Holiday Cheer from Yeti Fumi - SC459

Hi folks,

So today is Hallowe'en here in North America. As usual, I have my twenty pumpkins bought. Sadly, I was feeling under the weather last night so my sweetie and I did not get around to gutting and carving them. Oh well. That just works out better for extending their shelf life for turning them into pumpkin puree and pumpkin pickles (after the insides have been scooped out and the seeds roasted, of course). Maybe I could get the kids who knock on our doors to carve them as a reward for their Hallowe'en treats. What do you think?

Anyways, my card for today jumps ahead to the next big holiday celebration here in Canada - Christmas! I figure it's only fitting since the Christmas decorations have been out in the stores here for weeks already!

Part of the reason I'm sharing this card featuring a Yumi & Fumi Handmade image is because (are you ready for the big news?) - Yumi & Fumi Handmade now has a company gallery on SplitCoastStampers!!! YAY!!!! So, if you are on SCS and are uploading your own cards featuring a Y&FH image, be sure to tag it with yumifumi so it shows up in the gallery!!! We're looking forward to seeing the gallery grow!


card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Teresa Collins "Christmas Cottage"
• stamped image: Yumi & Fumi Handmade "Yeti  Fumi", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E02, E93, E21, E23, E25, E27, E07, E08, E09, E93, Y21, Y23, G40, G43) with a little sparkle added to the light string with my Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.
• Spellbinders Petite Circles
• from my stash: adhesive gem (to dot the i)
• layout: Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #459

additional challenges for this card:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• Christmas Card Challenges #48: Bows (but any Christmas Card will do - as you can see no bows on my card)
• Through the Craft Room Door (Oct 29 - Nov 4): Anything Goes
• Simon Says: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve October 2013 - Week 5

Hi folks,

Back again to share the last of my cards for the October Viva La Verve Sketch Challenge - Week 5.

Here's the sketch:

And here are my two cards. A birthday card for an upcoming November birthday:

And another thank you card:

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Collectable "Memorable"
• stamps: Verve "Treasured Words"
• dies: Verve "Curvy Bookplate", Spellbinders Petite Circles
• from my stash: paper flowers, adhesive gems

challenges for these cards:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper October Challenge: Thankful/Autumn
• Corrosive Challenge #186: Tic-Tac-Toe (Flowers, Sentiment, Layers - my third entry)

Viva La Verve October 2013 - Week 4

Hi folks,

Back again to share my cards for the Viva La Verve October 2013 Week 4 Challenge.

Here's the sketch:

and here are the two cards I created. Another October birthday:

And another Thank You card:

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, navy card stock mats
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 "Oliver"
• stamps: Verve "Treasured Words", stamped in CTMH Outdoor Denim
• dies: Verve "Banner Bundle"
• from my stash: CTMH Outdoor Denim Buttons, Basic Grey Button, paper flower

challenges for these cards:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper October Challenge: Thankful/Autumn
• Corrosive Challenge #186: Tic-Tac-Toe (Thank you card: Flowers, Sentiment, Layers) 
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (my 3rd entry for the birthday card)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve October 2013 - Week 3

Hi folks,

Back to share the cards I made for the Week 3 Viva La Verve October Sketch challenge.

Here's the sketch:

And here are my two thank you cards. For this one, I flipped the sketch:

And for this one I kept the orientation as it was in the sketch:

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base, white card stock mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Collectable "Memorable"
• stamps: Verve "With Love"
• adhesive gems from my stash

challenges for these cards:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper October Challenge: Thankful/Autumn

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Viva La Verve October 2013 - Week 2

Hi folks!

Well, it's back to work for me tomorrow (blech),  so I did my best to squeeze in some crafty time since I really needed to catch up on the Viva La Verve challenges for October.

Here's the week 2 sketch challenge

and here are the two cards I made using the sketch.


A thank you card (I need a bunch to thank everyone who donated to our team for the Light the Night Walk)

And a birthday card (for ANOTHER of the remaining October birthdays!)

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5, kraft card stock base, dark navy for mats
• patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 "Oliver"
• stamps: Verve "Treasured Words"
• dies: Verve "Pennant Trim" Die, Spellbinders Petite Ovals
• from my stash: CTMH Outdoor Denim button, adhesive lace ribbon, paper flower, embroidery floss

additional challenges for these cards:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (for the birthday card)
• Pile it On #43: At least two embellishments (my thank you card has a flower and ribbon while the birthday card has a button and ribbon)
• Corrosive Challenge #186: Tic-Tac-Toe (Thank you card: Flowers, Sentiment, Layers)

As always thanks for stopping by! And don't forget - a new challenge started today at the Yumi & Fumi Handmade Blog. Be sure to check it out - hope to see you playing along (psst - it's a Hallowe'en Colours Challenge)!

Viva La Verve October 2013 Week 1

Hi folks,

I attended a charity crop on Friday night and brought with me the October Viva La Verve Week 1 Sketch and used it as the layout for some much needed Christmas cards for this year's stash.

Here's a peek at the sketch:

and the five cards I made with it!

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base, burgundy card stock mats
• patterned papers: Fancy Pants Designs "Winterland"
• stamps: Verve "Winter Mittens" (I paper pieced the mittens and then coloured the bands with Copic E49), "Holiday Greetings"
• Spellbinders Petite Circles

Additional challenges for these cards:

• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes
• Christmas Card Challenges #47: Flowers (some of the cards are using a patterned paper with flowers!)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Unscripted Sketches #226

Hi folks,

Back today to share ANOTHER October birthday card - this one for my eldest niece.

I'm STILL not finished with all the October birthdays. There are still a couple more to come so I had better get busy and get those last few cards finished!


card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned papers: My Mind's Eye Indie Chic "Saffron"
• stamped image: Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Karber Denny Clear Stamp (sorry, I think this set might be retired from SCRS but Karber does have digi images available at their site here), coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E01, E93, BG90, BG93, E50, E51, E53, Y11, Y13, RV00, RV02, RV04, RV69)
• sentiment: Verve "Borderline"
• Basic Grey Indian Summer buttons, grey satin ribbon from my stash
• layout: Unscripted Sketches #226

additional challenges for this card:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes Birthday
• Sister Act Card Challenge #30: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!