Get Funky Challenge - Word Books!

The month long challenge over at Get Funky is underway and it's my turn to provide some inspiration!  The theme set by the lovely Lou is:

Wordbooks

Well, I do like my wordbooks and I get a lot of requests to make them too because they are so different to the standard card.  I've used the Wishes and Kisses cd and simply printed the templates with the letters I need.  I then layered them up and added my embellishments and ribbons.  I decided to make a wordbook of my new Niece who I'd taken photos of with the boys when she was just a week old - she's changed a bit since as she's almost 7 months now!

I've added little scallop tags for journalling and threaded pink organza ribbon through.  I've also glittered the edges of the letters too - you just can't see it too well in the photos.

As always, there is a Funky Hand freebie for you to use in this month's challenge and you too can make your own wordbook with it!  Don't forget that we must see a Funky Hand product in your creation!  Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge:  Children
Cute Card Thursday:  Different Shaped Card
Little Miss Muffet: Anything But Square
Moving Along With The Times:  Girly
Shelly's Images:  Anything But Square
Inky Impressions:  For A Child
Penny's Paper Crafty:  Shaped Cards
Sisterhood of Crafters: No Stamps

Papers and Template:  Wishes and Kisses cd from Funky Hand
Dies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities and Sizzix Scallop Tag
Everything else:  My stash

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 25

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge and I'm hosting it this fortnight and here is my sketch:

 

We are sponsored by Funky Hand and Jellypark this fortnight which means two lucky entrants will each win a prize!

I've been quite minimalistic with my card - using some of the bunting digi printed directly onto my card blank and coloured with Promarkers.  The text announcing the birth of my Niece has also been printed directly onto the card (I made 26 of these with very little notice as my brother couldn't take a photo he liked and we were visiting them a few days later!)

I've layered the photo on an offcut of card and a tiny bit of pink from Funky Hand (can't remember which cd!)

I've dotted around the edge with a pink gel pen and added a half pearl underneath the text.

Good luck with the challenge - for more details pop over to the Challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Hybrid Chick Caravan:  Use Pink

Totally Gorjuss:  Something New (does new baby count?!)

Fussy and Fancy:  New Baby

Moving Along With The Times:  Celebration but No Birthday

Fab n Funky:  New Beginnings

• Image:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else:  My stash

Spring Is Sprung - Funky Hand New Release and Blog Hop!

Anice has worked her magic again and there is a brand new download released this weekend over at Funky Hand! The download is called Spring Has Sprung and to celebrate some of the Design Team are having a blog hop!

If you have arrived at my blog from Anice then you are on the right track. If you get stuck just go back to Anice and she will list all the links. The letter you want to collect from me is

S

Keep it safe, leave me a comment and then once you've hopped round us all, leave a comment at the end with the unscrambled word. There is a download of Spring Has Sprung for the winner but you have another chance to win if you do the Facebook thing too!

This is a lovely fresh download and I've had a bit of a mad time with the pinky lilac papers as you can see! I get an urge every now and again to create a layout as I like the idea of using more space and not worrying about trying to get it all in an envelope at the end!

All the papers you see are from the download and I've used various dies plus chunky ribbon from my stash along with half pearls, seed beads (flower centres) and some vellum here and there. I've handwritten the sentiment onto an X Cut fancy rectangle die (oh how I am loving this new purchase!)

I've edged all the papers with a silver gel pen but its not shown up too well in the picture. Photo is of my two nieces - Niamh is two and Amy was 12 days old when the pic was taken by my Dad - when we saw her she did nothing but eat and sleep!

Don't forget to leave me a comment and your next stop is Kathy! The hop will stay active until 9am GMT Monday 26 March - happy hopping!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Paper Girls: Layout Followed
Delicious Doodles: The Wonder of Life
Guylou's Inimitability: Monochromatic
Hotshot Craft: Ribbons
CRAFT: Handmade Flowers
Dutch Dare: Cute and Cuddly

• All papers: Spring Has Sprung download from Funky Hand
• Photo: Taken by my Dad
• Dies: Cuttlebug Baby Face Alphabet, Cuttlebug Flowers, X Cut fancy rectangle
• Everything else: My stash
  

Introducing Amy!

Here are my two with their newest cousin Amy who arrived on 28 February! I think my brother is wishing we lived closer as Samuel would make a rather good babysitter!

Luckily they didn't ask if they could have a baby sister....!!