Yumi & Fumi Challenge--Use Ribbon or Lace!

Happy Sunday y'all! Two weeks have already flown by since the last challenge and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I can't wait!! I love the mood the holidays get me in, especially the cooking and baking mood. My little boy gets a whole week off from school too so I'm definitely looking forward to that! :) Do you have any special plans for Thanksgiving?

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to those of you who complete in the Yumi and Fumi challenges!!

As a special treat, Renate and Leanne will be offering up a prize with this challenge, along with the top 3!! Head over to the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Blog for details HERE!!

It's going to be an easy challenge so I hope you play along with us. :) Remember you don't have to use a Yumi and Fumi image to participate. You can use any images from Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts and The Greeting Farm also!! I'm sure you have at least one of those to work with. :)  You can see all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify.

Today we have a new, easy challenge to announce:

  

Use Ribbon or Lace! 

This Challenge will run for 3 weeks to give you time (with the holidays) to play along with us!! You have until Saturday, December 1st, 11am PST to link up your new project on the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Blog (one entry per blog.) Don't forget.....there's a prize involved! :)

For my card today, I used the super adorable Fumi with Messenger Bag!  She's colored with Copics on X-Press It Blending Card.

 

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: E44, E47, E49
Eyes: E44, E47
Shirt/Messenger Bag/Shoes: C3, C5, C7
Sweater: R22, R29, G07, G28, Inkssentials White
Skirt/Socks: R22, R24, R27, R29

Did ya spot my use of ribbon? I found an awesome "School" pack of ribbon from The Paper Studio (at Hobby Lobby). It has 5 different ribbons. I used three and glued them to some black cardstock. Then I cut the left end to form a banner. The small print dp is from Authentique Essentials Collection. The triangle banner and "Nice Work! caption box is from a dp in the DCWV "The Edumacation Stack" paper pack. The clear rhinestones are CTMH.

 

You can see in the side view that I raised some of my elements on Recollections pop-dots for added dimension. I use pop-dots on everything and to me the circle ones from Recollections (Michaels) are the best. They peel off easy and actually stick!

 

 

Now, come along and play with us! Remember you have 3 weeks to link up something to the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Blog, and you can use images from Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts, and The Greeting Farm. :)

Have a great Sunday and see you back here on Monday for some more inspiration!

Hugs,

Rosie :)

I'm a Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm!!

It's a happy, happy day for me today because I finally get to announce what I've been holding in for a little while......I'm the November Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm!!! :) :) :)

For those of you who have followed me from the beginning, you know that The Greeting Farm stamps started my cardmaking, blogging, and hoarding obsession with stamps!! You can see my first blog post HERE which features my card that won the Monochromatic Challenge from January 4th, 2010! If you can't tell, I LOVE these stamps!!

Every Monday for the month of November, I'll be showcasing a card/project on their blog HERE!

I'm so excited about this opportunity and just hope and pray they like what I bring to the table!! Thank you so much Jessica and Marie! This is definitely a dream come true for me. :)

For my card today, I decided to use one of the newly released stamps called Holiday Anya 2. I love her hair and the flowing bow.....sooooooo adorable! I stamped her on X-Press It Blending Card and colored her with Copics.

Want a chance to win her?? Then leave a comment below on this post and head over to The Greeting Farm's Facebook page and "Like" them HERE. Jessica will announce the winner of this cute stamp on the Facebook page!!

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11

Hair: E49, E47, E44

Dress/Shoes: G46, G28, G24, G12

Bow: R29, R27, R24, R22

 I also decided to make something different than my regular 6x6 cards. I found this awesome tutorial by Katie Tate HERE for this special Folded Card. I love how it turned out so I'm pretty sure I'll make more of these soon!

Here's what the card looks like when it's folded flat for mailing.

Here's the card when it's opened up to be displayed.

