Wednesday, November 04, 2026

Sketch Challenge for Let's Craft Together Blog Hop this month


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!!

This month, we have a Sketch challenge for you!!  


I do love a sketch challenge - it's a great way to get the creative juices flowing.  But I found this one a bit tricky until I decided to use a monochrome pink theme too!  I've used the Notes of Collage stamp set, Banner Sayings stamp set, and the Scalloped Blooms dies with vellum.  


My colours are Barely Blush, Bubble Bath, and then Flirty Flamingo for the splattering and the stamping for the greeting.



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




Barely Blush Sketch Challenge













Sunday, November 01, 2026

Noel Tidings meets Banner Sayings CTC#594


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 PUNCH project!!  


My choice was to CASE this cute card featuring the Banner Punch!  What a cool idea to create some fun interest on a card.


I've used the Neutral Noel stunning designer paper, combined with the Noel Tidings bundle.


And my colours for my card are totally traditional!!  


Inisde the card is some more foliage and berries.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Noel Tidings Colour INKspiration #220


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


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


This is such a beautiful bird!!!  


I'm on a mission to get a bunch of Christmas Cards complete - and so here's another!!  It's amazing that you can really use any colours to create Christmas Cards.  


I've used watercolour paper which I wet around the edges, and then stamped the leaves and details.  I dried to paper using my heat tool and then stamped again to give more detail and precision.


I'm not sure if I like the finished product - I was experimenting - but it was fun to see where the water created the lovely wash effects.


This stamp set is the Noel Tidings set which has my FAVOURITE greeting - love that big Merry Christmas.


Inside the card the stamping is the same, but with out the watercolour effect..... which is your favourite?



Would you use these colours for Christmas?


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.




Noel Tidings Colour INKspiration


Sketch Challenge for Let's Craft Together Blog Hop this month

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