing the my months by a week lol

Amanda set the challenge for this month and she chose the theme of Autumn. This is what I came up with for her

I printed off a sheet of the freebie paper which is on the Funky Hand web site and also the tool digital stamp from the Colour Me Happy cd rom. I made myself a template for the apron and messed with it until it was the correct size and proportion and printed them off. Next I used a copy of the cd to print off the papers etc and cut it out before. It was then just a quickie to add everything to the card base.

I think that's about it for now but take care and sleep su.iose.

Thanks for you looking, with love

Jackie

Get Funky - Autumn

2011-11-03T10:53:00.000Z

Morning all you funky people, Allison here to show you my card for this month's Get Funky Autumn challenge which was set by the lovely Amanda

I used papers from the Funky Seasons CD along with an Our Betty clear stamp all from Funky Hand

I wanted to use this CD to show that even although it's an older CD the papers never date and can be used time and time again with wonderful results.

You still have until the 15th to join in with us with some AUTUMN creations but remember you must use at least one Funky Hand product to be eligible to win a download.
You could always the use the fabulous Funky Freebie to join in with

Allison x

Autumn Challenge and Exciting News

2011-10-29T09:00:00.002+01:00

Hi Everyone

Jules here

I hope you are enjoying the

Autumn Challenge

this month which was set by my lovely Funky Hand playmate Amanda.

We have had lots of lovely entries to the challenge already
.. .. although sadly some people are not following the rules and will therefore not be eligible for winning a fabby download when the challenge closes on the 14th November.

All you need to do to make sure you qualify is use at least one Funky product and follow the theme. As always Anice has provided a Funky Freebie paper for you to use and you can find that here.

All of the Funkettes have had a great time with the theme but before I jump in and show you what I created .. .. I want to ask you not to disappear from this post too quickly as there is some exciting news at the end of this post that you just won't want to miss!

NO!!!!!!! .. .. don't go to the end yet .. ... look at my make first!!!

This was created using some of the design papers and the pillow box template and label from the new

Twelve Crafters Crafting Papercraft Factory CD

that is due for release on Saturday the 5th November

but will be available for pre order TODAY by visiting http://www.funkyhand.com/

The CD was designed with Christmas in mind

and features lots of gorgeous papers and images, the wordbook generator, fonts,

sentiments and templates all just waiting to be manipulated on the legendary workspace

.. .. well I could go on for ever .. ..

but basically it holds everything you come to expect from one of

Anice's fantastic Papercraft Factory CDs.

Although the CD is Christmas orientated my Autumn Challenge project shows that you will be able to use it for more than just Christmas projects.

So that is the challenge part of this post .. .. now round to the exciting news I eluded to at the start of this post.

Today marks the launch of our very first

BLOG HOP

which is to celebrate the launch of the new Christmas themed craft CD ROM

Twelve Crafters Crafting

The winner of the Blog Hop prize will be announced on Monday 31st.

I hope you are going to enjoy hopping around all the Design Team Blogs to see examples of what we have all created with the new Christmas CD.

If you would like to see even more of this fabulous CD

then tune into Create and Craft

on Wednesday, 9th November

at 8.00am and 1.00pm so see the CD in its full glory!!

OK .. .. .. TIME TO GET HOPPING

ON THE

WOO HOO!!

The first place you need to visit is the blog of our lovely leader Anice

and she will explain to you all you need to know for joining in the fun.

So your first stop needs to be Anice on her lovely blog here

Have a great weekend and happy hopping

Love Jules xx
(hope to see you later on the blog hop!!).

Lou's spooky autumn scrap page!

2011-10-26T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning peeps!!!!

Its Lou here with my little make for....

Amanda's Autumn Challenge here on Get Funky.

I decided to get my monthly scrap page done with this challenge and had a lot of help from my little Harry Potter wizard, Mo !!!!

