Get Funky Challenge- October- Halloween

The first of the month again and that means time for another Get Funky Challenge.

A huge thanks to everyone who took part last month, it was great to see all the wonderful boy's cards for Ruth's challenge.

So onto this month's challenge which is set by me (Allison) and it's HALLOWEEN

The rules are very simple- a new challenge is set on the first of each month which gives you a whole month to Get Funky and the winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend at Funky Hand.

All you have to do to be eligible is to use at least one Funky Hand product on your project and link your post on your blog in the comment section.

So on the 31st of this month all the ghosties and ghoulies come out to play and I want to see all your wonderful bright, fiendish and scary creations.

The DT had a wonderful time making theirs and I hope you find some inspiration to get you started.


Anice used papers and alphabet from the Now That's Funky CD the Pumpkin Patch Collection and spent ages creating this wonderful beaded web for the spider.

Lythan used papers from the Now that's Funky CD to create this fab card with scary faces like the Scream painting or the masks used in the movie Scream.. eek!

Ruth used papers from the Its Funky Too CD to create this great treat box(check her blog out to see what's inside) and die cut ghosts suspended from acetate... think they look quite cuddly ghosts actually!

Enfys used papers from the Funky Seasons CD for her fab card and cut the letters Boo and the ghost using her cricut- a nice little sweet ghost with a surprised look on her face and a little bow in her ghostly hair... ahhh

Dolly used papers from The Funky One cd for her great card and attached BOO with acetate and of course her fab trade mark stitching and great skull.

Kath used papers and alphabet from the Salt and Pepper download for her fabby card.

And just look at that cheeky little spiders' face... cute or what

And finally mine (Allison) I used papers from the V Funky CD and made two cards and a little treat handbag

So looking forward to visiting to see your wonderful creations so go on and Get Funky with Halloween

AllisonX

September Challenge Winner Is....

Thank you to all who participated in my Get Funky! Challenge for September! Myself and the Design Team enjoyed visiting your blogs to have a look at your creations, however there can only be one winner, and that is:

Jules!

Congratulations! Please contact Anice via the link on the Funky Hand website for more details of how to claim your prize.

Due to the stunning entries we received, I am also awarding a 'Top 5 Funkette' blinkie to:

Teri

Nettie

Mrs K

Lorraine Robertson

Please contact Anice via the link on the Funky Hand website for your blinkie - which I am sure you will wear with pride!!

Look out for the October Challenge which will be along very soon and it will be the wonderful Allison who will set the challenge!

Get Funky! Challenge - September - Two Little Boys

It's September! And didn't August go fast?! It's the first of the month so it can only mean that it is time for a new Get Funky Challenge! I am hosting the September Challenge (not at all nervous!) and it is:

Two Little Boys

Both my boys have their Birthdays in September - Jacob will be 4 and Samuel will be 6.

So my challenge is to make a boy themed card, layout, project or what ever you fancy as long as it is aimed at a boy and uses a Funky Hand paper or extra.

The rules are very easy - each month a member of the Funky Hand Design Team sets a new challenge on the first of each month so you get a whole month to join in! To be eligible for the generous £20 gift voucher prize to spend on Funky Hand products you need to include one Funky Hand paper or extra in your design. And with oodles of choice in the shop, I think the hardest bit will be deciding what to use!


August was our very first challenge and we were stunned with the entries - you papercrafters have talent! I personally enjoyed visiting all the entries and leaving comments. I hope you can join in again this month!


The Design Team have created some wonderful examples to stimulate your creative juices, and who would have thought that boys cards can be so difficult to make?! Click on the DT names to be taken to their blog for more details.


Anice has used papers from the winter collection on Funky Seasons. I love the idea of using big numbers and Anice has inspired me to give it a go! A bit of doodling always finishes a card off!

Allison has used papers from V Funky and has textured the edges of the paper. Cute little images - and they do look like the boys! Nice touch with the paperclips too.

Carol has used papers from V Funky - the Spring Morning collection and an apt Dustin Pike image as Jacob does fly by the seat of his pants quite a lot! I like how all the colours complement each other.

Dolly has used the special charity collection Boys and Girls to make her big Funky gifts (this is also one of my favourite collections too!) You can only buy it from the Charity and its not available anywhere else.

