Get Funky Challenge -January

Happy New Year everyone!

It's Lythan here and its my turn to set the challenge- the first of 2010. So I'm going to ease you in gently with a challenge that should be fun- and of course funky.
You can make ANYTHING you like as long as it uses something by Funky Hand and includes
SPOTS AND STRIPES on it

Now that should be easy because Anice shares my love of spots and stripes and they feature in every collection. It is a fab excuse to go back through your cd's and downloads and rediscover all the wonderful designs there. But you will see that some of the design team are also showcasing new papers from the soon to be released Dreams Come True CD which is a little bit different and absolutely wonderful!

As usual you have a whole month to complete the challenge and all you have to do to enter is use at least one Funky Hand product and leave a link here to your creation so we can come and visit you and you could be the winner of a £20 Funky Hand voucher to spend on Funky Hand products....like that new CD for example!

And to get you started here is some amazing inspiration to share with you all from our Get Funky Design Team

Allison has made some wonderful calendars using Now That's Funky
These are such a great idea for a New Year gift with so many gorgeous details on them. I love the stitching and the hand cut leaf stems

Kathy's card is soft and pretty. She has such a great eye for design and placementKathy used the Paper Blossom download. I really like the layered greeting in the bottom corner

Anice shows us that spots and stripes are great for a more masculine feel too
These are some of the new Dreams Come True papers. By printing on both sides of the paper Anice has given her card a really professional edge. So classy!

Jules card features some wonderful hand made flowers and showcases the Funky Daze CD
The strong geometric shapes of the card design set off those intricate flowers so well.

Kath has more of Dreams Come True to reveal
Isn't that big bold design just superb? And inking and doodling are the perfect finishing touches. There is something special on this card too...

Ruth is brilliant at making crafty items like this amazing bag
There are loads of spots and stripes on this bag but because all the papers are from one Dreams Come True colour palette they don't overwhelm. The double sided paper ribbon gives wonderful dimension to the flower

Enfys' card is a real tweet! Again it features something special and new on the CD. Have you worked it out yet?
Aren't those button berries just wonderful?I love the way the background spots and stripes peek through the branches of the hand cut tree.

And then there's my card

This uses Dreams Come True as well. And I've got something special on my card as well. Can you work out what is new to the CD?
Yes, Kath,Enfys and I have used the new Funky Hand digi stamps. How cool is it that there was a spotty cup and tea pot? You can do all sorts with the stamps so look out for more design team examples in the weeks to come.

I can't wait to see your spotty and stripey creations so let your imagination fly. Have Fun and get Funky!

The Winner of the Deck The Halls Challenge

Happy New Year Everyone and a big thank you to all that took time out from their frantic Christmas preparations to join in December's challenge......we loved all the gorgeous Christmas decorations that you made....and it was so hard to choose just one winner.........

Congratulations

TERI

you are the lucky winner of the £20 voucher to spend at Funky Hand
and a blinkie for your blog

I loved Teri's fabulous Christmas trees made with paper strips

she must have the patience of a saint

I f you contact Anice through the "Contact Us" section on the Funky Hand website...she will arrange for you to spend your voucher and we look forward to seeing what you make with your prize.

Pop back soon for January's Challenge set by our lovely teamie LYTHAN.
Hugs Kath xxxxxxx

GET FUNKY CHALLENGE - DECEMBER...

Morning Everyone.....we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge and congratulations to the lucky winner.
Can you believe it's the 1st of December already...we really are on the countdown to Christmas now.

It's my turn (Kath) to set this month's challenge and I don't think you will need too many guesses....oh yes I have gone with a Christmas theme

DECK THE HALLS

with boughs of holly....

fa..la la la la.....la la la

What I would like you to do this month is to create a Christmas decoration to decorate your wall...mantlepiece Christmas table or to hang on your tree.....a Christmas Gift or perhaps a box or gift wrapping

In these credit crunch times.....wouldn't it be nice to save a few pennies and make some of your Christmas gifts this year....all wrapped up in hand-made boxes and I know that your family and friends would be over the moon to receive something that you had lovingly made or perhaps you have looked out your tree trimmings and quite frankly they have seen better days....looking a bit sad....so why not make your own.

As usual you have a whole month to complete the challenge and all you have to do to enter is use at least one Funky Hand product and leave a link here to your creation so we can come and visit you and you could be the winner of a £20 Funky Hand voucher to spend on Funky Hand products....a great start to the new crafting year.
And as always.....we have some fabulous inspiration to share with you all from our Get Funky Design Team

ANICE.....used Festive Fun Digi Stamp images....resizing them and paper piecing with papers from "Funky Little Christmas" download....super cute or what and perfect for hanging from your mantlepiece or to decorate your tree.....and love those little pegs.

ALLISON..... has made a gorgeous wall hanging using papers from "Yule Be Funky" CD....images from Festive Fun Digi Stamps and alphabets from various Funky Hand products.......and I love the cute paperclips

AND IN CLOSE UP

DOLLY.........loving this decoration made with "Funky Christmas time" download...great for your mantlepiece or on your Christmas Table filled with yummy chocs...a modern twist on the traditional red and green

ENFYS......covered a silver ornament that she found in a dollar bin in the US using papers from "Blue Christmas Word Book" download and I love those cute little snow dudes cut with her Cricut

JULES....well what can I say....this is straight out of a magazine....gorgeous table decorations with papers from "Yule Be Funky" CD....I may just try and wangle an invitation to Jules' house for Christmas Lunch

KATHY......made a pillow box and a tag using papers from "Blue Xmas Word Book" download...absolutely stunning and something anyone would be over the moon to receive on Christmas morning......and she also made one of those curly bows......very clever

LYTHAN.....I absolutely adore this Christmas Tree decoration...so simple but so beautiful......paper from "Funky Seasons" CD printed onto acetate and decorated with a little bit of bling.....so easy to make lots of these and wouldn't they look gorgeous on your tree sparkling in the light.

RUTH......and wow how cool are these guys....."We Three Kings of Orient Are".......all from Ruth's own template using papers from "Funky Daze" CD....made using cut down loo roll inserts....us crafters throw nothing away

KATH...I made my wall decoration from 3 old CD's....the ones that you get free nearly every week with the Sunday newspapers....papers and letters from "Tis The Season Word Book" download and lots of bits and pieces from my stash.

We hope you will find loads of inspiration for some Christmas Fun and look forward to seeing what you all create this month......remember you have until 31st December to join in the challenge.

Happy Crafting

from Anice & the Design Team at Funky Hand

The winner of the Autumn woodland Challenge........

Thank you all so much for joining in with the Autumn Woodland challenge, we loved visiting your blogs and seeing all those gorgeous autumny colours. It was really hard to pick a winner, but I had to choose, and it was

JANE (Millies marvels)

that really caught my eye with her funky leaves and tweet little bird. Congratulations Jane, you win the £20 Funky Hand gift voucher for this month

Blinkies go to

Jan (JanJay)

SueB

Teri

Congrats to you all, contact Anice through the Contact Us section of her website www.funkyhand.com to get your blinkies and winners voucher. I hope you will join in with this month's challenge, set by the fabulous Kath

Enfys xx

Get Funky Challenge November - Autumn Woodland

Thanks to all of you who joined in with our halloween challenge, we loved seeing all your creations, but now the clocks have gone back, dark nights are here, and it's time for the November Get Funky challenge, this is Enfys here setting this months challenge, for which I chose

AUTUMN WOODLAND

As usual you have a whole month to complete the challenge, just use at least one Funky Hand product, and you could be the winner of a £20 Funky Hand voucher at the end of the month, which would make a rather nice early Christmas pressie.

So the team have been busy printing off all those lovely autumny coloured papers - and believe me, there were so many to choose from - to make their samples. The card at the top of the post deserves a place up there, it's by Anice, and all the papers are from her brand new CD called Dreams Come True, to be released later in the year. This is the first glimpse any of us have had of these papers, and we have been promised some fantastic goodies on this CD, we are all really excitedly waiting for the release

Jozza made this really cute owl card, I love the way she used ribbon to mimic the trunk of the tree, and the paper, from The Funky One, is just perfect for the card design

Ruth (Tip Top) has been to rather a lot of weddings this summer, and she is very bravely making acrylic albums for all the newlyweds, and as one of the weddings had a autumny colour scheme, we are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one of them here. The butterflies were place cards on the wine glasses at the wedding, and of course they went home with Ruth............



To be put on these fabulous acrylic pages



I love the colours that Kath chose, those soft earthy neutrals really suit her design, the twine looks just like twigs doesn't it? She used the Forest Walk papers from Funky Seasons




Lythan used this Kraft background for her fab card, great doodling and the different coloured half circles down the side are so creative..... the papers are American Fall from Funky Seasons

Look at the way Allison overlapped the edge of her card with these gorgeous leaves. This card is so full of natural elements and detail, we love it. The papers are from Funky Seasons

Dolly has been super creative, her card opens up.....................

to reveal a little recipe book of delicious winter soups - how clever is that?
Papers are from The Funky One - I think the pop of blue against the brown is a fabulous combo

My card (Enfys) has a bit of wobbly stitching, the tree was cut with the Winter Woodland cartridge on the Cricut machine, and the owl is a Studio G stamp. I used the American Fall papers from Funky Seasons

So snuggle up, get crafty and join us in the challenge. Leave a link to your blog in the comment box -the team love coming to see your creations. You have until November 30th to enter

GOOD LUCK

October Challenge

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the October Halloween challenge and we all had great fun looking at your Halloween creations.
The winner of the October challenge is
loupylou



Congratulations and please contact Anice to collect your £20 voucher
and top five blinkies are awarded to

Teri
lorraine
daisy
milliesmarvel


well done to you all and please contact Anice for your blinkies
Pop back in half and hour when the November challenge ,which was set by the lovely En ,will be up and running.
AllisonX

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