Welcome to our December Guest Designer - Danni Bindel

Good evening!

 

Hope you're all having a great Saturday night.  I'm popping in to share some news...

Today I am excited to welcome our Guest Designer for December, but first I'd like to say Mahalo again to our wonderful November Guest Designer, Linda Tan from Life of a Girlie Girl.  Thank you so much for all the lovely inspirations and adorable projects you created while you were with us.  Your weekly posts always brought a smile and inspiration to everyone and for that we are so thankful that you joined us.  

 

Now I'm pretty sure a lot of you know our next Guest Designer.  She's an amazing crafter and coloring guru.  She has her own challenge blog and is just about the sweetest lady you'll ever meet.  Please join me in welcoming:

 

Danni Bindel from Danni's Dream.

Here's a little more about Danni in her own words:

My name is Danni and I am currently a SAHM to Matthew who is 12 and Annabelle who is 9. I'm married to Sam for 14 1/2 years and we just started our lives as civilians after Sam being in the army for 14 years.

I started scrapbooking about 16 years ago and found stamping about 8 years ago and as they say, the rest is history! Crafting is my passion and I just can't get enough of it.

I am also an animal lover and hope to work/volunteer at a zoo one day when I grow up!

~Smiles~
 Danni

Have a super sparkly day!

When in doubt--add pink, sparkle and a butterfly!
Housework won't kill you, but why take the chance?
Visit My Blog and my challenge Flutter By Wednesday's

Aren't her tag lines cute?  I had to leave them in. :)  Today Danni shared her news as well as this super fun card featuring Fumi with Messenger Bag on her blog.  Please be sure to stop by, become a fan and leave her some love. 

Fumi with Messenger bag - Card created by Danni Bindel

Danni is so amazing with color combos and awesome layouts.  She also has an amazing eye for paper combos.  I am always in awe each time I go to her blog.  I can honestly say that in the past I have used some of her layouts whenever I was stuck on a project and needed some inspiration.  She's got plenty and we're soooo glad she'll be sharing it with us and you.

Stop by on Tuesday when she'll share her first official post with us and every Tuesday in December.

Come back tomorrow when Team Yumi shares the details of our December month long challenge and their inspirations.  It's bound to be picture perfect! ;)

Mahalo for stopping in!  Have a great Saturday night!

Hugs,

Leanne

Friday's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured?

Morning everyone!!

Happy Aloha Friday and hopefully a great start to the long Memorial Day weekend.

I'm going to jump right in to share my picks for this week's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured.  I'm taking them from our current challenge because there were so many cool ideas and we had some new faces.  It's always nice to give them a warm welcome especially when they create such amazing crafts with our images. 

Here we go starting with this super cute "bookmark" created by alumnist Melissa O using Fumi with Messenger bag.  Love the colors and if you have to have a marker for your book, it should be something this cute!

Next up is this awesome tag created by one of the winner's from our Spread the Love event, Nicole Mullen.  She's sharing what she created with some of her prize package.  Featuring Fumi with Turtle... Wow, she really rocked this one out!!  This is awesome!!

Check this one out.  An altered clear frame with bright colors and a fun design.  Makes me think that summer is just around the corner and Yumi & Fumi are ready for it..  Well done Stephanie!!

Congratulations ladies!!  Please grab our badge below and we hope you display it on your blog.

Want to be featured on our blog and receive this adorable badge?  Join our challenges, post your cards and projects on your blogs, share on our Facebook page, and upload to Pinterest.  You can also leave a link in our comments section.  If you weren't featured today, no worries, there is plenty of time to be.  We'll be searching the web and maybe you'll be the next one on Friday's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured.

Now, don't forget you have until noon pst today to link up your Anything But a Card project.  We've got some awesome projects linked up but we're ok with more.  :)  It's not going to be easy to pick.  So glad it's not me who has to do it.  (hehe) We'll announce our winner and top 3 from Challenge #16 tomorrow.  For now stop on over to those ladies blogs and leave them some love.

Before I sign off... Make sure to stop by later to see which blog challenge we are sponsoring.  We're super excited about it.  :)

Have a great Aloha Friday!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Shaping up for Mother's Day - Challenge #15

Morning everyone!

