DSP lovin' CTC#565

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 our amazing Designer Paper Collection!!  

I have some NEW paper - Scenic Scenes and I'm so excited to use it!!  I have CASED the fabulous card idea on page 56 of the Annual Catalogue.  This page is called Put a Frame on it!!  And that is the great starting point for my project - as this paper is just STUNNING!!

I've CASED the same way of creating a title for the card too - using a 2" circle punch for the greeting and adding it into the frame!!  

I have ALSO stamped some of the birds from the Relaxing Waterside stamp set ALSO NEW!!  

(I do love a flying bird stamp - soooo useful for so many projects!!)

To create the frame I cut 4 pieces of two tone cardstock for the sides and top and bottom at 1/2" wide.  The side pieces are stuck onto the card.  The top and bottom pieces have a fun mitred corner.  I created this by folding over the end of the strip creating an exact diagonal fold that fits perfectly to create the frame!  

Inside the card is the remaining side pieces from the beautiful paper (it is 6 inches square so I need to chop off the sides to fit onto a standard card).

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her great fussy cut card

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Scenic Coast and Relaxing Waterside

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 - J Julia

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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 ME in Chain Swap J.

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

This has to be one of my favourite folds!!  And I love how the chain kept going with my card!!  

As you can see, I made this one in the middle of Christmas preparation last year.  I had a total love affair with the gorgeous velvet paper and the stunning stamped effect!! 

This fold is a brilliant fold for showing off stunning papers!!  I always try to cut and place my papers strategically so the patterns all line up with each other across the card.

And the beauty about this paper was that the stamp set corresponded perfectly!!  It made for super easy totally coordinated cardmaking!  

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

Delicate Pines Fun Fold Tutorial

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.

Loving the softness CI#207

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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.