Give us an H

Cebelica used Yumi from the original Y&FH release,
 along with gorgeous DP, roses, and Hand rolled flowers...
all in Renate,s favorite colors.
Such a pretty way to start/end a project.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENATE!

All of us on the Design Team wish for lots of good things to come your way today and in the years to come. We appreciate your hard work, compassion and everything you did for us. We hope today we were able to show you how much you mean to us!

We want to thank you and Leanne for being awesome bosses and always taking great care of us. This has been an amazing experience...one we will treasure for a lifetime!! We have formed some amazing friendships from being on this Design Team. And we hope you know that we are always here for you both. 

I also want to say a special thank you to Denice, leader of Team Fumi, for coordinating this special birthday celebration for Renate and writing/scheduling all of these posts!! You did an amazing job girl!! Thank you also to Sheena for coming up with the banner idea and to the DT for creating the wonderful banner pieces....truly spectacular!!!  ~Love you girls, Rosie :)

Mahalo and until we meet again.....
Team Yumi and Team Fumi

Happy Birthday Yumi!!

Denice placed Summer Fumi inside the letter D,
 then tried to camouflage Fumi with banners... 
Doh!

Have you figured this out yet?

We hope you'll stop back at 9:00 am PST

to follow the next clue to this mysterious surprise for Renate.

 Blankina used gorgeous lace, along with
 Fumi with Turtle for a bright and cheery letter 
A

Denice used Yumi with Birdie and we all know
Y is for YUMI!!

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Did you think you had seen the last of Y&FH?! 

Sadly, we had thought so...at least until we realized we had one more birthday post to make!!

With that said, Team Yumi and Team Fumi have come together for one last celebratory post 

to make sure Renate has a BANNER day! 

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Today we celebrate and wish our very own 

Yumi, aka Renate

the happiest of birthdays!

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Starting with a few friends who wanted to join in the celebration:

Former Y&FH DT Eva Uyeunten sends her birthday wishes!

Eva's sweet card uses both Yumi and Fumi and an awesome banner!

Thanh Vo, a former Y&FH GD is counting down
 to Renate's birthday celebration.

Linda Tan sends her birthday wishes
 with this gorgeous card.

Lisa Hjulberg with the sweetest of wishes:
Happy Birthday, dear Renate!!!

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CHARLENE WOO:

 Happy birthday Rena!! I'm so sad I live so far away and can't celebrate with you in person but I hope you have an amazing birthday. Love you tons and I hope this year brings you amazing things!!

Love!

Char

PS say hi to the monster for me!!

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DANNI BINDEL:

sends her wishes for happiness today and all year through!

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KAT WONG CHIN:

Happy Birthday my friend! I hope you have a fantastic day.

Love Kat Vic Evan and Jacen

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MASAKO INOUE:
Happy, happy bday wishes RENNERS! Hope you have a wonderfu lday.
Much love,  Masako
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Former Y&FH DT, SANDIE DUNNE:

wishing you a very happy birthday and I hope it's a wonderful year for you.

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hello

 Happy, happy birthday Rena!
Have a fantastic day filled with lots of smiles, love and good times.
I hope you enjoy your surprise today.With lots of Aloha,
Leanne, aka Fumi

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Stay tuned!

 More wishes and cards will are coming Renate's way today.....guaranteed!

Make sure to stop back at 6:00 am PST for an updated birthday post, you don't want to miss out on any of the celebratory fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

xoxo

Team Yumi & Team Fumi

Challenge #30 Reminder & Inspirations from Team Fumi

We have some good news and some bad news.....

The good news is you still have time to enter sketch challenge #30 here at Y&FH!

The bad news is you only have 5 more days to enter and if you're like us, it might take a couple of days to design and create a project...so, you better get crackin' because the last day to enter is Friday.

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Blankina and Chase sitting in a tree.....
K--I--S--S--I--N--G!
Dreamy, isn't he?!!.



