Holiday Cheer

Morning!

Today's card could be considered an alternate version to the current challenge over at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  We want you to use the following colors in your project:

CH #27 - Color combo: 

Orange, Purple, Green & Black

Now many of you might interpret that to mean Halloween colors and you could be correct, but how about something non-Halloween?  Stop by the Y&FH blog post and see some of the Halloween and non-Halloween projects created by our very talented Team Yumi.  I was inspired to try out the non-Halloween version and came up with this card featuring Yeti Fumi without her Christmas lights...

Holiday Cheer with Yeti Fumi

I used two old Bo Bunny sheets of Christmas patterned paper for my project and matted them all to black Neenah cardstock.  I know there is a lot of blue visible, but that was the only paper I had that also included purple, green and black on it.  The touches of orange are Fumi's hair, the rose, the four marble half circles and the tulle ribbon.  Had fun adding a different non-traditional Christmas color to my card to fit the challenge theme.  The sentiment are dies from Paper Smooches which I love!  Used a Noor set of flower dies to create the giant one on the right side of the card and then layered some other flowers from Petaloo.  Here's a close up...

Floral arrangement includes Noor dies, Recollection rose and Petaloo flowers

Trying my hand at some floral arrangements, and I think I did ok... Needs more practice, but I'm satisfied with the end result. :)  I hope I was able to give you another idea on how to use those colors for our current challenge in case you wanted to do something other than Halloween.  Again for more inspiration head on over to the Y&FH blog post HERE and once you've finished creating your project link up with us.  Did you hear our news yet?  You can now add your Yumi & Fumi Handmade projects to our company gallery over at Split Coast Stampers!  Yes, we've finally gotten our act together and now have a company gallery there.  Our DT have been busy uploading their projects and we hope you will too.  Use keyword: yumifumi (no spaces) when uploading.

Freckle-faced Yeti Fumi

Thanks for stopping by today.  It was fun sharing this card featuring non-traditional Christmas colors and the adorable Yeti Fumi.  Have a wonderful day!!

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

Merry Christmas!

Good morning and Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas filled with lots of wonderful memories, laughter and joy! 

Because...

Hugs & Blessings,

Leanne

Lollipop Crafts #95 - Happy Holidays

{Before I get started Jazzmom you are the winner of my LFF #48 give away!! Please email me your snail mail so I can get the prize out to you}

Good morning everyone!!

Today starts a new bi-weekly challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  Thanks to everyone who played in our Thankful challenge, your creations were truly inspiring.  Now it's time to start up the new bi-weekly challenge and for the next two weeks, challenge #95 issued is Happy Holidays.  Show us your Christmas or other winter holiday cards, scrapbook pages or crafty gifts.  This should all be fairly easy to do since most of us are doing just that, creating holiday winter projects.   Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog to see what the teams are sharing today.  Our sponsor will be showcased on Wednesday so make sure you stop by the Lollipop Crafts blog to see who it is and what the prize is.

Today I have a pretty fun card to share.  I went shopping on Saturday and was able to pick up some dies, new dp and a pile of other crafty stuff that was on sale, yay for me!   Here's my Holiday card featuring 3 new images from Yumi & Fumi Handmade's Winter 2012 collection.  I call them the Yeti crew.  Here's Yeti Yumi, Bob the Yeti and Yeti Fumi in this fun outdoor winter scene...

This is one of my faves!  I have had these three sitting on my table waiting to be colored up and I finally got a chance to do it.  I chose non-traditional colors that I have been seeing around blogworld, grays and bluegreens with some dark browns scattered here and there and of course white.  The trees in the background is made of white felt and I used my new Tim Holtz Christmas tree die.  I love it!  The dp is the Winter Frost paper by We R Memory Keepers and I distressed it with a paper edger, and Distress inks Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo.  The lacey bow on top is from Martha Stewart and I tied some bells with white floss to add to the holiday cheer. Speaking of holiday cheer, the sentiment seemed fun to go with this scene and it's from Paper Smooches.  On the bottom underneath the trio are white branches which I thought resembled branches from the tree.  And lastly I added those diamond stars to give it a touch of sparkle.  You won't be able to tell {cause I barely do} that there is some glitter on the light bulbs.

If you'd like to purchase any of the Yeti Crew images click on each of their names above, those are direct links to the images in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade store.  If you live in the U.S. you'll receive free shipping for any order $35 or over for the whole month of December. 

