Tsuruta Designs

Mama Elephant’s 14th Anniversary | Stampede Day 1 – IG Hop

September 15, 2026 No Comments

Mama Elephant’s new release is here! To celebrate their 14th year anniversary, MamaElephant will be giving away five $25 Gift Cards per Stampede Day to a random commenter on Mama Elephant’s Instagram, Facebook or YouTube channel in addition to their sitewide sale and free gift promotion! Make sure to check out the shop HERE. Here’s today’s Instagram Hop listing – 9/15 Stampede Day

Frosty & Festive Collection Coming Soon | Catherine Pooler

September 13, 2026 No Comments

Coming soon Catherine Pooler – Frosty & Festive Collection! Save the date, Wednesday, September 16th it is available in the shop. Check out today’s card: My card features: I masked the upper portion of an A2 watercolor panel and blended: Using the Holly & Berries layered stencils, I used these colors: Do you see the

Halloween Greetings | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 12, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

Friendship | Pinkfresh Studio

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Maps For today’s card was inspired by the theme + sketch. I combined the following Pinkfresh Studio products: I also used the Angie Blom Digital Designs – Let’s Go Travel Backgrounds to tie in the sketch. I printed it onto

Hey Pumpkin | Pretty Pink Posh

September 8, 2026 No Comments

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Although Doodlebugswa has discontinued the design team, I have plenty of products to still create projects. Some of the products may not be available at Doodlebugswa but I have the card recipe at the bottom of the post. My card for today features the following Pretty Pink Posh products:

Gourd Time | Simon Says Stamp

September 6, 2026 No Comments

I should be playing with some new summery sets but I had to whip up this card that features the following from Simon Says Stamp: I found out that Laura Davis’ is celebrating her Mom’s upcoming 90th birthday – here’s here instagram too – on September 30th and is doing a card drive. Well, I’m

I dream of a better world | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

September 3, 2026 No Comments

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Rolling Pins For today’s card was inspired by the botanical designs and color palette. I combined the following Brass & Bliss Craft Co products: That sentiment cracks me up and because there isn’t a chicken on the card but flowers,

Crafty Friends | Simon Says Stamp – STAMPtember Party!

September 2, 2026 No Comments

Yay for STAMPtember! Have you checked out all the fabulous products?! Find them here over in the Simon Says Stamp shop. Today there’s a Party over on the SSS blog with a listing of all the designers that are participating. Collect the different giftie codes, make sure you note if they are FREE with purchase

Sweetness | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #57

September 1, 2026 No Comments

New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Hero Arts: Cardstock + Ink: I just love that mouse from the What’s Cookin’? set! I wish they would come out with more additions

Livin’ the Craft Life | Simon Says Stamp + STAMPtember

September 1, 2026 No Comments

Simon Says Stamp celebrates this month with STAMPtember! There are so many amazing products! Today I’m playing with: I also added these Simon Says Stamp products: How cute are those crafty critters?! I’ll be back with more inspiration soon!

No Coffee – No Talkee

February 5, 2017 27 Comments

My little tag took a lot longer than it should have. I’ve been battling a good (meaning bad) cold. I’m guessing it was from traveling, I tend to get sick after commercial flights. I’ve been averaging close to 18 hours of sleep a day….crazy, eh? Especially for those of you that know that I generally

Hero Arts Countdown to Creativity: sneak peek

February 4, 2017 8 Comments

I’m up on the Hero Arts blog with a sneak peek for the February My Monthly Hero kit. You’re going to love this one! It’s filled with awesome goodness! Check it out HERE.

Happy Birthday Kate: You Deserve to be Celebrated!

February 2, 2017 25 Comments

I consider myself super fortunate to be part of an awesome crafty group. We try to get together monthly and we love to celebrate birthdays! Today we are celebrating Kate! This girl ROCKS the paper goodness, have you seen her work?! It is consistently BEAUTIFUL. You should have arrived here from the happy hostess,

The Heart Desires Challenge #9: Hello Sunshine

February 1, 2017 24 Comments

Thanks to everyone that joined us for Challenge #8! The gallery is full of beautiful projects! We’re unveiling Challenge #9 today: Challenges will run from the first Wednesday to the last day of each month. Enter up to 3 times and combine with no more than 5 challenges, including ours. Include the inspiration pic as

Reverse Confetti February SFYTT: xoxo

February 1, 2017 9 Comments

Happy February! If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you know how much I adore green. So with this month’s Reverse Confetti SFYTT I decided to use green as the dominant color palette for my card design. I’m a big fan of using non-traditional colors for ‘holidays’. The All Heart Cover Panel

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® : Celebrations

February 1, 2017 3 Comments

I’m up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog today! I’m so excited to share a couple projects using Gilding Flakes. Here’s a peek at my supplies: Pop on over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog to check out the full reveal!

Guest Designer: a2zscrapbooking monthly challenge

January 31, 2017 11 Comments

I’m so excited to be guesting for a2zscrapbooking today! If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that I’m continuing to build up my 2017 Holiday card collection so I decided to whip up another one: The Hero Arts Origami Happy Holidays set was what I decided to feature. So many fun images to

Coffee & Friends

January 30, 2017 17 Comments

I finally had time to play with my Simon Says Stamp – Coffee, Tea & Cocoa February (Sold Out) kit. It literally had my name written all over it but it arrived when I was at CHA. Those Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles are soooooo CUTE. I want to hoard them but forced myself to use them.

Friends keep your Heart Warm.

January 28, 2017 21 Comments

Happy Chinese New Year! I wanted to design a card to celebrate the New Year but what I was thinking wasn’t working so here’s what I have instead! I’m playing along with both the MFT Color Challenge: …and the Sketch Challenge: I combined the MFT LLD Hug in a Mug stamp set along with

Hero Arts: Enjoy your day!

January 27, 2017 12 Comments

So, I’m still trying to get back into the groove of things after my whirlwind trip to Phoenix for the Winter CHA/Creativation Show. I was super honored to be representing Hero Arts and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L! More on the show in a smidge, let’s get to my project that I’m sharing today, here are