Mini Zingy Springy cards

It's my turn to share my Project for this Month's Get Funky Challenge. The theme set by the lovely Lou is Zing into Spring and you can see her wonderful card here. I have made a little bag to hold 5 mini cards. The cards measure 3x3 inches so are really dinky and cute and I had lots of fun decorating them.


I was hugely inspired by the gorgeous springy freebie HERE that Anice created to enable any of you that don't have any springy coloured Funky Hand papers to play along as you do need to use a Funky Hand paper on your entry. The papers match the March colour theme on the Craft the Year away CD so I used lots of these on my Project too.

To make the bag, I used my Nesties to cut two squares measuring 9cmx9cm from white card. I then cut a strip of card measuring 27cm x 7cm, scored 1cm in along the long edges and then every 9cm to make the three sides of the box cutting notches where the score lines intersect to allow it to fold together. Glue the sides to the box and the decorate each side with more Nestie shapes cut from patterned paper and cover the sides with strips of paper measuring 9x5cm. Punch holes in the sides of the box to thread a ribbon handle through and then decorate with flowers.


I decorated each card with more Nesties squares and scalloped squares cut from different papers from the Craft The Year Away CD. I was able to print out all of the images, sentiments and the most of the papers in a smaller format on one page by using the workspace feature. Some of the images were printed directly onto the papers others were cut out and mounted with foam pads. I added lots of glitter, glossy accents and gems to finish the cards off.
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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Get Funky Challenge - Show us your heart!

Hi Everyone! It's my turn to show you my heart for this month's Get Funky Challenge which was set by the lovely Jules.

I fell in love with the 'Love,Love,Love' download when it was released and couldn't resist making a pair of sexy pants to adorn this fun card. I cut the shape free hand by folding a square of paper in half and then cutting it into shape. I added strips of card for the 'Y' and waistband and a couple of little gems.

The label sentiment was created using the Craft the Year Away CD.

We were so chuffed with how many of you took part in last month's Challenge, we hope you can join us again this month. When you have made your Project using at least one Funky Hand paper, link your entry HERE on Jules's first post.

The lovely Anice has also created a gorgeous Heart paper freebie to use if you would like to.

Have a great Friday!

Jane
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My card for the 'Going around in Circles' Funky Hand Challenge

It's time for me to share my Project for the Funky Fifteenth 'Going around in circles' Challenge. I have made a card using the adorable Robot digi which is available on the fabulous new 'Craft The Year Away' Papercraft Factory CD which was released last weekend. I used some very funky circles paper to layer my paper pieced robot onto.
I really love paper piecing digital images but don't do it that often as it always involves lots of time spent planning, running the papers several times through the printer to get the correct layers and I usually end up wasting lots of ink and paper to print one small image.


The new Papercraft Factory CD has however changed all this thanks to the new Workspace feature which allows you to print all the elements for your card on one page. It's like a virtual craft mat! All the different papers I used for my Robot card were printed on one sheet with very little planning.
I have taken a screen shot to illustrate what I mean and I will try and explain how I did it!



First I picked the aqua paper from the 'Marching on' collection and sent it to the Workspace, I added the sentiment to the bottom right hand corner of the page.
I went back to the paper collection, picked the lime green paper and sent it to the Workspace, I resized it to a small rectangle in the top left corner. I went back to the paper collection one last time to pick the circles paper and resized it to a larger rectangle in the top right hand corner.
Finally, I sent the digi image twice to the workspace and put one over the lime paper and one over the aqua paper. You can superimpose the images on top of one another and resize them to ensure they are both the same size.
I then printed the page out and cut out all the elements, inking the edges before adding them to my card base. For the robot's antennae, I coloured a wire paper flower stem black and curled it around a pencil and then added the circle on the top which I covered with glitter glue.
Easy peasy! I love the Workspace on the new CD so much, it makes creating cards with lots of different papers so easy!
I hope you have enjoyed seeing how I created my card, you still have time to join in with this month's Challenge and Anice has even created a freebie for you to use which is available here.
Please take a look at Allison's post for all the details on how to join in the fun!
Jane
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Introducing the very Funky Betty and a new Get Funky Challenge.

I have lots of news to share with you today. I finally managed to get Crafting last night and had a blast playing with something new but I can't show you anything I made just yet. I can, however, show you something new from Funky Hand. Funky Hand are venturing into the Rubber Stamping world with their very own superstar......Betty! You can see the full range of stamps here with some lovely samples made by the DT. I have used the stamp set 'All a Girl needs' to make these two cards with Funky Hand papers.


I love Shopping Betty, she looks a bit like me after a trip to a Craft Show! The little pearl embellishment was made from beads from a cheap bracelet from Primark as an experiment. The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

I love this sweet little pup which is part of the set and the sentiments are all very versatile.
If that wasn't enough Funky Hand fun for you....we are relaunching the Challenge blog today and we have changed the format a little bit. You can see all the details here and you can expect to hear from the Funky Hand DT throughout the month as every three days, one of us will be sharing a project to tie in with the Challenge theme and will be bringing you tips and ideas to inspire you. There is a free download this month, available here and this month's theme is 'Going around in circles'. Please check out the blog post here for a gorgeous card from Allison and all the details!
Phew, that was a long post!! Still tidying up my Craft space so better get back to it!
Have a great Saturday.
Jane
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Get Funky December Challenge

Can you believe it is already the 1st of December? I can't!! The kids are excited as they have opened the 1st window on their Advent Calendars. We normally put our tree up on the 1st but I don't feel very Christmassy yet.
We have a sketch for you to follow this month on the Get Funky Challenge Blog.
We have joined Kathy and her team on her Sketch Challenge blog and I made this card using Gingham papers from the Colour Me Happy CD.

I used Kraft as my base card which I embossed and then I layered up the Ginghams and lace to follow the sketch. The letters I used are by Prima.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a voucher to spend on lovely goodies at Funky Hand.
Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday and keep warm!
Jane
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Get Funky November Challenge- Tag it!

Hi there everyone. I apologise for my absence over the pas t few days. We went to Eurodisney for a few days over half term then developed a bad back the day after we came back. After a long visit to A+E it turns out I have Sacroilitis. I have never know pain like this before! I am gutted as I missed the Christmas Cardmaking Marathon I was supposed to be attending Saturday and cannot sit, lie down or stand without any pain. I am going back to the doctors today and I hope to be referred to a physio.
Luckily, I had made my Project for the Get Funky Challenge a few weeks ago...I used papers from theAll I want for xmas download, and the gorgeous little sentiment digi that is included in the download too!!.



The Challenge theme this month is 'Tag it'. All you need to do is have fun creating a TAG using your favourite funky hand papers. You can create any kind of tag or project including a tag for this challenge!!

The other thing to remember is that your project will only be eligible for the prize if you use at least one Funky Hand product - there are LOADS of papers and extras to choose from so that bit won't be difficult! Click HERE for a quick link to the Funky Hand website ;-).
Here's how to be in with a chance of winning this month's £20.00 voucher to spend in the Funky Hand on-line shop:
1. Add your 'TAG IT' project to your blog,
2. Don't forget to say which Funky Hand product(s) you've used,
3. Go back to the Challenge blog before midnight on Tuesday 30th November (UK time) and add your challenge entry to our little inlinkz gadget at the bottom of the post!!

I hope you will be able to join us. I am not sure when I will be back as I am unable to make anything at the moment.
Take care and have a great Monday.
Jane
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Take 5 and Get Funky!

It's the first of the month and time for a new Funky Hand Challenge! This month, Lythan has picked our theme and she wants to see 5 different Funky Hand papers on your Project.

I made a hanging paper ball using papers from the Funky Seasons CD. I cut 20 circles and folded them and then stuck them all together to make this Christmas decoration. It looks complicated but is actually really easy and I think it looks fab!
I love the colours in this collection and they are a bit different to the usual Christmassy colours.
Make sure you go over to the Get Funky blog for lots of gorgeous projects from the DT! If you take part you could win a £20.00 voucher to spend on the Fabulous Funky Hand goodies!
Enjoy the rest of Friday and have a great Weekend!
Jane
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My First DT project for the Get Funky Challenge!

It's my first Get Funky Challenge as part of the Funky Hand Design Team and Kathy has chosen the theme this month. Kathy loves using flowers on her cards and projects so this month, she'd like to see a

Fabulous Funky Floral Fantasy

The catch is that we need to see lots of dimension in the way you use the flowers, so just a flower patterned paper, or a flat flowery image just won't cut it! Think lots of layers or try making your own 3d flowers
You must you use at least one Funky Hand product to be eligible for the prize.

I used papers from the Dreams come True CD to cover a photo frame and then layered lots of flowers in the corner of the frame.
I loved mixing the spots and stripes in this colour collection to create lots of texture.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for loads of inspiration from the Fabulous DT!
Jane
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Funky April Showers!

The theme of this month's Get Funky Challenge is April Showers. As soon as I saw this adorable Pollycraft image I thought of paperpiecing it with lovely bright papers from the Funky Hand Dreams come true Papercraft Factory CD.

I printed the image onto white card then onto the green spotty card, the blue and green card I used for the background and onto the pink card. I started by colouring in the face and hair,jumper, hands, legs and umbrella handle on the white card and then cut them out. I then cut out the pockets, the hat and the coat in pink and stuck them to the blue and green background.
Next I cut out the umbrella, boots and coat in green and stuck them over the pink layer. Next I added the legs, face, hands and the pink pockets and pink detail for the boots. I added pearls and gems to pick out the buttons and detail on the hat and umbrella. As a final touch I added glossy accents to the boots, pockets and collar of the coat.
With a bit of careful cutting I was able to use the rest of the spotty sheet as backing paper for the card and some of the pink to mat the image on to.
The sentiment is from Elzybells and the charm is from the Hobbyhouse.
I had lots of fun cutting out all the layers and working out how best to put them all together. It was a bit tricky but I think I made it work!
Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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