Challenge #4--Embossing (wet or dry)!

Happy Sunday to all of you! We hope you've had a great week so far. Hard to believe today's the last day of September and tomorrow is October 1st.....CRAZY! It's been busy around these parts lately and I hope you've been enjoying the new releases as much as us ladies on the DT. Did you see the cutie patootie Kigurumi Release?? I think they are adorable and so perfect for those sweet Halloween pages coming up! For me though, they are perfect any time of year because my little one and his cousins play dress-up whenever they want to! If you missed the Kigurumi Kids, then check out our post HERE. :)

Before we get to the new challenge, we have 3 Top Picks to announce. Our top 3 from the last challenge are:

Blankina

Denise B

and Melissa O

Please grab our special, customized linky to add to your blog. Congrats to our top 3 picks!! 

We also want to say a HUGE thank you to all of you who participate in our challenges!! We love seeing your gorgeous and wonderful creations!

Today we have a new challenge to announce!

Our challenge for the next two weeks is:

EMBOSSING (wet or dry)!

You MUST use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts or The Greeting Farm image to participate in our challenges. Any project not using these images will be deleted.

Please take the time to review all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify (the rules are under "Challenge Info" at the top tab). You have until Saturday, October 13th, 11am PST to link up your new project below (one entry per blog please).

Now for our amazing DT samples!
(You can click on each name to go to our DT's personal blogs to see more details on each project.)

Eva Uyeunten using Fumi Panda

Rachel Parys using Fumi with Gift

Leanne Poe using Yumi with Book:

Kim Yu using Yumi With Fan

Rosie Bridges using Yumi with Book

We hope you enjoyed our creations today! Now, don't forget to come by and "like" our Facebook Fan Page, so you can stay up-to-date, get your challenge reminders, and share your stuff!! Please join us in our challenges too.....we would love to see your beautiful cards/projects!

Have a great week and see you here soon!

Love & Hugs!!
Rosie & the Y&F Design Team :)

Kigurumi Kids - Release #3

ALOHA everyone!!

We're having a great time in Sacramento at the Original Rubber Stamp Convention. 

Will definitely have more to share when we get back. 

For now I'd like to introduce our new series we're calling

KIGURUMI KIDS

You might be wondering what is KIGURUMI?  Well I looked it up online and found this pretty awesome description from an Anime Cosplay Shopper Blog. 

I'll give you some of the definition, a couple of links so that you can read the whole concept and see some real Kigurumi costumes. 

What Is Kigurumi?  (Key-gu-ru-mee)

 A type of cosplay that employs a full body suit, similar to a fur suit. It is most commonly used with animal costumes but can also be worn to emulate people, mechs, mascots, etc. Kigurumi are dressed in character from head to toe. They usually wear masks that encompass their entire head rather than just their face. Characters like Mickey Mouse from Disneyland and Barney from Barney the Dinosaur are referred to as Kigurumi in Japan.

Kigurumi is a part of Japanese culture, which represents performing people who dress up like popular cartoon characters. The word is actually a combination of the Japanese words kiru (to wear) and nuigurumi (stuffed toy). Often seen in places like anime conventions, theme parks and even shopping malls, a kigurumi costume always adds to the festivity of the occasion. Even from American culture, things like football mascots and Winnie the Pooh can be worn and considered kigurumi suits. There is no limit, in fact, to the amount of things a kigurumi costume can be. Their range often includes:

■Pikachu ■Hello Kitty ■Winnie the Pooh ■Anime characters ■Animals

Here's a link to a Kigurumi shop where you can browse and see all the fun outfits.

My favorite is Stitch and of course, "Panda" and  Renate' loves the "Unicorn"

Now let's meet our Kigurumi Kids:

YUMICORN (You-me-corn)

Some eye candy from the DT

 Rosie

Rachel

FUMI PANDA

Some eye candy from the DT and special guest Kathy

Kim

Guest - Kathy

Rosie (with Yumi Panda and Chasezilla)

AJ LION

Some eye candy from the DT

Rosie

Eva

Sandie

And last in the line up...

CHASEZILLA (Chase-zil-la)

Some eye candy from the DT

Guest - Kathy

Eva

Rachel

  Kawaii yea?  Were you expecting such cuteness?  We were, and as you can see perfect for the upcoming Halloween holiday.
They are now available in the store so hop on over there before we run out.
Let us know what you think and don't forget to visit these talented ladies on their blogs:
Eva
Kim
Rachel
Rosemary
Sandie
and guest Kathy
and leave them some love.

Have a great weekend!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Sacramento Stamp Show 9/22

**(Scroll down to see the details of the bi-weekly challenge)**

Hey Everyone!! 

Hope you are all having a great week!

Popping in real quick to share some news. 

This weekend Yumi & Fumi Handmade will be trekking to Sacramento, CA (about a 7-8 hour drive from Los Angeles) for the Original Rubber Stamp Convention.  We're very excited to be going as this will be a new venue for us and a chance to share Yumi & Fumi with some new peeps. 

We get to introduce our Northern friends to our first release

featuring Yumi & Fumi and our lovely Asian girls from the Kimono series.

