Its June, Now That's Funky!

Hi everyone,

It's June and time to introduce a different Funky Hand original CD ROM that the Funky Hand Design Team members will be creating with this month:

Now That's Funky

This CD has some great papers and extras on.  My favourite things have to be the circular toppers and backers.  But, it's not for me to tell you what's good on my own CD is it!

I'll let you decide for yourself.  Here's video for you to get a good idea of what is included.

Oh and before I go remember that this CD and all the other Funky Hand CDs are available on the website for just £1.00 each.

Speak again soon

Anice xx

It's May and it's 'V. Funky' around here !

Hi everyone,

Welcome to a new month here on the Get Funky and Craft Blog.  A new month means a new Funky Hand craft CD to be revisited and this month it is V.Funky.

You can purchase it now for just £1.00 on the Funky Hand website

There are some amazing creations on there way from our amazing design team ladies for you to be inspired by.  I can't wait to see them all.

If you already have the V Funky CD, or haven't seen it before, take a look at this video and it will show you what you have forgotten about or what you can expect when you purchase it.



Now you have seen what's in store when you buy it, pop over to the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com and buy a copy now.  It's only £1.00.  How wrong can you go having it in your digital crafting collection!

Speak again soon
Anice xx

Take a closer look at the Funky Daze CD

Hi everyone, Anice here,

I hope you have been enjoying the wonderful creations that the Design Team have been sharing this month using the Funky Hand original CD Funky Daze.  I know I have.

I was thinking about it and just seeing a few pictures on the website doesn't give you a really good idea of what you actually get to print off and use in your crafting. So, I've put together a video giving you a much clearer idea of what you will find on it.  

Funky Daze is on sale for just £1.00.  Hopefully this video will make you want to order it today. :)

Did you enjoy the video?  Let me know what you think.

Until next time

Anice xx

Happy Birthday in pinks..

Its time for me to share another make for Funky Daze month using the Funky Daze original CD ROM. 

The lovely pink papers are only one of the amazing colour ranges in the CD and the letter are within the EXTRAS

The CD for this month is only an amazing £1.00 


AllisonX

You are Dinomite!

Its Lou in todqay to share another make for Funky Daze month using the Funky Daze original CD ROM. This CD is actually one of my first ever buys from Funky Hand all those years ago! 

I went for a boy make with the Tuesday colourway, its perfect for those little boys and men in your life!!

From the cool blues and greens of Monday Morning to the vibrant pink and black of Saturday shopping you are sure to find a collection of backing papers that will be perfect for your next craft project, papers and wordbooks all ready for you to print and go!!!

please pop in to the Funky Daze CD ROM page in the shop and check out the gallery of makes the DT have in there already.

Also, all the original CD ROM's are available on the Funky Hand website for just £1.00 each.  You can't go wrong with them really!

Our gorgeous Ruth will be in to share something for you tomorrow!!!!

"ZOO" mini album by Kathy

Hi, it's Kathy today, and this time it's a mini album I have to show you

All this month we're sharing projects made using papers from the Funky Daze CD and I hope you've taken advantage of the April special offer and grabbed your own copy for the amazing price of just £1

Anyway, It's been ages since a I dabbled in the wonderful world of mini books so I thought it was time - and what a great way to show off lots of the paper designs too ;)

Well, having made the Starburst card for my last post here, I'd sort of fallen in love with the colours in the "Half Way" section of the Funky Daze CD and I couldn't resist using them again!
This is a really neat little book design, where the pages have a simple zig-zag formation and are all folded up into a wrap around cover

Materials and Tools

Papers: "Half Way" from the Funky Hand  Funky Daze CD
the designs were all printed on textured white Bazzill card
Letters cut with an X-cut alphabet die
EK Success border punch
Thin leather thong for fastening
Ink for edging

So here we go with a picture show - from the photos I think you'll be able to see how it works. I hope you like it

There's enough room in this one for 15 photos, but the clever way this book is made means you can have as many pages as you want, then just make the cover to fit around them.  Mine is quite small, only about 8x10 cms, but again, its easy to adapt for the size of photos you want to put inside.
The last photo shows how it looks when the  book is lying flat when it's all folded in and fastened up 

Don't forget, this CD is on offer in the SHOP for just £1 at the moment so don't miss out! Here's a quick look at just some of the designs you'll get on the CD

We'd love to see what you make with Funky Hand goodies too.....

