Four Seasons blog hop

Hello and Welcome to our monthly Scrapbooking blog hop.

This group is an amazing group of  scrappers who exclusively use Stampin' Up! products - which I think is fabulous!!  Each month one of the design team members choose a challenge for us all.  

This month the amazing Sharni has created a 'Four Seasons' challenge!!  What a cool theme!!

I live in Queensland where we really don't experience 4 seasons - our gum trees are evergreens and look the same year round; we're not cold enough for snow (or even frost!!) and we really have 2 seasons - the dry (during winter) and wet (during summer).  So I've focussed on the word Season and used photos from our favourite pastime - bush walking.

This beautiful sentiment and the stamped falling leaves are a sneak peek from a NEW stamp set coming in our Mini Catalogue which starts next month - called Welcoming Woods.  I've cut it using our Ornate Frames dies and mounted it on some trimmed Paper Lattice.  You can also see another sneak peek in the background - a strip of  Cork specialty paper - doesn't it look awesome!!  

I've paired the season sentiment with another gorgeous phrase from our Hostess Stamp Set - Better Places with the same die cut Ornate Frame and the Paper Lattice.  

My main scrapping embellishment is the Inspiring Canopy dies with all the lovely trees - just like home.

Perhaps you've guessed that I'm a big fan of GREEN??  I've used almost (but not all)  our Stampin' Up! greens.  I've used:  Evening Evergreen and Old Olive for the background pieces, Pear Pizzazz for the sentiments, and Granny Apple Green, Mossy Meadow and Garden Green for the leaves.  That leaves only Shaded Spruce, Just Jade, Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent and Soft Sea Foam that I didn't use - sigh we are soooo blessed to have so many divine greens to choose!!  Thankyou Stampin' Up!  

Up next on our hop this month is the amazing Marga.

Make sure you keep hopping all the way around to see all the amazing work by everyone on this very creative and fun challenge!!

Here's the list of everyone in the hop for you in case you get lost along the way!!   

Which paper will you get while it's on special this month?  Check them out here.  

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.

Succulents colours CI#103

Hello and Welcome to our Colour INKspiration challenge.

This challenge is all about inspiration images combined with some amazing Stampin' Up! © colours.  

I loove the colour palate this time!!!  I love all these autumnal earthy tones.  

I've created a double easel fold using the gorgeous Simply Succulents stamp set and coordinating Potted Succulents dies.  

The plants were coloured using Pale Papaya and Soft Succulent Stampin' Blends and then cut out using the dies.  I've sponged the plant container using blending brushes and Bumblebee ink.  

I made the card with a double easel - one in front to show off more of the gorgeous succulents.  

The brick and mortar embossing folder was also coloured with Blending Brushes and some of the inks.  

You can see lots of amazing projects on our Facebook page, and you are welcome to join in the fun with us too!!

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, Sahara Sand 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.

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.

Time to step it up CTC#326

Hello and Welcome to our Sunday Night Blog Hop and Challenge CASEING the CATTY.  

To CASE is to Copy And Share Everything or to Copy And Selectively Edit and we love to CASE from our amazing Stampin' Up! catalogue (CATTY).

This week, we are stepping up our project and layout!!  There are lots of great examples of this technique scattered through our catalogue and it's a lovely way to introduce new people to the joy of cardmaking and stamping.  

Annual Catalogue page 12 © Stampin' Up! 2021

I have used this gorgeous fishy card from page 12 as my starting point for my Step it Up journey.  

I have used the wonderful Seascape bundle of the gorgeous Seascape stamp set and coordinating Sea Life dies.  The first and simplest card is this one in the front of my trio - and it is very similar to the project in the catalogue.  It mostly uses simple stamping with the added touch of the gorgeous die featuring this lovely fish.  

Inside the card is more simple stamping and plenty of room to write a greeting.  

The second card for my Step it Up trio is one I've featured before on this blog hop.  If you are a regular you may have recognised it!!  I've added a fussy cut stamped fish, some torn edge stamped paper for the sand detail and I've sponged extra detail and colour onto the fish.  

Inside this card features a few more fussy cut fish and the torn edge.  

The most complex card is my trio is a 3D card with a window sheet front layer to create extra dimension and to look like an aquarium.  

There is more stamping and blending with colour on the back layer of the card, and lots more die cutting detail on the window sheet layer.  

I've again used the torn edge layer for the sand detail.  The Calypso Coral seaweed layer is actually a piece from the Seaside Seashells die.

It was a bit tricky trying to photograph the window sheet without collecting a whole bunch of reflection!!  

The back of the card features a stamped and sponge panel.  I was thrilled with the way this card turned out!!  

Here's a video showing how I put this card together !

https://www.facebook.com/handmadebyJuliaQuinn/videos/2942516306013101

Which is your favourite fishy card????

Up next on our hop tonight is the amazing Tina and her wonderful project. 

We hope you're so inspired by our blog hop that you will join in the challenge with us and share your 'stepped up' project with us on our Facebook challenge page here.  

Love paper??  Now's the time to stock up!!  Find out why HERE!!

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.

Global Share Fair Pansy Patch

Hello and Welcome!!  

This weekend is the Global Stampin' Up! Share Fair which is a brilliant event arranged by Shirley Merker.  There are a ton of great videos showcasing gorgeous projects.  If you would like to be part of this group, please CONTACT me and I will send you an Invitation to the group.  When you accept the invitation you need to nominate me as the person who invited you.  You will need to be a part of Facebook to join in the fun.

This is my project that I shared - it is a cute pocket card featuring the gorgeous Pansy Petals paper and the coordinating Pansy Patch stamp set along with the Pansy dies.  You can actually purchase the stamp set and dies together and receive a 10% discount, or you can purchase the whole suite which includes the gorgeous paper as well as some totally adorable bees!!  

This great project can be adapted to suit ANY of our gorgeous Stampin' Up! papers - and some of our absolute favourite are on sale this month!!  There are 9 choices of paper all discounted by 15%!!  Woohoo!!

Here's the video showing you this great project!!  

https://www.facebook.com/julia.quinn.18/videos/350067843182113

You can see all of the discounted papers here!!  

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.