Pure Innocence double peephole card

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend, mine was very busy but great fun. I spent yesterday evening making a card one of my Friend's asked me to make for her daughter who has just passed her degree and got her first job. As it was a 2 in 1 card I thought multiple layers and peepholes may be the way to go, it was a bit of a challenge but I am really pleased with the how the card turned out!

I used some older Echo Park 12x12 papers and pink card and made the card base using Nesties and my
Grand Calibur machine. The images are Pure Innocence by Heather Ellis. There are two peepholes in the front of the card.

The first layer inside has another peephole and the 1st image. The sentiment was made using the writer function in a Funky Hand CD.

And this is the last layer. I apologise for the quality of the photos! It looks so much better in real life!
I hope you have a lovely Monday.
Jane
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Gingham for Passion for Promarkers

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I have two more baby cards to share with you today. The images I used on these cards are from Squigglefly and the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy.

I used Funky Hand papers and a ribbon from stash on this card along with a tiny flower from Crafty Emma's store.


This card also uses Funky Hand gingham and I used a button from The Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn. I am entering these cards into this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge, the theme is to use gingham. I was very excited to see this morning that I had been picked as one of the top 5 Passionistas for last week with another baby card! Thank you ladies!

I had a lovely evening out crafting yesterday with my Friend Petra and new Friend Lucy who are both exceptionally talented crafters. We chatted, ate good food and I even managed to make good progress on a Commission I am working on! I hope you have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Easter

Morning everyone! It's Monday and it's time for a new Pollycraft Challenge and this week's theme is 'Easter'. I love Easter eggs, in fact I love any chocolate!
I have used 'Fluffy Wabbit' who seems to be a bit of a Chocoholic as well! I don't think that Easter Bunny disguise is fooling anyone!

I made a card blank from Kraft using my Grand Nestabilities and used Echo Park and Funky Hand papers which I sewed together. I used Ribbon Girl ribbon and finished with a touch of glossy accents on the egg and a couple of stick on pearls.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of lovely inspiration from the fabulous Pollycraft DT. I hope you will be able to join us for the chance to win 3 digis from The Secret Crafter.

Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Funky Hand Anice and Betty on Create and Craft today

Betty will be making her debut on Create and Craft today with Anice. It is the first time the stamps will have been shown on the TV alongside the recently released Craft the Year Away CD and the other Papercraft Factory CDs.



I made a few new samples using Betty which I hope I will be able to spot on the shows at 10am and 2pm. The first is a wall hanging made with a kraft scrapbook page. I used all the image stamps from the 'All a girl needs' Betty stamp set with papers from the Craft the Year Away CD. It was really fun to make and I used my new Rolled Flower dies to make the small flowers.

I also made a shopping list pad with my Bind it all and decorated it with Betty looking like I do after a trip to any Craft Show! I made a charm using Shrink plastic and one of the stamps from the set and attached it to the pad with string and added a little gem to finish the pad off.
I hope you enjoy the shows, if you don't have Sky or Freeview, you can watch them online here.
Jane
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Dotty for spotty papers?

If like me you love spotty papers you are going to love the new Rainbow Polkadots download which has just been released and is available here on the Funky Hand website.

I have been dying to show you this card I made a few weeks ago when Anice gave us the papers to play with. I made a (sort of) Union Jack by sewing through different paper pieced strips of papers. I have a top tip to share if you are going to give this a try...make sure you use wet glue and let it dry or very narrow double sided tape so you don't upset your machine by sewing through the tape. I had a few failed attempts and actually thought my machine was broken until I figured it out! The lace and Ribbon and from The Ribbon Girl, the crown was from my stash but you can buy similar ones from The Ribbon Girl here too.


I love these papers so much! Spots and stripes are pretty much craft staples for me and there is colour for every project in this download. My Funky Hand teamies all love Polkadots as much as I do and have created some fab samples so there are lots of lovely new things for you to be inspired by in the Gallery.
Have a good Thursday.
Jane
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Something a little bit different...

Tracy added some new Miss Evie images to the Squiggle Stamps shop this week. As soon as I saw the Castle image and Miss Evie Princess, I had the idea of making an easel card using the castle. I'm not 100% sure about this card. It's very different to my usual style!

I used Echo Park 'Life is Good' papers to paper piece the castle and then added it to the card. I printed Miss Evie quite small and then added her to the card and finished with lots of glitter, stick on gems and flowers.


