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.

Gears & Textures inspired by Beautiful Gallery CTC#557

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 any Suite from the Annual Catalogue.

I have chosen to CASE the Beautiful Gallery Suite - in particular the lovely soft colours including Basic Beige, and Grays.  

I've used the amazing Gears and Textures bundle and created a fun multilayered card. There's lots of stamping, but then I covered it all up with the fantastic dies used with the Tungston Textured Foil from the Textured Metallic Foils.

I ended up using Gray Granite, Cloud Cover, and Memento Black inks combined with Basic Beige and Basic Gray cardstock.

My finishing touch is some sweet Cloud Cover Moody Dots in the centre of all the gears.

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her stunning card

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Gray Gears & Textures

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.

Blown away by Blues Colour INKspiration challenge #203

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

I'm loving the blues and softness in this colour palette.

I'm using a NEW bundle coming in March - Rolling Waves and I've also added some gorgeous Natural Hues paper from the Nature Walk Suite in the Mini Catalogue.  There are 3 colours and I've used the cream.  

The layering of the Rolling Waves dies is just brilliant!!  They all work together, although I have offset my layers to see the colours underneath each layer.  And I LOOOOOVE the gorgeous sea shells that all cut out at the same time - super easy and quick!!  

And I love the ways the stamped image and die waves work so beautifully together.

Make sure you join in this amazing colour challenge this fortnight!!

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 Colour Challenge

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.

Cute Little Pouch for CTC#556 Made with Love

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 Made with Love Suite in the Mini Catalogue on page 30.

I've used the great tag detail as inspiration and my starting point for a sweet little pouch card that can be used for gift giving also.

My card features to glorious Pastels Shimmer paper with embellishments from the super super cute Softest Spring Puffy Stickers!!  

The fabulous Endless Love dies work a treat with some gorgeous tags and heart details!  

The Stamping was done using Berry Burst ink and the totally adorable Cutest Crew stamp set!!  This set will be available in March!!  (Or you can add it to your Starter Kit if you join up THIS MONTH!!)

We will be creating this gorgeous fun fold at our class on Monday 23rd February - book in for the class so you can see how it's made with all the measurements!!

Up next is the extraordinary  Peta and her totally GORGEOUS card!

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Made With Love cute gift pouch

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.