Week 1 of an amazing Card Swap Chain - join the hop!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn

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.

Today we are sharing a wonderful card designed by ME!! and this is the 1st round.

I sent one of my favourite fun folds for the swap.  And I've used the amazing Beautiful Gallery designer paper paired with the amazing Gallery Blooms bundle and Beautiful Motifs stamp set for the greeting.

This fold makes a lovely M shape which then has a fun pop up surprise inside the card!  This is a perfect fun fold to make a statement and really quite easy!!  

My colour choices were entirely dictated by the stunning imagery on the papers.

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

Beautiful Gallery Fun Fold Chain Swap

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.

Little Lambs CTC543 animal inspiration cardmaking

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 I've been inspired by the gorgeous card featuring A Child is Born stamp set on page 17 of our mini catalogue.

I've been inspired by the gorgeous blending and the stamping of all the lovely words and the feature of the lambs over the top.  

I've changed the colours a little, but still used Very Vanilla for my cardbase and the features, and then layered it onto Basic Beige for a quiet subtle colour scheme!  I stamped using Pecan Pie, and then coloured using the Medium Light Stampin Blends and the Pecan Pie Stampin Blends.

My final touch was sone lovely Iridescent Foil Gems.  I think the fussy cut features looks fabulous and makes a big impact.  

Inside is another lamb and stars - poor lamb is a little overcoloured!!!  

Up next is the extraordinary Rebecca and her trio of trees

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Little Lambs A Child is Born

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.

Cute Christmas Colours!! Colour INKspration #198

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

Every year, I make an ornament card with circles, and this is the one for 2025!!  I've used the Stitched Circles dies and then added colour around the edges using blending brushes.  The Vanilla baubles have red colouring and the Pool Party baubles have Coastal Cabana colouring!

I stamped a bunch of greeting from the Delicate Pines stamp set, drew lines using a ruler and Real Red Marker and then added ribbon and bows with the Vanilla bakers twine (always good to use the other colours as well as the white baker's twine which is usually my go to!!)

The large spectacular greeting comes from the Ornamental Christmas stamp set.  

I love this frondy stamp!!!

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.

Ornamental Circles 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.

Sneak Peek for our CTC#542 blog hop!

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 this glorious designer paper which are:

Cajun Craze, Mossy meadow, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla and Gray Granite.

My card features a SNEAK PEEK of a new samp set and die bundle coming in November.  I love the way it cuts all the way around the gorgeous leaves as well as around the outside!! 

I only have a tiny bit of Cajun Craze - it's splattered using my Stampin' Blends at the top and bottom of my card.

The Gray Granite is included into the gorgeous Country Woods Designer paper which I just LOVE so much.  It works for almost every type of card!!  And the Pecan PIe is inlcuded with the Neutral Matte Dots.

Inside the card features some more gorgeous Mossy Meadow stamping of the Friendly Foliage stamp set.

And I also created another card featuring a fun shaker window with gold embellishments from the 12 days of Crafting Calendar.  

I can see I'm going to enjoy using this versatile set!!

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!

Friendly Foliage Sneak Peek

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.