Supplies:

Core'dinations Cardstock

My Mind's Eye Wonderful Winter 12x12 paper pad

Spellbinders: Floral Ovals/Standard Ovals

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

LLLC Filigree Corner Die

CTMH Pearls

Here's a side view so you can see the dimension. The middle pops out to the front so your image can be the star of the show. I cut the sentiment from one of the dps and made a little banner to go above Holiday Anya 2.

Well, that's my big NEWS that I've been so eagerly waiting to share with all of you!! This is truly a blessing and I'm just so happy to be asked to be a part of their Design Team! I'll be here and on TGF Blog every Monday in November with a TGF creation so I hope you come back and leave me some love. :)

I also want to thank all of you who have been so supportive of me these past several years. It's hard to believe that I'm coming up on my 3 year blogging anniversary in Feb. 2013. Time definitely flies when you are having fun!

Have a great week and see you back here soon!

Love ya,

Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday-FALL COLORS!

Oooooh man, today's the first Monday of November....hard to believe the end of 2012 is almost here!! Are you gearing up for the holidays yet? I love both Thanksgiving and Christmas so I'm giddy with excitement! It's also the time of year for a bunch of birthdays for family and friends so that's the part I'm not really prepared for, LOL! 

To get us in the mood for fall and autumn, our La-La Land Crafts Challenge today is:

FALL COLORS!

There is some great inspiration for you on the LLLC Blog so you'll definitely want to head over there to see all the amazing DT creations! These ladies bring it to the table every week and inspire me tremendously. I hope they also inspire you to get out your fall colored paper and create something for the LLLC Gallery!!

 

For my card today, I used the super adorable Darling Marci. I love her little bob and I needed an image that was sitting. :) I stamped her on X-press It Blending Card and colored her with Copics.

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Hair: E49, E47, E44
Dress: E47, E44, E43, YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21
Shoes: E47, E44, E43

I also used a couple of La-La Land Crafts DIES: 

Eiffel Tower

& Filigree Corner

 The beautiful dps came from MME Lost & Found SUNSHINE. The flowers are a combo from Recollections and WOC. The lace trim from WOC started off white and I inked over it with Walnut Stain Distress Ink to make it brown. The thin yellow trim on top of the lace is from Affinity (Hobby Lobby).  The pearls are from Recollections. I raised Darling Marci on pop dots for added dimension.

Well I hope you enjoyed my FALL card. I've got some exciting news coming up on my blog later today!! I hope you come back to hear my great news!

Don't forget to check out the La-La Land Crafts Company page and Group page on Facebook. We also have a twitter feed. If you haven't joined us on Facebook, you might want to think about it. It's where Irina announces all the steals and deals! :

We would love to see your La-La Land Crafts creations so just link them up to the Customer Gallery for a chance at a prize. 

Have a great week and see you back here soon with another creation!!

Hugs,

Rosie :)

Inspiration Monday--SEEING DOUBLE!

Happy Monday y'all! Hope you had a great weekend! This weekend involved babysitting my 2 godchildren....one is 3 and the other is 10 months old. They are adorable, but definitely lots of work. Let's just say my baby fever is now gone, LOL! I'm sure Isaiah is relieved because he wasn't too excited about me talking babies, haha. This week is crazy because not only do I have several projects I need to get done, but I also have to get things ready for Isaiah's fall party on Wednesday. I can't wait to share pics!

 

This week's theme at La-La Land Crafts is:

 

SEEING DOUBLE

(Use 2 images)

 

For my card today, I used a recently released image called New Year Marci and paired her with Back to School Luka. They look like they both could be dating, huh? I just think they are the cutest couple ever! Both images are colored with Copics on X-press It Blending Card (Irina is now carrying this in the LLLC Store).

