New Funky Hand Challenge for May!

Oops! I'm afraid I'm a little late with my blog post for our brand new challenge over on the Get Funky! Challenge Blog.  The new monthly challenge all kicked off yesterday (Sunday 15th May) and Kathy is in charge this month.  

Now,she has set us a fab challenge for this month, a craft recipe.  Don't worry if you are not much of a cook (Like me!) as this is a great bit of crafty cooking, which I know you are all good at!  Here are the recipe ingredients and Kathys creation to get your craft juices flowing!

Ingredients:

3 different papers

5 flowers

2 buttons

1 length of ribbon (you can chop this up to taste)

A sprinkling of pearls or gems to season.

At least one Funky Hand product must be included!

 

Now isn't this a fab card?  If you pop over to the Get Funky! Blog you will see lots of information from Kathy about how she made this card and some great ideas about how to manipulate your digital papers to meet your crafting needs exactly.  As always there is a new Freebie craft paper download available from my website www.funkyhand.com.  You will find it in the download collection section.  This month is a great kraft paper style design which I hope you enjoy trying out.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing your creations with Kathys recipe this month, and keep calling back every couple of days to Get Funky! to see more ideas from the rest of the Funky Hand Design Team. 

 

On the Funky Hand front it's all go here as usual, our latest download Rainbow Stripey Stripes seems to have worked out to be as popular and useful to you as it's sister download Rainbow Polka Dots so thanks for buying those and putting some fab colours into your crafting.  Keep your eye on here and the Funky Hand website for our next download release in the near future.

 

I'm still working away on the new Funky Hand CD ROM release as well and it's going really well, I'll be back with sneaky peeks of that and lots of other news over the next few weeks.

Enjoy your crafting

Anice xx 

It's Get Funky! Anice style again!

It's my turn to put a bit of inspiration on the Get Funky Challenge Blog today for this months Spots and Stripes challenge. So, here's my card..

I made it using spotty paper from the Rainbow Polka Dot Download Paper collection, the stripes are this months Get Funky Freebie Download backing paper which can be found on my website www.funkyhand.com in the download section, best be quick though as it will be changing to a new freebie download paper on the evening of the 14th ready for the new Get Funky challenge on the 15th.  But less of that as you still have time to enter this months challenge first!

The topper was created using two images from the digital stamps available on the latest Funky Hand Papercraft Factory CD Craft The Year Away. I used the coloured version of the cake as I was short of time but you could colour one to match whatever you were creating as there is a black outlined drawing available on the CD as well.  The ribbon and buttons are from a couple of different Funky Hand stash collections all available on the website.

Well, it's been a very busy time here at Teapot studios with Easter sales, new downloads and me working on the paper designs for the next craft CD ROM release.  I hope to be able to share some more info on the new CD soon and when it will be available.

I hope you are all well and enjoying your crafting and this little bit of good weather we have been having recently! Don't forget to pop over to the Get Funky Challenge Blog and take a look at all the amazing creations that the Funky Hand Design Team have created this month, there are some great techniques and tutorials from everyone all month long every few days so lots to inspire you with your crafting.

Speak again very soon
Anice xx

New Download Collection released

I'm pleased to let you know that we have a new download collection available for you on www.funkyhand.com.

The new download is called Rainbow Stripey Stripes and it matches our last release Rainbow Polka Dots exactly.  The download is made up of 26 striped papers in every colour of the rainbow and a few more! 

If you are quick you will be able to use this new download to join in with this months Get Funky Challenge which is Spots and Stripes!!

Enjoy your Sunday and I'll speak to you again very soon.
Anice xx

It just never gets old!

I know I've been around in this amazing crafty world for a while now but, I have to admit I still get excited when I see my products in magazines so, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the great spread we have of cards made with our range of Our Betty clear Stamps in this months Simply Cards and Papercraft!

We were lucky enough to have a fab designer from the mag Laura Dougherty working with the Our Betty stamps and coming up with some great card designs.. here are a couple of pictures of the four pages.

As well as using the Our Betty stamp collections Laura also used papers from my last CD ROM  release Craft The Year Away.  This months Simply Cards Magazine has loads of great stuff included in it, not just our stamps! So, go out and get yourself a copy, you wont be disappointed!

