Challenge #20 Celebration Reminder

I hope everyone had the chance to follow Y&FH’s 1 year anniversary blog hop this past week!! It may be too late to win one of the awesome prizes being offered, but it's not too late to see all of the wonderful cards/projects shared by the DT and guests…just click HERE.

With all of the anniversary hoopla it might have been easy to overlook that Y&FH is in the midst of a CELEBRATION challenge ... and that's where Eva and I step in. We would like to remind you there is still time to join this fun challenge.

You can see all of the details about Eva’s adorable card using Yumi Peace Sign on her blog HERE. Yumi has the most pinchable cheeks, don’t you agree?

I chose to make a tag and notepad using Fumi with Turtle for the Celebration theme, details and a few more pictures can be found on my blog HERE.

Challenge details:

Create a CARD/PROJECT for any CELEBRATION!!

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

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. Before you add your direct link please double check that your project qualifies, if your card does not fit the challenge rules we will unfortunately have to remove it from Inlinkz. Feel free to link your project HERE.

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

Good luck and happy Sunday!
Denice 

CH #18 - Time to Celebrate!

Good morning!!

As this post is late, it's going to be short and sweet! J

A reminder that tomorrow is the last day to link up for:

Challenge #18 - Time to Celebrate

Create a celebratory card for any occasion. 

We've received some beautiful cards so far with all kinds of wonderful themes for celebrating.  Keep 'em coming!  Today I'm sharing my card featuring Fumi with Turtle from the Peek-a-Book Spring series.  You can purchase her in our online store along with any of our stamp series.  (We also carry the Sister Stamps line and we have all the new stamps in the store.)

I had a little bit of fun with some cute bright papers, the color red and a CAS layout. 

When making this card I was going for something that could be used for almost any celebration.  By using the bright fun cardstock, banner and the word "celebrate" helped to achieve my goal. 

I hope I was able to inspire you with something fun today. 

Don't forget the challenge ends tomorrow at noon, pst.  The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate and the Top 3 will receive a 10% discount on their shopping cart to our online store.  Either would come in handy since we've got some new stamps in.

If you're unsure if your card qualifies just click on the tab at the top labeled Challenge Info and you can verify it.  We would rather you be sure before linking up instead of sad that your card had to be deleted because it doesn't follow our rules.

Thanks for dropping in today.  Stop by tomorrow for Friday's Where's Yumi & Fumi, who knows you may be spotlighted! 

Have a great day!!

~ 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

Challenge #14 - Multiple Folds

Good morning!!!!

Thanks so much to all that played in the last challenge.  So excited to see some new faces and of course it's always wonderful to see the returners.  We really appreciate all the participation.

Today starts a new bi-weekly challenge here at Yumi and Fumi Handmade!  Yay!!  So what do we have up our sleeves for you this time?  Welllllll.... We thought it would be fun to see how many folds you could create in your project.  There are so many different kinds of folds to choose from: gate-folds, side step folds, Z-folds, diamond folds, too many to list, but you get the picture.  So we'd like to see you use your imagination and come up with something that has more than 1 fold.

Here's a reminder of some of the rules, for a full list click on the Challenge info tab at the top.
1. Only one entry allowed, multiples will be removed
2. Must be a new project, no backlinking
3. Ok to use any image from Yumi & Fumi Handmade as well as Sister Stamps, The Greeting Farm, La-La Land Crafts and we've also added Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. All others will be removed.
4. If you use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamp on your project you will receive one extra entry in to the prize drawing.

Rosie and I have our samples ready for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!  First up is Rosie and she created this fun gate-fold spring themed card featuring Yumi with Birdie.

Handmade by: Rosie

I wonder if she also did something fun on the inside?  Oh I see some paper on the inside too!!   Head on over to her blog for all the wonderful details.

Now I sorta struggled with this one so please be kind when you comment on mine.  LOL... It might not look like this has multiple folds, but see the triangle at the bottom?  Well , it's the bottom part of the dark brown cardstock.  I folded it in to a triangle.  See the second picture for details.