I used some a delicious selection of papers from the Orange October colour way on the Craft The Year Away papercraft factory, armed with the sketch from our very own gorgeous Kathy for the placement of everything ofmy page. Then in came the help from little mo! he wrote his favourite halloween chant on the layout with a white gel pen! If you can't read it, it says "Trick or Treat, smell my feet" he also wrote the year on the piccy on the gravestone! I doodled some stitches (........which Mo decided looked like "scribbley boney stitches" !!!!).
There is some very nice pretend spider web around Mo and I added a nice big plastic spider to a nestified circle of a bit of paper that was left from the background of the page. The bats were cut in my cricut..

So, there is still plenty of time for you to join in with our Autumn fun.The rules are super easy, Your project can be anything but remember......

YOU MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE FUNKY HAND PRODUCT.

Don't worry if you don't own any Funky Hand cd's or downloads yet as Anice has made us a fabulous Funky Freebie for you to join in with. I can't wait to see what you all make!!!

Huge hugs Lou xxxxx

Are you ready to get scary?

2011-10-23T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying this months Autumn themed challenge from Amanda.

Even though this time of year, here in the UK, means the snow is probably not far away. (Oh please don't subject us to a repeat of last years weather..) It is still a lovely time of year with the leaves changing colour and all the animals getting ready for the winter. Can you tell that I have moved further from the city and I am actually seeing animals in their normal environment? Well I have and it's ..interesting for a city girl like me. With all this talk you would have thought that I would have embraced this new insight into Autumn and made a card reflecting this..errr no! I have decided to go the Halloween route and here is my card..

For the base of my card I printed this months Funky Freebie available on my website www.funkyhand.com onto a piece of white card. When I printed it I set my printer to print without borders and it means you get the whole card covered and when you score and fold it in half to make an A5 card base it has the paper printed on the back as well. I then used the striped paper from my craft CD Craft The Year Away from the Collection Orange October, which is actually the collection I used to base the colours for this months Funky Freebie on so all that collections papers will match it perfectly. The sentiment was also created using the writer on the CD.

The pumpkin is a digital stamp from the same CD which I made quite large and printed just the line drawing out as I thought I'd give a bit of colouring a go this month! I coloured it using Letraset Promarkers, and highlighted the pumpkin shaped lines I'd drawn with Sakura Glaze pens. The white highlighting was also done with a Sakura pen. Here's a closer look..

Now, I know I'm not the best colourer in the craft world but I keep having a go and learning new ideas so hopefully I'll improve as I go along!

That's one of the big messages I want to get over to any new crafters who are reading this post and are thinking..oh I've only just started, my cards aren't good enough to join in with this challenge..Pah! Everyone has to start somewhere and papercrafting is always evolving with new products to use and new techniques to try. Take the bull by the horns and join in this month. You'll never get any negative comments from our team here at Funky Hand as we just want you to enjoy your crafting..and we want to see it! Heck if I'll show you my cards each month then no one should be shy!!

There are only two rules for joining in with our challenges each month and they are to follow the challenge set for that month and to use at least one Funky Hand product on your creation. Now if you haven't any Funky Hand stuff in your stash yet don't worry that's why I give you a relevant Funky Freebie download each month so there is no reason for you not to have a go. If you do join in you have a chance to win a free Funky Hand download collection of your choice so what have you got to lose?

I'm looking forward to seeing what you create and looking forward to seeing what other fab inspirational creations the rest of the Funky Hand Design Team share with us all this month.

Have fun crafting!
Anice xx

Debs Autumn Leaves

2011-10-21T09:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning. Today it's my (Debs) turn to share with you my Funky Fifteenth inspiration for

Get Funky
where this month the lovely Amanda has picked the theme

AUTUMN
As always the fabulous Anice has generously provided a Funky Freebie for those that may not have any Funky Hand products to work with
(remember that you must use at least 1 Funky Hand product to qualify for the prize on offer)
and I decided that it was just perfect for my card :

So used it as the background to my image topper - which I printed from the Dreams Come True Papercraft Factory CD and coloured with PM's

I inked the edges with Distress Ink.