I printed little banners using the Funky Hand 'Craft the Year Away' CD which I stuck behind the turrets. I might give this card another go with different papers, I think the patterns are fighting one another a little too much!
Have a good Sunday!
Jane
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More 'Love Love Love'...

A quick post today to share another card I made with the 'Love Love Love' download which is available here from Funky Hand.

The colour combination and paper designs in this download are perfect for Valentine's but will also come in handy all year round for Men's cards.
I layered up lots of the papers with stitching and used some of the alphas from the download to make up my sentiment. The label font (my favourite) and the little robot are from the Craft the Year Away CD and I just added some little gems to the precoloured robot as his antennae is green and I wanted it to be red to match.
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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A Funky Valentine's card

I made three cards today with the lovely new 'Love Love Love' download which is available now to by from the Funky Hand website. I showed them all to my Hubby and this one is his favourite so I thought I would share this one with you first.
The card was made by simply layering some of the gorgeous patterned paper over some red card and then sewing around the edges with my machine. I printed a digi stamp heart and a sentiment using the label font from the new Funky Hand Craft the Year away CD, added them to the card with foam pads and then finished with a mini button and a rose.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Jane
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Funky Hand on TV again today and a new download!

Anice will be back on Create and Craft again today at 10am and 2pm demonstrating the fabulous new 'Craft the Year Away' CD. I will be recording the shows to watch tonight when the boys are at Football.

I spotted my little basket on the last show. I made this by weaving strips of paper and then added a handle punched from some gingham. I love all the ginghams on the CD! The little tag was made with one of the precoloured digi images on the CD.
This little card was made using one of the templates. You choose which paper you want your hearts to be printed from, send it to the Workspace, choose the template, print you get a cute little card like this! I added a sentiment printed with the label font and mounted on foam pads and finished off with some little gems and bakers twine.
Anice has been a very busy bee and there is a new Valentine's theme download on the website now.

I love those colours and the heart papers are just fabulous! It makes a nice change from pinks and I will definitely having a play with this collection this weekend!
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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New Funky Hand CD launch day!

The totally fabulous new Funky Hand CD 'Craft the Year Away' is being released today. If you tune in to Create and Craft at 10am you will be able to see the lovely Anice demonstrating all the new features of the CD.

As you can see, I had lots of fun making samples which Anice will be taking to the studio. I used a card template which is included on the CD to make the card above, it's such a great shape. The little Sunshine is an image which is also on the CD with the sentiment.

The new CD has a fully interactive Workspace, like a virtual craft table which allows you to drop papers, images onto a blank page and create layers and write text using some cool and very Funky fonts. I love the label font which I used on the cover and tabs of the Birthday book above.

The little four leaf clover is one of my favourite images, I added lots of glitter to it and popped it on a green backing paper to which I had added a sentiment.

The last card I have to share with you today has a yummy cupcake topper which is one of the images from the CD. I love the fact that you can resize the images at will. The sentiment is also included in the selection of images, I love the speech bubble.
I really hope you will be able to tune in to the show on Create and Craft at 10am today, the CD will be available to buy there from then and will be available on the Funky Hand website from 1pm.
I can't wait for the show to start so I can play 'spot my sample'!!!
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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It's nearly release day!

I have a little snippet of a card to share with you today as a teaser of the brand new Funky Hand CD 'Craft the Year Away' which will be launched on Sunday at 10am on Create and Craft in a show with the lovely Anice, it will then be available on the Funky Hand website at 1pm.The new CD has some many amazing new features which I love and the papers and extras are superb! Please check out the demo here for all the details and make sure you tune in to Create and Craft Sunday at 10am, I will be to look for my samples! Can't wait!
Jane
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Lucy's Sketches - Sketch 6

I finally managed to make cards for the last two sketches of Lucy's sketch week which ended on the 7th of January (I will share the other one with you tomorrow). Lucy has made all her wonderful sketches available here on a PDF and is leaving the sketches open for participation until the end of the month so you still have time to join in the fun. I love the simplicity of the sketch that inspired this card.


To make my card, I printed some Funky Hand Gingham from the Colour Me Happy CD onto heavier weight white card and die cut a scalloped card with a Sizzix die. I cut a block of green spotty paper and sewed around the edges after I had stamped the Hero Arts sentiment. I stamped a Woodware ice cream onto white card and coloured it with my Promarkers before tying some Ribbon Girl Baker's twine around the stem of the glass. I added a couple of pearls and then stuck it to the card with foam pads.
As well as Lucy's sketch Challenge, I am entering this card into the Ribbon Girl's colour challenge which is pink and green this month.
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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All a girl needs

I have three cards to share with you today made with the All a Girl needs stamp set which was released by Funky Hand yesterday.