Oh, before I rush off back to designing backing papers for my next download release and CD ROM, I wanted to remind you of what I said in my last post about the reduction of the prices for the Our Betty stamps they are now only £7.99 a set.
Also, don't forget to pop over and take a look at all the fab creations from my Design Team this month on our Funky Hand Challenge Blog Get Funky!  There have been some wonderful cards so far this month and plenty more to come before the 14th.  Get inspired and join in with us for a chance to win a Funky Hand download.

Right, enough reading crafty magazines I have to get back to work! Speak again very soon
Anice xx

Our Betty Stamps now only £7.99

Just a quick message today to let you all know that we have been able to reduce our costs in manufacturing our clear stamp collections 'Our Betty' and we've decided to pass these savings onto you.

So, if you want to complete your collection of the Our Betty stamps or you haven't tried them out yet here's a good excuse to treat yourself!  All the stamp collections are now £7.99 so grab them now from www.funkyhand.com and get stamping!!

Enjoy your day
Anice xx

Hope you've enjoyed your weekend..

We've been pretty busy here with you all going a bit mad with our Easter sale!  Thank you to everyone who visited www.funkyhand.com this Bank holiday weekend you've kept us very busy. I'm going to have to get a fast order in for some more promarkers and other stash items.. I'm all sold out!!

I know it's a little late but I wanted to send you a nice bright Easter card to say thanks and here's to a lovely Spring and Summer heading our way!

This card was made using my latest craft CD ROM release Craft The Year Away.  I took advantage of the coloured eggs image on the CD and just added a little Glossy Accents to make them nice and tasty looking!! I know it's a really simple card but I think that with just a few little bits of doodling you can make a card quickly but fun.

As I've said loads of times before recently I'm working away on our next craft CD ROM release and it's starting to come together nicely now.  I'll keep you informed about when you will be able to see it..but expect a few new backing paper download collections to be released in the near future to keep you crafting while you have to wait for me to finish designing new backing papers.  This new Funky Hand craft CD will be one to grab I promise !!

So, before I sign off I wanted to remind you to remember to pop over to the Funky Hand Design Teams Get Funky! Challenge Blog and be inspired by the wonderful card creations that the DT members are sharing with us every few days over the month.  This months challenge theme is Spots and Stripes and we would love to see your crafty creations.  If you win the challenge you will get to choose a free Funky Hand Download Collection as your prize.  So go on, have a read of the challenge Blog and join in with us..we'd love to have you!!

Speak again very soon,
Anice xx

BIG EASTER SALE ON NOW!

Yes it's that time of year again on the Funky Hand website. www.funkyhand.com  We have a BIG Easter Sale on NOW with 25% off EVERYTHING available for sale on the website until 10pm Monday 25th April.

So, if you have been meaning to buy that Funky Hand CD, maybe our latest Papercraft Factory release Craft the Year Away or complete your collection of the Funky Hand original craft CD ROMS. this weekend will be the perfect time to grab that bargain. Maybe you'd like to download one of the Funky Hand downloadable backing paper collections, perhaps the latest release Rainbow Polka Dots, get 25% off the normal prices and give yourself a little Easter treat!

Don't forget as well as all the Funky Hand downloads and craft CD ROMS there is also our new range of clear rubber stamps featuring the lovely Our Betty and lots of button and ribbon collections put together especially for Funky Hand.  That's not all though, we haven't forgotten to include all the fabby craft stash items that we have available on the website in the sale so take a good look and grab yourself some fantastic bargains on sets of Letraset Promarkers, Sakura Gel pens,Stazon inks pads and much more!

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter break and find some time to fit in a bit of crafting.  I'll be working on my backing paper designs for our next Funky Hand CD release but I'm going to make sure I find time to have at least a little bit of fun along the way!

Speak again very soon
Anice xx

Spots and Stripes New Get Funky Challenge

Hello again, can you believe that another month has flown by and it's time for a new challenge over on the Get Funky Challenge Blog.

But first I'd like to say thank you to everyone who created wonderful entries for last months challenge and to congratulate all the winners. WELL DONE!  Thank you so much for joining in, we all love seeing what you are inspired to create each month.