Handmade by Leanne using Fumi with Turtle

What prize do we have this week?  Well we're still thinking of something really good.  We've got so many events going on right now with amazing prizes up for grabs that we really need to think what else can we give to the winner of this challenge.  So we'll have an update for you when we finalize the prize. 

Challenge #14 ends on Friday, April 26th (Noon, pst).  The rest of the design team will share their mutliple fold creations later in the week.  Make sure to stop by to see what they come up with.

Okay, now it's your turn.  Link up using a direct link to your project because we would really hate to remove it.  Before I sign off I'd like to remind you that we have several events going on.  For all the LOVEly details click on the Spread the Love tab on the top of this page or click on the icon on the top right side bar.

Hope you can join the challenge and also help us spread the love.  If you've got a Pinterest account we'd love you to share your projects with a Yumi & Fumi Handmade image with us as well. Click on the Pinterest badge on our side bar.  And for those of you who are friends on Facebook, we'd love for you to share there as well.  If you have a Facebook page but haven't liked us on Facebook we'd love for you to stop by and Like us.  Click on the Facebook icon on the side bar to start. 

Thank you so very much for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,
Leanne & Rosie

NEW RELEASE - Peek-a-Boo Series

{Sorry for the delay, technical difficulties, but all is good now! Sorry!}
Good morning and welcome to RELEASE day at Yumi & Fumi Handmade!! 

Woo Hoo!!

We're so happy you could join us today.

Before we start the showcase, we'd like to say a huge Welcome & ALOOOHAAA to our friends Cliff & Cheryl of J's Knicknacks in Honolulu, HI.  J's is the first to carry our line of Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamps in their store and we're really happy and excited about it!!  If you live in the area please stop by and say Hello and pick up a few of our stamps.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to J's Knicknacks for being our first!! 

Yes, that means we've gone wholesale!  If you'd like to see our stamps in your local craft store please ask them to send us an email at wholesale@yumifumihandmade.com. 

Today we’re excited to show you our newest stamps created with a little whimsy in mind.  When coming up with this new stamp line we wanted to do something a little different but still keep fun and cute in mind.  We came up with the idea of our characters peeking around a corner, laying in the grass, and maybe even peeking over something.  Then we thought it would be even cuter to add in our own little critter friends to go along with us.  That is how the Peek-a-Boo series was born.

These stamps are the same quality as our other stamps and all made in the USA.  Made of deeply etched red rubber on cling mount they are also scroll cut and indexed for easy stamping.  The only difference is they are smaller than our normal sized images, but that doesn't detract from their cuteness.

Each stamp retails for $7.50, but for a limited time you can purchase a bundle pack of all 4 stamps for the low price of $25 until Monday, April 8th at 5pm pst.  Look for the specific bundle picture in the store.  (This offer only applies in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade store) 

Now let's get on with the showcase.  Each image will first be introduced with our awesome packaging (created by Renate' with colored images by Eva & Renate') followed by a sample from our DT.  Click on each designer's name to go directly to their blog for details on their projects.

Time to welcome our Peek-a-Boo friends into the ohana…

AJ with Dragonfly



 

Creation by Kim



 

Creation by Leanne

 

Yumi with Birdie





 

Creation by Eva

 

Creation by Kim

 

Fumi with Turtle

 

Creation by (Special guest) Denice

 

Creation by Sandie 

 

 

Creation by Rosie

  

Chuckles with Gecko

(Psst, you can use him upside down too)



Creation by Eva 

 

Creation by Sandie

 

Here's a fun combination of AJ with Dragonfly,

Chuckles with Gecko & Fumi with Turtle

Creation by Eva

 

Special guest Chuck Garcia with a scene featuring all of the Peek-a-Boo friends:

 

We'd love to know what you think. 

Leave us a comment and then head on over to each of the designer's blog and leave them a comment.  I'm positive they would love to hear what you thought.  Who knows you might see more fun samples on their blogs.

Be back tomorrow when Eva and Kim will share their Challenge #13 reminders, I believe there just might be a tutorial thrown in.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Sandie and the Y&FH Team