Tsuruta Designs

Saturday, October 19, 2019

Bonjour | Spellbinders Sale

I feel so grateful that Spellbinders reached out to me about their Large Die of the Month Club. Check out Bonjour:

This kit is amazingly filled with tons of dies:

Approximate Dimensions:.

Butterfly Base: 3.50 x 2.50" | 8.9 x 6.4cm
Butterfly Inlay: 3.30 x 2.50" | 8.4 x 6.4cm
Butterfly Detailed Cutout: 3.50 x 2.50" | 5.5 x 7.2cm
Butterfly Top Layer: 3.5 x 2.5 ” | 8.9 x 6.4cm
Butterfly Body: 0.20 x 0.85" | 0.5 x 2.2cm
Word Bonjour: 3.50 x 2.00" | 8.9 x 5.1cm
Heart: 0.40 x 0.40" | 1.0 x 1.0cm
2 Leaf Sprig: 0.75 x 1.00" | 2.0 x 2.5cm
1 Leaf Sprig: 1.20 x 0.40" | 3.1 x 1.0cm
Right Curved Sprig: 0.55 x 1.00" | 1.4 x 2.5cm
Left Curved Sprig: 0.55 x 1.00" | 1.4 x 2.5cm
Sprig: 0.70 x 1.20" | 1.8 x 3.0cm
4 Petal Flower: 0.60 x 0.60" | 1.5 x 1.5cm
Tulip Flower: 0.75 x 0.65" | 2.0 x 1.7cm
5 Inward Cut Petal Flower: 0.62 x 0.60" | 1.6 x 1.5cm
3 Petal Flower: 0.75 x 0.60" | 2.0 x 1.5cm
SM Flower 1: 0.55 x 0.55" | 1.4 x 1.4cm
SM Flower 2: 0.55 x 0.55" | 1.4 x 1.4c
5 Petal Flower: 0.80 x 0.80" | 2.0 x 2.0cm
Center Circle Piece: 0.20 x 0.20" | .5 x .5cm

Don't let that 'scare' you...like when you buy furniture from Ikea and it comes with a bazillion nails, screws etc. This is much more FUN. I worked with a specific color palette and cut everything out first, per color. I knew that I wanted to design three different cards so I made sure I had all the 'parts' for 3 butterflies. You can make them as layered as you want, mine are 3 + 4 layers.

First up is the Bonjour plaid design.

I recently discovered cork in my stash and love it as added texture, especially for Fall themed cards. This one also includes some glorious gold glitter cardstock. The center ovals are the Classic Nestabilities....if you don't have these, they really are a must have, basic shapes are a staple in my stash.

Next up is my 4.25 x 4.25 square design:

Keeping things real, this was my final project that I made. It was going to be an oval tag. I couldn't figure out how to add an appropriate sentiment on that beautiful gold panel so I decided to mount it on a clean + simple square card. I'm not someone that has to have sentiments on my card fronts, are you?

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Friday, October 18, 2019

Ink! Pink 2019

I'm so honored to be included in this very special Instagram Hop: Ink! Pink 2019

The fun starts with my friend Katie Brooks. Hop along with us on Instagram, there are several sponsors!

Here's a peek at my supplies, links are affiliate at no extra cost to you:

Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

I'm so excited to be up on the Doodlebugswa.com blog! I'm sharing a couple of tags that feature Sunny Studio Stamps. Here's a sneak peek:

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers + Trinity Stamps Collaboration Hop!

The Coffee Loving Cardmaker's Design Team is so excited to be hopping with Super Sponsor Trinity Stamps! If you hopped here from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog then you're right on track. If you stumbled upon this post, make sure you start on the Trinity Stamps blog.

Leave comments along the way for more chances to win! There will a $20 Gift Certificate to be selected from participating blogs (comment on all). Must comment by 10/22 at 11:59 PM PT. Winner will be announced 10/26 on the Trinity Blog.

I had so much fun with The Frappy Camper's PERKing Spot set:

If you weren't able to join us for our National Coffee Day|Week festivities...we introduced the The Frappy Camper's PERKing Spot set. A collaboration between the Coffee Loving Cardmakers + Trinity Stamps Design Teams.

