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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 love the deadline of actually getting my pages done!

This is my inspiration for my page -  As a demonstrator we receive regular fabulous emails with inspiration and crafting ideas and I really liked the way these pages showed some simplicity and also made use of Memories and More cards.  

Instead of using Memories and More cards, I've used the NEW Reindeer Memories scrapbooking workshop.  As you can see, I've not used this kit for Christmas crafting but the papers worked quite well for my photo. 

 I've also used a really great stamp set for scrapbooking - Love This Moment.  All the stamping in Crumb Cake and Real Red uses this stamp set!  

The outline around the edges of my page was done freehand using the Crumb Cake marker - I just drew the square twice!  

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

Reindeer Kit Love This Moment

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.

Easy Peasy TAGS for everyone!! CTC#491

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 sketch!!  

I've chosen this cute tag on page 16 and made a bunch of tags for our Retreat Day kits for everyone!

This is a fun project with so many options for design!!  I basically kept to the same layout for all of them with the main feature on the left side and a greeting extending over to the right.

The Joyful Tags and Greetings and Images are just perfect!!  

I've used the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler ribbon for all of the tags.

You really need to try these amazing ephemera packs - they are fun and easy!!  I ended up making 24 of them for everyone's kit bag for Retreat Day - and they're all different!

Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

Keep hopping to see lots of great ideas

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Easy Ephemera Tags

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.

Lemon Christmas for Colour INKspiration #175

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

I hope you can see that I've really leant on the image for my inspiration!  I knew I wanted to use these colours for Christmas (because it's so different!) but then I really needed the inspiration image to get me going!!

For my Faux Stamp Card I've used strips for the piecing on the front.  Each of these cardstrips are cut from the two toned Crushed Curry cardstock (new with our scrapbook offering in the Autumn to Remember Workshop Kit!!) which gave me light and dark just like the steps image!  I reversed them alternately down the card.  I hope you can see they have a slight variation of tone?

I've embossed them all using the Eyelet embossing folder and then added sparkle using Shimmery Embossing paste.

The measurements for my Faux Stamp Fold are:

White Card Base - 10.5 x 29 cm scored at 3, 6, 17.5cm

White Faux Stamp - 7.5 x 21 scored at 14.5cm

Crumb Cake - 7 x 14

White - 6.7 x 13.7

Crushed Curry Two Tone cardstock 6 pieces at 2 x 6 cm

I then adhered my white cardstock to Foam Adhesive sheet so that my DecorativeTree die cut would stay together on the card giving it some textural interest!!

Inside the card is some simple stamping.

Here I hope you can see the lovely sparkle from the shimmery embossing paste!!  

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.

Lemon Christmas

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.

Funky Fold Inspiration for October

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented crafters who love dabbling with folds!!  

We are a group of like-minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky folds. Funky actually means "modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way"... so we are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait or landscape style. Think 'easel', 'pop-up', 'gatefold', 'z-fold', 'shaped' or 3D cards etc. The list is endless. 

All Blog Hops have an 'anything goes' theme using any type of 'funky' card fold.

Tonight I'm sharing a double balcony card featuring the lovely Thoughtful Journey paper.

The greeting panel is on the back of the card because all the fun action is on the inside!

When you open the inside it reveals the double balcony and some gorgeous detail.

Hop along to see Tammy's great Funky Fold

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of amazing inspiration just for you!

Balcony Card Funky Fold

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.