The DP across the centre panel is also from FDream Come True - from the aptly named Autumn Style collection.

To finish I added a couple of Spellbinder die cut leaves with a button and some twine from stash.

We are all looking forward to seeing your beautiful Autumnal projects - hope you can join us.
Don't forget to pop back on the 23 October to see what the wonderful boss lady herself has cooked up for your inspiration.

Thanks for popping by.

Have a fabulous day.

TTFN

Autumn Notes with Kathy

2011-10-18T08:55:00.001+01:00

Hi Funky Hand Followers

Kathy here today with my project for Amanda's lovely Funky Fifteenth Autumn themed challenge

Amanda said:

"Here in Scotland the weather (as always) has been lousy but we are seeing some really beautiful changes in the trees, there have been some really gorgeous coloured leaves blowing around in the wind. So with that in mind I have chosen Autumn as this month's theme, make of that whatever you will. Autumn colours, Autumn images, Halloween, whatever you like as long as I can see something Autumnal in there I'll be a happy wee panda!!"

As usual there's a prize of a fabulous free download on offer to one lucky winner this month - as long as you remember our one Golden Rule it could be you who wins it.

The one Golden Rule is:

Whatever you make, it must feature at least one Funky Hand product

To make that a really easy rule to stick to, Anice has produced a wonderful new Funky Freebie - it's only available for one month and is absolutely perfect for the Autumn theme. - so that will make it easy for anyone to join in, even those who don't have any Funky Hand stash (yet)

Here's my little note block project for this month - I've made loads of these over the last couple of years, they're cheap and easy to make, and they are really useful to keep by the phone or on your desk - they make great little gifts too. You wouldn't believe they start out life as an empty cereal packet, would you? You can get the note blocks to put in them for about 50p each (check out Wilkinson's or Tesco)- and you can divide them up to make 2 or even 3 note blocks.

One of the many fab things about The Funky Hand downloads and CDs is that once you've bought them they are there to use as much as you like - so you can print as many sheets as you need to do a project - great for cards, but wonderful for larger projects such as albums, notebooks, gift boxes etc. It doesn't matter if you mes up, or if you need more than one sheet - you can just print some more!

The papers I've used are all from the Craft the Year Away cd. I've used three designs on this noteblock. I've used bits left over from covering the cereal packet base and cover to make some little coiled flowers for the top.

Once the basic cover is made it's time to go as mad as you like with ribbons, flowers, brads and buttons to decorate the top. I always leave sticking the inside paper to the cover till all the decorative bits are done - this way the ends of the ribbon, any messy stitches and brad prongs etc are covered over and out of sight.

The very last thing is to add some glitter and Glossy Accents (which you can find in the Funky Stash section of the Funky Shop at the brilliant price of £4.95, btw! For this note block I added glitter to the "notes" label (cut on my Craft Robo), and also to the buttons. I like to seal in the glitter with another coat of Glossy Accents.

I hope you like my project this month and that it helps show how versatile Funky Hand CDs and Downloads are.

We're looking forward to seeing what your Autumn themed projects will be, so please come back and leave us a link when you're ready to share - don't forget to use that Funky Hand Product though or you won't have any chance of winning a prize!

Thanks for looking - it'll be Debs along next with her Autumnal project for your delight and delectation, so pop by on the 21st to see what she's got in store for you!

Happy Crafting

Kathy

Autumn Time at Funky Hand

2011-10-15T09:00:00.002+01:00

Morning all it's the 15th (where are the months going? Who's stealing them thats what I want to know) and that means time for a new Get Funky theme!! It's my first time hosting the challenge so please be gentle with me lol. Well done to the winner of Jenny's Birthday Fun challenge, hope you have fun with your prize.

