Arigato *^.^ v

Morning everyone!

Thank you all so much for the support and love. If the circumstances change will definitely let you know.  Today I think I'll share something happy. 

Here's my card that I submitted for the Oct/Nov (2012) issue of Designed to Color magazine issue. Much to my amazement it was published!!  If you have the DTC Oct/Nov 2012 issue my card is towards the back of the magazine.  So blessed to be published alongside some really amazing colorists.  It was definitely a bummer when the magazine was put to rest, but family definitely comes first and so happy that Ms. Carisa is having a blast with her lovely growing family.  It was definitely awesome while it lasted and I'm crossing my fingers that she'll pick it up again.  (hehe)

So yes it's been a few years and can you believe I never had a chance to post it?!  Featuring Fumi with Umbrella here's the card I submitted for the trending color, I think it was, Patone.

This is definitely one of my favorites.  I used CC cutters for the vines and 5-petal punches for the sakuras.  The bridge is from the Cricut Pagoda cartridge. The sentiment is handwritten and yes those are pearl dots from a white Viva Decor pen.   See the pretty background paper?  That's from Hanko Designs (bummer looks like it's discontinued but here's the link to the red & white one which I also love)

Okay I feel much better now.  Mahalo for stopping by, have a terrific day!!

Hugs,
Leanne

BFFs ~ Friendship

Morning!

Today's card features some little girls I haven't inked up in quite some time.  The BFF's from Sister Stamps.  This duo can be purchased in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade shop along with a ton of other Sister Stamps including the new releases.

I decided to use the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge over at Designed to Color to narrow down the criteria.  This time I chose the middle/across line which is Ribbon, Banner & Yellow:

Here's my card:

Used the reverse wonky Spellbinder dies for the inside and mat.  The yellowish-gold washi paper and the daisy white cardstock are all from Hanko Designs.  The ribbon/seam binding I believe I got at the Anaheim Expo a year or two ago.  The sentiment was stamped again from Stampworks says Friendship in kanji and I manually cut it in to a banner, then distressed inked it.  The girls are colored with Copics and I had fun making the little sakuras on their kimonos.  I will list all the markers below.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Tomorrow I might have something else, but you'll just have to stop by and see.  Have a lovely day everyone!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Distress inks: Crushed Olives, Wild Honey

Copics:

Little girl on left:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11

Hair: N10, E37, E74

Kimono/Gi: Y23, YR31, Y18, Y23 (also used for sakura, ribbon in her hair & Geta)

Little girl on right:

Skin: E50, E51, E21, E11

Hair: N10, E47

Kimono/Gi: Y17, YR24, Y26, Y23, YR31, Y18, 0 (used for the sakuras)

Flower: Y23, YR31

DTC Birthday Bash - Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Hey everyone!!

Scroll down to see my post for challenge #11 at Yumi and Fumi Handmade.

I'm poppin' in to share a card I made for the crafty challenge at Designed to Color.  They turned 1 and are having a huge birthday bash that started on Friday with this fun challenge, Tic-Tac-Toe:

So the rules are simple you have to pick 3 squares that either go across or backwards, up or down or diagonal.  You must pick three connecting squares to make tic-tac-toe or be adventurous and do a blackout card.  I wasn't feelin' adventurous so chose the left outside squares which consist of purple, ribbon and bling and came up with this card featuring Fumi with Gift from Yumi & Fumi Handmade:

The beautiful washi paper is from Hanko Designs and I paired them with a dark purple and a lighter purple colored cardstock from Recollections.  The sentiment stamp from Stamp Works says Congratulations in Kanji and I thought it was an appropriate one for the celebration.  I used a pretty lavendar ribbon made by Offray and the beautiful vintage acrylic flowers are from Martha Stewart.  They were originally white, but I used Copic BV11 to give them more of a light purple tone.  You can't see them but the petals sparkle and there is a nice shiney gem in the center.  Love these pretty flowers.

Hope you got a chance to play along because the prize is a pretty awesome one! 
From Yumi & Fumi Handmade:  a pick of any 4 Yumi and Fumi Handmade stamps and from Designed to Color a free digital copy of the Jan/Feb/March 2013 and your choice of a print copy from either June/July, August/September or November/Dec.  How can you not want to play?!!  To enter link up at the Designed to Color blog.  Good luck!!

Before I sign off wanted to wish you all a Happy Girl's Day!!  This gorgeous e-card was created by my partner in craft, Renate' and it features all the Kimono series Yumi and Fumi girls.  Isn't it KAWAII?!!

Thank you for stopping by today and if you were here twice in one day you have my utmost appreciation!!  Have a fabulous evening and if you have time to stop by tomorrow I might actually have something else posted.  hehehe..  Take care!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Copics:
Skin/Eyes: E50, E51, E21, R20, E11, BV11 & BV17
Hair: N10, V04, BV11
Kimono/Gi/Getas: BV11, BV17, V17, V04 & V05
Gift: V12, V17
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
White Neenah cs

Marci with Flower

Hey everyone!

We've been having some fabulous weather, I hope it stays like this for a while.  Not too hot, but nice enough that we don't have to bundle up, but at night, brrrr...  Those are the times I want to jump in to my pjs and veg on the couch.  lol...