A reminder that you have until tomorrow to enter our current challenge, Shaped card for Mother's Day.  Link up your cards HERE for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to our online store.  We've seen some pretty great ideas for shaped cards so far and boy did our team really take this challenge to heart and create some beautiful cards too.  If you didn't get a chance to see what Rosie, Eva and Denice shared just click on their names to hop on over to their blogs and find out.  They did a FABULOUS job!

Today Sandie and I will be sharing our shaped cards just in time for Mother's Day.  We all know Mother's Day can represent any Mother figure in your life.  It could be your mom, grandmothers, aunts, friends, girlfriends, even your in-laws or that special lady who you couldn't have become the person you are today without their love and support...  First up is Sandie...

Sandie Dunne featuring Fumi :

Isn't it beautiful?!!  I always hate following Sandie, always makes me want to fiddle more with my card.  LOL.. But for today I decided I'm happy with it.  I don't think I could add anything more with that patterned paper!  LOL!!

 

Leanne Poe with Fumi with Messenger Bag:

We hope we've inspired you to get crafty and break out of that shell and go for something different. You have until tomorrow at noon (pst) to enter.  If you don't have a Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamp yet feel free to use any image from our friends at Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts, The Greeting Farm and newly added Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.
The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to our online store.

Follow us on Pinterest and Facebook.  Click on the icons on our side bar for easy access.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a terrific day!

xx
Sandie & Leanne

Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured?

Morning everyone!!

Happy Aloha Friday!!  Woo Hoo!!  Today I'm going to feature some cards from around blogland featuring a Yumi & Fumi Handmade image.  If you see your card make sure to grab the badge at the bottom of this post...

First up is this adorable card by sweet Danni featuring Fumi with Messenger Bag...

Check out this adorable card featuring Fumi with Turtle by Anita...

Here's a card created by Taylor using Winter Fumi...

Congratulations ladies and thank you for sharing your beautiful creations with us.  We really love to see how our images come to life by lovely talented crafters like you all.  Mahalo for making us smile!  Here is your featured badge, hope you share it on your blog...

If you weren't featured today don't be discouraged... There is always next time.  Remember to leave a link to your card in the comments section so we can come and see it.  You could be the next featured at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.

Last chance events that close today:
Facebook Giveaway Week #3 ends later today 
Blog Challenge #14 - Multiple Folds ends today at noon, pst.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a terrific weekend!!

xxx
Leanne

REMINDER: Challenge #13 Case'ing Eva (ME!) Plus a Tutorial!

Hello!  Did everyone enjoy the awesomely cute Peek-a-Boo Spring Release??  Do you have a favorite?  If you can't decide, you can pick them all up at a special bundle price but only til Monday, April 8th at 5 PM PST.  Check them out at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade store!

Well, we also currently have a challenge going on.  It's case'ing the little post it easel card that I made below.

Now you don't have to make one of these exactly to enter the challenge.  Use whatever elements inspire you, the layout, colors, Asian theme, flowers, etc.  Don't forget to also use a qualifying stamp -- Yumi & Fumi Handmade, The Greeting Farm, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts, and now Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps too!  But if you do use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamp, you'll get another entry into the challenge. 

Kim using Fumi with Umbrella

I love Kim's pretty and scenic version!  Please visit her blog for the details!

Eva using Fumi with Messenger Bag

  

This is also a Post-It Easel Card and I thought I'd share a quick tutorial for it just in case you do want to make something like this for the challenge.

Gather your basic materials:  

 11 x 5.25 inch cardstock
5.25 x 5.25 inch cardstock (front of your easel card that you can decorate)
4 x 4 inch cardstock (box for Post-It pad)
3 x 3 inch Post-It note pad

 Score your long cardstock at 5.25 inches, 5.75 inches and 8.25 inches.

After you fold them at the score lines, it should look like this.  Place on the side.  Don't mind all the messy stuff on my table!
  

Next, get your 4 x 4 inch piece and score a half inch on all sides.  Then punch a little semi circle on one of the sides.  You can use a small circle die to make a partial cut too.

Fold at the creases, then cut the little corners to make into a box.

It should look like this.  Fit your Post-It pad into it.  It will be snug.  You can adjust the measurements a little bit if it's too snug for you.  I kind of like it that way so it doesn't fall out.

 When you lay out all the pieces together, it should generally look like this.

Be sure to tape just the half as in the photo to attach the front of the easel card.

