Farewell to our little Mini Catalogue - and HELLO to the New Mini CTC#551

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 Mini Catalouge as we say FAREWELL!!  

I loved the great idea of using lots of circles in various patterns of paper on this lovely card from the Autumn Toile Suite on page 39 of our Mini Catalogue - and I think this design works magnificently with the Nature Walk designer paper.

I've used the ever useful Stylish Shapes dies for each of the circles and combined them with the lovely Nature's Symphony bundle of stamp set and dies.

I love that gorgeous leaf die embellishment combined with the linen thread bow!  

Inside also features the same stamping I used on the designer paper on the front!  

Up next is the extraordinary Peta

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Natures Symphony circle layout

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.

Gorgeous Greens of course

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!!

And I got to choose the theme this month!!!  And I chose an easy peasy theme for the beginning of the year!!  Go Monochrome - which means create something all in the same colour tones!!  

And you would NOT be surprised to see I've created a super sweet card celebrating a bunch of our amazing greens!!  

This card is also a sneak peek of some of our new products coming in our Mini Catalogue which starts on the 6th January - only 2 days time!!  Sooooo exciting!! Woohoo

I'm using the lovely Greenery Lane bundle and the coordinating Greenery Lane Washi Tape along with some lovely pieces of torn Nature's Walk designer paper.  And these new goodies work soooo well in my green colour theme!!  The hint is in the name of the bundle - Greenery Lane!!  

I've used Soft Sea Foam (card base) Shaded Spruce (stamping), Granny Apple Green (die cut leaves), Old Olive (die cut teeny flowers) and the awesome Shades of Green Hexagon embellishments!  

And the inside of my card features ALL the extra bits and pieces from my die cutting spree!!! 

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

Greenery Lane green fun

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.

Tracy's Card Swap J

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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.  This is our LAST blog hop for this round!

Today we are sharing a wonderful card designed by Tracy in Chain Swap J.  

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

By the time the chain got to me, it was almost Christmas, and so I've celebrated this stunning paper from the Tradition of Christmas Suite - and it worked soooo beautifully!!  

However, it's sooo amazing to see the beginning style with Tracy's card which is divided into 4 quadrants, which was then transformed to 6 random shapes!!  

Inside is some more gorgeous paper with plenty of room to write!!

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

Christmas paper design for blog hop

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.

Monique's Chain Swap I

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 Monique  in Chain Swap I.   Follow the blog hop ALL the way around to see the evolution of her gorgeous card.  This card is the one I received from Sharni half way around the hop, which I then converted to my Peach Pie card!

I've used the lovely Charming Day bundle AND the die from the Nested Essentials to create my little shaped window in the background.  

I loved colouring these flowers!!  

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

Chain Swap Charming Day

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.

Paper crafting Monthly blog Hop - Christmas Love!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today I'm joining the fabulous paper crafting monthly blog hop of fabulous international crafters.  Join us for a world tour of inspiration!

We are sharing our inspiration for December - and for me that's always going to be Christmas!  

I made this card many times when I demonstrated it at all the Sunshine Coast Libraries during december!!  I've used the amazing Textured Stripes mix and match cards and envelopes for my card base - such a great way to get started!!  

This has be paired with the lovely Traditions of Christmas designer paper and the lovely Traditional Labels bundle - AND a greeting from the Jolly Holly stamp set, and a dove from the Peace on Earth dies.  

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of AWESOME inspiration!!

Traditional Christmas Z 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.