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!

Neat & Tangled May Release Day One: Send Pretty Mail + Hoop Die + embellishments

May 4, 2015 29 Comments

Hello and Welcome to Day One of the Neat & Tangled May Release! Today we’re featuring Send Pretty Mail ● Hoop Die ● embellishments I had so much fun with the Send Pretty Mail set: cardstock: papertrey ink kraft, stampin’ up gumball green stamps: neat & tangled/send pretty mail ink: ranger archival black, derwent inktense pencils I

winner of birthday blog hop!

May 3, 2015 20 Comments

Thanks to everyone that hopped with us for Kimberly’s Birthday! The winner of the Butterfly Reflections Ink $15 Gift Certificate is…. Shelly Kurth!!!!! Shelly, I’ve messaged you! So yesterday was {inter}National Scrapbook Day…did you play along in challenges, do some shopping or craft up a storm? I had some crafty girls over and we made

Curtain Call – Travel On: Smile

May 1, 2015 27 Comments

It’s time for a New Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge! I was inspired by the camera: cardstock: recollections/black paper: amy tangerine other: the cut shoppe/candid camera, lawn fawn/speech bubble border Although it’s an older sketch, I was also inspired

happy birthday kimberly!!

April 29, 2015 42 Comments

source I consider myself a lucky girl. I have had the wonderful opportunity to make some great in-real-life crafty friends. One of them is Kimberly. I can’t remember how I stumbled onto Kimberly’s blog but the minute I did, I was absolutely smitten with her style & work. Today is Kimberly’s birthday and there

coffee & a whole lot of love.

April 27, 2015 34 Comments

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m sharing some A Jillian Vance Design projects that posted in March. My first card uses the Coffee & Jesus stamp set which I combined with the True Love stamp set I love the addition of the chunky wool yarn…it makes the card ‘cozy’, dontcha think? My next card uses the

eat cake & more.

April 25, 2015 30 Comments

Hello and Happy Saturday! I haven’t posted my Chickaniddy Crafts cards over here in awhile so I’m doing a bit of catch up! The first 2 cards are March projects. This one was to focus on the chevron trend: It made things super fun (& easy) to use the Reverse Confetti Triple Chevies Confetti Cuts!

Fusion Card Challenge: oh happy day!

April 23, 2015 36 Comments

Hello and welcome to Fusion Card Challenge! Check out the fun new inspiration photo and sketch: I was inspired by the photo: cardstock: strathmore watercolor paper stamps: essentials by ellen/bold blooms ink: ranger/archival/black other: queen & co stars, stampin’ up label thinlets I’ve been inspired by all the watercolor stripes I have been spotting out

A Jillian Vance Design: Sew Special

April 22, 2015 10 Comments

Hello! I’m up on the A Jillian Vance Design blog with a fun card! Here’s a peek at my supplies: grandma’s garden quilt block die sew special Pop on by the blog for a look at my card!

curtain call bouquet reminder: woodland friends

April 21, 2015 29 Comments

There’s still time to join us over at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge – Bouquet We have a new sponsor, Penny Black, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Bouquet! A randomly selected participant in the Bouquet challenge will have their choice of a Penny Black gift certificate, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge! I used the adorable

Chickaniddy Crafts: Focus on Flowers

April 20, 2015 11 Comments

Hello! Happy Monday! I’m up on the Chickaniddy Crafts blog and I would ♡ if if you’d pop over there and check it out! Thanks so much!