handmade by Julia Quinn - cardmaking and supplies: August 2026

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 Velvet Meadow Suite, and my project is totally inspired by the lovely floral card on the left.

I like the full coverage of designer paper, but I've taken it a step further and created a fun fold.

I'm using the Waterside Retreat paper and the coordinating Relaxing Waterside bundle.

I folded the paper into a concertina so you can see all those amazing birds! I've also used the paper to create the posts at each end of the fun fold for the birds to sit on!

My background cardstock is Azure Afternoon - and I kept the chair blue too which I thought was very adventurous!

I die cut the reeds from white cardstock and then coloured them using Old Olive and Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends.

This card is actually one of the three cards in our classes this month celebrating a few different designer papers. Contact me if you're keen to come to the class!