handmade by Julia Quinn - cardmaking and supplies: April 2025

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Easter is getting closer: CI#185

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 he/she a little cutie? I loove the sweet face!

And here's my card featuring these colours. I've used the Storybook Friends bundle combined with die cutting from the Country Flowers dies and also some Country Woods paper.

This little bunny is easy to colour suing Stampin' Blends - I've used Smoky Slate (which is close to the Basic Gray but lighter) for the fur and Petal Pink for the lighter areas.

Inside the card features a little bunny!!

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.

Storybook Bunny Colour challenge

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.

Sunday, April 06, 2025

Have you tried using a template? CTC#514

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 the templates from the Mini Catalogue.

I find using a template a brilliant way to get started .... even if I end up going in a completely different direction! My card this time seems to be inspired by a couple! But my starting point was certainly the ribbon detail under the central image (shown right next to my card).

This is actually a fun z fold card that features gorgeous paper showing it on both sides! I love that! The image on the front is also fussy cut from the paper - such wonderful paper with lots of lovely colours!