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A Wreath insipired by Stars CTC#496

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 punch project from either catalogue, and I was really inspired by the fabulous wreath on page 47 of the mini catalogue.  

I love the greeting being off to the side of the wreath and the repeat of the shapes all the way around.

To create the wreath, I die cut the two largest Stylish Shapes circles together from some Gold Foil.  I also die cut the same shape from Thick White cardstock to give the wreath more stability and weight.

I then wrapped some Cherry Cobbler ribbon around the foil circle before I adhered both the foil and thick white circles together.  To anchor the ribbon, I tied a gold double bow around it using the lovely gold thread available now in our ONline Exclusive collection.

The flowers and leaves are die cut from the Festive Glimmer Paper using the Country Flowers dies.  I love those dies as they cut a bunch of flowers and leaves all together at the same time which is great!  I added them all around the wreath after I’d added the greeting.  The Blooming Pearls work an absolute treat for the lovely gold highlights on the flowers.  

The greeting comes from the Peaceful Season stamp set which is sooo useful for Christmas!!  

Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

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Circle Gold Wreath

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Masked Baubles for Colour INKspiration #177

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

I have to be honest, and say these colours were a challenge for me 

(especially the Melon Mambo because it's the colours I struggle with most!!)

But I DO like the finished result for my card!!  

The first thing I did was to cut a stencil out of window sheet using one of the Stylish Shapes dies.  I then added Bluberry Bushel around the edges to create the rounded shape using a blending brush.

I then stamped all the foliage using the Pretty Peacock and Golden Greenery all over the top of the panel.  I added the little berries using the Melon Mambo along with the great greeting from Peaceful Season.

Inside the card repeats similar stamping.  I also added a little sponged Pretty Peacock using a Blending Brush too.

And the final touch is some gorgeous gold twine and gold enamel effects.

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.

Masked Baubles 

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Five in Five - Monochromatic Colour

Scrapbooking inspiration November

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

Our Blog Hop is anything goes in our scrapbooking.  I love being part of this blog hop because it gets me scrapping every month!!  I ALSO love the deadline of actually getting my pages done!

With our anything goes theme, I've created a pocket page that's been waiting for me to finish.  The other side of the pages was done a couple of months ago here and I like both pages to be filled!  

This features the lovely Unbounded Love Memories and More cards along with the Unbounded Love dies for the labels for journalling.  

I love all the little label sections to add bits and pieces of the story about the photos.

This is a very simple page really - just pop in a few images, write a bit of journalling and relive the fabulous memories!  

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

Unbounded Love scrapbooking

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Decorative Trees Inspiration CTC#495

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 dies.

I have been having a great time playing with the Decorative Trees dies, and this gorgeous little box tree ornament on page 42 of the Mini Catalogue got me thinking......

I decided to create a gift box using the Book Treat Boxes and add a tree to the front.

The treat box is covered with the glorious Season of Elegance designer paper which comes in fantastic colours.  I love this version in the Cherry Cobbler!

I then die cut the tree elements using Gold Foil and the Festive Shimmer paper so the tree REALLY sparkles!!

I had to add the white circle for the box closure - the catch just slips underneath it - and it also made the tree stand out a lot more against the same colour background.

And THEN, I thought I'd have a little fun and make a bouncy element of surprise when you open the gift box!!  

I die cut a smaller tree and mounted it onto white again punched using the Heartfelt Hexagon instead of a circle.  

To create the bouncy surprise, I concertinaed a long long strip of cardstock and adhered it behind the tree.

Here's the Pretty Peacock version along with the Cherry Cobbler.  Which is your favourite?

I love the little surprise inside the box when you open it! (not very practical for a gift though!!)

Up next is the extraordinary Monique

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Suprise Gift Box with Trees

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