 

NEW YEAR MARCI:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11

Lips: R22
Hair: E49, E47, E44
Dress/Shoes: BG10, BG13, BG15, C3, C5

BACK TO SCHOOL LUKA:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Hair: E49, E47, E44, E43
Shirt: E84, E81
Shorts: E47, E44, E43
Sweater: BG15, R24, R27
Tie: R24, R27
Backpack: R27, N8, N6, N4
Socks: BG15
Shoes: N8, N6, N4
Skateboard: Black, N8, N6, N4

I've also used a few LLLC Dies on my card:

Hot Air Balloon Die

Tulip Border Die

& Filigree Corner Die

 

The dps came from my stash. The ribbon is from CTMH and the white rose is from The Paper Studio. I raised Marci and Luka on pop-dots for added dimension.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and also for leaving me a comment! I do read each and every one of them and you gals are always so nice and inspiring. I really appreciate all your support!

 

Don't forget to check out the La-La Land Crafts Company Page and Group page on Facebook, plus we also have a twitter feed. It's a great way to stay up-to-date on all the new releases and special sales!

We would really love to see your La-La Land Crafts creations, so just link them up to the Customer Gallery for a chance to win a prize.

 

Have a great week and see you back here soon! I've got something coming up that I'm so excited about, but can't announce just quite yet!! :)

 

Hugs,

Rosie :)

Yumi and Fumi Challenge-BRING THE BLING!

Happy Sunday y'all! Hard to believe it's almost the end of October....WOWZERS! I'm in panic mode because I know I have lots to do before the holidays. It's going to be a crazy couple of months. I'm also one of the homeroom moms for my little boys class so I've got lots to do before the Fall Party on Wednesday....PANIC mode for sure!!

 

Today we have a new challenge to announce on the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Crafts Blog!

Our challenge for the next two weeks is:

Bring the Bling!

You MUST use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts or The Greeting Farm image to participate in our challenges. Any project not using these images will be deleted.

Please take the time to review all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify (the rules are under "Challenge Info" at the top tab). You have until Saturday, October 27th, 11am PST to link up your new project on the Yumi and Fumi Blog (one entry per blog please).

I found this awesome turquoise, sequined ribbon at Michaels and thought it would be perfect for this challenge. Here's a picture of the ribbon, along with my bookmark and butterfly album. :)

I cut parts of the ribbon apart to decorate Yumi Peace Sign and also to add to the butterfly album.

Here are some closeup pics!I used CTMH paper and stamps.

 

Here's a picture showing the backside of the bookmark. The butterfly punches are from Martha Stewart and covered in Stickles and Recollection Pearls.

That's it for me today! I hope you enjoyed my gift set. Don't forget you can play along with us at Yumi and Fumi,by linking your card HERE. We would love to see your awesome creations and it may get you a chance to be a guest designer (hint, hint).

We hope you enjoyed our creations today! Now, don't forget to come by and "like" our Facebook Fan Page, so you can stay up-to-date, get your challenge reminders, and share your stuff!! Please join us in our challenges too.....we would love to see your beautiful cards/projects!

Have a great week and see you here soon!

Love & Hugs!!
Rosie & the Y&F Design Team :)

LLLC Inspiration Monday--HALLOWEEN!

Happy Monday y'all! Hope you had a great weekend! We had the opportunity to go to the Dallas Arboretum with some dear friends on Saturday, and it was really nice. They had it all decorated with pumpkins and a huge pumpkin patch! My favorite part was the Chihuly Glass Sculptures placed throughout the Arboretum.....AMAZING!! You can view tons of pictures online HERE. I hear it's even more awesome in the spring....I can't wait to go back!

This week we have a new theme at La-La Land Crafts:

HALLOWEEN

Hard to believe we are coming up on the end of October....just a couple more months and it will be Christmas....HOLY MOLY!! I'm so not prepared!! 

For my card today, I used a recently released image called Flying Witch Marci....love her flowing hair and cute dress with cape! She's colored with Copics on X-press It Blending Card.

