Happy Mothers Day..here's a sneak peek for you.

Hi everyone,

Firstly, 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. :)

It's my job to make the Mothers Day cards here, who else would do it?  So this year I decided to create 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 I've used are some beautiful Hanglar Stanglar stamps that I have been lucky enough to get hold of. Unfortunately they are no longer available for sale from the stamp company. Though they can sometimes be found on Ebay etc. Anyway, here's a closer look,

This one is 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 craft backing papers are just two of the ones that are going to be available in the collection. Just using the brown and white ones made it really easy to add any colour with them and give each card 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?  Each one is an exclusive creation and you can always find a way to cover any little accidents.

Speak again very soon.
Anice xx

Spooky Dookie Forgotten Funky Part 2

Boo!  Did I get you?

As I promised here are the other creations from my wonderful Design Team member for this months Forgotten Funky, Halloween download Spooky Dookie.  The theme of course is Halloween and the girls have created some amazing crafty items.  Can you believe that all these different creations were made using the same downloadable backing paper collection?

A scary ghost card from Tammy

Something to collect all those treats in from Debbie

Ruth is going to create a right stir with these cupcake toppers and spooky straws

Who wouldn't want a treat rather than give you a trick if you offered them these made by Lou?

I have really enjoyed seening the creations from the Design Team this month, I hope you have too.  Why not pop over to the Get Funky & Craft Blog and leave them a comment.  We love to hear from you and get your feedback.

Until next time,
Anice xx

Get ready for a spooky Forgotten Funky..

Hello everyone,

This months Design Team Forgotten Funky over on the DT Blog, Get Funky and Craft is the download collection Spooky Dookie.  They created some amazing things, from cards to treat bags, take a look..

A super scary card and treat jar created by Marleen

Wow! Those ghosts poping out from this card by Allison would make you jump!

Yummy treat bags made by Kathy

If that has given you some spooky ideas then pop over to the Get Funky Blog to take a look at all the other creations or pop back here tomorrow where I'll be sharing some more of their scary creations..

Until then..
Anice xx

More new releases to snuggle up with!

I'm here again telling you about MORE Funky Hand new digital download releases.  I'm on a designing roll at the moment so I don't want to wait to give you only a couple of new things..I want you to see them all!

OK, what have you got for us today Anice?  First up the backing paper collection Fading Beauty,

This paper collection was inspired by the sun bleached colours that you see in lovely hot places.  Not that I see them much here the North East!  The paint work being a bit worn out and flaky and the colours sun bleached.  The Funky Hand Design Team loved using this collection and created some really diverse cards and scrap pages which made me realise that this is a very useful set of papers to have in your stash.  Here's a few examples, you can see them all in the gallery on the Fading Beauty download page on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com

The second release today is a new Georgie digital stamp called Night Night.  I'm really pleased how this stamp has turned out, I was so pleased that I decided to give everyone who purchases it a little extra free.  As well as the usual line drawings I have digitally coloured the stamp and included that in the file as well.  It means that if you don't have time to colour a stamp you can print off a ready coloured one.

So, another release day for you!  I hope you like them.  If you have any questions about these downloads or any of the others don't hesitate to ask them.  Either ask here or send me a message through the Contact Us page on the website.

Speak again soon.
Anice xx

Memories In Sepia..new backing papers

Here I am again after quite sometime,

I've got something great to share with you on this post.  We have a new backing paper download available on the Funky Hand website and it's a little different.  This set of backing papers isn't bright colours it's a little more subdued. It's called Memories In Sepia and it's priced at only £2.99 

This collection has lots of different patterns for you to create with, bicycles, the Eiffel tower, old lace and more.  The Funky Hand Design Team loved playing with this one and have made some beautiful cards and scrapbook pages.  Here are a few examples and there are loads more in the gallery on the Memories In Sepia page.

There is even a card from me!..

Go and have a look at the Memories In Sepia backing paper collection now and start thinking about what you can create with them.

Speak again soon
Anice xx

The winner of the Funky Freebie competition is..

..I'm not going to tell you right away!

This little competition, downloading the February Funky Freebie was such a lot of fun, I've decided that we are going to do it again next month.  So, keep your eyes peeled here on the Funky Hand Thoughts Blog, the Design Team Blog, Get Funky and Craft and our Facebook page Funky Hand.

OK OK, lets get back to the winner!  I'm please to announce that the winner of the Love Love Love download is

Sheila Simpson

Congratulations Sheila, I hope you enjoy using the backing paper download.

Speak to you again very soon,

Anice xx 

Win a copy of Love Love Love.

I really love giving stuff away.  You might ask yourself, why? Well, I love getting stuff and having the chance to win stuff is just as great. So, if I like it so must other people right?  Well, I think you do!

