AJ the Lion

Hello!

I've got a card to share and it coincides with the current Yumi and Fumi Handmade challenge.  Click HERE and you will be directly linked to the challenge and all the details.  Hope you can come and play.  The challenge ends on Friday, March 15th at noon, pst.   The prize is amazing and I'll share it later in my post.

For today I have a CAS card featuring AJ the Lion from the Kigurumi series.

I need more boy cards with a birthday theme and he definitely qualifies.  Instead of using the sketch the way it was intended I decided to turn it on it's side.  All the elements are still there and that's how I interpreted the sketch this time.  The colors are nice and fresh in my opinion.  The patterned paper is from MME, and the rest is from Neenah and Recollections.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.  I had fun adding googly eyes to the lion suit, and lastly I added that paper star.  How about a reminder on what the prize up for grabs is:

I have to say this prize package is jam-packed with lots of fun goodies including Fumi with Bear Backpack.

Hope to see more of you playing in this fun sketch challenge.  Until next time, thanks for stopping in!!  Have a terrific day!!

Hugs,
Leanne

CAS fun Kigurumi style

Good morning everyone...

Sending out prayers to our East Coast friends and families.  I've been watching the news for the past couple hours and it's so heartbreaking to see the devastation.  My heart and thoughts go out to those affected.  Keep safe everyone.

Wanted to share a couple CAS cards using the wonky rectangles and reverse wonky rectangles Spellbinders and two characters from the Y&FH Kigurumi Kids series.  I guess you could say these could be mistaken for Halloween cards because of the colors but I didn't add any sentiments so they could possibly be used for other events.  First up is Chasezilla, and no I'm not teasing him with treats this time.  Although he might be thinking of treats. (hehe)

He's probably my favorite as I've already made 3 cards with him.  But how can you resist, he's so cute!  I distressed the edges to give him a green glow and colored him with Copics.  Love how he turned out.  Used colors (G99, G94, YG93) I just bought the other day and love how it came together.  The black cs was dry embossed to give it a little texture.  Next up is cutie pie Fumi Panda.

Doesn't she look awesome?!  Love how the orange glow gives her that wow factor!!  Colored her with Copics and I already see a couple flaws! Eep, but it's ok, the rest of it turned out pretty cool right?  lol!  The area around her was distressed as well to give her that awesome glow.  Dry embossed the black cs for some texture.

You can purchase both Fumi Panda & Chasezilla at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade store.  The current challenge at the Y&FH blog is Bring the Bling.  Pop on over to check out the details and get some inspiration.  Who knows you might be asked to be a future Guest Designer.

Tomorrow is Halloween and I'm still not sure if I'll dress up or not.  If I had that panda suit or godzilla suit I would have.  Hmm... there's always next year.  Well that's all I have for today.  Have a great Tuesday and let's all say a prayer for family and friends on the East Coast.

Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,

Leanne

Chasezilla hearts Hot Cocoa

Hey everyone!!

Have you seen the Kigurumi Kids, the newest release from Yumi & Fumi Handmade yet?  If not, click here to see the release that took place while we were in Sacramento.  Yes, they can be used for Halloween, but they can be used for any occasion.  Take Chasezilla for instance, picture a Sunday morning all he wants to do is watch cartoons in his favorite Godzilla outfit and drink a big cup of hot cocoa with whip cream.  He loves whip cream! 

I used papers from BG Plumeria and followed a layout used by Lisa McKinney in the new DTC Aug/Sep magazine (Vol 1 Issue 4, page 30).  Loved her CAS layout and thought it would definitely give me a nice backdrop for my card.

Here's the inside of the card... Keeping it simple with a fun sentiment stamp by Studio G.

With the embossing in the background it also relates to our new bi-weekly challenge on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog.  Hope you can join us for the bi-weekly challenge.

It's seriously not hard to make a non-Halloweeny project with any of the Kigurumi Kids.  If you need inspiration just head on over to our blog and see some the cute ideas the design team created.  They truly are talented.  Alrighty, time for me to sign off.  Mahalo for stopping by!!  Have a great day!!

Hugs,
Leanne