I combined it with Trinity's Narrow Card and Bookmark Die with Envelope and Bonus Dies. Such a fun duo, don't you think?

Add a bit of plaid and all is good in the crafting world. Check out the coordinating envelope:

I can't wait to see how my teamies were inspired. Next up is the awesome Annette Allen! In case you get lost along the way, the complete hop listing is on the Trinity Stamps and Coffee Loving Cardmakers blogs.

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Friday, October 11, 2019

Friday with Amy | Doodlebugswa.com

Hey Doodlebugswa fans! I'm up on the blog today sharing a Holiday Themed Avery Elle project:

Snow Fun
Holiday Collection 6x6 Paper Pad

Here's a bit of a peek, I'm sharing two cards!

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Fa La La | Reverse Confetti

I'm so excited to be up on the Reverse Confetti blog today! I'm sharing two cards, here's a peek at one of them:

For all the details and to see what inspired me, please visit the Reverse Confetti blog.

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge | Newton's Nook Designs

I've had the very fun Newton's Nook Designs Cluck set for a while. I finally inked it up:

I teamed it up with the Hardwood Stencil, I used some modeling paste with it on kraft cardstock.

The tag has been cut from an older Lawn Fawn paper pad [Hello Sunshine], this panel has sun rays.

I was inspired by the current Inky Paws Challenge:

...and The Color Throwdown:

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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

So Many Candles | Woodblock Wednesday | Guest Designer

Hello and welcome to another edition of Woodblock Wednesday. I'm featuring:

Savvy Stamps - Large Whimsical Outline Cake - Retired [9241]

Impress - So Many Candles [5654C]

Here's how I was inspired:

Keeping things real, this was card #3 [whew!]. Originally I stamped the cake in versafine onyx. My first card I smeared the candles with my hand while coloring [grrrrr]. Card #2 I didn't like the Distress Oxide on top of the candles and I knew better [I really did!] and I tried to 'fix' things with a black sharpie = ugh.

So in an effort to step away from Versafine, I heat embossed the image with Hero Arts Copper on Bristol.

My Distress Oxide color combo is compliments of Kristina Werner.

The cake has been colored with Zig Clean Color Markers. Have you used the blending brush?! Ooohhh...it's amazing.

To keep my card in a festive mode my card base is a very glittery panel.

I'm super excited to introduce my guest for this week, Meghan Kennihan! She's a wonderful cardmaker, loves making coffee cards and is super sweet! She's sharing two cards over on her blog AND doing a giveaway too!

A big thank you to Meghan for joining me this week!!!

For all the details on her project, please visit her BLOG + IG.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Reverse Confetti October Creative Hop

Today is the 8th of October which means it is time for the Reverse Confetti Creative Hop!! We have our September | October 'Fetti Friends joining us today too!

Samantha VanArnhem

Francesca Vignoli

You should have arrived here from my teamie Heather Hoffman. If not, you'll want to start on the Reverse Confetti blog so you don't miss a thing!

Today I'm sharing some Gift Card Holders. I picked up a couple super cute gift cards from Starbucks and they were the inspiration for my projects today. The cards themselves are clean + simple. I've also stamped out some coordinating envelopes.

Each design has a Sand A2 base. I used the Scalloped Bag & Tags Creator Confetti Cuts as the top layer. They have been cut in Avocado Cardstock.

This Pumpkin Spice Latte version has the pumpkin from the With a Thankful Heart stamped on the envelope in Rust ink.

I used a based rectangle die to cut out the window and backed them with acetate. I used double sided adhesive the tack down 3 sides of the avocado panel.

Here's what the gift card looks outside of the card. I added a pull tab directly on the gift card. The paper is from the This & That 6x6.

I love this 'Not a Decaf Day' gift card, it cracks me up! I've stamped the coordinating envelope with a sentiment from Drink More Coffee in Avocado ink.

The double sided adhesive keeps the Avocado panel down so snug that I didn't need to design channels on my card. The gift card easily slides in and out of its pocket.

I adhered the same pull tab on this gift card as the one above. It really is a pretty quick design with not a whole lot of fussiness.

I'm super excited to see what my teamies are sharing today! Kathy Schweinfurth is next! I know she's going to have something super fabulous! In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete listing: