Card Swap #2

Hi Everyone!

 

Thanks for stopping by again.  Today I'm sharing the other two cards I sent to Zoe for our crafty swap.  I decided to go with an Asian theme for these and I hope Zoe likes them.

 

First up is the card I made featuring Yumi with Fan...

 



Surprise! (#2)

 

I'm so happy with how this turned out, especially her coloring.  The contrast with her coloring and the beautiful dark blue washi paper is amazing. I actually started to make this card a while ago, but never got the chance to finish it.  No time like the present right?!  (hehe)  The sentiment is from Island Scrapbooking and instead of coloring it I left it white.  If Zoe likes she can color it or leave it plain, it still looks terrific.  Here is what the back looks like...

Happy Birthday, Enjoy!

 

As you might have guessed this is not an ordinary card, it can be used as a gift card holder or if Zoe chooses to she can add a tag or note inside the pocket.  Another sentiment from Island Scrapbooking and a punched sakura flower with a handwritten sentiment round this one out.  How about a close up of Yumi?...

 



Yumi with Fan

 

I had a lot of fun with her reddish-orange hair.  Especially love the contrasted a lot with the darker colors around her.  Next up is the last card I made for the swap, another ACAS (Asian Clean and Simple) card and this time I used Fumi with Gift.  What better image to use but her for a birthday card right?!

 



Happy Birthday - Fumi with Gift

 

I used two different sheets of washi paper for this one, a Spellbinder die and some Island Scrapbooking accessories (sentiment and flowers).  I used Copics and a white gel pen to color her outfit including the gift she is holding.  For more of a girly touch I added the pearl swirly gems.  That is another element I am learning to love.  Here is a close-up of Fumi with her big baby blues...



Fumi with Gift

I also included this card because, well she lives in Australia and I thought this would be a fun card to share with her.  And there you have it!   I truly had a great time and I hope that they start it up again.  Thanks again to Sandie for organizing it and to Zoe for being a great swap partner!!

 

Thanks for stopping by!  TTFN!!

 

Hugs,

Leanne

Who's surprising who? (LOL)

Good morning and Happy September!!

Yay! My very own Renate' Winter banner!! Isn't it kawaii?!! Si!  Had to add it to my b-day post! :)

It's my birthday today and there are a few sneaky fabulous ladies who are throwing me a surprise birthday blog hop on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog!  Yep, I accidentally found out about it when today's scheduled challenge post did not go live!  Needless to say I figured out why the post was not up and just how sneaky my teams and friends can be!  Gotta love them all, which I do!!  But I got the last laugh I think.  hehehe...  Popping in to say Thank you in advance for the wonderful surprise from all that participated in the hop.  You all touched my heart with your wonderful creations and definitely brightened up my day even more than it already will be.  So on my behalf...  Arigato!

Altered wooden picture frame featuring Fumi with Gift

While I was in Hawaii I spent some time at the local art supply store, Ben Franklin and a local scrapbook store, Island Scrapbooking. There I was able to pick up a few crafty items to play with from each store.  This awesome wooden frame was purchased at BF.  I also purchased the beautiful washi paper, mod podge, and mod podge spray and Bo Bunny pearls from there. The die cut sentiment and some of the small flowers were purchased from IS.  What a cute little store and the owner Michele is so awesome! If you ever get the chance and you're in Hilo, stop by her shop and check out all the cute items available for purchase.  You'll also see some very familiar projects inside.  Wish I could have spent a little more time to look around.  Yep after 4 trips I still think I could have looked around and found more fun stuff to buy! hahaha!

Anyhoos, I had so much fun altering this frame.  I actually went back to BF and bought a few more to bring back home.  I'll share the other two frames I made soon.  But thought I would get the jump on my team and let them know how much I appreciate their wonderful surprise with a surprise of my own! hahaha!!

Thank you ladies from the bottom of my heart!!  It's truly wonderful and thoughtful and I can't wait to hop around!  Please stop by the blog to check out the hop and please stop by everyone's blog and leave them some love, like I plan to later today.  *Who knows there might be a random give-a-way from me! :)

Fumi with Gift

To everyone celebrating today... Happy Birthday!!  May it be blessed and wonderful!

Hugs,

Leanne

Y&FH Ch #16 ABC

Hello and Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing all the mom's out their a fabulous day!