Okie dokie, hope you'll be able to share your Happy Holiday projects with us on the Lollipop Crafts blog. 

Mahalo for stopping by!!  Have a great day!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Holiday Cheer with Yeti Fumi

Morning everyone!!

Sorry this post is soo late.  I meant to have it up yesterday, but we had a team building event at work and I think I am getting sick!  When I say think it's because I'm not sure if it's a cold or allergies.  I'm pretty sure I'm sick, but hoping it will run its course and end soon.  {lol}  Before I get on with my post I wanted to say Mahalo to Linda and Denice for stopping by to leave me a comment on my Winter 2012 release day post.  You both will get something in the mail from me, I truly appreciate the support! :)

Here's a CAS tag I shared on the Y&FH blog but didn't get a chance to share here.

This is Yeti Fumi and she's all bundled up and ready to show off her decorating skills.  I embossed the base of the tag with one of my new Cuttlebug embossing folders (giant snowflakes) and used white Colorbox pigment ink to sponge around.  The dp is from DCWV and went perfectly with my card.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.  I finally bought a couple of their sentiment thanks to Rachel and Eva for enabling! :)  The snowflake is a chipboard with glitter on it and I used a really pretty silver braided ribbon for the top.  Yeti Fumi is colored with Copics and I apologize, but I forgot to write down the colors.  If I remember I'll make sure to update.  This tag ties in with our current November challenge, Ribbons or Lace which happens to end on Saturday.  For all the details and to link up your creation click here.  You could be in the running to win a stamp or be a part of our top 3.

Alrighty, have a nice day and Mahalo for stopping by!
Hugs,
Leanne

Some fuzzy time with Yumi & Yeti

**Treat winner from LFF #45: Heidi Brawley! Congrats!!  Email me your snail mail: quikhonu34(at)yahoo(dot)com.

Hey everyone!!

Did you all get a chance to stop by yesterday for the Y&FH Winter Previews?  If not, click HERE and you'll be transported there.  We had a really awesome lineup with some amazing guests and our awesome DT sharing their creations with our upcoming Winter images.  I loved all the different directions everyone went and I love how bright and happy all of their designs were.

Special Thank yous to Mary Johnson, Danni Bindel, Jessica Diedrich, Lou Mac, Taylor Usry & Amy Young for taking some time out of their busy schedules to help make our previews extra special!!  You ladies are terrific!!

I wanted to share two more little cards that I finished up last night.  I showcased Yeti Fumi yesterday so today I wanted to share Yeti Yumi and Yeti using similar layouts just different colored cards.  First up is Yeti Yumi and like her friend Fumi she's in the spirit of decorating.

I colored her with Copics and boy did I have fun with her outfit and hair!!  Yes, this little gal has green hair!!  The stamp in the background is from Inkadinkado.  I embossed the green card with a poinsettia embossing folder from Cuttlebug that comes in a set of 4.  I plan on using all four quite frequently for the holidays.  I added some white Colorbox ink on top to play up the raised petals and to soften up the green card itself.  As you can see I fussy cut her out and not sure if you can tell but I added a bit of diamond glaze to the lights and also the lights on the tree.  Next up is Yeti...

Hehehe, looks like Yumi & Fumi got to him!  This guy is soo cute and cuddly!!  And he's so nice to let the girls practice their decorating skills on him.  I used red Tsugumi card stock for the base of the card and again used the poinsettia embossing folder with the white Colorbox ink.  Used two different Copic colors that I've not played with before to color him up.  I like the greenish gray tint that he has.  Not sure you can tell but there is diamond glaze on all the lights, his nose, his palms, horns and toe nails! hahaha..  Who said a Yeti can't be groomed?! ;)

Here they are all together including Yeti Fumi from yesterday...

That's 3 more Christmas cards off my check list!  Yea!!  hahaha!  These and the rest of the Winter stamps will be in the store on Monday, 11/26, so mark your calendars.  These 3 will be sold individually, but as you can see they can be used together to create a fun scene.   Don't forget we have our 3 week long challenge going on and all you have to do is use a ribbon or lace on your project/card.  Click HERE for more details.

Well friends, thank you so much for all your lovely comments and for stopping by.  I'm slowly trying to catch up on visiting, but whoa everyone has been busy creating and so you might have more than a few comments/emails from me.  hehehe..  Take care and Happy Wednesday!

Hugs,
Leanne

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