Lemon Christmas for Colour INKspiration #175

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

I hope you can see that I've really leant on the image for my inspiration!  I knew I wanted to use these colours for Christmas (because it's so different!) but then I really needed the inspiration image to get me going!!

For my Faux Stamp Card I've used strips for the piecing on the front.  Each of these cardstrips are cut from the two toned Crushed Curry cardstock (new with our scrapbook offering in the Autumn to Remember Workshop Kit!!) which gave me light and dark just like the steps image!  I reversed them alternately down the card.  I hope you can see they have a slight variation of tone?

I've embossed them all using the Eyelet embossing folder and then added sparkle using Shimmery Embossing paste.

The measurements for my Faux Stamp Fold are:

White Card Base - 10.5 x 29 cm scored at 3, 6, 17.5cm

White Faux Stamp - 7.5 x 21 scored at 14.5cm

Crumb Cake - 7 x 14

White - 6.7 x 13.7

Crushed Curry Two Tone cardstock 6 pieces at 2 x 6 cm

I then adhered my white cardstock to Foam Adhesive sheet so that my DecorativeTree die cut would stay together on the card giving it some textural interest!!

Inside the card is some simple stamping.

Here I hope you can see the lovely sparkle from the shimmery embossing paste!!  

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.

Lemon Christmas

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.

Funky Fold Inspiration for October

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented crafters who love dabbling with folds!!  

We are a group of like-minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means "modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way"... so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think 'easel', 'pop-up', 'gatefold', 'z-fold', 'shaped' or 3D cards etc. The list is endless. 

All Blog Hops have an 'anything goes' theme using any type of 'funky' card fold.

Tonight I'm sharing a double balcony card featuring the lovely Thoughtful Journey paper.

The greeting panel is on the back of the card because all the fun action is on the inside!

When you open the inside it reveals the double balcony and some gorgeous detail.

Hop along to see Tammy's great Funky Fold

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

Balcony Card Funky 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.

Reindeer Days and Nest of Winter CTC#490

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 Reindeer Days Suite on page 26 and I've been inspired by the sweet little deer card on the bottom right.  

I've swapped out the reindeer for the Winterly Tree Tops bundle but I've used very similar colours and layout for my card.  

The easy thing about this card was that those birds are cut straight out of the Nest of Winter paper!!  Love it!  I've used the gorgeous Peaceful Seasons bundle for my greeting stamped with some Lost Lagoon ink.  

Inisde is some more simple stamping.

Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

Make sure you keep hopping for lots of great inspiration!

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Reindeer to birds CTC

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.

A sketch challenge for our Lets Craft Together monthly 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 we have a fantastic sketch challenge for us presented by the amazing Maheswari.

I've titled the sketcha little to create a fun polaroid photo to show off the fabulous Surfing Santa!!  

There's a bit of fussy cutting of all the images from this cool stamp set, and fun colouring too but I really love the final effect.  Santa's beard and hat also feature some Wink of Stella (which came out of the pen a bit fast, so he has a very luxurious beard!!  lol)

Inside reapeats the fun image and colouring.

We hope you enjoy our fabulous hop this month.  Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of amazing inspiration just for you!

Polaroid surfing Santa

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.