 All done!  Hope this tutorial helps!

You can link up your creations on the original Challenge #13 post HERE.  While you are there, check out the awesome prize package that is up for grabs!  You have unitl Friday, April 12th to link up your creations.

Thanks for stopping by!

Eva & Kim

Wednesday Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured

Hello everyone!!

Starting today and every Wednesday we are going to be featuring one or more of you here on our blog.  We know a lot of you have bought a Yumi and Fumi Handmade stamp or two and we want to share your creations with our community.  We'll be strolling through blogland, Facebook, Pinterest searching for creations using our Yumi and Fumi Handmade stamps.  If you see your creation on the blog grab the badge below.  Break out your Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamps because we'd love to see how you've created with them.

Today I'm going to share three different cards that I found while hopping around blogland and Facebook.  This first card I have been dying to share for some time now.  Created by a non-blogger named Chuck and yes if you haven't guessed already he is our resident Chuckles.  The reason why I wanted him to be the first to be featured is because when he made this card he had little-to-know knowledge of coloring with Copics, card design, etc...  After he went home he sent me this picture on Instagram which he then shared on his Facebook page.  It blew me away!!

Isn't this awesome?!!  He used Winter Chuckles, AJ, Chase and Fumi with Messenger bag in this scene. He mentioned they are all waiting in a NY subway station. I can totally picture that!  Not bad for someone who only recently started cardmaking and coloring with Copics.  Thanks for sharing Chuck!

Next card I found in blogland on Lynn's Craft blog.  This is a Girl's Day/Thank you card featuring Fumi with Gift.

 Love the colors she chose and the paper piecing.  The simple design with the beautiful origami crane and kanji are eye-catching.  Thanks for sharing Lynn!

Last on today's list is a card I also found in blogland on Linda's blog (Life of a girlie girl)  She created this adorable card with Fumi with Bear Backpack.

Love the layout, the paper and all the different elements she used.  Thanks for sharing Linda!

I can definitely see myself case'ing any of these cards for the future. 

For being featured on our blog you three will be the first to grab our fun badge.  Feel free to share it on your blog or Facebook page.  Thanks so much for sharing your creations and supporting Y&FH.

Want to be featured on our blog and receive this adorable badge?  Join our challenges, post your cards and projects on your blogs, share on our Facebook page, and upload to Pinterest.  If you weren't featured today, no worries, there is plenty of time to be.  We'll be searching the web and maybe you'll be the next one on Wednesday's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured.

Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Challenge #10 - Case Sandie!

Happy Sunday everyone!! Are you ready for a new challenge? 

The Challenge for the next 2 weeks is:

CASE SANDIE!! 

Here is Sandie's gorgeous card we would like you to case:

If we see a Y&FH image on your creation you will get 2 chances to play.  If you don't have a Y&FH image yet you can still participate by using any stamp from our list of Friends of Yumi & Fumi companies.  They include Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts, and The Greeting Farm!! 

I'm sure you have at least one of those to work with. :)

The prize for Challenge #10 is Yumi with Book from our Back 2 School series.

Now for some samples to get you inspired! Today we have me, Denice and Leanne. Over the next couple of weeks the rest of the DT will pop back on here to share their creations. We hope you grab your stamps and play along with us! We love seeing your creations!!

First up is Leanne using Fumi with Umbrella:

Next is me, Rosie, using Yeti Fumi:

Last up is Denice using Fumi with Messenger Bag

You have until Friday, 03/01/2013 at Noon (PST) to link up your project.  ONE entry per participant please. Also, you must link directly to your post and not just to your blog. All challenge details can be found in the Challenge info tab at the top of our Home page.

Don't forget to come and LIKE us on our FB page. This is where we will have special announcements and prizes. :)

Have fun and we can't wait to see what you create when casing Sandie's card!

Hugs,

Rosie & the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Team

Challenge #9 - Punches or Dies

Hello everyone!!

Hope you're having a terrific Sunday.

On behalf of the team I'd like to say THANK YOU to everyone that participated in our January month-long challenge!  We had a total of 11 wonderful creations entered!  Yay!  It was really cool to see what parts of the photo each of you chose as your inspiration and to see it translated in your projects was awesome!  Thank you again for linking up!

Now time for the important part right?!  Announcing the winner!!  We (Renate', Zach & I) decided to write everyone's name on a piece of paper to pick the winner... 