Here is another card I submitted to Designed to Color for the Trending Mark call for the Aug/Sep 2012 issue.  The trending mark was to use fabric on your project.  This is the second card in the magazine on page 16.  The other card I submitted can be found here.  I was intrigued with the challenge to use fabric on a card.  I went to the local Joann's and searched, now if you've been to a Joann's you know there are tons of fabrics to choose from, and out of all the ones I saw I picked one from the bargain bin. (lol)  It had a really sweet print on it that reminded me of my youth and when my mom used to sew cute little tops for me and my sister.  I knew that Marci with Flower from La-La Land Crafts would be the perfect image to go with that pattern.  Now all I needed to do was put everything together.  Here's what I came up with...

Doesn't she go perfectly with the fabric pattern I chose?  I kept the design really CAS with the fabric and Marci the focal point.  I added a couple butterfly chippies from MIC to add a fun touch to the card, matted the fabric to some red & white polka dot patterned paper and mounted them all on to white daisy embossed cardstock from  Hanko Designs. 

I would love to try using fabric again, so look for something in the future.  Well that's all for today.  Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday!!  Mahalo for stopping by!
Hugs,
Leanne

Supply list
Cardstock: Neenah Star White, Hanko Designs snow white card flower
Paper: Marcella K "Lemon Drops" red w/ white dots
Stamp: La-La Land Crafts Marci with Flower
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: Make It Crafty Butterfly chippies "Butterfly Leaves"

Other: Joann's 4-panel floral fabric square
Coloring Medium: Copic
Skin- E50, E51, E01, RV55
Hair- YR20, Y21, YR24, YR61
Clothes- (Pants) E31, E34, E37, R46, white Souffle gel pen

Other: YR14, YR27, YR61, YR68, Y21, Y26, Y28, G17, G43, E49, E77

DTC Sketch Challenge

Hey everyone!!

Are any of you an NCIS fan?  I love the show and am always watching the reruns on tv.  I'd rather watch them more then regular tv.  {hehe}  I just had to share that last night's episode was pretty unexpected but really good.  I still have chills from it!!  If you're a fan you'll know what I'm talking about.  Can't wait to see next weeks although I don't think it will top last night.

Getting back into non-Christmas card mode has been fun.  For my card today  I used the January photo inspiration over at Y&FH to pick the colors I wanted to use.  Click here to check out the details of the new month long challenge going on over at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.   We hope you join us. 

I colored up Fumi with Messenger bag for fun and used up some scraps of one of my favorite BG papers.

If I find more of this BG dp I'm getting it!  It's so cute!!  Besides pulling the same colors from the inspiration photo,  I mimicked the slats in the crib's back drop by scoring a piece of white cs every half inch.  Pulled the black & white polka dot paper from one of the banners and added the laser cut sentiment to the bottom.

This layout is actually a sketch from Designed to Color's current challenge.  I think I will enter this card there and also there is an open challenge at FBW.  Just make sure to use a fairy, angel or butterfly.

Alrighty time for me to vamoose!  I might stop by for another share tomorrow. Until then... Mahalo for stopping by!  Have a terrific day!

Hugs,

Leanne

Make a Wish

Morning Friends!

Today is my friend's niece's birthday!  We celebrated on New Year's day with a big party with lots of food, family, friends, and fun.  Oh yea, and lots of presents!!  I think she can now officially open her own Hello Kitty store! (hehe) She received a lot of really cute stuff, mostly One Direction and HK goodies.  She is well loved and deservedly so.

This one's for the birthday girl, and I just loved her mom's reaction when she saw my name on the back of the card.  Hehehe, priceless and so cool!  Okie dokes, here it is featuring Wryn Fairy Wishes from Tiddly Inks and my own handwritten sentiment.  Happy Birthday Maile!

 

This card was actually made last year in June (2012).  I hadn't revealed it back then because it just so happens that it was published in the Designed to Color Aug/Sep issue for the Color Watch Tangerine Tango category and we were asked to wait before posting to our blogs.  I'm on page 8 and was doubly excited when I saw I was on the same page as Amy Young, she's so awesome!!  If you click on this link you can see a sneak preview of the Aug/Sep issue, which also includes page 8. :)  Please consider subscribing to Designed to Color's magazine, all the details are on their blog and they now also have a challenge so make sure you check it out.

I wanted to take this opportunity to publically say Thank you to Designed to Color for making this girl's dream come true of being published!  It's always such a nice rush to see something you created being recongnized.  Everyone should consider submitting to their calls, cause you really never know unless you give it a try.  I also have one more card to share from that issue which I will share it a little later.

 

Alrighty, hope you are all having a great week.  Mahalo for stopping by!

 

Hugs,

Leanne

 

Guess what?  I just happen to have the details of the card, courtesy of DTC's policy {hehe}.  So here you go:

 

Supply list
Cardstock: Neenah Star White,

Paper: MME On The Bright Side
Stamp: Tiddly Inks Wryn-Fairy Wishes digital image
Ink: Tim Holtz by Ranger Wild Honey Distress Ink, Copic multiliner, Atyou Spica Clear
Embellishments: Recollections paper roses

Other: Spellbinders small square & postage stamps
Coloring Medium: Copic markers
Skin- E000, E00, E01, E11, R20
Hair-YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
Clothes- E95, E97, E99, YR000, YR00, YR01

Other- YR82, Y32, Y26, Y28, YG03

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