Y&FH December Challenge Reminder

Good morning everyone!


Today Team Fumi is popping in over at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog to remind you that we still have a challenge going on.  Make sure to stop by the Y&FH blog to see what the other ladies have up their sleeves.  They are sure to bring smiles to your faces and get you itching to make something for our challenge.  Here's a reminder of the photo inspiration:

Hehehe, seriously I have no idea how the picture is doing that, but I love it!!  I really wish I had a room like this in my house.  hehehe.  For my project I created a calendar which I just might hang up at work.  My inspiration came from one of the coolest cards created by my cool crafty friend and former DT gal, Sandie Dunne, featuring our Back 2 School kids.  Mine isn't as fabulous as hers, but I like how it turned out just the same... Oh and I embraced some white space too, well I tried.. (haha)

After I stamped the images and colored them I free-handed the 2014 behind them.  The calendar pieces are from Island Scrapbooking which I picked up while on vacation in August.  So happy they were able to fit on to the 12 x 8 1/8 piece of beautiful DCWV patterned cardstock.  Yes the calendar is that big!  I used my favorite EK corner punch and added them to the image.  Kept it CAS which is nice for a change.  Decided that the white space looked just right for this piece.

Now that I look at this, they look almost like an ad for Guess or A&F.  (lol)  Hey I did say ALMOST! (LOL)  I hope more of you will come and play in our challenge, you have until Friday to link up here.  Well thanks so much for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous Sunday!

Hugs,
Leanne

Y&FH December Month Long Challenge

Hello!

Happy December 1st!  Today we at Yumi and Fumi Handmade have a special tradition for December. We always do a month-long challenge in December so our Design Team can have the extra time to spend with their loved ones. They work extremely hard throughout the year to bring you amazing inspiration so it's always nice when we can give them time off to relax and really enjoy the holidays!! But don't fret, there will still be inspiration in December for you to enjoy so be sure to check back to see what we have going on!

Starting today our month-long challenge is this gorgeous PHOTO INSPIRATION!!

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... 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!! 

Click HERE to view the beautiful samples from Team Yumi to get you inspired!!

So I decided to jump in with Team Yumi to share my finished (just in the nick of time...) card...

Using Fumi from the Yumi & Fumi original stamp set

Season's Greetings with Fumi

Can you tell I tend to go with as much in the picture as I possibly can?! hahaha!!  But no matter, I love how this turned out!! ^.^  Including the golden yellow balls on the tree!  (hehehe)  I used my Sizzix TH tree die with some gold & ivory Latka paper.  The texture is almost like Japanese washi paper.  

Season's Greetings close up

The wreath was cut out with a wreath die from Lifestyle Crafts.  I used some silver Mixatives from Adirondack by Tim Holtz to make it nickel shiney bright.  The chair is from The Greeting Farms Sitting Casual set.  There is some burlap for a nice area rug   The sentiment is a new AmyR one and I stamped it on to a scrap of white cardstock and outlined it with a silver gel pen.  

The yellow balls on the tree are Viva Decor pearl pen drops and I mimicked the lights in the photo to match my tree and the gifts are all hand-drawn by yours truly using some gel pens. The last touch was to emboss the backdrop with a new embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts. It really gives it a nice touch.

And there you have it.  I hope you're inspired to play in our month long challenge.  You have until Friday, January 3rd, 2014 to link up. We'll announce the winner and top 3 picks on Saturday, January 4th!

Fumi

Good Luck everyone!!  Mahalo for stopping by!! ^.^

Hugs,

Leanne