Tsuruta Designs

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

toad-ally awesome | Miss Ink Stamps

Have you heard of Miss Ink Stamps? They're a brand new company that will be opening March 16th. Read about them HERE. You'll be seeing quite a bit of their new designs on social media, including projects by the awesome Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Design Team! Today, I'm sharing a super sweet set named, Say Cheese.

Here's how I was inspired (LOL, had to add some kind of caffeinated item in my photo!):

Okay, isn't that sweet mouse stinkin' adorable?! I couldn't wait to color him up along with his friend. What a super cute new set. It's filled with fantastic images and sentiments!

Make sure you check out the Miss Ink Stamps Instagram Account for inspiration and giveaways!

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

crabby before caffeine | The Rabbit Hole Designs

Hello and Happy Tuesday! The other day I received the latest caffeinated release by The Rabbit Hole Designs. I inked up Caffeinated Crab:

Love his expression!

I have a ton of 12x12 paper. I'm trying to use it...the blue panel with the fish is by Echo Park Paper but I'm not sure who make the coral design (edited to add, thanks to Michele, Authentique - Seaside)?

The crab was colored with various copics and the sentiment was heat embossed in white on black cardstock.

I was inspired by Sunday Stamps:

Monday, March 11, 2019

a happy hello | Reverse Confetti

Have you seen the Reverse Confetti challenge, Stock Your Stash?!

This is a chance to create a card to keep in your stash. (Of course, you could send it off right away!). Each month will bring a new theme.

There will be a new Stock Your Stash challenge posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 1st of each month.

The link list will be open from the 1st until noon CST on the 29th of the month.

Reverse Confetti stamps and/or Confetti Cuts are required to win. This is a way we get to thank our customers for using our stamps. Anyone is welcome to play, though!

You may enter as many times as you wish.

Use #SYSChallenge when playing along with this challenge.

There will be a random winner selected each month and that person will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store. The winner of challenge will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog at the end of the month.

Here's how I was inspired for this month's challenge:

I just picked up a couple bunches of daffodils from Trader Joe's. It's what inspired my colors in today's card. Yellow + Purple are a great color combo for Spring, don't you agree?

I used a panel out of From Cupid. I layered Sunshine panel and then Premier Polar White panel that was die cut with the Diagonal Stitches Cover Panel, trimmed down. I use the smaller frame in the Stitched Note & Frames set in Premier Polar White and layered images from Hatbox Florals.

I love all that stitching! I cut a vellum panel with one of the tags from the Tall Tag Trio and heat embossed the sentiment from Tall Blooms in charcoal.

Originally I didn't have the Sunshine Panel or the Diagonal Stitches Panel. The added white really makes those blooms pop. I've been really lovin' the look of the peekaboo solid panel too.

I can't wait to see how some of my other teamies were inspired!

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Bottomless Thanks | Miss Ink Stamps

Today I'm sharing a card that features the new Brewtiful set:

You may remember my earlier design using the same set HERE. I decided to go a bit mixed media on this one.

I absolutely love the coffee plant images in this set. I love the contrast between the colors. I started off with a watercolored background using Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass. I then used a Stampers Anonymous Mini Stencil with modeling paste. I'm such an impatient crafter, it always seems like it take forever for that stuff to dry. Once it was, I stamped the caffeine molecule.

I added all the other images and sentiment to my design. Yes, my favorite color is green.

Make sure you check out the Miss Ink Stamps Instagram Account for inspiration and giveaways!

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Good shoes | Fun Stampers Journey

My friends at Spellbinders | Fun Stampers Journey sent me their March Stamp of the Month Club kit. Check out the awesome Good Places set:

Here's how I was inspired:

I stayed with an overall navy and yellow color theme.

My first card features one of the windmills from the Going Places set. I've teamed it up with the Bright Days embossing folder and Honeycomb stamp:

The sentiment has been heat embossed in copper to coordinate with the brad I used from my stash.

My other card was fun to design with the pops of yellow.

I stamped the clogs on the lighter cardstock with a navy ink. I layered a circular vellum panel with some the die cut clogs and heart. Love that sentiment, don't you?

I'm so sad that when the kids and I visited the Netherlands that we weren't able to check out any of their gorgeous windmills.

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Friday, March 8, 2019

March New Release Creative Blog Hop | Reverse Confetti

Today is the day! The Reverse Confetti March Release is now available for purchase! We're celebrating with a hop! You should have arrived from Heather Hoffman's blog, if not, you'll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the Reverse Confetti blog!

Here's a peek at all of the new products:

What a fantastic release! It's all available HERE.

I have a card trio to share with you today!

Those that have been following me for any length of time know that I love coffee, in all forms. I couldn't resist using the previously released Drink More Coffee set to feature some of the new confetti cuts from this month's release!

I used the following Word Duo sets:

Hooray & Cheers

Hello & Thanks

I also added the Stitched Hex Tag to each of my cards. First up is the RC Aqua + Grape Soda designs:

I love how bright and cheery that duo is. Those colors make me happy, how about you?

I had to really think on this green coffee cup. The Lime Green + Avocado cardstocks were off just enough that I didn't want to use them. I ended up doing a bit of upcycling. The kraft panel is actually the back cover of a Reverse Confetti 6x6 paper pad. I cut the thanks from a coffee sleeve that I had in my stash.

Does this make you look at my card a smidge differently? I topped off my card with a bit of twine. The other two designs have the punched hole on the bottom so that the coffee cup covered it up (wink).

Here's a peek back at my earlier projects for this release:

I can't wait to hop around and see how everyone else was inspired! Next up is my teamie, Kathy Schweinfurth!

Reverse Confetti Blog

Natasha Valkovskaya
Lisa Henke

Leanne West

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth
Michelle Short

Audrey Tokach

Jeanne Jachna

Ali Farmer
Deanne Kuntz

Dana Kirby

Olga Matyushevskaya

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Countdown to Confetti Day Three | Reverse Confetti

It's the final day of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti! You are going to be amazed at all of the new products for this month! Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time.

This month we welcome the following designers as our 'Fetti Friends:

Dana Kirby

Natasha Valkovskaya

Today we're featuring:

Floral Gem stamps + coordinating confetti cuts

Sentimental Gems stamps

Here's how I was inspired:

I ended up creating a wreath. One thing led to another and I stepped back and decided that I really like all the pops of purple from the blooms.

I really love the Floral Gem set and the coordinating sentiments are wonderful!

I can't wait to hop around and see what my teamies designed! Leave a comment on all the sneak peeks post for each designer. Comments will close at noon CST on March 7th and there will be a $15 Gift Certificate for one blog commenter and also one FB commenter. Make sure you pop over to the Reverse Confetti Blog for all the details!

Reverse Confetti Blog

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Countdown to Confetti Day Two | Reverse Confetti

It's the Day Two of the Reverse Confetti Countdown to Confetti! You are going to be amazed at all of the new products for this month! Please note that new product links will not be active until release day/time.