Kath has used papers from It's Funky Too - perfect football papers for boys cards and the big letters are just perfect (something else I must try too!) Great minds think alike Kath!

Lythan has used Funky Seasons papers and dusted off her Quickutz dies for her two cards. I really like the idea of using the candles for numbers and doodling at its finest!

And finally, my cards (it's alphabetically ordered!) For Samuel's I have used papers from It's Funky Too - Anice's second cd and it's like revisiting an old friend when I open up the contents of the cd. And for Jacob's card I've used Now That's Funky. And yes the robots legs do move!

I think it's amazing how different all the cards are and how we've interpreted the brief, suiting our own styles. We are an established Design Team (Anice created us in April 2008) but I can never second guess what these fabulous ladies are going to make and I think you'll agree when I say that they have done me proud with my challenge!! So thank you girls - you ARE the best!

We hope you can join in with the challenge this month and we can't wait to see what you have made! And hope you have as much fun as we did! To enter, please leave a comment on this post with a link directly to your creation so we can all visit you and take a look at your interpretation.

Good luck!

And the August Challenge Winner is...

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to join in with our first monthly challenge here at Get Funky! We have all really enjoyed looking at the great creations that you have made using the sketch..unfortunately there can only be one winner each month and you all made it very hard for me to decide. But decide I did and the winner this month is...

Dawny P

Though Dawn is this months winner, all the entries we received were fantastic. I want to just pick out some of my particular favourites who I am going to award a 'Top 5 Funkette' blinkie to for their blogs, Angie-Crazicards, Teri from Teris cards and toppers, Loopy Lou and Distinctly Daisy.

Can you all contact me by sending me your email addresses using the contact us link on the website www.funkyhand.com and Dawn I'll send over your special £20.00 voucher code to use to buy some goodies from the site and the winners blinkie for your blog. You Top 5 Funkettes will get the link for your blinkies..display them with pride!

Congratulations!

Get Funky Challenge for August

Hello and a big welcome to our brand new, all shiny and fresh, Funky Hand Design Team Challenge Blog, Get Funky! I hope that you will join in the fun with us and make our first monthly challenge a big success!

First of all I thought I would run over the very simple rules for you..each month one of the Design Team members will be setting you a challenge to get your crafty juices flowing, it will be launched on the 1st of each month and you then have the whole month to join in. All you need to do to be able to have the chance of winning our £20.00 gift voucher prize is to include at least one Funky Hand paper or extra in your design. Enough of the rules lets get on to the fun part, the challenge for this month..

I volunteered to take the first month and as I love following sketches..that's what I decided to start you off with...


You can move the sketch elements about a bit, as long as we can still see the general idea of the sketch that will be just fine with us!

Here's what the Funky Hand Design Team came up with..


I used the Funky Freebie papers for my card.


Allison turned the sketch on it's head for her card, she used papers from the Now that's Funky CD.



Dolly decided not to make a card and created this great Sketch book using papers from the Funky Daze CD


Enfys was very creative and hand cut the funky flowers she included on this card, she used papers from the Funky Daze CD


Kath created this fab card with her usual style and flair using papers from the Shabby Saturday Download Collection.


Lythan joined me in using papers from the Funky Freebie collection for her creation but she did a better job than me..


Ruth has ventured way back into the Funky Hand past for her card these papers are from my first release The Funky One CD


Carols lovely scrummy cake card was created using papers from the Funky Daze CD

Now you've seen what we have been able to come up with..we can't wait to see your creations. All you need to do is post your creation on your blog and leave us a link here in the comments so we can come over and see what you have made. So what are you waiting for? GET FUNKY!

One week to go before the fun starts!!

Welcome to the Get Funky! Challenge blog, we are so pleased that you have found us!

We are all just frantically putting the finishing touches to our very first challenge which will launch on Saturday 1st August so we hope that you will be able to join in with all the fun.

As the only requirement to take part in our monthly challenges, and have the chance to win a £20.00 voucher to spend on crafty stash from the Funky Hand website, is to include at least one Funky Hand backing paper or extra in your design we have decided that a little freebie collection might just be in order!

So, if you don't own any Funky Hand craft backing papers yet don't worry, grab yourself some free craft backing papers to download here.


The whole Funky Hand Design Gang are getting very excited to share their creations with you and to be able to see what fabby things you create as well so... see you next Saturday!!

The Funky Hand Design Gang xx