Congratulations to...

  #5, CALYPSO! 

Here is your very own personalized badge created by Renate'.

Please email yumi.fumi@yumifumihandmade.com by Tuesday, 2/5/13, to claim your prize.  Type in January Winner in the subject line with your snail mail and we'll get your prize package shipped to you.  :)

Next up are the top 3

We looked through all the entries, reviewed each one 3 times before finally choosing:

Sheena B.

Chuck Garcia

Jess Marin

Congratulations everyone!!  You also get a personalized badge to show off on your blogs/pages:

Thank you to all of our 11 participants for taking time to link up during our January challenge.  Hope you all had fun because we loved seeing your wonderful creations!!

Alrighty, are you ready for a new challenge?

Challenge #9 ~ Punches or Dies (2/3/13, Midnight PST - 2/15/13 Noon PST)

It's pretty self explanatory, use either a punch, die or both on your creation.  Doesn't matter how many you use as long as we can see it.  If we see a Y&FH image on your creation you will get 2 chances to play.  If you don't have a Y&FH image yet you can still participate by using any stamp from our list of Friends of Yumi & Fumi companies.  They include Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts, and The Greeting Farm!! 

I'm sure you have at least one of those to work with. :)

Check out the prize up for grabs...

It's Yumicorn from our Kigurumi Kids Series

Next up we've got some samples to share and inspire you.  Today GD Denice, Rosemary, Renate' and myself are sharing.  Eva, Kim and Sandie will pop in over the next 12 days to share their samples.

First up is

February Guest Designer, Denice Bartucci using Fumi with Messenger Bag. 

I spy a border punch and an oval die.   Lovin' all the pretty bling and the gorgeous papers.   Two of my favorite parts about this is Fumi's pink hair and that adorable border inside the oval!!   Me likey!!

Leanne Poe using Fumi Panda

Here is my card featuring Fumi Panda and looks like she's got some little friends playing HIde-n-seek.   I call this one, "Hangin' with my Gnomies!" {hehehe} I used various Spellbinder circles, Stampin' Up circle punches and C.C. Design Cutters Bubble Alpha letter dies.

Rosemary Shaner Bridges using Chase

I don't know about you but Chase is looking pretty good here.  Now I spy a gorgeous heart banner die from La-La Land Crafts and a MS border punch.  So totally cool!!

Renate' Winter using Fumi with Umbrella 

 Lookee, lookee at all the pretty greens and yellows on Renate's card.  I spy lovely colored ginkgo punched leaves.  It's beautiful!!

Alrighty, now it's your turn to play.  You have until Friday, 2/15/13 at Noon (PST) to link up your project.  ONE entry per participant and you must link directly to your post and not your blog. All challenge details can be found in the Challenge info tab at the top of our Home page.

Before I sign off, a reminder to come and LIKE us on our FB page.  We're trying to reach 200 likes and once we do, we're giving a way a stamp or two.  So lots of places to look for a chance to win some cuteness.

 Have fun and we can't wait to see what punches and dies you use for your project. 

Hugs,

Leanne and the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Team

Fumi with Messenger Bag

Hey everyone!

Leanne here, popping in to share a card.  Hope you are all doing well.

Getting back into non-Christmas card mode has been fun.  For my card today I used the January photo inspiration as a reference to pick the colors I wanted to use.  Click here to check out the details of the new month long challenge going on and see the really pretty photo inspiration.  

I colored up Fumi with Messenger bag for fun and used up some scraps of one of my favorite Basic Grey papers.

If I find more of this BG dp I'm getting it!  It's so cute!!  Besides pulling the same colors from the inspiration photo,  I mimicked the slats in the crib's back drop by scoring a piece of white cs every half inch.  Pulled the black & white polka dot paper from one of the banners and added the laser cut sentiment to the bottom to match the pink in the photo.

I used the current sketch at Designed to Color. 

 

Click HERE to enter our current challenge.  Looking forward to your entry.

 

Mahalo for stopping by! 

 

Have a terrific day!

Hugs,

Leanne

December Guest Designer - Melissa Oeters

Good morning and Happy Aloha Friday!!