Today starts a new challenge at Yumi and Fumi Handmade.  For the next two weeks we'd like you to create Anything But a Card.  Rosie created the cutest 4x4 pizza box and shared it on our blog.  Stop by to see the details or you can hop on over to her blog and don't forget to leave her some love! :)

For my project I decided to case this awesome 2-drawer box that my friend Kathy created for me.  It was the perfect idea for this challenge.  Here it is...

I used Fumi with Gift.  The paper is from MME Blush (Love this paper pad!) and the box is made with kraft cardstock. The butterflies are punched courstesy of Martha Stewart punches.  The heart banner is from La-La Land Crafts and the bottom banner is a Spellbinder die.   I used a white gel pen to write all the sentiments.  This one is going to my mom.

Hope you'll join us for this awesome challenge.  The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to our online store and our top 3 will receive a 10% coupon code to shop in our online store as well.  This challenge ends on Friday, 5/24, noon, pst.

Mahalo for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day and to all the Mother's and mother figures, thank you for all you do!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Challenges:
Flutter By Wednesday #239 - Open Challenge Use a fairy or butterfly
Card Makin' Mamas - Punches
Scribbles Design Challenge - Shaped or Easel cards (Thanks Cely!!)

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

Happy Birthday Sandie!!

Hello!!

It's just a little after 8am in Ireland and today the Y&FH team and some special friends are sending birthday wishes to our friend and teammate, Sandie Dunne!  Head on over to the Y&FH blog to see which friends are sending birthday wishes to her.  I looked online for a special Irish birthday wish and found quite a few, but the one I liked most was this one:
  
There are good ships,
and there are wood ships,
The ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships, are friendships,
And may they always be.

Lá Breithe Shona dhuit!

My card features 4 Y&FH images from the Kimono series. Yumi Peace Sign, Fumi with Gift, Yumi with Fan, and Fumi with Umbrella.  I made them in to portraits for something fun.  I wish I could do flowers like Sandie is known for, or even stitching, but then it wouldn't be my card ya know?  So I hope she likes my simple card with a few flowers and some of her favorite colors (pink & teal).  The origami paper is from Hanko Designs and the letters were created using the C.C. Cutters Bubble Alphabet die.  I colored the letters using Copic B39 and added white dotted flowers with a white gel pen.  The pretty pink & white flowers are from Recollections.

Happy Birthday Sandie!!  Wishing you all the wonderful things you deserve and more.  Have a terrific day and Sláinte to many, many more!!!  Love ya!!!

If it's your birthday today, Happy Birthday to you and many many more!! 

Make sure to stop by the Y&FH blog to see the other ladies birthday wishes and projects just for Sandie (don't forget to leave them all some love) and then make sure to stop by Sandie's blog and give her some birthday love too.

Mahalo for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Gift card holders

Morning everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  I certainly did.  Every Christmas our close friends come over and we have breakfast, open presents, and just hang out.  This year was no different.  We had breakfast watched some movies, opened presents and ending the evening with Sukiyaki and desserts.  We also got some facetime with our ohana on the Big Island. That was pretty cool.  Love technology!  All-in-all a wonderful Christmas day to remember, so thankful for family and friends.  Hoping you all enjoyed your Christmases as well.

For the next couples posts I'll share the last of my Christmas projects.  Hoping you all don't get sick of them. lol..  So up today are the gift card holders.  All were pretty CAS.  Used papers to dictate the scenes and some with an image.  The first set uses papers from Wild Rose Studios and I went with a red, white and soft green theme.  Added either ribbon or twine to make sure the cards stayed closed.  The sentiments are all AmyR.

With Kiyomi from Sister Stamps

I shared this one yesterday, featuring Yeti Fumi

 This one is Fumi with Gift

The next ones are all paper from DCWV's 4x6 paper pad and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.  Loved all the cute animals in this one...

 For this one I added that cute penguin sticker from my stash

Well friends, that's all for today.  Have a terrific day and to my European friends, Happy Boxing Day!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,

Leanne

Y&FH December Challenge

Hey everyone!!

Happy December!!  I am going to be doing a lot of mad crafting every chance I get!  Need to mail out by next week, but first things first, need to finish!  Are you already done with your Christmas list or do you still have a lot to do?

