Give us a B

Olivia found the perfect way to celebrate Renate's birthday
 by using bright colors and gorgeous trimmings!
 Summer Yumi and the letter B make a great combination!

I think most of you have figured out what we are doing here....

but shhhhhh, just in case someone is still mulling it over.

See you in one hour, at 2:00 pm PST with another addition to this wonderful  _ _ _ _ _ _.

Challenge #30~SKETCH #5 by Leanne!

Happy Sunday everyone! How's the new year been treating you? We've been busy behind the scenes coming up with some awesome new challenges and sketches to get you inspired this year. We hope you play along with us and enjoy the fun we have planned for you all! Our fearless leaders Renate and Leanne scoped out the big Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) Convention last week and boy oh boy did they find lots of great things! You can see some of the pics from CHA on our Facebook Page HERE! Come and follow us so you can stay up-to-date on all the latest and greatest things happening with Yumi and Fumi! :)

Today starts a new challenge and for the next two weeks we have this awesome Sketch by Leanne to inspire us!!

Now remember, before linking your card please read our new challenge guidelines by clicking HERE. Don't forget that we now allow ANY stamped image!!! You HAVE to use a hand-colored image on your project...no "sentiment only" cards allowed. However, if you use a Y&FH image your name will be added a maximum of 1 extra time after the last name in Inlinkz. Remember also....only 1 entry per person.

What's up for grabs? The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store and our Top 3 will receive a 10% discount!! 

Here are the amazing and inspiring creations from our wonderful Team Yumi! Be sure to stop back by next week to see more inspiration from Team Fumi! 

Cebelica

...using Yumi

Corinne

...using Yumicorn

  

Debra

...using Summer Yumi

Lisa

...using Winter Yumi

Olivia

...using Yeti Fumi

Rosie

(coming soon) 

We hope you will join in our Challenges using ANY image you like! We can't wait to see what you make!! Remember, only 1 entry per person. You have until Friday, January 31st to join in our challenge. We'll announce the winner and top 3 picks on Saturday, February 1st!

Good Luck everyone!!

Hugs!

Team Yumi

No Black Lines Tut.

Good Thursday morning, everybody! It's Corinne, and it's my turn to show you the no-lines coloring tutorial! It's super fun to do, but also kinda difficult (at first)! You just take those black lines for granted, don't ya? I love how it looks like a painting in the end, but boy, it's quite challenging!



Summer Yumi is featured here, and although it is already Fall, I'm trying to get the most out of this flipflop wearing beauty!

The first thing you have to do is get a light colored ink to stamp with.  I chose Malted Milk from Ranger's Jenni Bowlin series.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                



Just stamp the image as usual, making sure you've got plenty of light in the room. 



Go ahead and apply color as if you were coloring the image.  Make sure you add the usual shadows and shadings. 



For example, I gave her eye lids, a contoured face, and full cheeks. 



Blend really well.  If you have to, go ahead and keep an image of the black line version close at hand so you know where to put the colors next. 



For me, the most difficult part of the no-lines coloring method is doing the hair.  



I could never get the shadows and highlights done exactly to my liking.



I also like to add a bit of "make-up" as eyeshadow. 



Then, do the rest of the body parts, making sure you keep in mind where your light source is. 



Finish up the clothing and details and voila! 



I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.  It's always refreshing to try something new :). 



Have a wonderful day!

Corinne
Team Yumi

CH #22 Inspirational Photo Reminder

Team Fumi here to remind everyone that you still have a few more days to join the current challenge that's going on right now at Y&FH....which is this inspirational cake photo with it's bright colors and gorgeous flowers.

 

Let's get right to the DT's photos with the RULES to follow.....but please remember to read the rules  because you don't want to skip over the important details and have your card/project removed.

 

Blankina

...using Yumi w/ Birdie

Kathy

...using Fumi with Messenger Bag

 

 

Melissa

...using AJ

 

 

Sheena

...using Summer Chuckles

 

Audrey

...using Fumi with Umbrella

 

 

Denice

...using Summer Yumi and Aloha Honu Set

 

• One of the biggest changes to our bi-weekly challenge rules are that you can now use ANY stamped image!! 
•  As a bonus for using a Y&FH image,  your name will be added a maximum of one (1) extra time after the last linked entry.
• All projects/cards must have a hand-colored image, "sentiment only" cards are NOT allowed.  
• One (1) entry per person.
• All of the challenge rules can be found HERE.

The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store. Our Top 3 will receive a 10% discount code to be used in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store.

