Papercrafting Monthly Blog Hop - you are loved

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today I'm joining the fabulous paper crafting monthly blog hop of fabulous international crafters.  Join us for a world tour of inspiration!

This month we are celebrating LOOOOOOOVE!  I've created a super cute gift basket that can be used for holding some lovely sweet treats!  

I've used a couple of punches and stamp sets:  The Three Banner Punch and Banner Sayings stamp set, and the Labelled with Love Punch and the Joyful Squares stamp set.

The brilliant Pleasant Patterns paper is cardstock weight a just perfect for making lovely gift boxes.  

I've also scrunched a piece of Real Red Two Tone cardstock to pop into the basket to nestle my gifts safely.

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

Pleasant Patterns gift basket

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.

Product of the Month Fabulous Sayings - it's fabulous!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Tonight I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!!  We are sharing projects created with our Product of the Month - so be sure to check out our hop every month to see lots of fabulous inspiration!!  

This month, our Product is:  Fabulous Sayings stamp set

Everybody needs this stamp set!!  It has all the greetings for every possible stamping requirement!  

I'm always making lots of Happy Birthday cards to send, and I love this BIG birthday greeting - and it would work just as well with the guys AND gals!!  

My card layout is inspired by this cute little heart card that says You're Amazing in the catalogue on page 17.  

I've used a bunch of gorgeous new products - Mixed Up Patterns designer paper; Pastels Shimmer specialty paper; Balmy Blue gingham ribbon; Stone and Vine 3D embossing folder; and the Addressed to You stamp set, along with our Product of the Month - Fabulous Sayings

Initially I wasn't sure if Pool Party and Balmy Blue would be happy bed fellows, but I love the softness of my card.  

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

Product of the Month Fabulous Sayings

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.

Online Exclusives inspiration!! CTC553

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 from our Online Exclusives collection.  Did you know that when you go to the online store, you can look for inspiration projects with every stamp set, die set, punches and designer paper illustrated.  I often click on the sets to see ideas!!  

This is one of the inspiration projects for the Lovely Arrangements bundle which is what I have used for our hop today!!  I really love the technique!

I have almost the same layout for the front of my card.  I've stamped the flower using Secret Sea ink, and then coloured the centres of the flowers using White Ink and a Blender Pen.

When I was colouring, I was careful to colour in between each of the lines on the stamped image.  And I alo coloured lightly first, and then came back again for another layer of White ink for extra depth and highlights in the centres of the flowers. 

Inside the card is simple stamping ready for a lovely greeting for your friend!

I loved the little fun detail of one die cut flower on the front along with the Lemon Lime Twist leaves.

I've used the gorgeous Night of Navy Sparkle Dots Essentials which works beautifully with the Secret Sea I think!!

Up next is the extraordinary Peta who has used the same bundle!

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Lovely Arrangements White Colouring

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.

Welcome to COLOUR INKspiration for 2026!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

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

Isn't our first challenge for 2026 sooo pretty!!

I am CASEING our website with one of the new products available - Covered in Flowers accents.  

They come in a die cut sheet and you pop them out and use however you like!!

I've coloured my 2 flowers using blending brushes and Garden Green, Strawberry Slush, and Peach Pie.

The backgroud was made using Fluid 100 watercolour paper.  I wet the paper first, added 1 single drop of Pretty in Pink ink refil and spread it all over the wet paper.  

And the greeting comes from our NEW Product of the Month stamp set - called Fabulous Sayings - exclusives to customers who place a qualifying order!!  It has everything you need!!  

The lovely sparkly Lemon Lolly glimmer paper has been embossed with the Damask Designs folder with the super gorgeous Pastels Shimmer Speciality paper - ANOTHER online exclusive product!! 

INside the card features another gorgeous floral bouquet and the stunning glimer paper.  

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.

Covered in Flowers Accents with Fabulous Greetings

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.