Joyful Squares Colour INKspirations #204

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

Check our the amazing image this week!!  And that gorgeous cake!!  You can see that I've been hugely inspired by the image as well as the wonderful colours

My Cake is basically 3 rectangles stamped, inked and embellished to create a three tier cake.  Each rectangle is:  4 x 7cm, 3 x 5.5cm, 2 x 4cm.  I've stamped onto each of the tiers using the Joyful Squares and the Addressed to You stamp sets and Petal Pink ink.  I also die cut a couple of the images from the Joyful Squares dies, and then used a blending brush and Petal Pink ink to add more colour.

My flowers also come from the Addressed to You stamp set and I've coloured them with Flirty Flamingo and Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends after using Lost Lagoon to stamp the images and greeting.

And I love the stamped corner detail from the Addressed to You stamp set.   

My final touch is some gorgeous Iridescent Pearls on each of the flower centres. 

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.

Joyful Squares Colour INKspiration

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.

So Pretty - Colours of Easter Joy paper CTC#558

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 the super sweet colours of the Easter Joy papers!!  

And I have CASEd the super sweet card on the top right of the landing page of this gorgeous suite.  One of my lovely friends and team member has this stamp set and she allowed me to stamp a bunch of sweet bunnies and eggs!! Which worked perfectly for my card this week!!  I did a lot of fussy cutting for all the images, but I think it was worth it!!

I've also used the gorgeous glossy Pleasant Patterns specialty paper for my card front and sponged some extra Shy Shamrock ink onto the Pretty in Pink piece so that it was more like the DSP in the image.

My greetings come from the very useful Banner Sayings bundle with the excellent Triple Banner Punch for the front of the card.

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her stunning floral card.

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Easter Joy CASE

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.

Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop - Get Well Soon

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today I'm joining the fabulous paper crafting monthly blog hop of fabulous international crafters.  Join us for a world tour of inspiration!

What a great theme we have this month - Get Well Soon.  I've used the Friendly Foliage stamp set which includes this great greeting.  

I'm also using our gorgeous new Painted Illusions paper which is our Product of the Month.  

I've used the lovely Misty Moonlight design in the paper pack

This is a very simple card layout but it works soooo well with lovely papers!!  I've also added some extra interest to the paper by stamping it with one of the images in the Friendly Foliage stamp set, and then flicking with a Crumb Cake Stampin' Blend.  The lovely embellishments are from the Moody Palatte Glossy Dots.

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of AWESOME inspiration!!

Get Will Soon Friendly Foliage

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.

Introducing Painted Illusions Designer Paper - Product of the Month 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!!  We are sharing projects created with our Product of the Month - so be sure to check out our hop every month to see lots of fabulous inspiration!!  Each month the Product of the Month is chosen to tempt you to get your creative juices flowing!!  You can easily purchase this product  for only $9 when you have a qualifying order of $125!!  Isn't that FANTASTIC!!

This month, our Product is:  Painted Illusion Designer Paper and I've used one of my favourite fun folds that I use to show off gorgeous papers!!  You need half of a sheet of 12 x 12" paper and then score it along the long line at 2, 4, 8 & 10".  You then cut up each side from 2" from the base to the top of the second score long from the edge.  It looks amazing!!

This is a great fold because you get to enjoy both sides of the paper in the same project!!  

The Stamp Set I've used for this card is the lovely Forever Florals stamp set coming in March.  It has this fabulous little two step stamping detail - I've stamped the leaves with Granny Apple Green, and then stamped the veins of the flowers using Pretty Peacock - what a great effect that makes!  

And the colours are totally inspired by the designer paper - Granny Apple Green, Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink and Calypso Coral.  There's also some fun flicking with a Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend.

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

Painted Illusion Fun Fold

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.