We would love to have you join our "Photo Inspirational" challenge!  Feel free to scroll down or click HERE to find the original challenge post and link your entry.  The winner and Top 3 picks will be announced on Saturday, August 31st.

Good Luck to all of the entries,

 and happy Sunday from Team Fumi!

 

Welcome our August Guest Designer

Morning everyone!

Hope you all had a nice weekend!  Did ya get a chance to see Team Yumi's post yesterday?  It's very rare that we have an Anything Goes challenge and what better way to start off the new season than that?  Great projects from Team Yumi, they really know how to start it up.  Can't wait to see who joins and what you decide to share. :)

I'm popping in today to share some wonderful news!  We haven't had a guest designer in quite some time, but I'm really excited to say, we do for August and she's AWEmazing!  She's just about the busiest individual I know and I'm so happy that she's going to be joining us this month.  She's been here a few times before to help us with our Winter release and our recent 1 year anniversary blog hop. 

WELCOME TO THE OHANA...

 

TAYLOR USRY!!

Blog: http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/



My name is Taylor Usry. I live with my amazing husband and wonderful kids in southern VA. I'm lucky enough to work full time from home, as the Social Media Manager for Crafter's Companion Ltd. having a crafty job that allows me be home with my family a lot, travel a bit, and craft on the side is like a dream come true!  Plus I love all things social media, too :)

I'm often asked if I have a particular style - I just say it's all over the map. There are few things I'm unwilling to try! I've had a love of crafting since I was very young, and I love passing this art on to my own children. I have a serious love of coloring!

In addition to working with the talented teams at Crafter's Companion UK and US, as well as the Spectrum Noir team, I also am lucky enough to be an Artist-In-Residence for IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko.  I'm thrilled to be joining Yumi and Fumi Handmade for the month of August!



Believe me when I say we are pretty lucky to have her join us. Can you imagine having a job like hers?  Totally dreamy!!  I'm sure when I say I'm jealous, I wouldn't be the only one to voice those thoughts.  These companies are really lucky to have her.  And for the month of August, we are too!! :)
 Love that she uses coloring mediums other than Copics. Looking forward to her projects and maybe if we're lucky she'll give us some pointers on how to work with Spectrum Noir pens.  Just thinking out loud! ;)

I found some cards featuring Summer Yumi, Winter Yumi and Winter Fumi on her blog.

 

Love how she uses paper and other elements to create her cards, the layouts are really cool and her coloring is outstanding!  Be sure to give Taylor the warm welcome she deserves. Visit her blog: The Quiet Moments
 She'll be back tomorrow and every Tuesday in August.
Yay!!

 

Have a wonderful day!!

~Leanne 

Challenge #20~Card for any CELEBRATION!

Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you've been enjoying your weekend so far! We've got a month long celebration going on for July so to continue with some celebratory goodness, our challenge for the next two weeks is:

CARD for any CELEBRATION!!

July 7th - July 19
Ends: Noon (pst)

This should be a pretty easy so I hope to see lots of you entering in our challenge! Remember you can use any image from Y&F, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts and The Greeting Farm!! For a full list of our challenge rules, please click on the challenge info tab located at the top of the page. If your card does not fit the challenge rules we will unfortunately have to remove it from Inlinkz. 

The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Y&F Handmade STORE. In addition, our Top 3 will receive a 10% discount code. WOOT, WOOT!!

Now let's get to the fun part of me sharing my card with you!! I used a newly release stamp called Summer Yumi! She's awesome and so much fun to color!!

 

Rosie using Summer Yumi

All stamps are available in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade STORE. We can't wait to see what you make with this challenge!

Also, don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest. All the links are on the right side bar. Have a great week and be sure to stop back by here on July 10th for something special!! :)

Hugs,

Rosie

Before you link up, please check the Challenge info tab to see if your project qualifies. We would hate to have to delete it.

CH #19 Reminder It's Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day everyone!

From all of us at Yumi & Fumi Handmade we wish you all a safe and fabulous day full of family, friends, good food and great fireworks.  However you spend the day hoping it's a fantastic one.

I'm here to remind you of the current challenge you still have time to join:

CHALLENGE #19 - COLOR CHALLENGE:

RED, WHITE, BLUE & KRAFT
Create a CARD using a the colors red, white blue & kraft.
June 23 - July 5
Ends: Noon (pst)

 

Check the Challenge info tab for more details, including the qualifications to join.

 

Today I have three cards to share, each one different than the other, however they all follow the current challenge rules.  I decided to use the newest stamps in our Hang Loose stamp line.