Thinking that I'm right, I have put this simple little competition together for Valentines day.  I could tell you all about it but, I thought a short little video might be a fun way to tell you all about it..

Have you watched?  If you couldn't then here's the info.  You can win a copy of my download Love Love Love.  All you need to do is go to my website www.funkyhand.com and download the new Funky Freebie.  It's a FREE backing paper, that matches the Love Love Love download.  That's it.  You download the Freebie and then get put in the draw to win the collection.

But, you must download the Freebie by Midnight (GMT) Thursday 6th February.  Not long to get that Freebie to have a chance to win the prize.

So, what are you waiting for? Get over to www.funkyhand.com now and get that Funky Freebie!

Speak again very soon.
Anice xx

Layering a Funky Hand digital stamp

Welcome to you all! 

Today I thought that I would share a bit more information about my idea for layering one of the Georgie digital stamps 'Georgie Angel' that I posted about over on the Funky Hand Design Team Blog. Get Funky & Craft.  For this creation I messed around with the stamp and created a GSD to cut out the image with my cutting machine.  You don't have to have a cutting machine.  You could just print out the digital stamp image four times and just cut the parts that you want to layer out.

Please remember: Not all digital stamp designers would be happy with you doing this sort of thing so you must remember to check all terms and conditions linked with each stamp.  If it is not mentioned there, it doesn't mean it's OK to do.  Always ask.

OK, here is what I started out with for this project,

As you can see I decided that I wanted to layer her face, the upper part of her body and her hands holding the heart.

I coloured the images in with Promarkers before I cut them out.  Colouring small parts of images when they are already cut out is really hard in my opinion but if you prefer to cut out first please go ahead.

Sorry, that was the perfect opportunity to show off my Promarker collection to you. To say I'm a bit obsessed with them is a little bit of an understatement! I have to admit Ian was a little shocked when he saw them all out on the table.  He says he didn't know I had so many.  I told him I'd had them all ages (wink)

Before I go on, if you have some Promarkers you might like to grab this really helpful free download from Sarah Hurley.

It's a  layout of all the names of the currently available Promarkers (including Limited Editions) with circles to add the pen colour to. Print the download onto the same paper/card that you use for colouring your digital stamps and colour in each of your markers. It will then give you a true coloured effect.  Sarah has laid them out in a really helpful order.  Grab the free download from her website  http://www.sarahhurleydesigns.co.uk/oldshop/prod_2834920-Promarker-Colour-Charts-Updated-for-Winter-2013.html  Please don't just share this freebie with your friends send them over to Sarahs website to grab their own copy. 

OK, lets get colouring in Georgie.  I started with her skin and then her hair..

For her skin I used these Promarker colours: Almond, Blush and Dusky Pink.  It actually looks very pale on this picture but it doesn't look so pale in reality.  For her hair I went for a deep brown/auburn. The colours I used were: Tan, Cinnamon and Coco.  I also added a tiny bit of Henna at the darkest places.

Next up is her Angel outfit.  I saw this collection of Promarkers being used for Blonde hair and I thought it would be a good combination as I wanted it light but not just leave it white.  The colours used are: Ivory, Satin and Almond.  For extra shading I used Vanilla.

Here is Georgie all finished.  I wanted a warmer colour for her wings and ballet shoes so decided on pinks.  The colours used are: Antique Pink, Dusky Rose and Budding Rose.  Finally the heart, I wanted a nice vibrant red colour so I used Red Sweater and Ruby.

I decided to colour in each layer of the image as I wanted no white bits showing under the layered stamp, but also, because it was an opportunity to practice the colouring, as the lower levels of the face, upper body and heart wouldn't be in clear view!



 Finally here's the finished card I made and a closer look at the layering..

I used 1mm foam pads to layer the head and upper body and 3mm foam pads for the heart.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

If you have purchased the (or are thinking about it) Georgie Angel digital stamp and would like the GSD I used in this post, send me a message through the Funky Hand website Contact Us page and I will email it to you for free.

All there is left to say is, I hope you all have a very merry Christmas. Just incase I don't get back to post here before the big day.  I'm crossing my fingers that Santa has more Promarkers in his sack for me.  I hope you get all the crafty stash you have asked for.

Speak again very soon.
Anice xx

Win SIX Funky Hand craft CDs of your choice.

I'm feeling all generous today so, I thought I would share a competition that is currently running over on the Funky Hand Facebook page here with you.  It's pretty easy to enter, and I think it's a prize worth winning..if I say so myself!

Leave a message in the comments here or pop over to Facebook and leave a message there.  Everyone who comments will get one entry into the draw to win the six Funky Hand CD ROMs of their choice. (All the CDs available are not shown in this picture by the way!)

 If you want an even better chance of winning then just pop to the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com and purchase a download from the ever growing collection of ones available.  If you buy a download you will get an extra FIVE entries into the draw.

