Give us an A

Melissa has Summer Chuckles in smiles, but then....
who wouldn't be with a handful of balloons?!!
A-dorable!

We hope you'll return at 6:00 pm PST for the last picture/piece of this fabulous creation.

 See you soon!

Melissa O. Team Fumi - Thank you!

Hiya!

Hope everyone is having a great day.  As you know we're sending off our design team with a special Thank you showcase of some of their beautiful creations using our Yumi & Fumi stamps.  I've already thanked our wonderful Team Yumi for all of their support and beautiful projects and now I'm in the middle of thanking our Team Fumi gals.  Continuing on, I'd like to next say a big MAHALO to Melissa O, from Needful Things.  We met Melissa via blogland first and when we asked her to be a guest designer we knew she would fit in wonderfully with our second team.  And guess what?  We were right.  She's got a style all her own and like the rest of her teammates was always able to make us smile.  Enjoy her showcase and then you'll know what I'm talking about...  

 

See I don't tell fibs.  hehehe...  Thank you Melissa for always making us smile with your gorgeous projects that are all kinds of fun.  We're so thankful you started out with us as a guest, then joined our team full time.  We made a wonderful friend in the process and will continue to KIT via FB and of course blogland.  I have the pleasure of being on another team with Melissa so we won't miss each other too much.  Be sure to follow her if you don't already.   Thanks again for being a part of our ohana. :)

Alrighty, stop by later for another Thank you showcase to one of our Team Fumi gals... Enjoy your afternoon!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Birthday Wishes for Melissa!

Brrrrr.......Happy Saturday!

The  DT has banned together to wish our very own Team Fumi DT member

~~~~~~MELISSA~~~~~~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

What can we say about Melissa besides she is a 

sweet, talented, creative, reliable, friendly, and always ready to jump in to lend a hand....kind of girl.

Don't be surprised if you notice a color theme today, as we tried to use her favorite colors...

pink, purple, and black

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Corrine:
"Happy birthday, Melissa!  May all of your wishes come true on your special day!"

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Rosemary:
"Happy Birthday Melissa! Wishing you many blessings this year! 
Sending you love and hugs on your special day!!"

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Sheena:
"Happy Birthday Melissa, lots of wishes for a fabulous year ahead!"

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Cebelica:
"Dear Melissa! I wish you lots of happiness and beautiful moments.
 Happy Birthday!"

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Denice 

"Wishing you a year of happiness and good health, Happy Birthday!"

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Sheena's card using Fumi makes us think 
of the movie "Pretty in Pink"  :-)
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Blankina took time during her holiday to make a card using
 Yumi with Book to send happy thoughts and wishes,
 with the hopes it brings a sweet smile to 
Melissa on her special day!

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Cebelica has adorned Fumi with Gift with gorgeous flowers 

and a sparkling present!

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Denice used Fumi w/ Gift, thinking pink hair 
and butterflies would be a fun way 

 to help Melissa celebrate!
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If Melissa isn't smiling enough by now,
Kathy's card using Fumi is sure to add more happiness to the celebration!
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 It's late but certainly filled with lots of birthday wishes.  
A card with a hidden message from Leanne featuring Yumi with Birdie
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HAPPY HAPPY DAY

We hope we have surprised Melissa with our happy and cheerful wishes.

Feel free to click HERE to go to her blog to leave her some birthday love, of course you can leave a comment below too.

Wednesday Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured

Hello!!

Today it's time to feature some of you whose creations caught my eye.  Today I was looking for cards made with Chase, our resident preppy guy.  I found these two cards that were perfect male cards showing off how cool Chase looks in any setting.  Enjoy! 

First up is Sheena's card:

The colors and the papers worked so well together.  I love the distress look of his jeans too.  This is terrific!

Next up is from Melissa:

Isn't this awesome?  Love her creativity and love the sentiment!  So very retro looking!

For being featured on our blog you two can grab our blog badge to post on your blogs!  

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.  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 Wednesday's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured.

Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!!

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