Paper Crafting Monthly Blog Hop - Flowers Galore!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today I'm joining the fabulous paper crafting monthly blog hop and we are CELEBRATING FLOWERS.  And the Layers of Beauty stamp set has to be the top of that list (I believe!!)

I've coloured the roses using Watercolour pencils and a blender pen to smooth the colour and blend colours together.  

I've also using a blending brush and Crushed Curry to add some background colour.  

I've also stamped with Lemon Lolly for more texture and colour.

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

Pencil and Blender Pen Layers of Beauty

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Let me share some Scrapbooking Inspiration with you!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today, I'm keen to share some Scrapbooking Inspiration with you!!  

I've just finished making this page celebrating my Mother's Day a couple of months ago!!  There's ALWAYS a reason to take photos and celebrate the moment and make the most of the opportunity to get together!  

My page base is Lemon Lolly overlaid with the NEW Graceful Greenery vellum pack.  It has a suble white texture which gives a very soft effect to the background.  I've also stamped the Stipple Roses in Crushed Curry on the Lemon Lolly which I think enhances the damask look of the page. 

All of those gorgeous embellishments come from the Frames and Flowers specialty paper - making it so easy to add lots of interesting imagery!

The mats for both of the photos actually come from the Hello Irresistible paper with some Lost Lagoon.

My embellishments comes from the Rainbow Dots - with a colour for every occasion!

Make sure you keep hopping for LOTS more great Scrapbooking Inspiration!!

Vellum and Frames and Flowers scrapbooking

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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.

The joy of masking CTC#478

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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 a masking project from the catalogue feature on page 124.

I've decided to have a play with some NEW masks in the Frosted Forest bundle.  

This great tree has 3 different layers - the trunk and then 2 layers for the leaves. I've used Pecan Pie for the trunk and the Old Olive and Mossy Meadow inks for the leaves - going for an Australian Gum tree look.

The background of my tree is the simply fabulous Thoughtful Journey paper - love love love this paper!

My fold is a bit of fun too!

Up next is the extraordinary Andrea.

Make sure you keep hopping for LOTS of awesomeness.

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Frosted Forest masking project

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.

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Blue Roses - don't you love them!!!! Colour Inkspiration #169

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

I just love the inspiration image AND the lovely colours!!  I really enjoy working in monochrome colours!  

I actually made a couple of cards using these colours, but this is the one I'm sharing with you tonight!  

It features the Layers of Beauty stamp set and the coordinating masks, and I've done extra sponging, flicking and repeat stamping to give it an antique feel.  

I know you don't often see blue roses, but I just LOVE how these have turned out!!  

Inside the card is very simple with some flikcing and sponging.

Can you see all the Wink of Stella that I have flicked all over the card?  It does look rather sparkly and pretty!!    You might also see a cool sneak peek of some great navy bakers twine - it's coming in the catalogue in September in a trio pack - so very cool!!  

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.

Blue Roses colour challenge

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.