Thursday, September 17, 2026

Fun way to use paper!!



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 the Luxe Foliage designer paper - super glorious foil designs that work for any occasion!


I've used the papers in a fun way creating a starburst design for a background technique.  You find the centre of the base card stock along one side and then cover with adhesive and add prepared strips.  I cut each of the pieces of designer paper at 3cm x 15cm and then cut them all the same way diagonally.  I started from one side and then kept adding strips until the whole card was covered - and THEN I cut the excess paper off every side for the card front panel.


After that, all I had to do was create my focal point - I've used the lovely Simply Leaves stamp set
 (pssssssst, here's a scoop! -  it's on special at 15% off until tomorrow!!! )


It's not often I create a card without using any white or vanilla cardstock, and the completed effect is really very striking!!  My inks are Secret Sea, Peaceful Pine and Pecan Pie - the same as the colours of the glorious paper.  And my base cardstock is Golden Glow.


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




Luxe Foliage Starburst Simply Leaves








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Wonder & Joy with Creativity Abounds Home for Christmas


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


Welcome to our Creativity Abounds Blog Hop. We are a group of very keen Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from all around the world that are coming together to share our creative ideas with you. We are happy that you can join us and hope that we can Inspire your creativity.


If you live in Australia you will receive this tutorial bundle FREE when you join our Home for Christmas Stamp Camp next month! The tutorial has full instructions and metric and imperial measurements for 13 different cards and is included when you purchase all the Stamp Camp products!!  Here is some more information:   Home for Christmas Stamp Camp

Our blog hop each month is a project along the theme of the tutorial, but is a different design from the tutorial project. The card above is my card in the tutorial, but the card below is for our Blog Hop today AND I will be demonstrating this card in my live video for our Stamp Camp!!  
I've chosen to do a fun little easel card that also features the totally super cute little pocket that is part of the dies in this suite!


The easel part of the card has the largest Scalloped Blooms die for the feature panel - I think it coordinated perfectly with the lovely scallop border die that is in the Home for Christmas dies.  And can you see the adorable embellishments on the gingerbread men?  That is the lovely Christmas Berries embellishments that I have broken up for the buttons and bows on each of them.


There's a little bit of fussy cutting of the gorgeous paper for the Holly bunches in the corners of the inside panel.



The front of the card features the gorgeous pocket and a huge fussy cut greeting - but ALSO has a secret tag inside for more messages!! 


Make sure you keep hopping for LOTS more great Inspiration!!






Home for Christmas Blog Hop Project


Here's a sneak peek of the Free Tutorial this month from Creativity Abounds when you register for the Home for Christmas Stamp Camp 





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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Poetic Petals Online Exclusive CTC#587




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 from the ONine Exclusive collection available this month!!  



I've chosen to CASE the lovely Poetic Petals bundle in the recent collection - it has some very interesting dies that I was keen to try!  And when you go onto the website, one of the projects featured is this one below - which was my inspiration this week.


At first I wanted to change up the orientation, and then I added some score lines in the background for texture - but then changed the whole looks by creating the square feature seperately.



I've used Shaded Spruce for the cardstock, and then the lovely Autumn Woodland Glimmer paper behind for the glorious sparkle!  I tried the same card both ways, but if you look closely you will see that I have changed the way the score lines feature on each of the cards.  They are debossed for the portait style and embossed for the landscape style.  


There are some really lovely sayings in the stamp set!!  


I love the white on white elegance with the huge pop of colour!


My final touch was some Sparkle Sequins for the flower centres.


Up next is the extraordinary Rebecca

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!



Poetic Petals White & Green
















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