I love these shoes, even though I would never wear heels like that anymore, I do own several unworn pairs I just had to have!


I used a Cutting Cafe template to make this card. I made a similar card for the issue of Quick Cards Made Easy which is out this month.

I do love my handbags, especially Radley ones, in fact I bought myself a new one from the sales yesterday to add to my collection! It's gorgeous!
Have a great Sunday!
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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DT Call - Come and Get Funky with us!!

Would you like to make cards and other projects from Funky Hand products that you haven't had to pay for and have your hands on before they are even released for sale? Would you like to see your work displayed on the Funky Hand website www.funkyhand.com and regularly be shown on live Create and Craft TV shows? Would you like to have the opportunity to make cards for inclusion in your favourite craft magazines? Would you like to be part of a really friendly, supportive, funny, amazingly talented and down to earth group of crafters?


Then you just might like the idea of applying for a place in the Funky Hand Design Team.

Here's what you need to do to find out more. Email Anice on contact@funkyhand.com and she will send you all the details of how to apply to join us. You need to return your applications by Friday 7th January and the new members of our Design Gang will be announced on Sunday 10th January.

You all know how much I love Funky Hand and Anice's designs and there are so many exciting things instore at Funky Hand this year and the first thing any new DT member can have a play with is our new craft CD ROM that is due to be launched on Create and Craft TV on Sunday 30th January 10am.

I hope lots of you will apply, I can't wait to see who our new Team members will be!

Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Sale time at Funky Hand

Make sure you check out the massive sale at Funky Hand www.funkyhand.com there is 25% discount off everything, craft CD Roms, downloads and paper packs so grab yourself a real bargain before the New Year begins.

The sale ends 12 noon 1st January.
Jane
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A card for Isabelle

One of my lovely Friends beautiful little Daughter celebrated her 1st Birthday yesterday and it was lovely to be able to make a pink and girly card after all the Christmas cards I have been making lately.

I used the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD to print the letters which I cut out with Nestabilities and to print the paper and the big number 1.
I matted the paper on to some textured card and then sewed around the edges with pale pink thread.
I mounted the letters and the number on to foam pads and then added them to the card and then got to work colouring the adorable Kaylee digi image by Lori Boyd.
When she was all coloured in, I cut her out with little border and added her to the card with foam pads. A little bow, a button and a few little gems finished the card off.
I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my Best Friend Fiona and her gorgeous little boy, it is so lovely to be back in the swing of things a bit more!
Have a great Sunday!
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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A matching set for Dad

It was my Hubby's Birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for the boys to give him. I made a wordbook from the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD and a matching box for the CD they bought him.

I love the Wordbooks on the Papercraft Factory CDs as you can have the letters and papers in any combination/colour, it's great to have so much choice.
I added a little tag made up with an SRM sticker and tied it with some Bobunny ribbon. The little ball embellishments were an RAK gift from a blogging friend.
I made a matching box using my scoring board and some more papers from the CD. I printed out some letters from the extras section on the CD and cut them into a tag shape which I backed with the leftovers from the Wordbook.
I added another SRM sticker along the bottom of the box.
My Hubby has taken the day off today and we are going out for a couple of hours to do some Christmas shopping in Camberley as part of my 'reintroduction to society' in preparation for my return to work Monday :-)
Have a great Friday and a good weekend.
Jane
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A Pollycraft Friday Freebie and some bargains!

I {heart} Maurice! If you love him too, make sure you pop over to the Tales from Pollycraft blog to get your own Maurice Friday Freebie.


This image is simply fabulous, I couldn't resist making not one but two cards to share with you today! I used some gorgeous vintagey papers by Making Memories with some Kraft paper.


I printed the sentiment on the computer, added a bit of stitching, some felt star brads and the fabulous image on foam pads for a quick but fun card.

If you fancy doing a bit of shopping today, Emma has a special offer on in her store

***FREE P&P UNTIL 10AM MONDAY***

SELECT THE FREE POSTAGE OPTION

(ie over £30)

OR SPEND OVER £30 AND CHOOSE ANOTHER £3.00 WORTH OF PRODUCTS FOR FREE - USE THE CODE OVER30

but that's not all...

Anice also has some bargains for you on the Funky Hand website...
All Funky Hand Original Collections are permanently reduced in price to make room for all the exciting things which will be arriving next year!
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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