Inspiration is everywhere CTC#547

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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 Annual Catalogue - and that is a HUGE amount of inspiration!

I'm planning some easy card projects for new stampers, and so this great layout on page 34  showing some of the great Mix and Match stamps and images worked really well to get me started on a brilliant works-for-every-occasion layout with the greeting in the middle and elements above and below!

The stars of the show on this card is the totally gorgeous Traditions of Christmas designer paper with it's glorious bright and festive colours.  

I've used the coordinating Traditional Labels bundle of great stamp set and coordinating dies for the greeting and the label.  

I've also used some more of the gorgeous paper in the background with the To the Point punch for the green paper, and some stunning red behind the label to showcase the gorgeous designs.  

Inside is some fun stamping to continue the theme!!

Up next is the extraordinary Peta and her gorgeous wreath 

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Simple layout Traditions of 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.

You need to learn this amazing fun fold!

Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop - Giving Thanks,

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!

This month we are inspiring you to give thanks!!  I'm giving thanks for this absolutely gorgeous Everyday Beauty cardmaking kit that I received in the mail this week!!  I LOVE IT so much!!  And the stamps work perfectly with our theme this month!  

I've stepped up the 'thankyou' card from the kit to create a sweet Z fold card.  These cards are all beautifully printed on both the front and the back, so I've folded the card inside out to make these gorgeous printed panels the hero of the card!  

The gorgeous arched die cut also has and EXTRA piece that I've used for the inside of my card!!  No waste with this card!  

I've used Lost Lagoon ink to carry through the gorgeous colours of the die cuts in this card, and to highlight the stunning colours and prints of the envelope too.

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

Everyday Beauty 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.

Carolina's Chain Swap D

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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.

Start here with Carolina

Today we are sharing a wonderful card designed by Carolina  in Chain Swap D.  Follow the blog hop ALL the way around to see the evolution of her gorgeous card.

My card features the bright summer colours of the Floral Impressions paper and the coordinating Impressions A Bloom bundle which includes some fabulous floral and leaf imagery.

This die bundle also includes the fabulous oval die I've used for the double framework!!  

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

Impressions Abloom Sunflowers

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.

Let's Celebrate! Who's keen?

Snowflakes with added interest!! CASED from our CATTY CTC#546

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 a punch or die project - and I've stretched the criteria a bit!!  

I HAVE cased this lovely snowflake on page 52 of the Mini Catalogue with it's lovely layering detail and the twine detail in the centre.  I love the tiny greeting in the centre too, but didn't have any appropriate stamps to do this, so just stayed with more layering for my own element on my card. 

In the Delicate pines dies, there is this great die that cuts out the centres of the leafy snowflakes which really gives them a lovely stand out quality!!  

I've layered up the smallest snowflake with the biggest, and using the great inspiration from the catalogue, I added the twine - which comes from the Gathering Together Suite - it's Old Olive and Early Espresso linen thread pack - super useful and a lovely weight and texture for cardmaking.

This is a fun fold card - which gave me LOTS of space to enjoy those gorgeous leafy snowflakes so I added another layered thread bundle inside the card too!!  This card is also a fabulous way to show off the gorgeous coordinating Elegant Pines designer paper.  

Isn't this an interesting combination of colours?  Shaded Spruce and Secret Sea - looks amazing together!

The card folds out so there's plenty of room inside for lovely writing.

And the layering of these gorgeous stamped snowflake images works soo beautifully!  The photopolymer really helps line up the snowflakes perfectly! 

My final touch was some awesome faceted snowflakes - these things SPARKLE!!!!  I love them!

Up next is the extraordinary Rebecca

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Layered Snowflake

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.