Viva La Verve - August Week 2

Hi folks,


I managed to grab an hour in the craft room this weekend to play along with the Viva La Verve August Week 2 Sketch challenge over on Splitcoaststampers (and yes, if you are keeping track I have not yet had a chance to do my card for the Week 1 Sketch).

Here's the sketch:

And here is my card (I thought the sketch was perfect for a wedding card for my next door neighbour's daughter):

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, black and deep red card stock mats
• patterned paper: Bo Bunny "Enchanted"
• stamps: Verve "Love Story"
• dies: Verve "Lovely Marquee", Verve "From the Heart", Spellbinders "Classic Rectangles"
• adhesive gems from my stash (for anyone local, I got them from Pritchard Packaging for what I think was an awesome price. And yes, I bought a LOT of them - in every size they had.)

additional challenges for this card:

• Cute Card Thursday #281: Die-ing to Punch
• Sister Act Card Challenge #19: Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge #21 - Team Fumi

Hi folks,

Today I am sharing my Team Fumi creation for Challenge #21 over at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge Blog.

Challenge #21 is an "Anything Goes" challenge and you have until this Friday to link up your challenge entries at the Y&FH challenge post here.

Don't forget - you can now use ANY stamped image!!! It has to be a coloured image - "sentiment only" cards won't be eligible to win. If you use a Y&FH image, your name will be added a maximum of 1 extra time after the last name in Inlinkz.

What's up for grabs? The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store while the Top 3 will receive a 10% discount code to be used in the Yumi & Fumi Handmade online store. AWESOME!

So, here are my projects. Yes, you read that right. Projects. I could not help myself. I really wanted to use images from the Kimono Series and I could not decide between the two stamps that I had from that series (the other two arrived the day after I finished these two so you could have been seeing QUADRUPLE!)  - Yumi with Fan and Fumi with Gift.

I used the same layout for both cards, the August Sketch for You to Try from Reverse Confetti, taking a wee liberty with the Yumi card by changing the layering of the panels and flipping the sketch for the Fumi card.

The most handy tool for colouring these images was my white gelly roll pen from Sakura. I wanted to recreate the look of the kimono on the package for the Yumi stamp so, after colouring the images with my Copic markers,  I added the little dots with the gelly roll pen to Yumi's kimono and to Fumi's gift.

Be sure to check out the creations from the rest of Team Fumi - you can find their posts by navigating to them from the main post over at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge Blog or you can follow the list below

Senior Designer, Denice Bartucci:  http://being-craft-de.blogspot.com/

Audrey Ernst: http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/

Sheena Brooks: http://kanatanewfpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Kathy Dinh: http://ekboutique.blogspot.com/

Melissa Oeters: http://8ers.blogspot.com/

Annemieke Blanken aka Blankina:  http://blankinacreations.blogspot.com/

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, CTMH Cocoa card stock for mats
• patterned paper: CTMH "Unforgettable", edges distressed with my scissors.
• stamped images: Yumi & Fumi Handmade - Kimono Series "Yumi with Fan", "Fumi with Gift". Both images coloured with Copic markers. (Yumi & Fumi skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E93. Yumi hair: E21, E23, E25, E27, E29. Fumi hair: E50, E51, E53, Y21, Y23. Yumi eyes: E23, E27. Fumi eyes: BG15, BG18, BG09. Outfits, fan, gift: BG10, BG11, BG13, E43, E47, E49, R20, R21, R22, R24, white gelly roll pen.
• sentiment: Verve "Birthday Surprise"
• layout: Reverse Confetti August Sketch for you Try
• adhesive gems from my stash

additional challenges for these cards:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #19: Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes
• Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge (PWC270): Designer Duds
• One Crazy Stamper August Challenge: Birthday
• Dare to be Sassy Thursday #189: Use Kraft
• Milk Coffee: Show us your coloring skills
• Just for Fun Challenge #1: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again real soon!

Showcase Thursday with Team Yumi

Hi folks,

It's Thursday so that means a member of Team Yumi is sharing something special over at Yumi and Fumi Handmade blog.

Today, Rosemary is sharing a VERY cool tutorial on how she colours gingham print on an image. Oh my goodness! That is something I am definitely going to try my hand at this weekend. If it turns out as nicely as hers did, I'll have to share.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge #21 - Team Yumi

Hi folks,

Just a reminder that Team Yumi is sharing their creations for Challenge #21 over at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge Blog.

Challenge #21 is a kick-off to the new challenge format - you can now use ANY coloured image to enter the challenges - with a bonus entry for using a Yumi and Fumi Handmade image! Can you say yippee?

Psst - and to make this kick-off to the new challenge format even better, Challenge #21 is an "Anything Goes" challenge and you have until next Friday (August 16th) to link up your challenge entries at the Y&FH challenge post for a chance to win!

You can find all the details of the challenge plus inspiration from Team Yumi on the main post over at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Challenge Blog or you can follow the list below to check out Team Yumi's individual posts

Senior Designer, Rosemary Shaner Bridges: http://rosemaryscreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa Thompson: http://paperandpawprints.blogspot.com/

Corinne Reyes Mercado: http://rinnesbliss.blogspot.com/

Olivia Marmara: http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/

Maja Gomboc aka Cebelica: http://crafty-little-bee.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! I am really looking forward to checking out your creations for the challenge! Be sure to pop by next Sunday when I'll be sharing my creation for Challenge #21 with the rest of Team Fumi!

Smiles Found Here!

Hi folks,

well, I have been sitting on some TERRIFIC news for a little while now that I can finally reveal - I am one of the new Team Fumi members for the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Stamps Challenge Team!

I am so excited that my application to be on the team was accepted and I am looking forward to sharing my Yumi and Fumi Handmade Stamps creations with all of you over the next six months.

The big announcement can be found over at the Yumi and Fumi Handmade Stamps blog.

Yesterday, the members of Team Yumi were revealed.

Senior Designer, Rosemary Shaner Bridges: http://rosemaryscreations.blogspot.com/

Lisa Thompson: http://paperandpawprints.blogspot.com/

Corinne Reyes Mercado: http://rinnesbliss.blogspot.com/

Olivia Marmara: http://ormcraftynights.blogspot.com/

Maja Gomboc aka Cebelica: http://crafty-little-bee.blogspot.com/

Today, the members of Team Fumi are being revealed.

Senior Designer, Denice Bartucci:  http://being-craft-de.blogspot.com/

Audrey Ernst: http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/

>>> Sheena Brooks: http://kanatanewfpapercrafts.blogspot.com/ <<< That's me!!!

Kathy Dinh: http://ekboutique.blogspot.com/

Melissa Oeters: http://8ers.blogspot.com/

Annemieke Blanken aka Blankina:  http://blankinacreations.blogspot.com/

  

If you aren't already a regular subscriber, be sure to pop by everyone's blog and check out this incredibly talented group of paper-crafters.


In honour of today's big news, I thought it only appropriate that I share a card (or two) featuring the iconic Yumi and Fumi from the Introducing Yumi and Fumi Series.

Yes - you are seeing double! If you are a frequent visitor, you know I like to build my stash of cards by making multiples of the same card, with just a few slight differences. So, while colouring up the image, I decided to colour it up two different ways to match the different mixes of the patterned papers. Which one do you like best? Personally, I rather like Fumi as a ginger! A different look for her don't you think? Oh, and I actually changed Yumi's hair colour on the first image. I started her out as a yellow blonde, didn't really like it when I finished, so coloured over the original hair colour with darker browns. I think the yellow low-lights actually add a bit of depth to the hair colour in real life.

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, CTMH Sorbet mats
• patterned paper: Doodlebug Designs "Flower Box"
• stamped image: "Yumi and Fumi" from the "Introducing Yumi and Fumi Series" by Yumi and Fumi Handmade. Stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Copic Express paper. Coloured with Copic Markers. Here's the breakdown of the colours I used:
• skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E93
• hair: Yumi #1: Y21, Y23, Y32, Y35, E47, E49, E57, E59. Yumi #2: E53, E55, E57, E59, E47. Fumi #1: E21, E23, E25, E27. Fumi #2: E97, E99, E07, E08
• eyes: B14, E17
• clothing: Yumi: Y00, Y02, Y04, Y08, Y08, YR18, E55, E57, E59, B91, B93, B95, B97. Fumi #1: YR12, YR15, YR16, YR18, E57, E55. Fumi #2: YG07, G07, G03, E57, E55
• sentiment: Verve "Doodled Occasions", stamped in CTMH Sorbet
• corner rounder punch, Spellbinders Petite Circles
• CTMH Sorbet brads from my stash
• layout: Sketch Saturday #269

challenges for this card:

• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #18: Anything Goes
• Pile it On #30 - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday #280: Anything Goes
• Simon Says: Anything Goes

I hope you are able to drop by during the next six months to check out my creations for Yumi & Fumi Handmade!

Thanks for visiting today!

Viva La Verve - July Week 5

Hi folks,

Back today with my final two cards for the July Week 5 Viva La Verve Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers.

Here's a peek at the sketch:

And here are the two birthday cards I made to send to two of my Uncles:

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: Basic Grey Marjolaine
• stamps: Verve "Small Celebrations"
• dies: Verve "Rounded Rectangle", "Pennant Trim", Spellbinders Petite Circles

additional challenges for these cards:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes

Apologies for keeping it short tonight. I just finished making three batches of Cherry Rhubarb Jam after a long day at work and have yet to have dinner. I'm pooped! 

So thanks for stopping by, I'll be back in a couple of days with even more creations!

Viva La Verve - July Week 4

Hi folks

I'm back again today sharing the cards I made for the Viva La Verve Week 4 sketch challenge.

Here's a look at the stunning sketch:

And here are the two cards I made - one a birthday card and the other an anniversary card.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base. Brown Bazzill card stock for the mats and inner liner
• patterned paper: Studio Calico "Classic Calico"
• stamps: Verve "Love Notes", "Wishful Elegance"
• dies: Verve "Flag it" die set, "Flourished Trim", "Classy Label"
• brown satin ribbon from my stash

challenges for these cards:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (for the birthday card)
• Pile it On #30: Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge #17: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for taking the time to visit my little corner of blogland!