Funky Fold inspired by Vicki

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.

My card tonight was inspired by the amazing Vicki Hodgeman and a wonderful card she shared last week!!  I love a surprise in the middle of a card and this is one!!

Vicki's card had a belly band, but I'm a little inept making them, so my card has a little side flap with a butterfly on the end that tucks under the little butterfly on the left to keep it closed.  

And when you open the card there is a beautiful butterfly popping up in the middle!!  

The butterfly folds totally in on itself when you close the card which creates a wonderful fold in the middle - perfect for a butterfly!

The mechanism to create the flying butterfly is 2 little boxes adhered together on either side of the middle fold line.  

I've used the same colour cardstock for my card base and the little boxes and the first layer of the multilayered butterflies so they really blend in to make it look like the butterfly is not attached!  

My card also features some lovely new colours - Secret Sea dn Cloud Cover.  My stamping was all done using Misty Moonlight.   

And I've used the Beautiful Butterflies bundle which has wonderful images and the fabulous dies that work so well.  

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

Pop Up Beautiful Butterflies

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.

NEW Catalogue INSPIRATION! CTC#518 & May the Fourth be WITH YOU!

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 front cover of the new catalogue coming on Tuesday!  

My card is inspired by the very pink card on the left hand side - same layout but totally different colours and images (better colours for me as pink is NOT my fav!!)

I've used the Beautiful Motifs bundle for my card showing off these gorgeous dies!!  And the coordinating Beautiful Gallery designer paper.

The greeting comes from the Notes and Totes stamp set.

On the inside of the card is a piece of white cardstock to help show off the gorgeous partial diecutting of the front dies.  

I have also tucked the lovely designer paper layer underneath the partially die cut pieces.  

And I hope your May the Fourth day was full of fun!!  

Up next is the extraordinary Rochelle

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Beautiful Motifs blues

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.

What do you think? Sunrise or Sunset? Let's Craft Together Blog Hop

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!!

This month we are sharing the amazing new colours in our new catalgoue coming THIS WEEK!

My card is very simple.  But I thought the colours worked well together for a sunrise, or sunset - which do you think?  I guess it depends if you see the sunrise/ sunset over water or not!!  

I coloured the twine using the Timid Tiger Stampin' Write Marker.  The lovely Secret Sea leaves come from the Beautiful Motifs dies which coordinate with the stamped greeting.  The tag is actually from the Tags to Go dies. 

Inside is some more sponging and stamping from the Notes and Totes stamp set along with leaves from the Textured Notes stamp set.  

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

New InColours Sunrise Tutorial 

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.

Sharing Mini Catalogue Love CTC#517

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 Mini Catalogue which finishes in a bit over a week.

My card features lots of NEW products but is inspired by the fabulous projects on page 58 of the Mini Catalogue featuring the fun Bright Borders stamp set that is carrying over into the new catalogue starting 6th May.

The NEW are the Gallery Blooms dies, some Cloud Cover ribbon and cardstock, and the gorgeous Flower Garden Foils which is already embossed!  

I love the way the project shows you another  way to use the To the Point punch - once for the outline in the background and then the top layer with the greeting uses the same punch to make a fun label!!  

Inside are some more stamps from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set (coming in the new catalogue) stamped using Secret Sea ink with Petal Pink combined with the Cloud Cover cardstock.  

Up next is the extraordinary Monique

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

Check out our Facebook group for lots more inspiration!

Bright Borders and Gallery Blooms

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.