Right now for this months challenge. Debs is our hostess this month and her challenge is for you to create anything that you like using SPOTS AND STRIPES. Who doesn't like using spots and stripes in their crafting? So we are expecting some fab entries this month!  Here's Debs card to get you going...

How's that for a little different?  The butterflies have been cut from papers from the Funky Hand Dreams Come True CD ROM and our latest spotty download collection Rainbow Polka Dots.  There will be new entries on the the Get Funky challenge blog every few days over the next month from the Funky Hand DT members to get your mojo flowing so remember to call back often.  All you need to remember to do when entering the challenge to be considered for the winners prize of a Funky Hand download collection of your choice is that you include at least one Funky Hand paper, stamp image or extra on your creation.  Don't worry if you don't own any Funky Hand stuff yet as there is a freebie Funky Hand backing paper on our website www.funkyhand.com each month to help you. (Grab it before the 14th May as it will be changed to a new one for next months challenge then)

This month is a very bright stripey paper which matches the colours on the Rainbow Polka Dot download collection.  I hope you can join in with us this month.

What else has been going on here at Teapot Studios..well I'm working away on new backing paper designs for our next CD ROM release which should be ready for you to have a look at May/June time.  That's if I can get everything done in time!!  I'm hoping to be able to get sat down infront of my craft table very soon as I've been so busy with business things I've not had a chance to craft for ages.  Hopefully I'll be back with some of my creations to share with you very soon!

Right, no rest for the wicked, I have to get back to designing.
I'll speak to you again very soon.
Anice xx

Last chance for this months challenge...

Just a very quick message today as I'm in the magic throws of great mojo designing papers for the next Funky Hand craft CD ROM release. Look out for more details about that over the next month or so..

Anyway, I just wanted to remind you that today is the last day that you have to enter this months Get Funky Blog Challenge  'Zing into Spring'  and also grab this months freebie Funky Hand backing paper to help you from www.funkyhand.com.  It's all change tomorrow for the challenge and the freebie paper so get crafting this afternoon and enter this months challenge to have the chance to win your choice of Funky Hand download collections.

I'll be back tomorrow with the details of our next challenge so I'll get back to designing backing papers and speak to you tomorrow!!
Anice xx

Bad Bad Blogger !

Wow, I can't believe how quickly time is going by this year.  This of course could be my excuse for being such a terrible blogger but really it's much more because of my terrible health recently. I'm not going to bore you with all the details except to say..having MS and epilepsy sucks and I wouldn't recommend either to any of you!!

So, here I am trying to catch up a bit and let you know that I am still around!  I'm working on the next Funky Hand CD Rom release and I'll be back soon to give you lots more information on how I'm getting on and what you can expect from the next edition from the Papercraft Factory range.  There are ALOT of things going on here at the moment that I think I hinted at in my last post..but it was so long ago I can't remember!!  Well..things are moving on pretty quickly so I'll be giving you more info about all the stuff going on here in the Funky Hand camp when all the loose ends are tied up.

Whilst I have been in my sick bed my Design Team have been keeping everything rocking and rolling over on the Get Funky Challenge Blog with some amazing card creations for this months challenge.  If you haven't been over there to get some inspiration..WHY NOT?  You might even be inspired to join in and have the chance of winning a free Funky Hand download collection of your choice..well to give you a taste here are a few pictures of the wonderful cards the Funky Hand girls have been sharing with us..

First up is Debs fab pleated flower card...

Next are Janes fab mini cards. She is so good at making these little gems!

Ruth shared a fabby card next with us this month using a couple of stamps from the Our Betty Your special Day Collection..now that's the size of pressie I would like to receive!

Faye shared her wonderful Flower card next which she used this months Funky Hand Freebie backing paper on..if you haven't grabbed this free paper from www.funkyhand.com yet you had better get over there as it will be gone on the 14th April and replaced with a new one for next months challenge..

 Today it's Jennys turn to get us all inspired on the Get Funky! Challenge blog and she is proving to be the queen of making cards with space and elegance.. I definately could do with learning from her about that!!

I'm really hoping that this latest bout of illness will be the last for a while so I can get right back on track with everything that is planned for the next few months with Funky Hand and if I'm to catch up I can't hang around here chatting!! Enjoy your crafting!

Speak again very soon.
Anice xx