Did you get a chance to purchase any of the stamps from the Winter 2012 release yet?  If not, head on over to the store before we run out.  Which one is/are your favorite(s)?  I truly do not have a favorite as I love them all, but if you were to ask me which one would I choose to ink up right this minute I'd probably say Bob the Yeti.  He's the kind of character that you can have so much fun with, and he doesn't require a lot of coloring. If you missed seeing the Winter 2012 release post please check it out here.

Can you believe today is the last day of November?  Can anybody tell me where did the time go?  I can barely remember October and November seems like such a blur to me.  Unfortunately as it is the end of the month it is also time to say Mahalo and see ya later to our November Guest Designer, Kathy Dinh of Pixie Boutique.  I would like to take this opportunity to send a big cyber hug to Kathy for helping us out for both October and November guest spots.  Thank you so much Kathy, you were a fantastic inspiration for the past two months and we really appreciated you stepping up for the challenge.  Wishing you all the best and we'll be seeing ya.  Everyone please make sure to stop by Kathy's blog and leave her some love.

December is a time for those of us on the Y&FH team to step back and take a break.  Be with family, finish the Christmas shopping and of course get those holiday projects completed.  As the team is taking a break we needed someone to step in and help us with December and I think we've chosen the right person for the job.  Please help me say a big Aloha to Melissa Oeters of Needful Things. 

Melissa has been a huge supporter of Yumi & Fumi Handmade from the very beginning and we are very excited to have her join us as our December Guest.   Here is a little bit more about Melissa:

Hi, I'm MelissaO and I'm so excited to be a guest designer for December.  I live in a very rural area of Illinois, population 800,  with my wonderful hubby and our 4 fabulous kids.  I have been into paper arts for many years now, since my oldest was born 18 years ago, and the last couple of years I've become totally crazy about stamping and coloring.  When the kids are in school I can be found in my art room crafting away surrounded by our dogs and chocolate.  My other interests include riding horses, dog rescue, reading and craft supply hoarding!   I hope I can inspire you with my Yumi and Fumi creations!

Speaking of inspiration, here is a fun card Melissa created using Fumi with Messenger bag.  She submitted this card by playing in one of our bi-weekly challenges:

How adorable is this?  Way!!!  I love the contrast in colors with the black accents and those tickets are pretty cool!  The perfect card to slip into a little girl's lunch pail or book bag.  Fumi looks so cute, love her socks!!  Great job Melissa!!  Stop by her blog Needful Things when you get a chance and leave her some love.

For fun, I asked Melissa to fill out our DT Survey.  You can find the her answers in the DT Survey page up top.

Stop back tomorrow when Melissa will be sharing her first official post! Woo Hoo!!  It's super cute!!

Reminders:

• Winter 2012 release is in the store now.
• December 1st: November challenge (Ribbon or Lace) ends tomorrow, link up your creations here.
• December 1st: Sister Stamps Release #10 in the store tomorrow.
• December 2nd:  Start of another month long challenge, check back on Sunday for all the details and inspirations.

Mahalo for stopping by!!!  Happy Aloha Friday, have an awesome day!!
Hugs,
Leanne

Challenge #7 -Use Ribbon or Lace!

Happy Sunday y'all! Two weeks have already flown by and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I can't wait!! I love the mood the holidays get me in, especially the cooking and baking mood! My little boy gets a whole week off too so I'm definitely looking forward to that! :) Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving?

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to those of you who compete in our challenges!!

As a special treat we will be offering up a prize with this challenge along with the top 3!!

It's going to be an easy challenge so I hope you play along with us. :) Remember you don't have to use a Yumi and Fumi image to participate. You can use any images from Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts and The Greeting Farm also!! I'm sure you have at least one of those to work with. :)  You can see all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify.

Here are the top 3 badges for last week's challenge! Aren't they adorable?!!!

 Today we have a new, easy challenge to announce:

  

Use Ribbon or Lace! 

This Challenge will run for 3 weeks to give you time (with the holidays) to play along with us!! You have until Saturday, December 1st, 11am PST to link up your new project below (one entry per blog.) Don't forget.....there's a prize involved! :)

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.)

Leanne Poe using Fumi with Messenger Bag

Rosie Bridges using Fumi with Messenger Bag

Sandie Dunne using Fumi with Messenger Bag & AJ

Eva Uyeunten using Fumi with Gift

Kim Yu using Yumi With Fan

We hope our creations inspire you to make something using Ribbon or Lace. 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!

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