Lollipop Crafts #95 - Happy Holidays

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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

Some fuzzy time with Yumi & Yeti

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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