Here in Scotland the weather (as always) has been lousy but we are seeing some really beautiful changes in the trees, there have been some really gorgeous coloured leaves blowing around in the wind. So with that in mind I have chosen Autumn as this month's theme, make of that whatever you will. Autumn colours, Autumn images, Halloween, whatever you like as long as I can see something Autumnal in there I'll be a happy wee panda!!

My card uses this month's Funky Freebie and the tree image is from the Craft the Year Away cd. Flowers, ribbon etc all from my crafty stash.

As most of you will know our only real rule here at Get Funky is that you need to use at least one Funky Hand item on your crafty creation. Anice very kindly makes us all a Funky Freebie download so even if you don't have any Funky Hand items in your crafty stash you can still join in the Get Funky fun :o) This month Anice has made the scrummiest Autumn themed paper for you to download here.

So to be in with the chance of winning the Funky Hand download of your choice click on the blue frog with the link to your blog post. Have fun and can't wait to hop on by and see what you've made.

Hugs

Amanda x

Birthday Fun Winner!!!

2011-10-15T08:30:00.036+01:00

Wow, we had some AMAZING entries for the Birthday Fun challenge...thank you so much to all of you who played along!

Our winner this month is.....

Hazel

Congratulations!!! Please email Anice (details are in the sidebar) to organise your prize!

And my top three are...

Lynn

Ruby

Debbie Johns

Congratulations to you three too!!! Please email Anice (details are in the sidebar) to collect your Top Three blinkies.

A brand new funky challenge will be coming your way in about half an hour, so make sure you pop back!

Jenny x

Happy Birthday - Paula's Turn

2011-10-12T06:00:00.008+01:00

Hi Funky Hand fans

Thanks for coming back to read this post. I'm all excited about this challenge as it's a nice and easy one -after all, don't we all make loads of Birthday cards as crafters?

The very lovely and talented Jenny started this months challenge off HERE to co-incide with the launch of the very latest of the Funky Hand Papercraft Factory CD's aptly named 'HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY' - in the meantime, the design team has been entertaining our eyes and stirring up our crafting juices with their fabulous projects - wow, and aren't there are some corkers this month? Well for me, I've just played it safe and done a couple of cards for you. I was on too much of a roll to stop at just the one though - and truth be known, I didn't stop at two either!!! ;o)

Here is the first one i've brought for you:

This might look like I followed a sketch - but truth is, I was at this layout for ages - and wish I had have followed one, but I was really happy with how it turned out. This is nice, pink and girly and suitable for a girly girl young or old and used papers from the Birthday Girl collection.

The next one is quite bold in contrast to the first one using papers mostly from the Birthday Gal collection. This is the front of the card which is a square gatefold:

and a peek inside the card:

I won't show you all of the cards I did, but I do want to share a secret with you. I have used scraps on all of the cards I made and haven't purposely printed anything off for these two cards (although I had pre-planned the sentiment on the second card above). You see, when I first got the CD, I had been having printer problems, so my sister kindly lent me her spare one until I got sorted again. Just incase, I thought I would print off a few of the design papers. I'd also printed loads of the digi stamps off (as you do) - so I currently have quite a boxful of those - but those corners are another thing. I became a bit addicted to them so printed them out in other colours by shrinking the design papers on the workspace... those corners make such a difference to a card... give it a try - try your design with, then without a corner - you don't even need to do all four - and you'll soon see what your card was missing.

If you want to create a mirror image of the corners so they look OK in all four (not being symetrical, they may look a bit odd), some people might be able to print out in mirror image by setting this up in your print management instructions. However, Canon printers don't have this facility (well mine doesn't anyway), so instead you have to tell the printer you are printing on Tee-shirt transfer paper - (which needs to be printed in mirror image) - and thats the way to get round it. If you want any of the images printed out in a mirror image for what ever reason - just select tee-shirt transfer paper in the drop down menu (rather than plain paper or photo paper - whatever you print on regularly).