Today starts the December month long challenge at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  The DT is taking this month off, but had sometime to create some gorgeous samples for today.  We've got two different themes for this challenge that you can play in all month long, with an AWEmazing prize.  Head on over to the Y&FH blog to see the DT samples, find out about the challenge details and then make sure to link up your project. 

As I mentioned, Challenge #8 has two themes, you can choose one or the other or combine both on to one project.  A sketch created by our very own Kim Yu and a color challenge of white, red and camel, check out the inspiration photo if you're stuck.  First up is Kim's sketch:

Next up is the color inspiration from The Perfect Palette of RED, CAMEL & WHITE:

I did a combination of both themes and came up with this card featuring Fumi with Umbrella.

I kept it without a sentiment so that I could add one on later, but I think this could be used for any occasion even Christmas.  Used a few Spellbinders, punches and an embossing folder.  The only patterned paper here is that little piece of vellum with the white swirls.  The lace ribbon was actually white and I used Copic E55 to turn it into a Camel color.

Now even though the team is going to be on a break we have a wonderful guest designer stepping in to help you get in to the holiday spirit.  Stop by the blog to see who it is.  Of course I'll be around to add some inspiration every once in a while.  Okie dokie, you have until Jan 5th to link up your creation for a chance to win the big prize.  You don't want to miss out!!

Mahalo for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Y&FH challenge #5 - No Patterned Paper!

Hello everyone!

This week we are starting a new challenge at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog.  Rosie is giving some of the DT a mild heart attack because this week she wants us to use NO PATTERNED PAPER!  Oh my!!!  Now for some of you it might be hard, but this is where you can have fun with embossing folders or stamps in the background OR you could break out your embossing plates and do textures on the papers.  Either way it should be a lot of fun to see how you all interpret the challenge.  For some awesome inspiration please head on over to the Y&FH blog, the DT came through with flying colors!

I went super CAS by using an embossing folder, an EKS border punch and Fumi with Gift. 

I thought it would be fun to use the Geisha embossing folder this time around.  I have hardly used her and she adds a nice background to the otherwise really white background.  The EKS border punch reminded me of an Asian border.  After coloring up Fumi with Gift I distressed the inside to give it that nice white border around.  Used the rectangle and scallop rectangle to frame her out.  Sorry I don't have a list of marker colors, I colored this way back when the Kimono series first debuted.  If I can remember or find the little post-it with the colors I will definitely list it.

We hope you will be able to play, there is a prize this time around and remember you can use several different stamp companies besides Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamps, although we'd love it if you played with Yumi & Fumi or any of their friends.  For a full list check out the Challenge tab on the main blog page.  Mahalo for stopping by, hope you all have a great week!

Hugs,
Leanne

Happy Birthday Kim!!

Good morning everyone!!

Today is Kim Yu's birthday and a few of us are celebrating her special day.  Make sure to stop by the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog to see what the rest of the DT created and see which special guests are also participating.

When I first met Kim it was while she was on the TGF DT.  Little did I know that I would also be on the same team just at different times.  We also had a chance to work at Winter CHA and became fast friends. I have been a follower of her blog since I started mine.  She's an amazing crafter and a dedicated mom.  Always so creative and very generous.  I was so happy to find out that she lived so very close that we could possibly hang out and since then we've been able to meet up for lunch. Hoping to one day get a craft session going with her. I would definitely love to see her put something together.

I chose Fumi with Gift from Yumi & Fumi Handmade for my card and papers from BG Plumeria.

This card is pretty huge! It's actually a little over 6x6!  That's huge! I didn't want to break up that pretty paper so kept it as is.  As you can see I used a bunch of Spellbinders and punches. I kept it pretty simple.  Just layered up papers.  Oh I did add that punched border on the side, a tag is under that big bow and some hoarded lace to the top for a little girly touch.  There are some embossed parts too which tie into our current challenge at Y&FH.  See that sentiment?  I got that from Jenny.  It's perfect for my card because of the pretty pink color and well the sentiment.

Make sure to stop by Kim's blog and wish her a Happy Birthday.  Also make sure to stop by the Y&FH blog to see the rest of the team's birthday shares.

Wishing you all the best today and always Kim!! Happy Birthday friend!!

Have a great day everyone and Mahalo for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne