Loving the softness CI#207

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

I do love the softness of the inspiration image, but my card has actually turned out a bit brighter!

I've used the lovely Rolling Waves bundle again.  I love the tone on tone stamping for the sand!

Coastal Cabana, Pool Party and White look amazing for the waves.

And I sponged the shells with the same tone on tone effect as the sand!

I'm just loving this amazing stamp and die bundle!

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.

Rolling Waves tone on tone

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.

Chain Card Swap I Nancy

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn

Today I'm joining the amazing Card Swap Chain Blog Hop with 10 amazing Australian cardmakers.  Our blog hop today is a celebration of the amazing cards we sent and received when we embarked on a fun journey sending cards to each other over a period of months.  It's a card version of "Chinese Whispers".  Each of us designed a card and sent if off to one of the other participants. That person then CASED the card and sent their own version to the next person.  To CASE is to Copy and Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit.  Each person's card made it's way around all 10 of us until finally a verson came home to the designer.  And Now, we are sharing these gorgeous card designs with YOU.  Enjoy the amazingness of everyone's cards and designs.

Today we are sharing a wonderful card designed by Nancy  in Chain Swap I.

Follow the blog hop ALL the way around to see the evolution of her gorgeous card.

I loved the simplicity of this card!!  The strips of paper with the contrasting strip across.  Love it.

I've used the Lovely and Beautiful Paper combined with the cute Pop Up Petals stamp set and die bundle. What I love about this stamp set is that it is a two step.  You stamp the flower outlines first, which I have done with Old Olive, and then you stamp the petals (Peach Pie) and then the flower centres (Lemon Lolly) to create the complete picture - much faster than colouring it!!  

I have also taken another short cut by using the fabulous Embossed Designs cards and envelopes!!

Here's Nancy's original card to compare the journey of this card so far!!  

Make sure you keep hopping to see this amazing evolution!!

Pop Up Petals with Lovely and Beautiful

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.

Mini Catalogue Bundle Inspiration CTC#564 Joyful Squares

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 Mini Catalogue Bundle, and I have been inspired by THIS card above from the Joyful Squares bundle.

I'm using the super gorgeous Cutest Crew images - just loving this set currently!!  

My background designer paper comes from the Mixed Patterns set and is just soft and subtle enough to create the sweetest background.  

I've used the Joyful Squares dies for the square feature for the front of the card, and also for the extended scallop edge underneath the square.  The colours are Cloud Cover and Pretty in Pink with a Bubble Bath tied ribbon.

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her stunning cards

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of great ideas!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Cutest Crew and Joyful Squares

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.

Chain Card Swap H - Carolina

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn

Today I'm joining the amazing Card Swap Chain Blog Hop with 10 amazing Australian cardmakers.  Our blog hop today is a celebration of the amazing cards we sent and received when we embarked on a fun journey sending cards to each other over a period of months.  It's a card version of "Chinese Whispers".  Each of us designed a card and sent if off to one of the other participants. That person then CASED the card and sent their own version to the next person.  To CASE is to Copy and Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit.  Each person's card made it's way around all 10 of us until finally a verson came home to the designer.  And Now, we are sharing these gorgeous card designs with YOU.  Enjoy the amazingness of everyone's cards and designs.

Today we are sharing a wonderful card designed by Carolina in Chain Swap H.

Follow the blog hop ALL the way around to see the evolution of her gorgeous card.

I love the masking technique of this card!! I've used the lovely Nature's Symphony for my stamping, and of course, some gorgeous teal tones!!  

Here is the card I received along with mine.  I love the monochrome theme!!  

And here is Carolina's original card!!  You can see the card has evolved already by the time it got to me!

Make sure you keep hopping to see this amazing evolution!!

Masking Natures Symphony

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.

Fun being distressed - not what you think!!! 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!!

This month Monique is challenging us to use a distressing techinque!!  

And for me, distressing is all about the FUN!! 

My project features tearing, scrunching, sanding, and sponging!!  

I've used the stunning Pecan Pie Two Toned cardstock - it has a brilliant sepia tone to it, but this cardstock really tears, scrunches and sands spectacularly.  It has a white core so that gives it some fantastic substance with all the distressing techniques I've used!  

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

Distressing Techniques with Cutest Crew

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.