 

First up is my ode to Independence Day featuring Summer Fumi:

 

Next up is Summer Chuckles

(Also pictured small Hang Loose image and Dude sentiment):

For my last card here's a super CAS card featuring Summer Yumi:

 

The stamps listed above can be purchased in our online store. 

 

For those of you living in the So Cal area and you happen to be at the Carson Rubber Stamp show on July 13 & 14 you'll be able to buy these in person because WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE!!

Yep, that's right we're heading back to the show that started it all.  We hope that you'll stop by the new booth and see all the new images, new items to purchase (which includes the paper used on Summer Chuckles' card) and possibly stay and do the make n' take. 

 

Guess what else is going on over here?  We've got an anniversary/birthday coming up!  Woo Hoo!! We're going to have a blog hop with some prizes so mark your calendars all the fun begins on Wednesday, July 10th!

 

Stop by tomorrow for Friday's Where's Yumi & Fumi Featured. 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Wishing you all a safe and fabulous Independence day!!

 

~Leanne 

International Surfing Day - June 20th

Happy Aloha Friday everyone!!

Bummer, just found out that yesterday was International Surfing Day!  Glad to know that June 23rd is the global event day.  Here's a little bit more about the event right from their Facebook page:

Presented by EuroSIMA, International Surfing Day is the largest surf event on the planet since 2004! For more info please visit the website at www.surfing-day.com.

Description:

International Surfing Day (ISD) is a free celebration day of surfing all around the world. Regardless of age, sex, location everyone can join this day for free. This year, the 10th edition will be celebrated on Sunday, June 23, 2013 globallly. You can organize your own event in your location or join the events happening around you. Visit the website for more info www.surfing-day.com or contact us at events@eurosima.com

Let's get the beaches swarmed!

 

Stop by the ISD Facebook page for more details. 

In honor of this cool event, I was thinkin' it would be perfect to share some of our preview cards featuring our Tiki Surf stamp set! (All cards featured were shown on the Hang Loose series previews)

 

Card by Me:

 



 

Card by Eva

 

Card by Rosemary

Have a happy Aloha Friday and don't forget to stop back later for the Friday pick(s).
"\nm/"
~Leanne

 

 

Hang Loose Preview - Summer Yumi

SALE ALERT!!  IN HONOR OF FATHER'S DAY ALL YUMI & FUMI HANDMADE IMAGES WITH BOYS IN THEM ARE NOW ON SALE IN THE Y&FH ONLINE STORE. THE SALE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SISTER STAMPS.  SALE ENDS ON FATHER'S DAY, JUNE 16th.

Aloha everyone!!

Welcome to the first day of previews for our new Hang Loose Release.  We're going to be spotlighting these new stamps for the next five days and on Saturday, June 15th they will all be available for purchase at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store.  We hope you'll come back daily, because there will be a chance for prizes.  More about that at the end of this post.

How about a little background on this new release?

When Renate' and I were coming up with the concept for this release we knew we wanted to tie in something from Hawaii this time.  One of the most iconic symbols or hand gestures you see around the islands is the "shaka sign".  Click here to see the different origins and meanings.  I guess you could say it looks like the sign for I love you, but with all three fingers (index, middle and ring) down.  What I love best about the meaning is that it can be used in so many different ways.  To convey the Aloha Spirit, or just an easy way to say hi, howzit or how's it going?!   We also wanted to incorporate some other fun aspects that we love about Hawaii so you'll see those later on in the week.

Starting off today's showcase we've got our first stamp in the new series, Summer Yumi.  Some of the DT is sharing their creations, make sure to head on over to their blogs to leave them some love. :)

Eva's card featuring Summer Yumi

(Also included are the shaka sentiment and the new lotus flowers)

Leanne's card featuring Summer Yumi:

Isn't she awesome?!  Her pigtails are fun and her slippas are soo cute.  It's the little details I love about this stamp. :) 

Pretty sweet yea? Well if you think so:

1. Leave us a comment here and on any of the featured DT blogs

2. Become a follower of our blog (if you already aren't)

3. Link up below

If we reach a minimum of 25 links or more we'll gift-a-way 1 Summer Yumi stamp to one of you lucky crafters.  To make sure we reach that number share this direct link post on your blog, Facebook, with your friends and family.  The collection will close on Sunday, June 16th at 10:00am pst and IF we reach 25 links or over the winner will be announced on Monday.

Stop by tomorrow for day 2 of our Hang Loose Preview...

Mahalo for stopping by!

"\mn/"

Y&FH DT