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Hair: E49, E47, E44
Hat: V17, V15, V12, V09, N8, N6, N4, YR24, YR23, Y21
Cape: V17, V15, V12, V09
Dress: G46, G43, G24, N8, N6, N4
Boots: V17, V15, N8, N6, N4
Broom: YR24, YR23, Y21, E44, E47
Star: G24, G43, YR24, YR23, Y21

I also used some amazing new dies from LLLC:

EERIE BATS

FRIGHTFUL FENCE

SPOOKY HOUSE

 

 The moon and star dp is from K&Company's Tim Coffey Halloween and the glittery green dp is from Target's Spooky Collection. The crazy cat is from Walmart's Studio G line.

I raised the moon and bats with pop-dots for added dimension. The sentiment was created on my new label maker...takes me back to being a kid! :)

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and also for leaving me a comment! I do read each and every one of them and you gals are always so nice and inspiring. I really appreciate all your support!

 

Don't forget to check out the La-La Land Crafts Company Page and Group page on Facebook, plus we also have a twitter feed. It's a great way to stay up-to-date on all the new releases and special sales!

We would really love to see your La-La Land Crafts creations, so just link them up to the Customer Gallery for a chance to win a prize.

 

Have a great week and see you back here soon!

 

Hugs,

Rosie :)

Did ya see the NEWS?!!!

Okay, my peeps, I have something exciting to announce today!!! I've been holding it in and it was sooooooo hard....I thought I might explode!!!

The big news today is:

I'm part of the Designed to Color Challenge Crew!!!!!

Here's a litte about Designed to Color: Designed to Color is an online/print magazine dedicated to coloring in the crafting world.  From card making to altered objects and scrapbook pages we use amazing digital or stamped images to make our projects complete.  This is where we come in.  We love all the amazing ways that different types of coloring mediums come together to make an image come to life.  Celebrating color and creativity is what we live by!  And we hope you will learn to love color as much as we do!
 

Yup, that's right!! I get to work along-side these amazing ladies on this new adventure and I can't tell you in words how excited and honored I am to part of this group!! These ladies are a talented bunch and I know it's going to be a great, fun time....WOOT, WOOT!

 

  Color Crew member Lizzie is the awesome Challenge Crew Coordinator and it's her job to keep us all in line.....good luck girl.....just kidding, LOL!

 Lizzie Oakley Challenge Crew Coordinator 

Medium of Choice:  Water Colors

 Dina Kowal

Medium of Choice:  Everything

Kim O'Connell 

Medium of Choice:  Copics

Rosemary Bridges (ME!!)

Medium of Choice:  Copics

 

Lis Murphy

Medium of Choice:  Spectrum Nior

 

 Sharette Smith

Medium of Choice:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Susie Moore

Medium of Choice:  Copics

Keep an eye out for us on the Designed to Color Blog because there will be some amazing changes coming and even better prizes and inspiration.  So please check back on Nov. 15th when the challenges will resume and the Challenge Crew kicks off a GREAT TERM!

Hugs!!

Rosie :)

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Monday-MINI RELEASE & SKETCH!

Hi everyone!! Today at La-La Land Crafts, we are bringing you a very special Inspiration Monday.....a Mini Release of 4 brand new stamps !!!

Aren't they the cutest things ever?!?!? Perfect for the upcoming holidays!!

You can find them NOW over at the store HERE!

Our Inspiration Monday this week is based off of this sketch created by Sandie!

Sandie's Sketch

For my card today, I worked with Baby New Year Luka. My little boy said, UH Momma, why is he almost naked?? LOL!! I was like....that's how you walk around the house, so what's wrong? He said, these stamps always have clothes on. HAHAHA!

 Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11
Hair: E47, E44
Hat: BG10, BG13, BG15, R24, R27, R29, Stickles
Sash: BG10, BG13, BG15, Stickles
Bell: N4, C3, Stickles

I decided to try something new for me on this card and found instructions HERE for a Shaker Card. I didn't have any confetti, so I made my own with star stickers and Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter. It's a bit time consuming, but for a New Year's Card I think it was a perfect fit! I also flipped Sandie's sketch on it's side.

 I used several LLLC Dies on this card: Filigree Corner Die, Lotus Die, and Wave Border Die.

