What's happening???

Hello and Welcome to handmade by Julia Quinn. 

 I've dived in for a quick post to give you some news updates!! 

 First up, I'm holding a stall at the Arts and Crafts fair at Plantation Retirement Resort again - come along and join in the fun!! I'll have lots of cards, some second hand goodies, and a welcoming smile and chat for you!!  I'd love to see you there!!

So, mark your diary for:  Saturday 8th September from 8am to 1pm.  

While your diary is there in your hands, mark down our date for the next Full Day Cardmaking Retreat too - 

this is on Saturday 13th October from 9am to 3pm.  

You need to RSVP to me BEFORE 28 September 2018 (so mark that date too!! smile!!)

Lastly, these are the promotions for August with Stampin' Up!® and me too - a lovely exclusive bunch of products only available this month - Stamp Set, Framelits, and Watercolour Pencils.

AND, for every $90 you spend THIS month, you'll receive a voucher to spend NEXT month - that's soooo cool!!

Finally, I'm participating in a challenge with Stampin' Up!® to sell Inkpads this month.  Is there a colour you'd love to get?  It would be awesome if you could order it this month!!!  Contact me to order yours - there's only a few more days left of August to go!!!

Until Next Time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia   x

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 the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Scrapping for the Tranquil Textures chapter CTC#192

Hello and Welcome to our wonderful Sunday Night Blog Hop and Caseing the Catty Challenge!!



As a design team we are all about inspiring you to look at our Stampin' Up! ® catalogues in new and exciting ways as we Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit (CASE) from the amazing array of projects illustrating every product in our catalogues. 


This week, we are CASEing from the Tranquil Textures chapter - pages 154 - 163.

My inspiration has come from the gorgeous Sunflower card illustrated 

at the bottom left on page 157.

I have created an identical element for a scrap booking page. 

This card (or scrapbook element for me!!) incorporates some gorgeous grunge and collage stamping.  Stamp sets are:  Timeless Textures, Swirly Bird (for the large bunch of ink splatters) and the ever beautiful Painted Harvest for the gorgeous 2 step flowers and leaves.  

I've coloured some of the lovely dotty tulle ribbon using our Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends ® to created another coordinating accent.  The DSP in the background is from the lovely Tranquil Textures DSP.  I love the grungy stamping combined with the fairly regimented layout!!  The colours I've used for my page are:   Mint Macaron, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Crushed Curry.  

Now it's time for you to hop over and see the lovely Rebecca's wonderful CASE this week!  

Make sure you hop around the whole team - such an amazingly talented bunch of people!!

We love inviting you to join in the challenge with us too!  It's easy to add your project to our facebook challenge page at this link!!

Until Next Time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia  x

Make sure you check out the fantastic promotions we have this month!!  

This limited edition EXTRA watercolour pencil set includes some fantastic colours!!  They are:  Balmy Blue, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green and Night of Navy.  They are included in the Colour Your Season promotion for August.  

This month is also our BONUS month - you'll receive a voucher to spend next month for EVERY $90 you spend this month!!  

We are also having a demonstrator challenge this month to sell ink pads!!  We have a whole 10 new colours available with the new Colour Revamp - have you stocked up on your new colours yet???

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 the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Creating with Floral Frames

Hello and Welcome!  As you can see, I'm definitely on my scrapbooking mission still!!

This time, I'm using the beautiful Floral Frames bundle and Tea Time DSP and Memories And More Cards.  My online friend Eva (click here to see her lovely projects) has been showcasing this stamp set and she totally inspired me to get creating some more with it!!  

I've picked out all the Coastal Cabana designs and a touch of some Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green for the extra touches.  Have you had a chance to ink up these lovely new colours yet?  I think they might be a couple of my favourites from the new Colour revamp!!  

These gorgeous leaves and flowers are a wonderful part of this bundle.  Can you see the little copper window sheet peeking under the photos?  

In the centre of all the flowers are some of the Share What you Love artisan pearls.  

With the extra bits and pieces that I did not use for my scrapbook page, I created 2 simple cards.  

Until Next Time,

Happy Stamping,

Love Julia   x

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 the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.

Sneak Peek bundle - Merry Christmas to All

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn - and a fun post featuring a SNEAK PEEK of some wonderful new products from our Holiday Catalogue which goes live to customers on 5th September.  

I've been super busy today creating lots of different projects all using the same stamp set - Merry Christmas to All and the coordinating Merry Christmas framelits.  The main focus of these gorgeous products is the wonderful words and the divine fonts!!  

My first project is this super cute little Santa's Bag which I've stamped and embellished with the stamp set.  My colours for all of the projects are Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green with a few extras here and there.  Can you see the sparkly Joyous Noel glimmer paper?  It comes in Merry Merlot, Tranquil Tide and Copper - and it's delicious!!  I've punched it with a new Sprig punch - very useful!! 

My second project is a lovely folded frame using some DSP that will be a hostess gift during September too - We have SOOOOOO much for you to look forward to next month!!  

You can find a lovely tutorial for this frame done by Jan B here.  My scoring measurements are:  3/4", 1 1/2", 2 1/4", 3", 8 1/2", 9 1/4", 10", 10 3/4" and my DSP was 11 1/2" square.  This makes a shadow box with a 3/4" wide frame.

This bundle is perfectly suited to create lots of different ideas for cards.  Basically, I die cut the words I wanted a few times, and then made cards to go with them!!  I've also featured that new Dashing Along DSP (hostess reward next month) with these cards too.

You can also see a few other new goodies on the cards - bakers twine and enamel shapes.

This card features some Chicken Wire!!  Really, that's what it's called!  It is a fabulous die cut feature that is silver on one side and white on the other - can't you just see the amazing potential with this great embellishment!!

This great stamp set includes 28 photopolymer stamps!!  Lots of great words AND these gorgeous swirls!  I do love the swirls!

And finally, I created a scrap page featuring these same products - but it's not all about Christmas.  

I've die cut the words "Happy"  and then the last few letters off the word "Holidays" to create my title of Happy days.  My page is about our daughter's birthday!  She happened to be wearing a dress with some Cherry Cobbler flowers on it!!  

The shine in the photo is a bit tricky, but you might be able to see some Champagne Shimmer paint (drool) - I love the extra gorgeousness created just by sponging with this lovely shimmer!!

You might also see some lovely metallic brads in the corners of my page too.  

So, I hope you've been inspired!!  And I hope you're looking forward to seeing the new catalogue and playing with some great new products!  I have my bunch of Holiday Catalogues ready to go, so be sure to contact me so I can get a catalogue to you too!!  

Until Next Time,
Happy Stamping,

Love Julia   x

Have you been to my website and checked out the promotions available this month?  Click here to find out more!!  

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 the Stampin' Up! Business opportunity - contact me to find out how.