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Denice used Summer Fumi on this 5" x 8.5" journal.
The 1st picture shows how the sketch was used and
the 2nd picture shows how the sketch became the base.
xoxo

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Kathy
is bringing in the Chinese New Year withYumi with Fan.  
Between the paper piecing and Washi paper.....we are 
LOVING everything about this gorgeous card!

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Leanne
aka Fumi
aka Sketch Designer
poppin' in late with Fumi Panda
LUVS

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Melissa has done it again, 
she has all of us oohing and aahing over AJ's sugar-coated cuteness.......
and I'm not LION!!!!

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Oh my word, I think we are all smitten with Sheena's card using Yumi!
 Say YESSSSSSSSSSSS to those PINK boots!

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This week's sketch challenge has a few changes:

The WINNER will receive a stamp of Y&F's choosing, plus a personalized badge.

The TOP 3 will receive personalized badges for their blogs.

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Challenge RULES are simple:

One (1) entry per participant

You must use a direct link

You must follow the current sketch challenge

You can link to 9 other challenges only

You must mention our challenge in your post

No back-linking, current projects only

You MUST include a stamped or colored image

Any stamp company image is allowed to participate

You will receive a BONUS ENTRY by using a Y&FH image.

Good luck to all! We can't wait to see more wonderful creations using this super easy sketch, designed by Fumi herself! Winner and Top 3 will be announced Saturday, February 1st.

Easy peasy, 
Valentine squeezy,
Happy Chinesey!

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

Yumi

Time for another guest post for Yumi & Fumi Handmade!! This week I was in the mood for butterflies! Hehehe..I'm always in the mood for butterflies. 

I saw a tutorial on using the copic airbrush system and getting snowflakes in the background but can't remember where I saw it but anyway, I thought maybe I could do the same with some butterflies and sponging some ink.

First I stamped my image--the super fun Yumi--and cut it out using a nestie die. I left the die in place so I could sponge the edges too. Then I made a mask for Yumi and then I placed some punched butterflies down with some repositionable glue.

Next I just carefully sponged on my ink and then carefully removed my butterflies.

I then let out a sigh of relief that it actually worked! A fun way to make a background and the possibilities are endless because you can use any die cut image!!

To finish the card I colored Yumi with copics and paper pieced her shirt.Then I paired her with some Cosmo Cricket Wanted papers and used a Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch.

I also added an image and strip of patterned paper to the inside to finish the card!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful day!!

A Thursday Throwback and Tutorial with Yumi and Fumi

Happy Thursday Everybody! It's Sheena of Team Fumi here today sharing a little project featuring our namesake Yumi & Fumi stamps from the first release.

Now, most of the time, I make cards. But every now and then I branch out and do a little altering. One of my favourite (and practical) objects to alter are notebooks. Despite being a techie, I DO like having written reminders of my to-do lists or, when travelling, a little journal to record those memorable moments.

Since I AM heading out on a little trip next week, I was inspired to create and share with you these altered miniature composition notebooks. They are perfect for writing down your packing list, important contact numbers and for quickly journalling all the fun anecdotes to go with your vacation photos for scrap-booking once you return home.

Supply List:

• miniature composition notebook (from your local dollar store or office supply store). These measure approximately 3.25 x 4.5 inches
• coordinating patterned papers, cut to fit the covers of the notebooks. You will need four pieces per notebook. Note that the pieces you will use for the inside covers should be cut just a fraction narrower than the cover (or you can trim after adhering with a craft knife). 
• extra paper from which to punch page tabs
• coordinating ribbon: two pieces. One for the cover (measure 1.25 inches longer than the cover to give room to adhere) and one for a placeholder (measure 2.5 inches longer than the cover to adhere and protrude from the notebook)
• double-sided tape, small glue dots
• coloured, stamped image of your choice
• any other embellishments you might wish to add
• corner rounder punch (or craft knife) if your notebook has rounded edges
• tab punch (or any other die cut/punch to make the tabs to divide your  notebook into sections)
• stamp and/or die cut to create a bookplate for the inner cover

Step 1: Gather your notebooks and rubber stamps.

