FUNKY HAND AND PENNY BLACK CHALLENGES FOR NOVEMBER

Hi Everyone

I hope everyone is well.

Here I am as promised .. .. bright and early to launch two new challenges for November.

The first is the Funky Hand Challenge (Get Funky!) where the challenge has been set by my lovely DT team mate Loopylou!!  This month the challenge is asking for you to create a label .. .. the only rule being that you need to include at least one Funky Hand paper or digi image on your creation.

Please link your label post to the challenge blog here and tell us which Funky Hand product you used on your creation.  You can also see all the other inspiration pieces worked on by my lovely DT mates.  There is a prize of a £20 voucher to spend in the Funky Store and lots to spend it on so well worth entering.

Thanks for a lovely theme Lou  .. .. I really enjoyed making my label.  Not something I do very often.

Here is what I produced as my inspiration piece

This used:

Funky Hand Download "Salt and Pepper"

Funky Hand "Alpha-Bits" for the "Love" letters

Woodware Punches:  Circles

Paper Crimper

Nestabilities:  Classic Scalloped Circles Large (for cutting the flower layers)

Sizzix Die:   "654680" Scallop Tag

Leone Em Pty Punch:  "CP30" Ash Branch

Brad and ribbon from the stash box

So that is the first challenge launch. 

Now on to the next which is the Penny Black at Allsorts Challenge  for November where as usual there are lots of lovely prizes on offer.

The theme here this month is "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". 

You can see the challenge here   .. .. .. and also all the beautiful inspiration provided by my lovely DT Teamies.  You can make anything for this challenge .. .. it doesn't have to be a card .. .. but your work does have to have a Penny Black product as the main feature on your project.

Here is my inspiration piece:

This used: 

Image:  Penny Black Slapstick "40-005" Here Comes Christmas

Sentiment:  Penny Black "3502F" A Wish .. ..

Sentiments stamped onto vellum:  Penny Black "30-017" Holly Day Critters

Backing Paper:  Bearly Mine "Christmas Delight"

Martha Stewart Punch:  Valentine Lace

Cuttlebug Die:  Large Snowflake

Hobbycraft Punch:  Small Snowflake

Distress Ink:  Faded Jeans

Glamour Dust

Cosmic Shimmer Powder

Diamond Stickles

White Gel Pen

Brads and Button from the stash box

There is a little more to this creation than there actually looks on the photographs.  You may not be able to see very clearly but I have actually stamped little words onto the vellum with a clear versamark ink pad and bushed over the words with cosmic shimmer powder.  It really makes the vellum look special .. .. but is hard to see in the photographs.

To create the background of the image I stamped my picture once and shaded the sky using the distress ink pad and a blending sponge. 

I then stamped my image again and coloured and cut out the cute little hedgehogs and stuck these onto the first distressed picture.

I coloured the falling snowflakes (several times) with a white gel pen. 

I really love the finished look and this could be my favourite Christmas card make so far this year.

So out with your stash everyone and I look forward to seeing what you all create with your goodies.

Have a great Monday.

Love