Here's a closer view of the shaker part. I used a Spellbinder Die to make the frame. The 2013 are number stickers. The star brads are from the Paper Studio.

I hope you can see more of the dimension in the side view. Baby New Year Luka, the arrow and the Lotus flowers are all raised on pop-dots. The dp is from MME Good Day Sunshine and the cardstock is from Core'dinations.

Well, that's it for me today! I hope you enjoyed my shaker card!! You should really try to make one yourself....it's not difficult and would definitely be less time-consuming if you buy some confetti, haha!

In the meantime, you should check out the La-La Land Crafts Company Page and Group page on Facebook. We also have a twitter feed!!

Don't forget if you participate in our challenges, please link them up to the Customer Gallery and be in for a chance to win a prize.

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Hugs!!

Rosie :)

Yumi & Fumi Challenge--NO Patterned Paper!

Happy Sunday to all of you! We hope you've had a great week so far. :) You do realize it's the middle of October, right? Do you also realize there are only 72 more days until Christmas....yeah, CRAZY! Just thought I'd throw that little reminder out there for ya (wink, wink).

Today also marks the first challenge for the month of OCTOBER on the Yumi and Fumi Blog, which means this challenge has a prize attached to it, WOO HOO!!

 The lucky winner will receive 1 Y&F Rubber Stamp of our choice! We will pick one Prize Winner and 3 Top Picks.

Today we have a new challenge to announce!

Our challenge for the next two weeks is:

No Patterned Paper!

You MUST use a Yumi & Fumi Handmade, Sister Stamps, La-La Land Crafts or The Greeting Farm image to participate in our challenges. Any project not using these images will be deleted.

Please take the time to review all of the Challenge Rules HERE to make sure you qualify (the rules are under "Challenge Info" at the top tab). You have until Saturday, October 27th, 11am PST to link up your new project on the Yumi and Fumi Blog (one entry per blog please).

For my project today I used the super CA-UTE Chasezilla!! He's just the most adorable thing ever!! I colored him with Copics on X-Press It Blending Card.

Copics:

Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11

Eyes/Eyebrows: E47, E44

Suit: G21, G24, G28, YR21, YR22

I was inspired by a frame I saw in Pinterest. I'm always pinning stuff to my boards every day, but generally I don't have to time to make anything from it.....sound familiar?!?! Well, this time I decided to put all that pinning to use!! For my projected today, I used a really cheap wood frame from Walmart. I covered the top of the frame with different sizes of googly eyes that I found at Hobby Lobby. Then I dry embossed some green cardstock with Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles. I cut out different circles from the green paper and glued them on randomly. To bring out some of the texture I rubbed a little black ink over certain parts.

The cute Halloween ribbon came from Michaels. I also found this awesome Martha Stewart felt spider web trim at Michaels too. 

I hope you liked my Halloween Frame!! I will say it took forever to glue down all those googly eyes....which is why I only did half the frame, LOL! Now, don't forget to come by and "like" our Facebook Fan Page, so you can stay up-to-date, get your challenge reminders, and share your stuff!! Please join us in our challenges too.....we would love to see your beautiful cards/projects!

Have a great week and see you here soon!

Love & Hugs!!
Rosie :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM!!

Surprise!!!

Hello!  Today we're celebrating Kim Yu's birthday on the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Blog!  She is wildly creative, fantastic with coloring, a wonderful DT member, and an all around sweet and friendly person!  All of us at Yumi & Fumi Handmade and some of her friends have come together today to wish her a birthday that is as awesome as she is!

Happy Birthday, Kim!!

Hope you are surprised, and we wish you a day full of love and laughter spent with family and friends!

Please hop over to Kim's blog to wish her a Happy Birthday too!

And, if you would like to make Kim a card (hint: her favorite colors are pink, purple, and turquoise), you can upload your Birthday creation to our Facebook Fan Page!! 

Have a great one Kim!

Hugs,

Rosie :)