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Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Have you ever used a sketch to get you started creating?


Hello and Welcome to Handmade by Julia Quinn.


Today I'm hopping with an awesome bunch of talented Australian crafters who love sharing with you!!


This month, we are sharing our inspiration from the card sketches in the Mini Catalogue - these are a BRILLIANT way to get started creating!


I have flipped my inspiration sketch to accomodate my large greeting, but hopefully you can see where the inspiration has come from!  There's the flag detail underneath the main element and then the little flowers off the edge for the circle detail.


This card features the gorgeous Delightful Wishes bundle and the coordinating Floral Delight papers and Floral Vellum.


The greeting has been stamped directly onto the Floral Delight designer paper with Night of Navy ink - and this is something that I often forget to do!!  We have some fabulous designer paper that works perfectly to create great backgrounds behind our stamping.


It took me a while to work out the 2 step stamping of the flowers, however, I discovered that it really doesn't matter if the stamps line up because when they are die cut, there is some gorgeous white space too!


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




Delightful Wishes Mini Sketch inspiration
















Sunday, February 02, 2025

What will I CASE today? CTC#505


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 Sale-a-bration Brochure which only goes for another 4 weeks!!  EEEK


I was inspired by this lovely card featuring the With You in Mind stamp set - this one is really really useful!!  


I've used the same colours in the catalogue - possibly the only difference is the shape of the Basic White cardstock as  I don't have the Linked Together Dies illustrated in the catalogue.  


I've also changed up the embellishments to the Antique Pearls which I think go with everything!


I love the idea of stamping the greeting all over the background creating a patterened paper kind of look!


Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

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

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With you in mind tutorial