The six CDs are worth up to £71.94 (depending on which ones are chosen) and the downloads available on the website start from 99p. If you haven't tried downloads before, it might be a good time to try one, you could get a great new backing paper collection or digital stamp (or both!) and, have a better chance of winning all the CDs.

Anyway, I wanted to let you all know about the competition, leave a message here or go over to the Facebook page.  You have until 12 noon Saturday 16th November to join in.

Good luck
Anice xx

Woohoo! new download releases & a discount code.

Hi everyone,

It's busy day here in the Garden Studio..we have new download collections up on the website.
I'm really excited about them all but especially the new digital stamps 'Georgie'.  She is the first cute girl 'character' I have drawn and I really hope you like her.

Less of my waffle take a look..

She's a bit of a princess which is what inspired me to create the latest backing paper download as well..

Twenty backing papers in pinks, green and cream, perfect for all your 'Little Princess' crafting!  My design team have made some beautiful cards and other creations so don't forget to pop over and take a look at those.

Oh, I said I had a discount for you didn't I.. well I haven't forgotten!  As we are celebrating the new releases you can have a bit of a present!  Use the code below and get 15% off any downloads you purchase from the Funky Hand website between now and Tuesday 12th November (midnight)

I hope you like the new releases and I will speak with you here again very soon,

Anice xx

 

How about a hop to see the new 'Boys Will Be Boys' release?

 
Hello everyone,

Welcome to our New Boys will be Boys release blog hop. My Design Team is so excited about this new download that they have decided that we should have a good old hop to showcase everyone's makes with it and get you all inspired!!

There are fabulous new backing papers and an amazing new Digital stamp character,'Bot',to meet along the way. The papers and Bot are available to buy in the shop ( www.funkyhand.com ) from 9am today  BUT we wanted to invite you on a little hop around to see what the gorgeous Funkettes have been busy making with them and give one lucky person the chance to win the new Boys will be Boys download collection and a Bot digital stamp!!

The hop is starting right here,

 Monday 30th September at 5:00am GMT until 12 midnight GMT Tuesday 1st October. 

The winnner will be announced at 8am on Wednesday 2nd October.

All you need to do is pop in on all the girls blogs and leave a comment for the chance to win the downloads yourself!! 

Here is a look at a card I created with the new downloads to get the hop started!

 OK, so here's the hop order so if you get lost along the way pop back here for the links!!

Anice.

Allison.

Debbie.

Kathy.

Lou.

Ruth.

Sam.

Tabbatha.

Get Funky inspiration blog.

Have fun hopping, see you soon!!!!

Anice xx

Lets get Hopping !

Welcome to the Funky Hand blog hop to release the new Funky Hand Christmas downloads.

I'm so pleased to be able to tell you about the new downloads for 2013.  But to get us properly started we wanted to have a blog hop around all the Design Team blogs to show you just what you could be creating with these collections. This hop will last from Saturday 7th Sept until Midnight Sunday 8th September.

Here are my cards:

Papers used: Sleigh Ride (Available NOW www.funkyhand.com )
Digital Stamp: Doodlewords Happy Christmas (Available NOW www.funkyhand.com )

Papers used: Silent Night  (Available NOW www.funkyhand.com )
Digital Stamp: Doodlewords Merry Christmas (Available NOW www.funkyhand.com )


OK, what do you need to do?  It's really easy, just hop from one blog post to the next using the links on each post. Visit all the blogs to see great creations made by the Funky Hand Design Team using the new downloads.  As you 'hop' around there will be a letter given to you by each DT member.  Collect these letters and once you have all nine letters, mix them around to make a crafty word (or words 'hint hint') Enter that word into comments on the last blog you visit, which should be the Get Funky & Craft inspiration blog.

Please leave a little comment on each of the blogs that you visit so the girls know that you have been there.

Why should you collect the letters?  Well, there's a prize of a complete collection of one of the new Christmas Downloads available to one lucky winner.  That's a backing paper collection, matching wordbook and all four new Christmas Digital stamps. The prize is worth over £11.00 !

My Letter for you to collect :  G

So, lets get hopping..  go over to see what Allison has for you to see.  Don't worry if you have missed any blogs here's a list of them all..

Anice
Allison
Debbie
Kathy
Lou
Ruth
Sam
Tabbatha
Get Funky & Craft

Good luck and Happy Hopping !
Anice xx

Something for Christmas?

I've been naughty over on the Get Funky & Craft blog today and given everyone a little sneak peek of the new Funky Hand Christmas downloads for this year.  They are going to be released at the weekend so I'l be back then and give you all the information about them.

Here's the peek I have shared..

I'll be back on Saturday with a blog hop and details of a fab prize for a lucky hopper.

See you then
Anice xx