Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Time to Celebrate!! Let's Craft Together 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 are celebrating the new year...... and I thought that my little calendar gift worked perfectly with this theme!!  


These are very simple projects (ok the fancy fold is a bit tricky) but the only embellishment is the gorgeous paper and the mini calendars.  But, did you notice this (swoooon) paper?  This is a sneak peek of the gorgeous Floral and Gingham vellum coming up in January in our new mini catalogue.  Oh, and the other paper is the Country Woods paper.  


Every year, I make these for my work colleages at my work office.  (Luckily we are a small staff!)


This fun project actually folds flat to go into a standard envelope which is just fabulous!!


The fold is called the Spring Hexagon Box Card fold and I have actually adapted the original to work perfetly with the mini calendars.


Here's the fabulous spring mechanism inside the box that makes it stand up so very nicely!  
I have a tutorial of this fold for those who place a minimum order through my  online store.  Let me know if you'd love to receive this tutorial after you place your next order!   

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




Mini Calendar Spring Hexagon Box


Sunday, December 01, 2024

Love the birds in Winterly Tree Tops CTC#498


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 project featuring animals and MY card is inspired by the little gift package on the bottom right of page 20 of the Mini Catalogue featured above.  


I created a bunch of thankyou cards for customers - so using this great layout worked really well, AND the way the birds can be die cut from the paper really made this card easy too.  


I'm also featuring the super lovely Regal Winter paper which gave me a starting point for all the colour schemes for each of the cards.  


I hope you're inspired!!
Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!



Winterly Tree Tops with Regal Winter


Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Leafy Christmas Tree Colour INKspiration #178


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


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


Check out these gorgeous colours!  


I'm not super happy with my card, but it does fulfil the challenge for this week!!  


I've used the reversibles stamp set Planted Paradise to create a Christmas Tree in a triangle shape.  


The background for the front panel was created using the Fern embossing folder which I coloured using Old Olive and a blending brush.


Inside the card is a little stamped panel using a greeting from Decorative Trees.


I embellished the tree using Rhinestones and Clear dots with a luxurious bow on the base.


So, really, you can create a Christmas Tree for anything!!  



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.




Leafy Christmas Tree

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Autumn wreath CTC#497


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 colours of the Spendid Autumn DSP.


I had a crack at trying to include ALL the colours in the DSP - Wild Wheat, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Moody Mauve and Cajun Craze - but some of these will be a bit tricky to see!!  


The colouring for the gorgeous wreath from the Winterly Tree Tops stamp set is in Mossy Meadow and Moody Mauve.


I've layered the stamped greeting onto the teeny piece of Cajun Craze, and the card base and ribbon are Cherry Cobbler.


And the Wild Wheat is featured on the Regal Winter designer paper.  


Inside the card you can see a little more Moody Mauve on the bird!!

Up next is the extraordinary Rebecca

Keep hopping to see lots of amazing projects!

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!



Autumn Wreath


Time to Celebrate!! Let's Craft Together Blog Hop

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