Tower Block Fun Fold Christmas Tree - check it out!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented crafters who love dabbling with folds!!  

We are a group of like-minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means "modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way"... so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think 'easel', 'pop-up', 'gatefold', 'z-fold', 'shaped' or 3D cards etc. The list is endless. 

All Blog Hops have an 'anything goes' theme using any type of 'funky' card fold.

This month, I have created a Tower Block card that I have converted into a geometric Christmas Tree!

This card is basically a square tube in the middle with panels on every side to create the 'branches'.  

I was inspired by a blog post here but I have changed the measurements so that my card fits into a standard envelope when it folds flat.  

I have also extended the inside 'tree trunk' to create the Christmas Tree.

To create my tree I've used the Season of Elegance designer paper and the Decorative Trees stamp set.

If you'd like to see how this card is made, check out this video.  

The measurements for my card are:  

Pecan Pie 10.5 x 14.8 cm scored at 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10cm

Old Olive 12 pieces 4.5 x 5.5cm

Season of Elegance designer paper 8 pieces 4 x 5 cm

Basic Beige 4 pieces 4 x 5 cm

Season of Elegance designer paper 12 pieces 4 x 2.5 cm

Please contact me if you would like the tutorial for this Fun Fold!  

I hope you give this one a try!! 

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of amazing inspiration just for you!

Tower Block Christmas Tree

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 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

Welcome to the NEW CATALOGUE with the Let's Craft Together Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!!

Our theme THIS month is to introduce YOU to our NEW MINI Catalogue which starts TODAY!!  Woohoo!!

When you're flicking through this fun catalogue, stop at page 51 and check out the 4 different colourful ways!  I really really like the Christmas Chic colour scheme of Basic White, Pecan Pie and Night of Navy, but I've used a Christmas stamp set - Surfing Santa - to make a Non Christmas card to show it's versatility!!  

If you check out this card in the catalogue, you should be able to see that I've actually CASED the layout as well as the colours.  My card is a little different in that the centre panel is narrower with a fun little opening detail.  I did do some fussy cutting for the sweet sea shell after colouring using Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends.  Inside the card repeats the stamping and theme from the front.  I hope you like it!

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of AMAZING creativity!!

Christmas Chic alternative

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!)

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

The happy melding of Masks and Embossing Paste - it looks FANTASTIC!

Watercolouring Shaker Card - how fun is that!! CTC#485

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight you get to enjoy our amazing CASEING the CATTY blog hop.  To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogues (catty!)

This week, we are CASEING a watercolouring technique, and I've been super keen to try the spritzing technique!

I've used Fluid 100 watercolour paper and some gorgeous trees from a stamp set coming VERY SOON in our Mini Catalogue - the stamp set is called Peaceful Evergreens.  

I stamped 3 large trees with Old Olive, and then 3 small trees using Garden Green onto the Fluid 100 paper and THEN, I spritzed it like mad using water and our Spritzer!!  

I also stamped the Falling Snow stamp set using Basic Beige - so you can't really see it, but it does give a lovely soft effect. I also flicked some Wink of Stella all over the panel after it had dried.   THEN, I thought this would be so much fun as a shaker card!!  Soooo I created a frame using the Countryside Corners dies, added some window sheet and then foam strips.  The Shakers are some loose snowflakes.

Such a super fun card!!!  I do like the spritzing technique and I have to say it really does a BRILLIANT job with these tree stamps!!  

Up next is the extraordinary Rachel

Make sure you keep hopping to see more great ideas!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Watercoloured Shaker Card

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.

A pretty colour combination for Colour INkspiration challenge #172

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm joining in with the Colour INKspiration crew and our awesome colour combination!!

These colours are great and the image is just sooo pretty - and I'm still inspired to use them for another project!!  

But for tonight, this is my card featuring these colours.  I'm sort of happy with it......

I've used the lovely Everyday Greetings stamp set combined with the Golden Greenery dies AND using some super cute glimmer papers!!

My base card is one of the brushed gold cards folded inside out and creating a z fold - that way you get to enjoy ALL the gorgeous gold on the card.  

I've cut 2 dies from the Greetings of the Season dies that are lined up exactly the same when the card is closed, but give you a fun panel for the front and a writing panel for the inside of the card.  

The gorgeous glimmer paper comes from 2 different packs - the In Colour glimmer papers AND some gorgeous NEW glimmer paper coming in the Mini Catalogue.  I think you would enjoy making this card!

INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy. Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Basic White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Glimmer Golden Greenery

Please head over to my online store if you wish to see these products in more detail - and you can place your order anytime (if you're in Australia) while you're there (even if you're in your pyjamas!!) 

 And, if you can see yourself creating cards and sharing your love of papercrafts while inspiring others, perhaps you might be interested in joining my Stampin' Up! family - contact me to find out how.