I must admit to liking somewhat of a clean and simple (CAS) card - which is really difficult to do sometimes - what with the luscious scrummy papers that Anice brings us - however, used in a certain way - you can achieve the look and full injection of colour and still indulge in a bit of CAS. Well I believe so anyhow. What do you think? I'll be displaying some of the other cards on my blog in the next couple of days.

If you haven't taken the plunge so far, or haven't got anything by 'Funky Hand' to be able to join in, go HERE where you will find a very generous freebie from Anice, the designer of all the Funky Hand CD's and papers. There are only 2 more days in which to be able to obtain the freebie - and also to join in so hurry if you don't want to miss out. You must have entered your card before midnight on the 14th October because on the 15th, another challenge is will start.

Remember - at least ONE element/item in your project must be from Funky Hand. If there isn't, then unforunately (and this is quite sad) - you won't be considered a contender for the prize - winners are announced on the morning of the 15th - just before the launch of the brand new challenge for the month.

Well, I think that's it from me for another month, so thanks for reading - and for all the entries made so far.

Happy crafting

Paula x x x

P.S. Look out for more shows coming up on Create and Craft with Anice and the Happy Happy Birthday CD - Saturday 22nd October at 11am and 4pm or check Anice's blog for details just in case these times change.

Happy, Happy Birthday

2011-10-10T10:41:00.000+01:00

Hi Everyone

Katina here with my share for the challenge that Jenny has set this month

.. .. but I am having a few problems with my internet connection (it has decided to stop working) and I have had to get my funky teamies to get my post up here for me!!

The theme for Jenny's challenge is

"Happy, Happy Birthday"

which fits in nicely with the release of Anice's new CD .. .. .. which is also called

Happy, Happy Birthday!!!

I used one of the fun images from the CD for the monster along with the number 6

.. .. and the lovely bunting template.

So many fabulous elements on one CD that it is hard to choose what to work with.

We have had lots of fantastic entries into the challenge already this month .. .. but it would be lovely to see some more too!! The challenge runs until the 14th October so there are still a few more days to put an entry in. You might end up as the winner of a free download of your choice!!! How good would that be?

The only rules are that you have to follow Jenny's theme and use at least one Funky Hand product on your creation .. .. and if you don't have one then Anice has provided a lovely Funky Freebie that you can use you can find it on her website www.funkyhand.com.

Hopefully my internet will be up and running soon so that I can see what you create.

Have fun creating .. .. ...

Love Katina

Happy Happy Sixth Birthday!

2011-10-07T09:00:00.001+01:00

Even though the weather here in the UK is decidedly horrid (such a change from last weeks glorious sunshine!) I hope that I can bring a little warmth and sunshine with this card!

As you know, Jenny set the challenge for this this month with a theme of

Happy Happy Birthday

All the papers and elements are from the fantastic new Happy Happy Birthday cd - the only bits I've contributed is the faux stitching around the edge of the card, Promarkers to colour the monster and balloon (and his wobbly eyes) and a bit of cutting and gluing. Easy peasy!

And its equally as easy peasy to join in! Simply follow the theme and use at least one Funky Hand product in your creation - and if you've not got anything (why not?!) you can snag the free download that works with the theme each month - you can find them HERE and they change with each new challenge so get it whilst you can!

There is still time to get your creation linked up below - challenge ends on 14 October, and if I was not on the DT I'd be entering!!

Good luck!

Happy Happy birthday

2011-10-05T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hi there, it's Jackie here again to show you what I've come up with. I've made several different cards already using the new cd and I love, love, love it. I have had difficulty deciding which card to showcase on here and I have decided to completely lower the tone of the blog ;))

My super talented team mate Jenny set the challenge this month and this is her remit

"Jenny here and I have a 'Get Funky' challenge for you! Every month on the 'funky fifteenth' we set you all a brand new challenge for the month and this time it is...

Birthday Fun!!!"

It also ties in with the release of Funky Hand's newest addition to the Papercraft Factory set of cds "Happy Happy Birthday"

So here we go, my card!

Tee hee, I could think of loads of people I could send this card to :)

We look forward to seeing what you come up with but don't forget to add your name to the little blue frog and please make sure you use a Funky Hand product. If you don't have anything, our fab boss, Anice has made a freebie paper which can be downloaded from here
Good luck!

Wish upon a star!

2011-10-02T19:53:00.004+01:00

Hello from a rather chilly Amanda! :(

While England is having some lovely weather we in Scotland are having rain and cold! Oh well more cosy crafting time for me. This months Get Funky Challenge was set by the fabulous Jenny and it is Birthday Fun!

My card was made with the gorgeous star template from the new Happy Happy Birthday cd. The paper is from the pressie time collection which I have to admit is one of my faves. Isn't this wee fairy (also from the cd) just the cutest? I fell in love with her straight away.

Our only 2 stipulations on this challenge blog are that you follow the challenge and that you use at least one Funky Hand item. As always Anice has made us another gorgeous freebie paper, which you can download here, so even if you haven't had the chance to try any of the fabby Funky Hand gorgeousness you can still enter :o)

Add the link to your card to the wee blue frog to enter

have fun

Amanda x

Two Birthday Cards from Allison!

2011-09-30T09:00:00.003+01:00

Good morning folks, Allison here to show my cards for this month's funky Happy Happy Birthday challenge hosted by the lovely Jenny.

All papers, templates and images I have used are on the fabulous new

Papercraft CD-Rom

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Not happy making one card I made two- a male card and female card this month

Still lots of time to left to join in- up to the 14th october- so lets see all you Happy Birthday creations but remember to use at least one Funky Hand product on your card- it's a shame how many people don't do this and that means you are not eligible for the prize of a download of your choice
Happy crafting

AllisonX

BIRTHDAY TIME .. .. BY JULES

2011-09-27T08:00:00.001+01:00

Hi Everyone

Jules here with my creation for the challenge that my lovely playmate,

and hostess for the month, Jenny has set us

.. .. and the title of the theme .. ..

BIRTHDAY FUN !!!

Well what can be more fun than blowing out those birthday candles?

Mind you it would take quite a bit of "puff" to blow all of the candles out on this little creation ... ...

I know that there are lots of fabby, fantastic papers on Anice's new

Papercraft Factory CD "Happy, Happy Birthday" .. .. ..

but this time instead of using one of those .. ..

I made my own backing paper by using one of the scrummy digi images off the CD.

All I did was keep dragging onto the workspace the already coloured candles and then lined them up and re-sized them.

I also wrote my own sentiment using the "writer" on the CD. There are some brilliant fonts on there!!

So a little tickle with a quickie glue pen and a sprinkling of glamour dust and that was it .. .. .. a super special and sparkly backing paper ready for someone with a bit of a big birthday LOL!!!

I hope you get chance to join in our little challenge.

The only rules are:

Follow the theme of the challenge
Use at least one Funky Hand product.

and if you don't have any Funky Hand loveliness in your collection yet

then why not make good use of the lovely freebie

that Anice has provided here.

Who knows .. .. your entry could win you a free download of your choice.

Good luck .. .

Love Jules xx

Lou's birthday squash!!!

2011-09-25T09:00:00.038+01:00

Morning Funky Peeps!!

Its me, Lou, in the hot seat today to get you all fired up and creating for the birthday fun challenge set by our lovely Jenny. See Jenny's post here for a few more details.
I decided to make a lovely little squash book using some of the wonderful papers and oodles of digi stamps from the Happy Happy Birthday papercraft factory.
here's the outside without its ribbon in the way, I love this flowery paper, its so bright and cheery.

And here it is half un-sqaushed!!!! This was so much fun to make. If you need a bit of a tutorial on it, our very own gorgeous Kathy has HERE on her blog.

Wow, all those digi stamps and sentiments and I still didn't even scratch the surface with just how many there is on the cd!!!

Please remember you need to include at least one Funky Hand paper or extra on your card entry, that could be a paper from any of our CDs, Original collections or Papercraft factory CDs, any of the loads of download collections that are available or Our Betty stamp images. If you don't have any Funky Hand stash yet there is a Funky Freebie paper on the websitewww.funkyhand.com to help you out so you can still join in with us and have a chance of winning your choice of any Funky Hand download.

Well, I had better get off so you can get on with creating!!!
Huge hugs Lou xxxx

Birthday Time!

2011-09-22T08:30:00.001+01:00

Has it really been a month since the last time I was here talking to you? Well here I am, its Anice by the way!, with my card creation for this months Get Funky Challenge set by our lovely Jenny. So lets have some BIRTHDAY FUN!

I have to admit that I don't know anyone who is going to be twelve. I just decided that I liked the look of the numbers that I coloured in using Promarkers. SHOCK! Anyone who knows me..knows I don't really have a big talent for colouring images but I do like having a go!

This whole card was created from papers and digital images from my latest craft CD ROM release Happy Happy Birthday. If you are interested the Promarker colours I used were Lime Green, Canary, Bright Orange, Amethyst and to highlight around the edges of the letters and numbers Cool Grey 1. They all worked so well with the colour collection of papers that I used which is the Sunshine Birthday collection.

If you would like a closer look at the card pop over to my blog Funky Hand Thoughts and there will be extra pics for you to have a look at.

Now just a couple of things to add before I let you get crafting and adding your Birthday fun creation to the challenge. Firstly, please remember you need to include at least one Funky Hand paper or extra on your card entry, that could be a paper from any of our CDs, Original collections or Papercraft factory CDs, any of the loads of download collections that are available or Our Betty stamp images. If you don't have any Funky Hand stash yet there is a Funky Freebie paper on my website www.funkyhand.com to help you out so you can still join in with us and have a chance of winning your choice of any Funky Hand download.

That's the first thing I wanted to mention, the second is that Funky Hand are sponsoring this weeks challenge over on the Daring Card Makers blog which is also to make a birthday card! You could join in with their challenge today and have a chance of winning a copy of the Happy Happy Birthday CD. If you take a look at their challenge and you are quick, you could enter both the challenges with one card!! Now that could be worth it eh! Wink!

We love seeing your creations so do join in with us this month or at least leave a message so we know you have dropped by.
Now, get crafting!
Anice xx

Happy Birthday Cake Anyone?

2011-09-20T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hiya it's Debs here with my project for this month's Happy Happy Birthday challenge hosted by the lovely Jenny.

No Birthday would be very Happy without a scrummy Birthday Cake - would it?????

So that's what I decided to make using the fab slice of cake template on the wonderful new

Papercraft CD-Rom

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I used papers from the

HOW OLD COLLECTION

I printed off 8 slices of cake and assembled then glued them to eachother and then onto a 'plate' which I die cut using the largest Scalloped Circle Grand Nestie.

I used the CD-Rom to create the sentiment - 'HAPPY' was made using the writer facility and for BIRTHDAY I used the matching Alphas to the paper collection.

And do you see the candles - they are on the CD too - as one of the many digi images available.

We would love to see your HAPPY BIRTHDAY projects for Jenny's Funky Fifteenth challenge - just add them to the link below.

Don't forget though that you must use at least 1 Funky Hand product in order to be in with a chance to win the fab Funky Hand prize from Anice.

And to make it easy for you - in case you don't already have any Funky Hand products?????? Anice has created another Fab Funky Freebie - available here

Anice will be here in a couple of days with another fab project to inspire you - please pop back and take a look.

Have a fab funky day.

Debs xx

It's a Gift

2011-09-17T09:00:00.007+01:00

Hellooooo, Kathy here today with my "Happy Happy Birthday" project.

