Scraplifting my friends!!

Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.

Today is Scrapbooking Global day!! Each month we share some great inspiration for you1!  

This month the lovely Tina has given us a fabulous challenge!

I think scraplifting is the same as CASEING - and I'm a huge fan of both strategies as sometimes you just need inspiration from your friends!  

I just HAD to scraplift Tina herself!!  I love ths simplicity and gorgeousness of her page!  

And of course I wanted to add my own spin to her page too!!  AND I wanted to try some NEW crafting products.  These are coming next month - the gorgeous Happy Hibiscus Hybrid folder and stamp set - although if you want them NOW, you can add them to your starter kit with the AMAZING joining special happening THIS MONTH!! Click here for more information or contact me here

My base card is some of the new Two Tone Pool Party paper which allowed me to use the lighter tone as my background.  And look at these STUNNING embossed flowers!!  This stamp set AND dies AND embossing folder all coordinate SPECTACULARLY!!  I love it.

The first step for my page was to create a circle on my background using my largest dinner plate and scoring around the edge using a stylus tip.  I then stamped fronds from the Painted Lavender stamp set with Mossy Meadow.  And then stamped some cute dots from Regal Flora with Soft Sea Foam and then the cross hatch stamp from the Happy Hibiscus with Lemon Lolly ink.  

I've coloured the centres of my flowers using Lemon Lolly Stampin' Blends.  The outline has been stamped with Crumb Cake.  And after I'd cut them out and mounted them on my page I added some Metallic Enamel Effects (gold).  These lovely die cut Mossy Meadow leaves also come from the Happy Hibiscus dies.  

I did use Tina's lovely idea for the double label from the Regal Flora dies, but I had to put it in a different place because I wanted to cover another person in the photo that isn't in our family!!!  haha

The lovely page title of "you Make me Smile" comes from the Happy Hibiscus stamp set which is part of the Online Exclusives offering next month.  Demonstrators can order it early which is fabulous!! If you'd like to order early, consider joining my amazing Team Handmade - especially as we have a BRILLIANT  EXTRA VALUE joining promotion for October!  Find out more here.

I really hope YOU are inspired to try this!!  

Make sure you keep hopping to see lots of AMAZING projects!!

Happy Hibiscus Scrapbooking Blog Hop

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.