Thanks for visiting today

Game On!

Morning all, Tams here back with another Funky Hand project of the month!! This month the DT are all using one of the fabulous CD's which has been reduced in the shop for the whole month to just £1!! This months CD is Funky Daze!

For my card this time I again kept it CAS because of the issues with my printer I printed out a few different sheets all in one go! This fab circle paper was one of them! I inked up a stamp (clearly besotted) and added a sentiment. I added 4 small gems to the buttons.

Thats all for today! 

Tams xx

Starburst card by Kathy

Hi, it's Kathy today, and I've a Funky Daze card to share with you

All this month we're sharing projects made using papers from the Funky Daze CD so hopefully by now you're getting a good idea of how much there is on it. 
Normally selling at a measly £3.99, but if you buy it during April
you can have it for just £1....what a treat!

Anyway, this time I've made a card, and used a few of the designs from the "Half Way" section of the Funky Daze CD

Materials and Tools

Papers: "Half Way" from the Funky Hand  Funky Daze CD
the designs were all printed on textured white Bazzill card
Nested Star die set (MFT DieNamics)
hand-cut starburst panels
Ink for edging

I cut the largest star twice, once as a whole star for the base, then a second time taping the large one and the next size down die together so you get a "frame" shape.  The other stars were cut in the same way, so that instead of being layers of paper one on top of another, they all "nest" inside the largest star frame making a less bulky card

Don't forget, this CD is on offer in the SHOP for just £1 at the moment so don't miss out! Here's a quick look at just some of the designs you'll get on the CD

We'd love to see what you make with Funky Hand goodies too.....

Thanks for visiting today

Funky Daze- Just Thursday

This month we are all working with the wonderful Funky Daze cd - the papers I used are from the Just Thursday collection

I forgot I had this die, it was hidden away and neglected in the back of a cupboard and I think this spotty paper makes a lovely jacket, in fact I want one just like it !
Each month when we showcase a CD you can but for a  £1, so go and grab your bargain



AllisonX

Funky Daze Treats

Hi, it's Kathy here, wishing you a Happy Easter with a cute little treat box -such a shame you can't share the contents.....but I will share the recipe :)

As you're probably aware, we're all showcasing the papers from the Funky Daze CD this month, and what a lot you get on this CD!  It usually costs a pretty meagre £3.99, but get this.....buy it during April and 
you can have it for just £1....Bargain, eh?

Anyway, on to my offering for today, a little "takeout" style treat box using some of the papers from the "Tues Me" section of the Funky Daze CD

Materials and Tools

Papers: "Tues Me" from the Funky Hand  Funky Daze CD
Takeout box template (own), cut on Silhouette Cameo
hand-cut fishtail banner 
Tiny tag die (Crafters Companion)
Flower punch (Tonic)
Medium circle punch (Woodware)
Seam Binding for closure

Slow Cooker Chocolate Fudge Recipe:
1 tin Condensed Milk
50g butter
400g chocolate chips or broken up chocolate - milk, white, plain or a mixture!

Switch the Slow Cooker to HIGH, put all the ingredients in
Leave the lid OFF
Cook for about 1 hour, stirring every 10 mins or so

Line a baking tin (something like a swiss roll tin) with Baking parchment, at the end of the cooking time, spoon or pour the mixture into the prepared tin.  You can add extras (dried fruit, nuts, cranberries etc) at this time if you like
Leave to cool, then pop into the fridge overnight.
Turn out onto a board and cut into pieces 

I used oval doily die cuts cut from baking parchment to prettify the inside of my boxes and to separate the layers of fudge

Don't forget, this CD is on offer in the SHOP for just £1 at the moment so don't miss out! Here's a quick look at just some of the designs you'll get on the CD

We'd love to see what you make with Funky Hand goodies  too.....

Thanks for visiting today

Spring Flowers

This month as you know it's all about the lovely Funky Seasons CD and in particular the Spring Collection of papers within this CD.  As it was Mother's Day on Sunday I decided to use the papers and make a Mother's Day card.  Made the flowers using  circle punches  and a love heart  punch and typed the sentiment.

