Throwback Thursday - Y&FH postcards

Hello!!

Today's Throwback Thursday post features two discontinued images from Y&FH.  Both were added to two more postcards.

First up is Summer Fumi.  I paper pieced her top with a small piece of washi paper, love the pattern.  The sentiment is a combination of an Island Scrapbooking sentiment that I colored with Copics and an MFT stamp that I clear embossed.  Because I wanted to use these as postcards I did this to the back:

Looks legit right?  When I mail it I'm hoping to keep it in a plastic sealed bag, wonder if I need to put the stamp on the outside?  I'd really hate to have it ruined before it arrives at it's destination. =/  I'll ask my friend to ask her mom who works for the post office for advice.  Next up is one of my favorites featuring Summer Chuckles...

I love the colors on this one.  The sentiment is another combination of a laser cut word from Island Scrapbooking and an AmyR sentiment.

If I look at him sideways he looks a little like Kelly Slater!!  hahaha!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

Before I sign off I wanted to announce that according to Blogger this is my 1000th post!  Woo Hoo!

I still remember way back when I first started this blog trying to figure out how it works and then to come up with my first post; remembering how long it took to write it, yikes!  Now 1000 posts later I'm still here.  It might not be a milestone for most of you, but it is for me.  As a thank you to those who visit here for inspiration or to leave me a friendly comment I'd like to offer up a give-a-way to 3 of you.  The prizes will consist of items I have but have not used.  Believe me I have a lot of stuff that have not left the packages so the winners will enjoy some nice (IMO) crafty goodies.

Unfortunately I have to add some rules to the give-a-way, but hopefully they aren't too bad. (Revised)

LILO'S 1000th post Giveaway:

1. Open to United States participants only
2. Pick a number between 1-3
3. Feel free to use one of the pictures above to post announcing the give-a-way. (Revised) 

This will be open until next Friday, July 24th and the winners announced on Sunday, July 26th. Good luck!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Aloha Friday challenge post.  Until then take care and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter - Part 3

I'm back for a third installment of the Easter chronicles. hahaha!!  Just kidding, well yes this is the 3rd installment but these are not chronicles.. I know I'll stop now..

It turned out to be a beautiful day in sunny Los Angeles so that means a lot of people are probably out and about with their families enjoying the sunshine and nice weather. Hope you're all having a really nice day too.

Here's a quick little post of another pillow box featuring a slightly altered Summer Fumi.

I gave her some bunny ears in honor of today's special day.  I also used this really pretty Easter egg patterned paper to make it more festive.  The doily is from Bo Bunny and the sentiments are computer generated and yes I fussy cut them.  I think I'm getting the hang of the boxes, and I think I've already gotten my moneys worth. hahaha.

I have one last Easter related post which will make it the 4th installment.  (hehehe)  I hope this project and all the others will make you smile.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Mele kalikimaka!

Good morning!

Popping in for a quick share.  Hope your weekend is going well and that you're having fun wrapping up all the holiday crafts and gifts on your list.  Here's a card I made using no pattern paper!  I heard some of you gasp, but it's true.  (hahaha)  I sometimes like to make my own backgrounds.  For this card I used stamps from Yumi & Fumi Handmade, Dandelion Designs & Stampin' Up.  The embossed background is a Lifestyle embossing folder which is slowly becoming one of my favorites.  For my color scheme I used the current Yumi & Fumi December photo inspiration and for a little fun added some green to the mix. I had a few of those Tim Holtz Christmas trees left over so I used one and distressed it a little, added a ribbon then mounted it on to kraft cardstock and it was done. 

mele kalikimaka! \nm/

The fun thing about making your own patterned paper is you can add anything you like.  I went super simple with two stamps but used two different colors to stamp with.  Adding the embossing gives it a really nice texture.  This card has already found a home with a very sweet crafty friend.  I hope she likes it.

Don't forget you have a few more weeks to play in our current monthly challenge at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  Link up HERE.

Summer Fumi

Mahalo for stopping by today.  For me, it's back to the craft table to see what other items I can put together! See you soon!

Hugs,
Leanne

Happy Anniversary Island Scrapbooking and some news

Good afternoon everyone!

I'm popping in to wish Island Scrapbooking in Hilo, Hawaii a Happy 10th Anniversary and to happily announce that they are now carrying our Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamp line!  We are very excited and blessed about that!!