Step 2: Cut your patterned papers down to size, rounding the edges if necessary. If the pattern on your paper clearly has a directional orientation (like my text paper), be sure you round the edges correctly!

Step 3: Be generous with the two-sided tape on the back of your papers to keep the edges from curling up.

Step 4: Line up the edges of the papers with the edges of your notebook and apply, pressing firmly to adhere.

Step 5: Cover the edges of the paper nearest the spine binding with the smaller pieces of ribbon. I like using just a couple of tiny glue dots to adhere the ribbon.

Step 6: Cut your coordinating papers for the inside covers. Again, remember to round the correct edges of the papers if they are directional. For these, I did not have to worry so much about that.

Step 7: I like the added touch of a little book-plate on the inside cover so you can write your name and contact info in case you lose your notebook OR so you can write the location and date of your trip!

Step 8: Before you adhere the papers to the inner cover, you will want to affix the ends of the ribbons from the cover AND one end of your place-holder ribbon (to the top edge of the back cover).

Step 9: Line your inner covers with the patterned papers.

Step 10: Punch out the tabs for dividing your notebook into sections from your left-over papers or additional coordinating papers. Score at the half-way point and apply double-sided tape to the insides of the tabs.

Step 11: Add your tabs to the pages of your notebook.

Step 12: Decorate the front of your notebook! I kept these notebooks nice and simple, with images coloured to match the papers and a little tab, but you could add assorted embellishments or ephemera to suit your taste.

So, there you have it! I'm glad you made it to the end of my detail heavy tutorial. If you are inspired to make your own altered notebook OR to create a project using my choice of throwback images (our very own Yumi & Fumi) be sure to share them on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Facebook Fan page or to leave a comment on this post with a link to your own blog post or online gallery!

As always, thanks for taking the time to visit us here at Yumi & Fumi Handmade!

Pretty in Pink

I had so much fun coloring a 'different' color hair last week I decided to do it again this week.  I opted for pink this time!  I colored Yumi with my Spectrum Noir markers after stamping her using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black on Ultra Smooth white card stock.  Here are the colors I used:

Shirt/Shoes: CG1, CG2, CG3 (heart PP2, PP4)

Pants: GB10, EB5, EB8

Hair: PP2, PP4, PP5

Skin: FS2, FS3, FS9 (CR3 in ear)

Eyes: TN3, TN4

I also thought I'd give her a bit of eyeshadow (CG2) to make her super sassy :) I paired the colored image with Authentique's 'Lively' paper, and tied on a pink ribbon topped with a cream bow.  

People often ask me what order I color an image in.  It really doesn't matter, ultimately, but I usually do clothing (shirt first), then hair, and skin last.  But it's a personal choice! 

Simply Amazing

My darling daughter started third grade yesterday, and I'm not even going to pretend I'm not emotional about it.  Our summer absolutely flew by - it felt like we were always going somewhere (because we were).  It was a big summer for my girl, too.  She mastered riding her bike with no training wheels, went to soccer camp, and discovered a deep love of Greek mythology. I'm so proud of all of these milestones, and I try not to get all weepy in front of her (but silently I'm freaking out that she'll turn eight in a month!).

When I sat down to make her a card for her lunch on her first day of school, I knew it had to be special.  In her school, third grade is when everything gets a bit different.  She changes classes, grades get tougher, and has standardized testing.  She's nervous. And I just want her to never, ever forget how truly amazing she is.

That's where this fun Yumi and Fumi Handmade stamp, Yumi w/ Bookbag, came in.  I stamped it on Ultra Smooth White card stock with an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink full-size inkpad in Tuxedo Black.  I colored it to coordinate with my patterned paper, using my Spectrum Noir pens:

Skirt/Shoes: PP3. PP5. DR5

Shirt/Socks: GB4, GB6, GB8

Bag: BG4, BG6, BG2

Skin: FS9, FS3, FS2, CR3

Eyes: GB8, EB3

Hair: DG3, CG2, CG1

I added a wonderful sentiment that tells her exactly what I want her to know, and a few bits of pink bling.  I'm a giant fan of the green hair - I'll be using this fun combo again soon!