 The Funky Seasons CD is only £1 for the whole of this month so go grab a bargain

Allison X

Happy Mothers Day..here's a sneaky peek!

Hi everyone,

Anice here today.  I want to send best wishes to all you Mums (Moms) out there on your special day.  I hope you are all being spoiled rotten. :)

Obviously, it was my job to make the Mothers Day cards here so I created them using a couple of backing papers that are included on a 'soon to be released' Funky Hand downloadable collection called 'Pretty As A Picture' Keep an eye here or on the Funky Hand Facebook Page to find out a release date.

The toppers are beautiful Hanglar Stanglar stamps, which unfortunately are no longer available for sale. Though they can sometimes be found on Ebay etc. Anyway, here's a closer look,

This one was for Ians Mum.  I decided to send the cards from the person who was sending them so this one is in blues and from a little boy (that would be Ian!)  Also Ian calls his Mother 'Mum'..

As you can see I call my Mother 'Mom'  The backing papers are just two from the collection but just using the brown and white ones made it really easy to add any colour to them and give a different look.

I'm still practicing with my Promarkers so the colouring is not perfect, hence the banner on the pink card falling down over her trousers..covering up a little mistake I made.Hehe!  But, isn't that the joy of making your own cards? Customising them! :)

Speak again soon.
Anice xx

Spring Whispers

Hi, it's Kathy here with a card to share today.  

I've chosen the "Spring Whispers" papers to use for my card this time.  You'll find them on the Funky Seasons CD which you can find HERE

Materials and Tools

Funky Hand CD: Funky Seasons 
Dotted Doily Circle Frame die set(Sweet Dixie)
Hyprid Rose (MFT)

 "Twirly Swirly" die set (Taylored Expressions)
2x circle punches for details

Don't forget - we'd love to see what you make with Funky Hand goodies  too.....

Thanks for visiting today

Funky Seasons with Balloons!!

Morning, Tammy here and I am back with another DT project for Funky Hand!! As you will know if you ready my blog for the month of May the DT are all using the same collection of papers. This month we are all using the CD Funky Seasons which is available here for the fabulous price of just £1!! 

Here is my project for today! 

I used my MFT balloon die to create the above, teamed with a scallop border and the sentiment is from one of the Betty stamp sets which is also £1 available here. 

Thats all from me today! 

Spring Butterfly

This month at Get Funky it's all about the Funky Seasons  CD

The CD  features collections of lovely papers for each season of the year and this month is all about the SPRING selection of papers and is only £1 to buy for the whole of this month
I layered up some of these lovely pink papers from the collection and added a butterfly and some pearls for my card- remember to pop back every couple of days this month for lots more inspiration from the rest of the DT


Allison X

This month we are celebrating Spring..

Hi all,

We are planning on celebrating Spring this all month.  Hopefully by the end of March it will have arrived..here in the UK anyway.  To do this we are travelling back a little way in the Funky Hand timeline and the Design Team are going to be sharing creations using the Funky Seasons original CD ROM.

Original CDs? Why are they called that? I hear you ask.  Well, they are the CDs that we released before Papercraft Factory was designed.  The original CDs are made to just pop into your disc drive, run, get your choice of backing papers or extras and then put them safely away again until next time.  No loading of software.  If this is how you like your digital crafting then these range of CDs could be just what you need.

Also, they are available on the Funky Hand website for just £1.00 each.  You can't go wrong with them really!

OK, on the Funky Seasons CD there are thirteen different backing paper collections. Three in Spring like colours, three for Summer style crafting, three in lovely Autumn hues and finally three for more cool Winter creations. There is also an extra Black and White collection. As well as backing papers there are also co- ordinating Alphabets, tags and other extras so there is plenty to play with!  Obviously, you don't need to stick to when you can use them, they are just colour collections. Choose your fav. :)

But, this month the design team will be just creating stuff to share with you using the three Spring collections.

I've already had a sneaky peek of some of the creations, 'cos I'm the Boss and I get the inside info!, and they are AMAZING!  It all starts right here tomorrow so, don't forget to swing by and see what wonderful inspiration the DT ladies have in store for you.