They will also get to meet the cool kids from our new Back2School series, and guess what?  We've got one more incredibly awesome series that will debut at this show and let me tell you they are

FREAKIN' ADORABLE!!

Our Amy did an AWEmazing job with this one. 

I can't wait to share the amazing creations by the DT.  They always make Renate' and I smile when we see the finished projects.  How they come up with their creations just boggles my mind! 

Look for the new series to showcase here on Saturday at 11am. 

We have two make and takes scheduled that you can create

using our choice of a Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamp. 

If you are in the Sacramento, CA area on Saturday, 9/22, and you want to get in some crafty shopping head on over to the

Original Rubber Stamp Convention

Tell a friend or family member and make sure to stop by to see us.

Just look for the yellow walls and these smiling faces...

Masako, Renate', Leanne & Zach

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Challenge #3--Anything but a CARD!

Happy Sunday y'all! We are so glad you joined us today!! Today kicks off another new challenge at Yumi and Fumi Handmade Crafts. We first want to thank all of you who participated in our last challenge....Use a Sentiment! You made some lovely creations and we all enjoyed seeing them!

Since the last challenge was the 1st Sunday of September, we have a prize winner to announce along with our top 3 picks.

Winner by random drawing is:
True Random Number Generator Min: Max:
Result: 10 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

CEBELICA!!

(Please email: yumi.fumi@yumifumihandmade.com within 48 hours to claim prize. Just type in the challenge name in the subject line and give us your snail mail address.)


Our top 3 picks in no particular order from the last challenge are:

#4 Melissa O
#7 Denise B
#11 Kathy

Please grab our special, customized linky to add to your blog. Congrats to our winner and top 3 picks!!

Congrats again Denice!

Congratulations again to all of you!!
Today we have a new challenge to announce!

Our challenge for the next two weeks is:

Anything but a CARD!

You MUST to use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts or The Greeting Farm image to participate in our challenges. Any project not using these images will be deleted.

Please take the time to review all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify (the rules are under "Challenge Info" at the top tab). You have until Saturday, September 23rd, 11am PST to link up your new project below (one entry per blog).

Now for our amazing DT samples!
(You can click on each name to go to our DT's personal blogs to see more details on each project.)

Eva Uyeunten's FRAME using Yumi with Bookbag and Fumi with Messenger Bag

Rachel Parys' TAG using Fumi with Bear Backpack

Rosie Bridges' STATIONERY BOX using Yumi & Fumi

Stationery Box OPENED

Leanne Poe's tag using Fumi with Bear Backpack

Kim's backpack using Fumi With Bear Backpack

 

Don't forget to come by and "like" our Facebook Fan Page, so you can stay up-to-date, get your challenge reminders, and share your creations!

We hope you have a great time creating and we can't wait to see what you do!!

Hugs!!
Rosie & the Y&F Design Team

Add your direct link below. We're excited to see your creation!

Back 2 School NEW RELEASE

Hello everyone!!  Are you ready for the second release from Yumi & Fumi Handmade?!
Sweet cause we're excited to head Back 2 School with Yumi & Fumi and we’ve got a couple of new friends to introduce to you.  Let’s meet the 4 new Yumi & Fumi characters & 2 new boy characters from the Back 2 School release.  We're also happy to announce that Yumi & Fumi are now single images and can be purchased along with their new friends!

Yumi Single

Fumi Single

 Fumi with Bear Backpack
A side profile of Fumi and she’s got the cutest bear backpack on

Yumi with Book Bag is ready to start a trend

Fumi with Messenger Bag looks ready to start the new school year

Yumi with Book is so super excited to start school!

Chase is one of our newest friends to join the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Ohana.

He’s considered one of the cool boys in school. 

AJ is our second new friend to join the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Ohana.
He’s that kid you want to be friends with. His mom makes the best lunches and if you play your cards right you just might be able to swap your school lunch for his homemade one.

All stamps are made of deeply etched red rubber on cling mount.  They are scroll cut so you don't need to trim the rubber, indexed so you know where you are stamping and they are packaged with lots of Aloha. 

Let’s see what the DT has for inspiration…

Sandie featuring the whole crew:


Eva featuring

Fumi with Bear Backpack

and

Yumi with Book

Rachel featuring

AJ

and

Fumi with Book Bag

Kim featuring

Fumi with Book

and

Fumi with Bear Backpack

Leanne featuring

Chase

and

Fumi with Book Bag

and

Fumi with Messenger Bag

 Rosemary featuring

AJ

and

Fumi with Book Bag

Renate' featuring

Yumi

and

Fumi

Now where can you get all of these AWEmazingly cute stamps?  Well we are excited to announce the Yumi & Fumi Handmade store is open for business!! Woo Hoo!! Our crew, Zach and Renate’ , have worked really hard to get it ready for today and we are so excited to hear what you all think. So check out the site, look around, purchase some stamps, tell your friends, family members, FB friends, and blogging buddies.
Yes we do have the first release of Yumi & Fumi Handmade & our newest Back 2 School available to ship. We also have ALL of the Sister Stamps including the new Release #9 (BFFs & Buddies) in stock.
Head on over and check it out!!