More Make a Keiki Smile Cards

Good morning!!

Yesterday I was able to go out and support two small businesses.  I dragged my buddy Jesse to Hearts n Crafts, etc in Covina, Ca and the local burger joint near my house, Fusion Burger.  One is a very familiar shop to me and the other was a new restaurant I have been wanting to try since they opened a few months ago.  It was a happy day of shopping for me at Hearts n Crafts, etc.. I have missed this shop and the lovely ladies who make it a fun place to be, it seems I only go out there once every few months, but when I do I make it worth my while.  I was so happy that they were having a sale on the whole entire store, 25% off!  I picked up lots of pretty papers and a few other embellishments and Jesse found some paper and a die.  The ladies there are always so very nice and friendly.  I wish I lived closer than I do, but then I'd probably have to ask for a part-time job there. {lol}  Fusion Burger is a really cute small burger joint that serves gourmet burgers at gourmet prices.  Jesse & I each ordered two different burgers and had them cut the burgers in 1/2 so we could share.  Along with a side of Tosos {potato balls with cheese and deep fried-yum}, beer battered onion rings and our old style bottled drinks we pretty much gobbled up our food.  I think next time I'll ask them to cook the burger a bit longer as it seemed a bit to pink to me, but they were delicious.  All-in-all a great day of shopping and eating and it felt great to support the small businesses that I chose.

Here are more Make a Keiki Smile 4x4 cards to share. 

Featuring the Meoples from the Brrrrr! and No Peeking with Sweet November & AmyR sentiments

I also couldn't resist the Meoples Snow Joy & Meoples Dress Up Snowman, they made me smile...

Well that's all for today.  I hope you all have a great Sunday and for those of us who have to work today or go back to work tomorrow, enjoy the rest of your day!!

Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,

Leanne

LFS #47 - Make a Keiki Smile cards

Hello!!

What a busy two days it's been!  Hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are recovered from Black Friday shopping.  Today is Small Business Saturday and if you don't know what that means it's a day for you to go out and support your local small shops and businesses. I realize that you might be looking for big deals at the big retail stores but hope you also will support those small stores and businesses today.  I'm planning to visit a couple stores and restaurants that have always been good to me.  If you haven't seen the blinkie on my side bar go ahead and click on it to check out how Y&FH is celebrating SBS. 
Sorry it's been a busy day and it was too late to post something for yesterday's Lilo's Fun Friday so for today it's changed to Lilo's Fun Saturday.  I do have some fun cards to share that are CAS and were fun to make.  These were created for the Make a Keiki Smile card drive.  I am so happy to report that as of Monday, Kris has collected more than 300+ cards for the drive!  So totally awesome!  Here are few of the cards I sent to her.  {All cards are 4x4 without embellishments, sparkle or anything that can hurt the child who receives it}. 

The fun images and sentiments are all from ATS.  The characters are a mixture of the Meoples (Brrrrr..., Nativity and No Peeking digis} and boy they are so fun & cute!  The sentiments are all mixtures of Sweet November and AmyR stamps.  They were perfect for each card.  I will try to share the rest of the cards that were all just as CAS as the next.

I also forgot to pick a treat winner for the last LFS.  Congrats to Eva, I will be sending you your treat this week.  For LFF #47 question let me know if you like to make CAS Christmas cards or go all out? Leave a comment and I'll choose a winner and post it on Tuesday.  For me, it's a toss up and depends on how much time I've got.  Since I'm starting now, I'll probably have to mix it up with both. 

Have a great day and Mahalo for stopping by!  Don't forget to go out and support your local small businesses.
Hugs,
Lilo

Y&FH Special Winter Preview

Good morning!!

Welcome to a special day at Yumi & Fumi Handmade. Today you are in for a treat!! It’s WINTER RELEASE PREVIEW DAY!!! We just couldn't wait for RELEASE DAY to share, we had to do it today! We are thrilled to introduce our new Winter images, and two new characters.

To help us inspire you all we asked a few special guests to work their magic. Now if you thought our DT was awesome, you were right, and we've got more awesome ladies to help us out.  If you want to know who they are you'll have to head on over to our blog.  If you want a hint, all I can say is they are awesome! Yea, not so much of a hint huh?  hehehe, well it's because I want you to jump over to our blog and "see".

I am so excited to see everyone's creations and all the pretty bright colors!! I hope you will join me in saying a well deserved Mahalo to those really amazing crafty ladies who I am very honored to call friends.

Now do I have anything to share?  hmmm... Yup!  hahaha!

First up is one of our new characters who some of you might recognize, or not.  His name is Chuckles and well he's named after a very special person in my life.  My cousin Chuck.  He's ALWAYS got a smile on his face even when he's in a bad mood.  He's super friendly and an all-around fantastic guy.  We grew up together and now that he lives on this side of the mountain we get to see more of each other which is always wonderful.  I hope he likes what we created in his name.

I love how this scene turned out.  That is a MIC winter background and I merged Chuckles behind the fence.  He is actually Christmas tree shopping and is excited that he found the perfect tree.  Yes there is a tree under all that snow. lol!  The bottom sentiment is from AmyR, the other one was computer generated.  See those black snowflakes?  Those are MIC chippies I got from SCACD, I colored them to match the dp (EP) behind.

Next up is our other new character, he's simply Yeti.  I cut him down to fit a 4x4 card because he is going to the Make a Keiki Smile card drive which requires all cards to be 4x4.  Isn't he cute?

I need to work on coloring fur because I see myself using this fella a lot for the holidays and his fur is just not cutting right now.  Yes he's wrapped in Christmas lights so I colored them all bright to match the fun dp in the background.  The sentiment is another one from AmyR.  Now the Yeti has two companions that you can use with him or separately.  Ready to meet one of his little friends?  Well I'm ready to share her with you..  Meet Yeti Fumi...

She's ready to get started on the decorating and her and her friend Yeti Yumi are in charge of the lights.  Look she's already worked her magic on that Christmas tree.  Isn't she a cutie?  :)  Well that's all I have except to say these and all rest of the images will be in the store on Monday, November 26th so mark your calendars because I have a feeling these will go pretty fast.

Lastly, I wanted to say a big MAHALO to our wonderful guests who helped us not only bring life to our characters, but inspired us with their talent.  I for one am so lucky to have not only a team to be inspired by but wonderful friends and ones too.  Thank you Jessica, Mary J, Amy, Taylor, Danni and Lou Mac for your beautiful work.  MAHALO to the DT for always making it easy for us when it comes time to work their magic.  A virtual hug to everyone!!

Have a terrific day and please make sure you stop by everyone's blog to leave them some love!!  And don't forget about our 3-week challenge, details are here.

Hugs,
Leanne