If you are over on Facebook, why not 'like' the Funky Hand Facebook page or join the Funky Hand Crafting group?  There are interesting deals and info over there you might miss out on.

That's it from me for today. See you over the month for Spring inspiration.
Happy Crafting!
Anice xx

Welcome to the month of Love...

Hello everyone,
It's February the first already, can you believe it? As it's the month of love, I thought I would show some love to all the fabby Funky Handers out there and offer you a month long treat.

From today until the 28th, the following five love themed Funky Hand digital backing paper download collections are available for just £1.00 each. Lets take a look at the ones that I mean..

The I Love You Sew collection of backing papers has a sewing theme with 22 papers and a ready to cut out alphabet.  It's usually £3.19 but you can download it for £1.00 all month.

The Huge Funky Love Wordbook collection is one of the best selling Funky Hand downloads.  If you haven't tried making wordbooks before this will be the perfect time to give it a go! If you haven't a clue what a wordbook even is, take a look at this video  http://www.funkyhand.com/papercraft-demonstrations/how-to-make-a-wordbook/?chapter=1  The download has 26 letter pages and 0-9 number pages.  As well as that,  there are 6 matching backing papers included. You can normally get this download for £4.59. Today and all month it's only £1.00. You'd be mad not to give it ago!

The I Heart You collection of backing papers has a heart filled theme with 22 papers, a ready to cut out alphabet and some printable digital images and sentiments.  It's usually £3.19 but you can download it for £1.00 all month. There's an added treat on the page with a video of me creating a Valentines card using the collection.  Have a laugh I don't mind!

The Love Love Love collection of backing papers has a true Valentines colour spectrum with bright red and black. The download includes 21 papers and a ready to cut out alphabet.  It's usually £3.19 but it's £1.00 for all of this month.

Fancy a change from the standard red for love theme? Then the Hearts and Flowers collection of backing papers will be perfect for you. The download includes 22 papers and a set of hearts and flowers for you to cut out and add to your creations.  Normally it would cost £3.49 to download but you can get it for £1.00.

OK, so there is a little look at the treats I have for you this month. Just click on the images to get a closer look on the website.  If you would like some ideas about what you could make with these collections then you're in luck!  Everyday this month the wonderful members of our Design Team will be sharing ideas using these downloads and other collections available right here so you should get lots of inspiration. 

Keep popping back to see what wonders they have created for you.

Speak again soon,

Anice xx

   

Hearts and Flowers Duo

Hello

Happy New Year!

Gosh, it's been a while since we popped by to post some of our Funky Hand makes, hasn't it?  We will try and be better now the festivities are over. 

 Lets face it, we could probably all do with a bit of creative inspiration to get us crafting again -  I'm always relieved to put away the most Christmassy stuff, and I'm desperate to craft something different I seem to have forgotten how to make anything without baubles, trees, snowflakes stockings ........ but maybe that's just me......

Anyway, I needed a little gift box to put a birthday present in, so I made  a little pillow box and matching birthday card using the 

Hearts and Flowers download

Would you believe that when I went to save my photos I discovered that I'd never made anything with these designs before?  So even after several years of designing with Fabulous Funky Hand I can still find "new" treasures.  This is a little tip for you too - pop across to the shop and see what's there that you've missed - it might be just the kick-start you need to get crafting

I started by printing the main design on one side of a sheet of A4 card and another on the other side - so that both the inside and outside of the finished box would look pretty.  Then I resized and printed a selection of the designs on both sides of another sheet of card so that I had plenty of choice for the trimming the box and making the birthday card

As you can see, I put lots of dies and punches to work making these, then I raided my embellishment stash to find matching net, ribbon, gems and pearls to finish it off

Hearts and Flowers download

The colours were such a refreshing change to use after all the festive ones that I really felt energised and ready to do some more crafting.  I've been busy exploring and printing off more papers from the various downloads and CDs and wading through my Pinterest boards for all those ideas "saved to try later"!

Here are the card and box together in one last really dreadful photo - I really should learn to check the images to make sure I have good photos before putting the things in the post! Ah well, such is life

Come back soon for more Funky Hand Crafting - and if you've been using Funky Hand goodies in your own crafting, we'd really love to see so leave us a link so we can pop by.