I've made a birthday card taking inspiration from the gift and the bunting images that form part of the digi image collection on Funky Hand's brand new CD "Happy Happy Birthday". I've also used lots of the papers from the "Sunshine Birthday" set on the CD plus Anice's Fab Funky Freebie for this month

I started out by loading 6 paper designs on to the Workspace

I printed this whole page directly onto some smooth white 320gsm card, then I made another full sheet of different papers, this time with only 2 designs in the top half of the workspace and printed this one out on the reverse of the first sheet. The blank space that was left was cunningly saved for printing the Funky Freebie in a couple of different sizes.

I made a Craft Robo template using the GIFT image from the CD, but it would be easy enough to cut by hand too - I'm just not sure I'd have the patience to cut 6 of them!

For each gift there are the following layers

base *gift* piece

the crossed ribbon piece

a complete bow section including the tails

just the loops of the ribbon

the knot

Just assemble and stick together with dots of glue - I left the loopy ends of the ribbon loose so that I could fold them up slightly.

Then it's just a case of deciding on the layout, I tried 2 rows of 3 gifts and a "pyramid" style pile of them before deciding on a corner pattern with some bunting in the other corner. The bunting is just cut from scraps and glued on to a couple of overlapping wiggly lines hand-drawn onto the card, but there's a cute "ready-to-wear" image on the CD as well as a blank, uncoloured version ready to be printed on to your choice of paper, or coloured in with pens of your choice.

Did you spot the Funky Freebie? It's the spotty design of course. You can see how I changed the size of the downloadable paper before printing to get different sized spots.

You can download this fab paper HERE

We'd love to see your creations for Jenny's Funky Fifteenth challenge this month - you've almost the whole month left to join in with us and be in with a chance of winning a free Funky download collection of your choice.

Make ANY project on this month's theme set by Jenny see HERE for more info

Make sure you use AT LEAST 1 FUNKY HAND PRODUCT

(it can be just the freebie if you haven't any others)

Leave your link so we can come and see your creation

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

Debs will be along with her project in a couple of days, so please come back to see what she's made for you

Happy, Funky Crafting

Kathy

At the Seaside Winner

2011-09-15T14:50:00.000+01:00

Many apologies for the delay in choosing the winner from the challenge competition 'At the Seaside'. The response was quite overwhelming, so it's been a little difficult to choose the winner from so many cards entered via Mr frog!!!

In that time old tradition of picking the winner of a competition, I am delighted to be able to announce the winner of the 'At the Seaside' funky challenge last month, which ran from the 15th August, right up until 11pm on 14th September. While I am here, I would like to thank my Design Team buddies for pulling out all the stops for their inspirational cards too and hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as we did.

My winning entry for my challenge is No. 8 Rachel Webber with her lovely Hippo card.

Thank you to all those who entered the challenge with their cards, however, unfortunately some of the entries did not meet the only stipulation we make in the challenge and that is to include at least one Funky Hand element in their entries. I would urge all participants to read all posts made by the design team during each monthly challenge as they constantly remind everyone to use at least one element, be it a stamp you bought from us (Our Betty), a digi stamp (found on all of our Papercraft Factory discs and some downloads), a design paper (Anice has had many backing paper CD's out so there are loads to choose from there) or there are numerous downloads on the website - not forgetting the freebie that Anice kindly designs and gives away each month.

I hope you have managed to read the post all about the new challange and hope to see some of your enties in within the next few days.

Congratulations again to 'Rachel' - please get in touch with Anice whose details are in the sidebar for your winning prize.

My other top three entries for this challenge are:

No. 4 Angela
No. 5 Hilde
No.12 Ruby

Would these ladies please contact Anice (details in the sidebar) for thier blinkies please.

Apologies once again for the delay in my announcement of the winning entries, but hope it was worth waiting for! Take care and hope to see many many entries for this months challenge with the lovely Jenny with 'Birthday Fun'.

Until next time,
Paula x x x