 If you're in the area, be sure to stop by, sounds like they are going to have a big, fun party as only a 10th anniversary should be!!  Wish I could be there especially for all the prizes, make n' takes and did I mention prizes?!! :'(

Island Scrapbooking - BTW, that's my brother and Mom in the picture.

While I was visiting family I stopped at this cute little shop several times when I was in town.  Picked up some fun craft goodies and spent some time chatting with the owner Michele.  She is a super sweet lady and fits quite nicely in to that little shop.  I miss walking in to those kinds of shops where the owner is the one manning the register or asking if you need help.  I could not get enough of looking at all the Sister Stamps projects, they are truly beautiful and stunning in person!!  Sorry no pictures, I was crunched for time each time I was in the store.  But you can see one of the zodiac calendars on the wall over my left shoulder in the picture below.

Michele, owner of Island Scrapbooking, LLC and me

On one of my "happened to be in the neighborhood" visits I was surprised when she asked if I had a stamp line, I think one of her DT mentioned it or it might have been Jenny, it was certainly not me.  I was trying to be incognito! (hehe)  When she mentioned that her 10th anniversary was coming up in October I was excited for her.  Wow, 10 years and still going strong.  That's awesome!  We got to chatting and next thing you know we were talking about a possibility of adding our stamp line in her store during the anniversary!!  Holy cow!  What a truly blessed event for us.  So now if you live in the Hilo, HI area or anywhere on the Big Island you can now purchase some of our Yumi & Fumi stamps at Island Scrapbooking.  :)

I was super excited to pack all of the stamps she ordered and added some samples.  I also wanted to send her a little thank you card using a combination of a Y&FH image and some of her products...

Happy Anniversary - Summer Fumi

Here is the card I sent her featuring Summer Fumi and on her t-shirt the smallest honu from our Tiki-Surf set.  I combined that beautiful background paper, the Happy Anniversary laser cut phrase and laser cut flower in her hair, all products from Island Scrapbooking to create this super CAS card. Don't our stamps go wonderfully with the products in her store?  :)   I almost kept this card, but know that it is going to a good home. :)  If you happen to be in the area please stop by, say hi and take some pictures.  Post them and then leave me a comment so I can come see!!  ^.^

Sending happy wishes and congratulations to Michele on a really amazing milestone.  Hau`oli la Ho'omana'o!  Cheers to many more!!

Mahalo for stopping by today, have a lovely crafty day and don't forget you have until Friday to link up to our Anything Goes challenge at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.

Hugs,
Leanne

Y&FH: CH #21 - Anything Goes

Hey everyone!

We're excited to start our new challenge format with our new team.  I'm jumping in with Team Yumi to share the details and my project for the current bi-weekly challenge that starts today.  For more awesome inspirations and projects from Team Yumi, please stop by the Y&FH blog.  The bi-weekly challenge is...

CHALLENGE #21

ANYTHING GOES

Something everyone can play in right?  Yes!!  So all you have to do is create something with any image and link up with us.  Yep you read correctly any image.  If you haven't heard, we've also changed some of our rules, so please be sure to read the Challenge info to be up to date.  You don't want to miss out on anything. 

Summer Fumi 3-drawer easel box

For my share today I have a 3-drawer easel box that I made a while back.  To see how to make this easel box check out my tutorial on the Y&FH blog HERE.  To get the three boxes just follow the directions for the smaller box and make 3.  I have to confess, when I was making that tutorial I was making a bunch of these until I finally finished the one that ended up on the blog.  I created the drawer bases and I left it alone.  I actually had something else in mind for this one, but when you're under pressure you go with instinct (aka desperation) and voila!  I actually think it turned out fairly cute.  There's A LOT going on with the paper here so I thought let's try to keep the rest of it super simple.  I already had Summer Fumi colored, (love her as a blonde!) and the colors I used were just a wonderful coincidence. (happy happy)  I think she's my favorite so far, but shhhh... don't tell the others... (hahaha)  I added that Recollections banner pulling in the pinks from the paper.  Added the sheer turquoise ribbon which has a really pretty but subtle sparkle to it and the sentiment stamped and punched out with an EK punch.

Summer Fumi

Okie dokes, that's all for me.  I hope you enjoyed my share, don't forget to stop by the blog today and leave some love for Team Yumi.  They worked really hard on their projects and it's their debut posts as part of the ohana.  Then get to creating and link up your projects, we're excited to see what you create.  Have a blessed weekend!! Mahalo for stopping by!
Hugs,
Leanne



My Black Sand Beach card

**Please scroll down for the Sparkle blog hop**

Hey everyone!!
Hope you're all having a good weekend.  Yumi & Fumi Handmade is going to be taking a break from challenges for the next two weeks so that the DT can spend some quality time with their kids before they head back to school.  We're going to recharge and then come back with new faces and new challenges.  In the meantime here's the card I shared on the blog featuring Summer Fumi and the smaller version of our Hang Loose stamp.

I used a lot of black here.  First the card base, then the sand, the sequins aka coconuts and the black palm tree (die from La-La Land Crafts).  The rest just came together pretty quickly. 

Above is a close up of the palm tree and the Hang Loose which btw I colored in with Copics.

She looks like a version of Ariel from the Little Mermaid to me.  (hahaha)  Well that's all for me.  Mahalo for stopping by today!  I hope you all enjoy the rest of your summer and I'm going to try to get around to each of your blogs.  I haven't been a very good blogger buddy so I'm going to try my best to get hopping. 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs,
Leanne

Yumi & Fumi 1 Year Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello everyone!!

We've got some celebrating to do today.  Why?!  Well it's Yumi & Fumi's 1 year anniversary, that's why! Woo Hoo!!

We can't believe how fast that came but we're super excited to be celebrating it.  We're having our very first anniversary blog hop and invited some special friends to help us.  You should have come from my beautifully talented cousin, Sharmaine's blog.  If you've just popped in and want to get in on the fun, head on over to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog where you can start at the beginning of another beautifully amazing crafters blog, my teammate, Eva Uyeunten.

We decided to use an inspiration photo for the hop and as you saw each of the ladies you visited prior to me did an amazing job with it!  Here is a reminder of what the inspiration photo our design team chose looks like.  The colors are perfect for a summertime celebration don't you think?  Si!

Here's my celebration card featuring Summer Fumi, Bob the Yeti and Summer Yumi!

As you can see these guys are in a festive mood.  The bright colors with the subtle touches of brown really make this card pop!  I used the ink in the embossing folder technique for the backdrop and love how it turned out.  The rest well just came together all at once and the finishing touch is that beautiful sparkly pink Happy Birthday cut out from Island Scrapbooking in Hilo, Hi.

Thank you all so very much for being so supportive of Yumi & Fumi for the past year.  We look forward to our 2nd year with you.  Now it's time to head back to the Yumi & Fumi blog where it all begins and ends.  Don't forget to leave a comment before you leave!!! 

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Challenges: Oozak

Y&FH Hang Loose Previews ~ Summer Fumi

SALE ALERT! In honor of Father's Day all Yumi & Fumi Handmade guy stamps are now on sale until Father's day! Head on over to the Y&FH online store and pick up a few.  *Sister Stamps are not part of this sale.

Aloha and welcome to day two of previews at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  Make sure to stop back each day this week to see the previews and on Saturday you'll be able to purchase the whole release.  We're excited to share this release with you and we hope you enjoy it.  Today we're spotlighting Summer Yumi's friend, Summer Fumi.  Today Eva, Sandie and I have cards to share so be sure to stop by Eva's blog and Sandie's blog then head on over to the Y&FH blog where you'll find out how you might be able to pick up this stamp.  Here's my card using the ink in the embossing folder technique.

Summer Fumi reminds me of my little cousin.  Always smiling and flashing the shaka sign.  She looks like a little hapa girl here.  I love her!  I decided to go with another CAS card and used a few distress ink pads and inked up the negative side of the embossing folder.  I ran the folder, with the paper, through my Cuttlebug and got that impression.  Next I went over the raised side with brown ink so that only the flowers were inked.  It looks like patterned paper yea?  It's not, just some white cardstock, an embossing folder and some inks.  Love how this turned out and definitely plan to do the same with other colors. The sentiment is a laser cut one from Island Scrapbooking and I was a lucky recipient of it from a cool RAK, thanks Jenny!  I colored the sentiment with Copics and thought it looked cool, almost like koa wood.

Stop by the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog to see how you can win Summer Fumi.  And if you didn't link up yesterday for a chance to win Summer Yumi do so now.  You have until Sunday, June 16th at 10am but better to do it now than later, you might forget!  (haha)  Ok, thanks so much for stopping by today!  Tomorrow is day 3 of previews and should be a fun one.  Until then have a terrific day!!

\nm/,
Leanne