A Wintery Inspiration

It's time for another challenge over on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog! This week we're being inspired by this warm and wintery photo:

Here's my card featuring Winter Yumi:

(The snow on the bottom of the card is actually clear and iridescent, but it photographed more colorfully.)

I just love Winter Yumi. I think she's my favorite. :) Wouldn't you love to win a gift certificate so that you could have buy your own Winter Yumi? Head on over to the Y&FH blog. Get even more inspiration from the rest of the team. Then try your hand at this week's challenge. It's time to get going on those holiday cards, anyway! :)
Lisa

A Colorful Challenge!

There's a new challenge up on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog - a color combo challenge of Orange, Green, Purple and Black! If you check out the blog, you'll seen that Team Yumi put this palette to use in a variety of cards - not just Halloween! Since hubby went all out this week getting the house ready for Halloween, I decided to make my card a Halloween one. I used my favorite Yumi stamp, giving her a little witch's hat that I drew on purple cardstock, shaded with Copics and cut out.

Supplies: Yumi (Y&FH), 12X12 Halloween Paper Pad (K&Co), 

circle punch (Creative Memories), bat sticker (Recollections), 

silver gel pen, black and orange cs and Copics.

I'm entering my Halloween Yumi into the following challenges:
My Mum's Craft Shop - Halloween

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Halloween

Krafty Hands - Halloween Colors

Perfectly Rustics - Patterned Paper

Join us this week at Yumi and Fumi Handmade and show us your interpretation of our Orange, Green, Purple and Black color scheme!

Lisa

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!

I had such a fun and relaxing Fourth of July, that I had to do just a little more celebrating with a red, white and blue card:

Supplies: Yumi (Yumi & Fumi Handmade), Citrus Stack (DCWV), navy cs (Paper and More), 

Copics, oval Shape Cutting System (Creative Memories), scallop border punch (Fiskars),

star buttons (Jesse James), and red Scrappers' Floss. 

Our weather was beautiful but much cooler than usual, so I actually was wearing long pants and a sweatshirt jacket when we were watching fireworks!

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - sketch
Yumi and Fumi Handmade - Celebration
SCS Color challenge - red, white and blue
Oozak - anything goes with girly theme
Make It Monday - anything goes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Stars and/or Stripes

Hope to see you soon with another card! Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by.
Lisa

3D Project

Ever since I saw it, I was anxious to try making the 2 drawer easel card that I spotted on the Yumi & Fumi Handmade blog a while back. I'm usually pretty hesitant about trying 3D projects, but I felt up to the challenge having had success with their easy Post-It Easel Card tutorial. I followed their great tutorial for the 2 drawer easel card and this is the result:

and a closeup:

Supplies: Yumi (YF&H), Beautiful DP from Quite Contrary - Mary collection (My Minds Eye), 

pink cs (Bazzill), Aqua Lagoon pearlescent cardstock (Paper and More), Copics, 

rose and aqua paper roses (Recollections), pink ribbon flower (stash), 

leaf and butterfly punches (Martha Stewart), border punch (EK Success), pink and aqua Stickles,  

brads (Paper Studio) and small sticky notes (Staples).

I'm showing off the adorable Yumi on the fun new challenge blog, Crafty Friends, as well as the following challenges:
Make It Monday - anything goes
Flutterby Wednesday - recipe (flowers, at least one butterfly, a punch or die)
Paula Holifield Crafts - Something Sweet
ABC Challenge - O is for Open
Card Makin' Mamas - Rubber Stamp Inspiration (also sponsored by Y&FH!)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

I had a lot of fun making this project. I hope you enjoyed seeing it! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Lisa

Trying a Tri-Shutter Card

I recently bought my first Yumi and Fumi stamps and couldn't wait to use on in the current challenge - Multiple Folds. I had a lot of luck with my post-it note easel card so I decided to be brave and try a tri-shutter card.

Supplies: Yumi (Yumi and Fumi Handmade), Indie Chic - Saffron 6x6 pad (MME), flowers (from my stash), pearls (Recollections), Copic markers, pink and brown cs (Hobby Lobby).

Here's Yumi closeup. Isn't she adorable? I love her little hoodie. :)

I just bought the MME paper and the pearls last week and I was happy that I used them so quickly. (I am a bit of a hoarder!) I really love using paper pads for projects like this because you have a wealth of papers that all coordinate well.

Here's a overview shot so you can see what the card looks like unfolded.

Cool huh? It was actually pretty easy to put together thanks to the great tutorial that I found on Splitcoaststampers: Tri-Shutter Card.

I'm also entering my card into the "Brown, Pink and Gold" challenge on Come and Get It Challenges.

Well, so much for my super crafty weekend. This was the only card I made. :(  I'll be back on Friday with a card for the next Sister Act Card Challenge, though!
Lisa